[26 Jan 2010 | One Comment | ]
Does Walking Really Help You Lose Weight

Some over­weight peo­ple have been led to believe that if they start walk­ing reg­u­larly sig­nif­i­cant amounts of body weight will be lost. Unfor­tu­nately, recent research does not sup­port this idea, even when the walk­ing pro­gram includes 5–7 hours per week and lasts sev­eral months. Why does walk­ing have lit­tle effect on weight loss? The pri­mary rea­son is that the num­ber of calo­ries burnt dur­ing walk­ing is much smaller than most peo­ple realize.

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[15 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

This prod­uct is pure Cer­ti­fied Organic acai berry — not an extract — 7:1 not 4:1
Large 120 Cap­sule Bot­tle gives you more for your money
Incred­i­ble antiox­i­dant ~ Increase energy, libido, immune sys­tem and vital­ity
Rich in Fiber, Omega fatty acids, May aide in weight­loss
30x the antho­cyanins of red wine and 9x the antiox­i­dants of blueberries

Prod­uct Descrip­tion
GET WHAT YOUR PAYING FOR.…PERFECT ACAI IS PURE ACAI.…NOT AN EXTRACT! ACAI should be dark dark pur­ple an have an sticky oil con­sis­tancy from the omega oils.
The nutri­ents in Acai can help: Main­tain the healthy func­tion of bod­ily systems …

Exercise Equipment, Product reviews »

[10 Feb 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

Bal­ance ball trainer for strength­en­ing and coor­di­nat­ing core mus­cles
Sup­ports squats, bicep curls, shoul­der raises, crunches, and more
Strength­ens, trims, and tones while improv­ing bal­ance and coor­di­na­tion
Includes work­out DVD, foot pump, and exer­cise man­ual
Com­bines phys­i­cal and men­tal focus; mea­sures 55 cm in diameter

Prod­uct Descrip­tion
This ver­sion is not intended for com­mer­cial use. Prod­uct war­ranty is voided if used for com­mer­cial pur­poses. From the elite ath­lete to kids to week­end war­riors try­ing to stay in shape, BOSU® Bal­ance Trainer helps to strengthen and coor­di­nate your body includ­ing the mus­cles that you don’t see.Amazon.com Prod­uct Descrip­tion
Appropriate …

Media, Nutrition »

[9 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

Only in the small “health nut” cir­cles has the idea of eat­ing a raw diet been main­stream. Lately, how­ever, it is gain­ing more wide-spread pop­u­lar­ity. An increas­ing num­ber of peo­ple are now pro­mot­ing the vari­ety of ben­e­fits from eat­ing raw food.
Advo­cates of a raw food diet believe it is the most log­i­cal diet for humans. After all, our hunt­ing and gath­er­ing ances­tors ate a large major­ity of their diet in raw form. Pro­po­nents believe raw food con­tains enzymes and nutri­tional con­tent lost in the process of cooking …

Nutrition »

[9 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

What is Whey Pro­tein?
Whey pro­tein is a term used to describe a group of pro­teins that can be sep­a­rated from whey. When cow’s milk is used to man­u­fac­ture cheese, it also leads to the pro­duc­tion of whey, which may or may not be dis­carded. It is a mix­ture of lac­toglob­u­lin, alpha-lactalbumin and serum albu­min.
Sim­i­lar to pro­tein found in egg white, whey pro­tein can also be irre­versibly changed by heat. When made part of the pas­teur­iza­tion process, it becomes less bio-active. If not, whey pro­tein nat­u­rally becomes bio-active which basi­cally means …

Product reviews, Supplements »

[8 Feb 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

Daily dose squeeze pack­ets. A deli­cious pudding-like alter­na­tive to cap­sules! Coromega pro­vides supe­rior bioavail­abil­ity. In clin­i­cal study, the Omega-3 in Coromega was shown to enter the blood­stream faster at three times the lev­els of a fish oil prod­uct in soft­gel form. Each packet of Coromega deliv­ers the daily intake lev­els of Omega-3 EPA and DHA rec­om­mended by experts for adults and chil­dren. As Pure As It Is Deli­cious: Coromega con­tains pre­mium qual­ity fish oil from deep, cold-water fish; mol­e­c­u­lar dis­til­la­tion assures prod­uct purity.

Featured, Product reviews »

[7 Feb 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

Sports tim­ing watch with heart rate mon­i­tor­ing; sized for both men and women
Chest strap heart rate mon­i­tor works with watch to pro­vide tar­get zones and time in zone
Recov­ery heart rate timer; dis­plays calo­ries burned
100-hour chrono­graph; 27-lap mem­ory; 100-hour count­down timer
Watch is water resis­tant to 50 meters (165 feet); up to 3.5-year battery life

Prod­uct Descrip­tion
Zone Trainer Dig­i­tal Heart Rate Mon­i­tor with a black resin band and dig­i­tal dis­play, INDIGLO night-light, 100-hour chrono­graph, 27-lap mem­ory, 100-hour count­down timer, Alarm with 5 min back up, Water resis­tant to 50 meters, Tar­get zones, Zone trainer, Aver­age heart rate, …

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[7 Feb 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

Cal­cu­lates body fat and hydra­tion per­cent­age
Dis­plays weight and change in weight for up to 4 users
One-button save func­tion stores up to 19 entries per user
FDA approved BIA (bio­elec­tri­cal imped­ance analy­sis) mea­sures body fat by pass­ing tiny elec­tri­cal impulses through the body
4 replace­able AA bat­ter­ies included

Prod­uct Descrip­tion
This high-tech scale from Conair helps you keep track of impor­tant weight infor­ma­tion, giv­ing you the skinny on a num­ber of ultra-accurate mea­sure­ments: weight, weight change, body fat and hydra­tion per­cent­age. Five-year lim­ited war­ranty. Model QB1.
Health o Meter BFM588DQ-81 Body Fat and Hydra­tion Per­cent­age Fit­ness Scale, Champagne,

Featured, Nutrition »

[7 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
The Truth About Trans Fats

When los­ing weight it’s impor­tant to under­stand how to read a food label.  Many of us believe that the fat in our diets is the enemy and we work hard to cut out as much of it as pos­si­ble.  But fat is not always the bad guy.  There are dif­fer­ent types of fats, and some even have health ben­e­fits.  Fat is as essen­tial to our bod­ies as other sub­stances, and many vit­a­mins can­not be absorbed with­out it.  Know­ing how to spot and cor­rect the bad fats in our diet is …