Moderate Exercise Does Not Make Your Body Burn Fat For Hours

May 28, 2009

How often have you heard someone at the gym or on a late-night infomercial say that working out will help you burn fat for hours after you stop? Too many times to keep count? Well, Edward Melanson, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver would beg to differ and he presents [...]

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New Guidelines For Weight-Gain During Pregnancy

May 27, 2009

For the first time since 1990, an Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s group of doctors and other nutrition experts have released guidelines for how much weight a woman should gain during pregnancy. The WebMD article “Pregnancy Weight Gain: New Guidelines” describes the various metrics released by the IOM regarding the right range of values for weight [...]

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Being Strict With Childrens’ Diet Will Not Make Them Fat

May 26, 2009

That’s right. It was actually believed that if parents are over-strict with the eating habits of their kids then those same kids would rebel, overeat and become big fat adults. Uh…. not true! Science Daily reports that a recent study in the journal Obesity shows that such maternal control of a child’s eating habits might [...]

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The Fittest Cities In The United States

May 25, 2009

The latest list of  America’s fittest cities has been released by the American College of Sports Medicine and  although it’s not the most obvious city I would have guessed to take the top honor, our nation’s capital, Washington D.C., is listed as the Fittest City in America. According to WebMD: The list is based on [...]

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You Can Overcome Your Genes

May 24, 2009

“It’s in my genes”. Sounds familiar? It’s the excuse used by scores of humans as they try to hand off their shortcomings, deficiencies and other health issues to the bad decisions of their forefathers. Well, not so fast! Key lifestyle changes, a diet based on natural foods and regular exercise can overcome the most severe [...]

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