Working out is a practice you can do for yourself to care for yourself spiritually and mentally, as well as physically. Other practices for this include being in nature, such as walking at the park or going to the beach, and meditation. Sometimes reading, dancing or a walk down any street will also center you.
Working out is especially great because you have time for yourself to use wisely in ways that will benefit you. While you work out, you love yourself and communicate silently with yourself. Ideas and solutions to problems will pop in your head. You will think easily about the future. You will feel revived and strong in every way - spiritually, mentally and physically. You will be able to work out "dark" emotions.
Do it and you will love it more and more!
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on www.louizapatsis.com, http://www.authorhouse.com, www.bn.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Possible Health Benefits of Chocolate
Mayans in Guatemala and Aztecs in Mexico served a cocoa drink and used cocoa nuts as currency. The drink was considered to be a royal drink. I learned this at the Natural Museum of History in their cocoa exhibit in 2005. Europeans added sugar and milk to cocoa nut products. I love dark chocolate, but I will take it in almost any way. It is such a joy to post this on Christmas. Christmas and chocolate - hmmmmm.
Health benefits of chocolate include: Phytochemicals called flavonoids that are antioxidants, which block arterial damage caused by free radicals and inhibit platelet aggregation, which could cause a heart attack or stroke. Some studies that that cocoa flavonoids relax the blood vessels, which inhibit an enzyme that causes inflammation. A recent study by Holland's National Institute of Public Health and Environment found that chocolate contains four times the antioxidants of green tea.
Dark chocolate with a high concentration of cocoa powder is best. Check to see if your chocolate source has a high amount of saturated fat that would outweigh antioxidant levels. As always, balance is key. You can have some milk chocolate even if your overall daily fat, at least for several days in a row, is not high, and you keep exercising!
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Health benefits of chocolate include: Phytochemicals called flavonoids that are antioxidants, which block arterial damage caused by free radicals and inhibit platelet aggregation, which could cause a heart attack or stroke. Some studies that that cocoa flavonoids relax the blood vessels, which inhibit an enzyme that causes inflammation. A recent study by Holland's National Institute of Public Health and Environment found that chocolate contains four times the antioxidants of green tea.
Dark chocolate with a high concentration of cocoa powder is best. Check to see if your chocolate source has a high amount of saturated fat that would outweigh antioxidant levels. As always, balance is key. You can have some milk chocolate even if your overall daily fat, at least for several days in a row, is not high, and you keep exercising!
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Possible Benefits of Coffee
I think that coffee may be just fine for some people. Studies continue to be done. I am in line with that, and include chocolate, even if it's dark
and bitter. They could be better than anything (depending on the
person). I have been attending lectures at the New York Academy of
Science for about 10 years. It moved from a beautiful 63rd-Street to
the 40th floor of a building right next to where the two towers were
downtown. the view is great.
A Brazilian man from the company Illy talked. I was disappointed. I really wanted to see molecular formulas and explanations. It was mostly commercial and I know that he is biased. He spoke about the two beans - Arabica and Robusta. He prefers
Robusta, the predominant type. He did not go over any chemistry,
but did make some claims: Coffee contains many antioxidants; espresso has one-fourth of the amount of caffeine as a cup of joe; coffee has been shown to have an anti-correlative relationship to certain cancers such as colon cancer and to hepatic
cirrhosis; and some forms of decaffeinating coffee strip it of
antioxidants. He claimed that the average US diet has coffee as the
main source of antioxidants. (Too many of these are not good.) He
also pointed out that it is a diuretic, and that that is not sexy, in
his macho accent. Also note that most teas have caffeine.
It was interesting to note that Finland, Norway and Switzerland are top coffee
consumers. The United States and Greece were not even in the top 10. Northern
Europe took the cake. France was maybe number 8 and Italy was around
there too. Ethiopia has wild coffee growing, and he says that's the
only place that has that.
I think almost anything in moderation is good, it's different for each person, and what you think about what you eat affects you. Upcoming lectures on food include
chocolate, champagne and Scotch Whiskey. (I don't like the latter.) See www.nyas.org.
