Eating For Health

My nephew posted a sign on Facebook that read:   “ This year I will get to a Healthier place ”.    It was posted at Anytime Fitness in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.    How many people want to be healthier, make New Year’s Resolutions to be healthier and then fizzle out after a few weeks or months?   My husband says the gym was packed yesterday as it usually is in January, then less in February and by May it is back to the regulars.    So what could you do to make 2015 a healthier year with goals you can keep?     1.  Start small – set small, specific, realistic goals a.          NOT - “I will go to the gym more” b.       But set goals like:                                       ...

If you want to shed some pounds and some body fat should you lift weights or go for the aerobic classes?   Well new studies indicate the aerobic exercise is the best way to burn off the fat.   Researchers at Duke University compared the effects of aerobic exercise versus resistance training on body fat in overweight and obese adults ( Journal of Applied Physiology ). Many professionals have recommended both aerobic exercise and resistance training for weight loss:   Aerobic exercise to burn calories and fat and resistance training to build and maintain muscle mass which also increases a person’s metabolic rate.   In this study, 234 participants were overweight or obese (119 participants completed the study).   Researchers divided them into one of three exercise groups:                              ...