By Traci Breazeale N.E.A.T. stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. Dr. James Levine is credited for his research and findings on NEAT. According to Dr. Levine, “You can expend calories in one two ways. One is to go to the gym and the other is through all the activities of daily Read more…
If you are like most people you could lose a few pounds or if you are really honest with yourself 30 plus pounds. Aging well requires you to have a healthy relationship with food and exercise and to maintain a healthy weight. You have to be able to move and Read more…
Did you know that 50 percent of media headlines about medical studies are dead wrong? And that many of these headlines don’t accurately match the conclusions of the studies they cover? That’s from a review published in the New England Journal of Medicine. It makes me sad and furious at Read more…
What you eat matters most. (Probably.) But, more and more, researchers are finding when you eat also affects your risk for obesity and several other serious—and seriously common—health problems. “When you look at the world’s healthiest populations, none of them are eating the way most people do in the Read more…
Reprinted from Bulletproof Labs. Over time humans evolved to live longer because of our ability to respond better to biological stressors. Now, a Newcastle University study[1] finds that this ability is due to small adaptations in a protein known as p62 that induce autophagy (“self-eating”), a vital process where your Read more…
Reprinted from CNN news If you are in your 40s or 50s, chances are that you are starting to notice some changes in your body, including muscle loss and diminishing strength, even if you exercise fairly regularly. Reduced levels of physical activity, increases in sedentary behavior and doing less intense Read more…
What to Eat If You Want to Live to 100 A nutritionist takes a look at the relationship between diet and longevity. There are a few places on earth which have the highest percentage of people who live to a healthy and happy 100 years. They’re called the “Blue Zones,” Read more…
Do you measure yourself to those around you? If you do look out because more than one adult in three is overweight or obese. Do you find yourself saying “yea I know I’m out of shape and I need to lose a LBS, but I better than that guy (or Read more…
Diet or exercise which is the most important component of healthy living? To start let me just say they both are important and both should be a part of your daily practices. But, if you diligently went to the gym and exercised consistently would that overcome or compensate for a Read more…
If you are like me you tried to follow the guidelines implemented by the United State Department of Agriculture with the famous Food Guide Pyramid. The pyramid guide came out in 1992, but the food recommendations began in 1980 and has been widely used ever since. If you wanted to Read more…