Dieting

Pre workout nutrition is widely discussed and debated upon amongst fitness pros. There are ways to do it if you want to put on size or a different way if you want to lose fat. People want to know what kind of protein bar to eat or what kind of fat burner to take or even what kind of protein shake to drink. Today I am going to tell you about pre workout nutrition for fat loss. First lets start with protein bars, NEVER ever eat them, if they taste like a candy bar then they are just as bad…

4 Major Muscle-Building Rules You spend almost every day doing high-intensity workouts in the gum and yet you still wonder why you can’t build well-defined muscles? The most common reasons why this happens is because of improper diet, over training and wrong choice of exercises. If you want to effectively burn calories and grow muscle mass you should apply the following tips in your workout routine. Change the Eating Habits In order to build muscles and to burn fat, it is essential to consume…

After reading "How safe is the Paleo diet?", I have learned that fad diets are not the way to achieve weight loss. It was interesting to learn that even though the Paleo diet recommends fruit and vegetables to help achieve weight loss, and a lower carbohydrate consumption to lessen the chance of high blood glucose levels, there's no guarantee you will drop pounds. Besides these factors, a study conducted on mice, revealed that an increase in glucose intolerance, insulin, and extreme weight gain…

Vytorin is a prescription drug that helps with reducing the amount of “bad” cholesterol, known as low density lipoproteins, absorbed by your body with a combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin (Vytorin). The advertisement has pictures of food on the left side and then a picture of a person who looks like the food on the right side which is supposed to represent people in your family (G). They do this in order to show the two main causes of increased cholesterol. By the end of the commercial you…

In the article,” Gap in Quality Between Wealthiest and Poorest Americans Doubles,” by Tracie McMillan, we see how the lowest American people happens because it’s hard to come by. This study shows how the wealthiest Americans diets have improved of the last decade and the poorest Americans have worsened. This study also, showed how healthy foods have become more expensive and lower income areas have less supermarkets in their areas. Although SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

1. *Current statistics: a. What are the current rates of obesity in i) adults and ii) children Two thirds of Americans are currently obese. The current rates of obesity in children is 18 percent. b. Are the rates currently continuing on the upward climb? 2. Factors leading to obesity: a. Before viewing this film, what did think were factors that contribute to overeating and obesity? Before viewing this film, I knew that some factors were genetics. Genetics can play a significant role in how…

Memory, and attention have a very close relationship because of how they need one for the other. “Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present” (Sternberg, 1999). This quote embodies how memory is because it's created by the 5 senses, and the experiences which these senses allow us to have. Attention holds a big part in this too because of how when a new smell, sound,feeling, taste, and sight is received it’s a factor of us focusing…

Children are prone to have their minds subjigated to these hypnotizing television ads. We must start to regulate ads that are made to specifically target children. In most cirumstances ads will manipulate children into believing that they need the product beiong advertised, because of its flashy designs and popularity. I know this first hand as I was prey as a child several times, practically forcing my parents to buy me nonsense toys or video games. Obviously there are two sides to…

Most criminologists have come to an agreement that as an individual age, the correlation to crime activity declines (Siegel, 52). Age and crime connection has been greatly studied and connected with various aspects from home life, health, hormones, diet, mental disorders and other environmental factors. However, it is known that the older one gets, the less crime they commit. Take for instance, health, as a person ages, their health declines. Take myself as an example. While I am still…

Tiger lady Olivia Munn needed to undergo a celebrity weight loss diet in order to become Pyslocke for “X-Men: Apocalypse.” The actress needed to lose 12 lbs and had to take Victoria’s Secret Model Gisele Bundchen. This celebrity weight loss was successful that she was able to fit into her Psylocke outfit. According to Perez Hilton, she didn’t set out to lose weight. Instead, her diet was to gain strength. She was taking on tae kwon do traning and was on the 80-20 Gisele Bundchen diet. The…