http://health.foundnews.com Health News and Information Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:02:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to Health Blog's second blog carnival! Let's jump right in... Spicy We'll start this month's Health Blog Carnival with a couple sexy articles! First up, FitBuff gives a detailed explanation of how to give a woman an orgasm; even a woman who finds orgasm hard to come by (or has never ... http://health.foundnews.com/2007/06/07/health-blog-carnival-2/ This blog covers a fairly wide variety of topics under the very general Health & Fitness umbrella. Given this variety and the lack of guidelines given it is not surprising that the submissions for the 1st Monthly Health Blog Carnival varied considerably. I've made an attempt to organize ... http://health.foundnews.com/2007/05/01/1st-monthly-health-blog-carnival-2/ Trevor Thieme explains why you shouldn't do the following exercises: Posterior (Behind-the-Neck) Pull Downs Behind-the-Neck Shoulder Presses Straight Bar Curls Leg Extensions Sit-ups I've used all of these exercises, but his explanation of why they should be avoided makes sense. He also suggests alternatives to each. Five common exercises you should never do http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/23/avoid-these-exercises/ McDonald's Chicken McNuggets contain a chemical called TBHQ, which is essentially butane. TBHQ can cause "nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, delirium, a sense of suffocation, and collapse." Ingesting five grams of TBHQ can kill. So What Really Is In A McDonald's Chicken McNugget? http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/23/nugget-ingredients/ You can submit an article here. http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/22/1st-monthly-health-blog-carnival/ Get paid to be an author on this blog! http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/21/blog-authors/ The Examiner has an article about "brain gyms:" High-tech 'brain gyms' tone minds, reduce stress. The article profiles Sharp Brains and Posit Science, two companies that can help you exercise your brain. They say their treatments can lower stress, and prevent memory loss. SharpBrains and Posit are just two of ... http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/20/brain-gyms/ Josh Hillis advocates for keeping a food log when trying to get in shape. He says it is important to keep track of calories, fat, and protein in preparation for swim suit season. Fit Day may be a good online resource for tracking this information. http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/19/food-log/ I have found that you have to stick to a work out regimen for about three months before you start to see significant results. I have also found that I have an annoying habit of making it to gym almost daily for about a month before I start to ... http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/14/19/ Josh Hillis has the details of the extreme conditioning the actors in the movie 300 went through in preparation for the movie. The program is run by Mark Twight from Gym Jones and includes "tire flipping, jumping, sprints with a jumpstretch band, runs with kettlebells, turkish get ups with ... http://health.foundnews.com/2007/03/13/the-300-workout/