New research presented at the 17th European Congress on Obesity (ECO) suggests that exercise done on Power Plate® vibration plate exercise machines in conjunction with a healthy diet may help people lose weight and trim harmful belly fat.
Archive | February, 2010
Fitness Town Health Tips: Acne Myths and Facts
There are a huge amount of myths circulating about acne vulgaris – its causes and its treatment – and although some may have a grain of truth, the explanation may not be relevant to what is causing you problems.
Are You In Sync With Your Body Clock?
Why is it that certain people are more productive and active at certain times of the day than others are? It’s because we each have our own unique internal body clock. We need to synchronize our daily schedules with our circadian rhythms to enjoy and make the most of our waking hours.
Greenhouse Warming? What Greenhouse Warming?
THE FACT of warming tells us nothing of the cause. Yet the scientific consensus is that, though the rapid climatic warming from 1906 to 1940 was a natural recovery from the historically low temperatures of the Little Ice Age, it is we who are chiefly to blame for the equally rapid warming from 1975 to the present. Since some climatologists challenge this consensus, can we settle the debate by predicting with models and then detecting by observation a characteristic “signature” in the climate data that allows us definitively to distinguish between anthropogenic and natural warming of the Earth’s atmosphere? This paper answers that key question.
Economic Horizon…Conclusions by Shawn Vint
Over quite a few months now, we’ve discussed causes of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), and looked both at current circumstances and future possibilities. We have accurately predicted a second stage to the downturn, though truth-be-told, all we did was rely on the math.
In this final segment we will go back to a more practical task…what to do on a personal level. This will involve action, so first and foremost it must be understood that I am not a professional investment advisor, and none of this discussion should be construed as investment or financial advice. It is not. It is a look at the possibilities that may lie ahead, and what protections we might want to consider in the event that one of the more negative outlooks becomes our reality.
Heart Rate Basics Revisited By Shawn Vint
During the course of an average day most of us think little about our heart rate. As an involuntary muscle it goes about doing its thing automatically (we hope) for our entire lives. When we are at rest we understand that our heart rate beats at a slower pace, and when we exercise the number of beats per minute (the standard measure of heart rate) increases. So…what else should we know?
The Mask of Parkinson’s By Robert Bochnak
Researchers explore the communications hurdles faced by those with Parkinson’s Disease and how they can be overcome.
Train for your body type: What Body Type Are You?
When it comes to shape, human beings come in all varieties. In all that diversity, though, each one of us falls into a category of three basic body types – the endomorph, the mesomorph and the ectomorph. Which one are you? What are you doing to optimize your body type?
The Anchor by Shawn Vint
Anyone who claims to have faith has heard from detractors and cynics that, “religion is just a crutch”. I’ll admit that to someone looking from outside of the faith perspective, it would be easy to make that association, but it would be a very superficial and incorrect conclusion to draw.
Homesteading by Shawn Vint
High food prices, even higher fuel prices, and home mortgages turning ‘upside down’; that unfortunate circumstance when the value of a home devalues to a point below the outstanding mortgage. Hectic lives where relationships have almost, or already, reached the breaking point, and stress isn’t being removed from our lives anymore,instead it’s being ‘managed’.
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