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Supercharge Your Day With Orange Juice for Breakfast
Have you ever wondered why orange juice is a staple in the American breakfast? Besides the fact that OJ is delicious and refreshing, there’s surprising scientific rationale to back up the ancient tradition (in America anyway)…
read moreUberfood: Oatmeal
Oatmeal is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Really…oatmeal!? Yup, it’s up there with other health powerhouses like salmon, acai, almonds, quinoa, flax, chia, and kale-just to name a few. In its natural form (not with added sugar or preservatives, I’m talking about 100% natural Quaker oats/steel-cut oats) oatmeal is as healthy as it gets, and it’s perfect for weight-loss. Here are a few of the reasons why oatmeal shoots to the top of health food kingdom.
read moreStop Drinking Soda, You’ll Lose 14.6 Pounds Per Year
Stop drinking soda-you could lose 5, 10, 15 lbs or even more without lifting a single weight, running an inch, or following any ridiculous no-carb crash diet. In fact, if you cut out 1 Coke per day…ONE…you’d lose 14.6 pounds per year. Who said weight loss wasn’t simple?
read moreThe Healthiest Drinks of Earth
Walk into any 711, Duane Reade, or supermarket and you’ll see fridge after fridge filled with energy drinks, flavored water, teas, and protein shakes. With fun colors, health claims (B vitamins, antioxidants, energy), and cool labels everywhere, it’s nearly impossible to make a smart, healthy decision…
read moreThe Best and Worst Summer Drinks for Your Belly
As fun and seasonal as they are, umbrella cocktails will quickly turn your rock-solid, hard-earned beach body into a fatty, unflattering mess. Avoid the following drinks to keep your waistline slim and trim, and save yourself the hassle of buying a bigger bikini come August.
read moreLack the Motivation to Get in Shape? Try Visualization
Lets be serious…if everyone was psyched to exercise and eat right all the time, 35% of America wouldn’t be obese. That’s just not the reality that we live in. The key to motivation is visualization…
read moreHow To Live to 100 [Infographic]
The United States is estimated to have the MOST living cenentarians at 72,000. Maybe hitting 100 is a goal you strive more, maybe not, but regardless-extending your youth and staying healthy should be a universal goal. The infographic below from EHM outlines a few extremely easy, albeit surprising tips that can make a big impact on your longevity.
read moreThe New iPod Nano May Be The Ultimate Fitness Gadget
What made the biggest impression on me from Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event ironically wasn’t the iPhone at all (I was actually underwhelmed), but rather the next-gen, buffed-up, iPod Nano. From a fitness POV, this thing is damn near perfect. It’s functional. The Nano sports an accelerometer-the sensor that allows the Nano to act as a pedometer. The built-in fitness app tracks the # of steps, calories burned, pace, and duration of your runs/workouts. It can also talk to you and voice-over...
read moreEach Hour of TV You Watch Shortens Your Life By…
22 minutes! Researchers in Australia recently conducted a study on 11,000 adults to get to the bottom of just how horrible TV-watching really is for your health. Well…I didn’t really see this coming, but the results were pretty shocking. The researchers found that Australian’s 25+ collectively watched ~9.8 BILLION hours of TV since 2008, which equated to a loss of 286,000 hours of life-or about 22 minutes/hour of TV watched. Wow…That’s pretty incredible. Thinking about it, you’d have to watch ~23,890...
read moreThe Lean It UP Calorie and BMI Calculator To Gain, Lose, or Maintain Weight
To simplify the calorie calculation process (to gain, lose, or maintain weight), we’ve developed a simple calorie calculator to find your personalized level to gain, lose, or maintain weight. It requires that you to input your body fat %, weight, and TDEE multiplier (total daily energy expenditure) and voila, it’ll spit out your very own personal daily caloric requirements for any situation. Additionally, although BMI is a horrible metric to gauge whether or not someone should be classified as underweight, normal, overweight, or...
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