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Jun 29, 2016

June 29, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Confusing Food Messages, Confusing Food Eaters

What is a ‘diet’? For the most part, a diet is what and how you eat, where the ‘how’ is as critical as the ‘what’.  It is not, technically, a pre-packaged plan laid out by either yourself, a dietitian, a trainer, a book author or a TV personality. A diet is more holistic and doesRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, mindful eating, physically active, weight loss

Jun 22, 2016

June 22, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Why are Women Getting Fatter Faster than Men?

A scary title about women getting fatter faster than men in the WaPo raises a question that the article itself does not venture to answer: WHY? The article throws around a bunch of statistics and it’s well worth it for the wellness communities to study. Troubling shift in American obesity: Women surge ahead of men,Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: body fat, burn off excess weight, higher risk of obesity, protein, weight loss

Mar 20, 2016

March 20, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Low Carb Will Take You Only So Far

Since the Paleo diet became such a fad, courtesy of CrossFit and other high-protein promoters, science has struggled to address the ratio issue in our diets: that is, whereas once high carbs were promoted for athletes, now suddenly high protein and high fat diets which limit carbs were showing success not just in athletic performanceRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: body fat, diet, Heart Health, weight loss, Weight loss vs Exercise gain

Mar 07, 2016

March 7, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Sleeplessness Causes Munchies

Anyone who’s ever pulled an all-nighter knows you tend not to eat, or drink, healthy stuff as the night wears on. But even if you don’t intend to stay up all night, if you have insomnia at times or the baby cries out frequently, it’s worth noting that some of the same metabolic events occurRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: burn off excess weight, higher risk of obesity, lose weight, sleeplessness, weight loss

Mar 03, 2016

March 3, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Help the Kids Cut the Sugar Habit

This is a great article with sound advice on how to help your kids – and maybe you – cut the sugar habit. Some good facts, good pointers but one really solid, absolutely essential bit of advice at the end which stings: change YOUR own behaviors. Let’s face it- kids do learn from us soRead More

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

Feb 26, 2016

February 26, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

On Thinness, Weight Management, and Stupid Subtitles

A recent study, linked below, addresses the different attitudes and lifestyle choices of those who are thin vs those who are dieting to be thinner, we presume. The study’s press release has a few unaddressed issues I want to address. For example, what are the BMIs of each group? Also, since the subjects all volunteeredRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: conscious eating, dieting, mental health, mindful eating, weight loss

Jan 07, 2016

January 7, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Alcohol and Body Weight Don’t Mix Well

Years ago, I read an article in a lay journal about alcohol’s effect on body weight. It mentioned three ways by which drinking alcohol affects weight gain. First, it is a load of empty calories, which means a small amount has a lot of calories that our bodies prefer not to use in a healthfulRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: alcohol, body weight, high calorie diet, water, weight loss

Oct 15, 2015

October 15, 2015 By Irv Rubenstein

Part 2: The Science of Weight Loss Just Got Messier

Earlier this summer I wrote about one of the latest three news articles to shake up the summer dieter’s doldrums, an article in the Washington Post about the new federal dietary guidelines that de-emphasizes breakfast. (The Weight Loss Agenda Just Got Messier) Today I wish to tackle the age-old dispute first proffered by Dr. Atkins:Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: childhood obesity, high fat diet, lose weight, low carb diet, weight loss

The Weight Loss Agenda Just Got MessierOct 01

October 1, 2015 By Irv Rubenstein

The Weight Loss Agenda Just Got Messier

Earlier this summer, three news articles blasted out of the summer doldrums to shake up everyone’s ideas about weight management and dieting. In a likely futile effort to reconcile what each says with what the scientists are trying to say, I will address each in its own right in this three part series. First, thereRead More

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

Gotta Exercise to Keep Weight OffJul 06

July 6, 2015 By Irv Rubenstein

The Weight Loss Conundrum, Continued: Diet vs Exercise…or Both?

The latest controversy, which we’ve seen played out over the past 30 years, comes to you from two doctors: one, a pediatrician, the other a researcher in weight management. The former wrote in the NY Times; the latter wrote in an exercise science newsletter. The former used a lot of research to stand on hisRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: dieting, obesity, weight loss, Weight loss vs Exercise gain, weight regain

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