Exercise

Aerobic means in the presence of oxygen. If you are doing aerobic exercise your working muscles will have an adequate supply of oxygen so that you can sustain your exercise over a relatively long period of time.

Yoga and Pilates are well established and popular activities which are thought to benefit health. To date scientific evidence which supports health benefit claims is limited, but has identified some interesting areas for further study.

You observe your muscles working for you in all your physical actions, but what occurs in your body to achieve muscle action? How do the nutrients you consume contribute to your daily physical activities?

Children are our future, yet our actions may not be supportive of healthy future generations. Diseases once attributed to adults are now occurring in children. What can we do to promote health in our children?

Is it better to exercise if you want to lose weight or will you gain weight if you do? Exercise without dietary changes may not result in the weight loss you want, but without physical activity your dietary changes may amount to zero loss over time.