their sedentary, but skinny, peers.We asked two experts to, ahem, weigh in. Glenn Gaesser, director of the Healthy Lifestyles Research Centre at Arizona State University, US, says you can be fit and fat. Amy Weinstein, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical

that helps you to produce digestive enzymes needed to extract energy from your food. And a handful of seeds also does your joints a favour: their oil helps to reduce arthritic inflammation, according to a study published in Pharmacological Research.  Shallots

in the Harvard Alumni Study, according to an April 1995 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Non-vigorous activity (walking, for instance) had no such effect on mortality. The Harvard researchers found that the difference in mortality risk

UAN: Article type:++add book link at top++ --This is adapted from the book, Eat Smart, Play Hard, by RW USA Nutrition Editor Liz Applegate. Many researchers believe that the powerful antioxidant properties of vitamin E protect us from the age

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, fatigue, overtraining and burnout. "Beginners - and even intermediate exercisers - should leave the gym thinking that they could have done more," says Kravitz.Once is enough The research is clear: for the average person, one set of an exercise is just

, B, or C is the "right" answer – the path to greatest improvement. That's why, two years ago, New Zealand-based researchers Carl Paton and Will Hopkins, began digging through 20 years of research on sessions that boost endurance performance

with a little protein: (eg High5 4:1) These products are still relatively rare but some research suggests that a little protein in a carbohydrate drink can improve performance on the run.Recovery drinks Post-run drinks usually contain around 70