Archive for July, 2006
Fitness Anti-Mantra
I am a software engineer by profession and work everyday with the Java programming language. Over the years we software guys realized that there is a common set of problems we face on a regular basis and there were a common set of solutions we could consistently apply to them. These became what we call [...]
Americans are too fat for X-Rays
Well, it’s finally happened. As Jay Leno so aptly joked about, we humans have finally found a way to avoid being scanned by even Superman! Radiologists around the country are reporting that they are seeing increasing cases of obese Americans who are not getting the medial attention they need because they are either too fat [...]
The New American Plate: Portion Control Made Easy
At Fitness Mantra you have read a lot about sensible, portion-controlled diets. You know it’s no shame to count and measure calories and by now you can also recognize portion sizes for fruits and veggies. But from a meal perspective, is there an easy way to estimate portions that you can consistently use everyday?
(You already [...]
Love Sweets? Eat Fruits Instead!
Is this you?
You can’t resist reaching for a toffee everytime you walk by the dreaded candy-dish corridor at work.
You havebeen caught more than once with your hands (literally) in the cookie jar.
Your idea of a balanced meal is equal amounts of chocolate in one hand and cake in the other.
If so, then take heart, because [...]
Spice up to lower insulin spike?
A study titled “Effects of chili consumption on postprandial glucose, insulin, and energy metabolism“, conducted by graduate student Kiran Ahuja and Madeleine Ball, MD from Australia’s University of Tasmania has found a surprising effect of including cayene chili spice blends in meals.
36 healthy adults in their mid-forties were studied and the researchers sampled blood provided [...]
