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Leslie's 4 mile walk is equivalent to a 3 mile walk outdoors on an easy terrain, think 20 minute mile. I do this one with my mom when she visits. You can make it harder using light hand weights and doing high rep upper body movements. You can also do some jogging in place or jumping jacks...

You can use these as straight cardio including the weight segments if you use a weight that isn't the heaviest that you can handle doing 16 reps. Then they would be the equivalent of AB or SS. You will be able to do a heavy weight workout on the following day. If you go heavy then you might...

Hi TLC. You did exactly what I did when I got mine. It took me years before I actually realized that the formula doesn't work for me. A field test is you going all out to see how high you can get your HR until you just have to stop. Add 5 beats to your highest reading and use that as your...

Did you use your age to calculate your range? If you did, it may be the wrong range for you. You should do a field test to get your maximal HR. For years, I used the age based formula and didn't get as much out of of my cardio workouts. I was trying to keep my HR in the low 140's and wasn't...

Same here. When I want to do intense cardio, I reach for circuit workouts with a lot of cardio weight segments. Check out athletic training. It looks like a sweet little workout but it packs a real punch. I like Michelle Dozois Peakfit cardio and strength workouts. My HR goes through the...

Not a nurse/MD. Take my response for what it is worth. We went through something similar with my husband few years back. Here is what we learned along the way: 1-Blood pressure is hereditary. 30% of cases are due to salt sensitivity and 70% are due to a protein that the kidneys produce...

The length of the toe is irrelevant. It is the length of the bones below the toes that matter. You need to look at the bottom of your foot and find the metatarsal bones. If the second bone is longer than the one below the big toe, you have Morton's toes which is very common. I have it and...

Before you go down the gluten road, I recommend that you read up on the FODMAP diet even if you don't have IBS. Between normal digestion and IBS, there is a wide variety of malabsorption problems. I'm not sure how old you are but if you are around 30 already, you are probably dealing with...

I'm not so sure why you felt that I was trying to debunk the low carb diets from what I wrote. My intention was to give the OP an idea of how low carb actually works. It allows people to eat a little more than what they would normally do on restricted calorie diets and still lose weight. The...

Fish Oil Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk This link will take you to a summary of the results. IIRC, the difference between the high and the low groups was just 2x. The low group had the equivalent of eating fish 2x a week. This puts everybody who takes fish oil every day automatically in...

The low carb diet was around long before Atkins made it popular. IIRC, it was used to control seizures for epileptic patients. It was difficult to follow strictly because patients were too skinny to stay healthy. The picture of low carb in the popular media is you can eat all you want as...

I don't think it is appropriate to post scientific links here but I'll give you an idea of where to start learning more if you are interested. Cancer.org has information about individual vitamins which include references to clinical trials. Also Google SELECT clinical trial (selenium and...

The likelihood that you are sensitive to gluten is very small. It is more likely that you have a problem with some of the simple sugars/oligosacchrides that are present in everything vegetarian. Taking out wheat works well because it removes fructans and a lot of glucose out of your diet...

As little as possible. I take iron and magnesium 2 to 3x a week when I remember. Every cancer preventative clinical trial that included antioxidants, vitamins and minerals ended badly or early including the ones that used modest amounts of fish oil. Not worth the risk when you are younger and...

Her workouts are intermediate and fairly simple, at least for the ones I tried. I couldn't take her fake act or the background people. I rented few and sent them back very quickly. If you like Cathe's delivery and production values, you won't like JNL. Of all the sets that came out the...

Few requests for the one on one, most are for add-ons to other workouts or to string together to create a fairly random workout: -Two stretching segments in the 8 to 10 minute range, one upper body focused and one lower body. -Agility drills using a ladder. -Few extended WU segments...

One month is not long enough to heal the ITB. I would give it at least 3 months. I would be very cautious with a surgeon who recommends surgery so quickly. Sometimes drs assume that patients won't do what is needed to heal. I would get a second opinion from somebody who does a lot of this...

Here is the recipe for the high fiber muffins. Nathalie, I'm afraid you won't find the ingredients easily on Amazon UK. If you decide to try them, I can send you a care package from the US. The resistant starch is type RS2. You can read about it on Wikipedia. It is made from a special type...

Nathalie, Take a look at this video from America's test kitchen. I usually go by their recommendations. I own many of their books and many of their recommended kitchen gadget. I have a membership to their web sites as annoying as they can be with all their levels and crap. Their recipes...

You sound frustrated and tired but don't you dare touch those slimfast toxic sludge. There are better ways. If you are willing to do a little cooking one day a week, we can help you put a plan together that you can maintain. You can practice portion control by buying the right sized...