Two of my favorite hobbies are watching TV and eating good food. Knowing these hobbies would eventually catch up with my health and my figure, I resolved recently to be more fit. Before getting started, not only did I need to consider my tendencies toward movie marathons and cheese (as well as chocolate, wine, dessert, […]

The modern parent’s hands-on style may be doing their children’s health no favours, as their hands are too often attached to the steering wheel, according to new English research.
One of the study’s authors, Professor Roger Mackett, was in Dunedin yesterday speaking to geographers at the University of Otago and people involved in children’s recreation.
Among the […]

New York, Chocolate milk may be as good - or better - than common sports drinks like Gatorade or Endurox R4 at helping athletes recover from strenuous exercise, says a new study. 
Intense endurance exercise reduces supply of stored glucose or glycogen, a key source of fuel for exercise, to the muscles.
To maximise glycogen replacement, sportsmen […]

 Recent Gallup polling in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada indicates that American adults have a bigger weight problem than do the British or Canadians, with the difference especially pronounced among men. Many have weighed in on the burgeoning obesity problem in all three countries, including Britain’s Prince Charles, who blames lack of exercise […]

It’s an excellent time of life for baking your favorite high-fiber cookies. It may seem like a gustatory contradiction. How can a cookie taste delicious and be nutritionally high in dietary fiber? High fiber foods and high fiber diets have become part of our everyday language as we become more proactive in our everyday health. […]

You should not be surprised by the latest three studies showing that low-fat diets do not prevent breast or colon cancers or heart attacks (Journal of the American Medical Association, Feb 8, 2006). These studies were designed several years ago when a lot of people believed that all fats were bad. They did not test […]

Researchers at McGill University in Canada report that eating plant sterols and exercising lowers cholesterol, blood pressure, body fat and weight, but you don’t have to eat special plant sterol margarine. You can get plenty of plant sterols in nuts, seeds, vegetables and beans. In this study, middle-aged men ate margarine containing sterols four times […]

With summer up on us, there are hordes of juicy, tasty fruits that you can sink your teeth into. They are good for the nervous & respiratory system and lead to healthier looking skin. They are approx 80% water with high natural sugar giving energy to one and all when eaten fresh and ripe. Gorge […]

If you’re a beginning weight lifter, you will want to know how to get the most from your workouts. A recent study from the University of Sydney in Australia shows that you benefit either from increasing the number of sets of repetitions or from training faster. Weight lifters were divided into four groups:
1) one set […]

The health risks of hoodia gordonii cactus…
If you’ve heard anything about the hoodia cactus, it’s probably been two things:
1. It works as a weight loss aid by helping to suppress the appetite
2. It has no negative side effects.
Although these are both true statements, most sellers of hoodia gordonii products emphasize only these two truths. They […]

By the time you finish reading this you should have a good understanding of pure hoodia gordonii and the deceptive phrasing some hoodia sellers use on their product labels.
My goal is to equip you with the knowledge to become a more informed consumer and dramatically increase your chances of buying a quality hoodia product rather […]

You might disagree, but hear me out on this….
The so called hoodia diet patch is one product to avoid if you want to try hoodia, the amazing weight loss plant that is garnering a great deal of media attention for its ability to reduce the amount you eat and help you lose weight.
Why do we […]

Do you hate your heavy thighs and hips? If you are woman who is thinking about getting liposuction to rid yourself of the fat in your thighs, think again. Dr. Anne B. Newman, of the University of Pittsburgh found that thigh fat may be good fat (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, August 12, 2005).
Older […]

Every morning I put on my Holosync tapes and meditate to the sound of Tibetan crystal bowls and rain–yes rain. The sounds are soothing, miraculously mellowing. But I make my own sound too–the AHHHH of Jappa meditation and the morning chimes away like a symphony.
Sound not only brings a sense of inner peace; sound actually […]

Everyone’s been talking about low carb diets. While most people tend to associate it with South Beach or Atkins, there are actually quite a few books that center on the principle of cutting out the carbs: Sugar Busters, Protein Power, The Zone Diet, Carbohydrates Addict Diet. They differ on how strict they are about carbohydrate […]

How do you define success for a Yoga teacher? Each Yoga instructor will have a different answer. What is important to one Yoga teacher may be of little importance to another. However, each Yoga teacher has the passion for Yoga within him or her.
This is the common denominator within all instructors of Yoga.
Is success measured […]

In 1976, 413 high school runners in Finland competed in a 2000-meter race. At the time of the race and in a follow-up study twenty-five years later, the faster runners had much lower blood pressures than the slower ones (International Journal of Sports Medicine, July-August 2005.)
The researchers wanted to know whether a maximal endurance test […]

Have you watched football players, sprinters and other athletes warming up and stretching before competitions? Two studies, one from Louisiana State University and one from Liverpool University in England, show that they may be harming their performance (Journal of Sports Science, May 2005).
In the first study, elite college sprinters were timed in 20 meter sprints, […]

I’ve been spending so much time with coaching clients, making phone calls, and writing articles that I’ve nearly forgotten to exercise.
And like most people, I’m a devotee of one of the laws of thermodynamics; especially the item pertaining to inertia.
You know, the one that says: “A body in motion tends to stay in motion, while […]

Exercise improves the blood flow and maintains a healthy body; food and sleep are also the main factors to remain healthy.
Exercise: Healthy body is a healthy mind. Exercise is important to lead a stress free life. If you can’t workout for 7 days a week, even 5 days a week is good enough. Doing aerobic […]

The perfect workout routine is one that combines strength training and some form of cardio. The problem is, most people hate doing cardio and will make up any excuse not to do it. A popular excuse is not having enough time. This article, however, will show you how you can spend only 20 minutes on […]