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By: Ben Leber MSc, CK, ACSM RCEP A study conducted by Donnelly et al. (2003) titled “Effects of a 16-Month Randomized Controlled Exercise Trial on Body Weight and Composition in Young, Overweight Men and Women” compared weight loss for men and women after a 16 month intervention.  The intervention consisted of an exercise group burning… Continue Reading…

Whether you’re flipping through a magazine, changing the channels on the television or standing at a bus stop; we are bombarded with weight loss advertisements.  Some promote low fat, others low carbohydrates, other meal replacement shakes.  Regardless of the program, they all claim to be the answer to all your problems.  Here is the truth….THEY… Continue Reading…

Everyday athletes are always looking for ways to give themselves that slight advantage over their competitors.  In recent years, performance bracelets have been the craze.  So much so, that even non-athletes are wearing these bracelets, with the hope that it will give them more strength, better flexibility, improved balance and overall better health.  I’m sure… Continue Reading…

 How many of you, reach for the bottle of pain killers at the first sign of pain?  The Annals of Internal Medicine just published an article that looked at the effects of spinal manipulation vs. home exercises vs. medication for neck pain and concluded that, although medication definitely has its purpose, when it comes to… Continue Reading…

Since ancient times, we have known that the body’s reaction to an infection is to increase our body temperature.  Although the physiological mechanism for a fever was not well understood, the need for hyperthermia was respected to allow the body to heal itself.  A recent article published in the November 2011 issue of the Journal… Continue Reading…