Exercise and nutrition advice comes to me everyday in my e-mail. Does it come to you too? But the crazy thing is all of the conflicting information I receive. What really is the truth?
Do cardio to lose fat. Lift weights to become lean. Too much cardio will cause you to lose […]

There’s a new diet plan out there. It is called “The Cheater’s Diet”. Sounds good, huh? Sounds really good, if you don’t want to diet or eat well but just want to lose weight with no pain. Lose weight by cheating!
But all jokes aside, the plan is actually based on eating […]

“Buzzwords” abound in diet information. One of the more recent “buzzwords” you may have heard is the Glycemic Index.
The Glycemic Index is a measurement of a food’s ability to elevate blood sugar. The quicker a food elevates your blood sugar, the quicker energy and subsequent decline of energy is caused from […]

A new study has shown that lifting weights just 2 times per week can decrease bodyfat and keep your heart healthy.
The study included 164 obese and overweight women, from age 24 to 44. The group was divided into 2. The first group took part in a 16-week program of supervised strength […]

With the recent confirmed case of Mad Cow disease in Alabama again the debate over eating meat or not comes to mind.
I don’t know the answer to this debate. The Vegans have the answer. Don’t eat meat, dairy, eggs or even honey, nothing from an animal. The hard-core meat-eaters and […]

I read today that 1 in 4 American Adults has high blood pressure. That makes high blood pressure much more common than I ever realized.
High blood pressure can cause a host of physical and medical problems such as heart failure, stroke, kidney disease, vision loss, and dementia. In pregnant women […]

I’ve always been a fan of Jack LaLanne. Really. When I was a little kid I would watch Jack on TV and do all the exercises right with him. I thought it was great! He was the only one exercising on TV in the 60’s. It seems that back then […]

A friend of mine from college died when we were in our early 20’s. She died. Her young life was cut short. She missed out on families, careers, husbands, accomplishments, joys in life. And Why? Why?
Because my friend had an obsession, an obsession to be thinner, to not eat, to […]