Health & Fitness : The Rocky Mountain News

Rookies on the range

Cows dot a square plot of land near Haunted House pasture, 2 1/2 miles from the Colorado Cattle Co. ranch. As a light drizzle settles in, a group of city slickers are told it's their job to figure out how to move the cattle.

Plan your month, July

Be sure to pencil in the Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb and the Crankworx Colorado Freeride Mountain Bike Festival.

Don't let kitchen sabotage your diet

Here are a few tips to keep your kitchen from sabotaging your diet: Keep the lights low, turn down the air conditioning and place healthy foods at eye level.

DR. WEIL: Sushi safe to eat when frozen adequately

To avoid health risks with the eating of sushi, the FDA requires that fish to be served raw remain frozen for seven days at a temperature of minus 4 degrees.

Stand up for beach-ready abs

Health editor Lisa Ryckman presents an abdominal workout done standing up for a core-strengthening boost.

Other Colorado cattle drives

Check out our list to see more Colorado cattle drives.

DR. WEIL: How to fight bad breath naturally

Can you suggest any natural remedies for bad breath?

Ranch in 'Slickers' rerelease

Scott Devine was looking for rocky outcroppings and grassy plains. But he needed more than open spaces to film new footage for the rerelease of the 1991 Western comedy City Slickers.

NORDHAUS: New mom shifts perspective

There was a time when I could do whatever I wanted, whenever, wherever, for however long. I could ski and bike and surf and travel to far-flung places.

Marinades ward off carcinogens on grill

Grilling, broiling and even searing meat in a hot pan creates chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs), which have been shown to cause cancer in animals. For some reason, marinating helps reduce HCAs.