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How to Get Results from Your Exercise Program
Tweet Share on Facebook June 17, 2013 CommentOver the past several years, I have really focused on doing very efficient workouts. I like to get it done and exercise intensely. This has given me great results while working very well with my busy schedule. It isn't overwhelming and, even if you only have 10 to 12 minutes, you can get a great workout in that amount of time. My favorite exercises to do are a combination of both weights and plyometric Tabatas.
Tabatas are now becoming more popular and some are known as the 4-Minute Fat-Burning Workouts. Developed in the 1970s, they boost both anaerobic and aerobic capacity while boosting your metabolic rate. I first introduced them to my boot campers about two and a half years ago. For a Tabata, you do 20 seconds of the exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. You do this for a total of eight times, totaling four minutes.
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We Must Be Kidding! The Case for Eradicating 'Kid' Food
Tweet Share on Facebook June 17, 2013 CommentKids' food should be eradicated. Still with me? I'll make my case.
I suppose it's only fitting that I am writing this on Father's Day. My wife, Catherine, and I have five kids. And while, for them, Father's Day is presumably about me; for me, it's all about them. I am a father because of them.
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Why You Can't Rely on Willpower For Long-Term Results
Tweet Share on Facebook June 17, 2013 CommentThe number one reason why diets and exercise usually aren't enough to get you the results you want is simple. It's because most approaches rely on willpower – and willpower stinks. It's not a sustainable resource. It will always run out eventually unless you're using it appropriately, and most people aren't.
Willpower is appropriate when you need to dig a little deeper to finish something. For example, do you think marathoners need a little willpower for those last few miles? Yes, they do. And does a woman in labor need a little willpower for that final push? I've never given birth, but I can bet the answer is a big, fat YES. (Feel free to confirm my suspicion in the comments below if you're a mom!) And what about saying no to one more drink at happy hour when you have to get up early the next morning? Sure.
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How to Teach Kids About Nutrition in the Grocery Store
Tweet Share on Facebook June 17, 2013 CommentI used to love grocery shopping with my mom when I was a kid. Whether it was riding on top of the shopping cart or running up and down the aisles, it was almost as if the supermarket was my playground. Little did I know that I'd grow to really love the supermarket. Unfortunately for many people, grocery shopping has become a chore, so why not turn the tables and treat it as a fun activity with your kids?
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Why You Should Care About Men's Health Week
Tweet Share on Facebook June 13, 2013 CommentMany of us take good health for granted. I find this to be particularly true for men. In most cases, they would not be sitting across from me in my office if not for a push from their doctor, wife, mother or girlfriend. These 'helpers,' however, are not always viewed as such, and instead, their suggestions are like the roar of a train that's right near your home – after a while, you don't hear it.
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Do Kids Really Need to Refuel After 'Exercise'?
Tweet Share on Facebook June 12, 2013 CommentYou might be wondering why the word exercise is in quotations. It's in quotations because it would seem that, over the years, the definition of what constitutes exercise - especially for children - has changed.
Nowadays, it would seem that, with children at least, exercise is defined almost by intention alone, whereby even the briefest bouts of the stuff lead to praise and, more often than not, to food. And, of course, the food nowadays is often sugary and rarely healthful. Gone are the days of orange slices and water on the sports field.
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Nutrition Guidance: Who Needs to Know What?
Tweet Share on Facebook June 11, 2013 CommentI am writing today about nutrition guidance and who needs to know what to make it useful.
Permit me to disclose right away that I am the principal inventor of the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI) algorithm, used in NuVal – a nutritional guidance system that stratifies foods from 1 to 100 on the basis of overall nutritional quality: the higher the number, the more nutritious the food. As the Chief Science Officer for NuVal, LLC, I am compensated for my continuous and considerable allocations of time and effort. But it was never supposed to be that way – and the reasons why it is are an important part of this story.
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The 7 Commandments of Warehouse-Club Shopping
Tweet Share on Facebook June 11, 2013 CommentFor better or worse, warehouse clubs like Costco, BJ's and Sam's Club have changed the way we Americans consume. Some of these changes seem unequivocally beneficial– like saving families a fortune on bulk purchases of expensive staples like diapers or toilet paper. But when it comes to how warehouse-club shopping influences our food consumption, it's not clear how good the change has been.
The merits of warehouse-club food shopping depend entirely on what food we end up buying. The inherent problem with bulk shopping is that it tends to favor foods with a long shelf life; after all, how many families can get through a highly-perishable, five-pound fillet of fresh salmon before it spoils? As a result, merchandise at club warehouses tends to skew heavily towards highly-processed, empty calorie, shelf-stable snacks and super-salty frozen convenience foods.
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3 Healthy Recipes With Beets
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2013 CommentI'd cook with beets every day if it wasn't for the mess! Sound familiar? If you're a beet lover, surely you know what I am talking about. If someone peeked into my kitchen the last time I made a beet salad, he or she would have called the cops after seeing all that red beet juice! It wasn't pretty.
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Migraine Triggers in Your Food and Drink
Tweet Share on Facebook June 6, 2013 CommentJune is National Migraine Awareness Month, and since I'm a (paid) spokeswoman and key opinion leader for Excedrin, I know a thing or two about these headaches that cause many people to suffer daily. If you've ever had a migraine, you know exactly what I mean when I say "suffer." Migraine symptoms can last from four hours up to a whopping seventy-two, and they can include nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, lightheadedness and sensitivity to light and sound. And let's not forget that there's plenty of pain – sometimes all on one side of the head, and other times, a pulsating, throbbing pain throughout the whole noggin. Simply put: It's not pleasant.
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