How many eggs a week can your REALLY eat? 11/06/2009
 Since the dawn of the ‘lower your cholesterol’ era, this has been an ongoing debate - How many whole eggs can you consume in a week? Eggs have always gotten a bad rap when it comes to blood cholesterol levels and heart disease. Its time to bury the hatchet on this issue and find out an answer! How much sleep do you REALLY need? 10/26/2009
 Sleep is an important part of your life, you spend one thirds of your life sleeping! So, exactly how much sleep a day do you need? Adults are recommended 7.5-8.5 hours of sleep a day. Does this hold true for everyone? Can you get away with less sleep without adversely affecting your health? If so, how?  STEP 3: Focus on a Muscle buiding regimen In the last post of losing fat and building muscle at the same time, we talked about how strength training along with cardiovascular activity is the most effective way in changing your body composition. In order to minimize your body fat and to transform your body into a fat burning machine, your primary focus should be centered on procuring as much muscle mass as you can. So how do you do it? Well, there are several ways to go about it. How Exercise helps to fight Cancer? 10/18/2009
 Recent mass tweets about beating cancer (#beatcancer) has inspired me to take a moment to bring to your attention, some cancer preventative measures. In specific, exercise and how it helps to prevent cancer.  It’s that time of the year where you get to dress up as whoever or whatever you want to be, Halloween! Also, let’s not forget, the rewarding and good-humored side of this celebration, trick-or-treating. So how do you go about deciding on the size of a trick-or-treat loot bag? As a grown up, hopefully, this concern does not resonate with you personally but perhaps at a parental/curiousity level or maybe it personally does (who am I to judge!); however, ever wonder the direct correlation the size of the loot bag may have with raw oh-so-good sugary calories? Here are some interesting facts:  STEP 2: Limit your Cardiovascular activity So now that you have read a little about the ways and benefits of maintaining a healthy and balanced diet in STEP 1 of the last post, your next order of business should be exercise! Let’s start by talking in particular, cardiovascular exercise. How far will cardio get you in terms of you realizing your weight loss goals?  STEP 1: Lose your fad weight loss diet plan & take up a well balanced diet Many people believe that by strictly sticking to a weight loss diet plan incorporating salads, soups and maybe a couple low fat meals a day, they will be able to lose weight and look healthier. Sorry to burst your bubble but this is untrue! |
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