Now this is what school lunch SHOULD look like!

Check out the quality of food at the Murrieta Valley Unified School District - now this is something that all schools should model their food programs after.

Ryan had the Nutrition Services Director of Murrieta Valley Unified, Jill Lancaster, on his radio show Tuesday to talk about how she accomplished such a healthy menu.

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In 2010, the American Cancer Society will continue its long history of partnership with the community by enrolling individuals into its third long-term follow-up study. The purpose of Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) is to better understand the genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors that cause or prevent cancer. The overall objective of CPS-3 is to enroll 500,000 men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer and are willing to make a long-term commitment to the study for the next 20 to 30 years.

The Society's Relay For Life of Yucaipa, located at Yucaipa Community Park, 34900 Oak Glen Road in Yucaipa on April 17 and 18, has been selected as one of 14 sites in California to enroll volunteers in this new study, creating a historic opportunity for our community to play a role in helping prevent cancer.

"Enrollment is simple and will take approximately 20 to 30 minutes," said Jean Kielhold, volunteer chair of the CPS-3 outreach at the Relay For Life in Yucaipa. "Eligible and interested individuals will be asked to complete a brief study questionnaire, provide a waist measurement and give a small blood sample, similar to a doctor's visit. Soon after the Relay event, they will be mailed a questionnaire to collect detailed information on lifestyle, behaviors, and medical/family history."

For the next 20 or more years, the American Cancer Society will follow enrollees by sending additional questionnaires every two years to be completed and returned. Researchers will use this data to study factors that are associated with cancer and ultimately, find ways to prevent it.

Mark your calendar to enroll at the Relay For Life of Yucaipa at Yucaipa Community Park, located at 34900 Oak Glen Road in Yucaipa, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If you have a personal experience with cancer and are not eligible to enroll, share this opportunity with your family and friends and ask them to support your dedicated fight to eliminate cancer by enrolling in CPS-3. Together our individual efforts will create a cancer free tomorrow.

In the 1950's, the Society began conducting cancer prevention studies, following large groups of people over time, to identify and better understand the causes of cancer and find ways to prevent it. Past studies have been the first to show the link between smoking and lung cancer, the first to show the impact of obesity on cancer deaths, and the first to show the link between aspirin use and lower risk of colon cancer.

For more information or to learn how to become involved with CPS-3, visit www.cancer.org/cps3 or call toll-free 1-888-604-5888.

Being a mom of young children is no easy task! If you are a mom with small children at home I'm sure we can relate to each other and have shared many similar feelings and experiences! The key to my survival and happiness has been finding the right support group of friends/moms for my girls and me! When my second daughter was born (4 years ago) I'll never forget how I felt once we got home from the hospital and the bliss had worn off.

I was now home with my 2-½ year old and a newborn and quickly began feeling overwhelmed, resentful, alone, and wondering if having another baby was the right decision! I spoke to my Dr. about my feelings and he reminded me that much of how I was feeling was normal and probably hormonal and that I should find some sort of program that supports motherhood. I knew I had to do something for my family and myself or else we weren't going to be a happy unit!

First and foremost I wanted to meet other moms that were going through the same thing as I was, second I wanted to find friends/activities for my 2 ½ year old, and third I knew exercise would do wonders for me! I have been an avid exerciser my entire live and when I'm not exercising my entire mental state changes. I knew that if I started exercising regularly I would be happier, have more energy to be a mom, start losing my pregnancy weight, and start feeling better about myself, not to mention all the other long term benefits of regular exercise (decreased weight, increased strength, decreased risk of many diseases/conditions, etc.) Lucky for me I found all 3 things I was looking for in 1 program, Stroller Strides!

After just two weeks I had made friends with other moms that had children the same age as mine, my 2½ year-old was happy and had friends, and I was getting my much required exercise! I was beginning to cope with my feelings and quickly began feeling like I had control of my feelings and myself! Most importantly I was able to realize how much I love being the mom of two girls.

