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The Smoke Point of Cooking Oil and Why It Matters
One of the most important indicators to consider when choosing between various types of cooking oils is their smoke point. But what is the smoke point? Why is it so important?
What Happens When You Stop Your Fitness Habit?
According to research by the American College of Sports Medicine, about 25-35% of adults stop exercising after 2 to 5 months. How quickly the body's fitness declines after exercise stops is related to many factors, and some declines may be too fast to imagine.
fruit food miles
Strawberries picked fresh from the Strawberry Garden started to rot within two days after being brought home. Why do these long-distance strawberries shipped from Japan and the United States still look salivating in the store ?
Is obesity a disease of affluence?
According to the survey conducted by the National Health Bureau in 2014 , the prevalence rate of overweight and obesity (BMI>24) among Taiwanese men is as high as 48.9% , and even that of women is 38.3% .
Two-stage weight loss experience without taboo
The author himself is also a person who has a hard time avoiding food. He also needs to eat delicious food and control his weight and blood sugar. These are completely two extremes. But relying on regular exercise, I lost 18 kilograms with almost no diet control, my body fat percentage dropped from 30% to 15%, and my waist circumference shrank from 38 inches to 34 inches
Small snacks that do not increase blood sugar calories when you are hungry
How to eat can effectively satisfy hunger without increasing the blood sugar level on an empty stomach in the morning? The following foods are the snacks that the author personally experienced will not increase the blood sugar level ( low glycemic index GI<55) and feel full:
Eat taro balls without asking for help
But like vermicelli, taro balls made from cassava, sweet potato, or potato flour harden from the center when cooked for more than an hour. A few years ago, the food safety crisis of these balls mixed with plasticizers has been forgotten by everyone, and they no longer care about why the taro balls in the ice shop outside are still the same Q bomb no matter how long they are stored .
Special Invitation: The 10K Running Training Course of Young Mature Women
Many friends learned that not only did I participate in the 10K road race, but I could also finish the entire run, and my jaw almost dropped! Because I think that I had no exercise habits at all in the past. I was on the treadmill in the gym, and I staggered and squatted out of breath after only running for 30 seconds.
Mountaineering and Fitness
Because mountaineering activities can range from a few hours to a few days, compared with the usual 1-2 hours of aerobic or anaerobic exercise, the calories consumed may be several times or even 10 times that of ordinary exercise. After three days of mountaineering and vertical walking, the body weight may be reduced by more than 3 kg.
Women's body fat percentage and changes in body shape
In the previous article, we discussed the body fat percentage of men, and this one will discuss women. Because of the difference in physiological structure, women naturally have higher body fat content than men, so the body fat percentage standards of men and women are very different.
Body fat percentage and body shape changes in men
After understanding the terminology related to body fat rate introduced in the previous article, this article will discuss the body shape changes corresponding to the body fat rate of adult males in various intervals.
Understanding Body Fat Percentage
In the process of pursuing weight loss goals, body fat percentage is actually a very important but easily overlooked indicator. We often think that the goal of weight loss is enough, but we don't pay attention to the degree of body fat loss at the same time. When the body adapts to the training of aerobic exercise, the efficiency of fat burning will become lower, and the areas that have not been exercised, such as the abdomen, are still easy to accumulate fat, resulting in an uneven body shape.
The Dream of Scales - Tanita RD-800 Body Composition Meter
This household body composition meter made in Japan adopts the latest generation technology of Tanita to measure body weight, body fat, BMI index, muscle mass ( muscle mass ) , muscle mass score ( muscle mass points ) , body water percentage from the left and right sides of the body , Visceral fat level, metabolic age, basal metabolic rate, estimated bone mass, pulse ... and other 26 measurement items. For sports enthusiasts, this is simply a substitute for Tanita or InBody large-scale body composition analyzer and can be placed A dream to measure in the home. 
November 14th World Diabetes Day
  • Worldwide, 415 million adults had diabetes in 2015, and it is expected to increase to 642 million by 2040
  • Only 1 in 2 adults with diabetes knows they have it
  • People with type 2 diabetes often suffer from it for a long time without knowing it, and they often have serious complications when they are diagnosed
What is a production and sales resume?
When you are shopping in stores or supermarkets, you may have seen the small labels of agricultural products marked with two-dimensional bar codes (QR Code) to verify the production and sales history. You can scan it with your mobile phone to know the name of the producer, place of origin, packaging and shipment on the website. Date and production records ( such as fertilization, spraying, etc. ) to help consumers understand the relevant information of the purchased agricultural products.
Excellent drink for exercise and slimming--smoothie
The smoothie drink has been popular abroad for many years. Recently, due to the gradual popularity of sugar-free yogurt and high-powered juice machines in Taiwan, its visibility has gradually increased.
How to use exercise to lose weight and lower blood sugar? The exercise history of a diabetic patient in the past 5 years
It is always difficult for people with diabetes and obesity to take the first step to start exercising.
Low glycemic index (Low GI) diet fat loss method
The American medical website WebMD pointed out according to their research that in addition to helping prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease, foods with a low glycemic index, compared with foods with a high glycemic index of the same calories, groups of people who eat foods with a low glycemic index can usually consume less more fat.
Fat Man's Tale of Flywheel (4) The Dream of Flywheel
After discussing the knowledge of how to choose a flywheel in the previous article, we must introduce a few fantastic products in accordance with the practice of this blog.
How to choose safe imported food?
The cooking oil in the entire store is full of foreign brands that I, a male servant who has lived in North America for many years and often goes to supermarkets in Europe and cooks and buys vegetables himself, have never seen before.
Fat Man's Tale of Flywheel (3) How to Choose a Flywheel
There are a lot of flywheels on the market. There are thousands of yuan Taobao products, and there are more than 6-figure training models for professional athletes. How should consumers choose ? We list the following equipment that you get what you pay for. Here are the differences for your reference: