If you haven’t already heard the latest political health buzz, there’s recent talk of potentially introducing a new food labeling system–something that would be comparable, if not as easy as, the Energy Star labeling. If given the green light, the fronts of packaged foods, such as sliced bread, cereal boxes and crackers, would show calories per servings and zero to three stars. The stars would…
Monthly Archives
October 2011
10 Practical Reasons to Exercise
We all know that exercise is good for us. Most of us probably also know a few health facts about why it’s good. Lately, I’ve gotten the feeling that we’re being a bit overloaded with messages related to health and exercise. There are always new health findings and studies that give us new reasons as to why it’s more important to exercise now than a few months ago before the study. These studies…
Metabolism-boosting Asanas
As I’ve mentioned before, the benefits of yoga are vast. Yoga, at least for me, makes me feel: relaxed, rejuvenated, strong, balanced, healthy, at peace, happy, and in touch with every inch of my body. I could go on, but those are the main points. In addition to this ‘conscious’ enjoyment of yoga, there’s a lot that goes on internally and much more discretely than I can account for. For instance,…
Most effective exercises
What’s the best and most effective form of exercise? Which exercise will help you lose the most weight? According to several fitness magazines, web sites, and professionals, there’s an answer to this question. However, if you start to compare the answers, you’ll see that many of these experts offer different answers and explanations.
I’m by no means a fitness expert, and I think that there’s…
Variation to your Exercise Routine
Looking to change up your regular exercise routine? The obvious solution is to change the type of exercise you’re doing. However, what if you really enjoy your workout, or you crave the good feeling you get once you’re done? There’s no sense in change completely if you still like your workout; you only need to spruce it up a bit to make it almost new again.
I recently went through the desir…
Reaching Anaerobic Levels
Do you like to push yourself when you’re working out? Are you reaching anaerobic levels where it’s difficult to breath and your heart is beating a million a minute? Well, you probably know that reaching anaerobic levels help burn more calories and fat during workouts, and that it helps to build your endurance levels so that the next time you’re working out, you can push yourself a little harder.
Learning How to Breath
Breathing is perhaps the most basic and instinctive function we perform every second of the day. It’s also one of the most vital. And yet, experts say that we don’t breathe properly, nor do we breathe enough. The problems occur because of a few factors. The first, and most common, is because the average person is never really conscious of breathing. It’s automatic and therefore something on…
Spinning is making a comeback!
Good news for our fitness club partners who offer spinning classes online: it’s is making a serious comeback. At least it is in Canada. Check out this article to read more about…
The Longevity Project
I love reading up on the latest health studies and findings. I’m fascinated with the nature of our constantly evolving discoveries, as well as with the nature of the studies themselves. This week, I read a doozy of a study– an 8 decade-long study called the “Longevity Project.” The length and scope of this study had never been achieved before.
The study looked at behavior patterns of 1,500…
Mixed Messages
A recent CDC report listed the four most important factors to sustaining a healthy, long life. Those factors include: not smoking, limiting alcohol, exercising, and eating well. The ladder is more flexible in terms of specifics, but includes eating mostly vegetables, lean meats in moderation, and avoiding sugar and processed foods.
This isn’t new information for anyone who reads a newspaper,…