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• 4 weeks of home exercise programming
• Individual nutrition program
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• 12 All-inclusive training sessions (3x per week, based on availability)
• 4 weeks of home exercise programming
• Individual nutrition program
• 3-4 Participants per group

A recent study presented at a meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology exhibited a group of mice running in their own version of the rodent Olympics on a treadmill improved their running similarly by .6 seconds.  In just two weeks.  By simply changing their diet.

Could you imagine the impact this “secret formula” could have if humans were wise enough to adapt it to their training?

Here it is.  Specifically eating a diet rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids.

The kind of fats we enjoy with Omega-3 fatty acid rich fish (salmon, herring, sardines, oysters, trout).

So basically the mice improved their performance in two weeks, equivalent to what it took humans to do in 75 years by eating a diet rich in polyunsaturated fats.

It is estimated that over 90% of the U.S. population does not get the optimal amounts of omega-3 essential fatty acids.  Because omega-3 deficiencies can be vague, it can attributed to other health conditions or nutrient deficiencies.  Consequently, few people (or their physicians) realize they are not consuming enough omega 3 fatty acids.  How can you determine if you are not receiving enough omega-3 in your diet?  Symptoms include:

• Depression
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Type II Diabetes
• Fatigue
• Itchy, dry skin
• Brittle hair and nails
• Inability to concentrate
• Joint Pain

Extensive research has shown that these healthy fats help prevent an array of medical problems including cardiovascular disease, depression, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis.   Consuming foods like flaxseeds, walnuts, and salmon as well as Omega 3 by e3, you can ensure the benefits of these healthy fats.   There are at least 10 important functions of essential fatty acids in your diet:

• Improve insulin
• Absorption of fat soluble vitamins
• Joint Health
• Energy Production
• Oxygen Transfer
• Membrane Integrity
• Suppress cortisol production
• Improve skin texture
• Increase metabolic rate
• Burn fat

The last two on this list probably really got your attention.  Udo Erasmus wrote in his book Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, “At levels above 12 or 15% of total calories, they increase the rate of metabolic reactions in the body and the increased rate burns more fat into carbon dioxide, water and energy (heat), resulting in fat burn off and loss of excess weight.”

The National Institute of Health (NIH) recommended that people consume at least 2% of their total daily calories as omega-3 fats. To meet this recommendation, a person consuming 2000 calories per day should eat sufficient omega-3-rich foods to provide at least 4 grams of omega-3 fatty acids.

Dark chocolate causes the release of chemicals that reduce inflammation that leads to a number of diseases and disorders.

The combined study involved more than 100,000 chocolate loving people.  “High” consumption was considered eating chocolate more than once a week.

In one of the studies people who ate the most chocolate had a 37 percent reduced risk of heart disease and 29 percent reduction in stroke.  Another study found 31 percent lower risk of diabetes for chocolate lovers.

Common sense dictates you cannot eat chocolate at every meal or gargle with chocolate milk before bed.  However, this shows us that eating well doesn’t necessarily mean bean sprouts and boiled chicken 3 times per day.  Enjoy your meals.  Food should be experienced and celebrated.

The next time you treat yourself, think about doing it with quality instead of quantity.

The paper demonstrated that FATTY FOODS like the common “comfort” foods (such as ‘Mac n’ Cheese’, chips, fries, etc…) trigger the body to produce marijuana like chemicals the minute it touches our tongue!

These “endocannabinoid” like chemicals are part of a cycle that keeps you coming back for “just one more…”  To use a more common expression, it gives you the “munchies.”

This study is the first demonstration that this chemical message in the mouth and stomach plays an important role in fat intake.

It is thought that this might be an evolutionary survival mechanism.  Since humans need fats for survival, it is possible that this “loop reflex” was something to tell the caveman to keep eating that fatty food he might have been lucky enough to come across.

Similar studies with sugar and protein did NOT elicit the same response upon contacting the tongue.

These studies are important for us to better understand the mechanism behind certain behavior.  It is therefore the first step in making better choices that will serve us best.  And, truly satisfy.

Endomondo (www.endomondo.com) is especially great for those who exercise outdoors.  Whether you bike, run, hike or walk, once endomondo is started it records your total time, distance, speed and calories burned.  It also gives you a mileage, overall time, and pace time for every mile logged.  (I normally listen to the Pandora app while running and have had no problems with the two apps going simultaneously.)  Once you’re done with your workout it is automatically uploaded to the endomondo website for your viewing.  There you can track progress and compare your workout to previous workouts and even check out what your friends have been doing.

Myfitnesspal (myfitnesspal.com) is the easiest way to track food to date for me.  You can type in the food you ate, the calories, the fat, the carbs, the vitamins…lame!  Or you can just scan the barcode on the packaging, enter the number of servings and let the app do the rest.  Myfitnesspal has over 450,000 foods on file, so chances are if it’s in your fridge, it’s in their data base.  Myfitnesspal will also determine a daily caloric goal based on your personal info, needs and activity level.  No more guessing where you stand for the day and it couldn’t be any easier!

Download these apps today to help you reach your weight loss (or weight gain) goals.