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Women Gain Weight After Marriage, Men After Divorce?
Apparently men gained so much weight after getting a divorce that it can cause health problems. Women on the other hand get fat after marriage. Personally I’ve never seen a man gain weight after divorce, I think both sexes get lazy and fat after the big day. But a new study at Ohio State University [...]
Oct 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Is the BMI (body mass index) Obsolete?
After 200 years… yes absolutely. This formula can be so inaccurate it can, classify a trained bodybuilder, with 6% body fat, as obese. The U.S. Army has used this type of standardized measurement for years and fit soldiers have actually been pushed out of the service for having too much muscle. Obesity-related diseases account for [...]
Oct 18, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
Warning About “Free Trial” Offers
Thousands of consumers couldn’t resist the 14-day free trial featuring the acai-berry supplement, hailed by those who hawk it in national television ads and on the Internet as a pill that can do everything from fight cancer to stop aging to promote weight loss. But the Better Business Bureau has issued a nationwide warning cautioning [...]
Sep 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Lack of Certain Genes Could Create Couch Potato Behavior
You might think your procrastination to exercise is caused by laziness, but researchers at McMaster University think that you might be missing crucial genes. This was found during an experiment with mice. (you’d be surprised how similar we are, which is why meesses are used in these studies.) Scientists made the discovery while studying mice [...]
Sep 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Does Your Protein Contain Cholesterol?
We all know that exogenous cholesterol, or cholesterol that comes from the food we eat, damages the linings of our arteries. Often to the point of total collapse. But have you ever checked your protein powder? Some protein mixes have serious levels of cholesterol; and you thought protein drinks were superior in nutritional value. Here’s [...]
Jan 03, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
A Little Exercise Could Stop Memory Loss in the Elderly
Research Associate Ruth Barrientos and her team at U of Colorado-Boulder has found in a new study that a little exercise may solidly protect old folks from long-term memory loss that sometimes happens suddenly after an injury or illness. Displayed by lab rats, if one ran about 1/2 a km every week it was shielded [...]
Oct 15, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Using Brown Fat to Burn Fat
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is one of two types of fat or adipose tissue (the other being white adipose tissue) found in mammals. Its primary function is to generate body heat and it can convert food energy directly into heat, while white fat stores energy. Brown fat converts food energy directly into heat. It is [...]
Jul 14, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Digital Workout Partners Help You Get Results
Does your wacky schedule require that you workout alone? Just rather workout alone for your own reasons? Don’t sweat it. You can get as good or better results by training with a digital or on screen partner.
May 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Yet Another New Study – Salt Intake Not Connected to High Blood Pressure?
It’s been a statement of fact for decades now that high salt consumption elevates cardiovascular risks. Well, here we go again, the “fact” is being challenged by a fresh European study that says this is false. The Belgian and Polish researchers that conducted the study acknowledge that every one of the experiment volunteers were young [...]
Protect Your Body from Deadly Free Radicals
It’s expected that as America gets older, more emphasis will be placed on means to slow down aging at all costs. What do free radicals have to do with getting older? And what exactly is a free radical?
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
How to do squats for a better looking butt.
You Have Options as to What Kind of Squats You Start With. You can do: Body Weight Squats —>Great to start out with in the beginning. Door Squats —> Good for those with balance problems Smith Machine Squats —-> For serious results without the need for spotters Barbell Squats —> The king of leg and [...]
Feb 14, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
