How to Exercise 16% Longer

Beetroot Juice?

Beetroot juice is one of the healthiest juices and has many benefits; most notably, lowering high blood pressure. According to a new study published by the Journal of Applied Physiology, beetroot juice has been found to make us more active.

Researchers at the University of Exeter discovered that people who drank beetroot juice were able to exercise up to 16% longer in high intensity exercises, and 12% more in a low intensity exercise such as walking. Exercisers used less oxygen due to the effects that beetroot juice has on your body. It’s found to dilate blood vessels which reduces blood pressure and allows more blood to flow. Secondly, it reduces the amount of oxygen needed by your muscle tissue during physical activity.

Multivitamins Aren’t Good For You, After All??

I’ve always known how important it is to have a healthy diet, but like most of you, my busy schedule often times interferes with all of good intentions of eating healthy. No problem. I do my best to eat right and make up for any short-falls by taking my multivitamins, as suggested by my doctor and backed up by the American Medical Associations recommendation that all adults take a daily multivitamin. But hold on, many experts are now reversing their opinion on the importance of taking a multivitamin and now state that a multivitamin does NOT afford us any protection against bad habits and may even hurt us. What’s up with that??!!

“Food Technology” in America

I recently read an article in O, The Oprah Magazine, titled “Banned in Europe, Okay Here?” written by Sari Harrar. Sari reviews some of the food technology Americans have accepted, while Europeans have said no to it. The article was super informative and laid out the data really well, so I thought I would provide a summary of the article for you.

Healthy Eating – Simplified

In a previous post, “Another reminder of why you should grow and eat your own food in the U.S.”, a reader commented that although it’s great to know on a broad level what to avoid eating, it would be great to have a simple guide of specific foods to eat (or not to eat). In response, here’s my attempt to simplify what we should and shouldn’t eat and what foods we can grow for ourselves.

Another reminder of why you should grow and eat your own food in the U.S.

A new study just released found that Hispanics living in Florida have a 40 percent higher chance of getting cancer than their counterparts that lived in their native countries. The conclusion of this study suggests that the lifestyle and environmental changes (foods they eat being one of them) are probably the culprit. 

Of course the recommendation is to live a healthy lifestyle and avoid smoking, drinking, and bad diets. With the abundant use of processed foods in the U.S. that contain many additives cancer, once rare,  now affects up to a third of the country’s population.