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It was a few years ago when I was introduced to the wonder that is the Pio Pio sauce. A Peruvian restaurant in New York City, Pio Pio serves juicy, affordable rotisserie chicken. But it was the vibrant green dipping sauce that I became addicted to.

I interrogated the waitstaff at almost every Pio Pio location to know the contents of this spicy sauce. The only consistent answer? That no answer was the same.

Jalapeños and mayo. No, no, aji chiles, cilantro and oil. I had to face the reality that either no one knew what was in the sauce, the ingredients were top-secret, or both.

Light green, medium-hot, creamy, salty, tangy and oh-so-addictive, it seems that every Peruvian restaurant has its own secret recipe for this mysterious condiment. An internet search for “Peruvian sauce” tells the story of dozens of people anxious to know how to make the sauce for themselves. Helpful bloggers post their recipes on message boards.

One says the secret is a head of lettuce, one swears the sauce cannot be made without evaporated milk, and several point to Peruvian black mint as the key ingredient.

I tried many, many recipes to come close to the magic of Pio Pio's sauce, none of which hit the mark. Finally, I brought a container from the restaurant into work, hoping someone else could reverse-engineer the ingredients. My obsession, along with my frustration, was building, and I needed a slight break from the sauce that taunted me.

Chile Pepper Editor-in-Chief Laura Dankowski took on the challenge, blending my scattered notes from past trials, along with her own hunch of what she tasted. We decided both jalapeños and aji paste (usually found in the Mexican section of grocery stores) were a must, and Laura hit on the addition of cheese, which added the necessary touch of saltiness. It's not exact—but pretty darn close.

At Pio Pio, the dip garnishes rotisserie chicken, crunchy-fried seafood platters and salchipapa, an unusual but delicious combination of deep-fried potatoes and sliced hot dogs. But I use the sauce for anything in the place of salsa, whether topping a burger, garnishing a breakfast burrito, or spreading on a piece of fish.

And I'm just glad I can finally stop harassing the Pio Pio employees for the recipe and make it on my own.

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Additional writing by Laura Dankowski.

About the author: Andrea Lynn is senior editor for Chile Pepper magazine, where she not only creates a wide range of zesty recipes for readers, but also participates in numerous tastings for hot sauce, salsa, and other spice-laden products (even chocolate!). Her favorite chile? A tie between the mild yet flavorful poblano and the mighty, reliable fire of the serrano.

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Video: Making Vanilla Panna Cotta with Marea's Heather Bertinetti on 'The Dairy Show'

Posted by Robyn Lee, February 18, 2010 at 1:00 PM

In the latest episode of The Dairy Show, host Michael Crupain visits the kitchen at Marea to see how executive pastry chef Heather Bertinetti makes vanilla panna cotta with local unhomogenized heavy cream from Battenkill Valley Creamery in Salem, New York. At the end of the video, Bertinetti also demonstrates how to shape an ice cream quenelle. Watch the video after the jump.

Making Vanilla Panna Cotta with Marea's Heather Bertinetti on 'The Dairy Show'

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I always tell you: Drink liquid. Water treat all ills. Dehydration is the guilty of many common indisposition such as headaches and plus bloating. Eight cups of liquid is the minimum so make sure you're consuming at least that much. Keep in mind that fruits and vegetable juices count towards your daily dose of hydrating beverages. Exercise. Physical activity doesn't have to mean hours on the treadmill sweating away to exhaustion. Sport can be as easy as walking across the parking lot to the grocery store or doing housework. That's right! Vacuuming get off calories intake! The more active in general you are the more exercise youare doing. Think getting a passometer. Pedometer's have shown that people who wear pedometer's are more effective than those who do not.

For many, weight loss has become an unreachable goal that conjures bleak thoughts of misery and failure. Fitness and weight loss programs peddled on television are significant contributors to these thoughts and feelings because of the promises they make to transform us quickly and easily. Because the pervasive marketing of these programs have permeated into our psyche the idea that weight loss can be as easy as 1-2-3, many are unprepared mentally when they embark on an attempt to lose weight – with or without a program. The reality is that weight loss, like weight gain, takes time.

At the core of every unsuccessful attempt at weight loss is a mental hurdle that could not be overcome, and often, these are hurdles that could have been removed before a single calorie was counted, lap walked, or weight lifted. Remove the assertions of television marketing and get real. Weight loss occurs as a result of your body using more energy than it consumes, and the goal is to establish a harmonious relationship between the two that can be sustained. Think about that.

