Diabetes

I find it interesting that a study on the incidence of diabetes increasing the most in 10 years has been released on the day prior to Halloween. Will it lessen the consumption of all things sweet and sugar laden today? I think not.  We love our sugar, so much so that we put it in [...]

FIBER

Sticking with the nutrition/food theme this week I thought I would dedicate this post to the most under-appreciated of all food sub-categories.  Fiber is an integral part of any healthy diet, sadly processed and most restaurant food are devoid of fiber.  Basically, the more processed or cooked down the food the less fiber it contains.  [...]

Nutritious Thought

Vegetables.  You do not eat enough, I guarantee it.  As winter closes in and everyone is getting sick now is the time to increase your daily intake of green leafy veggies.  I hope that we all know the benefit eating fruits and veggies have on keeping you healthy and decreasing the negative effect of free [...]

5 Basic Tenets of Wellness

5 Tenets of fitness
1) Stay ahead of your body: By the time pain and injury occur the imbalances and dysfunction have become ingrained in your body, they are very hard to re-program once an injury or pain have begun…..be proactive.

2) Sleep: Fatigue will eventually get you! The more sound and restorative sleep you get [...]

Exercise of the Week

This week I thought adding in a ‘cardio-resistance’ exercise is in order.  By combining a full body resistance exercise done with higher reps (15-20) and little rest 30 seconds max between 4-5 sets you can build both muscular endurance and anaerobic capacity in a short period of time.ss-press

A Little Science to Help with Weight Loss

Did you know that almost all of you exercise backwards.  Ya know, cardio first and weights second.  Simply reversing the order will make you drop fat and unwanted pounds and you do not need to work out any longer or harder.
How, you ask? By performing resistance exercise first (the kind of resistance exercise endorsed by [...]

Exercise of the Week

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Cereal?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some breakfast cereals marketed to U.S. children are more than half sugar by weight and many get only fair scores on nutritional value, Consumer Reports said on Wednesday.
A serving of 11 popular cereals, including Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, carries as much sugar as a glazed doughnut, the consumer group found.
And some brands have [...]

Nutritious Thought

A quick tip on eating.  If you only eat half of everything you will cut 50% of the calories out of your diet…duh!
Seriously, only eat half of the portion you are served, all the portions are too big, the protein is generally too high, the carbs are astronomically simple and plentiful and the fat…well let’s [...]