Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound
I stumbled over this program while surfing, and thought it was pretty cool. Are you looking to make a new friend or two? Help a shelter dog get some much needed exercise and fresh air while walking for better health. Columbia Parks and Recreation is teaming up with the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services,...
Is Your Workout Wasting Your Time?
That’s the question being asked by this article on msn.com. But the answer, according to author Paul Scott, is a foregone conclusion if you belong to a gym: Is your workout wasting your time? If you belong to a gym, it’s likely that most of what you’re doing there is nearly useless—and might be ruining your chances of getting fit. According to this guy, if you’re having trouble getting into shape,...
Water and Weight Loss
Just eyeballed this study abstract – Drinking Water Is Associated With Weight Loss in Overweight Dieting Women Independent of Diet and Activity – and figured I’d pass it on. Ok, it’s an epidemiological study, so it’s tough to draw a “cause and effect” conclusion here. But we can speculate…what is there about drinking water that might enhance weight loss? Well, for one thing, water may be...
The Spanish Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet
Yeah, it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? But that’s what the researchers in this latest study called it… Background Ketogenic diets are an effective healthy way of losing weight since they promote a non-atherogenic lipid profile, lower blood pressure and decrease resistance to insulin with an improvement in blood levels of glucose and insulin. On the other hand, Mediterranean diet is well known to be...
Smart Choices
A new, voluntary, nutrition-labelling system, “Smart Choices,” made its debut at the American Dietetic Association’s Food and Nutrition Conference this week. To help Americans make smarter nutrition choices and improve public health, a diverse group of scientists, academicians, health organizations, food and beverage manufacturers and retailers have created a new, voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labeling system...
Oleic Acid Helps Curb Hunger
According to researchers at UC Irvine, dietary oleic acid (the main fatty acid in olive oil and avocados) triggers the production of a hormone, oleoylethanolamide, that helps regulate body weight and appetite. Fatty foods may not be the healthiest diet choice, but those rich in unsaturated fats – such as avocados, nuts and olive oil – have been found to play a pivotal role in sending this important message to your brain: stop eating,...
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