Now I'm 27 weeks pregnant with my third child (a boy), still exercising and as happy as I have ever been! I feel so lucky to be surrounded by such amazing moms and kids and can't imagine where I would be if I hadn't found a program that worked for me! The best advice I give to new moms or a mom with young children is to find a support group that supports you as a mother and what your needs and your family's needs are! You'll be so happy you did and so will your family!

Dani Rowan lives in Lake Elsinore with her husband is the mother of two girls ages 6 and 4 and her third child is due in May. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and a Masters Degree in Physical Therapy. She enjoys camping, wakeboarding, going to the river, being with friends, exercising and eating healthy. Danielle was awarded Stroller Strides Franchisee of the Year in 2009 and Stroller Strides Instructor of the Year in 2008.

If you are a boy scout, you will get a merit badge if you help the elderly across the street. When you head to the market, it is commonplace to whiz your shopping cart right around that of someone's grandmother or grandfather. Maybe it's the park bench, where you find a senior just watching, as their younger counterparts exert their physical prowess on the play fields. Go ahead and put that picture in your head of what you think the average 75 year old American man looks like.

What I would expect your vision to be is one of an elderly man with a weak disposition. I would expect you be staring at a set of shrunken rounded shoulders, a head that droops and a back that slumps. You might tell me how the senior in your vision doesn't walk very fast, cant lift anymore than ten pounds over his own head, has trouble with his balance, and tires easily. If you repeated all those stereotypes to me, I would have to agree that this is a vision that most would share. But I would also have to say that we need to look in the mirror, and realize that the wrinkles and gray hairs are going to come.

Aging is an unavoidable process. It is programmed within our genetic code for our bodies to accumulate change, as we grow older. Beginning at the age of twenty-five years our muscles will to atrophy at a rate of .5 percent a year , and that number will double when we hit 60, and double yet again during the 70's, 80's, and 90's. Coupled with inactivity, our bodies natural skeletal alignment is threaten. As a result, our skeletal system loses its integrity and poor posture is exhibited. Muscle lengths will change and distorted movement patterns will occur. This leads us to a life of pain, injuries, lack of motor control, and poor balance. So it looks as though human physiology feeds the stereotypical vision we share.

Sarcopenia is the term given to age-related muscle loss and the resulting loss of function. As we age our muscles give way to frailty. If we do nothing about it, we lose our muscles and gain a host of problems. In addition to movement related issues, sarcopenia is congruent with heart disease and obesity. Each pound of muscle burns 3 to 5 more calories than a pound of fat. So the loss of lean muscle as we age, means a considerable drop in metabolism leading to fat accumulation. With all these considerations, the Centers for Disease Control, labeled sarcopenia as one of the 5 leading health risks facing the United States population. It is a problem that I am not certain is being handled correctly.

I recently called a senior facility to inquire about their fitness program. The answer on the phone was that the average age was 69, and that they were probably too old for exercise. Too old? When you consider that 74-year-old Sri Chinmoy of Australia hoisted 740 pounds of dumbbells above his head and that at 62 years of age the legendary Jack LaLanne towed 13 boats carrying 76 people across the Long Beach harbor, too old, is not a good answer.

Ok, not everyone can is capable or has the same kind of desire as these men, but there is something we can do. If physics scares you, you may want to close your eyes for just a second.

Newton's second law of thermodynamics states that force is equal to the mass of an object times its acceleration. In kinesiology, the human bodies ability to produce force is generated from the contraction of skeletal muscle. What this is ultimately saying is that the more muscle that you have, the power you will be able to create.

Again I am not saying that everyone on the planet, particularly senior citizens, want to be able to carry refrigerators on their backs or play linebacker for the Oakland Raiders or anything like that. But who doesn't need to be a little quicker, have a little more strength, or have a little more agility. Think about what it takes to escape an oncoming car in the street and hop back on the curb or to lift a bag of groceries from your car, and carry them into your home. If there is an age population that should be exercising, it seems as if the senior population would certainly be it.

