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The worst culprits in declining health

February 19, 2015 By Debbie Baumgarten Leave a Comment

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What are some of the worst culprits that are wreaking the most havoc and causing the most damage and declining health? Here they are in my estimation:

#1 – Sugar and other sweeteners commonly used as sugar substitutes. And included in this is a big category of sodas.

#2 – Flour/wheat and simple carbs.

#3 – Heavily processed foods.

#4 – Bad fats.

#5 – Additives to our food, water and air – includes hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, MSG, preservatives, chemicals used in cans and water bottles, fluoride or other chemicals in water, as well as genetic modification of produce and other unnatural “natural flavors”, numerous pollutants in our air.

#6 – Inadequate or wrong exercise.

#7 – Stress, resulting in over-production of cortisol that tells the body to store fat rather than burn it and can also exhaust your adrenals.

#8 – Smoking – although this habit is becoming more unaccepted and less prevalent, there are some die-hards out there that still close their eyes on the fact that they are doing something that weakens their immune system and can cause serious physical conditions, diseases and cancer.

Now maybe this list isn’t a huge revelation to you. It probably isn’t. But all manner of health issues have arisen in the last few decades. Declining health is a problem for many Americans.  With so many temptations of fast and unhealthy foods and sugar in so many things, these health dangers are more and more prevalent. 

The revelation is in the very practical and realistic ways to get rid of the worst of these factors that are contributing the most to your declining health – without suffering, without sacrificing and without having to spend a lot of time or money,

You can make small, subtle changes in your lifestyle that will have BIG benefits on a long-term basis. That’s what HealthKick is all about.

Filed Under: Exercise, Food, General, Sugar and Sweetenes

Quick and Easy Exercise

May 29, 2014 By Debbie Baumgarten 1 Comment

easy exerciseQuite a few studies have been done on what is called “Interval Training” or Interval Exercise. Done 3 times a week for about 12 minutes each time produces better results than hours at the gym doing longer workouts. For quick and easy exercise, interval training may be your best bet.

In essence interval training is where you do several short burst of very intense exercise with short recovery period of low intensity in between. There are many variations of this but most of them involve a short warm up, then about 1 to 2 minutes of intensity then 1-2 minutes of recovery, back and forth several times. I have found it easiest to do this on a treadmill, but you can do it running in place at home or even doing jumping jacks. I warm up with a fast walk for a few minutes. I then do 1 1/2 minutes of running – fast enough running to get my heart rate up to about 160 or 165, then back to fast walking for 1 1/2 minutes. I do this 4 times. The entire routine is done in 12 to 15 minutes. I do it every other day in addition to my daily Canadian Air Force Exercises which I do daily in under 10 minutes. More about CAF exercises in other posts. Both High intensity interval training (commonly referred to as HIIT) and CAF exercises are quick and easy exercise routines that you can do anywhere.

Here are a couple links about Interval Training that I found helpful:

https://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/interval-training-short-workouts-really-pay

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/fitness/in-depth/interval-training/art-20044588

Filed Under: Exercise, General

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