Diet and Fitness Today Blog : fitness category
Pilates and Parkinson’s Disease
August, 2008 by Antonia
Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive neurological condition which affects everyday movements such as walking, talking and writing. Dr James Parkinson (1755 – 1824) was the physician who first identified it as a specific condition. The disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in the brain (specifically the substantia nigra) which produce the chemical [...]
Posted in diet, fitness“Thin-Fat” - Fat and Fit vs. Skinny and Unfit
August, 2008 by Antonia
“Thin-Fat” - our expression for those supposedly “lucky” individuals who, no matter what they put down their necks, never seem to put on weight. You’ve seen them at the gym - they’re the ones who wear next to nothing yet also do next to nothing on the cross-trainer.
We may envy their amazing capacity for food, [...]
Michael Phelps’ Calorie Intake – What would YOU have to eat?
August, 2008 by Antonia
In his epic bid to become the greatest Olympian of all time, and to re-write the record books, Michael Phelps needs some turbo-charged nutrition. He’s fuelling his punishing Olympics race schedule by taking in 12,000 calories per day, a staggering 5,000 calories more than a typical heavyweight rowing male will consume, and 2,000 – 4,000 [...]
Posted in diet, fitnessDiet and Fitness Today Blog - Welcome
August, 2008 by Antonia
Welcome to our new blog for Diet and Fitness Today, it has been a long time coming. The site has been live for a number of years and finally we are adding our Diet and Fitness Blog. We’ll be adding bits and bobs that we find useful, interesting, peculiar or just amusing in the world [...]
Posted in diet, fitnessIncome and obesity - too expensive to eat healthily?
May, 2007 by Antonia
There is no getting away from it, high quality food is expensive. It’s all very well to dole out advice and tips about fresh fruit and veg, lean cuts of meat and so on, but how does someone on a low income feed a large family in this way? It has long been accepted that [...]
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