Your muscles need fuel to sustain exercise and that comes from the macronutrients you eat. Have you ever wondered what determines the type of macronutrient your body burns during exercise? Here are four factors that influence your body’s fuel source during a sweat session.
More important than your weight is your body fat percentage. One possible way to monitor your body fat at home is with skin-fold measurements using calipers. How accurate is this method?
BMI, or body mass index, is used by health care professionals to determine whether someone is a healthy body weight. However, this method has serious flaws. Here are six reasons BMI is not a good measure of health or fitness.
The composition of what you eat matters in terms of health – but what about meal sequencing – the order in which you eat it? There’s growing evidence that consuming macronutrients in a certain sequence can change how it impacts your body.
Exercise and dietary changes both can help you lose weight and visceral fat – but which is more important? A recent meta-analysis looked at this issue. Here’s what they found.
Are you struggling to control an expanding waistline now that you’re into menopause? If frustrating belly fat has you down, read on and discover why belly fat becomes more problematic after menopause and how you can keep it at bay.
Stress – it can do a number on your health. Some people are also convinced it can make it harder to lose body fat and even lead to weight gain. Is there any truth to this idea? Read on and find what link, if any, there is between stress, changes in body composition, and weight gain.
Pastas are fattening – or are they? A new study raises questions about pasta and weight gain and even suggests that pasta may lower the risk of obesity. Find out why.
Fat is an important source of fuel for your body, especially when carbohydrates aren’t available. But could dietary fats aid in muscle development as well? If so, which kind is best? Find out what research shows.
So many myths about losing weight and body fat prevail – what are you to believe? Here are five of the most common fat loss myths dispelled – so you don’t have to fall for them.
Salt adds flavor to foods – but does it also encourage us to overeat? That’s what a new study shows. Find out more about the impact salty foods have on your brain chemistry and how much you eat at a meal.
What IS that dimply, cottage cheese stuff women get on the back of their thighs? It’s cellulite, of course – but what is cellulite and how does it differ from garden-variety fat? Most importantly, what can you do about it?
