Fitness & Nutrition
What’s The Best Exercise For Weight Loss: Cardio or Lifting Weights?
For decades, conventional wisdom (and Jane Fonda) said cardio was the best exercise for weight loss. Then strength training muscled its way into the spotlight as the must-do move for revving your metabolism and losing weight in your sleep, prompting many exercise enthusiasts to join #TeamNoCardio. So a few years ago, Duke [...]
What should you eat when you are sick?
When a person is sick, they may find it difficult to develop an appetite. However, it is important to receive nourishment and stay hydrated, especially when feeling unwell. Different types of food can combat different types of illness. A person with a sore throat may benefit from foods that would not help [...]
10 Best to Eat in Intermittent Fasting (IF)
Although the word “fasting” sounds scary, intermittent fasting (IF) is taking the diet world by storm. With a decent amount of research on the diet’s positive impact on body weight, cognition, and blood sugar, it’s no wonder that everyone you know seems to be jumping on the IF bandwagon. Maybe the appeal [...]
Five Ways to Boost Your Nutrition Before Pregnancy
Thinking about trying to have a baby? Then now is the time for future moms (and dads) to “spring clean” food and lifestyle habits. Here are our five nutrition tips before pregnancy 1. Aim for a healthy weight In your 20s and 30s it’s common to have “weight creep”, an [...]
Turns Out Everyone Was Wrong About Saturated Fats
Want to lose weight and improve your health? More healthy fat may help. While fat, specifically saturated fat, has been blamed for increasing your risk of diabetes and heart disease, research shows that carbs may actually be the culprit. A controlled-diet study published in the journal PLOS challenges the theory that dietary saturated fat is [...]
Does “Apple Cder Vinegar Diet” Work?
Apple cedar vinegar (ACV) weight-loss diet is arguably one of the most popularly searched topics related to health as recently pointed out by Robert H. Shmerling, MD, the faculty editor of Harvard Health Publishing. How come it is widely discussed? It is said that drinking a teaspoon or two of [...]
