Sugar free foods NOT always healthy

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Registered: 05-25-2005
Sugar free foods NOT always healthy
Tue, 08-23-2005 - 11:39am

Here's a few quick items from Bob Greene off of eDiets that I thought were worth passing on:


Sugar-Free Not Always Healthy


By Bob Greene, BFA, MFA
Special for eDiets


  • Can you believe sugar-free cookies are often loaded with hydrogenated oils (trans-fats that are really unhealthy)? The first ingredient listed on many sugar free cookies is vegetable shortening, which is a trans-fat.


  • Always follow the four-step formula for cardiovascular exercise: stretch, warm-up, work out and cool down. This will help minimize injury and keep you "heart healthy."


  • You say you want to find the abdominal exercise that will flatten your abs? No specific exercise in and of itself will flatten the mid-section. The answer is lowering body fat through a calorie reduced nutrition program, weight training to stimulate the metabolism and cardiovascular exercise to burn additional calories.


  • Every bit of exercise helps, so work in daily exercise whenever possible. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, park farther away from your destination. Healthy people are active people; overweight people are good at finding ways to conserve their energy.


  • Try a variety of different exercises: walking, biking, video tapes, swimming, dancing, spinning etc. Keep experimenting with different exercises until you find those that you enjoy.
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