This week, read about how being active helps your body deal with simple carbs, the importance of physical activity for academic achievement, soup’s on, and more. Being Active Helps Your Body Deal with Simple Carbohydrates Gretchen Reynolds (New York Times) reported this week about a new study showing that walking 12,000 steps a day (about 6 […]
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This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about low-carb diets, the best diet for health and weight loss, how to strength train without a gym, and more. Low-Carb Diets In the News This week a clinical trial investigating the weight loss potential of a low carbohydrate diet versus a low-fat diet made a lot of headlines, and created a […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
I’m back from vacation and a busy week of catching up, and happy to share some health news again! This week, read about health messaging for nutrition, a brilliant way to prevent heart disease, Tim Noakes disregarding science, and more. How Much Sugar? Are you confused when you hear gram amounts of nutrients in foods? For example, […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about how attractive-looking stairs might encourage physical activity, inspiring masters athletes, the truth about light bikes and performance, a surprising way to shave 1-minute off a 40k cycling time trial, a terrific free cookbook featuring inexpensive meals, and more. Time to Celebrate the Stairs! Would you take the stairs instead of the […]