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Fitness Articles
Here you'll find the latest news headlines and in
depth articles on the subject of health & fitness.
The
Ultimate Diet Contest
We tackle each of the top diet plans on the market and give
you the lowdown on each one. Which one is the best?
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Can
Fast Food be Healthy?
Find the leanest, lowest calorie choices at your local fast
food restaurants. We also have the worst choices, also.
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Nutrient
Dense Foods
Want to eat a truly "clean" diet? Learn what foods
to focus on and which ones to stay away from.
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Shop
the Outer Perimeter
Ever wonder what to buy in the grocery store? With so many food
choices, which ones are good?
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Cardio
or Weights?
To lose that stubborn unwanted body fat, which attack plan is
the best? Find tips that will help you start burning!
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Mental
Aspect
What is the true key to success on any diet/exercise program?
Learn how your brain controls your success.
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Grazing
Habits
Eating only 2-3 meals a day? Learn why consuming 5-6 small meals
a day will help you lose weight.
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Better
Bad Choices
Everyone has bad days, but making better choices on cheat foods
will pay huge dividends.
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NUTRITION ARTICLES
Anorexia
Nervosa
Anorexia is a type of eating disorder that mainly affects girls
and young women. A person with this disorder has an intense fear
of gaining weight and limits the food she eats.
Binge
Eating Disorders
Most of us overeat from time to time, and many people often
feel they've eaten more than they should have.
Calories
In Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages supply calories but few or no nutrients.
The alcohol in these beverages has effects that are harmful when
consumed in excess.
Diet
& Exercise for Diabetes
At least 10 million Americans at high risk for Type 2 diabetes
can sharply lower their chances of getting the disease with diet
and exercise, a major clinical trial indicates.
Diet Myths
Fad diets work for permanent weight loss. Is this a myth or
a fact?
Food Portions
Have you noticed that the size of muffins, candy bars, and soft
drinks has grown over the years?
Losing Weight
Americans are getting fatter. We're putting on the pounds at an
alarmingly rapid rate. And we're sacrificing our health for the
sake of super-sized portions, biggie drinks, and two-for-one value
meals, obesity researchers say.
Very
Low Calorie Diets
Obesity affects nearly one-third of adults in the United States,
increasing their risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart
disease. Traditional weight loss methods include low-calorie diets
from 800 to 1,500 calories a day and regular physical activity.
Low
Saturated Fat Diets
Some dietary fat is needed for good health. Fats supply energy and
essential fatty acids and promote absorption of the fat-soluble
vitamins A, D, E, and K.
Overweight
Children
Healthy eating and physical activity habits are key to your child’s
well-being. Eating too much and exercising too little can lead to
overweight and related health problems that can follow children
into their adult years.
Quit Smoking
Many people gain weight when they quit smoking. Even so, the best
action you can take to improve your health is to quit smoking. Focus
on stopping smoking first. Then you can continue to improve your
health in other ways.
Salt
& Sodium Diets
Sodium and sodium chloride -- known commonly as salt -- occur naturally
in foods, usually in small amounts. Salt and other sodium-containing
ingredients are often used in food processing.
Sugar Diets
Sugars are carbohydrates. Dietary carbohydrates also include the
complex carbohydrates starch and fiber. During digestion all carbohydrates
except fiber break down into sugars.
Weight
Control
Regular physical activity can help you reach and maintain a
healthy weight. Being physically active can also make you more energetic,
improve your mood, and reduce the risk of developing some chronic
diseases.
Weight
Loss Control
Diets don’t work . If you have ever been on a diet, you know
that dieting does not work. Eventually, dieting and denial lead
to overeating and often, binge eating.
Weight
Loss For Life
There are many ways to lose weight, but it is not always easy to
keep the weight off. The key to successful weight loss is making
changes in your eating and physical activity habits that you can
keep up for the rest of your life.
Weight
Loss For Moms
Overweight mothers who breast feed their infants may lose weight
through a sensible diet and exercise program-without fear of harming
their infants-a study by NICHD-funded researchers has found.
Weight
Loss Programs
Some people lose weight on their own and others like the support
of a structured program. Overweight people who are successful at
losing weight, and keeping it off, can reduce their risk factors
for heart disease.
Weight
Loss Resolutions
The holiday cookies have almost been polished off and the decorations
packed away. So now it's time again for that nagging New Year's
resolution -- to shed some pounds in the coming year.
Weight
Loss Winning
Americans trying to lose weight have plenty of company. According
to a 1995 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), tens of millions
of Americans are dieting at any given time, spending more than $33
billion yearly on weight-reduction products, such as diet foods
and drinks.
Ephedra
& Ephedrine for Weight Loss
We addressed research questions regarding the efficacy of herbal
ephedra and ephedrine for weight loss and athletic performance through
a comprehensive literature review and synthesis of evidence.
Losing
Weight - What is The Best Way?
I know I need to lose weight, but how do I figure out how much
I should lose?
There is no hard and fast answer to how much a person should weigh
in order to be healthy.
What is obesity?
Obesity means that you have an unhealthy amount of body fat.
Everyone needs some body fat, but too much fat can cause health
problems.
Rapid
Weight Loss Causes Deaths
Hyperthermia and Dehydration-Related Deaths Associated with
Intentional Rapid Weight Loss in Three Collegiate Wrestlers
Weight
Loss and Control - Voluntary Methods
A health paradox exists in modern America. On the one hand,
many people who do not need to lose weight are trying to. On the
other hand, most who do need to lose weight are not succeeding.
