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Top Strategies for Eating Healthy
Published on 2009-12-07 22:58:00
Strategies for eating healthierSource is here*** Focus on low-glycemic foods***Eat breakfastEat the bulk of your carbohydrates at breakfast and lunchTake those vitamins with a glass of cranberry juiceTake a multivitamin daily - and be sure it has have 800 units of vitamin D; add in 1 gram of fish oil as a capsule and also magnesium supplementsEliminate as much as reasonable all white flour, white rice, and potatoes - use brown rice and whole grain breads.Eat a cooked whole grain cereal or steel
Six Tips for Better Health and Performance
Published on 2009-12-02 05:40:00
I thought this this would be a pertinent topic to write a post on as most people are either striving to achieve healthier lifestyles or striving to achieve optimal performance in their sporting pursuits.I have put together some tips which I believe that will help you kick-start your healthier lifestyle. You may already know a few of these tips, but hopefully there will be one or two that you can come away with.Eat a well-balanced low-glycemic diet. The key here is to eat foods that do not s
Athletic Performance Linked to Vitamin In-take
Published on 2009-11-25 23:32:00
Inadequate Vitamin Levels May Result in Poor Athletic PerformanceInteresting research points to the importance of maintaining adequate vitamin levels to achieve your peak athletic performance.At a GlanceActive individuals with inadequate B-vitamin intakes may perform worse in high-intensity exercise, in part because of a decreased ability to build and repair muscle. National B-vitamin recommendations may be too low, so athletes with poor or restricted diets should consider use of a multivitamin
USANA on Fox 29 News
Published on 2009-10-24 06:17:00
According to the Fox 29 reporter, People are raving on about USANA products and Jill Mills(who is the World's Strongest Woman), uses USANA and was interviewed during the news piece. It is a short 3 minute clip on youtube. You can play it directly below:
Should we take Vitamin Supplements?
Published on 2009-10-24 01:03:00
This is an on-going debate by numerous people about the legitimacy of taking vitamin supplements to boost your health and help improve your chances of not falling victim to many degenerative diseases.As I have mentioned in my blogs previously, vitamin supplements is an integral component in your lifestyle. However, it is just one of the components that help shape your health. It is equally important to ensure you have adequate in-take of fruits/vegetables and to maintain a regular exercise routi
Top Tips for Training to Run 5km
Published on 2009-10-23 10:42:00
If you are looking for motivation to gain fitness and lose weight, a goal of competing in your first 5km event would be a great carrot to stick to your workouts. However, to comfortably run the distance does require fitness and don't feel sore for the week after the event, you need to take into consideration the following top tips:You can aim for a time from anywhere between 20-40minutes. My first 5km event (it was a duathlon) was 23minutes straight after a 20km bike leg.Take the step of actuall
How much Vitamin D is optimal for you?
Published on 2009-10-17 05:33:00
Do you feel that you can obtain your optimal level of vitamin D from diet alone? Many people have the misconception that you can in fact get all the vitamins you need for optimal functioning of your body. However, what they fail to realize is that people's lifestyles have changed over the last few decades; people's eating habits have evolved towards more fast food eating; pollution levels are higher; toxins in tap water; soil quality has eroded; food processing is dubious. This combined has prov
Karina Smirnoff uses REV 3 Energy as her secret weapon
Published on 2009-10-11 11:34:00
Dancing with the Stars, Karina Smirnoff drinks REV 3, see the excerpt from USANA's Corporate Blog below:Dan Macuga: Well, you just never know where USANA and Rev3 are going to show up. We just got word that mentions of USANA and Rev3 are showing up in two magazines this week that you may want to look out for. The first one is in STAR Magazine and the second one is in Life & Style.In Life & Style magazine, there is a special segment on the show Dancing With the Stars and one of the profes
Whole Grains Benefit Blood Pressure
Published on 2009-10-10 11:40:00
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition recently published a positive report regarding consuming whole grain foods. The following excerpt was taken from ProfessionalPlanets.com LLC 2009 and the original source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2009.Consuming plentiful amounts of whole grain foods appears to ward off high blood pressure according to the latest research. Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a new study found men with the largest consumption
Low-glycemic Healthy eating 12 week Program
Published on 2009-10-08 12:23:00
Results of a large, third-party clinical study involving USANA products, conducted at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD), was published in the August 2009 edition of the Journal Obesity and Weight Management.The recently completed study confirms that lifestyle change can significantly improve outcomes in subjects with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a pre-diabetic state that involves multiple symptoms including central obesity, insulin resistance, elevated blood lipids, elevated b