Archive for April, 2009
A Few Good Exercise Moves For The Summer
Summer’s round the corner and if ever there was a time you wanted to be slim, trim and ready for the beach then I am assuming this is it! If so, then ere is some more ammunition you can add to your list of great exercise moves to get your body in shape. MSNBC Health [...]
Name That Shame #4
Welcome to the game that gives you the nutrition label and ingredients list of an absolute horror-food and asks you to identify the infamous member of the Fitness Mantra Hall Of Shame.
Without further ado, today’s item:
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Identify “XYZ” (it is the same in both places and I had to erase it because [...]
Even Teenagers Risk Heart Disease By Gaining Weight
While being overweight in adulthood and during middle-age is known to be a risk factor for heart-disease, a recent study highlights the danger of being overweight even as teenagers or adolescents leads to similar risk factors.
Abdominal fat can be either visceral (deep) or superficial (just under the skin). The former is much more deadly than [...]
Fat People Just Want To Be As Healthy As They Can Be
One thing that everyone would surely agree with is that the overweight and obese are often not looked at in the best light by society. There is often an unspoken disdain, pity or even suspicion about how honest they are in their efforts to lose weight. Well, it looks like the affected people want to [...]
Bad Food Choices Could Result From Healthy Menu Options
Yes, that headline made no sense me either, but apparently it’s true! WebMD reports on a Duke University study that uncovered a weird human behavior that is called “vicarious goal fulfillment”. Gavan Fitzsimons, who was in charge of the study says:
“We’ve found that the presence of a healthy item leads people to choose the one [...]
