Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way and Vein of Gold, books about the process of writing through morning pages and journaling, has tackled dieting in her new book The Writing Diet.
A big fan of her previous two book on writing, I was interested on seeing how she incorporates writing into weight loss. Turns out she does it quite easily. Julia suggests that by using writing as a primary tool, you can figure out what’s causing your weight problem and then fix it.
Full of assignments and creative exercises, the book really makes you stop and think about the choices you …read more

Welcome the weekly Healthbolt Carnival.  So why not make a coffee, sit down, and start clicking through this weeks collection of health and wellness articles…

FitJerk from FlawlessFitness looks at What Is MSG & Why You Should Avoid It!.

floid from Branches Of Health asks whether Its Time for an FDA Makeover!.

Dan Abshear from Informaproject discusses pharmaceutical compliance in Bowing To The Will Of Others.

Jeremy Reeves from Hassle Free Fat Loss looks at Why Your Weight Loss Goals Should Be Getting Crraaazzyyyy.

tiDr writes about the hurdles that make it difficult for Children to Eat Healthy Foods posted at

FeminineSpirit reviews the Cookie Diet …read more

Need a new weight-loss ally? Something that could help you not only lose the pounds but improve your general health and wellbeing.
Then head for the nearest lemon tree. That’s what Theresa Cheung, author of The Lemon Juice Diet, recommends. Having done detailed and extensive research, she believes that lemons and lemon juice is is all you need to kickstart a new healthier and slimmer you.
Lemons have natural detoxifying powers which stimulates the digestive system in a healthy and effective way.
And a healthy digestive system is very important if you have any hope at all of losing weight.
So I thought I’d …read more

It’s Healthbolt Carnival time again, so I hope you have a cup of coffee and some time to sit and click…

Worried about wrinkles? Then maybe you need face-yoga. Madeleine Begun Kane from Mad Kane’s Humor Blog explains in A Fountain Of Face-Yoga Youth?.

Emily from A weight Lifted looks at How to Choose A Healthy Cookbook.

Brain Blogger has an interesting arguement in Autism – No Need For A Cure?.

Lindsay from Off the Urban Grid provides 3 Home Remedies to Fix Your Allergies Naturally.

C. Myers from Mind Mart
writes about tooth decay in Nothing To Smile About.

asithi from Small Steps to …read more

Talking about dieting and hunger in the same sentence somehow doesn’t seem right.
But what if you could lose weight and help feed the hungry at the same time?
That’s the idea behind a new campaign created by General Mills, NBC’s The Biggest Loser and the non-profit organization Feeding America.
It’s called the Pound for Pound Challenge because, for ever pound you lose, General Mills will donate 10 cents to Feeding America. That’s enough, apparently, to provide one pound of groceries to a local food bank.
Imagine all those 10 cents added together – just think of how many pounds of groceries Feeding America could provide for those without …read more

Bad news if you’re overweight and are employed by the state of Alabama. If you don’t ease up on your Southern-fried favorites and hit the gym a bit more, you’ll end up paying $25 a month for insurance that is otherwise free to the un-fat folk.
That’s right, in an unprecedented move to encourage state workers to slim down, Alabama will be the first state in the nation to charge overweight workers who don’t make the effort to lighten up.
This $25 insurance fee will join the already-in-place $24/month fee that ‘Bama employees are charged for smoking. The state says it’s …read more

So in a moment of “don’t shoot the messenger”, I am sorry to have to share the news that “moderate” exercise is no longer going to cut it, if weight loss is your main goal. And by “moderate”, I’m referring to the old standby of 30 minutes a day, most days of the week.
Bummer, eh?
As if we don’t have enough on our plates (heh. Punny, huh?) Now we need to ramp up our routines in order to shed a few. This, according to a recent article on TIME.com.
Truly, it makes sense. When I first went on a crusade to lose …read more

The Healthbolt Carnival is back once again, full of interesting, informative, and entertaining posts about ‘everything to do with health.
So grab a coffee and have a read. You’ll be amazed at what you find.

Walter from Highlight HEALTH writes about The Upside of High Food Prices, saying, “As the price at the gas pump continues to climb, so does the cost of diary, grain and meat products. However, there is a healthy upside to the increasing cost of food.”

Trisha at Women’s Health Research News tells us in a review of the new fad diet Sensa that There’s no magical way to lose …read more

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You think you have weight loss goals? Well, I’m guessing Manuel Uribe has you smoked. His goal is to be able to walk down the aisle at his own wedding. And we’re betting he’ll do just that.
The 43-year-old Uribe has dropped an astonishing 550 pounds over the last two years after breaking the Guinness World Record of 1,235 pounds. He’s now down to about 700 pounds and has dreams of whittling down further.
Currently living in Northern Mexico, Uribe attributes his obesity to the American way – a nonstop diet of …read more

Japanese people may smoke too much and work too much. But on the whole they really can’t be accused of being overweight or metabo as the Japanese prefer to call it.
The Japanese goverment, however, thinks otherwise and has embarked on a mandatory campaign to slim it’s nation down. Two months ago they passed a national law that requires all companies and local governments to measure the waists of their employees (including family members) aged 40 to 74 as part of their annual checkups. With almost half the Japanese population fitting into this category, that makes an awful lot of waists …read more