The world's oldest man celebrated his 112th birthday with two bashes at his home in southern Japan on Tuesday, then declared that he wants to live forever.
Tomoji Tanabe held his first celebration on receiving 100,000 yen ($870) and flowers from the local mayor, and the second when he was joined later by his children.
"I want to live forever. I don't want to die," Tanabe was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency.
Tanabe, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest living male in June 2006, is "extremely healthy," said an official at his hometown of Miyakonojo, about 900 km (560 miles) southwest of Tokyo on the island of Kyushu.
Tanabe, whose meals mainly consist of vegetables, said the key to longevity was not drinking alcohol.
Instead, he drinks milk every day and takes walks on his own in the area around his house, where he lives with his son.
The Japanese are among the world's longest-lived people, with the number of those aged 100 or older expected to reach a record of more than 32,000 by the end of the month.
Japanese women have topped the world's longevity ranking for 22 years, while their male compatriots rank second after Icelandic men.
utorak, 18. rujna 2007.
utorak, 11. rujna 2007.
Health Benefits of Muscle Building
Everyone knows that muscle is much more attractive than fat. So when you lose weight, you want to build more muscle and not just diet to lose fat. But there are other health benefits to building muscle mass that should motivate you to hit the gym.
First of all, when you build muscle, you automatically reduce your percentage of body fat. And, you look better too. Muscle mass is approximately half as big as the mass of fat deposits.
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ans that while five pounds of fat is approximately the size of three grapefruits, five pounds of muscle is more like three tangerines. Therefore, if you are exercising to lose weight, don’t be surprised if you actually gain weight. This is not a bad thing! It means you are building muscle mass, and you will look much slimmer than before.
Other health benefits of building muscle mass include burning calories more quickly. Muscles use energy, fat just stores it. So when you have more muscles, you will burn more energy and maintain a healthy body weight more easily.
You do not have to build a lot of muscle mass to reap the benefits. Studies show that building only five pounds of muscle mass will make you healthier and more able to fight off disease. It doesn’t take long to build muscle mass, either. Just thirty minutes three times a week is enough to reach your goals.
Lifting weights is the obvious way to build muscle mass, but swimming, running, or even walking will build muscle mass as well.
First of all, when you build muscle, you automatically reduce your percentage of body fat. And, you look better too. Muscle mass is approximately half as big as the mass of fat deposits.
That me
ans that while five pounds of fat is approximately the size of three grapefruits, five pounds of muscle is more like three tangerines. Therefore, if you are exercising to lose weight, don’t be surprised if you actually gain weight. This is not a bad thing! It means you are building muscle mass, and you will look much slimmer than before.Other health benefits of building muscle mass include burning calories more quickly. Muscles use energy, fat just stores it. So when you have more muscles, you will burn more energy and maintain a healthy body weight more easily.
You do not have to build a lot of muscle mass to reap the benefits. Studies show that building only five pounds of muscle mass will make you healthier and more able to fight off disease. It doesn’t take long to build muscle mass, either. Just thirty minutes three times a week is enough to reach your goals.
Lifting weights is the obvious way to build muscle mass, but swimming, running, or even walking will build muscle mass as well.
ponedjeljak, 10. rujna 2007.
Learn the Best Way To Gain Muscle
Some individuals have an extremely hard time gaining weight and muscle mass. Millions of frustrated people search endlessly for the best way to gain muscle and increase their body mass. Diet, exercise, and supplements are the most popular methods used to aid in gaining muscle and adding weight. Individuals looking for the best way to gain muscle will benefit greatly by following a sensible diet and weight training regimen designed to stimulate the body by consuming the proper foods and building muscle tissue.
You must increase your caloric intake significantly if you want to gain weight. A diet consisting of plenty of protein and fats will give your body no choice but to gain weight. The goal is to give your body enough calories to build muscle, but not so many to cause a large gain in body fat. The best way to gain muscle is to force your body to gain mass by increasing the amount of food you consume and promoting muscle growth by training with heavy weights.
Weight training is the quickest way to build muscle mass. Weight training stimulates growth while the increased caloric intake provides fuel for the body to use in building muscle tissue. If you fail to consume the proper foods while training with weights, you will lose muscle rather than build upon it. You will gain muscle mass more quickly if you use free-weight exercises and lifting heavy weights. Your body will respond to this by building muscle.
Your body can be forced to gain weight and muscle if you eat correctly and train properly. The best way to gain muscle is to give your body the fuel and the stimulation it requires to increase your muscle mass.
You must increase your caloric intake significantly if you want to gain weight. A diet consisting of plenty of protein and fats will give your body no choice but to gain weight. The goal is to give your body enough calories to build muscle, but not so many to cause a large gain in body fat. The best way to gain muscle is to force your body to gain mass by increasing the amount of food you consume and promoting muscle growth by training with heavy weights.
