Simple Solutions For Chronic Low Back Pain

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 25, 2010 • 21 Comments

About 75 million U.S. adults experience some sort of chronic pain, with low-back pain among the most common complaints. 

Although you can get temporary symptomatic relief from medications like Tylenol, Motrin and Aleve, it’s by no means a permanent solution…and taking too many meds can cause other serious health complications. 

So what’s the best remedy for chronic low back pain?  Well, the solution comes from understanding how the problem first came about. 

Modern conveniences have made us increasingly more sedentary and less active.  This has contributed to our ever expanding waist line, as well as, all of the health problems associated with it.

Although being overweight definitely adds to the problem.  Surprisingly, it’s not the most common cause.
 
You may be surprised to find out what causes most low back pains and the shockingly simple solutions for it.

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Calorie Counters Beware!  You May Be Eating More Than You Think.

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 18, 2010 • 29 Comments

If you’ve been diligently counting calories in hopes of cutting down your caloric intake so you can lose weight…you may be in for a rude awakening!  Apparently all is not what it seems as indicated on the labels of packaged or canned foods. 

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, prepared foods may contain an average of 8% more calories than what’s stated on their package labels and restaurant meals may contain a whopping 18% more calories than they claim.

And as far as the FDA is concerned, it’s completely fine. 

So let’s say you’re on a 1200 calories per day diet.  8% is only about 100 calories a day.  But add that up and you’re looking an additional 3000 calories a month and 36000 calories a year.  Remember, there’s 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat.  At an extra 36000 calories per year…that’s about 10 extra pounds of fat!

If you can’t trust the information on the label, what are you supposed to do? 

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Are Your Shoes Causing You Injuries?

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 11, 2010 • 24 Comments

Every few months all of the major footwear companies come out with their latest and greatest running shoes.  Some even have built-in computers that help you keep track of how much you ran! 

Nowadays every possible technology you can think of is being implemented into the shoes…heck with all of the money being spent on R&D, you’d think they’d be able to make shoes with wings so you can fly! 

Unfortunately, most of the new technologies are more about hype and marketing gimmick then anything that’s actually useful or beneficial. 

In fact, the latest research done on runners wearing the latest technologically advanced shoes, is that it actually puts more stress on your leg joints including your hips, knees and ankles than walking in a pair of high heels!  Can you imagine that? 

The truth is you don’t need to get caught up in the hype and pay hundreds of dollars for a pair of athletic shoes that may look nice, but can actually harm you.  There’s a much better solution that’ll save you a lot of money while improving your athletic performance and keep you injury free.  Check out the full story below. 

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WARNING: Artificial Sweeteners Can Make You Fat

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 04, 2010 • 35 Comments

Sugar is a HUGE conundrum for many, because it’s in pretty much everything you buy….and that’s especially the case for processed foods, pre-packaged foods and all fast foods. 

Sugar is addictive…no doubt about it.  And it’s lethal combination of abundance and addiction that has resulted in our current health debacle where over 60% of the adults in the nation (US) are either overweight or obese. 

At this rate some experts say that it can reach 75% by 2015.  That’s 3/4 of the entire nation! 

This problem has spawned a MULTI-MILLION dollar industry of sugar alternatives as a solution to help curb sugar consumption in an effort to beat the overweight and obesity problem.

Artificial sweeteners are 300 times sweeter than sugar, they don’t cause an insulin spike and have low (or no) calories. 

Sounds good to me…all the pleasure without the guilt. 

Although, there are some “minor” health like issues like headaches, migraines, seizures and even brain tumors, that’s been linked to active ingredients like aspartame in artificial sweeteners—it’s all good because it still helps you lose weight (I’m being very sarcastic here if you didn’t catch that). 

Well, that is until recently… 

Studies have now come out that indicate sweeteners aren’t as effective at helping you lose weight as initially thought.  In fact, now there’s evidence that they actually promote weight GAIN! 

Don’t get left in the dark about this ...read the full story here and find out what you can do about it:

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