How many meals do you eat in one day? Close study of weight loss throughout the past decades has proven to us that eating a small number of large meals daily will lower your metabolism. This diet pattern results in extra weight in fat. However, this fat seems to be easily burnable, so there is hope! Make it your goal to eat at least three medium-sized meals throughout the day. Do not eat much late at night, though, as sleep slows your metabolism down. If you must have a midnight snack, make it small and balanced between protein and carbohydrate.
Have you ever bit into a sandwich or a piece of chicken and remarked on how ?dry? it is? Yeah, so have I, yet such a disposition can quickly affect ones waistline in a negative way. We all love mayonnaise, cheese, oil, butter, and cream added generously to our foods, yet sometimes it irks us to notice when our foods lack these delicious ingredients. It is at that realization that we deem a baked potato or a sandwich too ?dry? and unappetizing.
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last few years, you’ve probably noticed that low-carb mania is sweeping the nation. Food manufacturers are in a heated race to see who can get the most low-carb fare into the grocery stores, and every advertiser worth their salt is emphasizing the low-carb message. Popularized by the late Dr. Atkins, the low-carb diet has taken the nation by storm and promises to be a trend with staying power. So, does the low-carb diet work? Anecdotal evidence and recent studies both conclude that following a strict low-carb diet will in fact help you lose weight. Serious questions remain, however, and must be addressed before fully embracing the low-carb lifestyle. SOME of these questions include:
Nitrates and nitrites are preservatives that are added to certain meats to affect a desirable color and prevent the growth of poisons and bacteria. When nitrates and nitrites are exposed to heat and other conditions during the curing process, they are sometimes transformed into nitrosamines, which have been linked to cancer in a number of studies. In addition to this, nitrates and nitrites have been linked to stalling–or unexpected stops in weight loss–even when consumers are on low carb diets, such as Atkins, that specifically prescribe the consumption of meat that could potentially contain nitrates and nitrites.
You may be wondering, How can I possibly do resistance training with my dog? Well, here are a few exercises you can do with the aid of your faithful furry companion.
We all hear about how eating well and having a correct diet will benefit us in the long run, but just why is it important? Instead of generalities, what are the specific reasons? Why is it important to have good nutrition? Without sounding trite or like a commercial, good nutrition is the cornerstone of our existence in the human body. Without proper nutrition, we will die – there is no way getting around it. The human body needs a specific amount of calories, as well as a good proportion of different nutrients and ingredients, in order to run well. If you feed your body the right food, it will run – much like selecting the right grade of gas to make your car run well.
We can grow old graciously fighting the aging process and winning. Exercise and good nutrition are critical to our well being, today and in our later years. Let’s find out… Muscle Endurance & Strength Training Many physiologists and researchers consider muscle conditioning to be the true fountain of youth, the “magic pill” to reverse or prevent a significant portion of the aging process. A good number of the changes people experience as they age are due to a loss of muscle mass. If we can maintain a significant amount of muscle tissue, we can expect to age much more slowly. Research indicates that general strength training can achieve the following results.
When developing a workout routine, the many decisions to make can be overwhelming. There are often too many cardio vascular and weight training machines to choose from, ultimately leading to frustration and headaches. To make this a much easier process, I am writing this article to explain a bare-bones, simple approach to exercise. I believe that you can train your entire body with just a few exercises, and only complicate your workout program with lots of stations in its later stages, and only to fine-tune your muscle definition.
It seems like every other week we are hearing about the “latest” diet. Standing in line at the grocery store, you can read the front cover of the magazines, the latest diet craze! Will the latest diet craze work for us? Most popular diets follow trends. In the early 90’s, we were celebrating the holy grail of diets…fat makes you fat! Susan Powter was our guru. Showing us a post pregnant plump woman on a couch, spreading to cover her whole couch. The “new” Susan was a lean, buzz cut “super woman” who was in control!
Life is certainly not easy, anything that you want is difficult and things you do not want are sometimes damn near impossible. It is so easy to gain excess weight, and it is pretty enjoyable doing it! It is a pain to get rid of the extra weight though, and it is a truly horrible experience. If you think about it, putting on weight is easy and enjoyable. You just eat more and more, but it is pleasurable! Dieting however is always a nightmare. |