Vitamin D and reduced disease risks?
A few weeks ago in the Times health section, I read an interesting article about vitamin D possibly reducing risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many other diseases.
Where can one obtain vitamin D easily? From the sun; however, since the scare of skin cancer is on the rise (steadily feeding the sales of sunscreens, much to the delight of the sunscreen industry), many people are staying out of the sun and increasing use of sunblock. Also, our modern lifestyle have kept us indoors for various reasons-work, laziness, TV, video games, and computers all play a part in our desire to stay indoors rather than outdoors.
Not every scientist agrees that vitamin D is crucial to well-being, but an interesting study at the Harvard School of Public Health studied 18,225 men, from 1993 to 1995-blood samples were taken and stored. Ten years after the follow-up, the study identified 454 men who had a heart attack, and 900 other study members who did not have an attack, then they measured vitamin D levels at study entry.
Re-assessment time
September has arrived! :> My favorite time of year has come.
To those of you who are still frustrated with your weight loss efforts, or to those of you who may not be happy with your current physique, let’s go over some variables that you may need to look at before you officially throw your hands up and give into the Hagen-Daaz or that bottle of wine you’ve been staring at all morning/day/evening.
If you are on a weight loss quest and haven’t achieved your goal, I have a few questions for you:
End of Summer Thoughts
Hello!
Can you believe that it’s almost Labor Day? Summer flew by fast, and the question is…did you do all that you wanted this summer? Those little summer goals; did they come to fruition? If not, then it’s time to start thinking of making a goal list for yourself this fall-chances are when you write down when you are trying to achieve, the more likely you are to go for it.
Did you want to hop in a road race this summer, but found yourself making excuses every time one rolled around? What about those last 5 lbs? Too many friends and family in town all the time? Well, this is a little reminder–WRITE IT DOWN, LOOK AT IT OFTEN, AND ADHERE TO IT. If you want to do a race, sign up NOW, so it’s concrete.
With a goal (and it doesn’t have to be a race), your training will take on a new meaning, you’ll have a bit more reason to get up and get out there, get those miles in, get the swimming in, or whatever it may be. As the saying goes, JUST DO IT!
I’m planning on running a Thanksgiving race and a trail race sometime this fall. Definitely will give me the impetus to kick my training into 2nd gear. Anyone care to join me?
Get your list out today and start making plans!
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend! (and don’t drink too much). ;o)
With Love,
Jeannette
Faulty advice
Greetings!
I am a personal trainer. I love what I do, and I try to research topics that interest me as often as I can (nutrition, exercise science, hormones, etc). I give the best advice that I can give to clients, and sometimes that does include nutritional advice/opinion, lifestyle advice, and most often, exercise advice.
There is a stigma in the personal training world-that trainers should not go beyond their scope of practice. I agree with this statement to a point-if I feel I am well-read about a certain topic, and I have discussed this topic with someone more qualified in the field (say, nutrition), then, I am surely going to give my clients advice about what they should be eating. Will I give them specific diet plans? No. I am not a nutritionist, and although I have given outlines as to what diets should look like, I do not make specific diet plans for people (I have seen this done, and I have seen trainers charge for it, which is WRONG).
Not too long ago, I was training someone and I overheard a gentleman in the gym complain of his leg cramps. The trainer told him that he must have a potassium deficiency, and that he should take a supplement for it. I was listening and I just had to chime in because I knew this advice was faulty and not administered properly.
Commitment leads to Results! 