America is a culture consumed with processed foods - that’s no secret. But one (literally) fed-up woman decided to head in another direction and she lost 160 pounds because of it.

After reading a book about the health benefits of eating an all-raw diet, Angela Stokes went “cold cucumber” as she calls it and stopped eating cooked and processed foods. Stokes had become depressed and downtrodden as a result of her 300 pound weight and was determined to change it.

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The summit of Everest is set to play host to a whole new set of adventurers - skydivers.

At least 34 daring skydivers from 14 countries -including the U.S., Britain, Canada, Denmark, and New Zealand will be jumping out of a plane and soaring past the most famous mountain in the world.

The skydivers will need to wear oxygen masks and carry heavy parachutes because of the extremely thin air in the world’s tallest drop zone. They’ll also be subject to extreme cold on the way down.

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Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy completed a 15-minute, 22-mile solo flight across the English Channel this morning. But what’s incredible about Rossy’s flight is that it wasn’t in a jet, but on a jet wing.

Rossy, also known as “Fusion Man,” strapped himself to a homemade jet-propelled wing and jumped out of an airplane at 8,800 feet before firing up the four jets he was attached to and taking off at speeds of up to 185 mph. Flying from Calais, France across the English Channel, Rossy followed the flight path of Louis Berliot, the first man to fly solo in an airplane across the Channel 99 years ago.

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The Best Hike blog is reporting on Jonathan Ley’s very cool hike through the interior of Iceland. The photos from the trip are enough to make you want to pack your bags and book the next flight to Reykjavík.

Ley’s first journal entry is below - follow the link to his website to read it in its entirety. Some FAQ’s about his trip are below that…

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Working on whittling down your waistline? It may be easier than you think - modified walking can help you take inches off your waistline, slim your tummy and drop excess pounds in no time.

If you walk four to six times a week for six weeks and incorporate one of these modifications - hills, plyometrics and/or intervals - you’ll be amazed at the results. This article on CNN Health defines all three modifications and gives you practical applications for each. Three women featured in the article each lost between 36 and 50 pounds using these three walking mods.

“I look and feel great because of walking,” says Virginia Cox, who lost 45 pounds in 6 months walking intervals. “Plus, I now fit into the jeans that I wore when I was in my 20s.” An unexpected bonus: She’s sleeping much better, too.

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