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Will Fat Tax Come To United States?

Now that Denmark has imposed a “fat tax” on foods such as butter and oil as a way to curb unhealthy eating habits experts in the United States wonder if a similar fax tax will come to this country to help raise money and serve to discourage people from eating fatty foods which can lead to heart disease and death.

Ole Linnet Juul, food director at Denmark’s Confederation of Industries, says the tax will increase the price of a burger by around $0.15 and raise the price of a small package of butter by around $0.40.

The tax was approved by large majority in a parliament in March as a move to help increase the average life expectancy of Danes.

Denmark, like some other European countries, already has higher fees on sugar, chocolates and soft drinks, but Linnet Juul says he believes the Nordic country is the first in the world to tax fatty foods.

Hungary’s Hamburger Law

In September, Hungary introduced a new tax popularly known as the “Hamburger Law,” but that only involves higher taxes on soft drinks, pastries, salty snacks and food flavorings. (more…)

Can You Stay Healthy Without Exercise?

If you have no time to exercise regularly, you’re asking for trouble.  Seriously!

Regular exercise can protect against heart disease, stroke, blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis and more. It also helps you to relax and sleep better at night. So, you’d think most people would find the time to exercise, right?

Unfortunately most people think they are either too busy to exercise or they do exercise but only once in a while.

On top of that they overload their bodies with heavy, unhealthy meals that pollute them because the foods they gobble up never get digested properly. So, healthy seeming people walk around with poisonous waste that swims inside their system. Yuck!

If your diet harms your body and you don’t exercise regularly, your body becomes a magnet for a range of illnesses, from small aches and pains to life-threatening diseases like cancer and heart disease.

You see, our organs need to be cleansed in order to work efficiently. If you want to keep your body healthy, you must eat alkalizing foods that hose down waste out of your system. It makes sense because you don’t want it there! Try The Alkaline Cook Book and see how easy it is to keep your body divinely clean. (more…)

Is It Really Your Fault That You’re Fat?
Expert Reveals How Packaged Foods Are The Likely Cause

As Americans, we represent the fattest nation on the planet. And that’s not a contest we should be so quick to win every year.

Mannie Barling knows this better than most, because he’s seen it from both sides – as a cancer patient who became obese and as an attorney for big healthcare.

“We pride ourselves in this country for having the safest food supply in the world, but nothing could be further from the truth,” said Barling, co-author of It’s Not Your Fault – Weight Gain, Obesity and Food Addiction (www.HowToEliminatePain.com). “It is the chemical additives like MSG, dyes, high fructose corn syrup and other ingredients used in the more than 14,000 packaged foods sold in the US that made us the most obese country on Earth.”

Barling served as in-house counsel two of the first HMOs in Los Angeles, including one that treated more than 13,000 patients a month.

Barling actively participated in the management of these clinics and convalescent hospitals including reviewing physician utilization, interviewing doctors and specialists and evaluating malpractice claims. This experience exposed him to some of the more dramatic patient outcomes that arose from obesity. But that’s not his only source of experience.

“In the 1990s, I was diagnosed with malignant colon cancer, Crohn’s disease, IBD, IBS, gout and arthritis, and I was given two years to live,” he added. (more…)

Are Our Kids Getting Fatter And Hungrier?  
Advocate Reveals Connection Between Obesity and Hunger and How to Stop the Trend

If the war against childhood obesity was a race, America would still be at the starting line.

Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years. About one out of every three children or teens is overweight or at risk of being overweight. Because children’s bodies are still developing, the damage to organs triggers medical problems extending throughout their lifetimes, according to a report issued by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Task Force on Childhood Obesity.

Nearly 75 percent of Americans will be overweight or obese by 2019, and that condition will drag down the economy and impoverish the nation. What’s worse is that our nation is growing fatter at the same time it is growing hungrier. Another study by New York’s Food Research and Action Center describes another dilemma — a new definition of hunger that actually describes how families can become obese at the same time they are going hungry.

“The term the scientists used is ‘food-insecure,’” said Erin Baker, founder of Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked Goods a (www.ErinBakers.com) bakery that combines the appeal of baked goodies with nutritional benefits to help fight obesity. “It describes the condition that hits a huge sector of the population. Low-income people tend to seek out cheaper food which in most cases is fast food, the result is a high calorie diet with poor nutritional value — just a lot of empty calories void of fruits, vegetables and grains. (more…)

Beloved movie star Elizabeth Taylor recently died from congestive heart failure.   Heart disease has touched my life on a number of fronts.  I lost both my father and beloved husband to heart disease.  They were both way too young too die.  As a result I am always checking out new information about heart disease treatment and risk management.

Heart Disease Triggers

Heart disease results primarily from the narrowing of the arteries which pump blood, oxygen and nutrients to the heart.  Many people don’t realize that heart disease is the number-one killer for both men and women in America.  Coronary artery disease is traditionally traced to a condition known atherosclerosis which is the build-up of plaque and cholesterol deposits on arterial walls.

This causes the narrowing of the arteries blocking the natural flow of oxygenated blood to the heart.  Known triggers include smoking, lack of exercise, poor diet, excessive alcohol consumption and even extreme cold which can cause an arterial spasm.  Extreme stress also has a direct link to heart disease and potential heart attacks.  Other major risk factors include high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. (more…)

Actress Teresa Mary Palmer (Tez, Tezza) was born February 26, 1986 in Adelaide, South Australia.  The sometime model who is 5′ 5¾” (1.67 m) had pet kangaroos back home in Australia. Her father raised kangaroos.  She has made impressive gains in the film world in a very short period of time.

