Female Health & Fat Loss

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The “I’m Every Woman” Workout

A total body workout for women with no time to spare

by Charles Poliquin

“Whatever you want, whatever you need,
Anything you want done, baby, I’ll do it naturally,
’Cause I’m every woman,
It’s all in me, it’s all in me,
I’m every woman….”

These are the lyrics of “I’m Every Woman,” a song first recorded by Chaka Khan in 1978 that became a chart topper and inspired millions of women. About a decade later it was recorded by Whitney Houston, who also turned it into a chart hit, and eventually Oprah Winfrey adopted it for her television show’s theme song. The problem with trying to do everything, and doing all of it well, is time – or rather, a lack of it. For women who are megataskers, a total body workout is just the ticket.

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Risks and Benefits of Soy

by Charles Poliquin

Some say its health food and should be consumed regularly, even supplemented, others say its dangerous - hide the children, lock the doors and protect yourself from the soy!!!!

Lets look at the recent literature about soy. Soy contains phyto-estrogens, which are the plants hormones that are molecularly very similar to human hormones. They can bind weakly to estrogen receptors in the body. For people with estrogen-sensitive tumors (e.g. some breast cancers of prostate cancer) its not such a good idea to have these receptor sites over-stimulated.

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Hey, It’s All About the Calories, Right? Not!

by Jonny Bowden

Gather round, folks, cause I’m gonna tell you a story. 

Once upon a time- around 1890 actually- a scientist named Wilbur Atwater got the bright idea of putting food into a special machine, burning it and measuring the amount of heat it produced. The machine was called a calorimeter, and old Wilbur decided to call the energy produced by burning the food into ash “calories”. Thus he was able to figure how many calories were contained in just about any food you could think of. 

Shortly afterwards, scientists applied the same concept to exercise. Using a few calculations, they soon figured out how many calories were “burned” doing everything from sleeping to cross-country skiing.

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Why Women Should Not Be Afraid of Gaining Muscle

 by Charles Poliquin

Increasing your muscle mass and bone mass has a myriad of health benefits.

Here is what you should know before you frown upon on gaining a few kilos of muscle mass:

1. The more muscle and bone mass you have, the greater the acid buffering power you create. That is, you now have more protein, potassium, magnesium and calcium to buffer the acidity in your body. The more alkaline you are:
-       the greater the endurance potential of the body
-       the greater your immune power is, the better your chances at surviving cancer or the swine flu.
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Low Carb Nutrition

by Charles Poliquin

What are some advantages and disadvantages of a low carb nutrition approach? 

There are some many advantages to low carb nutrition, that is why I tend to use it in about 75% of my clients. But it is not for everybody, some genotypes do very poorly on it, and the extent of how badly they do on it is a function of the time they are on it. Before you look at the advantages and disadvantages, as Jonny Bowden would say” You need to approach your fat loss system like you should approach relationships:  Daily attention. Nurturing, support, crisis management, intervention, focus, attention, consciousness and mindfulness. It requires good negotiation skills. All the things we don't tend to have when it comes to food.”

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