A Guide for Healthy Food and Eating
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Grilled Fish
WebMD has an article about an address Michael Pollan gave to a gathering of scientists and doctors at the CDC back in March. In the talk he gives 7 words and 7 rules for food and eating. He also notes that there are some ironies about American eating habits that we should pay attention to. Although he makes little mention of the importance of exercise, I feel the need to remind you that exercise has huge benefits that diet alone cannot make up for. But, all in all, he has some really good advice. When guys in the gym asks me about supplements and protein powder, I always tell them to simply save their money and buy good real food.
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As part of an effort to bring new ideas to the national debate on food issues, the CDC invited Pollan — a harsh critic of U.S. food policies — to address CDC researchers and to meet with leaders of the federal agency.
“The French paradox is that they have better heart health than we do despite being a cheese-eating, wine-swilling, fois-gras-gobbling people,” Pollan said. “The American paradox is we are a people who worry unreasonably about dietary health yet have the worst diet in the world.”
In various parts of the world, Pollan noted, necessity has forced human beings to adapt to all kinds of diets.
“The Masai subsist on cattle blood and meat and milk and little else. Native Americans subsist on beans and maize. And the Inuit in Greenland subsist on whale blubber and a little bit of lichen,” he said. “The irony is, the one diet we have invented for ourselves — the Western diet — is the one that makes us sick.”
Snowballing rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease in the U.S. can be traced to our unhealthy diet. So how do we change? Read on here!
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When it comes to dieting, people will try pretty much anything except a real, honest life-style change that includes eating less and healthier. Fad diets are always popular because they tend to promise huge weight loss in a very short period of time. The big problem is that they are not usually healthy or sustainable and so weight gain is inevitable after the initial success. Diets like these also encourage eating disorders in some people. The best way to lose weight is to plan out a diet with a nutritionist and add a significant amount of excersise to your daily routine. (Our 6 meal per day diet is here.) At any rate, you can read through the latest fads that the stars are using in Hollywood. Just remember that fads are called fads for a reason… From MSNBC Health-
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A battle-weary young soldier in William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” said he would give all his fame for a pot of ale — and many of today’s celebrities and socialites can relate. After all, a big part of having it all — the wealth, the status — is going without. We’ve heard about actresses living on bland protein cookies for weeks at a time, locking Oreos in a safe to keep them out of reach, and even eating jars of baby food for dinner. “All women are familiar with the idea of limiting themselves to certain foods to lose weight,” says Madelyn Fernstrom, a nutritional biochemist and director of the University of Pittsburgh Weight Management Center. But the rich and famous, in particular, seem to believe a gimmick will be faster and more dramatic than the old moderation approach. “They want to be special,” says Susan Bowerman, a dietitian and lecturer at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Plus, “stars are often trendsetters, so when they hear about a new diet, they go for it,” says Charles Figley, director of the Psychosocial Stress Research Program at Tulane University in New Orleans. Judging by the number of size 0s in Hollywood, these weird restrictions can work, though some may not be all that healthful. Top nutritionists separate the fat from the fiction.
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Yep, it sure is. Now I’m not saying to stop doing all cardio but I am saying that running on a treadmill leaves a lot to be desired in terms of overall fitness. It is certainly better than nothing but I rarely recommend cardio to people except as a warm-up before a workout. I general, your body will adapt very quickly to whatever stress you exert on it, so doing something relatively stress-less like walking or jogging on a treadmill is not going to help you gain muscle strength or an overall higher level of fitness. Andrew over at MPF has a great post about this-
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The answer is that ‘cardio’–that mythical activity that magically gives you the stamina to do ANYTHING–as such doesn’t exist. You can’t really get your heart and lungs in shape in a vaccuum–you have to do SOME MUSCULAR ACTIVITY to create that side effect. And that activity–whatever it is you choose to do, be it running or cycling or kickboxing or circuit training–THAT’S what your body will get good at. Specific Adaptation To Imposed Demands.
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Obese lady
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Several new studies have shown just how deadly and costly obesity really is in America. This report from MSNBC Health gives us some official stats that I think we all had a sneaking suspicion were true. Some of the numbers for cancer are still a bit stunning.I know several nurses that think that at least 75% of the patients they see in the hospital are there because of poor lifestyle choices. The cost to them, their families and society in general is staggering.
In July, federal and other researchers estimated that obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of all medical spending in the United States or an estimated $147 billion a year.
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WASHINGTON – Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year — and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
Having too much body fat causes nearly half the cases of endometrial cancer — a type of cancer of the uterus — and a third of esophageal cancer cases, the American Institute for Cancer Research said.
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease. The American Cancer Society projects that 1.47 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year and 562,000 will die of it.
…Here are some of its estimates of cancer types that could be prevented annually if Americans stayed slender:
* Esophageal – 35 percent of cases or 5,800 people
* Pancreatic – 28 percent or 11,900
* Gallbladder – 21 percent or 2,000
* Colon – 9 percent or 13,200
* Breast – 17 percent or 33,000
* Endometrium – 49 percent or 20,700
* Kidney – 24 percent or 13,900
High Intensity Interval Training For More Benefits
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Hack Squats
The benefits of exercise are in direct proportion to the intensity of the exercise. That is why you hear so much about high intensity interval training these days. Slowly jogging on a treadmill or elliptical will probably get you so discouraged that you eventually quit- most people do. I was talking to a friend today and he was lamenting how few calories he burns during his 1/2 hour on the elliptical machine. Treadmills and ellipticals are not bad, they just aren’t very good (but they are certainly better than nothing). The reasons for that are twofold. First, even a fast pace on a machine simply does not work your muscles to anywhere near exhaustion. When I use the phrase “high intensity” I am obviously not referring to something that you could do for hours on end- like jog on a treadmill. I am referring to something that exhausts the muscle in about 60-90 seconds. So you have to ask “What is the most effective way to exhaust the muscle in 60 seconds?” And the answer is of course weight and resistance training. Weight training is by far the most efficient way to make significant progress. 30 minutes of weight training is exponentially better than jogging on a treadmill. The second part of this is the effect that weight training has on your resting metabolic rate. Obviously, a person with greater muscle mass will burn more calories even at rest. This is one of the big keys to losing fat and keeping it off. Weight training also has a powerful anti-aging effect on the body- even those considered to be elderly. So, once again, I recommend weight training for everyone- especially those people who only have a half hour per day. If you can add another 15-20 minutes on the treadmill after your workout, great. But don’t waste your precious time doing things that will not help you achieve your goals.
