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REAL News - December 2022Dec 01

December 1, 2022 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – December 2022

December 2022 Knee OA Does NOT Excuse You From Squats & Lunges For those who suffer with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee(s), the often painful and sometimes threatening idea of a squat or lunge might stand in the way of both therapy and fitness training. We have covered this topic with respect to causes, effects,Read More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: closed-chain exercise, fast food, fat-free mass, knee arthritis, knee OA therapy, lunges, squats, weight loss, weight management

Part-1:-The-Diet-Obesity-Debates-ContinueJul 24

July 24, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Part 1: The Diet-Obesity Debates Continue

There are two crises – other than political and covid-19  – that America, and maybe the modern, Westernized world in general, though also the rest of the world everywhere, must face that will destroy humankind: obesity and diet. And the fitness community, especially us professionals, has to accept our roles as potential solutions and causes.Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: burn off excess weight, childhood obesity, diet, field of health or exercise science, obesity, personal trainers, professsional fitness trainers, weight bias, weight loss

REAL-News --May-2021Oct 17

October 17, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Bingeing at Night: A Hormonal Habit?

A recent article in the NY Times reviewed a scientific article in the December issue of the  International Journal of Obesity that reinforced what many fitness and wellness professionals suspected: that nighttime binge eating may be more than habitual; it may be hormonal. The article suggested that obese people who binge eat – not all do, one mightRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: body fat, dieting, eating disorders, lose weight, obesity, weight loss

The-Real-Fake-News:-Processed-Food-Is-'Healthy'Oct 15

October 15, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

The Real Fake News: Processed Food Is ‘Healthy’

The fitness field is replete with pseudo-science especially regarding diet, dieting and diets. While personal trainers may have some ‘expertise’ in nutrition based largely on what they learned in their certification prep courses or at professional conferences, they also have some serious biases often based on what’s worked for them. These could be appropriate forRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: diet, field of health or exercise science, healthy diet, obesity, processed foods, unprocessed foods, weight loss

Jan 05, 2019

January 5, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

On Fatness, Genes and Real Life

A post-New Year article in Bloomberg Opinion addressed a topic that invariably arises in early January, in the US at least: how can I drop the holiday weight I’ve gained? It addressed the issue less from how to lose it than why some gain more of it. The article was based on the research of Dr.MaryRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: body fat, childhood obesity, diet, Exercise, higher risk of obesity, physical activity, weight loss

REAL-News--December-20202Apr 03

April 3, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News April 2018

 April 2018 New Thoughts on The Body’s Response to Exercise An Australian study published in Cell Metabolism (Jan. 2018) hypothesized that the cells communicate with each other in response to physical activity. Vesicles, tiny protein-filled packages, “contain genetic material and proteins that carry messages to other parts” of the body that all have connections toRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, diet, Exercise, weight loss

Deflection Points: When Behavioral Eating Can Be Fatal!!!Feb 28

February 28, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Not Again: Don’t Count Calories, but Calories Count

Weight management and weight loss (and, by association, weight gain) are two peas in a pod…but only eat one of them! I have written on this topic so many times in opinion pieces and in scientific reviews that I’m reluctant to do so again. But this most recent article in the NY Times has inspired meRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: diet, dieting, lose weight, obesity, weight loss, weight management

Fit-Happens --Spring-20203Feb 09

February 9, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News February 2018

   February 2018 The Breakfast Debate, Part XXXX A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirms what your mom told you well before you could read: Eat your breakfast. Previous studies have suggested that breakfasters have lower rates of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and hypertension, as well as better glucoseRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: body fat, diet, higher risk of obesity, menopause, paleo, weight loss

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