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Part 2: Osteoarthritis and Joint Replacement (from Medical Fitness Network)

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December 5, 2014 By Irv Rubenstein

This is a continuation of a blog posted Nov. 19, 2014 called The Pleasures and Pains of Knee Replacement Surgery and Rehab. It started with my personal story and continues into a discussion on the …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: arthritis foundation, healthy cartilage, Joint Replacement, osteophytes, ROM

Calories, Disease, Exercise…and Longevity

December 5, 2014 By Irv Rubenstein

This blog has every intention to summarize the health care crisis faced by modern and third world people resulting from the ready availability of cheap calories and sedentary living. One simple article in HealthNewsCanal (http://www.healthcanal.com/metabolic-problems/obesity/58073-obesity-may-…) …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: diabetes, heart disease, overweight, sedentary lifestyle

The Pleasures and Pains of Knee Replacement Surgery and Rehab

November 19, 2014 By Irv Rubenstein

This December marks the one year anniversary of my total knee replacement or arthroplasty (TKA). after a couple of decades of extreme wear and tear, and a couple more dealing with osteaoarthritis (OA), plus 3 …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: arthroplasty, knee replacement, Post-Joint Replacement

Summer is Over – Time to Get Back to Eating Properly? Right? Heathfully?

Summer is Over - Time to Get Back to Eating Properly? Right? Heathfully?

September 11, 2014 By Irv Rubenstein

In the proverbial words of Arnold Schwarzenegger, I’m baaack. summer was wild and weird in that I was too busy socially – with house guests literally all summer long – and professionally – tons of …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: eat less, eat properly, leanness, move more

Nutrient Timing and Weight Management

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February 25, 2014 By Irv Rubenstein

Part 2 – using the concept of nutrient timing to lose weight (see part 1 Nutrient Timing, Nutrient Intake, and Wellness) If eating a specific nutritional dose before and after a workout constiutes the principle …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: calorie intake, Exercise, nutrient timing, protein, weight management

Nutrient Timing, Nutrient Intake, and Wellness

Nutrient Timing, Nutrient Intake, and Wellness

February 17, 2014 By Irv Rubenstein

This past weekend I went to LA to teach for Ex ETC. It’s been quite some time since I’ve blogged here, and since I’ve taught. Much has happened these past few months, but mostly, other …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: amino acids, atrophy, nutrient timing, water intake, workout

Dr Oz and the ‘truth’ about cholesterol

Are All Fats Risky?

November 11, 2013 By Irv Rubenstein

A client suggested I watch a segment of Dr. Oz’s show from December 2012 with two guests, a cardiologist, steven sinatra, and a ph.d. in nutrition whose name escapes me. They’d just written a controversial …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: calorie burn, coronary artery disease, HDL, high blood sugar, LDL

Diabetes and Exercise, Part 3

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October 19, 2013 By Irv Rubenstein

This is the last part of a 3 Part essay on diabetes and exercise that I wrote for Medical Fitness Network (http://medicalfitnessnetwork.org/). It addresses the risks and some of the considerations those with diabetes must …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: calories, diabetes, Exercise, hypoglycemia, insulin

Exercise and Diabetes, Part 2

October 19, 2013 By Irv Rubenstein

This is the second installment of a 3 Part essay on diabetes and exercise that I did for Medical Fitness Network (http://medicalfitnessnetwork.org/). The first section is descriptive of the mechanisms of the two main types …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: exercise program, high intensity interval training, obesity, physical activity

Exercise and Diabetes

October 19, 2013 By Irv Rubenstein

The following three essays are the long version of what I have written for Medical Fitness Network (of which I am an advisory board member), an organization that is designed to educate professional and lay …

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Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: blood sugar, diabetes, Exercise, lifestyle choices, pancreas

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