Fitness and Health: A Practical Guide to Nutrition, Exercise and Avoiding Disease

The best first foods to introduce are vegetables. Letting the baby play with a fresh raw carrot, zucchini or other raw vegetable ...

So much of the food preferences people develop later in life were acquired at an early age from what their parents fed them as b ...

22. Developing Maximum Aerobic Function Earlier in this book I defined fitness as a crucial element to human performance. In the ...

In humans, muscles have a mixture of both aerobic and anaerobic fibers. The aerobic muscles make up the foundation of the aerobi ...

diet also influences aerobic function, with high-glycemic foods (refined carbohydrates and other sugars) practically turning thi ...

in depression. By now, you know what causes ADS. In general, the two most common causes of ADS are: The underuse of aerobic mus ...

Hormonal imbalance. Premenstrual syndrome and menopausal symptoms are common in women with aer- obic deficiency. But both men a ...

23. The Anaerobic Epidemic Many people use the body’s anaerobic system in an effort to keep up with the fast pace of a stressful ...

turned on, the anaerobic system becomes active to supply the energy needs. It’s not unlike an overtrained athlete who builds the ...

squash. But after a few months his shoulder began hurting. Then his knee started to hurt and he felt much more tired dur- ing th ...

The significant production of oxygen free radicals can cause damage to virtually all bodily systems. This significantly increase ...

Once your aerobic system is ready to handle anaerobic exer- cise, you must determine how much it can handle. Everyone is differe ...

24 Heart-Rate Monitoring Consistently performing aerobic exercise is a key to developing the aerobic system. You can walk, jog, ...

addition, even the light pressure used to take your pulse from the carotid artery in the neck can trigger a more rapid slowing o ...

This is the 180 Formula, and it’s been a solid, time-tested method of training the aerobic system in beginners, world class and ...

Modify this number by selecting one of the following cat- egories: a. If you have a history of a major illness, are recovering ...

The only exceptions for this formula are for people over the age of 65, and those under the age of 16, as follows: For seniors i ...

lost more weight than in the previous two years, and her work- outs now gave her energy. In time she was able to go back to the ...

usually feels more difficult. This difference has to do with gravity stress. The gravity-stress difference between swimming and ...

too, but subjective. A very objective measure of progress is accom- plished using the maximum aerobic function test, or MAF Test ...