Fueling up for workouts and sweating out toxins

Active living, self-care and fitness are the new buzzwords. The latest issue of the Healthy Options Lifestyle News

Digest gives special focus on fueling the body for workouts, and the downside of not flexing your muscles.

Get practical guidelines on fueling up for workouts. There are no hard and fast rules when fueling up the body prior to, during, and after exercise, as a New York-based nutrition consultant maintained, but there are ways to maximize workouts. The article, “Fuel Your Workouts: Before, During And After” stresses that what you put in your body is just as important as what you do with your body.

The lifestyle news digest also updates readers on health messages that are heard to ignore, from getting sun protection to uncovering the stinky, unhealthy truth about antiperspirants. The body’s natural way of removing toxins is through perspiration. Using an antiperspirant tends to block that detoxification process. Moreover, there are red flags like chemicals in many commercial antiperspirants that can be problematic.

Another interesting read is how to “treat body odor naturally” in several ways, including using a plant-based soap, or a natural spritzer like apple cider vinegar, or by revamping one’s diet.

Flip the pages of the Healthy Options Lifestyle News Digest to find the “2016 Wellness Trends.” There are health trends that are gaining ground, and those that seem to be taking a backseat.

“Why You Can’t Out-Exercise an Unhealthy Diet” underscores that aligning a good nutrition plan with a regular exercise routine can help individuals get the bodies they want. Also a good read is the feature on “What Happens to Your Body When You Don’t Work Out.”

Another timely article during this hot-weather season is “There’s Proof: Sunscreen Reduces Skin Aging.” You may have long known how sunscreen can protect you from premature skin aging and skin cancer, but a deeper understanding of when and what sunscreen to apply, what the SPF rating stands for, and new studies that support your beliefs, may be helpful.

Also a newsworthy read is “Factory Farming: Misery for Animals.” The article incorporates the health problems experienced by pigs and other factory-farmed animals, as well as the environmental hazards.

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