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 [...]
Even a moderate reduction in carbs can help you get rid of dangerous deep belly fat even with little change in actual body weight, a new study finds.
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.
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 [...]
Using Antioxidants to Help Slow Aging A nationwide discussion is currently being held about how best to protect your body from free radical damage. 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? [...]
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 [...]
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New study finds that resveratrol does in fact prevent the growth of fat cells in number.
The GI alone is much too incomplete to rely on if you are serious about your dieting. Note: even though legumes (beans) score well on this list, we would stay away from them when in a fat loss phase of your diet. Beans will make you fat as a hog. LOL. Truth is that if [...]
Protein meals after exercise are much better for burning fat. It’s long been known that carbohydrate rich meals can prevent fat burning even on low a calorie diet.
The biologically active ingredients that seem to make fatty fish so beneficial are are the long chain omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids, EPA and DHA.
Weight training is possibly the most effective, and the fastest, way to look and feel younger as you age.
Its easy to get confused about how low carb diets work as it doesn’t make sense that you can eat more fat and protein than is traditionally called for and still lose weight.
The popularity of the Mediterranean Diet and it’s apparent impact on longevity has led to research into the substance resveratrol, an ingredient found in red wine and a diet staple in the Mediterranean culture.
There’s so much controversy these days surrounding walking and whether or not it’s beneficial or not in the fitness industry that you’d assume we were debating how to settle world peace! For now, let’s settle the score on walking and we’ll let the brighter minds set flight to the dove and olive leaf. Here it [...]