What do you do when driving on an interstate and realize you need to turn around? Do you simply start turning the wheel furiously without regard for the safety of yourself and others? Of course not. You consider a good exit, check your mirrors, slow down, and make several turns before finally heading in the right direction.

Before deciding to start making good on your New Year's resolution for this year to lose weight, do yourself a favor and develop a practical approach that isn't centered around starvation, physical exhaustion, or gimmicks. Take a couple weeks to plan. Keep a journal during that time to note your eating habits and thoughts. Read what has worked for others and consider what might work for you. Think long term, but develop a gradual approach that begins with immediate changes to your diet and lifestyle. With commitment, a practical approach, and realistic expectations, you will achieve healthy and sustainable weight loss on your own terms.

As the New Year's Resolution crowd looks to lose weight once again, many people are combining it with another recession-inspired resolution: managing money better.

WalletPOP's Geoff Williams has been chronicling his efforts to lose weight while saving money, and I recently looked at how exercise videos can offer an affordable alternative to the gym for fitness newcomers. Today, The Wall Street Journal reports on (subscription required) a few other possibilities: walking around the mall in groups, participating in free or ultra low-cost yoga classes, and bike paths.

Time Magazine covered the rise of mall-walking way back in 1985, and About.com recommends checking with the information desk at your local mall to find out about mall walking programs. Alternatively, you could just go to the mall and walk around on your own without the structure and motivation of companions there to talk you out of ducking into the Godiva store for refreshments.

You could also go vintage and buy this Suzanne Somers Thighmaster on eBay — complete with the instructional VHS! Or you could go really vintage — as in practically antique — and work out with Jack Lalanne, who has uploaded some of his vintage exercise programs onto his website so you can watch them on your laptop while you work out. He's 95 years old, and he's in better shape than most 20-year-olds. So clearly he knows of what he speaks.

The bottom line is that lack of money is never an excuse for not getting in shape. There are tons of alternatives to gym memberships that cost little or nothing.

Losing weight and getting fit preoccupied Americans in 2009:

• Nearly one out of two American women, including high school girls, were on a diet.

• Over 40 billion was spent on branded diet plans.

• Children as young as 9 to 11 years old were sometimes or very often dieting.

Yet an epidemic of obesity continues to affect more people than ever before:

• Less than a third of adults enjoyed normal weight.

• Children were two to three times more likely to be overweight today than they were 30 years ago.

Can we begin to reverse these worrisome trends in 2010?
We can if we update our old views with new ways to look at fitness in the coming year.

Old View: It's hopeless! Efforts to lose weight are inevitably doomed to fail. Even if a person manages to lose weight, he or she will eventually regain the weight and add back even more.

New View: You can do it! Strategies for making healthier choices involving diet, physical conditioning and improved self-care are available to you and can be learned. Championing this view is Kelly Brownell, Ph. D., who heads the LEARN Program for Weight Management at Yale University. And thanks to widespread access to the Internet, peer counseling in online communities is expanding. Internet support may include food and exercise diaries, weekly counseling, online weight-loss lessons and motivational phone calls.

Old View: Thin is in! Most individuals, especially women, seek to lose weight because they have internalized the media's ultrathin ideal.

New View: Healthy is in! Health is replacing vanity as the primary reason for pursuing fitness and weight loss. In 2009, researchers reported that four healthy habits could reduce or eliminate 80 percent of major medical problems: eating a healthy diet, not smoking, exercising regularly and maintaining a normal body weight. This insight, combined with rising medical costs, is triggering a focus on fitness.

Old View: If you are fat, you are a bad person. Obesity is a personal problem caused by a lack of willpower.

New View: Obesity is a disease that is treatable. The cost of providing medical care per person has skyrocketed from $356 in 1970 to $8,160 in 2009. Moreover, in 2009, the cost of treating obesity-related medical problems reached $147 billion. Given these costs, obesity has become a public health concern requiring a multifaceted community-based approach. In response, community leaders in Albert Lea, Minnesota, implemented a comprehensive lifestyle program to improve the health and longevity of the city's residents. To increase employee productivity and reduce health insurance costs and absenteeism, corporate wellness programs are proliferating.

