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Consumer Corner: Forget the gym

Mon, 27/09/2010 - 00:23 by Shruti Sharma

Chicago -- Hate the gym? Don't see the attraction in sweating with 100 other people? No room in the house for clunky exercise equipment?
Then use your own bodyweight.

Exercise has been touted as everything from a weight-loss tool to a dementia treatment, but for those who have invested more in potato chips than workout togs or for those with physical ailments, taking those first steps toward fitness or recovery can be overwhelming.

Matt and Donnie Gorsuch of Lake Villa, Ill., were in much the same boat. The couple -- he, 46, and she, 44, -- have six children and two dogs, and it had been a long time since they thought about fitness.

Consumer Corner: Bottles yes, plastic no

Mon, 19/07/2010 - 09:09 by Pankaj Damin

Chicago -- Health experts recommend drinking eight glasses of water a day, but unless it's portable, it's tough to accomplish while running around all day.

Plastic is convenient but it doesn't disintegrate in landfills and can leach chemicals that can cause cancer.

What's the answer?

Bradford Schulman may have it: Green Planet, a company producing bottled water packaged in more environmentally friendly materials.

With processed plant waste material from Cargill's Natureworks subsidiary, Schulman's is one of a handful of companies bottling water in plastic-like bottles that are reusable and biodegradable.