Food on the Mind: 20 Surprising Insights From Food Psychology When low-fat foods are bad, why people eat tuna eyes and fried bat, America’s dysfunctional relationship with food and more… We invest food with so much meaning, and rightly so: it changes our mood, it strengthens our relationships when we eat together and food choices express who we are. But food has a dark side. We worry about eating unhealthy, about weight gain and how we can control our intake. In the last few decades we’ve learnt an enormous amount about the psychology of food. 1. Americans have a very dysfunctional relationship with food. Compared with the French, Belgians and Japanese, Americans get less pleasure from food and are most obsessed with whether it is ‘healthy’ or not (Rozin et al., 1999). In contrast, the French have fewer hang-ups and enjoy their food the most. Something has clearly gone badly wrong with America’s relationship with food. 2. We tend to think that the amount of food we eat is a result of how hungry we are. 3. Here are the problems. 4. 5. 6. No. 7. 8. 9.
8 Reasons Boomers Should Try CrossFit The CrossFit craze doesn't seem like it's going to die down anytime soon. In fact, according to a recent Fitbie article, this year's CrossFit Games sold out within days of tickets going on sale. In 2011, spectators didn't even fill up half of the 12,000-seat venue. So why has the strength and conditioning program—which mixes sprinting, jumping rope, and other forms of high-intensity cardio with functional exercises performed with all sorts of equipment, including barbells, dumbbells, pull-up bars, kettlebells, medicine balls, and more—earned so many devout followers? According to CrossFit Games athlete Cheryl Brost, a 41-year-old mother of two, it's because it works. More from Prevention: 25 Ways To Sneak In 10 Minutes of Exercise 1. "A lot of people get intimidated because they think CrossFit is going to be so difficult that they won't be able to do it. 2. More from Prevention: Foods That Rev Your Metabolism Published October 2012, Prevention Recommended For You recommended by Zergnet
Bodyweight Exercise Routines from Basic to Advanced | One of my favorite aspects of bodyweight training is how its underlying simplicity is so scalable, from basic to extremely advanced levels. So, today I’m going to highlight an outdoor bodyweight workout for lower and upper body that can be done at basic, intermediate or advanced levels, which was featured in an article about Global Bodyweight Training in last month’s Men’s Health South Africa, called “The Evolution of Exercise”. Click here to read the complete Men’s Health article as a PDF. I’m pretty excited with how the Men’s Health article takes the time to explain the Global Bodyweight Training system, and in particular to demonstrate how the progressions work: With GBT you start with the Basic exercises outlined below and then, after you’ve mastered those, you can progress to Intermediate and Advanced. “Since you can’t add more weight, you have to challenge yourself by decreasing your leverage, which means that gravity makes you work harder,” says Fitch. Basic Bodyweight Workout