Author Archives: health

Unleash Your Inner Spartan at this Castaic Lake Event!

The Spartan Race began in 2010 as a way to push everyday desk jockeys to get more active, healthy, and happy by competing in obstacle course races. From its humble beginnings in the Green Mountains of Vermont, its founder, Joe De Sena, was inspired to create a community who push and inspire each other like… Read More: Unleash Your Inner Spartan at this Castaic Lake Event! »

Cookbook author suggests adding potato chips to recipes to avoid ‘fatphobia’

The Washington Post published a piece that oddly suggested readers should put potato chips in their food to avoid being “being fat-phobic.” The Post published a recipe from author Julia Turshen’s cookbook Tuesday headlined, “Crush some chips into your fish cakes: Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean being fat-phobic,” turned instructions on preparing “ricotta and potato chip fish cakes with peas”… Read More: Cookbook author suggests adding potato chips to recipes to avoid… »

Don’t underestimate the recovery time for an ankle sprain

In an emergency department (ED), the most common injury we see is ankle sprains, or lateral ligament injury. It accounts for 10 per cent of all ED presentations and commonly occurs in men ages 18-30 who engage in sports. It happens when the foot or ankle rolls inwards, causing the ankle to bear the weight… Read More: Don’t underestimate the recovery time for an ankle sprain »