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Ali C

Healthy Weight: Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight | DNPAO | CDC - 0 views

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weight cdc healthy lifestyle

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  • healthy lifestyle involves many choices.
  • Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products
  • low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars
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  • Fresh fruits
  • Fresh vegetables
  • If "healthy eating" makes you think about the foods you can't have, try refocusing on all the new foods you can eat—
  • Calcium-rich foods
  • A new twist on an old favorite
  • Some general tips for comfort foods:
  • Consume them less often.
  • Eat smaller amounts.
  • a lower-calorie version.
  • Making the same healthy eating choices over time can lead to better eating habits.
  • thinking more positively
  • focusing on what you can have
    • Joti P
      Joti P on 02 Dec 11
       
      This website is great for the fact that it is a gov website and it really emphasises the main categories of healthy eating and also how to make it worth while.
    • Ali C
      Ali C on 04 Dec 11
       
      This website helped answer my first 2 questions about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and how to keep your diet healthy and how to keep your calories in check. The types of foods you should intake and how they affect our body.
  • Joti P on 02 Dec 11
     
    Provides a good description for my first question.
Aninder S

How Canada Performs - 0 views

How Canada Performs 2011-Lifestyle and Health - YouTube: This video excludes the focus of Canada as an international player in world health, and focuses just within Canada. We see how diabetes and...

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Aninder S

How Canada Performs 2011-Lifestyle and Health - YouTube - 0 views

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Canada Lifestyle Health

shared by Aninder S on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Aninder S on 06 Jan 12
     
    This next video discusses both the positives and the negative associated with Canada's health system. We have improved our overall health rate through the use of modern technology, but we have not been able to control the rise in obesity and diabetes.
Aninder S

5 nutritious habits of the planet's healthiest countries - Page 2 - CNN - 0 views

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shared by Aninder S on 03 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Healthy Habit 2: Savor leisurely dining
  • Healthy Habit 3: Practice portion control
    • Jason Levitt
      Jason Levitt on 04 Dec 11
       
      One of the keys to a healthy lifestyle; moderation in all that we do!
Aninder S

Advertising fast foo - 0 views

Advertising fast food to children and its major shift - YouTube: As technology has improved immensely in the past few years, corporate businesses have found ingenious ways of persuading the averag...

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Anita B

Good Calories, Bad Calories - 0 views

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shared by Anita B on 18 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • According to him if we concentrate on including good calories in our diet and cutting out the bad calories it will be much easier for us to lose weight as well as to maintain good health
    • Anita B
      Anita B on 18 Jan 12
       
      Usually when people want to loose weight they cut down on things such as fat, sugar etc. and don't pay much attention to good calories vs bad calories, myself included
  • “Exercise does not make us lose excess fat; it makes us hungry.” His belief is that exercising can actually make you gain weight because you end up eating more than you normally would.
    • Anita B
      Anita B on 18 Jan 12
       
      I disagree here as a person can workout and even though they are hungry they can eat healthy, leading to a healthy lifestyle
Wasif H

Bodybuilding.com - How Much Protein Should You Consume? - 0 views

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body fitness healthy food Health lean

shared by Wasif H on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • You can use this Protein Calculator to determine the optimum protein consumption to accomplish your goals!
  • t's healthiest to divide your protein consumption into 5 or 6 meals evenly spaced throughout the day with the total amount being in the range given by the protein calculator. For more info, check out our whey and ionic whey pages.
  • A good way to efficiently raise your protein intake is by drinking protein shakes or eating protein bars. Check out our full listing of Protein Powders or Low Carb Proteins for great results. Protein Bars and Protein Powders are perfect for enhancing strength and energy at your convenience.
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  • ifestyle/Training Goal Daily Protein Needs Lifestyle/Training Goal Daily Protein Needs Bodybuilding 1.0 - 1.6g/lb bodyweight   Endurance 0.7 - 0.9g/lb bodyweight Power & Speed 0.9 - 1.1g/lb bodyweight   Trauma Recovery 0.9 - 1.4g/lb bodyweight Dieting 0.35 - 1.0g/lb bodyweight   Stressed 0.45 - 0.7g/lb
    • Wasif H
      Wasif H on 08 Jan 12
       
      This is  a good Protein calculator which narrows the amounts down according to your training goals.
Aninder S

The Importance of Sleep - 0 views

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Sleep Importance

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  • We don't need to know that rats who generally live 2 - 3 years die within 3 weeks when deprived of sleep to understand how important sleep is to our bodies and health. But it does emphasize the importance of sleep!
  • brain wave activity during sleep and how the eyeballs roll around rapidly during certain stages of sleep
  • Sleep is the time we rest so that the body can rejuvenate and recharge.
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  • The body needs sleep and rest time to build and repair itself.
  • babies can sleep up to 20 hours a day
  • children need 10 - 12 hours of sleep every day on average.
  • importance of sleep is obvious when we look at how it's necessary for physical growth and health!
  • One thing that definitely affects sleep is a certain hormone that your body produces called melatonin
  • Sleep (or lack of sleep) has a direct impact on your health and energy levels
  • The main factors that determine wellness or illness in addition to sleep are: Nutrition Physical Activity and Stress Management
Aninder S

Quick and Efficient - 0 views

Quick and Efficient Workouts: It's always a race against the clock everyday, and we want to get as much as we can get done. With our busy lifestyles it's hard to get a workout for an hour. This ar...

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Joti P

Weight Training for Teens | Pure Matters - 0 views

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weight training teens

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  • Weight Training for Teens
  • Teens who work out with weights, as well as exercise aerobically, reduce by half their risk for sports injuries.
  • Weight training also helps improve sports performance
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  • boosts bone density and strengthens tendons,
  • Weight training vs. body building
  • Weight training focuses on improving musculoskeletal strength and total fitness
  • Fitness, not superhero
  • Middle- and high-school students should train to increase their strength and improve their physical fitness
  • good teen weight-training program focuses on toning muscles with lighter weights and a high number of repetitions.
  • Be responsible
  • Teens should be supervised at all times while strength training, and should always use safe equipment.
  • Start slowly
  • should begin slowly and increase gradually.
  • shouldn't be increased too soon or by too much.
  • emphasize proper technique
  • Two to three sessions a week on alternating days should be enough to strengthen and tone muscles.
  • Size matters
  • "Programs for teens often rely on free weights, such as dumbbells and barbells; rubber tubing; and calisthenics, such as abdominal curls."
  • Focus on the individual
  • should be individually designed for each adolescent
  • Make it fun
  • should be noncompetitive and fun
  • Stay active
  • Conditioning exercises should be part of an active lifestyle that includes plenty of other physical activity.
  • should feel comfortable with the weight-training program and look forward to it.
  • "Participating in a wide variety of physical activities helps teens stay balanced, trim and physically healthy."
  • Joti P on 06 Jan 12
     
    Good page to read up on muscle training for teens 
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