exercise
Walk 10,000 Steps To Improve Health And Fitness
It’s a fact, America is becoming obese at an alarming rate and the rest of the world is following close behind. We are eating more (and more of the wrong stuff) and exercising less or getting no exercise at all. Our health is in steep decline and doctor and hospital visits are at all time […]
How-to exercise pamphlet for people with MS developed
Fatigue and pain, along with other symtoms, prevent many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from exercising. But a new how-to guide for a home-based exercise program, tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s nursing school and the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, offers a way for people with MS to stay more […]
Fitness And Exercise Advice
According to few insulin levels play the largest role in losing weight. Other experts determine that our body type is the key to finding the proper exercises and diet plans that work with the body. To find out your body type you will need to talk to your doctor, or else visit the World Wide […]
Why Women Should Train Different Than Men
It’s no big secret that a women’s idea of what the perfect body is for her is vastly different from what a man’s idea of what the perfect body for him is. Men and women store fat differently, and because women are predisposed to naturally maintain higher body fat levels than men, most women have […]
Exercise following bariatric surgery provides health benefits beyond weight loss
A new study by researchers at the Florida Hospital — Sanford-Burnham Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes (TRI-MD) shows that patients who moderately exercise after bariatric surgery (weight-loss surgery) gain additional health improvements in glucose metabolism and cardiorespiratory fitness compared to patients who lead a sedentary lifestyle after surgery. The findings confirm the physiological […]
Countdown To Summer Fitness Challenge! How To Get Fit And Lose Weight In 6 Weeks.
How about those fabulous bike rides in the park! What about grilling barbeque on the deck? Are you down for a little surfing and tanning on the beach? Summer will be upon us in less than six weeks. Not only do we want to enjoy the warm months that are rapidly approaching, we want to […]
Here’s To Better Golf Exercise
There is a lot of golf equipment to help you in your exercise program. You’ve got weights, rubber tubing, and so on. But what exactly is “proper” golf equipment, designed specifically for exercise? This is the question that almost every new golfer has. We all know that exercise is good for you. It keeps you […]
Healthy Eating, Exercise Initiative Targets Local Grade Schools
KENNY KEMP | Saturday Gazette-Mail Samatha Snodgrass hands out place mats and backpacks to the fourth- and fifth-grade classes at Anne Bailey Elementary, in St. Albans. Fourth-grader Heith McCormick, 10, gets a place mat that illustrates healthy food serving sizes and offers tips for healthy eating through Kidz Bite Back, a healthy-lifestyle initiative being piloted […]
7 Top Foods To Include In Your Kid’s Diet
Here is a list of the top 7 healthiest foods to feed your kid and why it’s so healthy: 1. Oatmeal: A fabulous breakfast food, full of B vitamins, iron, zinc and calcium. Old-fashioned oatmeal offers plenty of carbohydrate for quick energy and high fiber. Add berries and honey to make it a delicious perfect […]
Improve Your Skin Health with Exercise and Nutrition
As registered dietitians and personal trainers, we are intimately familiar with the health benefits that good nutrition provides for every part of the body. Interestingly, most people focus on nutrition and exercise for disease prevention or for weight loss, but they don’t typically think of the positive effects they have on skin, the […]