Reading many reports about diet and health can easily lead you to conclude that nothing is safe. It seems that you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Cholesterol…
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Reading many reports about diet and health can easily lead you to conclude that nothing is safe. It seems that you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Cholesterol…
Some experts suggest exercising at 60 to 75 percent of your maximum heart rate to achieve maximum cardiovascular benefits with minimal risk. But how do you know what your maximum heart…
A few simple fitness tips can help the sedentary get the jump start they need. That’s according to exercise researcher William D. McArdle in “Middle-Age Spread,” a report from the Medical…
Even moderate weight loss means a major reduction in risk factors for some chronic diseases. Among the morbidly obese (150 to 200 percent overweight), moderate weight loss can mean a 20…
It depends on the individual. Those of us who enjoy an “all-you-can-eat” buffet can attest not only do we tend to eat more food, but we also eat more quickly. The…
In your body, there are three kinds of fat. The most familiar is body fat. When was the last time you cooked chicken? Remember those yellow globules of fat you removed…
Although many experts believe only weight-bearing exercises like running, aerobics and tennis will slow calcium loss in the bones. A study by Dr. Eric S. Orwoll, an endocrinologist from Portland, Oregon, suggests swimming can…
Get hip! Several studies have indicated that a high waist-to-hip ratio is significantly associated with stroke, coronary artery disease and other causes of premature death. Women characteristically retain more fat around…
The greatest abuse of anabolic steroids is not in the ranks of competitive athletes, but in youths who take anabolic steroids for cosmetic reasons. In other words, they take the drugs…
The scale can be helpful for those monitoring poundages. Nevertheless, the scale won’t tell you how fat you are or how good you look. Did you ever notice that wherever there’s…
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