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
and bitter. They could be better than anything (depending on the
person). I have been attending lectures at the New York Academy of
Science for about 10 years. It moved from a beautiful 63rd-Street to
the 40th floor of a building right next to where the two towers were
downtown. the view is great.
A Brazilian man from the company Illy talked. I was disappointed. I really wanted to see molecular formulas and explanations. It was mostly commercial and I know that he is biased. He spoke about the two beans - Arabica and Robusta. He prefers
Robusta, the predominant type. He did not go over any chemistry,
but did make some claims: Coffee contains many antioxidants; espresso has one-fourth of the amount of caffeine as a cup of joe; coffee has been shown to have an anti-correlative relationship to certain cancers such as colon cancer and to hepatic
cirrhosis; and some forms of decaffeinating coffee strip it of
antioxidants. He claimed that the average US diet has coffee as the
main source of antioxidants. (Too many of these are not good.) He
also pointed out that it is a diuretic, and that that is not sexy, in
his macho accent. Also note that most teas have caffeine.
It was interesting to note that Finland, Norway and Switzerland are top coffee
consumers. The United States and Greece were not even in the top 10. Northern
Europe took the cake. France was maybe number 8 and Italy was around
there too. Ethiopia has wild coffee growing, and he says that's the
only place that has that.
I think almost anything in moderation is good, it's different for each person, and what you think about what you eat affects you. Upcoming lectures on food include
chocolate, champagne and Scotch Whiskey. (I don't like the latter.) See www.nyas.org.
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Varying Positions and Angles
A way to get off a plateau and see results in muscle tone is to vary positions and angles. Different muscles fibers are stimulated. Here are some examples:
1. See the biceps blog on how to vary sets by turning your writes inside or outside.
2. For the pectoral muscles, when using free weights on a bench, hold them with your palms facing you and do four sets of ten repetitions, and then repeat with your palms facing upward. For the chest press, sometimes use a machine where you can squeeze the handles together at the end of repetitions. For the bench press, vary where you hold the bar.
3. For latissimus dorsi, when you use the latissimus dorsi pulldown machine, vary where you hold the bar. The same is true for the machine with the hanging bar.
4. For the leg press machines, vary where you put your feet. See that blog.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
1. See the biceps blog on how to vary sets by turning your writes inside or outside.
2. For the pectoral muscles, when using free weights on a bench, hold them with your palms facing you and do four sets of ten repetitions, and then repeat with your palms facing upward. For the chest press, sometimes use a machine where you can squeeze the handles together at the end of repetitions. For the bench press, vary where you hold the bar.
3. For latissimus dorsi, when you use the latissimus dorsi pulldown machine, vary where you hold the bar. The same is true for the machine with the hanging bar.
4. For the leg press machines, vary where you put your feet. See that blog.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Steroids
I anticipated the Robert Mitchell report on baseball and steroids. I did not read it. I read a little about it. From hearing him on television, it did not seem like the baseball officials or team members care much about integrity in their sport. It is cheating and not fair game for some people to be using that and others not to use it. And it is not healthy. One can do the work, especially if they are already in shape and great athletes. In cases like Andy Pettite's where he used growth hormone for two days as medicine, it can be overlooked. But with those such as Sammy Sosa that want to been acknowledged for breaking records and use steroids consistently, I say, play fair!
Some health effects, taken partly from health effects are:
liver cancer; heart attacks; blood clots leading to stroke; high cholesterol; and acne.
Withdrawal symptoms include: depression and mood swings; fatigue; restlessness; loss of appetite; insomnia; and reduced sex drive.
Some information for this bog was taken from http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/steroids/index.html#.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
Some health effects, taken partly from health effects are:
liver cancer; heart attacks; blood clots leading to stroke; high cholesterol; and acne.
Withdrawal symptoms include: depression and mood swings; fatigue; restlessness; loss of appetite; insomnia; and reduced sex drive.
Some information for this bog was taken from http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/steroids/index.html#.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Disclaimer: None of the above information can be taken as a substitute for advice from a medical professional such as a physician.
