Health Expert Dorian Martin shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/896502/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/896502/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/896502/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/152353/including Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:29:00 -0400 Dorian Martin My friend, Kaye, is a true foodie. She loves to tease her taste buds through trying new flavors, whether it’s ordering creatively composed sushi or inventive hamburgers at restaurants or making ricotta in her own kitchen with her niece. So when she told me that she had used cauliflower (a vegetable she claimed to despise) from our community supported agriculture share to make a pizza crust that she loved, I just had to try the recipe. And... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/152353/including http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/152059/massage Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:40:00 -0400 Dorian Martin One of the things that I’ve embraced is the power of the massage. It’s amazing how this procedure can make you feel sooooo much better and in so many ways. It helps you move better by easing tight muscles and easing stress. And if you are an avid exerciser, you’ll find that your range of movement will be much better the day after a massage. I first experienced a massage – actually, a 20-minute chair massage – about... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/152059/massage http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151750/enlightens Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:54:00 -0400 Dorian Martin “Dad, we need to watch ’60 Minutes,’” I told my dad. “They’re advertising an interesting story on the consequences of eating sugar.” So I flipped the channel from the NCAA Final Four women’s basketball tournament to CBS – and I’m glad I did. In the story, “60 Minutes” correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta interviewed Dr. Robert Lustig, who is a pediatric endocrinologist at the... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151750/enlightens http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151657/good-ugly Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:50:00 -0400 Dorian Martin I used to be a diet soda junkie. I consumed lots and lots of them each day, thinking that they were good for me since they had the magic word “diet” in the title. And I have plenty of friends who drink regular sodas.   But are sodas – whether regular or diet – that bad for your health? Let’s look at some of the findings: Diet may be a more important factor than soda consumption for some health issues. Amy... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151657/good-ugly http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151338/exercisers Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:14:00 -0400 Dorian Martin My friend, Brenda, recently called me. “Hey, do you want to participate in our Walk Across Texas team?” she asked. “But if you say yes, you have to do it!” Leave it to Brenda to try to stoke my competitive spirit and get me committed to a daily exercise routine! So what is Walk Across Texas? Established in 1996, Walk Across Texas is a free eight-week program that was created to help the state’s citizens get into the... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151338/exercisers http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151226/exercise Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:14:00 -0400 Dorian Martin You’d think that the aches and pains of aging would slow down people as they age, but that’s not the case! It turns out that the fitness industry’s main customers are 55 and older! And there are interesting differences between the generations on what types of fitness activities they like to do. Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) produced the 2010 “Tracking the Fitness Movement,” which reported that the... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/151226/exercise http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150902/8-provide Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:25:00 -0500 Dorian Martin Perhaps because we’ve joined a community-supported agriculture program, Dad’s and my meals have increasingly revolved around vegetables. I’ve found that eating more veggies has made me feel much better, but Dad still wants protein on his plate (which he thinks of as beef, chicken, or seafood). But that got me thinking – what types of plant-based protein are available for those who want to make an even bigger dietary... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150902/8-provide http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150803/believing Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:17:00 -0500 Dorian Martin Seems like almost every time I have lunch with friends who are middle-age, our conversation turns to changes in our eyesight. Often the discussion is sparked as someone scrambles for reading glasses in order to make out the fine type on the menu. Or we might be having difficulty trying to read a board of lunch specials located across the room. But perhaps what we should be focusing on is what foods we should eat to help protect our eyesight. In... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150803/believing http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150504/finding-3s Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:21:00 -0500 Dorian Martin How essential are omega fatty acids in an American’s diet? And is there too much of an essential thing? Those questions came to mind when I read about a new study out of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee. In that study researchers found that consuming at least three weekly servings of fish (which contains omega-3 fatty acids) may decrease women’s risk of developing some types of colon polyps that may become... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150504/finding-3s http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150391/exercise Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:47:00 -0500 Dorian Martin The story took me by surprise – a man with lung disease who runs marathons pulling his oxygen tank behind me. I couldn’t find the story online, but found another one from the Denver Post so you won’t think I’m crazy. And believe me, I was totally amazed by this story since I watched my own mom’s struggles with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the more research I did after reading the Post story... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/896502/150391/exercise