Channeling Dr Oz [Part II]

I've been talking about things I learnt (attributed to Dr Oz) from an article on www.ivillage.com on things that could help us win the battle of the bulge - or at least help maintain a healthy weight and life. I'm hoping that the points that follow will be as insightful as last weeks blog post.

Here we go....

Iced Drinks help coz they could help rev up your metabolism, so try to go for 3 iced drinks daily (if your teeth and health can manage that). We can all take this a notch higher when we ice up drinks that naturally push up our metabolism such as coffee and green tea. [Note to self – stay away from the prepackaged iced coffees and such they usually have too much processed sugar – make yours from scratch].

 

Vitamins – Zinc some researchers say can help reduce hunger (why didn’t anyone tell me this like 10 years ago?), so when you do take multivitamins, try to see that what you get has at least 15mg of zinc. Although it should be safe, I’d say ask your doctor before starting on any multi vitamin medication – better be safe than sorry, right?

Interval Training: This is the new thing in physical training science - exercising in short intense bursts of activity. What I do when I go for my morning walks is I walk/run (not quite running but definitely walking really fast – to the point that I get out of breath) for about 10mins, then slow down to a more manageable pace for 10mins – I continue this rhythm for my entire walk. You can do the same in your gym – on the treadmill, spinning machine etc – just really go all out and hit it for all you’ve got for some time, then reduce your tempo (don’t stop, keep moving but move slower and with less intensity).

 

I hear that interval training burns more calories than you would if you maintained a uniform pace during your entire work out.

I am partial to Strength Training (I use kettlebells regularly, and prefer them to Dumb bells), so I think I will blog about the benefits of K-bells as opposed to Dumb bells. Suffice it to say, that I attribute blasting my abdomen to my K-bell routine!

Until then...

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