Mark Sisson, from Mark’s Daily Apple was on the news talking about the benefits of eating a low carb diet.
There is a second video on the sidebar where callers ask Mark questions about diets and health. One caller asks Mark about which carbs are good and which carbs are bad.
Read the post on Mark’s Daily Apple.
Once again Mark, thanks for all of the great information.
To clarify a few things before we start.
The challenge works like this:
1- burpee on day one
2 – burpees on day two
3- burpees on day three
etc. – until we reach 100 burpees on day one hundred
Some things to guide you during the challenge:
1. You can complete each day’s burpees all at once, or broken up and done at different times throughout the day.
2. If for some reason you miss a day, you have to make up all the missed burpees the following day.
3. If you don’t start the challenge on day one, you can “buy-in” at any time by doing ALL the missed day’s burpees on your first day.
4. Have fun doing burpees and getting stronger doing it!
5. I made up a spreadsheet to show you how many burpees you need to do each day and a running total of burpees done so far. Email me if you want a copy.
6. Post questions and comments on this web site.
7. I will update the site weekly giving the “weekly burpees” and “buy in” amount for you to follow.
Here is a great video from Crossfit HQ that shows you how to do a burpee and gives you a few variations also.
FYI - if you complete the 100 day challenge, you will have done a total of 5,050 burpees.
Categories: fitness
A few weeks ago, I found a fitness challenge that involves doing burpees. The idea is to do a 100 day challenge of burpees. Day one starts with doing one burpee, two burpees on day two and so on until you get to 100 on the 100th day. That is a lot of burpees!
This seemed like it could be a fun thing to do with some friends or as a group. So, I am looking for people to join in the challenge. The summer is just about over. Maybe like me, you went to too many BBQ’s and drank too many golden monkey’s. This can be a fun way to get in shape and at the same time work towards a shared fitness goal. Everyone who takes part can post comments and thoughts on this blog and it will be a great way to stay motivated and to help motivate others too.
The challenge will start on Monday, September 1st and will use this blog to keep track of progress and make updates over the next 100 days.
Here is a link to a good description from Crossfit Santa Cruz about the 100 day challenge. It tells you how to do a burpee and what is involved in the challenge. This challenge will follow the format explained in this link. This is where I got the idea.
Email me, or post a note in the comments if you want to get involved.
In case you get bored after a while, this video gives you some good “free style” variations to mix in to the routine.
Categories: fitness · inspiration
Fight back against Senate Bill 1941. If passed, this bill will only allow Registered Dietitians to “furnish nutritional information” or engage in the “explanation to persons as to the use of food.” We must stop the American Dietetic Association before legislation like this is passed in all 50 states. New Jersey is where we start.Take action now for your freedom to speak about nutrition.
Your role is simple: Dial the numbers below and say, “I’m calling to oppose Senate Bill 1941.” This bill proposes that in New Jersey only Registered Dieticians will be allowed to speak with clients about nutrition.
Robert Singer: (732) 901-0702
The ADA’s mission is to serve the public as “the most valued source” of good advice about food and nutrition. But the ADA receives more than $3 million from Wendy’s, McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Taco Bell, Hershey’s and more. On the ADA website you’ll find tips on how to make a family dinner healthier–sponsored by Wendy’s.
The U.S. government recommends 3-5 servings of vegetables, 2-4 servings of fruits and 6-11 servings of grains a day. When was the last time you saw a tray filled with greens, fruits and grains at Wendy’s?
Read more about troublesome partnerships with the food industry: Dietitians and their company sponsors make strange buffet fellows.
If this bill passes, New Jersey citizens will lose the freedom to seek dietary advice from nutrition experts of their choice. We don’t allow monopolies in business, so why would we allow Registered Dietitians to monopolize the field of nutrition?
Dr. Neal Barnard, founder and president of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says: “If standardization of the nutrition practice is left in the hands of a single professional organization, the potential bias caused by financial arrangements raises important questions…It is a dangerous mistake to establish in law a monopoly on nutritional counseling.”
Michael Jacobson, PhD, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says: “I’m very troubled by laws that prevent anyone–including professors of nutrition–from giving nutrition advice, unless they are registered dietitians.”
If this bill passes, millions will be impacted. The bill claims that the health and welfare of the residents of New Jersey will be protected by identifying to the public those individuals who are qualified and legally authorized to practice dietetics/nutrition. The citizens of New Jersey certainly need protection–but not from Health Counselors.
The time to call is now! Pick up the phone to have your voice heard.
Your urgent call to action is simple:
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Are beets the new spinach?
Maybe - Remember all those legendary Russian centenarians? Beets, frequently consumed either pickled or in borscht, the traditional Russian soup, may be one reason behind their long and healthy lives. These colorful root vegetables contain powerful nutrient compounds that help protect against heart disease, birth defects and certain cancers, especially colon cancer.
People whose diets supplied the highest average intake of choline (found in egg yolk and soybeans), and its metabolite betaine (found naturally in vegetables such as beets and spinach), have levels of inflammatory markers at least 20% lower than subjects with the lowest average intakes, report Greek researchers in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Detopoulou P, Panagiotakos DB, et al.)
Compared to those whose diets contained <250 mg/day of choline, subjects whose diets supplied >310 mg of choline daily had, on average:
A Few Quick Serving Ideas:
Simply grate raw beets for a delicious and colorful addition to salads or decorative garnish for soups.
Add chunks of beet when roasting vegetables in the oven.
Serving homemade vegetable juice? A quarter of a beet will turn any green drink into a sweet pink concoction, pleasing both the eyes and the taste buds.
Healthy sauté beet greens with other braising greens such as chard and mustard greens.
Marinate steamed beets in fresh lemon juice, olive oil, and fresh herbs.
More on the health benefits of beets
Some cooking suggestions, courtesy of the NY Times.
Categories: Food Focus · nutrition
In honor of the olympics, here is a short video from Jack Lalanne on what it takes to become a champion.
Categories: fitness · food for thought · inspiration
Some usefull information courtesy of CAKE.
Michael Pollan says “don’t eat food that doesn’t rot.”
Did you know that almost 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the US each year?
Categories: food for thought · nutrition
