How healthy are you?
It’s important to remember there’s a range of healthy body weights. Aiming to keep within this means an end to aspiring to one magic weight you think you should be. A combination of factors determine your weight, and that’s why it’s difficult to set an exact ideal weight that applies to everyone. It’s important to […]
Obesity Researcher receives Knighthood Honour
Professor Stephen Bloom, from Imperial College London, is described as an “outstanding clinical academic” has been a pioneer in the field of obesity and diabetes research, who received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list. Prof Bloom said he was delighted by his knighthood. He is currently leading a research group investigating appetite control […]
Overweight – Do you still get tempted to eat sweets?
Scientists have found that the key part of the brain that is focused on stopping the body from acting on impulse (which includes gorging), does not work as effectively in overweight and obese people. A study led by scientists in Yale University found that when glucose levels fell, it led to a loss of self-control […]
Spoon fed babies are fatter – Why?
Spoon feeding babies, who are given mashed up fruits and vegetables appear to have a sweeter tooth, a Nottingham University team found after studying 155 children. Infants who are instead allowed to feed themselves solids tend to favour more satiating carbohydrates like toast. The researchers found spoon-fed babies were more often obese, although, overall, most […]
Weight Loss Discovery Making National Headlines
Quoted by How Life Works: “It’s called the Sensa Weight Loss System, and it’s one of the most talked-about diet products on the market today –featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Dateline NBC. Some are calling the Sensa diet “revolutionary” because of its radically new approach to weight loss. Sensa boldly claims […]
Fitness or Weight Loss!
A permanent change in lifestyle can lead to lifelong wellness. You need to consider a few factors for any weight loss programme to be effective. The key to any weight control programme is adding water to your diet and developing a fitness plan that will help you add oxygen and burn calories and fat. This […]
Does Daily Exercise Prolong Life?
People who exercise just a little bit each day may boost their lifespan while TV addicts could be taking years off their life, two studies published on Tuesday suggest. Research has shown that the health messages have the greatest effect on changing people’s behaviors need to be easy to understand, specific to the individual, and […]
Does Aerobic Exercise burn ‘Belly Fat’?
Belly fat is found deep in the stomach that surrounds the internal organs, as opposed to subcutaneous fat that is found underneath the skin. It poses more of a threat to health, as it lies closer to the organs and is associated with diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. Aerobic exercise is better for losing belly […]
Why not try Home Fitness Equipment, if you’re busy?
Body Fitness is far more than just an activity. It leads to an active lifestyle. To reach your fitness goal you need your home workouts to support specific interests. Many look out for ways to get fit today. Some people go the route of joining a gym. This often happens right around the time they […]
What’s your intake to get great abs!
Every meal or snack that you consume includes nutrients. Your body requires protein-rich foods to build muscle and stop storing fat. Here is a list of foods that give you natural fat burners a turbo-boost and give you tight, toned, to-die-for abs. Eggs: A veritable protein-powerhouse, eggs make the perfect breakfast or post-workout meal as they […]
What’s The Benefit of Body Strength?
Whether you do strength training with weights or without, the benefits are too great. If you look out to add any one thing to your lifestyle to increase your health, strength training should be on top of the agenda. Beyond just feeling and looking great, strength training has many benefits that will help your body […]
What are Benefits of Leisure and Recreation?
Recreation is an activity freely chosen in free time and produce feelings of well being, fulfillment, enjoyment, relaxation and satisfaction. It is also an opportunity to express creativity, achieve and master new things and feel good about doing so. Community based recreation offers an opportunity to meet people while enjoying a range of social, cultural […]
Rohan StrideFit partnership with Matt Roberts!
Walking helps to improve your overall health and fitness and is a great way to lose weight, tone your muscles, strengthen your heart and instill a general feeling of well-being and positive self-esteem. As makers of brilliant outdoors kit, Rohan thought it was time that he developed an initiative to get outdoors regularly (practice what […]
Muscle Strength – How do you build?
A majority of potential bodybuilders spend many excruciating hours in the gym for many years, in order to build up muscle slowly and steadily. Muscle can be built up relatively quickly by using some simple techniques. It is important that you understand how muscles grow and increase in size. Many people believe that only by […]
Is Swimming good for Weight Loss & Fitness?
What a nice way to spend the day Wimming?. Swimming has always been regarded as an excellent form of recreation but can it really be a beneficial way to lose weight and get fit? Swimming works all the major muscles, and will tone you up and slim you down! You can train to swim at […]