An industry group representing the top five manufacturers of CT equipment said on Thursday the companies will add new safeguards to their machines to help prevent patients from being exposed to too much radiation.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance said manufacturers will add a color-coded warning system to give health care providers clear warning when they are doing scans that give patients potentially dangerous doses of radiation.

A CT or computed tomography scan gives doctors a view inside the body, often eliminating the need for exploratory surgery.

But CT scans deliver a much higher radiation dose than conventional X-rays. A chest CT scan exposes the patient to more than 100 times the radiation dose of a typical chest X-ray. High doses of radiation can cause skin burns, cataracts and other injuries.

People who are lactose intolerant often avoid dairy products, thereby depriving themselves of calcium, vitamin D, and other essential nutrients, according to a draft statement released today by a National Institutes of Health-sponsored panel on lactose intolerance and health.

The panel, composed of experts from across the medical spectrum, was tasked with evaluating what we know about lactose intolerance. Very little, as it turns out.

"There are huge gaps in knowledge," says panel chairman Frederick J. Suchy, MD, professor and chief of pediatric hepatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Lactose Intolerance Information Lacking
The panel reviewed nearly 60 relevant studies, a quarter of which were conducted in the United States. "None of the studies," the draft states, "evaluated a representative U.S. sample ... [and] they cannot be used to estimate the prevalence of lactose intolerance."

The numbers may be elusive, but outcomes of a dairy-poor diet are easy to predict.

"It has implications for bone health, cardiovascular health, and maybe colon cancer," Suchy says. But for those who experience symptoms of lactose intolerance -- bloating, gas, diarrhea -- after a glass of milk, "the reflex response is to stop drinking milk and eating dairy products."

What Is Lactose?
Lactose is a sugar found in milk. In order to digest it, the body needs a special enzyme, called lactase. Everyone is born with lactase; otherwise, babies and breast milk wouldn't mix very well. But most of the world's population -- people of northern European descent are an exception -- is genetically programmed to decrease the production of lactase around age 3 or 4.

In the U.S., Asians, African-Americans, Hispanics, and other minority groups are particularly likely to be deficient of lactase.

However, not everyone who is deficient of lactase will suffer from drinking a glass of milk.

"Whether or not it becomes clinically important is very variable," says John Snyder, MD, chief of gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. It is quite possible, he says, that someone with a low level of lactase will tolerate dairy products as well as someone whose level is a lot higher.

Get Tested for Lactose Intolerance
For Snyder, who was not a member of the panel, the important thing is to get evaluated. Taking a lactase enzyme pill may alleviate symptoms. If it does, says Snyder, that would suggest you are lactose intolerant. A breath test can offer more conclusive results. Your doctor will also want to rule out other conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome or celiac disease.

A diagnosis of lactose intolerance does not have to mean a dairy-free diet, Suchy emphasizes. Yogurt and hard cheeses, he says, shouldn't cause any trouble. And small amounts of milk throughout the day, rather than a large glass all at once, might be easier on your gut.

"The reality is that alternate strategies may be effective," says Suchy.

In 1986 I met with a body worker trained in New York City by the renowned shiatsu master Ohashi. She was showing me how she worked with, what was to me at the time, an unusual client. Duke was a great mastiff puppy from New Jersey horse country that was receiving deep muscle massage around his leg and hip joints to increase circulation to lessen the chance of sprains and strains as he grew.

Duke enjoyed every minute of the flexion and extension, friction massage, acupressure along his spine, and energy work he received. I was impressed by this and even more so when the therapist, a small woman, introduced me to her next client, a very large brown horse. She used the same shiatsu points and meridians that she showed me on Duke. As with working on Duke, she began by quietly sitting and waiting for a sign to begin. Then she visualized the horse's spine, scanning vertebrae at a time, for areas that were deficient in healing energy. Based on that and how the horse would press into her hands, she would begin work. This was clearly a dance of mutual respect, trust and appreciation.

after that I learned of Linda Tellington Jones, founder of Tellington Touch (TTOUCH) healing for animals, one of the better known systems used especially for horses but not at all limited to them. One of Linda's clients was a python at the San Diego Zoo named Joyce who suffered from a recurrent respiratory ailment. After spending hours using TTOUCH on Joyce along with some assistants, Linda pointed out that this was a result of her inability to stretch to her full eight feet. Joyce made it apparent that she was grateful, in front of a room of two hundred previously skeptical zoo personnel by rising up cobra style in front of Linda and flicking her "third eye" with her tongue. She also rested with her head over Linda's heart.