Monday, December 10, 2007
A Thesaurus of Health Information Online
Did you know that you can get top medical journal information at your fingertips in seconds? Where can you get this? You can get this on www.pubmed.gov. Medline, the largest source of medical information in the country, is available for free on this Web site. A history of Medline is on my Web site www.louizapatsis.com.
I will not review how to use the Web site at length. There are tutorials on it available to you. You can look for journal articles by author or title. You must be careful to spell correctly. You may also look up subjects by keywords. Be careful to narrow down the keywords as much as you can, if you know specifics about your search. For instance, if you were to look up hypertension, you would get more than a quarter million responses! You can use everyday keywords like nosebleed, or "fancier" scientific terms like "epitaxis" for the same search. Medline knows how to cross reference these keywords.
Most journal articles are not free, but you can usually view their abstract to see the major points, including conclusions. You can decide then if you would like to purchase the journal article online after visiting the journal Web site. Many libraries would have the journal as well.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
I will not review how to use the Web site at length. There are tutorials on it available to you. You can look for journal articles by author or title. You must be careful to spell correctly. You may also look up subjects by keywords. Be careful to narrow down the keywords as much as you can, if you know specifics about your search. For instance, if you were to look up hypertension, you would get more than a quarter million responses! You can use everyday keywords like nosebleed, or "fancier" scientific terms like "epitaxis" for the same search. Medline knows how to cross reference these keywords.
Most journal articles are not free, but you can usually view their abstract to see the major points, including conclusions. You can decide then if you would like to purchase the journal article online after visiting the journal Web site. Many libraries would have the journal as well.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Choice: Exercise or Diet?
I cannot resist saying it: My intuition was right again! I have thought before: If given a choice I must make, exercise or diet, I would choose exercise. And a new study by Blair et al. in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) came out saying the same thing: It is best to be fit, than thin.
Here are some of my reasons, before I even take a look at the summary of this article: 1. Food gets burned down into smaller chains of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins; 2. Working out increases your metabolism; 3. Working out makes your body "sharper" like school or crossword puzzles make your mind sharper, and your body is better able to take care of itself with a better immune system, and more (this comes from my intuition, and watch out for the next article); 4. Working out keeps your body healthier. This includes your digestive system which is better able to get rid of what your body doe snot need; and 5. Last but not least: Working out allows you to get in touch with yourself and make better choices in diet and exercise that suit you and your life.
I found a 1996 JAMA journal article of his called Influences of Ccardiorespiratory Fitness and other Precursors on Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Men and Women that indicates in both women and men: fit people with any combination of smoking, elevated blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol level had lower adjusted death rates than low-fit persons with none of these characteristics.
In the study, Blair's team looked at the relationship between body fat, fitness and longevity in 2,603 men and women aged 60 and older. Twenty-three percent of overweight people were classified as unfit, and 53% obese people were classified as unfit. In other words, a huge percentage of people in both of these categories were not classified as unfit! "You really can't tell if a person is fit by looking at them," he said.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Here are some of my reasons, before I even take a look at the summary of this article: 1. Food gets burned down into smaller chains of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins; 2. Working out increases your metabolism; 3. Working out makes your body "sharper" like school or crossword puzzles make your mind sharper, and your body is better able to take care of itself with a better immune system, and more (this comes from my intuition, and watch out for the next article); 4. Working out keeps your body healthier. This includes your digestive system which is better able to get rid of what your body doe snot need; and 5. Last but not least: Working out allows you to get in touch with yourself and make better choices in diet and exercise that suit you and your life.
I found a 1996 JAMA journal article of his called Influences of Ccardiorespiratory Fitness and other Precursors on Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Men and Women that indicates in both women and men: fit people with any combination of smoking, elevated blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol level had lower adjusted death rates than low-fit persons with none of these characteristics.
