Nutritionists have long been telling us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that you should have breakfast like a king, lunch like a commoner and dine like a pauper.
For long the position on breakfast has been that if you are trying to lose weight then you must have breakfast and that you miss breakfast at your own peril.
However there is a counter view that says breakfast is not the most important meal of the day.
26 Aug
Posted by: NancyB in: Keep Yourself Fit!
Getting on that treadmill, elliptical trainer or exercise cycle many of us carefully look at the digital calorie counter built into the machine to see how many calories we have burnt.
Treadmill equipment is possibly the most popular kind of gym equipment with most commercial gyms as well as home gyms incorporating this most basic of fitness machines.
If many manufacturers report increases in the sale of treadmill equipment this is because treadmills facilitate the most basic of exercises walking, jogging and running, for which no training, or skill is required and which can suit most fitness levels and body types.
Another reason for the popularity of treadmill equipment is that walking is a very effective load bearing (as against cycling that does not let the legs take all the load of the body) exercise that is low impact that can keep a person fit with little effort.
Further, treadmill equipment, unlike other gym equipment such as a multi weight station and so on, can fit along one wall of a room taking up little space.
Treadmills are also very versatile – not only can you increase the level of difficulty of your workout – from walk to jog to run as your fitness levels increase; but you can also increase complexity of your exercise by simulating walking up a slope or incline by making appropriate alterations in the equipment.
Before buying treadmill equipment, consider the following –
Continuous Duty Rating – This is something like the horsepower of the treadmill equipment and the continuous duty rating of 1.2 to 2.5 is what you should be looking for. With a
Consuming more fruits and vegetables is definitely beneficial to your overall health. Most of us dont eat enough of this food group proportionately to the rest of our diet. These two facts are well established and well publicized in many health articles.
Fruit and vegetable smoothies increase our intake of this food group in a quick and palatable manner and that is a wonderful thing. Juicing your fruits and vegetables, according to television and internet advertisements, makes the body better absorb larger amounts of the nutrients.
They state that you will get more beneficial enzymes, better immune boosting, more antioxidants and even boost your metabolism by juicing your fruits and vegetables.
Smoothies and juices made from fresh fruits and vegetables are certainly a healthy drink. The juicer enthusiasts state that juices are healthier than the solid form of these foods. According to a newspaper article written by Michael Rozein, M.D. and