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Companies are always looking for ways to increase employee production. Well there is a great solution and that is to have your employees work out. It has been shown that exercise boost cognitive function and the lasting euphoric feeling afterwards can have many positive benefits to employee interaction. This article by Gretchen Reynolds talks about the process of working out and how it correlates to brain function. Upending the cliché of muscleheads, scientists at the Laboratory of Neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging recently set out to examine whether changes in muscles prompted … [Read more...] about Want to Boost Brain Power? Workout

Everyone knows that inactivity can lead to many major risk factors such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure. This article by Gretchen Reynolds talks about the detriment of individuals just sitting around albeit at work, home, or restaurant. ONE lesson I’ve learned while writing about fitness is that few things impinge on an active life as much as writing about fitness — all that time spent hunched before a computer or puzzling over scientific journals, the countless hours of feckless, seated procrastination. While writing about the benefits of exercise, my muscles … [Read more...] about Inactivity: Don’t just Sit There

Sugar is found in every carbohydrate and has a crucial role in the body's function. This article written by Kenneth Chang talks about the different types of substitutes you can find when you are at a restaurant. White. Pink. Blue. Yellow. On restaurant tables everywhere, the colors of the sweetener packets instantly identify the contents. Sugar. Saccharin. Aspartame. Sucralose. Reaching for one to pour into a cup of coffee or tea can sometimes feel like sweetener roulette, with the swirl of confusing, conflicting assertions about which are safe and which are not. Alissa Kaplan Michaels, … [Read more...] about Choosing a Sugar Substitute

Memorial Day is fast approaching us and many families will be firing up the grill for the first time this season. The picnic season will begin usually with things like hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, pasta salad, and desserts. This is a great article by Fritz Lenneman in which it gives a nice blend of things to be aware of for the upcoming holiday weekend. When the warm weather finally settles in, no one wants to slave over a hot stove. Fire up the barbecue and enjoy the season! Safety First Before you send out the invitations to your first summer barbecue, Toby Smithson, RD, CDE, … [Read more...] about Memorial Day Grilling: The Dos and Don’ts

If you are like most Americans, the picture on your left is looking pretty delicious right about now. This is an actual meal from the food chain Five Guys Restaurant. The problem is that fast food has become a staple in most households across the U. S. With the development of fast food their has also been an increase in the health risks that go along with eating this type of food. The risks range from obesity, heart disease, kidney disease, and high blood pressure just to name a few. Below I have listed the caloric intake for some of the items on the menu at Five Guys. Five … [Read more...] about Five Guys = Five Heart attacks?

It is that time of year when flowers are blooming and it seems to be raining every other day. If you are like most individuals, this is the worst time of year for allergies. Many people wait all year to be able to get outside and exercise, yet they suffer when they do due to allergies. This article written by Colette Bouchez offers some suggestions. With spring nearly upon us, and warmer weather not far behind, you probably can't wait to convert your stuffy indoor fitness routine into breezy outdoor fun. Even if you've never exercised before, adding physical activity to your life can seem a … [Read more...] about Outdoor Exercise: Beating your Allergies

As many of you already know, Xcellerated Speed Training has been in charge of WORLD electronics Corporate Wellness. This is the next chapter in our hopes to bring health and wellness to all employees. In May, we will be offering a new program to WORLD electronics called the Jumpstart Program. This program is specifically catered to any employee who has NOT participated in the wellness program thus far.  This will be a series of half-hour classes that will contain information to get you up-to-date as to what has been going on so far. These classes will include information on nutrition and … [Read more...] about Feeling unmotivated? Try the Jumpstart Program

This is a recent article written by the Associated Press. Cola is believed to have played a part in this New Zealand woman's death. WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Experts say a New Zealand woman's 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts. Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old, stay-at-home mother of eight from Invercargill, died of a heart attack in February 2010. Fairfax Media reported that a pathologist, Dr. Dan Mornin, testified at an inquest Thursday that she probably … [Read more...] about Soda: A deadly habit?