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2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part II: Nutrition Basics & Fueling for Performance) @ Run to Win
This is the second part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment. This part covers the presentation on nutrition and fueling.
Refrigerated storage of perishable foods: Food Science Australia
All food has a limited shelf life which will vary depending on the type of food, how it is packaged and how carefully it is stored. This leaflet describes how you can maintain maximum quality for perishable, non frozen food for as long as possible by taki
Weight Watchers Versus Fitness Centers | Science Blog
Participants who attended Weight Watchers for 12 weeks lost an average of 5 percent of their body weight, or about nine pounds. However they found that a large percentage of the lost weight was lean tissue and not fat.
The Office Diet
Healthy living for busy people.
Couch to 5K Running Training Program
C25K, is a fantastic program that's been designed to get just about anyone from the couch to running 5 kilometers or 30 minutes in just 9 weeks.
National Weight Control Registry
The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) is the largest prospective investigation of long-term successful weight loss maintenance.
CHOICE - Exercise myths
There are many myths about exercise — fictions which are endlessly perpetuated and validated through sheer repetition. And it’s not just the internet and other media. Even fitness professionals get it wrong sometimes.
Half of Me - Feeling strangely fine
"I don't want to forget what it was like being fat. If we could really zap people's memories like they do in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it would be tempting to get rid of the time on the plane when I got my mom to request a seat belt extender
10 Surprising Uses For Aspirin
Aspirin is an excellent painkiller and anti-inflammatory, but it also has many other household uses.
Epidemic Reporter Influenza Tracking Project
We are looking for people who live in Australia and are 18 years of age or over and have easy access to email and the internet on a weekly basis. A new health surveillance system to detect epidemics of influenza is being trialed which will require people
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Tea - Is it Beneficial for Health? : Nutrition and Dietary Advice
Apparently, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world, after water. In recent years, we seem to have become more experimental with other kinds of tea, rather than just sticking with the traditional black tea. But, is there a difference in he
GI News
The Official Glycemic Index Newsletter
Dietriffic
No jargon. No nonsense. Just a straight talking qualified dietitian, giving advice and sharing knowledge, equipping you to take the necessary steps to better health.
Health - Vain Pursuits - smh.com.au
Most people go to the gym to look better but exercise can have unintended consequences.
Only another 5,500 calories to go ... | The Guardian
A Swedish university has replicated Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me junk food binge under lab conditions. The early results are surprising, says Marten Blomkvist
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
Some foods have significantly more calories than others but what does the difference actually look like. Each of the photographs below represents 200 calories of the particular type of food; the images are sorted from low to high calorie density.
'Superfoods' Everyone Needs
Experts say more than a dozen easy-to-find 'superfoods' can do wonders for your health.
ScienceDaily: Aching Back? Sitting Up Straight Could Be The Culprit
"A 135-degree body-thigh sitting posture was demonstrated to be the best biomechanical sitting position, as opposed to a 90-degree posture, which most people consider normal," said Waseem Amir Bashir, M.B.Ch.B., F.R.C.R.