This lemony pasta salad provides one cup of broccoli and 1/4 cup of dried tomatoes per serving. Both contain lots of cancer-fighting components.
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Articles by Maggie Spilner
Contributing Writer - Maggie Spilner is an expert on the health benefits of exercise and walking. She was a senior editor at Prevention Magazine for 17 years, writing a monthly walking column, newsletter and annual Walking Club Magazine. Maggie is considered an expert on lifestyle changes that encourage wellness and longevity. She has covered numerous topics including asthma, workplace wellness, arthritis, weight loss and stress reduction. She is the author of three books on walking, including Prevention’s Complete Book of Walking for Health and Walk Your Way Through Menopause. For more information, visit Maggie’s website, WalkForAllSeasons.com.Cancer Fighting Broccoli Lover’s Pasta Salad
Heartburn Drugs Associated with Hip Fractures
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are stomach-acid blocking drugs used by millions of people with frequent heartburn. They include such brand names as Nexium, Prevacid and Prilosec.
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Knowing the Benefits of Exercise May Boost Its Effects
Many people are familiar with the placebo effect when it comes to medications you believe something is going to help you, and so, it does, even if it s just a sugar pill. But how many people suspect there may be a link between what they think about the exercise,
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Pedestrian Friendly Communities Associated with Healthier Weight
As we age, staying physically active becomes crucial to our health and our functional fitness --our ability to live independently. As you consider where you might want to live after you retire, what kind of environment do you think might help you stay active the longest?
In your younger years, you might have favored health...
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Napping and Late Afternoon Exercise: A Great Combo For Heart Health
How well you sleep can be a reflection on your current heart health or a prediction of future heart problems, according to a report in the January 2007 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter.
Those who have heart problems already may have trouble sleeping for a variety of reasons and should talk to their doctors...
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Grow Your Brain with a Brisk Walk!
The loss of memory and cognitive abilities is something many of us fear as a natural part of aging. Past studies have indicated that exercise can help maintain and improve memory and cognitive functioning as we grow older.
A new study at the University of Illinois has shown the actual biological results of exercise on...
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Mile a Day Keeps Diabetes Risks Away
People with type 2 diabetes face increased risks of heart disease and stroke. Exercise has been recommended as a way to help prevent diabetes and also as a way to stave
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Get Moving to Help Prevent Colon Cancer
Scientists don t know exactly why exercise seems to protect people from getting colon cancer, but population studies definitely do show a link.
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Are You Ignoring This Cholesterol Remedy?
Exercise elevates good cholesterol.
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