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JJ Virgin’s Top 5 New Year Tips

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I’m really happy to be able to share with you these five smart ideas from my long-time friend and colleague,  acclaimed fitness guru JJ Virgin. JJ is theauthor of “Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy“, the co-star of the TLC reality series Freaky Eaters, and a contributor to the Huffington Post. – Dr. Jonny 5 [...]

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Top 10 Fitness and Nutrition Tips for…1998?

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Recently I came across some of my old columns from the 90’s and decided to sample some of them to see what I was thinking back a decade or so ago. I was especially curious to see in what areas my thinking had evolved. I fully expected to slap my hand to my forehead in [...]

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Start With One Hour A Week

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Chicago Tribune, 11/04/11 You’ve got to love a fitness expert whose exercise mantra is “make it short and sweet.” How short? Twenty minutes, three times a week. But even less at first. For those of us who are, shall we say, exercise averse, this is magical. Federal guidelines advise Americans age 18 to 64 to [...]

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The Amazing Benefits of Cherries: New Research

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WINONA, Minn. – A scientific study conducted at Winona State University has found that tart cherry paste significantly decreased muscle tenderness and pain following strenuous exercise, and generally lowered blood pressure compared to a group ingesting a placebo. The research findings were released by the university’s Department of Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences. The purpose [...]

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Diet Boot Camp 2011 Winner!

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We are happy to announce the winner of the Summer Diet Boot Camp Challenge, Sharon Johnson! Sharon had a starting weight of 160 and stated her goals this way: “To drop unhealthy weight and take control of my health by making changes for life. I want Health, Vitality, Mental Clarity & Peace of Mind and [...]

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Muscle Building Cuts Diabetes

Video Summary: Diabetes is a condition where your muscle cells no longer respond to insulin so your body shoves sugar from the blood into your fat cells instead. Exercise increases your muscle cell’s demand for energy so they start paying more attention to insulin. A recent study shows that for every 10% increase in muscle [...]

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A Better Exercise Routine for Fat Burning?

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Exercise scientists have recently been turning to interval training as the protocol of choice for maximum fat burning. But many experts are now advocating a combination approach that may have even more benefits than either interval training or weight training alone. In one set of studies(1,2), a typical, standard gym routine—60 minutes of weight training [...]

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Dancing Can Help Offset Weight Gain, Dementia

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(guest article from The Sacremento Bee) Want to avoid your risk of dementia holistically? Besides controlling your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugars and decreasing your intake of inflammatory foods, what else can you do? Start dancing! Dancing has been shown to have numerous health benefits in various studies. The most obvious are increased socialization [...]

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Getting Older Doesn’t Mean Giving Up Muscle Strength!

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Not only can adults fight the battle of strength and muscle loss that comes with age, but the Golden Years can be a time to get stronger, say experts at the University of Michigan Health System. “Resistance exercise is a great way to increase lean muscle tissue and strength capacity so that people can function [...]

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Interval Training Better for Weight Loss Than Conventional Cardio

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Dr. Al Sears. Sears—a medical doctor, nutritionist and leading thinker in the field of integrative health—believes everything we think we know about cardio is just about 100 percent incorrect. Sears believes that the key to effective exercise for weight loss and overall health is not duration but intensity. He thinks the long slow constant speed [...]

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Exercising on an Empty Stomach Keeps the Weight Off

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For as long as I can remember- from the first time I set foot in a gym, actually- I’ve been listening to folks debate the question, “When is the best time to exercise?” Now a new study may finally shine some light on the matter. Researchers found that exercising on an empty stomach has several [...]

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The Big Missing Element In Health Care Reform

Dear Friends, Want to know what’s wrong with the health care debate? It isn’t about getting well. It’s about making sure you have insurance for when you get sick. Do you see what’s missing? They aren’t talking about ways for you to get healthy and stay that way. I try to keep my political views [...]

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