Monthly Archives: December 2010
New blog added to Hive Health Media network!
Welcome to our growing network, Shannon!
Today, we’re happy to announce that a new blog, Mentoring and Recovery with Shannon Cutts, has joined the Hive Health Media Blog Network! Shannon’s blog is hosted at Psych Central which is the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health and psychology network.
Shannon Cutts is an author, college circuit speaker, and the executive director of Mentor Connect: Where relationships replace eating disorders. Beating Anna: How to outsmart your eating disorder and get your life back is an acclaimed book by Shannon which helps those recovering from eating disorders.
Shannon herself is a survivor of a 15-year battle with an eating disorder who now turns her focus to helping others by sharing her experiences and helping create mentoring relationships. In addition to her mentoring roles, Shannon is also a songwriter, recording artist, and a multi-instrumentalist. You can hear some of Shannon’s music at Shannon’s MySpace profile.
How to save on a gym membership…
How to save on a gym membership in the New Year
When you walk in to a gym in the New Year determined to buy a membership, get in shape and shed those holiday pounds, James Fell wants you to keep one thing top of mind.
“They’re going to see every potential client as a cash register, and if you allow them to take advantage of you and milk you for a ton of money, they’ll do it,” says Mr. Fell, a Calgary-based fitness consultant and author. “You need to go in there with that mindset … and be highly skeptical of everything.”
Fifty per cent of gym memberships are inked in January, according to U.S. figures from the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association.
“This is the time of year when people are highly motivated, and because they’re highly motivated it’s easier to sell them,” says Jonathan Lerner, a personal trainer and owner of Vancouver Bootcamp.
This is why it’s essential to be prepared when you walk through the front door: Know how much you’re willing to pay for a membership and what services you’d rather do without, says Douglas Robb, a Toronto-based personal trainer and fitness blogger.
Neanderthals ate CARBS?
Though they’ve been extinct for almost 30,000 years, new evidence suggests that Neanderthal hunters were more than just carnivores. This new evidence for their culinary proclivities came from non other than plague on their teeth. I guess it’s a good thing they didn’t floss.
From three Neanderthals which were found in caves in Iraq and Belgium, researchers were able to determine that they consumed date palms, seeds, and legumes including peas and beans. What’s more is that the researchers also found evidence of cooked food in the form of barley and water lilies.
Dolores Piperno, lead author of the study from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, told the Guardian:
