Lifestyle, food and health articles
It’s the most common refrain heard by those seeking to lose weight, “eat less and exercise.” And there’s a very good reason for that. It works. Burn more calories, per day, than you take in and you’ll lose weight. Is it really that simple? Yes …
Despite the vacation time, summer, with its broken routines, can be a hectic time of year. With the arrival of fall, the kids go back to school, beach/pool time comes to an end, vacation days are used up, and routines return. As you reconstruct your …
OK, you might not currently be classified as a thin person, but that should, in no way, preclude you from thinking like one. In fact, research has shown that it will assist you in becoming one with a little patience and re-configuring how you think …
No, this is not a blog post about how to attain a “bikini” (or speedo) body by June 21, the first official day of summer. For most of us, that ship has sailed, as they say. No bikinis (or speedos) for us, unless you plan …
As we all know, exercise, in conjunction with diet, is essential to our overall health and well-being, and that fact does not change as we age. As we get older, we experience muscle loss, which adversely affects our coordination, balance and stability. Also, as our …
Warning: before I enlighten you regarding your metabolic type, this post will define a lot of terms related to metabolism…beginning with, well, metabolism, which is the chemical process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. Used in a sentence it …
Yes, fitness and health tips and trends change from year-to-year in a manner similar to how car companies generate new models every year. New tips and trends generally mean new things to purchase and new classes to enroll in…capitalism at its finest. However, these new …
Yes, I know that’s a long, unwieldy title, but so is National Senior Health and Fitness Day, so I was a bit constrained by that fact…cut me some slack. Anyway, NSH&FD is, in fact, celebrating its 25th anniversary the last Wednesday in May, which has …
So, we normally consider an apple core as waste, but with humans, our core IS, essentially, our waist and for many of us, our waist has a bit of waste (in the form of fat) attached to it. This waste on our waists has a …
So, you say you’re a relatively healthy individual that gets out for the recommended 2-3 hours of physical activity every week. However, are you still having some difficulty keeping those unwanted pounds off? Then perhaps it’s time to take a serious look at your diet. …