According to SuperFoods HealthStyle, women feel the negative impacts of a sedentary lifestyle at last ten years before men. Women are already at a disadvantage physically because we have more body fat and less muscle mass as noted in a previous post. Now to find out that our musculoskeletal capacity age 10 years before men do?!! Or another way to look at it, we age normally, but men physically age slower. Wow!
This is the second time I came across this reference in my research of the physical differences between men and women, but it still boggles my mind. Is that the reason why most men get more distinguish with age?
Memorial Day weekend. BBQ. Hot dogs and hamburgers (personally I prefer tri-tip). Three days to relax. What is there not to love? However, beware of the extra calories! The average person will consume one beer, a hot dog or hamburger, potato salad, chips, cold slaw, and maybe some dessert. This is more than 1200 calories [...]
I am dying to get home from work today. Yep, today is the expected arrival of my Wii Fit. After reading reviews of the game from nytimes and here, I cannot wait to give it a spin. And to spend the weekend writing a great post about it. I am not looking to replace my [...]
Men have only 26 billion fat cells in their bodies. That sounds weird, using the word “only.” Women, on the other hand, have 35 billion fat cells in our bodies. In addition, the fat cells in a woman”s body are 5 times larger than a man”s (more room for storage!).
How dieting impact our fat cells
Dieting shrinks the size of our fat cell, not decrease its number. However, most people end up starving themselves, eating poor nutritional foods, or not strength training (sometimes all three) when dieting. So what happens when you lose weight? You end up losing precious metabolically active muscle.
The knee is a complex joint that not only bends, straightens, but also twists, and rotates. It is heavily dependent on the soft tissues and ligaments surrounding it to help support our weight and to power through its various motions. In a previous post, I talked about the rotator cuff as the number one area [...]
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, when one person increase or decrease their weight, their closest friends and family are likely to do the same. Our social networks define our social norms and behaviors. If we are surrounded by people who are health conscious, then we are likely to do the same and [...]
This will be the last post for the Eating Smarter Series. I am antsy about moving on to other topics, hence I am combining the Eating Smarter Mexican food and Eating Smarter Greek food into one post. The previous posts for this series can be found here. We will be discussing what to avoid, the [...]
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Omega-3 fatty acid is “essential” for health. The Mayo Clinic has a great article listing the benefits of omega-3, with a grading system from A -F for its positive benefit correlating with a health conditions. The three health benefit of omega-3 with the strongest scientific evidence appears to be reductions in high blood pressure, triglycerides, [...]
According to Mindless Eating, drinking a broth based soup, a small side salad with non-creamy dressing, or a piece of fruit helps reduce the amount of calories eaten during a meal. These items consist of either fiber or mostly water which helps your stomach detect that satiated feeling to prevent overeating. In addition, it takes [...]