Old View: Low-fat diets are required to lose weight. Eating fat makes a person fat. To lose weight, a dieter needs to stick with low- or no-fat foods.

New View: Total calories actually determine weight. The total calories consumed by a person, whether from carbs, fats or proteins, determines weight. Since the goal is a balanced diet, the Mediterranean diet, which includes healthy fats, is recommended by the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association as a nutritionally sound and healthy eating plan. Nuts, which until recently were on dieters' “do not eat” lists, are making a comeback because of their health benefits, especially almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans and macadamia nuts. Momentum is growing for mandating information on the caloric content of fast foods and food products.

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Old View: Medical intervention is needed. Weight-loss drugs or bariatric surgery can solve the problem of surplus pounds for many people, and advances in medicine can address obesity-related problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer.

New View: A healthy lifestyle is the best way. Prevention, rather than treatment of obesity-related medical problems, will move to the forefront because of the rising cost of medical insurance and healthcare. While the number of bariatric surgeries will continue to skyrocket, family physicians will increasingly write exercise prescriptions in lieu of drug prescriptions.

Old View: Ignore overweight children. Children who are overweight will outgrow their chubbiness, so kids' surplus pounds can be ignored.

New View: Help overweight children now! Dr. Robert Murray, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health, is alarmed that nearly half of kids and teens are overweight or obese and, as a consequence, children's life expectancies are lower than their parents'. Treating childhood obesity is a serious medical problem that if ignored will place the child at risk for heart disease, diabetes and other serious medical conditions.

Old View: Don't ask, don't tell. Asking employees to modify their unhealthful behavior is an invasion of privacy and violates employees' right to choose their own lifestyle.

New View: Offer help, incentives and access to experts. In 2008, medical insurance premiums reached a record $15,609 for a family of four. Employers are proactively seeking to reduce costs (medical insurance, workers' compensation claims and absenteeism) by restructuring benefit programs. In increasing numbers, employees are being offered incentives to quit smoking or lose weight. They face penalties if they refuse to change habits that drive up the cost of healthcare.

Old View: Hard-core exercise one hour daily. Going to a gym daily for a 60-minute workout on a treadmill and resistance equipment is the best way to exercise.

New View: Diversity, fun and enjoyment. Thanks to popular television programs, dancing for fitness is back, particularly Zumba, a one-hour workout that fuses Latin rhythms with calorie-burning dance movements. Exergaming, such as Wii and Dance Dance Revolution, continues to grow in popularity with young and old alike. Michelle Obama has made the Hula-Hoop popular once again. The use of technologically sophisticated feedback gadgets, from pedometers to heart monitors, will expand. To attract members to the gym during tough economic times, more fitness centers will offer cardio cinema so members can watch a movie while exercising.

Will we continue to get fatter until 2018 when, according to research by Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, of Emory University, 40 percent of us will be obese (and another 33 percent overweight)?

If we are to succeed in reversing the obesity trends and mounting medical care costs, we'll have to find new approaches. And the more readily we learn from the past and update our understanding of the complex nature and causes of obesity, the more quickly we can successfully move into a healthy future.

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Losing weight and getting fit preoccupied Americans in 2009:

• Nearly one out of two American women, including high school girls, were on a diet.

• Over 40 billion was spent on branded diet plans.

• Children as young as 9 to 11 years old were sometimes or very often dieting.

Yet an epidemic of obesity continues to affect more people than ever before:

• Less than a third of adults enjoyed normal weight.

• Children were two to three times more likely to be overweight today than they were 30 years ago.

Can we begin to reverse these worrisome trends in 2010?
We can if we update our old views with new ways to look at fitness in the coming year.

Old View: It's hopeless! Efforts to lose weight are inevitably doomed to fail. Even if a person manages to lose weight, he or she will eventually regain the weight and add back even more.

New View: You can do it! Strategies for making healthier choices involving diet, physical conditioning and improved self-care are available to you and can be learned. Championing this view is Kelly Brownell, Ph. D., who heads the LEARN Program for Weight Management at Yale University. And thanks to widespread access to the Internet, peer counseling in online communities is expanding. Internet support may include food and exercise diaries, weekly counseling, online weight-loss lessons and motivational phone calls.

Old View: Thin is in! Most individuals, especially women, seek to lose weight because they have internalized the media's ultrathin ideal.

