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.
As life takes us along for a ride and we get engrossed in getting stuff done for others, we sometimes need to stop and think over what it is we are giving ourselves in the process. If constant worry and unmanageable stress is all you came up with for an answer and if you feel you have absolutely no control over the demons that keep you from getting fit, then this just-in-time-for-Halloween piece that exhorts you to exorcise your fitness demons might be just the ticket for you!
For example, do you think yourself sick about sticking to that fiendish diet while all around you your friends are savoring the sinful delights of the festive season? Face that devil today by keeping cheat days on which the occasional indulgence is magically pardoned and all is well again in the land of I-Conquered-Temptation-By-Succumbing.
Another devil I can think of that should be on the list? The fear of the so-called “bad” foods that might really be beneficial to us. The sure-fire exorcism for this kind of ignorance is simply a dedication to get educated in at least the basics of nutrition. Still think olive-oils and nuts are bad because they are too fatty? Think again - monounsaturated fats, which these foods are full of, have been shown to have wonderful heart-disease-reducing properties by way of bad-cholesterol reduction and have even been shown to offer some protection against certain forms of cancer. Still believe that low-fat foods are OK? You should really be looking at total calories too. Remember, Knowledge Is Power against food prejudice and will help you know what to put in your grocery cart the next time you are out shopping for your family’s nutrition.
While you scour Amazon.com for books on nutrition, do explore this week’s top health and fitness stories as well:
- Quiz: Apple or banana? Which is better?: [...] we’re confronted with so many food choices every day. How are we to guess which ones are the most nutrient-rich or lightest in calories?
- Diet and Exercise May Help Prevent Ovulation-Linked Infertility: Following a so-called fertility diet and exercising may promote fecundity in otherwise healthy women with an ovulatory disorder, researchers here reported.
- Med. Diet at Italian Chains? Fuhgedaboudit!: Customers at two of the country’s largest Italian food chains could be getting much more than just a taste of Italy in their entrees.
- Fast Food Items Highest In Trans Fat - The 88 least healthy foods.: The absolute worst ingredient your food could possibly contain is trans fat. Maybe you’ve heard of it?
- 10 Minutes, My Foot: So I’ve discovered the secret of all those ultra-short workouts that one segment of the fitness industry keeps trying to sell us.
- TV Bad for Obese Kids’ Blood Pressure?: A new childhood obesity study links watching lots of TV to high blood pressure in obese children.
- Exorcise your fitness demons: [...] in the spirit of the season, I am challenging you to spook some of those little demons that keep you from getting the out-of-this-world body you deserve.
- Britons tuck into bacon butties despite cancer study: “So what is safe to eat?” trumpeted the Daily Mail. Meat traders were outraged too.
- Report: Excess body fat linked to cancer: Keeping slim is one of the best ways of preventing cancer, as is avoiding excessive amounts of red meat and wine, a landmark study has revealed.
- Organic produce ‘better for you’: Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says.
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Have a great weekend!
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