weight loss
Inspirational and healthy ways to lose weight.
Best Exercises for Weight Loss
Weight loss isn't easy - and if we're being honest, exercise alone doesn't cut it. In order to lose weight, you will need to do both diet and exercise to get to your goal. That being said, around 20 percent of all weight loss results is based on exercise.
By Rowan Marley9 years ago in Longevity
Is Starving Yourself Twice a Week a Bad Idea?
People are always looking to find a way to lose weight, and the most obvious way to drop the pounds is to starve yourself. However, starving yourself isn't necessarily the healthiest way to lose weight. In fact, self-starvation can actually kill you rather quickly.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Longevity
Living a Plant Based Lifestyle
What IS a Plant Based Lifestyle? Many of the leading nutritional ‘experts’ are now using the term “Plant Based Lifestyle” to define a nutritional way of eating and living. They are migrating away from the term “Vegan” because of the differentiation in nutritional focus. While vegans avoid animal products and foods and advocate for animal rights, a Plant Based Focus is usually concerned with the Health & Wellness of the individual.
By Skip Stein9 years ago in Longevity
Why You Should Be Nutritionally Flexible
Tight muscles limit your range of motion and cause pain. If you work out regularly, you’re aware of the importance of stretching and keeping your muscles flexible. When muscles are pliable you avoid injuries and pain and have full range of motion. Living your life becomes easier. Well, being nutritionally flexible is just as important.
By Ann Musico9 years ago in Longevity
An Exercise Prescription for You
Exercise is an important component of fitness and therefore of any wellness program. People exercise for many reasons, most commonly for weight loss, strength conditioning, improving flexibility, aerobic conditioning, and/or toning. It’s important to understand some basic principles about exercise as a way to help you achieve your fitness goals.
By Victor Acquista9 years ago in Longevity
Meet the Amazing Baru Nut
Have you heard of the amazing baru nut yet? This incredible nut is actually a legume that grows on a large tree in the Cerrado savannah region of Midwestern Brazil, and parts of eastern Bolivia. A baru nut tree can reach up to 80 feet tall and produce fruit for 60 years, but only in September and October. Each fruit weighs just under an ounce, and only 5% of the fruit is made up of the delicious almond-like seed, called the castanha de baru.
By Lisa Jubilee, MS CDN9 years ago in Longevity
How I Lost Weight Without Intense Exercise
It All Started With Lack Of Exercise I started to gain weight in my late teens. As a kid, I had a horse and I was horseback riding every day and was showjumping basically every weekend. I was really fit back then, I assure you that. My main interests shifted in my late teens, and you can possibly guess the direction? Boys! And I went to school in another town so it became too time-consuming for me to have a horse, so I sold it. Poor eating habits and less training made me start to gain weight.
By Git Springfeldt9 years ago in Longevity
Teen Entrepreneur Makes Eating Healthy Easy With Innovative Nutrition App
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA—At just 16-years-old, Marcus Vlahovic of Baton Rouge, LA was already attending college and focusing on his career, when he got an unwelcome diagnosis just a few years later. After experiencing neurological and intestinal damage, a blood test confirmed he had celiac disease.
By Nikki Gaskins Campbell9 years ago in Longevity
Why You Should Jump Rope
Have you ever wondered why boxers are such tremendous athletes? The vigorous training, non-stop running, strict diets, and subtle art of jumping rope are all excellent shape-makers, but for the purposes of this piece, I will focus on the art of skipping.
By Andre John9 years ago in Longevity
