Five simple fitness strategies for holiday season success
LifeStrong staff and wire reports propose five practical steps to stay active through Thanksgiving and Christmas. Plan workouts around a busy schedule, schedule them in the calendar, partner with others for active events, reward yourself with fitness gear, and multitask by adding short exercises during holiday tasks.
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Livestrong.com
Do multivitamins live up to the hype in healthy adults
Brandon Commiskey and others discuss whether daily multivitamins fill dietary gaps. Experts say supplements cannot replace produce or correct all nutrient deficits, though some may help with certain vitamins. The debate centers on value, budget, and actual health effects.
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Nora Norback
Kaiser Permanente
Norback
Richmond
Calif
National Institutes of Health
Office of Dietary Supplements
Nutrient reference values for vitamins and minerals
The guidance lists daily amounts of various nutrients found in foods. Calcium values are stated for children and adults, vitamin D amounts for adults and seniors, and vitamin A amounts for fruits vegetables and dairy. Specific targets include 1000 mg calcium for adults and 1300 mg for children, 600 IU vitamin D for most adults and 800 IU for those over 70, with others like 90 mg for vitamin A and 6 mg for vitamin E.
Push-Ups on Wall Tips by Chrissy Kad
Ashlee Ladikos shares wall push-up guidance for beginners with steps to place hands on the wall, keep shoulders aligned, bend chin and chest, and avoid fully straight elbows. Maintain a straight back and tight abs, then progress to ground push-ups with 10 to 12 reps in two sets. Increase reps if you can.
Young student Starts Green Acres Sports Club
Ten year old Wayne Evans leads Green Acres Elementary students in forming a lunch hour baseball program. He circulated a petition with 27 or 49 names, spoke to the Home and School Club, and with parent and staff support purchased helmets bases and equipment for a fourth and fifth grade co ed league.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Wayne Evans
Green Acres
Wayne
Elmos
Yo-yo dieting may reprogram brain response to stress
A Journal of Neuroscience study in mice found that calorie restriction elevates the stress hormone corticosterone and shifts DNA in genes linked to eating and stress. After returning to normal weight, these mice showed increased stress responses and a preference for fatty foods, suggesting dieting elevates long term relapse risk. Principal investigator Tracy Bale of the University of Pennsylvania notes dieting may hinder success and alter future emotional drives for food.
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Journal of Neuroscience
Tracy Bale
University of Pennsylvania
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