Shopping for Spokane Food grocery stores can be an overwhelming experience when you are trying to eat healthy. So many labels lead you to believe they are healthy foods, but when you read the ingredients and nutritional value, healthy isn’t exactly a word that would come to mind.

Spokane Food Tip #1: The ONQI Principle

This month, thousands of stores across the country will begin posting ONQI number. Just what is an ONQI number? Created by Yale University’s Griffin Prevention Research Center, the Overall Nutritional Quality Index scores foods from 1 to 100 based on nutrients, sugars, vitamins and salt as well as how it affects your blood pressure and other health concerns, with 100 being the best and 1 being the worst.

Spokane Food Tip #2: What Does ONQI Mean

On a lot of Spokane foods The ONQI number will allow you to pick foods that have the best nutritional value instead of trying to guess. Some of the top foods on the list, all with scores of 100 points are mustard greens,…

Being a Personal Trainer Spokane and fat loss expert, I’m constantly asked what’s the best way to lose fat and tone up fast!

Really the best strategy is knowing what to do and simply doing it. Want a shortcut?

Seek the advice of a qualified and professional a Personal Trainer Spokane or a Spokane fitness coach who has a proven track record.

Let me give you the down and dirty facts and a few quick tips to accelerate your Spokane fitness results and get maximum fat burning results.

When you exercise make it intense - I’m sure you’ve heard by now that long, slow cardio is not only boring, but just not the most effective especially for a time-crunched Spokane resident. The real issue is that slower paced activities like walking and such just don’t burn that many calories. Whether it’s cardio or weights, make it intense. That means sweating is okay. As a Spokane Personal Trainer I want my clients to get excellent results and this is what I recommend to them all.

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PART THREE

Exercise is one of the best Spokane stress busters around. When partnered with a healthy diet, exercise can lower your blood pressure, increase blood flow to your brain, relax tense muscles and help you sleep. There is also good evidence that people who are in good physical shape have less extreme responses when under pressure.

In addition to the obvious physical benefits of being in good shape, research has shown that exercise can be an effective anti-depressant, and that exercise can improve the brain functioning of the elderly, and may even protect against dementia.

How does exercise improve mental health?

One theory is that exercise triggers the production of endorphins. These natural opiates are chemically similar to morphine, possibly produced as natural pain relievers in response to the shock that the body receives in exercise. Studies are being done to discover whether these natural chemicals can affect mood.

Exercise has also been found to increase levels of “brain-derived neurotrophic factor” (BDNF). This substance is thought to improve mood, and it may play…