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When is junk food healthy? |
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Written by Matt Lindsay
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OK, we all crave junk food every now and again... you don't? Well lucky you then! For the remaining 99.9% of us that find ourselves craving junk food week after week you might have ended up asking yourself the question "When is junk food OK for me"? You'd be forgiven for thinking, given the outrageous claims that many junk food manufacturers doll out, that it's really quite OK to indulge every so often. Well, as we should all know by now... "there is no such thing as an unhealthy food, only an unhealthy diet" but that's no excuse to not know what you're getting yourself into.
A friend of mine sent me this article which I think is well worth a look. For reasons unknown to anyone, a (possibly mad) lady (probably from American) left a McDonalds Happy meal out for a year to see what would happen (or maybe she was just lazy). The results are quite startling (and a bit disgusting). It turns out that almost nothing happens and this is due to the amount of preservatives. It doesn't take a nutritionist to work out that there must be something pretty nasty in there if even the flies left it alone!
Do yourself a favour, go grab a Subway or even better, a healthy, nutritious snack of nuts.
(Image courtesy of Daily Mail) |
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Written by Matt Lindsay
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Being a closet geek, there’s not many things on my usual “trawl” of internet news/stories that catch my eye which relate to the health side of things, but every now and again I find something that I think really strikes a chord. One of my favourite RSS feeds is Lifehacker (all those nerds out there will know what I mean!). It’s sort of a “Men’s Health” meets “New Scientist” affair, with most of its stuff relating to the online world. As such it caters for many a caffeine junky (being a self proclaimed coffee addict I think I fit in that category) and a recent posting alerted me to this poster (created by Information is Beautiful):
Whilst the advantages of a caffeine “pop” about 20 minutes before training is well documented, do you ever consider how many calories you are taking in with your caffeine fix? Time to get a handle on your hidden calories. Enjoy.
Train Hard
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Getting the Six Pack: Workout Programs for ABS |
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Written by Matt Lindsay
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 Keeping every part of your body in shape is important if you want to continue to have the energy that you need and the shape that you want. This doesn't just mean focusing on the basics of working out. It also means developing a workout program that includes your abs. There is nothing better on any man than ripped abs from working out correctly.
When beginning to build your workout program for abs, you want to make sure that you start correctly. Whether you are working out at home or a gym, it is important to begin with the proper form. This will vary according to what workout program you are using. However, always check, either in a mirror or with using extra equipment to help establish good form.
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How many calories do I needs in a day? |
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Written by Matt Lindsay
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I’m often astounded by people who pipe up in the pub/bar/work that they have more/less than their calories for that day. I’m astounded because many of these people don’t really know what their caloric intake for the day should actually be. The problem is that we blindly follow that men are recommended to have 2500Kcal a day and women just 2000Kcal. WHAT? We all know there is no “normal” person… but a generalisation of this magnitude surprises me that it has gone unnoticed. Do you honestly expect that a 55Kg man will need as much as a 110kg man? More to the point though… does he need double? It’s honestly not that hard to work out, with a much greater accuracy than you would expect. There are a few basic ways, before going to your local laboratory to make a good estimation of your caloric requirements. Remember, if you get it wrong, by even 500Kcal/day, that’s 3500Kcal per week (over 1.5kg of fat per month!) Step1)... The Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
Take your weight (in Kg) and multiply by 25 (this works for either gender). I’ll do my calculations as an example:
75Kg x 25= 1875 KCal/24 hrs
This number is your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) for a 24 hour period (approximately). That is to say that if you were to be doing ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING for 24 hours, this is how much energy you would approximately burn off. Divide this by 24 to get your hourly RMR. In my case this is 78.125. I would burn 78.125 calories per hour doing nothing. |
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Taking On Too Much Weight: Overtraining Symptoms and Signs |
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Written by Matt Lindsay
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Getting a great workout all of the time will help you to look and feel better about yourself. However, unlike you may think, staying in the gym five hours a day doesn't help. Despite what you see in others, it is not good for your body to over train. This can be more detrimental than helpful to your health. If you want to make sure that you are doing what is best for your body, than you it begins with looking at possible overtraining symptoms and signs.
The first thing to know about overtraining symptoms and signs is that they are not set in stone. Sometimes, one will have only a few of these signs present, while other times, everything will hit you during a workout. At the same time, some of the things that may occur during a workout may not be from overtraining. You will want to make sure that you listen to what your body needs and know when to quit.
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