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Exercise is an appetite suppressent!

Posted by Maria Kang on December 19th, 2008

I know I’m less hungry when I exercise!

Exercise Suppresses Appetite By Affecting Appetite Hormones
ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2008) — A vigorous 60-minute workout on a treadmill affects the release of two key appetite hormones, ghrelin and peptide YY, while 90 minutes of weight lifting affects the level of only ghrelin, according to a new study. Taken […]

How Fat went global.

Posted by Maria Kang on December 19th, 2008

No surprises!!!

How Fat Went Global
It’s not just Americans anymore; the whole world is becoming obese, and we have more than just the advent of cheap cheeseburgers to blame.

By Mary Carmichael | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Two years ago, when Barry Popkin announced that more than a billion people worldwide were overweight—easily outnumbering the 800 million who were […]

Daily Fitness Motivation - December 18

Posted by Maria Kang on December 19th, 2008

“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, […]

Worst Mall Foods!

Posted by Maria Kang on December 18th, 2008

Watch out Holiday Shoppers! There is bad food Everywhere!!

America’s Worst Mall Foods! 
It’s that time of year again, when you’re logging more hours than ever at the mall. Blame stress, blame shopping fatigue, or blame the irresistible smell of food-court treats slamming your senses from the minute you walk in the door—whatever the reason, you’ll […]

Daily Fitness Motivation - December 18

Posted by Maria Kang on December 18th, 2008

Visualize your dream body!