Fr0m Women’sHealth: “Many so-called ‘healthy’ products line store shelves” Those fat free cookies you bought yesterday might be aiding you in weight GAIN. Here is a GREAT article in knowing how to REALLY know if health food products are really healthy. Read full article here.
Recently reported by the Associated Press: Americans eat teaspoons of Sugar a day! A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it’s time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says. Most of that added sugar comes from soft drinks and candy — a whopping 355 calories and the equivalent of guzzling two cans of soda and eating a chocolate bar. By comparison, most women should be getting no more than 6 teaspoons a day, or 100 calories, of added sugar — the sweeteners and syrups that are added to foods during processing, preparation or at the table. You can read the full article here. Cut out the soda and processed fruit juices–replace with water or ‘all natural’ juices instead!
From Dr.Weil’s Tip of the Day: Need or want help achieving and maintaining a healthy weight? Aim for eight hours of sleep a night. Research suggests that appetite-regulating hormones are affected by sleep and that sleep deprivation could lead to weight gain. In two studies, people who slept five hours or less per night had higher levels of ghrelin – a hormone that stimulates hunger – and lower levels of the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin than those who slept eight hours per night. So make sure getting adequate sleep is near the top of your optimum health checklist! Get your Zzz’s!
—and feel GREAT! Check out this FANTASTICALLY helpful article from SELF Magazine and MSNBC on how to improve your diet to lose weight. Some highlights: “Eat like a Greek Tourist” “The crunchier, the better” “You can’t replace real ice-cream” (my favorite!) Read the full article here!
Easily forgetting things? Noticing that sometimes your workouts are more sluggish? According to a recent New York Times article, the burger you ate yesterday may be the culprit. Here is an interesting excerpt: Fatty foods appear to have a short-term effect on exercise performance because the body reacts to high fat content in the blood by releasing certain proteins that essentially make the metabolism less efficient. “It’s thought to be a protective mechanism to get rid of excess fat,’’ Dr. Murray said. “But it was making muscles less efficient at using oxygen and fuel to make the energy needed to run.’’ You can read the whole article here. |
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