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California lawmakers are copying what the state of New York has when it comes to calorie counts. Just how much impact would it affect the consumers? I was watching the news on ABC7 where the newscaster interviews a lot of consumers as to how much is there knowledge as far as the nutritional information on […]

The State of California is proposing a law where fast food restaurants will be required to post the calorie count of the food that they serve so that consumers would be aware of how much is the intake. The recommended daily average count of calories is 2000 calories per day.
I’m not sure if this would […]

Obesity affects a lot of Americans and it seems that a lot of people are willing to spend money to lose weight. Because of these, the weight loss business became a billion dollar industry with various programs such as dieting, pills such as Phentermine , books, club memberships, etc.
Losing weight doesn’t have to mean spending […]

Most teenagers have acne problems. One of the reasons is that adolescence are undergoing puberty. Thus, the chemical interaction internally are causing some of these acne problems. But what happens if you are already older and you still have it? Or what happens if you did not have any acne at all during your teens […]

The bad thing about living in the United States is that there are a lot of people that are obese. People will spend a lot of money to reduce weight but what they really need is to focus on prevention such as eating the right foods. I was watching one episode of “The Biggest Loser” […]

When we went on this past cruise, Richard Simmons was also on board the Carnival Pride along with the group “Cruise to Lose.” He was actually celebrating his 60th birhtday.
I am not sure how those guys can cut their diet in the cruise knowing that there is a buffet on the top deck that is […]

Last weekend, it was pretty weird as the temperature went up like crazy. From Saturday thru Sunday, the temperature was at least 95 degrees farenheit all over the southland. The good thing about being here in the coastal state of California is that you have a lot of choices to cope with the heatwave.
Go to the […]

My wife and I are not that young anymore. To keep ourselves feeling and looking young, we have to do the following:
Exercising- our main exercise is walking. I walk Monday to Friday to and from work so that the weekend would be free for us to do something else. Not only that I am saving […]

This week was a real milestone for me as I walked to and from work for five days. On top of that, I did some extra walking with my wife on Sunday, Monday, and yesterday. Well, during those three extra walks, my wife and I were actually looking at the house that we like. It […]

One of my nephew was born physically challenge and he has been utilizing a wheelchair ever since. Fortunately, he has been receiving financial and medical help from Medi-Cal, a state sponsored healthcare in California. It is really tough for my sister because they really have to adjust their lifestyle for the kid.
The State is covering his […]