Michael Fox, VMD, author, former director of the Humane Society of the United States, who writes a syndicated column for the Washington Post, and is co-founder of a wildlife sanctuary in Southern India, has also done work with wild animals in addition to extensive work with domestic animals. He told me that when they brought in injured animals at the wildlife sanctuary in India, he would call in one of his therapy assistance dogs, or a previously rescued wild animal to comfort the newcomer. This, and from the his staff being trained to give gentle strokes, the laying on of hands and prayerful presence stimulated the animal's will to live.

Most pet owners I speak to say they instinctually massage their pets. Learning specific points and techniques can be helpful for degenerative and chronic conditions such as arthritis and stiffness. Massage therapy can be used as an adjunct to other treatment including as a stimulant to enhance post-operative recovery, as a catalyst for convalescence from sickness and as an adjunct to intensive care in cases of shock and severe debility.

Massage increases endorphins, the body's painkiller hormones, and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system that brings the body into homeostasis or balance. The benefits are the same in animals as they are in people.

Other benefits include improving circulatory disorders, especially impaired heart functions in old age; reducing obesity and hypothyroidism; improving liver and kidney function; and reducing stress and anxiety. This last benefit works both ways. The pet massage giver also has a decrease in stress and anxiety.

I have a client from Hemet whose Chihuahua lies on her for the second half of the massage when she is face up. I am not allowed to leave the room until I have spent a minute on Angel's spine. Another client in Fallbrook has a large Shepherd-Rottweiler who is beginning to experience pain and stiffness in his joints. Bo always presents the hip that is giving him the most discomfort.

Animals know our intentions and rarely will refuse help from us, unless the memory of the problem is so painful they can't bear it, or if they have been mistreated. Pamela Hannay says "We must show them the respect they deserve, give them the opportunity to let them do the work they are best at and let them by our teachers."

Wendy has been teaching and practicing massage, yoga and movement on the east and west coast since 1973 and is also a Mandala artist and a native plant gardener. She has a BFA in Dance from Temple University. She currently lives in Murrieta, California and is a state credentialed massage therapist as well as yoga teacher. Wendy has been a co-organizer of local earth days and co-organizer of the first Holistic Health Fair in the Inland Empire. Read more from her blog

All it takes is 100 minutes a week, that is just 20 minutes a day. That is all that the State of California is asking our elementary students to participate in physical activity a week. Given that it seems the average five-to-seven-year-old can't sit for more than ten minutes straight, it seems that it wouldn't be that difficult for teachers to find 20 minutes out of each day for their students to run, jump, twist, turn, hop, skip, leap, bound or make any basic human movement that would be considered fundamental. But it seems that it is and it shows. Our little ones, the future of America, are fat and statistics show they are getting fatter.

How could it be that over 250,000 children aged six and under are too heavy for their car seats and that 190,000 of those are three-years-old and younger? It isn't because kids are getting any taller! Why is that over half of all children are living with a chronic health condition? It could be because, during the last eight years, the child obesity epidemic has risen more than 50 percent.

The teachers in our classrooms will tell you that they just can't get those twenty minutes in each day. They will say that the educational standards that are imposed upon the children are just too high for them to give up 20 minutes of the 360 ticks of the clock that the students are in school. To me, given that research shows that the length of attention span in children is equal to the minutes of a child's age, it seems hard to believe that we can't get students out of their chairs to move just a little bit more.

