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The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.

Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No...

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If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build u...

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Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in t...

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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep lookin...

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So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscl...

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You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up ...

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Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't...

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Jack LaLanne

Television Show Host

Born: 1914-09-26

Died: 2011-01-23

Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011) was an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old. He also had behavioral problems, but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture by Paul Bragg, a well-known nutrition speaker. During his career, he came to believe that the country's overall health depended on the health of its population, writing that "physical culture and nutrition — is the salvation of America".More