Archive for March, 2007

Why Low Fat Diets Destroy Your Energy & Makes You Fat

Sunday, March 25th, 2007


Most health foods contain very low fat or no fat at all. Problem is, instead of fats, they are packed with sugar, or worse High Fructose Corn Syrup. This includes: fat-free fruit yogurt, energy bars, granola bars, “light” cereal and protein bars. These make you FAT! And SICK! Why?   Immediately after eating foods that contains sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, your blood sugar hits the roof to give you a quick energy hit. The pancreas goes into emergency mode to rectify this, by secreting insulin. It tends to secrete more insulin than your body actually needs…just in case, which drops your blood sugars too low, making you feel very tired, AND crave more sugar!All this sugar is converted to FAT. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Energy For Muscle Building

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Muscle building exercise is a significant part of any Antiaging Wellness Program. We need to ensure that >firstly we maintain sufficient energy levels to support our workout schedules, and provide sufficient nutrition to boost muscle fibre. The aims of our antiaging program nutrition are therefore

  • Optimal cell nutrition,
  • Fat loss
  • Muscle building
  • High energy.

The primary source of energy for muscle building is not from the calorie content of the food; but on how the food interacts with the body. We want foods that support more muscle, less fat and detoxification.

In our recent blog ” Maximising Energy Throughout The Day“  we talked about the three different types of energy food and how each one supports a different type of exercise.

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Energy and Aging

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Fatigue is often not just a result of overwork or lack of sleep. Nor is it because you’re aging. You’re aging because you’re running out of energy. And, you are running out of energy because Free Radicals are stealing it

Free radicals are like having a dimmer control switch on your body. As the level of free radicals in your body increases, the damage to cells increases, zapping your limited energy supply. This damage shows up as all the signs of aging.
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Study Proves Exercise Builds Brain Cells

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

We have long recognised that exercise decreases stress, boosts energy , and increases mental performance.

Recent studies led by Scott Small, a neurologist at Columbia University Medical Centre in New York, have shown that physiological changes also occur that may be the key to keeping us mentally fit. The research found that exercise boosts brainpower by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss.

Study & Findings

Tests on 11 healthy adults undergoing a three month aerobic exercise program showed exercise generated blood flow to a brain region called the dentate gyrus, which resulted in growth of new brain cells. This part of the hippocampus is known to be affected in the age-related memory decline that begins around age 30 for most humans.

The changes were detected using MRI scans of the brain before and after exercise. They also measured the fitness of each volunteer by measuring oxygen volume before and after the training programme. The more fit a person got, the more blood flow the MRI detected.

The next step for the research is to identify the exercise regimen most beneficial to improve cognition and reduce normal memory loss.

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Maximising Energy Throughout The Day

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Every noticed that some days just drag. Your mind is waffling; the stairs you normally bound up with ease seem to go on for ever. 

Most of the time we look to physical reasons for our fatigue. But in many cases, it is the food you have eaten over the past 24 hours that is responsible. 

Our basic daily energy needs are dictated by our Basal Metabolic Rate – the energy we use in a rested state to support normal body functioning. Add a bit of exercise into the mix and our energy requirements increase. If we don’t add sufficient calories, our bodies start burning our energy stores, namely fat. Now for those wanting to lose fat, this probably sounds pretty terrific. But what happens when we don’t have sufficient energy stores, or fat stores, or we are burning energy faster than our body can convert fat into available energy. 

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