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How to lose weight in a healthy way

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Losing weight is a topic that most people are concerned about nowadays, how to lose weight healthily needs to be considered. Some people try to lose weight in an unhealthy way, which often affects their health. For example, people who lose weight through excessive dieting may lose weight quickly in the short term because of the use of muscle and water weight during this period. It’s an unhealthy way to lose weight. When you don’t control what you eat, you gain weight quickly. It also causes damage to your stomach.

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  • What is a healthy way to lose weight?
  • HIIT
  • Cardio
  • What is a healthy way to lose weight?

A healthy way to lose weight is to control your diet and exercise more. Before you lose weight, you should know that fat and muscle are completely different tissues and have different functions. Fat is the accumulation of excess energy in the body, while the muscle is formed by the use of energy in the body. Exercise weight loss is a popular way to lose weight. The process, can not only help the dieters to convert the heat into muscle but also has a good shaping effect. Next are some of the most common exercises

  • HIIT

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HIIT is a calorie-burning method that has become popular in recent years. The muscles burn a lot of calories during exercise. The effect will be seen in the short term, but the exercise is very tough. Due to the high training intensity, body load, and cardiopulmonary pressure are very high, HIIT stabbing training is under 30 minutes. But for new people is very difficult to really do it, perhaps in the first 5 minutes is in line with the standard of high-intensity training, the rest of the time due to fatigue, physical pain, subjective consciousness of depression, and other reasons can not achieve high-intensity exercise, thus affecting the effect of exercise. Similarly, most people will choose a fitness App or a training video that without the guidance of a professional coach. They will complete a set of training with non-standard movements and non-compact rhythm. So the newbies who decide to lose weight through this kind of exercise need to find a course with simple movements and short training time, and gradually increase the training intensity so that they may have better results. Continue reading How to lose weight in a healthy way →

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Are Your Over 55? How Being More Active and Incorporating the “Eat the Rainbow” Philosophy into Your Diet will Help Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease and Help You Become a Healthier Version of Yourself

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Are Your Over 55? How Being More Active and Incorporating the “Eat the Rainbow” Philosophy into Your Diet will Help Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease and Help You Become a Healthier Version of Yourself

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a significant cause of death in the UK and worldwide. Statistics show that around 7.6 million people living with heart disease in the UK: 4 million men and 3.6 million women. Getting older increases your risk of heart disease, with over 65s significantly more at risk of suffering from a heart attack stroke or develop CHD in comparison with younger people. Very often, the risk factors that play in causing heart and circulatory conditions are spoken about. There are some risk factors you can control, and some you can’t. However, being more active and eating healthily can reduce the risk of heart disease. 

Be More Active and Workout!

Firstly, being more active and working out will reduce your risk of heart disease. It has been proven that regular exercise enables your heart and blood circulatory system to become more efficient, lowering your cholesterol level and maintain a healthy blood pressure level. The NHS recommend that you aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate activity every week; equating to 30 minutes a day for at least 5 days a week. However, if you’ve been inactive for a while, we recommend that you ease your way back into it, and gradually build up your activity to reach recommended levels. After all slow progress is still progress! 

Here are Some Workouts That You Can Try

1.  Weight Training Workouts

It has been proven that through the proper use of weight training equipment, e.g. dumbbells and barbells can help you strengthen your heart and improve circulation. Weight training increases lean muscle mass, and gives your cardiovascular system places to send the blood being pumped. Resulting in less pressure on your arteries, which helps to reduce the chances of heart-related problems. 

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2.  High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

HIIT is also great way to improve and develop aerobic fitness. These are often short exercise routines often lasting between 15-20 minutes but have numerous health benefits. As they are quick and convenient they are perfect for over 55s that may not have time to visit the gym for hours a day. Why not try the video below? This is from TC60 – an award winning class and trainer Luke Wilson, as seen in Mens Health 2019. It is a great beginner HIIT workout that anyone can do at home.

There are many other workouts you can do to raise your activity levels, click on the following links for more ideas.

Incorporating the “Eat the Rainbow” Philosophy into Your Diet

Another way you can become a healthier you and reduce your risk of CHD is through incorporating the “eat the rainbow” philosophy through eating a variety of nutrient-rich, plant-based foods. Through the visualisation of the rainbow as you eat throughout the week, this will help you to incorporate a range of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants into your diet. The colours that we see in our fruits, vegetables, and other foods, actually represent phytonutrients – essentially the nutrients that help prevent disease and keep your body working properly. How each colours of the different foods we consume can reduce the risk of developing heart disease as well as the numerous health benefits will be mentioned below.

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