By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Carbohydrates often get a bad reputation in the news as they can be associated with weight gain, which is not entirely true and is very misleading. If you are an athlete, at any age, or if you engage in a lot of exercise and physical activity, consuming carbohydrates is essential to provide you with energy and help you maintain the muscle mass you have worked so hard to attain.
Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity is Best! But What Is It?
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS According to recent research and other physical activity promotion experts, moderate-vigorous physical activity is the most ideal form of activity to enhance physical fitness and overall health.
Exercise or Diet to Override Insulin Sensitivity?
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Many health professionals are frequently asked by patients and clients if exercise is the key component to overriding insulin sensitivity, or if the diet is more of a major factor?
Emotional Intelligence: A Critical Ingredient for Health and Wellness
By Kelley Ashby, MS People with high emotional intelligence are more empathetic and better equipped to create strong interpersonal relationships and positive workplaces. What about the personal health benefits of emotional intelligence, especially for those who work or live in a toxic environment?
Pain and anxiety? Try this breathing technique
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Research suggests that by slowly reducing breathing rates, the body can deactivate neurons that can significantly reduce anxiety and similar behaviors.
Sunglasses may prevent melanoma of the eyes?
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Nearly 5% of all melanoma cases occur in the eyes. To prevent melanoma, researchers strongly recommend people wear sunglasses as a successful preventative measure.
Mental Health Education in African American Church Culture
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Group-type of education, may also promote conversations, experiences, and help individual people see their struggle as not so unique in some ways and that other people with similar, or different, beliefs and values still struggle in similar ways.
Suffer from Diet Derailment Syndrome?
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Diet derailment syndrome occurs when you begin a diet and you stick to that diet; then you encounter an event in which food is abundant and the food available lacks healthy options!
Is Intermittent Fasting Right For You?
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS Intermittent fasting is a strategy and there are multiple strategies possible to achieve the possible health benefits of intermittent fasting.
Exergames and fitness for kids or adults?
By Gabe Sanders Ph.D., NSCA-CSCS The term exergaming is derived from the advent of movement-based video games and is becoming more popular with virtual reality (VR) types of gaming.