Dr Joseph S. Alpert, M.D said “You only have to exercise on the days that you eat.” Exercise won’t help you lose weight, but without exercise you are not going to lose weight either. Confused? Well, the diet industry would like you to believe that the low carb, low fat, raw food, party girl, diet will save you. …
7 days of fitness
Start 2017 with 7 days of fitness. Starting on December 25th – 31st join me for 30 minutes of activity everyday. That is it. 30 minutes of any type of activity for 7 days in a row. Start the New Year, feeling better and in the habit of exercising. Walking, stretching, skating, swimming, skiing, anything as long as it adds …
Run for your knees
Contrary to popular opinion running is good for your knees. I am sure that if you run, someone has asked you “what about your knees?” Now, you can answer “I am doing it for my knees.” Exercise scientists at Brigham Young University recently found that pro-inflammatory molecules go down in knee joints when we run. The researchers say, “This study …
Why muscle matters
I have previously posted about your mighty mitochondria. The cellular powerhouses in our muscles and how you can get more mitochondria with endurance exercise. I have more good news for you. It doesn’t matter how old you are, you can gain more muscle and keep your mitochondria. Research published in Medicine Science in Sports and Exercise shows that even after a …
Fitness Trackers
Fitness trackers are popular, but do they work? Yes and no. You can use fitness trackers to count your steps, monitor your sleep, take your heart rate, count calories and more. Depending on the brand they are more or less accurate. There have been studies on how fitness trackers don’t improve fitness or don’t monitor your sleep accurately, but personally …
Fitness Predicts Future Health
Fitness is not measured at the doctor’s office, but being unfit is a risk for many chronic diseases. Your fitness predicts health risks.
Mighty Mitochondria
Your mitochondria are amazing. They are your energy producers, the powerhouse in your muscles. You make more mitochondria the more you exercise.
Overindulgence
It is 7 weeks until the end of 2016. November and December can be a time of overindulgence, especially if you live in the United States. In the US, Thanksgiving is close enough to Christmas to make it one long, eating season. It starts badly, with Americans reporting that they eat a couple of days worth of calories at one …
Improve your fitness with type 2 diabetes
Do you worry about your blood sugar? Have you been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? You know that exercise, endurance and strength training, helps control blood sugar? Guess what else helps? A plant based diet. Eating a plant based diet improved physical fitness, maximal performance and lung capacity, in people who have type 2 diabetes when compared to a typical …
Sleep more, eat less.
I spent the weekend with a Jack Russell puppy. Stella is super cute, but no one got enough sleep. I found myself eating dark chocolate almonds half way through the afternoon thinking about having a nap. You might recognize that feeling, when you know you should really get some rest, but you eat instead. We all feel like eating more …
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