Setting
Goals for Weight Loss
There are lots of reasons for people who are overweight or obese
to lose weight. To be healthier. To look better. To feel better.
To have more energy.
Low-Carb
Diets: How Safe Are They?
Today there are many popular diets that people claim help them to
lose weight and one diet that receives much press is the low-carbohydrate,
high-protein diet.
Atkins Diet As Effective As A Low-Fat Diet
Two new studies seem to provide further evidence that a low-carbohydrate
regimen is at least as effective as a low-fat diet in helping people
drop excess weight without harming their cholesterol levels.
Atkins Diet Craze - Restaurants Now Catering To It!
Many restaurants have created low-carb corners of their menus and
they include endless offerings of meat.
Basal Metabolic Rate - BMR
Your basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is the minimum calorific requirement
needed to sustain life in a resting individual.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Type 2 Diabetes
Over the past 40 years, an increasing number of physiological functions
have been attributed to omega-3 fatty acids
Exercise Benefits - Staying Active At Any Size
Very large people face special challenges in trying to exercise
and stay active.
Physical Activity Fact Sheet
Physical activity, combined with poor eating habits, contributes
to 400,000 preventable deaths a year in the United States.
Steroid Prevention Program Scores With High School Athletes
A drug abuse prevention program is showing high school football
players that they do not need to take anabolic steroids to build
powerful muscles and improve athletic performance.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 fatty acids are a form of polyunsaturated fats, one of four
basic types of fat that the body derives from food.
Exercising & Weight Training At Any Age
Adding strength training to a program of regular physical activity
will help improve the quality of life, allowing people of all ages
to improve and maintain their health and in dependent lifestyle.
Physical Activity Fundamental To Preventing Disease
Regular physical activity, fitness, and exercise are critically
important for the health and well being of people of all ages.
Stretching
Exercises For Flexibility
Stretching plays a vital role in keeping muscles and joints strong
and pliable so they are less susceptible to injury.
Low Back
Pain
The development and maintenance of healthy low back function
requires a balance of flexibility, strength, and endurance.
Body
Fat Testing - What's Your Body Fat?
When it comes to tracking weight loss, most of us rely on the scale
to tell us whether we've lost or gained weight.
How Alcohol
Effects Your Weight Loss - Alcohol Calories & Carbs
Find out how your favorite alcoholic drinks effect your weight loss
goals.
Organic Foods
- Natural Foods With No Pesticides Or Fertilizers
Fruits and veggies grown organically show significantly higher levels
of cancer-fighting antioxidants than conventionally grown foods,
according to a new study of corn, strawberries and marionberries.
Glycemic Index
The glycemic index is a ranking of carbohydrates based on their
immediate effect on blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. It compares
foods gram for gram of carbohydrate.
Sleep
Loss May Cause Weight Gain
If you're looking for a better way to control your weight, a new
study suggests that getting a good night's sleep might keep the
pounds off.
Nutritional
Supplement Helps Ease Depression
Adding the nutritional supplement SAMe to common antidepressants
may help depressed patients who haven't responded to single-drug
treatment.
Food Pyramid
Up for Restructure
The debate over what constitutes a healthy diet is as old as, well,
the Pyramids. But one of its most cherished cornerstones, the USDA's
Food Guide Pyramid, is finally up for an overhaul.
Low-Carb
Diets May Hurt Heart Health
Millions of Americans who are faithful to low-carbohydrate regimens
to lose weight are missing out on fiber-rich foods essential to
healthy hearts, experts warn.
Which Diet is Best?
The One That Works for You
Gather together some diners who are trying to lose weight, then
sit back and listen to the debate.
Supersized
Breakfast Stresses Blood Vessels
A small study suggests that eating an oversized fast-food breakfast
can stress blood vessels right up till lunchtime.
Obesity Grows
Despite Diets to Curb It
Americans are getting morbidly fatter even as they speed up their
efforts to lose weight.
Butt
Shaping Exercises to Tighten, Firm and Sculpt your Glutes!
Learn the best butt shaping exercises to get buns so tight you can
bounce a quarter off them.
Low Carb
Beers
Low carb beers like Michelob Ultra have led the charge in the low-carbohydrate
beer rush.
Healthy
Snack Foods
Top 10 Healthy snack foods to lose weight and feel great.
News
Year's Resolution to Lose Weight!
If healthier habits and weight loss are among your new year's resolutions,
give yourself a great big pat on the back for making health a priority.
Gastric
Bypass Surgery
Gastric Bypass is the most common form of weight loss surgery in
the United States because it results in reliable weight loss with
acceptable risks and minimal side effects.
Changing Habits
Experts agree it takes 21 days to break a bad habit and form a new
one.
Workout
Motivation with Music
Music can arouse your body with the energy of sounds and make your
workouts dramatically improve.
Breast
Implants - Everything You Wanted to Know
Breast Implants are designed for treatment of augmentation, reconstruction,
and revision patients.
Celery
Pheromones - Aphrodisiac Effects of Celery
Researchers looking for a real turn-on tonic have focused on the
potent male hormone androsterone, which is also found in celery.
Benefits
of Water
The human body is made up of between 55 and 75 percent water and
is in need of constant water replenishment.
Cardio
Exercises to Burn Major Calories!
The best cardio exercise is simply the one you will do day in and
day out consistently.
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