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Should we exercise when we are sick?
Exercising with moderate-intensity exercises like walking 45 minutes five to six days a week can speed up recovery to as much as half the length of a simple cold, but stay in bed if you’ve come down with the flu. It’s a myth that cold temperatures will cause you to get sick. The fact is [...]
Five points to keep your body energetic and keep the fat off.
The sad truth is our basal metabolic rate (BMR), decreases with age at about 1 percent each year after we hit 30. Your BMR is the rate at which your body burns calories in a day. Generally as we get older we usually don’t maintain lean body mass and with the loss of lean body [...]
Take heart with berries, beans, and other healthy fare.
Oatmeal: Start your day with a steaming bowl of oats, which are full of omega-3 fatty acids, folate, and potassium. This fiber-rich superfood can lower levels of LDL (or bad) cholesterol and help keep arteries clear. Opt for coarse or steel-cut oats over instant varieties—which contain more fiber—and top your bowl off with a banana [...]
Cardio or Weights first?
Typically you would think warm up on the treadmill or elliptical machine for 30 minutes, and then move to the weight machines. The optimal workout is a 10-minute warm-up on a low-impact cardio machine followed by 30 minutes of weights and then 30 minutes of intense cardio. By starting with weights, your muscles are alerted to [...]
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