Posts by Healthy Lifestyles With Maurie, LLC

Are you looking for something different to work your arms and abs? Then get a new twist on your arms and abs with this workout. This workout, which is designed to strengthen both your arms and your abs, puts a new twist on traditional exercises. The exercises *for your *arms isolate your biceps, triceps and…

Have you ever thought of sugar being as addictive as cocaine? A *nutrition expert *talks about a study called “[sugar vs. cocaine rat](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1931610/)” study, as well as how certain foods are broken down into opioid-like substances in our brains. For example, dairy becomes casomorphin and gluten is broken down into several morphine-like substances called gluten…

Ask anyone who has ever used exercise to make a drastic change to their life and they will likely tell you that consistency is the foundation to long-term success. Yes, we all know that behaviors like regular physical activity *and *proper nutrition are an essential component of long-term health, but in the hustle and bustle…

Did you know that dieting is ineffective at best and counterproductive at worse? With up to two-thirds of dieters *regaining more *weight than they lose, isn’t there a better way to* eat healthfully*? One option is i*ntuitive eating*, which forgoes dieting and focuses on driving long-term improvements in your relationship with food. Intuitive eating is the ability to read, interpret and follow your internal cues regarding…

Did you know that *lack of sleep* contributes to *weight gain*? In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden demonstrated that one night of *sleep loss* has a tissue-specific impact on the regulation of gene expression and *metabolism* in humans. This may explain how chronic sleep loss impairs *metabolism* and adversely affects *body composition*. Epidemiological studies have shown that the risk for *obesity* and type…

Do you think you are too old to *lift weights*? Think again! Weight training* by older people may build not only *strength and muscle mass* but also motivation and confidence, potentially spurring them to *continue exercising.  People are worried that they might be too old or inept to start *resistance training *but feel they should perhaps try it, to see how their…

Do People Really Sit Too Much?  To understand how time spent sitting can add up to have a negative effect on one’s *health*, consider the daily schedule of a working adult in North America who *exercises* two or three days per week: Wake up and get ready for work Commute to work, most likely in a seated position…

Would you like to know the most functional, effective, helpful stretches possible, especially if you are and older-adult? Then read on. ​You can extend this to any stretches you integrate into a workout as well. After at least five, and perhaps as many as nine, decades of forward rounding, do you really need more of…