Last week I wrote that my goal this month was to eat a plant based diet. So far, not bad, not perfect, but 80% successful. If I was talking to a client I would congratulate them on their achievements, but I know I could do better. This is another week to try improve my diet. I also wrote about the …
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 …
Vegan vs Plant Based
Vegan vs Plant-Based Many people wonder what is the difference between a whole foods, plant-based and a vegan diet? A plant based diet centres around plant foods. Fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, grains, nuts and seeds. No animal products. No meat, fish, butter, milk, eggs, cheese, gelatin or other animal by-product. Being a vegan is a lifestyle choice that involves the …
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 …
Colour your brain healthy
Make your brain more energy efficient. A study of 65-85 year old adults revealed how much effort it takes a vegetable deprived brain to work. It was a small study, but the results could be very useful and provide another reason to eat your fruits and vegetables. When researchers virtually peered inside the brains of older adults they saw something …
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.
Women and Heart Failure
Attention women over 50! (Actually this is good for everyone). Get your protein from vegetables. The American Heart Association (AHA) followed over 100,000 women between the ages of 50-79 from 1993 -1998. What did they find? Women with the highest intake of meat had a significantly higher rate of heart failure than women who ate less protein or got their …
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 …
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