New View: Healthy is in! Health is replacing vanity as the primary reason for pursuing fitness and weight loss. In 2009, researchers reported that four healthy habits could reduce or eliminate 80 percent of major medical problems: eating a healthy diet, not smoking, exercising regularly and maintaining a normal body weight. This insight, combined with rising medical costs, is triggering a focus on fitness.

Old View: If you are fat, you are a bad person. Obesity is a personal problem caused by a lack of willpower.

New View: Obesity is a disease that is treatable. The cost of providing medical care per person has skyrocketed from $356 in 1970 to $8,160 in 2009. Moreover, in 2009, the cost of treating obesity-related medical problems reached $147 billion. Given these costs, obesity has become a public health concern requiring a multifaceted community-based approach. In response, community leaders in Albert Lea, Minnesota, implemented a comprehensive lifestyle program to improve the health and longevity of the city's residents. To increase employee productivity and reduce health insurance costs and absenteeism, corporate wellness programs are proliferating.

Old View: Low-fat diets are required to lose weight. Eating fat makes a person fat. To lose weight, a dieter needs to stick with low- or no-fat foods.

New View: Total calories actually determine weight. The total calories consumed by a person, whether from carbs, fats or proteins, determines weight. Since the goal is a balanced diet, the Mediterranean diet, which includes healthy fats, is recommended by the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association as a nutritionally sound and healthy eating plan. Nuts, which until recently were on dieters' “do not eat” lists, are making a comeback because of their health benefits, especially almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans and macadamia nuts. Momentum is growing for mandating information on the caloric content of fast foods and food products.

Photo courtesy of everystockphoto.com

Old View: Medical intervention is needed. Weight-loss drugs or bariatric surgery can solve the problem of surplus pounds for many people, and advances in medicine can address obesity-related problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer.

New View: A healthy lifestyle is the best way. Prevention, rather than treatment of obesity-related medical problems, will move to the forefront because of the rising cost of medical insurance and healthcare. While the number of bariatric surgeries will continue to skyrocket, family physicians will increasingly write exercise prescriptions in lieu of drug prescriptions.

Old View: Ignore overweight children. Children who are overweight will outgrow their chubbiness, so kids' surplus pounds can be ignored.

New View: Help overweight children now! Dr. Robert Murray, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health, is alarmed that nearly half of kids and teens are overweight or obese and, as a consequence, children's life expectancies are lower than their parents'. Treating childhood obesity is a serious medical problem that if ignored will place the child at risk for heart disease, diabetes and other serious medical conditions.

Old View: Don't ask, don't tell. Asking employees to modify their unhealthful behavior is an invasion of privacy and violates employees' right to choose their own lifestyle.

New View: Offer help, incentives and access to experts. In 2008, medical insurance premiums reached a record $15,609 for a family of four. Employers are proactively seeking to reduce costs (medical insurance, workers' compensation claims and absenteeism) by restructuring benefit programs. In increasing numbers, employees are being offered incentives to quit smoking or lose weight. They face penalties if they refuse to change habits that drive up the cost of healthcare.

Old View: Hard-core exercise one hour daily. Going to a gym daily for a 60-minute workout on a treadmill and resistance equipment is the best way to exercise.

New View: Diversity, fun and enjoyment. Thanks to popular television programs, dancing for fitness is back, particularly Zumba, a one-hour workout that fuses Latin rhythms with calorie-burning dance movements. Exergaming, such as Wii and Dance Dance Revolution, continues to grow in popularity with young and old alike. Michelle Obama has made the Hula-Hoop popular once again. The use of technologically sophisticated feedback gadgets, from pedometers to heart monitors, will expand. To attract members to the gym during tough economic times, more fitness centers will offer cardio cinema so members can watch a movie while exercising.

Will we continue to get fatter until 2018 when, according to research by Kenneth Thorpe, PhD, of Emory University, 40 percent of us will be obese (and another 33 percent overweight)?

If we are to succeed in reversing the obesity trends and mounting medical care costs, we'll have to find new approaches. And the more readily we learn from the past and update our understanding of the complex nature and causes of obesity, the more quickly we can successfully move into a healthy future.

Some dieters want to drop a few pounds to look better in a bathing suit. Others are trying to undo years of bad eating and exercise habits and are in need of education. Still others seek weight loss on a doctor’s orders to avoid serious illness, such as heart disease or diabetes.
 
