Today’s world is a world of aggressive marketing and a customer has a mind-boggling range of products and services to choose from. Companies are making huge profits by selling weight loss products and exercise machines. These products are usually very expensive. Weight loss supplements are available through shops and health care clinics. They are a [...]
Many people choose fitness to lose weight. Their choice is very correct. Nothing is healthier than losing weight by doing physical exercises. In order to help you determine where you stand, you need to know the optimal report between height and weight .When you put in your body more calories then you can burn, and [...]
Obesity surgery, called bariatric surgery, is getting safer and more common. It’s also a money maker for hospitals and surgeons who specialize in the procedure. That’s why you see so many ads for it. Could it be that surgery will be the answer to the obesity epidemic? There’s one thing the ads don’t tell you—it [...]
Staying up to date on the latest recommendations in sports nutrition is no easy task. But it is easier thanks to a special one-day symposium now held annually in October to kick off the American Dietetic Association conference. Organized by the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) group, this year’s meeting was titled “Nutrition Counseling [...]
A scale may tell you how much you weigh, but it can’t decipher between body fat and lean body mass (muscle, bone, organs, etc.) and that’s the same with the old standby formula to determine your body mass index (BMI). Keep in mind that in general, though, with most individuals, having too much muscle isn’t [...]