Tag: Exercise

Eat Right in March, and Continue

American Dietetic Association National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, a time to look at what you eat and how you exercise.

This month is National Nutrition Month, a campaign created by the American Dietetic Association to raise awareness of our diets. It’s a time to learn to make informed food choices and reinforce your physical activity habits. This is low tech, unless you want to use the Web to research exercise, nutrition, and recipes. That’s all good. But we’re all for the diet and exercise the ADA is promoting here. So see it as a time to evaluate, and learn about what you can do to increase your fitness and overall health.

American Dietetic Association

Is It Easier to Exercise at Night or in the Morning?

From today’s New York Times, Gina Kolata stumbled upon the discovery that athletes may spend less effort on a workout than they would at night. She asks, “Are athletes more efficient in the morning?”

“A small group of researchers has studied the question of exercise performance and time of day, even doing studies of heart rates. And not only are performances better in the late afternoon and early evening, but, contrary to what exercise physiologists would predict, heart rates are also higher for the same effort.”

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