Clik here to view.
5 Reasons The Government’s Nutrition Advice Isn’t Working
No one is happy with the government’s nutrition advice, let alone nutritionists. This article makes for interesting reading, but ignores what I think is the real elephant in the room, which is this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The new health ‘desert’? Reliable weight loss programs hard to find —...
This is a little bit like the pot calling the kettle black, because the medical industry itself is rife with errors, misstatements, and outright deception, but that’s okay because it generates revenue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Couch potatoes may have smaller brains later in life — ScienceDaily
Finally, an explanation for why so many people appear to think Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton could possibly be President. Really, do any of those three look like they spent middle age...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Evidence– Workplace pedometer interventions for increasing physical...
If you give a pedometer to people who lack the internal drive and motivation to improve their health, all you’ve done is give them a trinket to hang on their waistbands. Sure, at first, it’ll seem...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JAMA Network | JAMA Internal Medicine | Validation of the Instant Blood...
Yet another health app, one of the tools that is supposed to help us all live forever, is shown to be a piece of digital garbage. In the headlong rush to embrace the belief that if it’s digital it must...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forbes Now: Pushups And Leadership: It Pays To Be In Shape
Not only is the quote below 100% true, being a fit leader also does two important things to a company’s culture. First, it role models a positive and under-appreciated personal behavior. Second, it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MarketWatch: We’re wasting $5.7 billion on vitamins we don’t need
In sum, Americans throw away $37 billion annually on supplements. Virtually none of these products are necessary and even fewer are proven, through well-designed studies, to have an impact on health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NPR: Diet Foods Are Tanking. So The Diet Industry Is Now Selling ‘Health’
Yes, I’d say the quote below describes us quite well: a culture looking for the easy fix. Have you seen Oprah’s new commercial for Weight Watchers? Here is a woman who’s apparently never met a bagel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Fat Burning Zone…Fact or Fiction – YouTube – Exercise With Vik
Watch what I have to say about those silly charts on aerobic equipment at the gym showing your heart rate in the “fat-burning” zone. Do you believe those little charts on the treadmill that tell you to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exercise With Vik Newsletter, Issue 7, April 15, 2016
Originally posted on Exercise With Vik: My April 15 newsletter is out. Get your copy today. It’s tax day. Every day you don’t take care of yourself, you place a tax on your future health and vitality....
View Article
