Here are a few of my clips. If you’d like to read the full text, e-mail me and I’ll get you a copy. Health Oxygen Gonna Make You Sweat: The woman on the treadmill is running at top speed, but merely glowing with a fine sheen of perspiration. She daintily dabs her dewy brow. Meanwhile, a woman lifting weights is slicked from head to toe, sweat soaking her spandex. Everyone sweats during a workout, but how much is healthy? The Science Of Sweat: “Sweating is normal,” assures Dr. Nowell Solish, founder of the Sweat Clinics of Canada in Toronto. Whether you glisten, glow, or drench your gym shorts, we need to sweat to keep body temperature regular. “If you weren’t sweating, you’d burn up,” says Dr. Vince Bertucci, Medical Director at Bertucci MedSpa near Toronto. Normally 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, body temperature is regulated by the brain’s hypothalamus, which sends signals to sweat or shiver. “The hypothalamus is the body’s thermostat,” says Bertucci. Exercise—even sprinting a block to catch the bus—revs metabolism and warms muscles. Sensing heat, your hypothalamus cues sweat glands to cool you down. Nutrition Alternative Medicine Healing Foods - A Better Butter: Which Nut Butter is Best for You? Peanut butter packs protein, fiber, and stick-to-your ribs satisfaction, but to reap real health benefits, you’ll have to look beyond the standard jar of Skippy. “We need more variety than just peanut butter,” says Susan Levin, staff dietitian for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Although most nuts and seeds share similar qualities, each boasts its own nutritional perks, which are concentrated in butters. “They contain protein, unsaturated fats, antioxidants, and are naturally low in carbs,” says Dr. Leonard Ram, author of the Ram Nut Diet (Ram Nutrition, 2005). Depending on your needs, certain butters may be better for your health. Use this guide to get savvy. Oxygen, Nutrition Special Can’t Get No Satisfaction: 10 Reasons Why You’re Still Hungry: For years, Alex suffered an insatiable hunger. "Late at night," she says, "I was looking for the meaning of life in the convenience store. Perusing the candy, I had the sneaking, sinking suspicion that the answer wasn't there." Like many women, Alex, a member of Overeaters Anonymous (OA), never felt satisfied-so she kept eating more. Whether you look to food to nourish an emotional or physical void, the source of your hunger may be more subtle than you realize. Ask yourself: Is there more to your appetite than just a grumbling tummy? Oxygen Work Out, Eat Up!: Surprisingly, it's what you eat after you exercise that can mean the difference between an exhausting or exhilarating workout. Whether you're training for a triathlon or a fitness contest, shedding pounds at the gym, or sprinting around the track, your body requires a recovery meal to recoup lost energy and nutrients. Depending on your needs, you can design a recovery that helps you refuel and reach your fitness goals—for fewer than 400 calories, and in under ten minutes prep time. Travel Oxygen Fit Travels: Trail Running in Seattle: My feet hit the dirt like hard rain. I dodge rocks and bluish-green toads, their backs gleaming wet against the ground. Forget pounding the pavement. Today, I’m blazing the trail. It’s been drizzling in Seattle since I arrived, but that hasn’t stopped me from venturing into the woods, about thirty miles east of the city. In Washington, using an umbrella is considered wimpy, so I don rain gear, instead. Dressed in water-wicking Gore-Tex, I set out to run the Twin Falls trail in Olallie State Park, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. News Journalism The Alibi Return of the Big Bad Wolf: The wolf is back in the Wild West, and ranchers want him banished. After eight years of a failing federal program to reintroduce the endangered Mexican gray wolf, ranchers might get their wish. The legend of the big, bad wolf is alive in the Southwest. In the remote wilderness of the Gila and Apache national forests, the wolf is still making mischief, raiding calving sheds and chicken coops, and lurking in wait for tasty, tender-limbed little girls. But in this version of the classic tale, it’s not Little Red Riding Hood that’s in peril. It’s the wolf. The Alibi Absolute Power: In the Four Corners Region of New Mexico, A Battle Over Money, Power, and Sovereign Rights has Grown Ugly Like many of her Navajo neighbors in Burnham, N.M., Victoria Alba has no electricity or running water in her home. Yet, from her window, she can see the permanent black cloud that hovers low over the landscape, belched from the two coal-burning power plants nearby. Mere miles from Mesa Verde National Park exist two of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the nation, the San Juan Generating Station and the Four Corners Power Plant. The plants supply power to big Southwestern cities, among them Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Plans for a third coal-fired plant are underway, with corporate lobbyists pushing for rapid legislative approval before state emissions standards get more stringent. The Alibi A Cure for “Street Disease”: YouthBuild Students Restore Homeless Shelter in South Valley If there’s one place students don’t want to be, it’s in Mr. J’s A.S.S. “After school suspension,” explains Mr. J. “Sometimes kids need acronyms.” The Alibi Military Brats: Waging a War Against Recruitment in Albuquerque’s Public Schools In Albuquerque’s high schools, students are more likely to sign up for military service than join the student senate. The armed forces are as popular as any school sport and, on many campuses, military recruiters and the JROTC are a more prominent presence than college or career scouts.