Hello! I am a 29 year old female. I'm in pretty good shape. I work out at least 3 times a week (moderate-high activity). Most lunches I bring to work consist of mainly fruit. For example: 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 orange, grapes, nuts, crackers and cheese. Is this lunch healthy...
Hi, I was at the grocery store and did a bit of price comparison between organic and regular produce. Why are organic and healthy foods so expensive? –Janice Hi Janice, That is an excellent question. First of all, we do have to differentiate between “organic” and “healthy”. Organic is a designation which...
Hello I weigh 143 lbs, and I am 5'11". I want to know if I should take a weight gainer or protein to gain some weight and muscle. I don't want to gain too much fat, just lean muscle. -Scott Hi Scott, Great question. Many people try to put on muscle...
Once the body's ATP-PC stores are used up (~10 secs), it is time for the anaerobic (lactic) energy system to contribute. It is the predominant ATP supplier for activities lasting over ~ 10 seconds, but less than ~ 2 minutes. The function of this energy system is to breakdown stored...
ATP is the "energy currency" of the human body; in other words, all activities which require energy (such as beating of the heart, growing hair, breathing, jumping jacks, etc…) use ATP as the "fuel". An explanation of the body's "energy systems" actually discusses how ATP is created, rather than what...
In previous posts (part I, part II, part III), we dealt with energy intake and storage within the human body. In this upcoming series, we will explore the next chapter of the energy utilization process by discussing the different energy systems which make up human metabolism. All movement...
For day 6 of our 12 healthy habits for Christmas, I am going to write about a topic that isn't technically a health "habit", but I get enough emails about this, that I feel justified in including it in our roundup: ignore (or at least research before you try) Fad...
On day 5 of our 12 basic habits of Christmas, we will look into our pile of "I know I should do this, but I just don't...". Drink water. We are talking specifically about water here, the good ole fashioned H20 kind. Not coffee, or diet soda, or the fizzy...
For day 4 of the 12 basic habits for Christmas, we will touch upon a subject near and dear to my heart: sleep. Sleep is one of my top 3 favourite activities, and for good reason. Research is basically unanimous in finding that sleeping enough improves just about every aspect...
Welcome to DAY 3 of our 12 basic healthy habits. Today we will be focusing on a strategy borrowed from my high school Q-BASIC programming class: KISS. In the programming (and probably many other industries), KISS stands for Keep It Simple, Stupid. This echoes Albert Einstein's sentiments that "everything...
