"Strength Training Slows
Middle-Age Spread. Women who lift weights twice a week
for an hour can help prevent middle-age weight gain, suggests
research from an American Heart Association meeting in March.
Researchers believe adding muscle mass can help overweight women
move faster so they burn more calories." Dr. Andrew Weil's self
healing, May 2006. www.drweilselfhealing.com or www.drweil.com 
"A comprehensive
strength-training program that addresses all the major muscle groups
may be the most effective means of reducing the risk and injury and
many degenerative diseases." American Council on Exercise,
Muscular Strength and Endurance. www.acefitness.org 
"Strength training has also been
shown to increase bone mineral density, improve glucose metabolism,
reduce gastrointestinal transit time, lower resting blood pressure,
improve blood lipid levels, and ease arthritic pain." American
Council on Exercise, Muscular Strength and
Endurance.
fitnessflash, SELF magazine, December 2006,
www.self.com Strong Beat, one more
reason to grab those weights: A year of resistance
training tones up blood vessels, research from the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, Minnesota, reveals. Strength training
boosts arteries' ability to accommodate increased blood
flow, key in preventing heart disease. Aim for at
least two sessions a week.
"[M]ost importantly, if you are
concerned about osteoporosis, you have to be physically active,
preferably throughout life. Walk, dance, do pushups, do yoga or
stretching for flexibility, reduce smoking, and, if possible join a
gym where you lift weights using all muscle groups. If you can't
join a gym, buy a few cheap barbells and lift weights at home, do
gardening, or lift rocks in your backyard... anything to make your
muscles work. When muscles contract, they pull tendons that are
attached to the bones, and this tells the bones to deposit calcium
and thus bones become stronger and less apt to fracture. Bone is a
living tissue that responds to exercise by becoming stronger. Just
as a muscle gets stronger and bigger with use, a bone becomes
stronger and denser when it is called upon to bear weight. Taking
lots of calcium without being physically active is not going to be
as effective. Take preemptive action and reduce your chances of
having to rely on osteoporosis drugs. I am not totally against the
use of the osteoporosis drugs. It is possible that they may help
some people who have very brittle bones but I think they are being
overprescribed and doctors are not making their patients aware of
the full risk of short and long term side effects." Ray
Sahelian, M.D., Supplemental Research Update
Newsletter, Vol 3, Issue 8, April 18, 2006.
For more information, see http://www.raysahelian.com/calcium.html
and http://www.raysahelian.com/osteoporosis.html
"[A] well-accepted transtheoretical model depicts
change as a series of stages we pass through as we alter a
behavior: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation,
action and maintenance. People generally don't go through all
these stages at once, and many relapse and recycle through certain
stages several times before getting through." Newsweek, April 24, 2006.
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