Look, I understand what the thinking is. Reading, writing and arithmetic are fundamental. We can't expect to prepare our babies to be the leaders of our planet, if they can't spell or don't know their times tables. But if we are also preparing them for a life where the chances of spending a substantial amount of time visiting one doctor after another, we need to wonder, what is more important. In fact, we need to question the thought process within our schools. When we look at the research done with children, aerobic exercise is proven to improve cognitive function. This means, that with exercise we can improve students abilities to pay attention, plan, and concentrate more. Compared to sedentary children, the brains of physically fit kids are able to process more extensive tasks.

Instead of instructing the same way maybe our teachers just need to think outside the box a little bit more. Considering that the budget is limiting our resources, it is time to make a change. Of course, you can't line up kids each day and ask them to run a half-marathon or do a hundred push-ups. It won't happen; it isn't safe and won't be productive. But just like advice to anyone who is starting an exercise program, we just need to make it fun. Really, who hard it is that? We are talking about children. Kids love games, it is inherent amongst children to fidget and not sit still. Admittedly, I am not a classroom educator, but I do provide education for my children, Jorge and Mia at home and I know first hand, that we can make plenty of math games that don't involve being trapped in a desk chair. Honestly, I think our kids eyeballs would probably blow up if they couldn't get up and move more.

Our children need us all to step up. As parents, it is our responsibility and obligation, to provide our young ones with the best chances to succeed. That means, they get the best of us when it comes to providing security, comfort, support, and decision making. There isn't a child alive who doesn't look up to their mommy and daddy for the answers. We can't let ourselves surrender to shortcuts. I am not even saying that we need to completely avoid the video games and fast foods. Your kids don't need to be fat and they don't need to be on diets. They don't need to think that if they aren't skinny they aren't attractive but we don't need to set them up for early heart attacks either.
Really, how hard is it to take a walk with your family or go out the park? Your babies need to see you do it. You have to be their role models. Our obesity problem is getting any better and will only get worse if our parents don't get more active.

There are no tricks. Just stop being lazy, and search for a healthier lifestyle for your children. Unplug the TV and make more time, otherwise we all we suffer.

Jeremy McCann has a degree from Cal Poly Pomona in exercise science and is an International Sports Sciences Personal Trainer. He is also a National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist and a Corrective Exercise Specialist. He has his own fitness company www.GETFIT951.com.

How did I become a Fit Mom? Stroller Strides came into my life! A little over 6 years ago, when my boys were just 3 1/2 and 18 months, my friend and former co-worker, Lisa Druxman called me to tell me about a stroller fitness program called Stroller Strides that she had started in San Diego. She wanted to know if I wanted to be a part of it. She had a ton of requests for the classes from moms in my Temecula area and thought I would be a good fit given my fitness background.

She explained that they did outdoor stroller fitness classes that I could bring my kids to and there would be other moms there like me for support and to socialize with. They also had playgroups once a week for my boys to enjoy plus they planned occasional mom's night out.

I was sold! Where do I sign up? The rest, as they say, is history! Soon after that call I became the fittest, healthiest, happiest, mom that I could ever imagine being all while sharing it right along with my kids. I was able to combine my passion for motherhood with my passion for fitness. In addition I have had the pleasure over the last six years of meeting some of the most amazing moms and kids. I have been able to play a big role in changing their lives for the better through Stroller Strides.

I believe that being a mom is truly rewarding but it's very, very hard work. Moms need to spend time on themselves to stay healthy, fit, and happy both physically and mentally but so few actually do. Good health is a necessity for a mom, not a luxury. We put everyone and everything else ahead of us and in the end everyone ends up paying for that. If you don't take care of yourself first how can you possibly take care of everyone else who depends on you?

I once had a member of mine tell me that it was like when you are on an airplane and the flight attendant is explaining what to do in the event of an emergency and the oxygen masks come down, "Put your oxygen mask on first and then put the oxygen mask on your child." Moms, it is ok to put yourself first and become a Fit Mom. The most wonderful thing is that your kids will watch, learn and follow to become fit kids themselves with you as their role model.

