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The benefits of a ketogenic diet
The science behind the ketogenic diet
The potential risks of a ketogenic diet
Diet and exercise are separate tools
Diet and exercise are two separate tools with two separate jobs. You can’t trade them back and forth.
If you don’t exercise today, you can’t just watch your diet, or if you don’t want to diet, you can’t just exercise more. You need to diet to watch your weight. You need to exercise for everything else.
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Struggling to exercise isn't a personal failing
There's nothing strange or wrong about sitting. However, you'll run into trouble if sitting is all you do.
Only about 20 percent of Americans get the minimum level of exercise, which is 150 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity.
But the fact that people struggle t...
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Exercise is not for losing weight
Most people exercise because they hope to lose weight. In truth, our bodies have not evolved to burn more calories the more physically active we are.
Research shows that people who are more physically active don’t burn more calories necessarily than people who are more sede...
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Staying active as you get older
Hunter-gatherers typically live about seven decades. They become grandparents but don’t retire; they stay very active.
Staying active helps turn on all kinds of repair and maintenance mechanisms of the body that keep us healthy as we age.
Recent studies show that our metabolism slow...
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How to inspire people to become more active
Ensure that exercise is not only necessary but also fun and social.
You don’t have to run a marathon or climb Mount Everest. Just climb the stairs in your building or walk to work instead of driving or walking your dog. These things have huge benefits.
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Benefits of exercise
Exercise not only has a big impact on your muscles and heart but affects every part of your body. Exercise is affecting how those other systems spend their energy and how active they are.
For example, people who exercise more have less inflammation.
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The difference between physical activity and exercise
- Physical activity is just moving, such as sweeping the floor or making dinner.
- Exercise is an intentional physical activity that’s done for the sake of health and fitness.
We can survive by sitting in chairs and pushing buttons and never having to break a sweat. But our a...
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Diet Sodas And Weight Gain
Although there are many potential health effects of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners, weight gain is not one of them. Your body can’t store fat out of nothing.
For some people, consuming certain beverages may trigger a craving for another food. If you know when you drink diet...
Your overall diet
If your diet consists of the same narrow food groups, it will not be a proper diet, regardless if you eat a plant or animal-based protein. If you eat a strict vegan diet, you will need to supplement Vitamin B12.
Look at the entire meal you end up with, and how that affects everything else y...
Exercise
Exercise can reduce the body’s biological stress response. If this fits into your lifestyle and routine, go ahead and do it as part of your preparation for public speaking.
But don’t make the exercise a need you have to fulfill in order for a talk to go well. You want to be carefu...
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