Weight training is the quickest way to build muscle mass. Weight training stimulates growth while the increased caloric intake provides fuel for the body to use in building muscle tissue. If you fail to consume the proper foods while training with weights, you will lose muscle rather than build upon it. You will gain muscle mass more quickly if you use free-weight exercises and lifting heavy weights. Your body will respond to this by building muscle.
Your body can be forced to gain weight and muscle if you eat correctly and train properly. The best way to gain muscle is to give your body the fuel and the stimulation it requires to increase your muscle mass.
nedjelja, 9. rujna 2007.
Fitness Training Programs
Physical fitness is the state of the human body when it is in perfect health. Being fit is very important to stay alert both physically and mentally and also to ward off certain diseases that attack as the body ages. Fitness programs are schedules that allow a person to incorporate exercise into their daily routine. There may be many reasons for taking up a fitness program: to gain strength, to lose weight, to lose body fat, to fight certain disabilities, or just to become more fit. Fitness training is for making the body stronger and fitter. There are many kinds of fitness training programs: cardiovascular training, strength training, flexibility training, nutrition, and weight management. All these can be incorporated into a single fitness program for having a healthy body weight, improved level of strength, improved co-ordination and a resilient body. Each of these depends on the kind of body we have and it’s potential. There is no ideal fitness training program. They are normally custom designed as per individual requirements and capabilities.
Fitness training increases metabolism, strength, flexibility and muscle tone, as well as decreasing stress levels in the body. There are also sports-specific fitness training programs like soccer fitness training, football fitness training, swimming fitness training, golf fitness training and so on. There are also fitness training programs for kids.
A fitness trainer should be able to design the right kind of fitness program. It should cover all relevant aspects like: strength, flexibility, aerobic and anaerobic endurance, agility, and speed. These days, there are many professional fitness training centers that have sophisticated equipment to suit all kinds of people and their fitness needs. These centers have professional and medical specialists who would be able to offer advice about the best kind of fitness program. They provide customized workout routines, nutrition plans, personal trainers, and expert guidance to make the results last.
četvrtak, 6. rujna 2007.
Men Health Diet Tips
When it comes to a men health diet, it's important that you know exactly what you're ingesting. While deep fried chicken fingers have all of the protein you'd expect to get out of boneless, skinless chicken breast, because it's covered in batter and deep fried it isn't a healthy choice. If you love chicken wings, it's also important to know that in many cases they aren't baked, they're deep fried. While they don't have the obnoxious breading that chicken fingers tend to have, they aren't much healthier. Instead of ordering in a dozen buffalo wings from your favorite pizza place, buy your own frozen wings at the grocery store, cover them in your favorite sauce and bake them. By baking instead of deep frying, you're saving yourself a ton of added fat and calories.
Another men health diet tip is to replace regular head lettuce salads with mixed spring greens or spinach. While head lettuce has almost no nutritional value, spinach and mixed greens are super foods that are packed with all the vitamins you could ever hope for in a tasty salad base. When you top it off with fresh sliced vegetables, you've got yourself a healthy meal that tastes great. It's important to remember that when it comes to salads, the base isn't just a vehicle for the dressing. Choose vinaigrettes over creamy dressings, and when possible try those salad sprays that have only a couple of calories per serving.
When you're on a men health diet, it doesn't need to be a terrible experience. Healthy foods don't have to taste bland and horrible, you just need to know which tasty foods are good for you to eat. Nowadays there are plenty of sweets that can satisfy your cravings without pushing you over your daily caloric limits. Choose items with reduced sugar and fat, and always remember to eat in moderation.
Another men health diet tip is to replace regular head lettuce salads with mixed spring greens or spinach. While head lettuce has almost no nutritional value, spinach and mixed greens are super foods that are packed with all the vitamins you could ever hope for in a tasty salad base. When you top it off with fresh sliced vegetables, you've got yourself a healthy meal that tastes great. It's important to remember that when it comes to salads, the base isn't just a vehicle for the dressing. Choose vinaigrettes over creamy dressings, and when possible try those salad sprays that have only a couple of calories per serving.
When you're on a men health diet, it doesn't need to be a terrible experience. Healthy foods don't have to taste bland and horrible, you just need to know which tasty foods are good for you to eat. Nowadays there are plenty of sweets that can satisfy your cravings without pushing you over your daily caloric limits. Choose items with reduced sugar and fat, and always remember to eat in moderation.
srijeda, 5. rujna 2007.
Want lots of kids? Pick a woman six years your junior
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LONDON - To have the most children, men should find a partner six years younger and women a mate four years older, Austrian researchers said Wednesday.