Michele Sapp
Stroller Strides... Helping Moms Make Strides In Fitness, Motherhood, and Life. ®
http://www.strollerstrides.net/temecula

Michele Sapp lives in Canyon Lake with her husband and two boys ages 10 and 8. She has been in the fitness industry for 15 years. She volunteers at her son's school each week and is the head coach for the school's 100 Mile Club Health and Fitness Program. She is an avid sports enthusiast and enjoys staying active, spending time with her family and friends, cooking, traveling and interior decorating.

"African Americans need to protect themselves from colon cancer, because we die from the disease more often than other ethnic groups," said Phyllis Clark, founder of the "Colon Cancer--It's Preventable" conference with the American Cancer Society's African American Outreach Committee, and founder of the Healthy Heritage Movement. "I lost my mother to colon cancer when she was in her early 40's. Too many lives are being lost that could be saved by prevention and early detection."

Many of the standing and balance poses taught in yoga classes involve bones and muscles of the legs, hips and spine working together; but also, yoga exercises often involve strengthening the upper body and sometimes require arms and hands to support the rest of our body weight. So you are strengthening yourself from all angles! What better way to strengthen your upper body than support your whole body in eagle's nest pose? And what better way to improve your balance and strengthen your body from your feet up than in tree pose or dancer's pose?

Yoga poses done on a continuous basis can help activate the endocrine glands that are so important for maintaining calcium balance, and for alleviating menopausal complaints such as mood swings, lack of energy, inability to concentrate, hot flashes, and disruptive sleep patterns.

Additionally, poses such as dog pose and table top stretch stretch your spine in such a way as to increase space between the vertabrae.

I think it is important to see our changing bodies and new found challenges in mid-life and onward to be our guides for improving our overall health and increasing our sense of well-being. Yoga is a wonderful tool and a path for increased self-knowledge and awareness.

Wendy has been teaching and practicing massage, yoga and movement on the east and west coast since 1973 and is also a Mandala artist and a native plant gardener. She has a BFA in Dance from Temple University. She currently lives in Murrieta, California and is a state credentialed massage therapist as well as yoga teacher. Wendy has been a co-organizer of local earth days and co-organizer of the first Holistic Health Fair in the Inland Empire. Read more from her blog

This time of year you can walk into any gym across the country and you will get the same experience. You see beat red faces walking from an Aerobics room class, you will hear the pounding of the feet on the treadmill, the clanging of dumbells as they collide in the air, and repetitions of numbers will jump from the tongue of a trainer working closely with his/her client. Masses of people are locked into chasing their fitness goals right now, and have that feeling that nothing is going to stop them. But something does.

Part of the average New Years resolution is to join a gym. Each January, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association, one million people will join fitness clubs across the country in hopes of cutting that bodyfat down. Visions of situp, after situp dance in their heads as they can just see themselves fitting into that pair of pants they haven't for many years.

You can spot these new members out right away. Most share the look of shear intimidation or fear as they cross the gym room floor for the first time. I mean think about it. Health clubs are filled with a variety of torturous looking devices being used by specimens of the human gene pool who sometimes wear half of the normal amount of clothing that is deemed acceptable in the "real world."

Most fitness facilities aren't built for success, in fact gyms bank on the fact that there is a 20 to 30 percent dropout rate for these new members within the first 90 days. Even if you do make it past those magical 90 days, it is proven that about half of all members will use their gym 50 days or less during the year. Given that 41.3 billion dollars are spent on memberships and 65 percent of America is overweight and obese, it seems like such a terrible waste.

How can it be that we have a million people each year that are willing to invest about 400 dollars annually for memberships, yet over the course of the year either cancel it or use it less seldom than the public library.

Maybe joining the gym, just isn't the answer.

The obvious problem that is sweeping the heath of our nation is that we are fat and getting fatter. When it comes down Americans are used to doing things out of quicker and easier, and we want to be gratified NOW. Think about it, drive-thru's are much quicker and easier than making a meal, and in that 36 seconds it takes to chew and swallow your burger and fries, you are rewarded by the great taste. As a result, our health is in decline. People will wander around those gyms without any type of guidance, coaching or support, while forcing themselves to try and to do something that is only going to make them sweat, stink and feel pain in hopes that they will see a pound or two difference in a week!

