A Gateway to Weight Loss?
Judging from those hoaky commercials, some products will transform you from a jellyfish into a superhero in a jiffy. But what about the mantra we’re hearing that aggressive weight loss is hopeless, because it results in rebound weight gain? Our brain’s reward centers, our hormones, and our psyches simply can’t resist the evolutionary forces unleashed by artificial famine conditions, they say.
Photos: 'Lucky 7' train in Hawaii
The Fit Nation "Lucky 7" arrives in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on Sunday, May 13, for a week of training. The group will be participating in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in September. Here they take a group picture before hiking down the Waipio Valley Trail.
Fit Nation athletic director April Burkey rocks a pink hat while waiting for the "Lucky 7" to get fitted for rental bikes in Hawaii.
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Intelligence – Do You Need it to be Successful?
As early as 1976, the Carnegie Institute of Technology presented a study that attributed 85% of financial success to human engineering skills, namely, self-management and relationship-management, rather than intrinsic or hereditary qualities such as IQ and analytical abilities. Over the last decade, popular culture has embraced the notion of emotional intelligence as a set of skills central to achieving happiness and attaining personal goals.
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Well: Mixing Weight Training and Aerobics
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Is it wise to practice weight training and aerobic exercise on the same day?
That issue is surprisingly contentious in the sports world. Many competitive athletes, their coaches and athletic trainers have come to believe that aerobic exercise, if practiced in close proximity to strength training, reduces the ability of muscles to strengthen and grow.
Well: Nutrition: More Omega-3, Less of a Suspect Protein
A new study has found that consumption of omega-3 fatty acids, plentiful in fish and nuts, is associated with lower blood levels of beta-amyloid protein.
Amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain are characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease and are known to increase the risk for mental decline; blood levels of the protein may reflect levels of its deposits in the brain.
Well: Bans on School Junk Food Pay Off in California
Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times A vending machine that sells baby carrots in a high school in Manlius, N.Y.
Five years after California started cracking down on junk food in school cafeterias, a new report shows that high school students there consume fewer calories and less fat and sugar at school than students in other states.
The findings suggest that state policies can be successful to some extent in influencing the eating habits of teenagers.
