May 2009 Archives

Here we go again with the grains!

Today's local news paper ran an article on the importance of folic acid in our diets.

Folic acid (folate) is extreemly important for cell health. It's of particular importance during rapid cell production which occurs during fetal development, recovery from injury, and infant growth. I'd also like to include that stress causes extensive cell damage, and folic acid consumption would assist with the bolstering of quality cell production, in times of stress.

If this looks like your posture, I strongly recommend that you do this exercise.

Once you're able to complete this movement while maintaining all the following steps, you can bet your shoulders will feel as good as new!

You have to be attentive to details on this exercise; it's not for someone who just wants to get it done and out of the way. Follow the sequence closely:

If you have a goal, behave like you do.

No matter what your goal is, there's a behaviour that must be demonstrated to go along with it.

I don't think we'd have trouble agreeing on the fact that goals are important; and I'm equally certain that we can agree that the best goals are goals that can be obtained. In order to achieve our goals, we need to devise a plan of action and align our actions with that plan.

In the health and fitness world it's common to meet people that establish goals to get fit and lose weight. Having met so many individuals full of great intentions, it's always preferable to see them move toward actualizing their plan without too much frustration.

Weight loss plans need to have one key element to ensure your success.

If I were to pick one of the most fundamental features needed in a plan to lose weight, I'd say it has to be sustainable. Sustainability offers the insurance that whatever method you use, it not only produces the desired result, but it ensures that you'll be able to keep that result indefinitely, with whatever method you use.

Many overweight people know all too well about losing weight and putting it back on. There's no value in a weight loss plan that helps you to lose, only to regain it later. If it's not sustainable, it's not useful.

Carbs? No carbs? What're carbs? Eat 3 meals or 6? Organic or not organic? Red meat or no red meat? To hell with it; I think I'll have cake!

With regards to health and fitness, we enjoy access to information on whatever area of personal concern we desire. At the touch of a button we can read up on nutrition, exercise, and weight loss; with the only limit being the question asked.

In the wake of access to information, we need to ask whether people are really better off now than they were before, in relation to their physical fitness. After all, obesity is on the rise as well as illness associated to poor nutrition and lack of physical activity. With so much conflicting data and an abundance of varied opinions, some people just don't know what to think and what might be the most ideal approach for them.