http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Dan+Dailey Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134883&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Despite the hype that too often accompanies the praise, fiber is a very healthy addition to a good diet. It's no miracle cure, but a substantial amount of insoluble fiber does help move material through the colon faster. It has a cleansing effect on the digestive system. By improving the solidity an... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=133787&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Women, to put it bluntly, are biologically different from men. Those differences imply some guidelines for diet, exercise and health matters in general. Women, for example, naturally have a higher percentage of body fat than men, 27% on average compared to 15% for a fit individual. That single numbe... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=133140&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet odern medicine has given us a number of miracles in a bottle. We have pills for arthritis, pills for heartburn, pills for heart trouble. We have pills that will help us wake up in the morning, pills that will help us digest our afternoon meal, and pills that will enable us to sleep at night. We l... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=131798&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Proper weight management is about much more than simply focusing on a single number, your weight. There are other, very important, objective measurements to add to your intellectual toolkit - BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage, muscle-to-fat ratio and others - in order to achieve a physic... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=130720&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet The BMI (Body Mass Index) has become a useful tool in managing weight and body fat percentage in the last 20 years. Calculating it requires only simple arithmetic and can be performed by anyone. It's important because it provides an objective measurement that, combined with the appropriate scale for... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=131119&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet It seems almost as if there is a new fad diet every week. Many of these contain elements of truth, but on the whole they contain much more good marketing than good science. There is the 3-day diet, which touts eating little more than fruits for three days, followed by vegetables or meat or grains th... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=129670&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Most people will try a hundred different fad diets, at least as many nutritional supplements and even all sorts of wacky alternatives. But, getting them to exercise can be a real challenge.Nevertheless, it's an inescapable fact that proper diet has to be accompanied by an age-appropriate, regular ex... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Dan Dailey Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=129409&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet There's considerable hype in the news about the incidence of childhood obesity and the risks. As usual, scare stories abound with calls for government intervention and/or large-scale social changes. But apart from the over-the-top reactions, there are some basic facts that remain. With the increase...