If you don't like where you are, then change it. You are not a tree.

     Diabetes/pre-diabetes in American teenagers has risen from 9% in the year 1999-2000, to 23% in 2007-2008.  That is almost one in every four teens!  Those are really scary numbers, especially since all those teens are at risk of developing heart disease, renal disease, blindness, and all the other complications from diabetes.
     Incidentally, Chinese doctors are coming to the United States to learn how to treat diabetes, as the incidence of diabetes there has risen to 10% thanks to the importation of our American diet. Thank you SAD (standard American diet)..

     Additional interesting information....did you ever wonder how many calories you burn running vs walking? It used to be thought to be approximately 100 calories per mile for either.  Not so according to this article from Amby Burfoot at Runners World.
 http://peakperformance.runnersworld.com/2012/05/running-vs-walking-how-many-calories-will-you-burn/



(seen in Runnersworld.com)

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
         (hmmmm....was St. Patrick a runner?)

     Have a great 3 day weekend.  Remember, weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something pointless.