What is the Optimal Exercise Strategy?

This week on Fitness Rocks we review an article from the January 26, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine that investigated the optimal exercise program for reducing age-related chronic diseases and physical disability.  Is your exercise routine as good as it can be?
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Sodium, Potassium and Cardiovascular Disease

We all know that too much sodium in our diet is unhealthy.  A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that the ratio of sodium to potassium in our diet has a significant impact on our risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
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Fitness Rocks in the Media

I was interviewed by Mindy Todd on WCAI, my local NPR station here on Cape Cod, about the JUPITER study. You may recall that I talked about the JUPITER study in Fitness Rocks Podcast 121.

You can listen to my NPR interview with Mindy Todd by clicking this link: Fitness Rocks on NPR

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Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements and Cancer Prevention

This week on Fitness Rocks I review two recent studies from the Journal of the American Medical Association about the role of antioxidant vitamin supplements in cancer prevention.  The studies looked at vitamin E and C and selenium.
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