Exercise beats fat genes in postmenopausal women
One of the most common complaints I hear from my older female clients is how hard it is to maintain a healthy body weight after menopause. Women who have been slim their whole lives suddenly find they’re growing a belly, while those who’ve been fighting the battle of the bulge for as long as they…
Exercise is useless for weight loss… but you should do it anyway
Every week, I see clients who have been struggling with their weight for years, sometimes decades. In fact, some have been battling to attain or maintain a healthy body weight for virtually their entire lives. All of them have been told variations of the standard weight loss advice trope: “Eat less and move more.” The…
Are you majoring in minor things?
In last week’s Ask Robyn session, which I conduct monthly for members of my EmpowerEd program, several members’ questions related to the nutritional benefits of specific foods such as particular herbs and spices, and which type of microalgae supplement – spirulina or chlorella – was better. While being perfectly valid questions that I enjoyed…
Crossword puzzles or pumping iron – what’s best for maintaining your marbles?
and Dementia. We all make jokes about it: grey nomads put ‘Adventure Before Dementia’ stickers on the back of their Winnebagos; middle-aged people ascribe forgetting a familiar name or fact to ‘having a senior moment’; and the ‘silly old bugger’ character is a standard fixture of TV shows and movies. But if you’ve…
5 surprising benefits of exercise you never knew about
You already know how important exercise is for your physical health, right? A varied, balanced exercise program: Improves your cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, flexibility and balance; Helps you avoid weight gain or regain (although it’s not that effective for promoting weight loss); Improves your sleep quality; Reduces your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular…
5 tips for finding time to exercise
Everybody knows how important regular exercise is to their health and well-being (unless they’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 20 years!). But most Australians still don’t get anywhere near the amount of exercise they need to maintain a healthy body weight; reduce their risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and many…