Month: March 2024

What is a calorie?  More accurately, that which we refer to as a "calorie" is a kilocalorie.  Oh, that sums it up, doesn't it?  What in the world is a kilocalorie?!?!?  Well . . . it's the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water one degree celcius. ...

I have an idea. I think I'm going to go into the kite business.   I know there's going to be a much enhanced interest in fitness programs in January, so I want to have something unique, something with great appeal to the overweight masses. Yeah, I think I'll create...

Fitness Expert Phil Kaplan sheds some light on one of the newest weight loss offerings. Topic: Collagen Protein - "lose weight while you sleep?" Offerings for weight loss solutions involving Collagen Protein are springing up everywhere, on radio, in retail stores, and in mail order promotions. The products are of course...

A muscular man with a wide waist approaches the dumbbell rack. He picks up two 25-pound dumbbells, holds them at his sides, and begins a set of side bends. First he bends to the left, then to the right. His goal, we can guess, is to reduce his waist. Unfortunately,...