Below is an excerpt taken from an article written by David Feder. It talks about the myths and and facts surrounding soy. There are different opinions on its benefits, so I thought it may be good to clear up some of the confusion.
In 2007, the AHA petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]
Ever wonder just how effective your workout routine really is?
Maybe you saw great results when you first started to exercise, but now those results have come to a screeching halt. Have you hit the dreaded plateau?
Do you want to know why?
If the following 5 statements describe your exercise routine, then you’re on the right track. [...]
No matter how devoted to your fitness routine you are, it can be fairly easy to get derailed. Perhaps you took a vacation and forgot your gym clothes, or you were down with the flu, and now you are finding it arduous to get back on track with your regularly scheduled workout, while tormenting yourself [...]
It is said that you can gain as much as 10 pounds over the holiday season. That figure may be more exaggerated than the real, however many people I have encountered over the years report gaining as much as 5-7 pounds over the holidays.
In order to fight over-eating this holiday season, you must be [...]
Do you know how many calories there is in a pound of fat? It’s a whopping 3,500 calories. To put it into perspective, let’s say you are 50 lbs. overweight. Multiply 3,500 to 50 and you get 175,000 calories. That’s 175,000 calories of blubbery fat you don’t need. Let’s look at it with another perspective.
If [...]
If you have ever suffered from a plateau in your exercise regime, this acronym may explain to you how to get through it.
Let’s begin by breaking down the meaning of FIT:
Frequency
The amount times you exercise per week. Example- 3 times per week with weight, 5 times per week doing aerobic exercise
In order to progress in [...]
This is a big myth I fight to debunk everyday. The truth is that your body can’t tell the difference between you dramatically reducing your calories to lose weight with a diet or starvation.
Why It’s A Myth
The science behind it is simple: when you dramatically reduce your caloric intake, your body shifts into [...]
We live in a fast paced, high tech, competitive and often troubled society. Often the result is chronic stress. Too much stress can cause serious problems.
Researchers have found that the people most likely to be stressed, those with a Type A personality, are two to three times more likely to die from coronary [...]
Many people fail in their weight loss efforts because of common self-defeating weight loss thoughts. Below are two of the most common. As you read, you may find that these thoughts have crossed your mind.
Now that I’m exercising, I can eat whatever I want!
This one definitely hits the top of the list, as it [...]
Thankfully, we are not all the same person. We don’t look the same or act the same. Some of us are short (like me) and others are tall. Some of us are broad and some us are narrow. To get to the point, you have a particular body type.
During the 1940’s a doctor by the [...]