In the study, Blair's team looked at the relationship between body fat, fitness and longevity in 2,603 men and women aged 60 and older. Twenty-three percent of overweight people were classified as unfit, and 53% obese people were classified as unfit. In other words, a huge percentage of people in both of these categories were not classified as unfit! "You really can't tell if a person is fit by looking at them," he said.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Exercise and Happy Hormones
Will exercise make you happy? I do not think it will make you happy in and of itself, but it can help. You need to reach in and generate happiness. Do not look at exercise or any one person or thing to make you happy.
Yet studies have come out, as one recently in Nature Medicine, showing how hormones that may induce happiness are increased in level during and shortly after exercise.
In the past, exercise has been linked to increased levels of endorphins and serotonin, which make us feel good. Serotonin levels increase after chocolate ingestion. So don't eat that chocolate bar, exercise instead.
The Nature Medicine article showed that the gene for nerve growth factor known as VGF was enhanced with exercise. this nerve growth factor has an anti-depressant effect.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Yet studies have come out, as one recently in Nature Medicine, showing how hormones that may induce happiness are increased in level during and shortly after exercise.
In the past, exercise has been linked to increased levels of endorphins and serotonin, which make us feel good. Serotonin levels increase after chocolate ingestion. So don't eat that chocolate bar, exercise instead.
The Nature Medicine article showed that the gene for nerve growth factor known as VGF was enhanced with exercise. this nerve growth factor has an anti-depressant effect.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Top Body Fat Measurement: Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA)
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) or X-rays are the most effective approach. But this exposes you to harmful X-rays. Technicians need to be highly trained. Equipment and the procedure are expensive. Unless a good physician tell you to do this, and it resonates well with your intuition, do not do it. Your body fat percentage can change in a day, anyway.
Interestingly, using this as the gold standard, this is the sequence from greatest to least, of accurate body fat percentage readings*: body pod (may explain in another blog), caliper measures, BMI and impedance. I worked at a gym about 10 years ago where they used impedance as progress over calipers. That did not land well with me. Well, I am right again. :)
*Sardinha LB, Lohman TG, Teixeira PJ, Guedes DP, Going SB. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 68 (1998); 786-793.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Interestingly, using this as the gold standard, this is the sequence from greatest to least, of accurate body fat percentage readings*: body pod (may explain in another blog), caliper measures, BMI and impedance. I worked at a gym about 10 years ago where they used impedance as progress over calipers. That did not land well with me. Well, I am right again. :)
*Sardinha LB, Lohman TG, Teixeira PJ, Guedes DP, Going SB. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 68 (1998); 786-793.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Problems with Bioelectrical Impedance Body Fat Measurements
A device is used to send non-harmful electrical current through the body. Fat conducts electricity slower than muscle. Equations are applied.
Some problems with this approach include:
1. Different devices vary in quality and accuracy.
2. Skin conditions such as sweat ad dryness affect measurements.
3. Different body types can affect readings.
Formulas do not account for the above.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Some problems with this approach include:
1. Different devices vary in quality and accuracy.
2. Skin conditions such as sweat ad dryness affect measurements.
3. Different body types can affect readings.
Formulas do not account for the above.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Problems with Fat Caliper Testing
Some problems with the caliper approach include:
1. Different devices vary in quality and accuracy;
2. Skin conditions such as sweat and dryness affect measurements;
3. Different body types can affect readings.
For example: Sally may have lots of fat in her triceps but the fitness professional does not choose this as one of the areas on which to use a caliper;
2. Testing can be embarrassing; and 3. Some fitness professionals cannot conduct this properly.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
1. Different devices vary in quality and accuracy;
2. Skin conditions such as sweat and dryness affect measurements;
3. Different body types can affect readings.
For example: Sally may have lots of fat in her triceps but the fitness professional does not choose this as one of the areas on which to use a caliper;
2. Testing can be embarrassing; and 3. Some fitness professionals cannot conduct this properly.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Problems with Body Mass Index (BMI)
Always look at different wages of health and fitness. There is no magic indicator. Here are some problems with the BMI index (used in and of itself):
