You Can Eat Anything You Want – In Moderation

Gym trainers are not just excellent resources for information on fitness, exercise form and nutrition but they are brilliant resources of comedy material. The other day, my trainer was bitching up a storm about the concept of you can eat anything you want in moderation. Turns out a lot of nutritionists have been telling his clients that you can eat anything you want in moderation. So rather than cut out their favourite foods, they are recommending eating less of it....

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Are You Eating Too Much Salt?

The daily recommended intake of sodium (i.e. salt) is less 1 teaspoon per day. Now keep in mind that when you're cooking a dish for 4 people, the salt that you add gets divided 4 different ways so chances are that not many people will answer yes to "Are you eating too much salt." Most of the time, the question of "are you eating too much salt" comes into play if you are eating a lot of junk food or...

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Are ALL Rules for Healthy Living Set in Stone?

The truth of the matter is that there are very few true-blue rules for healthy living in the first place. Most of the rules for healthy living that you would have come across in TV, magazines, newspapers and from celebrity trainers are nuggets of truth taken completely out of context. These so-called "rules for healthy living" are things that differ from person to person and will never hold true for the population at large. After all, if every person is...

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Does Muscle Turn to Fat When You Stop Exercising

Most all the trainers I've spoken to say that this myth, that's right, myth, is mostly associated with women not wanting to lift weights. The idea is that why would I want to lift heavy weight and build muscle only to have the muscle turn to fat when you stop exercising. You've probably heard this myth enough times as well. But have you ever stopped to think: Not does muscle turn to fat when you stop exercising but can muscle...

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5 Fitness Scams That Just Won’t Go Away

We all know what a fitness scam is but a quick definition can't hurt. A fitness scam is a product or programme that claims to give you results faster than traditional exercise and hard work would. Fitness scams come in a mind-boggling array of words, marketing gimmicks, fads and adverts: From "10-week six-pack abs" to "guaranteed weight loss in 10 minutes" to "lose weight while you watch TV." The Nigerians have got nothing on these marketing pros. In my book,...

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How is 500 Calories Related to Weight Loss

Everyone has seen lists about "how to cut 500 calories a day" or "10 ways to cut 500 calories" or "500 calories foods to cut out of your day" to lose weight. But have you ever thought about where this magic number came from. In other words, have you thought about how is 500 calories related to weight loss? It comes down to the basics. No matter what diet you follow or what workout programme you may have registered for,...

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