6 Lies the Food Industry Feeds You

There are so many things you think you would never put in your mouth. If it's packaged and labeled as something you're convinced is delicious, you'll probably eat it without a second thought. Be aware of what you put inside of your body. This article on Cracked reveals 6 of the creepiest lies the food industry sells to you. It's likely that you eat these regularly.

Read about them here: http://www.cracked.com/article_19896_the-6-creepiest-lies-food-industry-feeding-you.html

6 Characteristics The Best Workouts Share

When you exercise, do you aim to get the best workout you possibly can? Shape Magazine has put together 6 characteristics that all of the best workouts share.
Curious if yours fits? Read it here: http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/6-things-all-best-workouts-have-common

Here's the first:

A SPECIFIC PURPOSE“Great workouts have a specific purpose,” says Rick Richey, a master instructor for the National Academy of Sports Medicine and owner ofR2Fitness in New York City. Whether the goal is to help you burn more calories, gain strength, or just shimmy into your skinny jeans with confidence, the program you choose should clearly define what it’s going to do for you, and those end results should align with your personal goals.
“You will need to know where you're going before you show up,” Richey says. “Too often people arrive aimlessly at the gym and without a clear picture of what they want or why they are there.”
The best workouts should help you define your goal, and then provide you with a plan to reach it.

The Best Weight Loss Strategy

There are countless tips out there for weight loss, but the number one strategy to lose weight is a lifestyle change. No temporary diet or set of workout moves will guarantee the results eating clean and having an active lifestyle will. This article on Prevention Magazine discusses this in depth and gives tips that are really worth reading.

"Yup, you’re about to read another diet post, but not to worry: You won’t hear anything about calorie-counting or eating like a caveman here. Instead, new research reveals that the best way to lose weight is surprisingly simple: Eat more produce and sit less.
Researchers from Northwestern University studied how well four different health strategies worked over 20 weeks. The diets included: Eating less fat and getting more exercise; eating more fruits and veggies and working out more; eating more produce and reducing sedentary time; and cutting down on fat while lowering the amount of sedentary time."

Read more here:
http://www.prevention.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-tips/new-study-reveals-best-strategy-health?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-Prevention-_-blog-pvnnews-_-lowfatdiet

Portion Size Multiplied

There have been many lifestyle and dietary changes that have contributed to the rise in obesity rates worldwide (and especially in America), but one of the main undeniable reasons behind this growth in our waistlines is the growth in our food portions. In the 1950's, America's average portion size in restaurant meals was less than four times the size it is today, which really says something about why our body fat percentages are multiplying.
The Huffington Post discusses this phenomenon.

"The average restaurant meal is four -- four -- times larger than it was in the 1950s. In fact, 96 percent of entrees at chain restaurants exceed dietary guidelines for sodium, fat and saturated fat per meal, according to a recent study.
All those additional calories are a big problem -- for our waistlines. The average adult is now 26 pounds heavier than 60 years ago.
It's not always easy to tell when you're overdoing it, especially since we're used to never-ending bowls of pasta and burgers too big to bite into. The infographic from the CDC below, however, makes it pretty clear."

Read more here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/portion-sizes-infographic_n_1539804.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Here's an illustration created by the CDC to put into perspective just how extreme the growth in portion size really is.