December 2010
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LA Times Article: Carbs to Blame
Here is an interesting article from the LA Times that addresses carbohydrates as the one to blame for our current obesity epidemic.
Keep in mind we like to separate fruits/vegetables into their OWN category, but THEY ARE CARBOHYDRATES! Eating a low-carb diet isn’t the anwswer because our bodies run on carbohydrates (essential glucose). Its eating a “right-carb” diet...
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““A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human...”
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Stimulation of Muscles
I found a really great picture on the neuromuscular junction…that is where neurons meet muscles. The picture might look at little overwhelming but just study it for a feel minutes.
When we want to move an electrical signal from our brain (voluntary) travels down our spinal cord, then down axons and this signal stimulates what are called neurotransmitters (Acetylcholine). These...
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Twinkie Diet
(Now you can get high cholesterol and diabetes in the same meal! GREAT!)
You might have seen this article in the news about a professor, Dr. Haub, at the University of Kansas State who ate only sugary, high fat snacks for 10 weeks and lost weight.
Well…here is another article from the LA times talking about the Twinkie diet—more importantly the significant of calories in our...
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WOD: 12-December
Taking a break from studying for my Physiology of Exercise final I thought I design a little workout, one that includes the Dumbbell Thruster from my previous post.
Before you try this, make sure you have your air squats down, and you are comfortable with holding weight over your head (shoulder press).
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DB Thrusters (40#/20#)<—that is 40 lb DBs for men; 20s for women.
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Exercise AND "Diet"...They're Together.
“The _____ Diet, it saved my life.”
“While I was on the ________ Diet I lost 5 lbs. in a 2 days!”
“If you want to lose weight, try the _____ Diet…you’ll love it!”
I am sure you have seen testimonals like these plastered all over infomercials, on billboards, magazines and even health stores. And you probably want me to tell you the name of the...
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Exercise...Keepin' Your Chromosomes Long.
(http://www.crmagazine.org/archive/Summer2007/Pages/ProliferationPotential.aspx).
The other day I was “nerding out” on my computer looking for journal articles that to the average person look like alien writing. But, low and behold I found this really cool article on chronic stress, exercise and telomere length. Telomere what?!?! Yeah, I know we have to dive into some biology...
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Power Food: Almonds
Raw Almonds are a great source of monounsaturated fat, known as the “good” fat (Yes you NEED fat in your diet). Monunsaturated fat helps lower Low Density Lipoproteins (LDLs), known as the “bad” cholesterol and increases High Density Lipoproteins (HDLS)—I love how we have bad and good things in our bodies, and we label them that way. Kinda funny.
They are high in...
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Routine Can Be Bad (long term).
We all like routines. They keep us in check, and sometimes we can just run on autopilot and be all good. Even when it comes to the gym, people normally have the same routine. If your an early morning go-getter…wake at 5:30am, go to the gym, do your thing, and do it 4 days a week. You are probably think, “well I am very healthy, activity and I go to the gym 4 times a week! ...
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Kids and Obesity
In one of my nutrition classes today we discusses obesity, BMI and exercise & nutrition programs for prevention. Interestingly enough, kids (I am talking about pre-puberty kids—ages 1-13/14 yrs of age) have a much harder time losing weight during adulthood if they become overweight/obese during childhood. Here is why…
There are two ways to develop obesity: hypertrophic or...