The researchers tried to use evolution to explain why men often prefer younger women and what typically drives women's desire for older men, said their leader, Vienna University anthropologist Martin Fieder.
While it is no surprise to hear that men pick younger women to bolster their reproductive fitness and that women choose older partners for security, the study is the first to quantify the age difference that results in the most children, he said.
"Nobody has shown before this has consequences for the number of offspring," Fieder said in a telephone interview. "We have shown for the first time this is the case."
The researchers wanted to find the most beneficial ages for both men and women to have the most offspring, so looked at the data with that in mind and came out with different numbers for each.
Writing in the Royal Society's Biology Letters on Wednesday, the researchers said they collected information from Swedish national registries to track the number of births and age of parents going back 55 years.
The researchers looked at men and women who did not change their partners between the birth of their first and last child and found the age differences among couples that produced the most offspring.
For both men and women, having a partner of the optimal age meant having an average of 2.2 children compared with 2.1 children when they picked partners of the same age -- a significant number in evolutionary terms that accumulates over time, Fieder said.
The findings are the result of a statistical analysis and do not mean that every man can find a woman six years younger and that every women would find a man four years older.
"It was a very systemic pattern," Fieder said. "We don't think it is random."
The study of couples during their typical child-bearing years also showed that both men and women who changed partners usually chose a person younger than the one they had before for their second one, Fieder said.
The finding regarding men was expected but that women also traded in for a younger partner was surprising, said Fieder.
He suggested that because women are older when finding a second partner, they look for a younger, more fertile man.
The researchers tried to use evolution to explain why men often prefer younger women and what typically drives women's desire for older men, said their leader, Vienna University anthropologist Martin Fieder.
While it is no surprise to hear that men pick younger women to bolster their reproductive fitness and that women choose older partners for security, the study is the first to quantify the age difference that results in the most children, he said.
"Nobody has shown before this has consequences for the number of offspring," Fieder said in a telephone interview. "We have shown for the first time this is the case."
The researchers wanted to find the most beneficial ages for both men and women to have the most offspring, so looked at the data with that in mind and came out with different numbers for each.
Writing in the Royal Society's Biology Letters on Wednesday, the researchers said they collected information from Swedish national registries to track the number of births and age of parents going back 55 years.
The researchers looked at men and women who did not change their partners between the birth of their first and last child and found the age differences among couples that produced the most offspring.
For both men and women, having a partner of the optimal age meant having an average of 2.2 children compared with 2.1 children when they picked partners of the same age -- a significant number in evolutionary terms that accumulates over time, Fieder said.
The findings are the result of a statistical analysis and do not mean that every man can find a woman six years younger and that every women would find a man four years older.
"It was a very systemic pattern," Fieder said. "We don't think it is random."
The study of couples during their typical child-bearing years also showed that both men and women who changed partners usually chose a person younger than the one they had before for their second one, Fieder said.
The finding regarding men was expected but that women also traded in for a younger partner was surprising, said Fieder.
He suggested that because women are older when finding a second partner, they look for a younger, more fertile man.
Diet alone won't whittle your waistline- you need to move it
Got to get rid of that spare tire around your waist? Eat less and move more, say the experts. The trouble is, nobody's too forthcoming on just how much less you have to eat and just how much more you have to move to lose weight. And do you really need to do both, or will diet or exercise alone do the job?
In other words, as many couch potatoes want to know, do you really need to exercise?
Sure, there are those who lose weight by diet alone, but scientific studies combined with anecdotal evidence suggest that most of those successes are short-term. Losing weight solely through counting calories, reducing portion sizes and restricting high-calorie foods (especially the ones we love) takes an incredible amount of willpower that is difficult to maintain day in and day out, year after year. Hence the high incidence of weight regain after diet-only weight-loss strategies.
How, then, do successful weight-losers keep the pounds off? Do they possess a determination matched by few, or have they stumbled on a strategy that others can learn from?
According to the U.S.-based National Weight Control Registry, a database of more than 4,000 adults who have lost at least 13 kilograms (30 pounds) and kept it off for at least a year, 89% combined diet and exercise to lose weight, 10% used diet alone and 1% used exercise only.
How much exercise are we talking about? An increasing number of experts believe it takes more exercise than previously thought to whittle away extra pounds. According to University of Colorado researchers Victoria Catenacci and Holly Wyatt, in an article last month in
Endocrinology and Metabolism, most published studies looking at exercise and weight loss counsel a dose of exercise that is better suited to improving health than fostering weight loss.
"The majority of studies that we reviewed used exercise prescriptions of 60 to 180 minutes per week," Catenacci and Wyatt say in their article.