All of these people may find things to like about “The Mayo Clinic Diet,” a new book from the respected medical institution. But those in the last two groups could find its program –- the first diet developed by Mayo Clinic — especially helpful.
 
There are no claims to magic fat-burning ingredients in this book, no nutritional supplements to buy. “The Mayo Clinic Diet” offers sound, health-focused information on how to eat better, move more and change ingrained habits that contribute to overweight and obesity.

The book leads off with "Lose It," a quick-start plan to help dieters drop 6 to 10 pounds in two weeks. In this phase they add five habits (such as eating a healthy breakfast), break five habits (eating in front of the TV) and adopt five bonus habits (keeping food and activity records). The second phase, "Live It," is a lifetime plan designed for weight loss of a pound or 2 a week until the desired weight is reached and can be maintained.
   
The book offers the usual good dieting and exercise advice, but it goes further. 

Mayo Clinic proposes its own healthy weight pyramid, making fruits and vegetables the foundation and putting exercise at the center. (Studies show that people who lose more than 30 pounds and keep it off for five years exercise an hour each day, mostly by walking, according to the book.) 

One chapter gives strategies for getting through weight-loss plateaus and relapses. Another is devoted to sticking to the diet when eating out and includes suggestions on how to eat at ethnic restaurants (avoid the fatty spareribs at Chinese restaurants; go for the hot and sour soup). A photo spread on portion control shows common foods eaten at breakfast, with pictures illustrating typical serving sizes compared with Mayo Clinic-suggested servings (8 ounces of orange juice versus 4).

There's an illustrated guide to reading nutrition labels and a checklist of warning signs for when to stop exercising (pain in an arm or the jaw, an irregular heartbeat). An endocrinology specialist, one of several Mayo Clinic professionals who contribute essays to the book, explains in easy-to-understand language some of the science behind nutrition and weight control. 

"The Mayo Clinic Diet" is written in a conversational, no-nonsense tone. It's colorful and graphically pleasing with lots of photos, sidebars and tips in bite-size chunks. Also available is "The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal," to use for tracking goals and progress.

– Anne Colby

Photo: “The Mayo Clinic Diet,” Mayo Clinic, Good Books, $25.99 hardcover. Not pictured: “The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal," Mayo Clinic, Good Books, $14.99 plastic comb binding.

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I'm a certified personal trainer and know for a fact that how a person approaches his or her weight loss attack, can create stumbling blocks that will prevent him or her from ever achieving their goals. Here are four wrong ways to start a weight loss plan.

Thinking that wearing what looks like a space suit will help you lose weight faster. The only thing a George Jetson suit will do is make you lose water faster, by causing you to sweat. You'll end up thirsty and gain back the sweat weight by drinking water. These suits look very uncomfortable, and probably are; uncomfortable attire will inhibit your work output, and you'll end up burning fewer calories.

Plus, these “weight loss suits” make you hot and may restrict movement, impairing your ability to work your hardest or run or step your fastest. Wear light, loose workout clothes (a simple tee shirt and lightweight sweat pants), and focus on a rigorous workout, and drink plenty of water.

Thinking that just because your 100-pound weight gain took three years in the making, that it should take three years to lose. A person can gain weight for a variety of reasons, and major weight gains usually do take time. A change in eating and exercise habits, due to unimaginable stress, can still take a few years to result in a 100-pound weight gain.

But with a complete turnaround in eating habits and a renewed commitment to rigorous strength training and vigorous cardio, a person can lose excess body fat in far less time than it took to put it on. But if a person dilly-dallies about exercising, and only half-way makes the effort to improve eating habits, then progress will come very slowly.

Thinking it's not safe to lose more than 2 pounds per week. One pound of fat = 3,500 calories. Suppose an obese sedentary person normally eats 5,000 calories a day. He or she then decides to eat only 3,000 nutritious calories a day (”only” is a relative term here), plus work out for one hour every day. A caloric deficit of 2,000 calories will be created every day. 2,000 X seven days per week = 14,000 calories burned per week, excluding the ones burned from the added exercise. 14,000 divided by 3,500 = 4 pounds per week lost. If this person's exercise burns an extra 500 calories a day, that makes the weekly weight loss total 5 pounds.

