Yes, there was that brilliant hoax about how chocolate helps you lose weight a while back, but this one looks like it may actually be true: dark chocolate may help your endurance when working out. Yes, this nearly unbelievable good news comes from a new study that looked at chocolate[…]
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In our quest to avoid the aches and pains of aging, we are looking to reduce inflammation. We were curious to find out if diet is linked to inflammation. It turns out that “yes” diet is linked to inflammation in the body. And if you cut out eating crap food,[…]
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It should not be surprising that most Americans fall short when it comes to ideal heart health. What is surprising is how many of us fail — an almost unbelievable 97.2%. Yet that is the percentage a new study came up with when they looked at surveys of almost 5,000[…]
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Experts debate the value of supplements. Our guest speaker, Bill Gifford, mentioned that most supplements are snake oil. But another oil seems to be very popular; fish oil. The omega-3 fatty acids inside fish oil are considered a reliable firewall against coronary issues, and many people take fish oil supplements daily to help keep[…]
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If you or someone you know are one of the millions of people who think a juice cleanse is an easy, healthy way to lose weight, this video is mandatory viewing. You will find out quickly that 1. You are missing out on valuable nutrients, 2. You aren’t actually losing[…]
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“Eating higher amounts of saturated fats and sugars is associated with lighter sleep that’s more prone to being disrupted and generally less restorative.” That’s from this article, about a new study which looks at how our diets affect our sleep. And, at least according to these researchers, there is clearly[…]
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Hunger. It’s been a part of us since before we even started walking on land, but it has created a whole mess of problems. The biggest issue nowadays is the expanding waistlines of people, with a thousand different solutions on how to fix our weight without going to bed at[…]
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Hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of “biohacking” went into the most controversial diet in recent memory, the Bulletproof Diet. The increasing popularity of the Bulletproof Diet has attracted the attention of doctors and scientists who offer their opinions on whether the diet works – or is healthy. Well, shocker.[…]
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If you are an exerciser, there is a good chance you’re a drinker. That is what the studies show. But we were wondering; Is that a good thing? Of course, common sense would make us believe that it is indeed detrimental to drink after a workout, as all of those calories you[…]
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We don’t see enough high-intensity studies that involve mice, but a new study that put them through exercise showed that one of the biggest benefits of HIIT involves our livers. We have seen studies showing HIIT increases our insulin sensitivity. What is that? We’ll quote an earlier post: Insulin resistance is[…]
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