Archive for February, 2008
FitnessMantra Weekend: Even Moderate Fitness Reduces Stroke Risk
Welcome to “FitnessMantra Weekend”, your once-a-week health news update. As always you can also stay updated with the latest in fitness news by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.
A stroke, or cerebrovascular accident, is a condition that occurs when partial blockages in the blood supply to the blood result in loss of some [...]
More Food Horrors: America’s 20 Worst Foods
A favorite section of Men’s Health magazine, for me at least, is “Eat This Not That” in which more healthful alternatives are prescribed in place of their unhealthy counterparts.
Sometime back they posted a mind-blowing list of The 20 Worst Foods In America and I just had to share that with you folks. Be prepared to [...]
FitnessMantra Weekend: Obesity Raises The Risk Of Cancer
Welcome to “FitnessMantra Weekend”, your once-a-week health news update. As always you can also stay updated with the latest in fitness news by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.
A relatively quiet week on the health, fitness and nutrition front, but the biggest story has to be the reconfirmation of the fact that Obesity [...]
Strength Training Is As Good As Cardiovascular Exercise For Burning Fat
One day this past week, I stepped into the company gym as I do every single workday only to find that something was new. Some of the existing cardio machines, two steppers and an elliptical trainer to be precise, had been moved around and one of the three ceiling-mounted televisions was gone entirely. Before I [...]
FitnessMantra Weekend: Artificial Sweeteners Could Make You Gain Weight
Welcome to “FitnessMantra Weekend”, your once-a-week health news update. As always you can also stay updated with the latest in fitness news by subscribing separately to the Fitness Mantra del.icio.us feed.
If you’ve been trying to lose weight by using artificial sweeteners in your daily coffee instead of the real deal, then this will jolt you [...]
