Category Archives: Exercise

Exercise helps regulate appetite

Posted on 01/22/2013 by Zed

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user gregralich. It seems common sense to assume that exercise would make you hungrier, resulting in a larger than normal appetite. However, experience and science show otherwise. An article by Gretchen Reynolds of … Continue reading →

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Portion sizes have been growing. So have we.

Posted on 05/23/2012 by Zed

According to the CDC, meals are four times bigger now compared to what they were in 1950′s. And guess what: People are 26 pounds heavier. Source: CDC via seriouseats

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Exercise leads to a better brain

Posted on 04/24/2012 by Zed

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user slgckgc. Using some space-age technologies to analyze the workings of individual neurons, as well as the makeup of brain matter itself, scientists have discovered that exercise builds a brain that resists … Continue reading →

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Running a marathon without any training

Posted on 03/23/2012 by Zed

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user Stijlfoto. Everyone knows running the 26.2 miles of a marathon is a huge deal. It requires months of training and conditioning. But can anyone do it without any training? Apparently someone … Continue reading →

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Racing up the 86 flights of Empire State building

Posted on 02/09/2012 by Zed

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr User Bernt Rostad. Yesterday, Thomas Dold, a German, won the 35th annual race up the 86 flights of stairs at the Empire State building for the seventh straight time. Dold dashed up to the … Continue reading →

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