To say this is unsafe is to say that it is unsafe to consume 3,000 calories a day and exercise one hour a day! However, if a person goes from 3,000 calories a day to 1,000, then yes, this is very unhealthy and will ultimately screw up metabolism and cause other problems.

Thinking that you should avoid nuts if you're trying to lose weight. Nuts have always gotten a bad rap from the dieting camp. But nuts are super-healthy and improve cholesterol profile. And here's another reason dieters should eat nuts-just two tablespoons' worth can kill appetite for hours! So if you're fighting the urge to dig into the ultra-high-calorie ice cream or finish off the last three slices of pizza, which can be hard to fill up on, instead go for the cashews, pecans, peanuts or walnuts. After two tablespoons, you won't even want to think of eating anything else.

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In a new study that will be published in the July 17th issue of the journal Circulation, Canadian researchers reveal that the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (Sildenafil), may likely be effective in the treatment of patients with right-sided heart failure, principally because their study shows that only the hearts of these patients exhibit the target molecules that can be blocked by these types of drugs.

The study was led by Drs. Jayan Nagendran, a cardiac surgery resident and Evangelos Michelakis, professor in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Alberta in Canada.

The researchers wanted to gain insight into the mechanism of how Viagra may benefit patients with pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lung vessels). This devastating condition usually leads to right-sided (right ventricle) heart failure.

In their study, the researchers evaluated heart specimens from 9 patients to assess their phosphodiesterase type-5 (PDE-5) activity and their response to specific type-5 PDE inhibitors such as Viagra.

PDE-5 is an enzyme that degrades the activity of cGMP, a chemical that relaxes smooth muscle cells. In the vasculature, relaxation of smooth muscle cells causes vessels to dilate thereby increasing blood flow.

PDE-5 is preponderant in the corpus cavernosum of the penis. When it's inhibited, it leads to higher cGMP levels and less dilation (more constriction) of the blood vessels that let blood escape from the corpus cavernosum and thereby leading to a sustained erection.

The researchers essentially found that PDE-5 was not expressed in heart samples from patients that were healthy. Conversely, they did discover that patients with enlarged right heart ventricles had marked increased PDE-5 activity.

When the research team used Viagra (the PDE-5 inhibitor) in their experiments, they found that it increased the activity of isolated cardiac cells and the strength of heart contractions only in unhealthy samples and patients and not in any of the healthy controls.

In the press release from the University of Alberta, Dr. Nagendran stated that “there are a number of medical conditions in both children and adults for which there is a need to boost the performance of the right ventricle, and this drug can be clinically and immediately relevant to help these patients”

Dr. Michelakis also added that “We have a number of drugs and therapies available to treat the left ventricle of the heart to prevent it from failing or to treat it after it has failed, bet we don't have anything for the right ventricle. The phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibtors, which include Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra, may offer some important benefits in this case.”

Viagra (Sildenafil) has been recently approved in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.

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University of Alberta Express News: http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=8591

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Also known as indigestion or heartburn, GER (Gastroesophageal Reflux) is a condition characterized by acidic stomach contents regurgitating back into the esophagus. It can be quite painful, and difficult for parents to distinguish from other conditions, such as colic. It is more bothersome for some babies than others, but the effect is the same.

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Keep baby upright as much as possible. Gravity really helps to keep stomach contents down.

Breastfeed if possible. Studies show breastfed babies have less reflux, and breast milk digests quicker than formula, leaving the stomach sooner.

Burp often. Burping every few ounces or before switching breasts helps to keep food down.

Keep baby relaxed. Crying can make reflux worse. 

Under the advice of a doctor, thicken formula with cereal. Heavier foods tend to stay down in the stomach.

If breastfeeding, try eliminating dairy from your diet. In some babies, cow's milk protein can really aggravate reflux symptoms. Try going without dairy products for a week or so to see if it helps.

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Second, weigh and measure yourself. Measure your neck, chest, waist, hips, biceps, and thighs. This gives you a good starting point. If possible, either measure, or have your body fat, measured. This is also a benchmark that you can use to gauge your successes. Calculate your BMI using any of the online calculators, such as the one found at http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/. The scale is as follows:

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"The day of isolated movements on machines is over," predicts Doug Jeffries, owner of Results Gym, which has four locations in Washington. Although the traditional 15-piece circuit won't vanish at any of his clubs, Jeffries and his team are removing duplicates and dedicating the newly open space to what is called functional training. The idea is to place front and center the exercises that mimic the tasks of daily life, such as squatting and grabbing something off the floor and standing on an unstable surface without falling.

