Powerful Power Cleans

Maintaining form during workouts is crucial for targeting the desired muscles and protecting against injury. Power cleans are one such lift which demands that ideal form be kept. Incorporating these into your workout routine works several portions of the body while building explosiveness and granting you an excellent full body workout. Each repetition takes place [...]

Understanding Net Calorie Burn

Keeping a keen eye on the amount of calories taken in versus those expended is a practice adhered to by those seeking to stay fit. A jogging or running routine often dovetails with the wider ranging concept of a healthy lifestyle, and it can contribute to a sizeable portion of the overall calories burned throughout [...]

Fishing for Good Health

It would be nothing short of glorious for those of us who love eating fish to discover that they have health benefits in addition to their great taste. Having looked at the healthy impact of fish oil’s presence in the fish many of us love to eat, we thought it would be a good second [...]

Sodium Substitutes

Driving down high LDL cholesterol levels can be a challenge, but is achievable with a slight change in diet without an ensuing sacrifice of good taste. In fact, you can get your cholesterol back to the range it needs to be with a simple adjustment of the products being used to flavor meals. A big [...]

Calcium

Calcium is the fifth most common element in the earth’s crust and most prevalent mineral found in our bodies. It boasts an atomic number of 20 and is denoted by the abbreviation Ca. on the periodic table of elements. Since 8 out of 10 individuals have an insufficient calcium intake, explaining some of its health [...]

Acai Berries: How Good Are They For Health?

An excellent berry that has long been a fixture of South American rainforests, acai berries burst on the scene in fitness circles and have seen their name recognition grow among the health conscious. Abundant in South America, the acai (ah-sigh-ee) palm trees dotting the landscape of this continent produce a berry whose consumption imparts a [...]

Obesity and Income

Do skinnier people earn more money than their heavier counterparts? Determining if any correlation exists between income and obesity rates can paint a picture of how one’s weight relates to their socioeconomic status, but there are variables and numerous factors which can skew the data. The relationship between these two can be spun many different [...]

Calories Expended over one Mile

Adopting a running routine can be a great way to reliably burn calories in an enjoyable manner.  It does seem logical that we would burn considerably more while calories sprinting a mile at 10 miles an hour than we would jogging the same distance at 5 miles an hour. Running one mile at this 10 [...]

Tryptophan

With Thanksgiving and Christmas having come and gone, we have probably downed more turkey over the preceding three month span than the other nine months on the calendar combined. Perhaps we even noticed the much discussed feeling of tiredness that accompanies the gorging on of turkey; maybe some of us even relate this to the [...]

Meatless and Veggie Burgers

Holding two pieces of bread sandwiched around a hunk of beef is a thought destined to evoke positive emotions from those of us who love sinking our teeth into a tasty hamburger. Turning down a juicy half-pounder of this sort of heavenly goodness is a hard task for anyone accustomed to its occasional indulgence. But [...]

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