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Revealed: How to Beat Summer Weight Gain?

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We typically blame the winter holidays and rich comfort foods for winter weight gain. But summer foods can do just as much damage. Refreshing beverages and cold salads often contain surprisingly high amounts of fat and calories. "To stay in shape or even lose weight during the warm season, you need to follow two simple guidelines," says Brian Quebbemann, MD, a surgeon in Newport Beach, Calif. "First, there’s always a healthy option for the type of food you want. Second, it's not only what you choose to eat but how you prepare it that makes the big difference." 1. Gardening Burn calories while making your yard more beautiful. Constantly bending and  squatting  to reach plants is great for your glutes, and your garden will be the envy of your neighbors. Calories burned:  136 calories 2. Surfing Simply playing in the surf lets you burn calories even as you cool off. To get a better workout, be sure to paddle hard past the breakers to increase your he...

How Push-ups adds year to your life:Study

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Doing strength-based exercises such as push-ups and sit-ups can significantly reduce the risk of early death, a study of over 80,000 adults claims. Researchers have found that people who perform such exercises had a 23% reduction in risk of premature death by any means and a 31% reduction in cancer- related death. While strength training has been given some attention to your functional benefits as you age, little research has looked at its impact on mortality, researchers said. "The study shows exercise that promotes muscular strength may be just as important for your health as aerobic activities like jogging or cycling," said Emmanuel Stamatakis from the University of Sydney in Australia. "And assuming our findings reflect cause and effect relationships, it may be even more vital when it comes to reducing the risk of death from cancer," said Stamatakis. The analysis also showed that the exercises performed using one's own body weight without specif...

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