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The Easiest Upper Body Strengthening Routine
Weight-lifting is one of the fastest ways to see changes in your body but too many people are scared away from it by horror stories of women turning into bulky Schwarzenegger clones as well as torn...The Food Pyramid: Good or Bad?
When the USDA established guidelines for our daily food requirements and set up the "food pyramid" the entire nation embraced the information and took it for absolute divine truth. I'm afraid,...The Four Food Groups
With the release of the new food group pyramid, there are officially five food groups. Oils and butters are now included as a food group; but for the purpose of this paper, we are still going to...The Lesson We Learned from Carbs
Over the last thirty years, food nutritionists and the food industry as a whole have embraced the idea of lowering our fat intake by raising our carbohydrate intake. This belief was a direct result...The Senior New Year's Resolution - Get Moving for Life!
There was a time when people stated that the only two sure things in life were death and taxes. But all of the recent research points to one additional certainty, the slogan, "Get Fit, For Life." ...The Senior Stretch - Warming Up Before Starting your Day
Perhaps no aspect of senior fitness is overlooked as often as stretching. Stretching in the morning may be the best way to make the most of every day. Regular morning stretches help maintain...The Young People and Obesity
Today's young person faces not only the challenge of acquiring an education, learning to interact with their peers, and surviving their parents, but they must also escape the national epidemic of...To Eat, or Not to Eat?
To eat or not to eat? This is a question that confronts us daily, as we go from home to work, work to home, and back again. We have designated times for breakfast and lunch. Dinner would be the...Top 5 Cardio Activities
When you want to find the best cardio activity for you, consider your personal preferences as well as your body. If you hate getting hot and sweaty during a workout, then running is probably not for...Top 5 Fitness Myths
You've heard the stories: weight training makes women look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, exercising on an empty stomach burns more calories, and more. While some fitness myths make sense on the...Top Ten Uses for Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil is the essential oil steam from a plant unique to Australia and Northern New South Wale. Tea tree oil is unique because it contains over 100 components and can be used for a wide variety...Training for Your First 5K
When you make the decision to challenge your body and run your first 5K race, ideally you already run at least three to four times per week and have no trouble running one to two miles without...Treating an Exercise Injury
You're moving along, having a great time getting fit, when all of a sudden you twist your ankle or heft the weight the wrong way. What do you do when you receive an injury from exercise? The first...Turn Back the Clock on Aging - Integrate Exercise into your Daily Life
Physical fitness allows the body to perform to its full capacity. Fitness helps us appear, feel, and act to our full potential. Exercise is essentially the capability to complete everyday...Turn Back the Clock - Vital Vitamins and Minerals that Slow the Aging Process
As we grow older, we often wish we could turn back the clock and have the vitality of your younger days. Hormonal changes turn down our inner "thermostat" which results in a change of hormone...Unhealthy Eating Contributes to Health Disorders
As a teen, most of us don't even care if we're eating right, or begin to understand the implications of poor eating habits. As we age, however, we do begin to notice the effects of improper...Vegetables: The Best and The Worst
As a teen, most of us don't even care if we're eating right, or begin to understand the implications of poor eating habits. As we age, however, we do begin to notice the effects of improper...Vegetables: The Healthier Snack
The easiest place to affect our health is through our eating habits; in fact it's the most effective solution to better health, sharing the spotlight with exercise. What about our food intake? ...Vitamins, The Forgotten Element
Vitamins and minerals are more readily available to us than ever before, and we're still no better equipped to actually determine what we need to take, than we were forty years ago. Just because we...Walk this Way - Every Senior Step Counts
Walking has easily become the most popular form of exercise. It is also the only form of exercise for which the rate of participation does not decline as one ages. In fact, in a recent national...Water and Healthy Eating
Our bodies need the water to effectively digest food and perform all the necessary functions we ask of it each day. You don't stop to realize what we ask of this marvelous machine, we just take it...Weight a Minute - Ten Different Mini-Workouts when you have a little time
Through the years, studies have continually shown how exercise can not only help us achieve desired fitness goals; it can also lead to healthier lives. It creates health benefits like longevity,...What About Salads?
In case you're not a salad lover, let me be one of the first to tell you that you're missing one of the most delicious foods a person can consume. Salads come in all sorts of styles, combinations,...What Do We Really Need to Eat?
Today's food diet consists mostly of meat and starch. The fast food drive thru at your local burger joint doesn't offer a menu of fresh fruit and vegetables. We've become a nation of massive...What Does Water Provide in our Daily Digestion?
What happens to the food and water as they enter our digestive system? They are both necessary components of the digestive process. Our bodies need the water to effectively digest food and perform...What Foods Make Us Healthy?
The foods of the food pyramid are necessary for our optimal health. But in what quantities and which ones are the best? These are questions that must be tailored to our individual needs. So must...What Happens to Those Carbs Once Inside?
When a person consumes a meal high in carbohydrate content, have you ever noticed how sleepy they become? Have you ever questioned why? Most of the effect comes from elevated blood sugar levels,...What Is a Calorie?
The dictionary defines a calorie as a unit of heat energy. It is also defined as a unit of energy-producing potential equal to the amount of heat that is contained in food and released upon...What is Metabolism?
The dictionary defines metabolism as the sum of all biochemical processes involved in life, or the sustaining of life. In application concerning our health, metabolism is related to the intake and...Why Water Weight is Good - Water Dumbbells for the Pool
Staying fit is tough, especially when you are nursing an injury or struggling with joint pain. Low impact exercises, like biking or swimming, reduce impact on joints and ease the body through a...Why You Aren't Losing Weight
Losing weight can be a frustrating business, especially when you're going it alone. Stepping on the scale and seeing that same hated number appear again and again is almost enough to drive a person...Window Shopping is a Competitive Sport - The Ins and Outs of Mall Walking
Thirty minutes of brisk walking per day is not only enough to help you feel better, it is enough to prevent obesity and a host of other diseases. Walking is beneficial as a form of exercise. It is...Workout Clothes for Comfort and Style
When it comes to working out, looking good isn't the main priority. Fitness is about challenging your body to be stronger and better, so worrying about how you look is superficial to your ultimate...Yard Work = A Great Workout for seniors
Staying fit can be quite a chore. Making the time and mustering energy to go to a gym or even to use home exercise equipment can be challenging, and what do we have to show for the time we spend...Yoga Versus Pilates
The yoga craze of the late twentieth century ended up segueing into the Pilates craze of the early 2000's but many people questioned the exercise value of both. Despite media hoopla, few people...You are what you eat - Nutrition Basics for the Clueless
Reaching your weight goal is simply a matter of burning more calories than you take in. However, that can be very difficult when you want to see overall body health improvement as well as weight...You Are What You Eat, Right?
To say that our diet contributes to our health and makes us the people we are is an understatement. The daily diet of every individual helps to determine the quality and length of our own lives, and...You are what you eat - The Basics of a Macrobiotic Diet
A macrobiotic diet is a diet formulated by the belief that food, and the quality of food, has an affect on a person's life on a greater extent than most people realize. Practitioners of a...You're Not Dead Yet! A senior's Guide for some Get Up and Go!
9 Tips to a Fun Exercise Program Eubie Blake, the jazz pianist, voiced the feelings of many an older American when he said, "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better...Your Body Needs Alignment - How to Choose a Chiropractor
Most of us don't know how to find a good chiropractor. Generally, when we are looking for a doctor, we just open up the yellow pages and let our fingers do the walking. Sometimes, we may ask our...
