CALORIE RESTRICTION: GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

By restricting your intake of calories, it may be possible to improve your health and live longer.  The people of Okinawa practice calorie restriction (CR) and are amongst the longest living people in the world.  We’re not talking starvation diets here, but a healthy, nutritious diet, low in calories.
Back in the 1930’s, researchers found that [...]

FUEL FOR EXERCISE: FAT OR CARBOHYDRATES

Low Intensity Exercise Burns More Fat
Much has been made in recent years about the fact that your body will burn more fat during lower intensity exercise.  We all rejoiced!  We could actually lose weight without turning the colour of a beetroot and lying, exhausted, in a pool of sweat.  Of course, it’s not that simple.
Our [...]

THE BENEFITS OF CARDIOVASCULAR EXERCISE WITH EXAMPLES

CV fitness is the body’s ability to provide oxygen to muscles on a continuous basis whilst performing a reasonably energetic activity over an extended period of time. Aerobic exercise is rhythmic, continuous and involves the major muscle groups.  I know it sounds a lot, but we should be getting our pulse rate up at least [...]

WHAT IS A HEALTHY DIET?

In order for us to avoid disease, stay fit, healthy and to enable our bodies to work at an optimum level, we need to take in the right fuel. But what is this and where can we find it?