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Always aim to alternate resistance exercises with aerobic or the stamina building exercises. This will give your muscle a chance to recover from the build of the lactic acid in your body, which is a common side effect of high intensity activities such as weight lifting or sprinting. In these anaerobic activities, oxygen cannot be [...]

Always aim to alternate resistance exercises with aerobic or the stamina building exercises. This will give your muscle a chance to recover from the build of the lactic acid in your body, which is a common side effect of high intensity activities such as weight lifting or sprinting. In these anaerobic activities, oxygen cannot be [...]

Many stamina building exercises, such using treadmills or jogging, improves the strength and endurance for only those muscles which are involved in the activity. If you thoroughly concentrate on such type of exercises only, in that case you run the risk of developing an imbalanced physique. Imagine, having powerful leg muscles and buttock muscles but [...]

Many stamina building exercises, such using treadmills or jogging, improves the strength and endurance for only those muscles which are involved in the activity. If you thoroughly concentrate on such type of exercises only, in that case you run the risk of developing an imbalanced physique. Imagine, having powerful leg muscles and buttock muscles but [...]

Posted by Alanna Fincke

Summer’s nearly here, but don’t let dreams of vacations and restful weekends at the beach distract you from your goal to feel healthy! Continue making progress on your journey toward a healthier life—and sure, set aside a little time for relaxing, too.

We’ll help you stick with it. For the next few months, use our fresh, fun tips below to stay on track. They’ll aid you in keeping your weight down and your spirits up. And, don’t forget to share your thoughts by posting comments. We’ll be back in the fall with lots of all-new Challenge tips, exercises, and recipes.

Posted by Alanna Fincke

Summer’s nearly here, but don’t let dreams of vacations and restful weekends at the beach distract you from your goal to feel healthy! Continue making progress on your journey toward a healthier life—and sure, set aside a little time for relaxing, too.

We’ll help you stick with it. For the next few months, use our fresh, fun tips below to stay on track. They’ll aid you in keeping your weight down and your spirits up. And, don’t forget to share your thoughts by posting comments. We’ll be back in the fall with lots of all-new Challenge tips, exercises, and recipes.

Posted by Sandy Gluck

Cream and Currant Topped Crackers (total calories 103)

• 2 squares whole grain graham crackers (60 calories)
• 2 teaspoons reduced-fat cream cheese (25 calories)
• 2 teaspoons raisins or dried currants (18 calories)

Please leave a comment and we may contact you to appear on the show (your email will be kept confidential)! If you DO NOT want to be contacted, please email us at bodyandsoulchallenge@marthastewart.com.

Posted by Sandy Gluck

Cream and Currant Topped Crackers (total calories 103)

• 2 squares whole grain graham crackers (60 calories)
• 2 teaspoons reduced-fat cream cheese (25 calories)
• 2 teaspoons raisins or dried currants (18 calories)

Please leave a comment and we may contact you to appear on the show (your email will be kept confidential)! If you DO NOT want to be contacted, please email us at bodyandsoulchallenge@marthastewart.com.

You probably think you’re doing everything you can to stay healthy: you get lots of sleep, exercise regularly and try to avoid fried foods. But you may be forgetting one important thing. Relax! Stress has a bigger impact on your health than you might realize, according to research presented yesterday at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association in Boston. [More]

You probably think you’re doing everything you can to stay healthy: you get lots of sleep, exercise regularly and try to avoid fried foods. But you may be forgetting one important thing. Relax! Stress has a bigger impact on your health than you might realize, according to research presented yesterday at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association in Boston. [More]

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After a bad day at the office, we’re more likely to flip on a nature channel than find a flower-filled meadow or sunny beach to lower our stress. But if you can’t head outdoors, you might want to at least have a look. A report in June’s Journal of Environmental Psychology says televised nature is no match for a good old window. [More]

[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]

After a bad day at the office, we’re more likely to flip on a nature channel than find a flower-filled meadow or sunny beach to lower our stress. But if you can’t head outdoors, you might want to at least have a look. A report in June’s Journal of Environmental Psychology says televised nature is no match for a good old window. [More]

In 1962 someone at the Genetics Institute in Pavia, Italy, turned up the temperature in an incubator holding fruit flies. When Ferruccio Ritossa, then a young geneticist, examined the cells of these “heat shocked” flies, he noticed that their chromosomes had puffed up at discrete locations. The puffy appearance was a known sign that genes were being activated in those regions to give rise to their encoded proteins, so those sites of activity became known as the heat shock loci.

In 1962 someone at the Genetics Institute in Pavia, Italy, turned up the temperature in an incubator holding fruit flies. When Ferruccio Ritossa, then a young geneticist, examined the cells of these “heat shocked” flies, he noticed that their chromosomes had puffed up at discrete locations. The puffy appearance was a known sign that genes were being activated in those regions to give rise to their encoded proteins, so those sites of activity became known as the heat shock loci.

In 1857 British novelist George Eliot wrote, “Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism.” So it is no surprise that scholars have long been intrigued by the possibility that animals possess largely untapped therapeutic powers. But are animals good for our psychological and physical health, either as pets or as “therapists”?

Most Americans are animal lovers; about 63 percent of U.S. households contain one or more pets, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. Several, but not all, studies suggest that those of us who own pets tend to be somewhat happier than those of us who do not. In addition, research by Erika Friedmann and her colleagues at the University of Maryland School of Nurs­ing shows that pet ownership predicts one-year survival rates among victims of heart attacks.

In 1857 British novelist George Eliot wrote, “Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions and they pass no criticism.” So it is no surprise that scholars have long been intrigued by the possibility that animals possess largely untapped therapeutic powers. But are animals good for our psychological and physical health, either as pets or as “therapists”?

Most Americans are animal lovers; about 63 percent of U.S. households contain one or more pets, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. Several, but not all, studies suggest that those of us who own pets tend to be somewhat happier than those of us who do not. In addition, research by Erika Friedmann and her colleagues at the University of Maryland School of Nurs­ing shows that pet ownership predicts one-year survival rates among victims of heart attacks.

Nontoxic NanotubesNanoparticles could perform promising biomedical tasks, such as ferrying drugs to diseased cells or detecting genetic anomalies [see “Less Is More in Medicine”; SciAm, September 2001]. But researchers fret that these tiny tools could poison the body.

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Nontoxic NanotubesNanoparticles could perform promising biomedical tasks, such as ferrying drugs to diseased cells or detecting genetic anomalies [see “Less Is More in Medicine”; SciAm, September 2001]. But researchers fret that these tiny tools could poison the body.

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Lifestyle Link?“Playing Defense against Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” by Patrick Aebischer and Ann C. Kato, was an excellent and hopeful summary of current research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But the last paragraph, which suggests that lifestyle may play a role in the development of ALS (and which mentions that regular exercise offers some protection against neurodegenerative diseases), seems to have little to do with the research described in the article.

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Lifestyle Link?“Playing Defense against Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” by Patrick Aebischer and Ann C. Kato, was an excellent and hopeful summary of current research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But the last paragraph, which suggests that lifestyle may play a role in the development of ALS (and which mentions that regular exercise offers some protection against neurodegenerative diseases), seems to have little to do with the research described in the article.

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