Dietary Nitrates and Cardiorespiratory Function
Posted by Andrea Hacker MS, RD on October 22, 2012
The Starting Line: Can adding beets to your diet improve performance? Proper cardiovascular functioning requires nitrite and nitric oxide, byproducts of the nitrates in our diet. Nitric oxide has long been recognized as a potent vasodilator, and recent studies have confirmed that this effect can lower blood pressure in individuals without hypertension. Two research groups have looked deeper into the effect o...
The Basics of Weight Loss - Practical Strategies
Posted by Janine Wong MS, RD on October 15, 2012
The Starting Line: What is the best way to approach safe weight loss? The science of weight loss is simple: burn more calories than you consume. This caloric deficit can come from a combination of exercise and dietary modification. According to the CDC, roughly one pound of weight is equal to 3500 calories; therefore a caloric deficit of 500 calories per day will lead to 1 pound of weight loss per week. Healt...
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