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Is your lack of sleep preventing you from losing weight?
Obesity has become an epidemic in the Western world. With 58.6% of the Canadian population considered overweight or obese in 2004, as health care providers we need to take a more comprehensive approach to patient care than simply telling the patient to “lose weight”. Weight gain – or the lack of weight loss – is… Continue Reading…
Tightness = Weakness
“Doc, I stretch all the time, I do yoga two days a week and even go for regular massages. Why am I always so tight and sore?” Every day I am faced with this question, so I decided it would be a good opportunity to let you all in on an ironic, yet true statement;… Continue Reading…
Cardio is NOT enough for women to lose weight!
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…
The Truth about Fad Diets
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…