Lose A Ton Of Worry By Simply Losing A Few Pounds
When it comes to being overweight many folks do not comprehend the adverse affects this can have on their overall health. You need to additionally be aware that your state of health can be greatly affected by being overweight. These health effects that can actually be a result of obesity may even lead to death in certain cases.
How Sleep Affects Weight Loss
31st January
Lack of sleep is an all too frequent theme developing among my clients. Sleep is just as important as a well-balanced diet and exercise program. Recent medical studies show that sleep loss can increase hunger and affect your body´s metabolism in a way that makes weight loss more difficult. In addition, our bodies need sleep to recover and rebuild what lean muscle we´ve broken down during the day. Lack of sleep can lead to lack of recovery and eventually overtraining, which puts the brakes on your program.
The culprit is a stress hormone called cortisol, and when we are deprived of sleep, it is released in increased amounts and makes us feel hungry even when we may be full. On the flip side, losing deep sleep hours decreases growth hormone levels, which helps regulate proportions of fat and muscle in adults, … Read More »
Consistency is Key – Strength Training
31st January
For Strength Training, we see a similar need for a frequent program. Adaptions due to strength training require at least 1 month. That being said, I hear new exercisers say all the time that they get stronger every week. While that´s true, it´s not for the reasons they would expect.
In short, muscles are made up of fibers which are connected by cross bridges that, when contracted under the right conditions, shorten the muscle fibers and therefore the entire muscle as a whole in order to move a load. While that´s all well and good, muscles aren´t effective without the nerve fibers that innovate them. Messages from the brain are sent to these nerves and it is the nerves that tell the muscle when to fire and with what force. In the start of a strength training program, all increases in … Read More »
How To Start Becoming Fit
31st January
In order to start a fitness program, you should realize one crucial detail: It will be hard work! You´ve chosen the difficult route. You could stay home and let your lack of fitness overcome you, but you´ve chosen to get up off the couch and do something about how you look and feel. The road to better health and fitness is not a smooth one, nor is it the same as anyone else´s path to their goals. Your journey will be yours alone. There is no miracle exercise, diet, or pill that will make this process any easier. You will just have to suck it up and do the work and you WILL see results.
Once you´ve come to terms with all of this, you are already on your way. The first thing you need to do is come up with … Read More »
High Carbohydrate Diet Promotes Prostate Tumor Growth
A diet high in refined carbohydrates, like white rice or white bread, is associated with increased prostate tumor growth in mice. Read more…. [Comment: As I frequently discuss, excess carbohydrates and the chronic elevation of insulin levels are …
U.S. Senate Allows Pizza to Remain Classified as a Vegetable
Wow, what would we do without the U.S. Senate? Through all their brilliance, Congress just blocked rules proposed by the USDA (U.S. Dept of Agriculture) that was targeted to decrease the quantity of starchy foods as well as increase the amounts o…
Salt Might Not Be A Villian After All
There Doesn’t Really Seem to Be a Consensus About Salt The growing conflict surrounding health consequence of dietary salt (sodium; table salt) intake continues to get more interesting. It reminds me of the emotional/quasi-scientific rhetor…
Cut Down On ‘Carbs’ to Reduce Body Fat
A modest reduction in consumption of carbohydrate foods may promote loss of deep belly fat, even with little or no change in weight, a new study finds…. Click here for more info. From: The Endocrine Society (2011, June 6). Cut down on ‘…
Reduced Carbohydrate Diet Keeps People Feeling Full
A modest reduction in the amount of carbohydrates eaten, without calorie restriction and weight loss, appears to increase a sense of fullness, which may help people eat less, a preliminary study found. The results were presented at The Endocrine Societ…
Common Link Suggested Between Autism and Diabetes
A review of the genetic and biochemical abnormalities associated with autism reveals a possible link between the widely diagnosed neurological disorder and Type 2 diabetes, another medical disorder on the rise in recent decades……. Click h…
Why Do I Crave Carbs When I Have a Headache?
The craving for carbohydrates when suffering a headache stems from the fact that many people commonly experience headaches from low blood flow to the brain and scalp muscles. The low blood flow is due to an imbalance of the autonomic nervous system …
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