Ed Ingebretsen, Results's director of training, has always steered his clients away from what he refers to as "rehab equipment" and toward the toys: medicine balls, resistance bands, kettlebells, Bosu balls, boxes, agility ladders, cones.

"Fitness isn't sitting on a machine," he says. And for every machine, he explains, there's a real-world equivalent that's a better choice. You could bang out reps on a leg-press machine, or you could do squats, which also engage the core and improve balance. You could do leg extensions and curls on machines, or you could combine the two moves into a lunge and add upper-body work with biceps curls.

"Functional training allows you to smarten up," Ingebretsen says. "Once people get liberated from machines, they don't go back."

That liberation is happening more, according to the American Council on Exercise, which named functional training one of the top trends of 2010. The group specifically called out the rise of the TRX suspension training system, which involves a set of straps with handles that affix to a ceiling (or tree, or anything). You grasp the handles and use the weight and angle of your body to control the resistance as you push and pull. Results, the regional training center for TRX, introduced the product to personal training clients years ago and is gearing up to start group classes by summer.

Jeffries is also set to launch a project in February that will take functional training to new heights, literally: to the top floor of a historic mansion in Adams Morgan. Dubbed Stroga (a blend of "strength" and "yoga"), the facility will offer yoga classes and 45-minute small-group functional training sessions. The plan is to have toys galore and even an area with artificial turf for sprinting, but no cardio equipment and only a few weight machines.

It's a radical shift considering that one of the hottest trends in the industry just a few years ago was the Curves model, which is based on sending members through a circuit.

But there's plenty of reason to believe that folks are craving a fresh approach. Take, for example, CrossFit. Designed to be the ultimate functional training program, it blends gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting and calisthenics. CrossFit has become hugely popular in the past five years, going from just a handful of affiliates to more than 1,000 worldwide.

In Washington, that boom started four years ago at Balance Gym in the District's Kalorama neighborhood, which Mark Crick and Graham King founded with just $3,000 in equipment in the hopes of focusing on machine-free, athletic-style training. They soon opened their doors to CrossFit DC, the area's first CrossFit affiliate. (There are now nearly 20 in the region.)

The model has proved so successful that six months ago, Crick and King took over the three-story Thomas Circle Sports Club downtown to see what they could do on a larger scale. The revamped building now includes a 3,000-square-foot studio exclusively for private training and CrossFit and a vast area next to the weight machines for anyone who wants to get functional with their workouts as well as a boxing ring and a pole-dance studio.

But for the first three months they didn't touch a thing. "We needed to build trust to prove we're not just crazy people with sandbags and sledgehammers," Crick says. Change is hard, and they didn't want to alienate the previous members by "taking away their teddy bear," as King explains.

Results will undoubtedly face those transition issues as well after the four gyms get their makeovers. "Functional training is more intimidating. It's less of a comfort zone," Jeffries says. Unlike machines that have a seat to let you know where your rear end goes and only move in one way, your body can do an infinite number of things. The process requires more guidance, which is something Results will offer. "If you build it and then show them how to use it, they will come," Jeffries adds.

His faith in the evolution of fitness comes from 15 years in the industry. When the first Results opened on U Street, there were more StairMasters than treadmills, and yoga was on the schedule once a week. "Times change," Jeffries says. And it's a good thing, too, because if they didn't, we'd all be very bored.

Cardiovascular Exercise Burns Off Fat

In my last article, Avoid any excuse to Get Fit, I talked about easy ways to train at home without the use of any equipment. I explained why it is important for an overweight person who wants to lose weight successfully through exercise to go slowly so as not to over exert and in this article I want to discuss why cardiovascular exercise is important with weight loss.

Doing either weight training or cardiovascular training alone will not build a stronger, lean body. Cardio and weight training must be performed together or on alternate days to achieve long-lasting results.

