Category: healthcare
Belly Fat = Type 2 Diabetes = Too Much Carbs
Most days, I enjoy sifting through the latest research into weight loss, health, fitness, etc… But not today. Today I read a study that dooms Mr. Balloon Belly here to a lifetime of popping diet pills and undergoing gastric bypass surgery. The Research In this study, researchers used an MRI machine to determine each participant’s [...]
Health Habits Workout – Week 20 – Day 3
Workout Goals: Alright, workout #3 Let’s get to work…. WARMUP Feel free to substitute warm-up exercises. The goal of the warm-up is to get your joints to release your natural joint lubrication (synovial fluid) and to warm up your muscles. The individual exercises don’t matter. I chose these exercises because I think they are very [...]
A Common Sense Solution to Rising Health Care Costs
Around the world, health care costs are going up and up. And with the massive baby boomer population bulge entering their senior years, some governments / businesses / insurance companies are looking for new & creative ways to reduce health care costs. One of those creative solutions is the construction of public (free) fitness parks [...]
Aaaarrrggggghhhhhh
Yesterday, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) and ParticipACTION unveiled a series of new physical activity recommendations to encourage Canadians to become more physically active. And that’s good. I am a big fan of health promotion / disease prevention. Problem is… these recommendations are toothless. They’re just talk. What’s the point of setting new exercise guidelines if [...]
A Cost Benefit Analysis of your Health & Physical Fitness
This post is for all of those people who: Want to live a long life, and Want that long life to be full of health, vitality and general awesome-ness Because seriously, who wants to live until 100 if you have to spend the final 20-30 years of your life hooked up to machines and/or driving [...]
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Mainstream Medicine may finally be catching on. In a major shift of emphasis in the battle against cardiovascular disease, the American Heart Association is urging people to embrace prevention rather than just try to avoid risks long associated with the world’s leading killer. . The Dallas-based organization unveiled a list of seven steps people can [...]
Did You Take Your Vitamin D This Morning?
Winter is on the way people. And along with the frigid temperatures and slushy sidewalks, winter means less sunshine. And less sunshine means less Vitamin D. And, according to this study, less Vitamin D means you have an increased risk of stroke, heart disease and death. The Study For more than a year, the Intermountain [...]
We (almost) have the technology to make you leaner, stronger, fitter…
Back in the 70s, Colonel Steve Austin was the Six Million Dollar Man…a NASA astronaut nearly killed during a test flight. But, luckily for him, NASA had the technology to rebuild him…better than he was before..better..stronger..faster And luckily for all of us, we are pretty close to having the technology to help make us leaner..stronger..fitter…and [...]
The Failure of the Health/Fitness/Obesity Industry
Aaaaarrrgggghhhhh……I am so frustrated. Yesterday, I met with new client for the first time. Over the past 30+ years, this woman has tried and failed to lose 20 pounds and get into “shape” She has consulted with doctors and trainers and nutritionists and naturopaths. She has bought books and magazines and dvds and subliminal audio [...]
Vinegar is a Fat-Burning, Waist Shrinking, Cholesterol Lowering Superfood
In yesterday’s post, I introduced you to a study which showed that plain ole’ vinegar is effective in suppressing body fat accumulation. More specifically, the researchers found that laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to 10 percent less) than other mice. I was so excited [...]
Fighting Fat With Vinegar
Your Grandma was right. It turns out that the acetic acid found in plain ole’ vinegar is effective in suppressing body fat accumulation. The Science Earlier this year, Japanese researchers found that laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to 10 percent less) than other mice. [...]
Drink more soda…it’s good for you
Not everyone is happy with the anti-obesity/anti-soda ad produced by the NYC Dept of Health. And it isn’t just the people who lost their lunches after seeing that globby/fatty/veiny cup of goo. It’s groups like the Center for Consumer Freedom. In fact, the CCF was so upset, that they produced their own rebuttal ad and [...]
Can America's Food Producers Save Us From Obesity?
30 of America’s biggest food producers have come together to form the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation. It’s kind of like the Justice League of America, but instead of fighting comic book super villains, the HWCF is fighting against obesity. Their plan is to do this by “helping consumers lead healthier lives by making energy balance [...]
Fatwashing is the new Greenwashing
Frank Lampard and Thierry Henry are the celebrity faces of a new anti-obesity ad campaign being launched by Pepsi. Anti-obesity & Pepsi? That’s an odd combination I always thought that soda helped to cause obesity. But, if Pepsi wants to help me lose weight and get fit, then they must be one of the good [...]
Fit Kids Need Playgrounds
Fear of dangerous strangers is keeping our kids and teens from using their neighborhood playgrounds and parks. Instead, they stay inside and play virtual table tennis on their Nintendo Wii. It’s not the same thing. Researchers in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta, looked at perceived opportunities and barriers [...]