1. It does not account for higher weight due to higher muscle density. It may "penalize" people for being muscular.
2. People may make mistakes in their weight and height measurements.
3. Does not necessarily correlate to fat percentage.
4. Height may be measured differently in different cultures or areas.
See the previous BMI blog.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
1. It does not account for higher weight due to higher muscle density. It may "penalize" people for being muscular.
2. People may make mistakes in their weight and height measurements.
3. Does not necessarily correlate to fat percentage.
4. Height may be measured differently in different cultures or areas.
See the previous BMI blog.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
More on the HHMI Fat and Genes DVD
I continued to view the HHMI fat and genes DVD. The student questions are superb. Among other questions, they asked if having anorexia causes permanent problems, if Olexa works, if low metabolism or being obese greatly hamper weight loss. The scientist kept relying on what experiments have been done. The scientists even went on to say that there is no evidence of exercise leading to weight loss. They said that no experiments have been done on anorexia long-term effects, except for bone density. My intuition and recollection differ. I will look into this and post another blog within a month. Electrolytes in the brain due to low nutrient intake and water retention can be affected, perhaps permanently.
My belief is that a yin yang approach needs to be used: Use intuition and personal experience along with science fact. In like vein, I believe that health should be approached with both Western and Eastern medicine and perspectives.
So hit the gym or whatever other place of exercise you have, start working and start getting in touch with yourself. Be responsible for your health. That includes reading up, working out and going within your spirit and soul.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
My belief is that a yin yang approach needs to be used: Use intuition and personal experience along with science fact. In like vein, I believe that health should be approached with both Western and Eastern medicine and perspectives.
So hit the gym or whatever other place of exercise you have, start working and start getting in touch with yourself. Be responsible for your health. That includes reading up, working out and going within your spirit and soul.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
Is a Calorie a Calorie: On Diets such as Atkins
I discovered something wonderful: DVDs on science facts from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland can be obtained free. Just go to their Web site and order!
I ordered some on genes, a favorite topic of mine, and fat and sexuality. On the topic of fat, part of the DVD dealt with student questions to a physician and scientists. A interesting question was on the effect on weight loss of the Atkins Diet. I tried this diet more than one time years ago. It works, partly by suppressing insulin levels which decreases sugar, as opposed to fat, being used for fuel. My intuition told me that it is not healthy to be on this diet for more than two weeks at a time, and I have since read expert advice along these lines. The reason for this is that you do not want to have too much fat in your system continuously. You may lose weight, a large part of it being water, while at the same time leaving yourself susceptible to artherosceloris.
The doctor and one scientist agreed that it is not a diet to be on for a long time. They said something interesting: A calorie is a calorie. If you take in too many calories relative to physical exercise on any diet, including the Atkins diet, you will gain weight most likely.
Again the key is to get in touch with yourself through mediation, working out, yoga or whatever you need and use both your intuition and trying different diets and exercise out to see what works for you. Balance again is key: You do to need to go through strict organic or vegetarian or low-carbohydrate or the Atkins diet to be healthy and/or to lose weight.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
I ordered some on genes, a favorite topic of mine, and fat and sexuality. On the topic of fat, part of the DVD dealt with student questions to a physician and scientists. A interesting question was on the effect on weight loss of the Atkins Diet. I tried this diet more than one time years ago. It works, partly by suppressing insulin levels which decreases sugar, as opposed to fat, being used for fuel. My intuition told me that it is not healthy to be on this diet for more than two weeks at a time, and I have since read expert advice along these lines. The reason for this is that you do not want to have too much fat in your system continuously. You may lose weight, a large part of it being water, while at the same time leaving yourself susceptible to artherosceloris.
The doctor and one scientist agreed that it is not a diet to be on for a long time. They said something interesting: A calorie is a calorie. If you take in too many calories relative to physical exercise on any diet, including the Atkins diet, you will gain weight most likely.
Again the key is to get in touch with yourself through mediation, working out, yoga or whatever you need and use both your intuition and trying different diets and exercise out to see what works for you. Balance again is key: You do to need to go through strict organic or vegetarian or low-carbohydrate or the Atkins diet to be healthy and/or to lose weight.
My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.
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