Eating For Health

We all know people who have been slim for life.   Those who never seem to pile on the pounds, never seem to gain the extra weight as they age.   So is it just genetics or do slim people have habits that we can learn from?   Many of you have read the book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People .   So what are the highly effective habits of slim people ?   To find out researchers at Cornell University have asked those who have been slim all their lives to volunteer to register at:   http://healthyweightregistry.org/ .   Cornell is compiling a registry of slim people to find out what are their habits that help keep them slim?   You can go to this registry to read more about what they have found out to date.   And if you are one of those people who have been slim for life, then you may be interested in volunteering to join this registry and participate in this research study.   What do they ask these slim people?   They ask the...

     MSN had a great article on How to Stay Slim During the Holidays.   Then I read a great suggestion about High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT.           1.   Break up Your Exercise – yes, you are supposed to exercise an hour a day but it doesn’t have to be an hour all at once.    It can be 10 minutes here, fifteen minutes there.   Park your car far from the front door, go up and down the stairs a few extra times.   Go for a 15 minute walk if you don’t have time for a longer walk.         2.   Exercise with a friend – more fun to go for a walk or to the gym with a friend.             4.   Dance to some holiday music – dancing is great exercise and can burn off some calories.         3.    HIIT – Geralyn Coopersmith, global director of performance and fi...