P.O.R.N. Diets

I am coining this term as I feel some of the diets out there are so radical they need to be discussed in one place.

We here from our favorite celebrities daily and some of us live for this. We follow them on Twitter, talk about them on Bebo and MySpace or e mail each other about them especially when a new diet is talked about.

There have been some over the top radical diets in the past like the 'Air diet', not a very popular one for obvious reasons unlike the 'Chocolate' diet. Then there is the more main stream 'Atkins' diet or 'The Dash Diet' or even 'The South Beach Diet'. All have there plus and minus points and their advocates and nay sayers as well.

The trick when it comes to diets if there is a trick in selecting one would be to thoroughly research the topic. The mere fact that there literally are thousands of diets commercially available shown on television, billboards or even your local Chemist shop.

Here will be many, many articles pertaining to the topic of P.O.R.N. Diets circulating our media and your opinion on them is most welcome. Maybe you have been on one and would like to praise it or maybe warn others away from it. Whatever you may like to share, diet related, please do.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Middle-Age Fitness Made Simple

By Thong M. Dao

There is without a doubt fitness over 40 is a matter of discussion in most doctors' offices, social groups and between friends. People may sound off as they can no longer climb stairs due to tender knees.

You may listen to talk of friends with coronary disease or elevated cholesterol, or an acquaintance who may have been diagnosed with diabetes or raised blood pressure.

Fitness over 40 programs and routines will help to lessen your risk of stress and age related illnesses. Increased physical fitness will help to produce the muscle strength to support joints and decrease pain related to arthritis.

Sadly, only 40% of individuals in the US get the suggested amount of exercise and 75 percent are sedentary. This statistical data is gradually increasing as is the number of those who are suffering stress induced illnesses such as cardiac disease, strokes, increased cholesterol levels, raised blood pressure, and blood sugar disorders such as diabetes.

Fitness over 40 program should not be limited to the gymnasium, it needs to become a life style. Remember any physical activity that raises your coronary rate and breathing for at least thirty minutes at a time is a worthwhile work out. There are several things you can do to get fit such as taking a 30 min walk outside or getting on a treadmill, a bicycle ride, rowing a boat, using one of those work out balls or if you dare, try a trampoline.

The first real step for a fitness over 40 program is to address lifestyle changes that might affect your ability to start a program with things like dieting and nutrition.

Including extra fruits, whole grains and vegetables into your diet is an essential part of anyone's fitness over 40 plan. You may possibly achieve from assistance of a weight consultant who can guide you one step at a time to a life style change in the way you are eating.

Try to improve your health by having 5 - 7 servings of fruits and vegetables and drinking eight to ten glasses of water and also by decreasing the amount of white flour intake.

Exercise is always important, but you also need a firm foundation of nutrition, dieting, and new habits that will make you healthier. Those over 40 should include cardiovascular and strength training in their daily routine.

Bicycling, jogging, swimming, or many other types of work out can be considered cardiovascular training. You'll have a better time and stick with it longer if you vary your physical exercises and work out with friends.

Should you do the strength training aspect of a program, you should skip a day before performing it again - as an example, if you do it on Monday you should not do it again until Wednesday.

Two or three days a week, strength training can be done at home with hand weights and a DVD program or at the gymnasium. If you want to lessen your chances of osteoporosis, improve the support of your joints and tighten up a flabby body then you should add strength training to your physical exertions.

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