by gregg@urbanpump.com | Mar 16, 2021 | Health, health and fitness, healthy fats, immune system, Lifestyle, nutrition, unhealthy fats
Do you remember, back in the 1980’s in particular, that saturated fats were bad for us, and that they were the main cause of heart disease according to all of the experts at the time? Do you also remember that they strongly encouraged us to eat poly unsaturated...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Feb 9, 2018 | health and fitness, obesity
In my last post, I discuss the body’s adaptation to a consistent, strenuous exercise program in conjunction with a low-calorie diet over the course of time. The body adapts to this stimuli by slowing down the metabolism in an effort to preserve energy. It will...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Nov 6, 2017 | health and fitness, mental health, sleep
Sharon and I made a quick trip to Santa Fe this last weekend to celebrate her father’s birthday. We stayed at the Inn and Spa at Loretto for two nights. It is our favorite place to stay when we go to Santa Fe, and on this trip we had a room on the fifth floor...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Oct 7, 2017 | diabetes, health and fitness
Both Sharon and I have a client with type 1 diabetes, and they both say that our workout program is very effective at regulating their blood sugar. As a matter of fact, one of them says that our exercise program is more effective than anything else she does. She swims...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jun 15, 2017 | health and fitness, sports conditioning
My son came home from college last week and reconnected with many of his high school friends. A favorite pastime for them was a friendly game of pick up basketball at the local rec center, and they put together a game and invited me to join them. It sounded like fun,...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | May 19, 2017 | grocery shopping, health and fitness, healthy fats, high fat diet, low carb eating, obesity, unhealthy fats
When you go grocery shopping, take a quick scan of what most people have in their shopping carts. You can tell at a glance if the person pushing the cart will have issues maintaining a healthy body fat percentage or not. I did this during my last visit to the grocery...
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