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California became the first state in the nation to require nutritional menu labeling, following Governor Schwarzenegger’s signature of SB 1420 (Padilla) this morning. The landmark legislation requires some 17,000 California chain and fast- food restaurants to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards, part of an effort to address ...

I wanted this post to discuss some of the basic principles of weight loss and strength training. Since strength training increases your metabolism, it is an essential component to losing fat and maintaining your ideal weight. One of the biggest reasons people gain weight is that they lose ...

Eat frequent meals in combination with the right types of carbohydrates combined with lean proteins and small amounts of healthy good fats. Try to choose your carbohydrates from fiber rich vegetables such as green beans, broccoli, or cauliflower. This will stabilize your blood sugar and insulin levels, and prevents ...

Most people think that strength training requires too much of a time commitment and you have to sign your life away to get the results you want. Remember our cycle class motto, “it's your ride.” In other words you can get away with 2-3 times a week ...

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Eating complex carbohydrates is the solution to this dilemma. They provide you with the right amount of energy while burning excess body fat. Complex carbohydrates, unlike simple carbohydrates, do not release rapidly into your bloodstream. They never overwhelm your body and provide ideal amounts of sugar to ...

The core muscles lie deep within the torso and opposed to isolating a specific joint as in weight lifting, stabilizing the core focuses on working these deep muscles of the entire torso at once. Abdominal bracing is the primary technique used during core exercise training, referring to the contraction ...

Investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a way to quickly and reversibly fine-tune the activity of individual proteins in cells and living mammals, providing a powerful new laboratory tool for identifying — more precisely than ever before — the functions of different proteins.

We talk quite a bit on here on how important it is to get the proper amount of sleep, however due to a combination of stress and physical issues, this can be a difficult accomplishment. However your nightly burden can be relieved by AbsolutelyNew, who has ushered doctor-turned-inventor Paul ...

I was watching TV a couple days ago and was shocked, on the screen I watched a commercial that propagated the idea that high fructose corn syrup was good for you and would not negatively affect your health! Of course this was produced and distributed by the Corn Miller ...