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Diet And Fitness Tips To Help You Sleep
Ah, sleep. While some slip between the sheets and easily fall into a sound slumber, many of us fail to get enough of those coveted zzz’s. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 30 percent of American workers–about 40.6 million of us–average no more than six hours of sleep a day. The […]
Well: What's Your Workout? A Food Star's Fitness Plan
The Food Network chef Robert Irvine hosts the popular show Restaurant: Impossible, in which he and his team race to turn around a troubled restaurant on a 48-hour deadline. During a recent episode, Mr. Irvine renovated a community center in Washington that provides tutoring and healthful meals to children a challenge issued to him by […]
11 Ways To Lose Weight This Weekend
/ When Friday rolls around, your mind automatically flips the switch off from work and off from keeping your diet. Americans consume 400 more calories during the 48 weekend hours than during the same weekday time, according to a study published in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. But that doesn’t mean you’re doomed […]
Fitness Advice That Doesn't Work
Bad Advice: Crunches Are The Best Way To Burn Belly Fat The reality: “Crunches cause your abdominal muscles to contract, which will increase their strength and endurance, [but] crunches burn very few calories,” says Michele Olson, Ph.D., a professor of exercise science at the Human Performance Laboratory at Auburn University at Montgomery in Alabama. You […]
Weight Loss Techniques That Work
Keep a food journal. Don’t skip meals, but do skip your afternoon lunch dates. Those recommendations come from research published Friday in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics[1]. Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center[2] evaluated the impact of self-monitoring and diet-related behavior and patterns among overweight and obese post-menopausal women. […]