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What Does 100 Calories Look Like? Here is another helpful visual for estimating portion sizes. This set of photos uses a plate 8.5 inches across (same as the short side of a standard sheet of paper). Go to the article to see LOTS more examples — for fruits, vegetables, meats, and grain-based foods. The article…
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Naps at Work: James Hamblin Makes the Case James Hamblin is a physician who reports for The Atlantic magazine. This is a recent video from his series, If Bodies Could Talk. This charming series takes the form of brief interviews with Hamblin, who is awkward and boyish, interspersed with facts about the subject of the…
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Vegetarian Dishes for Thanksgiving The phrase sounds strange for a turkey-based holiday, but a lot of traditional foods at Thanksgiving don’t have (or need) meats or animal fats in them. These collections go beyond traditional comfort foods like mac & cheese, candied yams, and pumpkin pie for some truly elegant — and still very Thanksgiving…
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Kettlebells! Kettlebells are wonderful exercise equipment. They are relatively small and easy to store, and that makes them seem expensive for what they are (not taking up much space!), but they are a steal compared to a treadmill or a Bowflex, and they offer a great workout that combines strength and cardio conditioning. You can…
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What Does It Mean to Be Full? Every once in a while, I see advice like “Only eat when you are hungry,” or “Eat until you are full.” I recently saw my personal favorite: “Eat until you are 70% full.” Although I am not quite as driven in this area as Louis CK describes above,…
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What Is an Empty Calorie? Empty calories are found in simple foods with little to no nutritional value, like chips, candy, or sugary sodas. Empty calories contain energy but are “empty” of nutrients that support our bodies — you may also hear this referred to as “low nutrient density.” Fluffy — like a marshmallow! Many…
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Now THAT’s an Active Commute Pull-ups and chin-ups are advanced bodyweight moves that make many people’s lists of Blue Sky Goals — "I’d love to be able to, but I don’t think it will ever happen.“ They are doable! Check out these options for pull-up progressions: — Nick Janvier’s Start Bodyweight has several progressions available, including…
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A Range of Human Excellence We have a fairly narrow general idea of what “in shape” looks like — generally slim, at least from the hips down, with strong cultural ideas about how men and women “should” look. And few people have a clear sense of performance needs separate from looks. In Athlete, Howard Schatz…
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Accounting Without Counting One of the most polarizing issues in healthy eating is counting calories. Some people say it’s the ONLY thing that works; other people say it ALWAYS steers you wrong. Whether you find it easy or get anxious just thinking about it, calorie counting is definitely a complex skill. It’s also very hard…