Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation
A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Strength Training Exercise For Body and Brain Health
It is a sad fact that 8 out of 10 adults do not do enough proper exercise. This means their muscles do not get worked anywhere near enough to keep vital “growth and repair” hormones stimulated and flowing. The growth…
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Strength Training is NOT Optional
The weakness and loss of energy we associate with getting older, such as difficulty walking distances, climbing stairs, or carrying groceries, are largely due to muscle tissue loss. This muscle loss, for the most part, is from living an inactive…
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A Full Body Workout that Works!
Are you tired of thinking about which body parts need exercise today, or how often the exercises you’ve adopted for particular muscles and limbs need rotating to stay effective?
Are you looking for a full body workout that does exactly…
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Muscles and Metabolism…
Many people are confused about our metabolism (our body’s engine) and have little idea of how to keep it in good running condition.
What do you think has the biggest impact on it? Age? Activity levels? Thyroid function? Wrong, wrong…
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Prevent Disease and Strengthen Your Immune System the “Strong” Way
Without a doubt proper exercise is one of the most powerful weapons we have for reducing chronic inflammation that can trigger cancer growth, keeping estrogen levels in check which protects against all hormone-dependent cancers, strengthening the immune system and stopping…
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Key Behaviors for Permanent Weight-Loss
When it comes to being healthy, losing weight and slimming down where should your focus be? Exercise or diet?
Both. Weight loss is achieved by burning more calories than you take in or consuming fewer than you burn.
Permanent weight…
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Lack of Sunlight and Vitamin Deficiency
Sometimes in life we swing the pendulum wildly from one course of action to the other. Such is the case with our relationship with the sun.
For many, the sun has become the bad guy. They’ve been told their whole…
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Snacking Does Not Have to be Unhealthy…
Intermittent fasting is a recent health trend. It helps many people to lose and sustain weight loss, improves metabolic health and some claim it adds years to our lives.
And it is easier than most think because our sleeping hours…
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Target Your S.M.A.R.T. Goals
All of us entertain different dreams and visions about our lives and what we want to accomplish with them. Our smaller visions are easy for us to grasp and realise. However our bigger dreams often cause intimidation and we end…
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