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Ask Fitz! Losing Weight with a Disability & Frequency of Abdominal Training

Posted: Apr 16th 2008 6:16AM by Fitz K.
Filed under: Alternative Therapies, Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Habits, Stress Reduction, Women's Health, Men's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Ask Fitz!, Cellulite, Obesity

Have fitness questions? Fitz has your answer. Our ThatsFit.com fitness expert -- and now your own virtual personal trainer -- will help you get fit, increase your overall health and do it in a fun way. Drop your questions here in the Comments section below and we'll choose two per week to publish on That's Fit! Learn more about Fitz here.

Q. Hi Fitz, My question for you is: how can I lose weight when I'm no longer able to exercise due to a life time injury. I'm even stuck relying on the government for my income and food. Lisa

A. Hey Lisa. As if staying in shape isn't hard enough! Dealing with a disability truly makes weight management a challenge. It's not an impossible accomplishment though. It's just going to take a decent amount of education about nutrition for you, and an even greater amount of discipline.

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Treating 'mini-strokes' crucial for the future

Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:12PM by Brian White
Filed under: Health in the Media

Many people each year have miniature stokes that don't cause complete disablement, but do cause hospitalization and rehabilitation. In new research published just this morning, medical experts from Europe stated that taking care of these "mini strokes" quickly could prevent larger ones from happening in the future.

In other words, time is of the essence. By knowing about the symptoms of stroke (however minor) could lead you to recognize smaller ones and get help as soon as possible. Based on this new research, mini strokes treated within 24 hours cut their chances of having a full stroke by 80 percent in the future.

In general, life-threatening injuries that exhibit visual threats are considered by many to be top priority, but this research turns that notion on its ear to state that an "internal" stroke treatment practice needs to be right up there at the top as well.

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Ask Fitz! Losing Weight with a Disability & Frequency of Abdominal Training