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Does Walking Provide Better Health Benefits Than Running?

1 week ago

The answer may surprise you.

Walking briskly provides the same health benefits comparable to running, study says.

Sounds like good news, right?

Apparently, the calories burned during a workout are more important than the intensity of the exercise.

In a study comparing more than 33,000 runners and 15,000 walkers, researchers found both activities significantly lowered the risk of dangerous health.

Running regularly helped lower the risk of developing high blood pressure by 4 percent while walking regularly helped it drop by 7 percent. The risk of high cholesterol lowered by 4 percent after running regularly and 7 percent by walking daily. Both running and walking lowered the risk of diabetes by 9 percent and the risk of heart disease decreased by almost 5 percent in runners and 9 percent in walkers.

For those looking to optimize their weight loss though, running is the better alternative, meanwhile, walking offers mood boosting effects.

Time to get out there and move.

Are you a walker or a runner?

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5 Diet Mistakes and How to Fix Them

2 weeks ago

If you’ve reached a plateau in your weight loss journey, these tips might help.

In an attempt to shed some pounds, you switch up your eating habits. But as time progresses , you notice no significant different. It may because you’re doing it wrong...

Here are a few of the most common eating mistakes with easy solutions.

-Watch for portion control, even with “good” food. Fruits and vegetables can convert into fat if you don’t burn off as many calories as you consume. Avoid over loading on brown rice, whole grains and fruits when eating healthy.

-Give a little love to all the food groups. If you’re trying out a vegan or gluten-free diet to shed the pounds, it’s important to replace lost carbs and proteins. An underconsumption of macronutrients can lead to weight gain, fatigue, digestive issues and irritability. Complement your vegetable-focused meal with a half-cup of beans or a few tablespoons of nuts. Adding the healthy carbs and protein may help you break your weight-loss plateau.

-Not eating enough may save you calories, but it slows down your metabolism, messes with your mood and energy and forces your body to burn muscle fuel. Eat every three to five hours and consume a light snack in between.

-Food is not a coping mechanism. Juggling a career, family and a social life can get stressful and demanding, but a piece of chocolate cake in the middle of night won’t fix that; as they say, a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips. Keep a food log of what you eat, the amount of it and your feelings before and after. The process will be eye-opening.

-Ditch the fad diet. A drastic low-calorie diet sends your body into conversation mode and causes it to burn calories slower and only results in temporary weight loss. Avoid the latest diet trend at all causes.

What diet tips do you swear by?

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Our Kids Are Eating Fewer Calories? Really?

3 months ago

New federal study suggests obesity epidemic might be easing off

Looks like the apple slices in the McDonald’s “Happy Meal” are having an impact. Our kids consumed fewer calories in 2010 than they did a decade before, a new federal analysis shows. This was enough progress for health experts to mark a turning point in the U.S. epidemic of childhood obesity. Here’s why: For boys, calorie consumption declined about 7 percent to 2,100 calories a day from 1999 through 2010. For girls, it dropped by 4 percent to 1,755 calories a day. National obesity rates for children have been flat in the last few years, but some cities have recently reported noticeable declines. And the lower calorie intake for children may signal a broader national trend, experts believe. Here’s another interesting factoid from the study: Carbohydrate consumption declined among white and black boys, but not among Hispanic boys. For girls, whites were the only ethnicity to consume fewer calories from carbohydrates, like sugars. (New York Times)

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