Good Evening Everyone!
I hope that everyone is off to a great start with their New Year's health resolutions! For those that have joined the gym and begun to exercise again, I have some tips to remember. First, is to make sure that you work on improving the foods that you eat and decreasing your caloric intake. Try to limit/eliminate snacks, sweets, beverages and fast foods that are all loaded with added fats, sugars, and refined grains. This is easier done by just trying to eat foods that are low in sugar and have minimal ingredients. If you're able to improve the quality of food you eat, reducing calories should be easier. Remember that many of the bad foods are not only high in calories, but they're also addictive (and actually make you want to eat more often).
Here's an equation (for extra motivation) to remember if you are having difficulty making these changes:
*an extra 3500 calories is converted into 1 pound of fat!
Here's a statistic that may help drive the point home even further:
*Since 1970, the average daily calorie intake has increased by 600 calories per day!
*Lets do the math -- 600calories per day multiplied by 365 days is 219,000 extra calories per year!
-- if we plug that into the equation above, that is 219,000 divided by 3500 = 62 pounds of extra fat onto a person per year!
So the point here is... Exercise without improving diet is not very effective in reaching health goals. If you do both, you will be truly amazed at the results you get!
Yours in Health,
Dr. Jeff
drjeff@brucechiropracticonline.com
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