We got some great feedback on our list of fitness devices that will “put your money where you mouth is” this week. Multiple listeners sent in their picks. Included in the picks were measuring spoons. We also discussed an email from Dan about his pants. Apparently when he measured his pants, he found that they [...]
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It’s summertime! The time of year when you want to show the most, feel the best and look ripped! In conjunction with a rigorous fitness plan and a healthy, well balanced diet, fat burning supplements have become an excellent way to optimize your results. It may just make the difference between getting to your goal a little sooner, or even surpassing your body fat continue reading »
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Hey Readers! I’ve been finding some crazy stuff the past few days from a few different health blogs around the web which I just had to share with you. Check em out below…
Eating better means living better
While it is hard to eat too many healthy vegetables, the same cannot be said of fatty meats and starches, Ramsey said. Fish and lean meats such as turkey
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Getting enough of the good fats will help you lose fat, build muscle, and recover faster from your workouts.
In addition, it has myriad health benefits, including being good for your heart.
Good fats include: polyunsaturated (especially Omega-3′s), such as from fish and nuts, as well as monosaturated fats, such as those from peanut butter, olive oil, egg continue reading »
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Fish oil won’t accelerate weight loss – Yahoo! News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fish oil capsules won’t help boost weight loss if you’re already dieting and exercising, new research in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows.
Among a group of overweight and obese adults enrolled in a diet and exercise program, those who took omega-3 fatty acids didn’t lose any more weight than those given placebo capsules, Dr. Laura F. DeFina of The Cooper Institute in Dallas and her colleagues found.
There is evidence from animal studies that omega-3 fatty acids promote weight loss, DeFina and her team note, while studies in people have had mixed results. Because fish oil has many other potential health benefits, including cutting cholesterol, improving insulin sensitivity, and reducing blood pressure, “weight-loss programs associated with the use of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids seemed appropriate,” they write.
To investigate whether fish oil enhanced the results of a diet and exercise regime, the researchers randomly assigned 128 sedentary overweight or obese men and women to take five fish oil capsules (providing a total of three grams of omega-3 fatty acids) or five placebo capsules every day for 24 weeks.
Participants were also instructed to do 150 minutes a week of aerobic exercise and 20 to 30 minutes of strength exercises at least twice a week.
The people in the omega-3 group lost 5.2 kilograms, or about 11.5 pounds, on average, compared to 5.8 kilograms (nearly 13 pounds) for the placebo group, not a statistically significant difference. People in both groups lost more than five percent of their body weight, enough to produce health benefits.
At the end of the study, there was no difference between the groups in measures of heart disease risk, such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels. However, omega-3 blood levels in the fish oil group increased to a level “previously found to have a positive cardiovascular effect,” the researchers note.
Not everyone actually completed the 24-week program; there were only 81 participants at the end. But the results were similar when the researchers looked only at those 81 people.
“Whereas one may not enhance weight loss by taking supplements with this level of omega-3 fatty acids,” they write, “the protective cardiovascular effect should still be realized because of the sheer increase in blood concentrations of the fatty acids.”
SOURCE: http://link.reuters.com/kaq63r American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online December 15, 2010.
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How about these right… I think you’ll find the following nuggets of health wisdom particularly insightful. Leave your comments below. Check out the second one particularly …
Cold Exposure For Fast Fat Burning? | Get Fit – Burn Fat at Home
Tim Ferris talks about cold exposure as a way to burn fat fast in his new book, The Four Hour Body.
Tim Ferris fit or Tim Ferris fat – does it really work that way?
Get Fit — The Best Ways to Increase Your Metabolism continue reading »
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Fried Fish May Explain the ‘Stroke Belt’ Mystery
Too much fried fish may contribute to the high rate of stroke in America’s highest “stroke belt,” according to a new study.
The results showed that people living in the stroke belt – including
residents of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana – were about 30 percent
more likely to eat two or more servings of fried fish every week than
those living in the rest of the country, the researchers said.
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