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Health &
Fitness Tips Newsletter, January 13, 2000
In this issue
- Tip of the Week
- Water, Water Everywhere
- Question of the
Week
- Product of the
Week - Pacer Heart Monitor
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Tip of the Week
Water, Water
Everywhere
Not only does water aid in digestion, in washing away toxins, in
reducing appetite, in hydrating the skin, it can help prevent
bladder cancer in men. A 10-year study of 48,000 men at Harvard
School of Public Health in Boston found that those who drank six
glasses of water a day had only half the risk of developing
bladder cancer as those who drank only one glass. Bladder cancer
is the fourth most common cancer among American men, eighth among
US women.
Question of the
Week
Question:
Please, could you help me find information on losing weight? I
want to lose my beer belly but don't know how to start. Do I have
to give up drinking or can I do it by cutting down? I also need
help on what type of exercises I should be doing. I have thought
of doing abdominal curls but I don't know if this is the right way
to lose weight in my belly.
Could you give me
a few tips about losing weight and where to start and what
exercises I need to do? If you can direct me to a particular web
page please give me the address. Also could you tell me what foods
I should eat? I am a student and usually eat fast food like
burgers and chips. Thank you for your time and help.
Answer:
There is an erroneous notion that men with large stomachs are beer
drinkers. Not necessarily. The belly is where most men store their
fat. When they take in excess calories, whether in beer or any
other kinds of foods, the excess is stored as fat. Losing a
"beer belly" involves a change in diet and increase in
exercise. There are no shortcuts.
Abdominal
exercises are good but they will not make your stomach flat if a
layer of excess fat covers it. Those washboard abs will only
appear if you lose the fat so ab exercises alone will not solve
the problem. Read more about this here.
You asked about
eating frequently in fast food restaurants. Specifically, most
fast food restaurant food is high in fat and calories. But most
have low fat, heart healthy choices. For example, McDonald's has
salads with low cal dressing; Subway makes sub sandwiches
containing less than 6 grams of fat as well as some very low
calorie salad choices; Burger King will usually make a broiled
chicken salad for you even if it's not on the menu; Wendy's sells
salads with light dressing and broiled chicken; Boston Market
offers skinless rotisserie turkey breast and low fat vegetable
choices and boiled potatoes; Arby's junior roast beef sandwich and
chicken fingers are both lower fat, lower calorie choices;
Blimpie's features a turkey sub and a grilled chicken salad;
Chick-fil-A makes a hearty low fat breast of chicken soup and a
raisin and carrot salad; even Dunkin' Donuts offer low fat
muffins. No, you do not have to totally give up drinking beer.
Remember, moderation is the key. Allow yourself a few beers a
week. Don't make it a daily habit.
Sincerely,
The HFT Staff
NOTE: If you would
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