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Weight-Lifting and Diabetes
Diabetics who have "diabetic retinopathy" should avoid weight-lifting. Blood pressures rise to enormous levels during weight-lifting. The tiny vessels in the eye are susceptible to these high pressures.












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Mobile App

Our innovative and award-winning app "Exercise Calorie Converter" converts the calories in restaurant foods and beverages into minutes of exercise.

Version 3.0 -- released in Spring 2017 -- offers more restaurants, over 6000 foods and beverages, a Quick-Check tool for foods not in the database, and some cool sharing functions. (NOTE: Version 3.3 was released February 2018.)

MAKE SMARTER CHOICES WHEN YOU DINE OUT!





Today's Featured Topics



Measuring Fitness: Aerobic Capacity
Can you name the 5 elements of "fitness"? More importantly, of those 5, which is the most important to your health? The answer to that latter question is "aerobic capacity," sometimes referred to as "cardiorespiratory fitness." Read more at: "Measuring Fitness: Aerobic Capacity"

Dietary Protein and Exercise
The appropriate amount of dietary protein is confusing even for healthcare professionals. This article summarizes the latest protein intake recommendations to optimize health and athletic performance. Read more at: "Protein and Exercise"

Energy Drinks
Energy drinks are very popular. But, do they really work? What's in them? Are they safe? Are "energy" drinks and "sports" drinks the same thing? Find the answers to these questions and more at: "Energy Drinks"


Exercise Books and Videos



TITLE:  "The Performance Zone"
AUTHOR:  Ivy J, Portman R
LENGTH:  133 pages
LIST PRICE:  $10.95

John Ivy, PhD, and Robert Portman, PhD, published 2 superb sports nutrition books in 2004....this is one of them. In "The Performance Zone," they summarize complex exercise physiology concepts in a very readable manner, and do it in a little over 100 pages. Athletes and weekend warriors who want to learn how to optimize their sports nutrition for better performance are encouraged to read this one. We recommend it highly!
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