We all know, that to lose bodyfat, we need to spend more calories than we take in. It is a rather easy concept, move more and eat less. We all know that that are plenty of options in how to exercise. So where do people go wrong and why is there so much agony in trying to chase your goals.

The disturbing fact is that your body does not want to change. Your body is made up 11 different systems trying to create perfect balance and basically keep things easy on itself. When it comes to weight control, the human body has a built-in thermostat for body fat regulation. Hunger and the feeling of fullness are driven by the levels of fat within each persons individual fat stores. Your body will do its best to drive behaviors to keep those bodyfat stores within a certain range unless we consistently do something about it to create change. That something, is creating a new lifestyle of exercise and diet.

Jeremy McCann has a degree from Cal Poly Pomona in exercise science and is an International Sports Sciences Personal Trainer. He is also a National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist and a Corrective Exercise Specialist. He has his own fitness company www.GETFIT951.com.

• Speed Skater Lunges : With your hands on your hips, take a comfortable stance, feet shoulder-width apart, head up and torso erect. From there, step with your right leg straight out to your side, as deep as you can go without moving your left foot. Plant your right foot and bend your right knee to 90 degrees. Then, flexing the muscles of your thigh, push yourself back up to a standing position and repeat the movement with your left leg. Alternate side to side until you've completed at least 10 reps per leg.
• BODY-WEIGHT SQUAT (legs): Put your hands on your hips. From a standing position, feet about shoulder-width apart, squat down until both knees reach 90 degrees. As you lower yourself, keep your lower back slightly arched, head up, and stick your glutes out as if you were going to sit in a chair. Also, be sure that your knees aren't out past your toes as you descend--if they are, you're not moving your glutes back far enough on the descent. Once you reach the bottom position, flex your quads, hamstrings and glutes to power yourself back up to a standing position and then repeat.
• Cross Country Lunges: Lunge across the living room moving your arms as if you are cross country skiing, or go to the steps and take two at a time with a lunging movement, moving your arms as well to tone your quads, hams and glutes.
• Parallel Bars: Don't have your own parallel bars at home like my buddy Mitch Gaylord the Olympic Gold Medalist? Then grab two chairs and do dips in between the chairs for a great upper body work out.
• Ride the bicycle... for great abs: Lie on your back as though you are about to do a regular crunch, then lift both legs up so that they are a few inches off (and parallel to) the floor. Then, just as you would do a normal crunch, lift your shoulders off the floor but twist one elbow inward, and at the same time bring your knee in having it meet at the middle with the knee opposite to that elbow. Return your knee and shoulder to their original positions, and the next crunch should be used with the other elbow and knee. It looks like you are riding a bike but including your upper body.
• Hand Stand Push Ups: You can start with regular push ups, then put your feet up on a chair and increase the angle until you are doing push ups from the hand stand position. Great Pole Vaulters do this. This works your chest, shoulders and triceps muscle.
• Run The Stadium Steps: Don't have a stadium? Walk or run the steps at home. This works your quads, hams, calves and glutes and is also a great cardio vascular work out. You can also go up sideways.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it wants to issue new safety requirements for manufactures of computed tomography (CT) and fluoroscopic devices to reduce unnecessary radiation from medical imaging.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it wants to issue new safety requirements for manufactures of computed tomography (CT) and fluoroscopic devices to reduce unnecessary radiation from medical imaging.

The FDA's plan focuses on three procedures with high radiation doses: CT, nuclear medicine studies, and fluoroscopy. These are the greatest contributors to total radiation exposure within the United States population, the FDA said. That's because they require much higher radiation doses than other radiographic procedures, such as standard X-rays, dental X-rays, and mammography.

"The amount of radiation Americans are exposed to from medical imaging has dramatically increased over the past 20 years," Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a prepared statement. "The goal of FDA's initiative is to support the benefits associated with medical imaging while minimizing the risks."