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Does Healthy Eating Cost You More?

August 1, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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One of the biggest myths out there is the myth that eat­ing healthy costs too much. Just the oppo­site and I’ll prove it to you in three ways.

#1: Cash

Here’s some sam­ple fig­ures cour­tesy of Scott Tousignant’s fit­ness blog.

* 2 medium size sweet pota­toes $1 or … small fries from a fast food joint

* 2 red pep­pers $1 or … a can of pop

* Bowl of oat­meal with fruit and pro­tein pow­der $2 or … large bag of chips

* 6 Chicken Breasts $10 or … a sub combo from a fast food joint

* 18 eggs $3.50 or … a burger from a fast food joint

* 2 salmon fil­lets $15 or … large pizza

* Loaded chicken salad (home­made) $3 or … bag of cookies

* Large bag of oat­meal $3.50 or … 4 choco­late bars

Not much of a com­par­i­son, it is? Con­tinue read­ing “Does Healthy Eat­ing Cost You More?” »

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Science Behind Shorter Workouts

July 29, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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The work­out pro­to­col is based on the sci­ence of hyper­tro­phy as well as psy­chophys­i­ol­ogy, the study of the mind/body con­nec­tion, to achieve the result, every­one has a dif­fer­ent approach of doing it.

The 7 Minute Mus­cle (and 7 Minute Body) is pri­mar­ily a density-based train­ing sys­tem. It demands vary­ing rep ranges done within spe­cific time peri­ods. The pro­to­col fac­tors six of the pri­mary vari­ables of hyper­tro­phy, or mus­cle growth: Inten­sity, Load, Vol­ume, Den­sity, Time and Force (Time includes rest inter­vals as well as the time required to per­form a given task.)

A layman’s take on one of the basic laws of physics states that time and energy are inter­re­lated. Doing the same amount of work in less time demands more energy, which trans­lates into more power. While power is a fac­tor in train­ing, 7 minute mus­cle is focused on forc­ing mus­cle growth and adap­ta­tion. This is also an ele­ment of time and energy. More energy expended in less time = more power. Con­tinue read­ing “Sci­ence Behind Shorter Workouts” »

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The Tell-Tale Symptoms of Depression

July 28, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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There are many rea­sons that can cause depres­sion, and it has no sin­gle cause, often time it results from a com­bi­na­tion of things. Like after an intense inci­dent, peo­ple can get seri­ously depressed, exam­ple, a divorce in the fam­ily, some­one you love dying, a stress­ful home life, vio­lence, or break­ing up with a boyfriend or girl­friend etc. Other times, depres­sion just hap­pens by itself, and you may have no idea of why depres­sion has struck you. And genet­ics also play an impor­tant part in depres­sion. It can run in fam­i­lies for generations.

Peo­ple who are suf­fer­ing from depres­sion or manic dis­or­ders actu­ally exhibit or show each and every kind of symp­tom of depres­sion, which them­selves may not know.

Below are some com­mon exam­ples of symp­toms of depres­sion that we all shall know and under­stand: Con­tinue read­ing “The Tell-Tale Symp­toms of Depression” »

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Are You Positioning Your Body in Front of Computer Correctly?

July 21, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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There is no other device that changed our lives like com­put­ers. The growth of com­put­ers and related tech­nolo­gies has been so unprece­dented that, it has found a place in every aspect of human life. Com­put­ers have become so inevitable part of our lives that we need to use it for var­i­ous pur­poses — be it for fun, work, relax­ation or money, peo­ple use this device so widely.

Since we are spend­ing long hours and sit­ting in front of com­puter every­day, have you ever notice that the posi­tion­ing of your body in front of com­puter is set cor­rectly or not? Which means a com­fort­able work­ing pos­ture with a nat­ural align­ment of all your joints from head to toes — the right neu­tral posi­tion­ing helps you reduce the stress and strain on the mus­cles, ten­dons, and skele­tal sys­tem thus reduc­ing the risks of devel­op­ing a mus­cu­loskele­tal dis­or­der (MSD). Con­tinue read­ing “Are You Posi­tion­ing Your Body in Front of Com­puter Correctly?” »

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Another Weightloss Drug Got Baned

July 18, 2010 By Ann Liu Leave a Comment
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We should all take a big, huge, mas­sive sigh of relief. Finally, the FDA did some­thing right when it comes to bogus “magic” diet-fat burn pills.

A panel of experts reviewed Vivus Inc.‘s new wonder-pill “Qnexa” today.

They gave it the thumbs-down.

Why?

Oh, pesky lit­tle reported side-effects like:

* Heart Attacks
* Stroke
* Increased Risk of Sui­cide (yikes!)
* Memory/Concentration Loss

You know — “minor” stuff like that. GEEZ. What the hell are these drug com­pa­nies think­ing? Con­tinue read­ing “Another Weight­loss Drug Got Baned” »

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