Catenacci and Wyatt contend that, without concurrent dieting, only large doses of exercise will result in substantial weight loss. Pointing to a few important studies to back their claim, both researchers believe that working out long enough and hard enough to produce an energy deficit of 500 to 1,000 calories per day will result in weight loss comparable to dieting by itself.
How do you translate a loss of 500-1,000 calories through exercise into a time frame you can shoot for? First, everyone burns calories at a different rate, so it's hard to be exact. And remember, your goal is to create an energy deficit, so your eating mustn't burgeon in the meantime. But to give you an idea, consider that a 60-minute run at a moderate pace burns about 600 calories (people with heavier frames burn more than those with slighter figures).
By now, you have probably realized the conundrum in this approach to weight loss. The likelihood that someone who carries 25 or more extra pounds and who has avoided the gym for the past decade can run for an hour is somewhere between slim and none.
Clearly, the best approach to weight loss is to tone down the exercise to more manageable levels and combine it with a modest level of dietary restriction -- both of which will be easier for the average Joe looking to tighten his belt.
As the pounds disappear, it's important to keep your exercise habit intact. Study after study suggests that the tandem of diet and exercise is the best combination to keep lost weight from finding its way back onto your hips. The successful weight-losers registered in the National Weight Loss Registry provide an example: 90% exercise an average of 60 minutes a day.
So there it is. The experts are right. If you want to lose weight, you have to eat less and move more. And while the numbers above seem daunting, remember that you don't have to get there quickly. Barring a coming highschool reunion, weight loss is best done slowly.
Small changes in diet and exercise can gradually be increased until they become substantial, resulting in more and more weight lost over time. And even if you are not successful in getting back into your highschool prom outfit, a little more exercise and a little less food will make you feel better and improve your health. Both of which are achievements that are worth the effort.
In other words, as many couch potatoes want to know, do you really need to exercise?
Sure, there are those who lose weight by diet alone, but scientific studies combined with anecdotal evidence suggest that most of those successes are short-term. Losing weight solely through counting calories, reducing portion sizes and restricting high-calorie foods (especially the ones we love) takes an incredible amount of willpower that is difficult to maintain day in and day out, year after year. Hence the high incidence of weight regain after diet-only weight-loss strategies.
How, then, do successful weight-losers keep the pounds off? Do they possess a determination matched by few, or have they stumbled on a strategy that others can learn from?
According to the U.S.-based National Weight Control Registry, a database of more than 4,000 adults who have lost at least 13 kilograms (30 pounds) and kept it off for at least a year, 89% combined diet and exercise to lose weight, 10% used diet alone and 1% used exercise only.
How much exercise are we talking about? An increasing number of experts believe it takes more exercise than previously thought to whittle away extra pounds. According to University of Colorado researchers Victoria Catenacci and Holly Wyatt, in an article last month in
Endocrinology and Metabolism, most published studies looking at exercise and weight loss counsel a dose of exercise that is better suited to improving health than fostering weight loss.
"The majority of studies that we reviewed used exercise prescriptions of 60 to 180 minutes per week," Catenacci and Wyatt say in their article.
Catenacci and Wyatt contend that, without concurrent dieting, only large doses of exercise will result in substantial weight loss. Pointing to a few important studies to back their claim, both researchers believe that working out long enough and hard enough to produce an energy deficit of 500 to 1,000 calories per day will result in weight loss comparable to dieting by itself.
How do you translate a loss of 500-1,000 calories through exercise into a time frame you can shoot for? First, everyone burns calories at a different rate, so it's hard to be exact. And remember, your goal is to create an energy deficit, so your eating mustn't burgeon in the meantime. But to give you an idea, consider that a 60-minute run at a moderate pace burns about 600 calories (people with heavier frames burn more than those with slighter figures).
By now, you have probably realized the conundrum in this approach to weight loss. The likelihood that someone who carries 25 or more extra pounds and who has avoided the gym for the past decade can run for an hour is somewhere between slim and none.
Clearly, the best approach to weight loss is to tone down the exercise to more manageable levels and combine it with a modest level of dietary restriction -- both of which will be easier for the average Joe looking to tighten his belt.
As the pounds disappear, it's important to keep your exercise habit intact. Study after study suggests that the tandem of diet and exercise is the best combination to keep lost weight from finding its way back onto your hips. The successful weight-losers registered in the National Weight Loss Registry provide an example: 90% exercise an average of 60 minutes a day.
So there it is. The experts are right. If you want to lose weight, you have to eat less and move more. And while the numbers above seem daunting, remember that you don't have to get there quickly. Barring a coming highschool reunion, weight loss is best done slowly.
Small changes in diet and exercise can gradually be increased until they become substantial, resulting in more and more weight lost over time. And even if you are not successful in getting back into your highschool prom outfit, a little more exercise and a little less food will make you feel better and improve your health. Both of which are achievements that are worth the effort.
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