Her breakthrough acting role was in 2:37 in 2006.  The film made by first-time writer/director/producer Murali K. Thalluri competed in the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in “Un Certain Regard” and chronicles the lives of six students over the course of day and ends in a devastating suicide.  She won the role without an audition.

(Image of Teresa Palmer in the film I Am Number Four – All Rights Reserved)

Noteworthy Hairstyles & Fashion Trends

One important fact to note about Palmer is her beautiful blonde hair which is naturally wavy. As her reputation as an actress heats up, she’s been showcasing an array of beautiful hairstyles which show off her gorgeous eyes and skin.

Teresa is also making waves in the fashion world.  She recently was named InStyle’s Look Of The Day for March 18th when she attended the Paris premiere of I Am Number Four in a stunning asymmetrical white Cushnie minidress and black stilettos.  Her long hair was worn softly brushed back off her face with soft waves creating a beautiful framework. (more…)

Savvy recession-instas invest in at-home luxuries during lean times

In the down economy, the need for thriftier beauty and lifestyle options has increased.

Instead of running to the spa for facials and massages, the salon for waxings and nails and the gym for yoga, the at-home treatments, products and tips below offer wallet-friendly alternatives for tighter budgets and stressful lives.

* Bring the spa – and the results – home. emerginC, a trusted, all-natural cosmeceutical collection with an A-list celebrity clientele, offers a full line of medical grade products that deliver spa-quality DIY facials using natural, effective ingredients.

* A massage to relieve stress works just as good at home as it does at the spa, if you use professional massage tools.

Try PerfectSense LavaShells, self-heating Tiger Clam shells that heat up in only five minutes with no electricity and provide up to two hours of constant warmth for a deep, relaxing massage. (more…)

The Bar Method™ and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Partner to Promote Dance Fitness In Celebration of  Academy Award-Nominated Film Black Swan*

San Francisco, CA (March 3, 2011) – Fitness sensation The Bar Method, known for its unique full-body exercise program that utilizes a ballet bar technique, is partnering with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to promote dance fitness and a healthy body in celebration of the release of the Academy-Award® nominated film Black Swan, available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD March 29th.

Throughout the month of March, The Bar Method will offer an ongoing Black Swan sponsored training series at Bar Method studios located in New York City, West Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Downtown San Francisco, the flagship San Francisco Marina studio, Miami, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas and Portland to celebrate the film’s upcoming release on Blu-ray and DVD.

The month long promotion will culminate with an exclusive media event at the New York City SoHo studio where founder Burr Leonard will teach a master class to representatives from the cast and crew of Black Swan.

According to Burr Leonard, Founder of The Bar Method, “The Bar Method workout sculpts an elongated, lean firm body, often associated with ballet dancers. Through our program participants can expect a healthy, toned appearance while gaining grace and poise.”

“Black Swan has become a cultural phenomenon that has reignited interest in the beauty of classical ballet,” said Mary Daily, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. “The partnership with The Bar Method capitalizes on the intense popularity of the film while providing a healthy and effective exercise program based on the fundamentals of dance.” (more…)

As reported today by People Magazine Academy Award winning Kate Winslet appears on the cover of the April 2011 issue of British Vogue with a shocking new hairstyle.

Her trademark long tresses have been chopped off into a new uber short crop.  Not only is Kate’s hair super short and choppy, it’s a very white platinum blonde.

Kate Winslet has joined the short hair celebrity brigade which now includes Carey Mulligan, Ashlee Simpson, Katherine McPhee, Ginnifer Goodwin, Michelle Williams, Halle Berry and Emma Watson.

(Image from British Vogue on stands currently – All Rights Reserved)

Even more revealing then her drastic hair cut is her interview about her life after divorce from director Sam Mendes.  The British born actress who won the Academy Award in 2009 has temporarily moved to Paris to shoot Roman Polanski’s God of Carnage.

The 35 year old actress has made peace with her body which came under criticism in the past for being too curvy.  Besides acting she’s buy with her two children and beginning a new chapter in her life.

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Jerry O’Connell who currently co-stars on The Defender with Jim Belushi was on Ellen DeGeneres on Friday, March 4th.

Jerry danced out onto the stage, twirled around and did the butt bump with Ellen.  After they sat down Ellen told Jerry “we need to bring the bump back.”  Ellen told Jerry “let’s you and I bring the bump back.”   Laughing Jerry said “bump never left Ellen. The bump never left.”

Ellen said “it went away, I don’t know if you know that, but it went away for a little while, but we should bring the bump back.”  The actor who went to law school for a year before taking the role of a lawyer on the defenders chided her “not in my repertoire.” Motioning to himself he said it’s always been in it.”

The host said “well somebody has to really hold on because you have a firm bump.” Jerry laughed .  He said “I’m a little aggressive, a little excited” about being on the show.

When asked about his twins girls with his wife Rebecca Romijn he explained they’re 25 months old and “people weren’t joking about the terrible twos.”  After showing some adorable photos of the twins on the back screen Jerry said “we are always sending pictures in when they’re behaving really well.  I won’t say which one misbehaves, but uh…they’re really cute.” (more…)