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Yet Another Reason to Exercise and Eat Right
A new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that if a woman, who has survived breast cancer, eats at least five servings of vegetables and fruits a day and walks briskly for 30 minutes, six days a week, her risk of death from breast cancer, goes down by 50 percent. Those who were both physically active and had a healthy diet were much more likely to survive through the follow-up period than the rest of the study group. Moral of the story?
Healthy and Not at ALL Ugly: America Ferrera
The whole world loves America, but not just because of her hit sitcom but also because she has a very healthy outlook on her body.
America tells the March 5th, 2007 issue of In Touch that she wasn't always so confident in her body:
- On her body before: "I've tried almost every diet."
- On her body now: "You have to build a normal relationship with exercise and food, for me it's not about looking like a supermodel -- it's about feeling good about who I am naturally."
- On how she maintains her figure: "It's called a lot of stress and a lot of work!"
- On working out: "I don't have much time to exercise, but when I do, I hike, run and do yoga."
- On working with models: "Well in real life, I'm not sucking down pies or anything! I'm not unhealthy."
- On sizes: "We're not all a size 2 and we're not all a size 0, and you know what?
American I"doll": Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood has been in the limelight ever since winning American Idol last season. Turns out that becoming an Idol is working out just nicely for her as she has a booming career, a cute new man and a slender new body.
How did she slim down?
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Diet Tip: Exercise One Hour/Five Days a Week
When it comes to dieting, exercise really is the magic pill. Calorie restriction and exercise have long been known as the dieting duo necessary for success. Unfortunately the necessary amount of time spent exercising is often grossly underestimated.
Fit Tip: Keep a Diet and Exercise Journal
Now that it's December and 2008 is only a couple weeks away, I'm sure New Year's resolutions are on your mind. Many people have the general goal to be fit, or to exercise more, but they are not quite sure how to make that happen.
Might I suggest keeping a diet and exercise journal?
With Teen Obesity, Inactivity Is Only Part of the Problem
I panic every time I see another "exercise doesn't work!" story — until I read between the lines and learn once again that exercise is a good thing. On the heels of its conversation-starting cover story on the exercise "myth," Time is tackling a new study of teen obesity that claims inactivity is only partly to blame for heavier kids.
Not Matter How You Approach it a Calorie is a Calorie
There is a constant discussion going on in the medical and fitness community over what is better (in terms of shedding pounds): Diet or exercise?
Turns out, that a calorie is just a calorie, and researchers have found that dieting is just as effective for losing weight as exercise. They also found there is no way to selectively lose fat in certain spots (spot reducing) and that adding muscle mass does not somehow boost metabolism and help dieters take off even more weight.
Exercise No Good For Weight Loss?
A couple of years ago the Cardio Free Diet introduced popular culture to the concept that exercise and weight loss were incompatible. Recently we learned that exercise doesn't boost fat-burning. Now Time magazine's new cover story investigates the seemingly detrimental relationship even further.
Diet Tip: Keep the Formula Simple
We read it time and time again, but one of the simplest rules of weight loss is often ignored: To lose weight, you need to expend more calories than you take in. There are plenty of dieting strategies to help you do this, from keeping a food diary to cycling calories. But the magical, yet simple, formula remains the same.
Heidi Klum's Got a Good Take on Her Post-Baby Bod
Thanks to a healthy attitude — and a little encouragement from hubby Seal — Heidi Klum is working to get her body back in shape after baby number four. Still, if you're expecting the supermodel to take a turn in the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, you might be surprised to learn that she won't be walking the runway this year, but playing hostess duty instead.
In an interview with US Weekly, it seems this mom is a little more realistic when it comes to shaping up her body after giving birth.
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