FOLIC ACID FOR YOUNG & OLD
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

Folic acid cut high blood pressure, inflammation, and premature births in pregnant moms, and older adults with high folate levels avoided mental decline, in three new studies.In a folic acid study, researchers recruited 2,951 women… read more

CUSHION YOUR JOINTS
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

Hyaluronic acid—a molecule that occurs naturally in the body and helps cushion joints—helped relieve pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, a new study reveals. Researchers recruited 20 participants, aged 40 or older, who suffered… read more

FLAXSEED FOR MEN & WOMEN
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Women who took flaxseed had fewer hot flashes, and men who took flaxseed oil had lower blood pressure, in two new studies.

In a hot-flash study, doctors noted that women used to treat hot flashes with… read more

FASTER RECOVERY FROM EXERCISE
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Supplements | No Comments »

In a new study from Japan, 17 healthy volunteers, average age 37, took 100 mg of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) per day, 300 mg of CoQ10 per day, or a placebo, for eight days while testing… read more

BUILDING STRENGTH & MUSCLE WITHOUT ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training, Supplements | No Comments »

(ARA) - Every week the media comes out with a new story of another amateur or professional athlete using steroids. For athletes and health fanatics it seems they are willing to do whatever they believe… read more

PROTEIN AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

After the needs of the tissues are satisfied, there may be a surplus of ingested protein products for which the… read more

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

The tissues of the body are under constant repair. The skin and all epithelial surfaces are being continually replaced, as… read more

DIGESTION & ABSORBTION OF PROTEINS
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Supplements | No Comments »

Proteins undergo hydrolysis in the gastrointestinal tract resulting in the release of amino acids. This is accomplished mainly through… read more

THE BENEFITS OF RESISTANCE TRAINING
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Resistance training is any training that uses a force, for example a weight, to resist the force of a muscular contraction. Often, resistance training is simply called weight training or strength training.

According to the American… read more

PERIODISATION FOR MAXIMUM MUSCLE GROWTH
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Have you been training hard for years and eating all the right foods, only to find that you just can’t put on muscle like you used to? If so, it sounds like you’ve hit a… read more

LOW G.I. DIET
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet | No Comments »

If you’ve tried fad diets in the past only to discover they are impossible to stick to and leave you feeling hungry and irritable, then it’s time to start eating sensibly; enter the ‘Low GI… read more

REST-PAUSE TRAINING FOR INCREASED STRENGTH
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

It is widely accepted that training with heavy weights for a low number of repetitions per set (1-6 reps) will promote increases in strength, whilst lifting lighter weights for a higher number of reps (15+)… read more

BURN MORE FAT WITH INTERVAL TRAINING
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Interval training is highly popular as a very effective way of burning fat. At the same time, it is also a first-rate method of improving cardio-vascular fitness.

Interval training involves alternating high intensity bursts of activity… read more

SCULPTING SIX-PACK ABS
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

When we think of abs, we normally mean the rectus abdominus muscle that forms the six pack of the stomach area. However, to get the perfect mid-section you also need to work your obliques and… read more

VITAMIN D FOR SKIN
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is recommending that people with light skin take 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day in the fall and winter, and people with darker skin and those who do not… read more

VITAMIN E PROTECTS THE HEART
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Higher doses of vitamin E protected against heart disease in those with high cholesterol; type 2 diabetics who took vitamin E had fewer heart attacks and strokes, and vitamin E reduced DNA damage in adults… read more

PROGRESS ON LIVER CANCER
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

A compound from milk thistle kept liver-cancer cells from spreading and reduced their numbers in a new laboratory study. Researchers from the University of California at Irvine tested various doses of silibinin—a compound from milk… read more

LESS PAIN, MORE ENERGY
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

D-ribose improved symptoms of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia; glucosamine, chondroitin, and vitamin D helped rebuild bone in osteoporosis, and rosehips decreased pain and cut pain medication in osteoporosis, three new studies reveal.

In a chronic fatigue… read more

LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE & CHOLESTEROL
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet | No Comments »

Quercetin—an antioxidant in apples, berries, and onions—lowered blood pressure in those with high blood pressure, and citrus flavonoids and vitamin E reduced cholesterol in those with high cholesterol, in two new studies.

In a blood pressure… read more

FITNESS MOTIVATIONAL TIPS: HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Mental Health & Fitness | No Comments »

All about control but different meanings!

To take control requires knowledge and self-discipline.
To have control requires commitment and a… read more