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First let’s talk about amino acids. Those are the building blocks of protein that helps your body build muscle, repair muscle damage and regulate immune function.

You woke up late so you skipped breakfast, you had meetings during lunch so maybe you skipped lunch or you’re trying out intermittent fasting to help you lose weight.

Yo-yo dieting doesn’t just affect your ability to lose weight it can also have consequences for your health.

When the temperatures rise, it’s important to drink enough whether you are playing sports, traveling or just sitting in the sun.

You probably don’t need a doctor to tell you that your metabolism slows down with age. The average woman gains 1 ½ pounds a year during her adult life amounting to almost 40 bounds by her 50s. But there are ways for anyone to build their metabolism back up.

You’ve been working out and eating healthy to help improve your health and lose some weight. It’s been working and you have noticed the scale going down! But all of a sudden, the number on the scale won’t budge and you don’t know why. You have hit a weight-loss plateau.

Are you a chocolate lover? If so, you are in luck! Science has proven that chocolate can serve double duty. Not only will it satisfy your cravings but it can help you to fuel your workout.

There have been studies suggesting that some level of alcohol can have health benefits, but alcohol also plays a major role in weight management. If you are looking to find ways to help lose weight along with eating healthy and exercising you might want to consider cutting out alcohol.

Yes and no. Smoothies are a great way for you to get many nutrients in one drink such as, vitamin B, C and D, and they contain a good balance of carbohydrates, protein and beneficial fats as a nutritious meal substitute or snack.

You’ve probably heard that a palm’s worth of chicken, fish or meat is 3 ounces or the cream cheese you spread on your bagel is a teaspoon, but eyeballing your portions can sometimes make them off by more than 100 calories.

There are multiple uses for a scale that is Legal for Trade.

Could dust be part of the cause of fat cells growing and contributing to obesity?

You exercise and eat well so you just assume it is okay to have a sugary drink every once in a while, right? Wrong!

Research shows that exercise helps the body reduce dangerous fat around your internal organs as effectively as medication meant to do the same can, according to a recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the minimum level of energy your body needs when at rest to function effectively including your respiratory and circulatory organs, neural system, liver, kidneys, and other organs (you even burn calories when sleeping).

Tanita Corporation of America recently exhibited our professional body composition analyzers at the 2018 Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) world conference in Las Vegas, NV.

What is Sarcopenic Obesity? Sarcopenia is the technical term for a low muscle mass (from the Greek for ‘poverty of flesh’) and usually refers to a loss of mass in the major skeletal muscles

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Post Workout Meal Ideas. Try combining these items for your post-workout meal.

The human body has three types of muscle: skeletal muscle, smooth muscle (in the walls of the organs) and cardiac (heart) muscle. The majority of the body’s muscle is skeletal: there are over 600 skeletal muscles in the body making up about 40% of total body mass. So when it comes to building muscle mass, you need to focus hard on building, or at least maintaining, your existing level of skeletal muscle.