Weight Training

Working with machine weights, body weight training, or using free weights will build muscle mass but weight training alone is not enough to burn off fat. Weight training should be any overweight person’s best friend. Many people who wish to lose weight go overboard on their calorie counting and may not take in sufficient food so the body’s metabolism starts to slow down. This is catastrophic. Using weight training, the body can be tricked because; when lean muscle tissue is added to the body it has no option but to burn more calories at rest. Expect to burn around an extra 50 calories per day for each pound of lean muscle tissue added to the body. This may not seem a lot but over a year, it equates to over five pounds in weight loss. This is real fat loss not water. Five pounds of sugar is equivalent to the fat lost.

Cardiovascular Training

Weight training is so important for anyone who wishes to lose weight but how do you burn off the excess fat to reveal the new lean muscle tissue? By getting the heart pumping and performing cardiovascular training, such as walking, running, skipping, cycling, swimming, tennis, badminton etc. When the heart is forced to pump through cardio, huge amounts of calories are burnt. Another thing to remember with weight loss is that it does not happen overnight. In a month, there will be a significant change if both weight training and cardio exercise effectively worked at. Clothes may feel looser, the muscle tone may start to show, and you will be more than likely craving healthier foods and feel healthier in yourself.

Weight Training and Cardio Together

This is why it is important to know that no matter how much cardio exercise you do, if you do not have lean muscle tissue to work with, the metabolism will start to slow. Cardio exercise will more than likely burn calories for a couple of hours afterward but weight training goes one step further and burns fat for up to forty-eight hours. An ideal fat burning workout would include a little weight training such as press-ups, sit-ups, burpees, jumping jacks, squat thrusts etc, and cardio exercise like walking or power walking (which burns more calories per mile than jogging). The bigger the muscles are used with cardio exercise, the bigger the calorie burn, so the legs worked during weight training and cardio will help anyone to lose weight and tone up. Spinning, jogging, and walking are perfect examples of effective cardio exercises that will help to shed fat.

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All swimming pools need a filtration system for the water. The filtration system you buy will have to be able to handle the amount of water in your swimming pool. It can't be stressed how important a filtration system is. The main job of a filtration system is to remove bacteria, which can be harmful, out of your swimming pool. It also eliminates small particles and debris.

Swimming pool vacuum

The next swimming pool accessory you will need is a vacuum. You're going to need a vacuum that is specific to the type of swimming pool you own or plan to purchase. There are various types of vacuums available, and you want to ensure you don't purchase the wrong one. Make sure you check with the salesperson if the vacuum is right for your type of swimming pool. The vacuum is used to suck up all the debris which has sunk to the bottom of the swimming pool.

Skimmer/straining basket

You're also going to want to purchase a “skimmer.” It's also known as a straining basket. It works in conjunction with your vacuum and filtration system. You use the skimmer to eliminate the floating debris and insects, and perhaps the occasional frog, or wayward bat, in your swimming pool water. You should skim your swimming pool every time you use it. The skimmer will be your primary cleaning tool.

Swimming pool cover

It's also advisable you purchase a swimming pool cover. Swimming pool covers are available in several types of colors, sizes, and materials. A swimming pool cover will help to cut down the on the work for the filtration system, the vacuum, and the skimmer, by helping prevent debris and organic matter from infiltrating your swimming pool.

Swimming pool covers are also an especially good idea if you have children, either in your home or your neighborhood. Swimming pool covers will help prevent accidental drowning. Make sure you buy a swimming pool cover that is constructed sturdily. You should always keep your pool covered when it is not in use.

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You should also invest in a maintenance chart. By having a maintenance chart you will be able to track all upkeep associated with your swimming pool. A maintenance chart will also aid you in knowing what chemicals you used, what the readings of your swimming pool water were on particular days, and when and what tests you have done.

This is one item that most pool owners don't even consider. However, don't let the simplicity of it fool you; it is a powerful tool for a pool owner.

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You will, of course, need chemicals for the swimming pool water. You need to keep the pH of the water balanced. They will ensure everyone who swims in your pool stays healthy. Among the chemicals you will need are: Chlorine, clarifier, and pH chemicals. You need to keep the water levels balanced. This is one of the most important responsibilities as a swimming pool owner. You really should check your water and ph levels on a daily basis, while doing regular pool maintenance.

You'll have to have a kit to test the water, before you can know what chemicals you need in your water. You can get testing kits in either a strip or bottle form. As mentioned, they allow you to test the chemical levels in your water. Keeping your water balanced is very important. The testing is not labor intensive or time consuming. It only takes a few minutes.

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