What is a ‘diet’? For the most part, a diet is what and how you eat, where the ‘how’ is as critical as the ‘what’. It is not, technically, a pre-packaged plan laid out by …
Cancer Cure or Genetic Luck? Exercise’s Correlation With Cancer Prevention
One would hardly expect to hear an exercise professional writing on an exercise and wellness blog question the value and benefits of exercise when it comes to cancer prevention. But, despite the good news from …
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A Little Dark Chocolate Helps You Go a Looong Way
Are you an endurance athlete looking for an edge? Would you like a way to get more oxygen to the working muscles, and the heart, that is legal, safe and tasty? Would you believe that …
Physical Activity Does Curb Appetite
Good news: performing physical activity reduces your appetite – for hormonal if not psychological reasons – at least for 9 hours. So it’s worth noting that you might want to engage in activity prior to …
Reward vs Punishment: How to Get Your People Moving
Here’s a real-world application of behavioral psychology that could change the world, sort of. It may help you, your kids, or your staff/employees achieve a healthy lifestyle habit that will keep them leaner and healthier. …
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If What You Eat Is Who You Are, Then How You Feel Is Where You Might End Up
We all know, especially those of us getting older, that you’re really only as old as you feel. But the other side of that coin is, the older you feel the sicker you are…or will …
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Overweight Kids MAY??? Benefit from an Exercise Program
Scientists hate to make hard conclusions when it comes to affirming anything. Thus, they are apt to call for future studies to confirm or dispute their findings. When a fitness program for little kids who …
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The Psychology of Lifestyle Change
There’s some good advice in here about designing a structure to support lifestyle change, such as joining Weight Watchers. Then again, while the psychologists have analyzed what and how people fail or succeed in doing …
My Friend’s Advice
First let me link you to my friend, Linda Melone, a fitness writer in CA. Her blogs are instructive and sometimes even funny. You can follow her here: http://lindamelone.com/how-to-be-a-pro-at-creating-an-ageless-body/ Now the reason …
Part 3: The Science of Weight Loss Just Got Messier
Can a food manufacturer or grower be faithful to science if it funds the researcher? And vice versa. In Part 3 of a three-part series, I address this latest bit of unsettling news reported …
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