Do You Have to Gain Weight As You Get Older?

Health & Fitness, Lifestyle

Do You Have to Gain Weight As You Get Older?

4 Comments 08 January 2010

An almost universally accepted truth of life is this: You will gain weight as you get older. It is true that a few things happen as you age: Your activity rate lowers. Your metabolism slows down. You eat the same amount or more food than you ate as a younger person. All of these factors can contribute to weight gain at [...]

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When Is A Person Overweight?

Health & Fitness, Lifestyle

When Is A Person Overweight?

5 Comments 07 January 2010

The word overweight is defined as: Weighing more than is normal, necessary, or allowed, especially having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy for one’s age or build. 2 things stand out about that definition.  Necessary and allowed.  As a society we are fairly judgmental when it comes to weight.  There is definitely a [...]

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Why Do You Work Out?

Health & Fitness, Lifestyle

Why Do You Work Out?

11 Comments 06 January 2010

There are many scientific reasons to work out.   Gymaddiction.com has a very comprehensive list on the benefits of working out. Among the more startling and intelligent reasons are: Reduces the risk of developing breast cancer. Improves your decision making ability. Reduces the risk of endometriosis (a common cause of infertility). Reduces your risk of heart disease. Improves the density [...]

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Why Are Fad Diets Appealing?

Health & Fitness, Lifestyle

Why Are Fad Diets Appealing?

16 Comments 05 January 2010

While browsing for content I stumbled across an interesting list of fad diets at Answerfitness.com.  They listed 10 silly fad diets that have made it big.  My 3 favorites are: Kimkins Diet – An ultra low fat, low carb diet regimen coupled with chemical laxatives that deliver “better results than gastric bypass”.  The architect of [...]

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Why Are Southerners So Fat?

Health & Fitness, Lifestyle

Why Are Southerners So Fat?

9 Comments 04 January 2010

I grew up in the South.  That means that I’ve seen my fair share of rotund individuals.  People in the southern parts of the United States LOVE to eat.  As a kid I shoveled a wide range of delightful treats down my throat.  It wasn’t uncommon to eat fried chicken, pork neck bones, homemade macaroni [...]

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Can A Person Have Too Many Muscles?

Health & Fitness

Can A Person Have Too Many Muscles?

6 Comments 29 September 2009

Body image is an important part of the human psyche.  Many people strive to create a better body through clean eating and intense workout sessions. As you can see from the image above some people are extremely serious about working out.  Most people work out to lose weight or put on a few lbs of muscle.  [...]

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