Posts Tagged ‘fitness center’

If you have a passion for health and wellness, and you have an entrepreneurial spirit, then starting a health-based business could be right up your alley. After all, making a living by working as your own boss in an industry you love sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? However, as critical as passion is for any…

Strength training (or resistance training) does much more than build strong muscles and bones. Research in the past few years has confirmed that lifting weights changes human metabolism in ways that improve health and well-being. Resistance training improves resting metabolic rate and cardiorespiratory fitness. That’s a powerful swing of the pendulum from days when pushing barbells and mastering squats…

A recent study into the effects of specific bacterial strains on type 2 diabetes has identified four key bacteria that could be very significant for people who suffer from this chronic condition. Previous studies have shown that a key risk factor for type 2 diabetes is obesity, often caused by a Western diet and low physical activity, which…

Having a diabetic nutrition program is important if you want to maintain good health. Your diet is the key to keeping your health intact and feeling better in your body. A healthy diet is important for everyone regardless of health issues. But it is especially important for those with diabetes. Your diet can easily make…

As difficult as type 2 diabetes can sometimes be, there are ways to better manage it. Managing your diabetes through nutrition and fitness are two of the best ways to do this. Tests have shown that 38% percent of individuals with type 2 diabetes get less than the recommended amount of exercise. This often results…

As people are increasingly avoiding sugars and minding their overall health, alternative natural sweeteners have become a more popular option, one of them being the Monk fruit sweetener. What is monk fruit sweetener? The Monk fruit is a small, green gourd that resembles a melon. It’s mostly grown in South East Asia and has for…

by Matthew Kadey, MS, RD Why people should pick their post-workout snacks before exercising. A healthy post-exercise snack can kickstart recovery, whereas a poor food choice can quickly undo a good workout. A study in the journal Nutrients suggests we can boost nutrition after exercise by encouraging people to choose their post-workout snacks in advance. University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers found…

by Beverly Hosford, MA Sleep influences our demeanor, our choices, and how others perceive us. It shapes our waking hours, leaving us alert, calm, focused, and joyful—or tired, grumpy, distracted, and unhappy. That makes sleep a crucial concern for our harried clientele and for ourselves, as busy fitness professionals. We all try to sneak by without…

by Martica Heaner, PhD Studies suggest that dietary changes can improve lung health. If the eyes are a window to the soul, then the lungs are a door to the body—providing a gateway for the arrival of oxygen to every living cell. Fitness pros know that regular exercise trains the lungs to inhale more oxygen and exhale more…