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REAL-News --August-20222Feb 01

February 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – February 2022

February 2022 Body Recomposition for the Older Female “Body recomposition” – a new term in the fitness science world – refers to the positive changes you get from an exercise program such as increased lean muscle mass (LBM) and decreased body fat (BF), both of which are favorable to health, not just appearance.  This isRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: aging, breast cancer, covid, exercise is medicine, immunity, muscle mass, protein

REAL-News - October-2021Oct 10

October 10, 2021 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – October 2021

October 2021 Behavioral Compensations Alter Results of Exercise Training It is expected that an exercise program will yield results commensurate with the frequency, duration, intensity, and type of exercise one does. So a University of KY study wanted to determine exactly why some folks don’t get the expected results.  They had sedentary adults with BMI’sRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: caloric compensation, Exercise, immunity, vaccines, weight management

Part-1:-The-Diet-Obesity-Debates-ContinueSep 02

September 2, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Which Comes First – the Excess Weight or a Dysfunctional Immune System?

There is a fairly new and widely-believed current of thought that many lifestyle diseases – heart, metabolic, cancers, even obesity itself – are related to if not caused by excess inflammation. And inflammation is a challenge to the immune system which is supposed to fight it. But what if immune system dysfunction causes obesity orRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: fitness, immunity, lose weight, obesity, Weight loss vs Exercise gain

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