Avoid Swinging Arm Fat
I inherited my mother's arms. I feel bad even writing that, because if she read it, her feelings would be hurt. The fact is, no woman wants to have flabby upper arms but unfortunately, it's often gene ...
A Matter of Fat
Saddlebags, spare tires, muffin tops we've dreamed up as many names for body fat as Starbucks has for coffee. Even as otherwise sensible, well-adjusted adults, many of us spend a huge amount of time d ...
Muscle burns fat but...
as a girl, it's important to know your limits on what you're lifting. Because although muscle burns fat, if you don't keep up on building your muscle (or rather, tightening what you've already got) ...
Study: Fat workers cost employers more
Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fi ...
Truth about Fat-free or Low-fat foods.
Be careful when going heavy on low fat of fat-free foods, because they are ?not so innocent.? Here are some interesting revelations I found about low-fat foods.
Foods that claim to be fat free or l ...
Fat Friends Make Friends Fat!
New data published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that obesity is “socially contagious.” According to the research, a person’s chances of becoming obese increase by 67 percent if they h ...
The Connection Between Stress and Fat
A fascinating research study recently performed at Yale University is helping us shed light on the important relationship between stress and fat. In the September/October 2000 edition of the Journal o ...
A Little Trans Fat Could Be Good For You
Apparently, one type of trans fat (not the evil kind found in Twinkies, I'm sorry to say) poses some benefit. The naturally occurring trans fat conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which is naturally found ...
The Myth About Reducing Fat
I don’t know how many of my female friends struggle from the age-old problem of extra flab along their inner thighs. While exercise videos about toning the thighs fill the infomercials ad infinitum, ...
Fitness expert dispels myths about shedding fat
People are always looking for the best and quickest way to get rid of body fat. Body type, age, fitness, medications and dieting history affect how fast an individual can lose weight, says personal fi ...
