Eat more veggies. Only 1 in 10 Americans eats enough fruits and vegetables a day. Even with the popularity of smoothies, only 18% of Californians eat enough fruits and vegetables. 60% of Canadian’s do not eat enough fruits and vegetables. In Britain, only 17% of the population eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. 6% of Australians eat …
Carbs vs fat
Every 10 years or so, like the cycle of the high protein diet, someone decides that fat would be a better fuel source for working muscles. It sounds like a good idea, we have more stored fat than carbohydrates so maybe exercise performance would be improved by burning fat. Except we don’t work like that. The thinking behind these studies …
Exercise therapy
I read a couple of interesting studies about muscle this week and both could have a positive effect on you. The first one was on muscle as a therapeutic treatment option. It seems that muscle repairs itself faster with exercise. Even older muscle. Now going to the gym means that you can build more muscle and that you will heal …
Eat more pasta.
Every decade there is a new low carb diet. Atkins, Zone, Dukan, South Beach and now the Low Carb High Fat Diet (LCHF) Diet. They are all basically the same, cut the carbs and by magic you will lose fat. If you eat less. The only way to lose weight is to eat fewer calories. A new study from Italy …
Timing is everything
With exercise, as with most things, timing is everything. For instance, if you are using exercise to improve your memory, and there is plenty of research to support this, when you exercise matters. Learning something new and remembering it later, can be enhanced with good timing. Exercising immediately after, or not at all, gives you the same result. Not much …
Is calorie restriction really necessary for a longer life?
You may have heard that calorie restriction diets, eating 30-40% fewer calories forever, can extend your lifespan. You might have also heard the joke that it doesn’t actually extend your life. It just feels that way. Other problems with a calorie restriction lifestyle, besides being constantly hungry, include reduced libido, infertility, very low blood pressure, cold sensitivity, loss of bone …
Sedentary athlete?
Being sedentary even if you are fit can have detrimental health effects. We spend too much time sitting and a little movement can go a long way. Remember that even if you exercise regularly you will get more benefits from not being too sedentary.
Is a vegetarian an “all you can eat” diet?
Eating a plant based diet revs up our metabolism, an 11% increase over meat eaters. Vegetarians consistently eat less and eat more nutrients than meat eaters, but don’t take my word for it.
What numbers matter?
What numbers matter? We measure everything. Weight, waist circumference, body fat, calories consumed, distance run, elevation gained, pounds lost, revolutions per minute. Age. That last one is a funny one. When we are young, we believe we have plenty of time to get fit, lose weight, run, ride, get to the gym, improve our health and then we don’t. When …
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