Burn More Calories

When researchers at the University of Southern Maine used an advanced method to estimate energy expenditure during exercise, they found that weight training burns as many as 71 percent more calories than originally thought. In fact, the researchers calculated that performing just one circuit of eight exercises can expend up to 231 calories. The more [...]

The Facts Of Cravings

Once a week, you should indulge and cheat on your diet—   but how can you fight off the urge for sweets at other times? Go outside—taking a short stroll can weaken chocolate cravings, according to U.K. researchers. In the study, regular chocolate eaters didn’t eat the treat for 3 days, and then either took [...]