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Muscle Activation Technique Targets Weak Muscles


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Egg for breakfast best way to fight the flab

Eggs are the best way to start the day for those who want to lose weight. A major UK review of studies into the effects of eating eggs has found that egg contains a powerful ingredient that can help to cut the amount of calories people go on to eat at lunch and dinner. Scientists [...]


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The Secret to Healthier Cream Sauces

Building in Flavor In their most basic state, cream sauces can be rich but bland. In the healthy kitchen, we can change that by packing in the vegetables. Fresh or dried mushrooms are a great choice, but so are roasted peppers, roasted butternut squash, carrots, and caramelized onions. Herbs, tomato puree, horseradish, and even mustard [...]


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Coffee May Reduce the Risk of Heart Failure

Hey java drinkers, that coffee buzz you love so much may also help prevent heart failure, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation Heart Failure. While many believe coffee drinking may be dangerous to the heart, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston said moderate consumption of [...]


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Exercise helps keep menopausal hot flashes at bay

Exercise may curb hot flashes among menopausal women, a new U.S. study has found. Researchers from Penn State followed 92 menopausal women for just over two weeks. The women, aged 40 to 59, had mild to moderate symptoms, but were recruited for a physical activity study, not a study on menopause, researcher Steriani Elavsky said [...]


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Workout partners multiply success

The familiar hairstyle — a bouncy ponytail — is seen on college campuses across the U.S. It speaks to the carefree nature of college life and, conversely, to the sudden uptick in busy schedules. The dreaded “Freshman 15” — unwanted pounds gained by first-year college students — is another visual sign of this lifestyle change. [...]


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Stop and Chew Your Dinner for better health benefits

  In this era of fast-paced everything, even the act of eating a meal has become something we can do on the run. Breakfast comes in bars, lunch can be eaten while speeding down the highway, and dinner is merely an accompaniment to the evening news, squeezed in between other pressing activities. Invariably, when eating [...]


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‘Dessert’ With Breakfast Boosts Weight Loss

Starting your morning with a high-protein food and a “dessert” — such as a doughnut or a slice of cake — may help you lose weight and keep it off, a new study suggests. However, several nutritionists said they weren’t ready yet to embrace the study’s conclusions. When researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Wolfson Medical [...]


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How to Choose the Healthiest Salad Dressing

When it comes to packing a nutritional punch, a colorful salad can’t be beat. But the dressing you choose may be just as important as the vegetables for maximizing the body’s intake of important nutrients, a new study shows. When researchers at Purdue University fed study participants vegetable salads topped with different types of oil, [...]


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How to avoid weight gain? Eat on a schedule

Weight gain may caused in part by eating on an odd eating schedule, rather than only by eating too many calories, a new study in mice suggests. Mice in the study that were fed a high-fat diet and allowed to eat whenever they wanted to, not surprisingly, gained weight. In contrast, mice that had their feeding [...]