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Swimming Is A Great Way To Burn Of Body Fat And Keep Fit By Ange Fonce

Posted by ANGE FONCE on Monday, August 31, 2015, In : Health And Fitness 


Swimming Is A Great Way To Burn Of Body Fat And Keep Fit 

By Ange Fonce

It is no secret that I am not the biggest fan of cardio... I just get bored of steady state cardio or running on a treadmill... yet there is one type of cardio that I adore doing and that is swimming.

Swimming can be a wonderful form of “exercise”... it uses almost all the “major muscle groups” and places a vigorous demand on your “heart” and “lungs”... it develops “muscle strength” and “endurance” an...

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"FISH" The Good... The Bad And The Ethics Of Healthy Eating? By Ange Fonce

Posted by ANGE FONCE on Thursday, May 7, 2015, In : Health And Fitness 


"FISH" The Good... The Bad And The Ethics Of Healthy Eating? 

By Ange Fonce

We are often told fish is good for us... it is low in saturated fat... high in protein and a good source of iodine... oily fish is rich in “Omega-3 fatty acids” and is a good source of vitamins A and D. 

Yet  there are some serious "environmental" and "ethical" concerns not only with preserving “sustainable” fish stocks... there are also the concerns... that more and more fish is “contaminated” with “mercur...

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Do You Know How Many Calories It Takes To Burn 1 Pound Of Body Fat? By Ange Fonce

Posted by ANGE FONCE on Thursday, April 2, 2015, In : Health And Fitness 


Do You Know How Many Calories It Takes To Burn 1 Pound Of Body Fat? 

By Ange Fonce


Let us first deal with “calories” and “energy balance”... do you know that when you eat and drink... you are putting energy... in the form of “calories” into your body? 

Your body then uses up that energy... and the more physical activity you do... the more energy in the form of “calories” you use.

To maintain a “stable weight” the “energy” you put into your body must be the same as the “e...

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Do You Know These 3 Easy Exercises for Back Pain Relief? By Ange Fonce

Posted by ANGE FONCE on Thursday, February 19, 2015, In : Health And Fitness 


Do You Know These 3 Easy Exercises for Back Pain Relief? 

By Ange Fonce

Back pain is an obvious common problem for many in their day to day lives that you either let it get the best of you... take way too many over the counter pain or anti inflammatory pills... or run to the doctor for physical therapy or surgery. 

And you know the pain or spasm is coming... or going to get worse than it already is... because you had a stressful day at work... or you lifted too many boxes... or pull a weed the w...

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Super Spinach Popeye Had It Right Apart From The Can

Posted by ANGE FONCE on Friday, August 15, 2014, In : Health And Fitness 

Super Spinach Popeye Had It Right Apart From The Can 


By Ange Fonce

We all know that Popeye made himself super strong by eating spinach, and you may be surprised to learn that he may also have been helping to protect himself against inflammatory problems, oxidative stress-related problems, cardiovascular problems, bone problems, and cancers at the same time.

Used in almost every cuisine across the world, spinach is an enormously popular green vegetable. 

The leaves can be either flat or slightly ...

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