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Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?

This New York Times article Well: Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? asks the question:

Overweight people live longer?

From this US News article A Few Extra Pounds Might Bring Extra Years:

Austin maintains its status as a 'fit' city

According to this article Austin maintains its status as a 'fit' city

“Austin's strengths included lower percentage of population with asthma and lower percentages with diabetes and obesity. Some of the region's challenges included lower percentages of public transportation usage and a lower number of primary care providers.”

Austin the best city for recession recovery

This just in from Forbes The Best and Worst Cities for Recession Recovery, the best cities for recession recovery are:

1. Austin-Round Rock, Texas
2. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark
3. Boulder, Colo.

After three years of back pain I became pain-free

Several years ago I suffered intermittent back pain for the better part of three years. I tried everything to get rid of my back pain – stretching, massage, bed rest, exercise, no exercise, a new bed, pain killers, and anti-inflammatory medications. Finally a doctor told me that if it got worse that I should consider surgery.

Eating curry, which contains curcumin, can cut down risk of dementia

From this article How good ol' turmeric prevents Alzheimer's comes this:

"Studies looking at populations show that people who eat a curry meal two or three times a week seem to have a lower risk for dementia."

“The magic ingredient in curry is curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric”.

And this:

The 65th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion

"Friends and veterans, what we cannot forget — what we must not forget — is that D-Day was a time and a place where the bravery and selflessness of a few was able to change the course of an entire century" ~ President Barack Obama at the D-Day Memorial, June 6, 2009

How long must I exercise to burn the calories in a donut?

The Yahoo article What Chain-Food Favorites Cost in Exercise presents equivalents of how many calories there are in a food item and how much exercise would be needed to burn the calories in that food item.