Submitted by journey gym on Wed, 09/01/2010
When Michael Pollan wrote his various food-related books (Food Rules most recently), he was trying to simplify the challenges we face when trying to select food for a healthy lifestyle. While he provided some examples and more specific rules, his primary recommendation is:
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Simple enough. Right? Well, yes and no.
For those that are happy with such a simple answer, then it is just that. Your health will notably improve if you:
● Eat real food: Avoid food that makes health claims or has more than 5 ingredients.
● Not too much: Your body takes 20 minutes to recognize it is full and you know how much food you can eat in 20 minutes. A lot! So slow down and stop eating well before you feel full.
Submitted by journey gym on Sun, 08/01/2010
Are you a person who believes low-fat foods are healthier than those with fat in them? Have you ever starved yourself or limited your calories thinking that if you did this, you would lose weight? It has become a common misconception that if people eat low calorie and fat-free foods they should be able to lose weight because they are eating less fat.
Although in theory, this sounds like a logical conclusion, nothing could be further from the truth! With that idea in mind, have you ever wondered whether the food in your kitchen that reflects those ideas is healthy to eat? It can be confusing to try and sift through all the information available on food and nutrition. So much is available. How do you know what to believe?
Don’t worry, I’ll answer this question later on in this post. Right now, let’s go over some of the most common myths about nutrition as well as detailed explanations as to why those are untrue.
Here’s a short quiz you can take to determine how nutritionally aware you are about the foods in your kitchen:
● Do you eat low-fat or non-fat foods?
● Do you count calories?
Submitted by journey gym on Tue, 06/01/2010
There are so many great articles about losing stomach weight that instead of creating our own, we have pulled this one from The Really Useful Fitness Blog. It is short and simple, giving a clear path to an improved midsection. As the article will show, the journey gym is an ideal piece of equipment to reach your stomach flattening goals. Please be sure to visit the blog for over 5 years of great fitness articles:
Summer's coming and many people want to get rid of their extra stomach fat as quickly as possible. No matter how fit you are, having an extra layer of ugly fat hanging off your hips and belly just doesn't look very good...especially when you're in a bikini or swimming shorts!
Most people, in their rush to reduce stomach fat, go to extremes by doing thousands of crunches, performing "marathon" aerobic exercise workouts, following crash diets, and/or taking one of the thousands of "fat burning" diet pills being sold all over the place.
Unfortunately, using these kinds of techniques is a recipe for fitness failure!
Sure, you may lose some weight using the above methods, but you're not going to lose much stomach fat and your body really isn't going to look (or feel!) very good in the end. Worse, there's a good chance you'll end up losing vital muscle tissue, slowing down your metabolism significantly, and possibly damaging your health.
