Strenua's World

This month articles from Strenua’s World appears in Weight Management and Fitness Forum; Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog Carnival; and Kasha’s Blog Carnival, Make sure you check them out.

Grazing though out the day means that you don’t suffer from cravings before lunch and around 3pm. Regularly grazing ensures that your blood sugar levels remain constant and you can have good energy levels all day long. Read about a new healthy eating by post service now in the UK and how you can try a box for free.

How well have you been paying attention to the articles on Strenua’s World this week (22-28 June 2009). Try this quiz for fun and see which stories you missed.

A healthy balanced diet containing fruit and vegetables should be sufficient to provide all the vitamins and minerals the body needs. But don’t think if you eat a poor diet you can just take a supplement. Here we report how, when combined with exercise, antioxidant supplements may actually do more harm than good.

Whether you want to hire a rowing boat on a local lake, kayak down the river or just go for a walk by the sea, it is important that you know how to swim for your own personal safety. But aside from it being an essential survival skill and a form of exercise in its own right, being able to swim allows you to participate in many more exciting activities.

Summer is finally here, a perfect time to go for a run or jog in the sun. Whether you are new to running to get fit or just enjoying exercising outdoors in this fantastic weather, having a goal to aim for is always great motivation to keep training.

What could be a better goal than to run a 10k this autumn for charity?

Everyone knows the maths, increased food plus decreased activity equals increased weight gain and fat accumulation. But consuming the right types of fat for your body shape may affect your fat metabolism

Professional tennis has recently begun to allow players to challenge umpire’s calls by utilising a computer system called Hawk-eye. However, a perceptual error is often made by professional tennis umpires, which players could exploit to their advantage, with successful challenges having significant effects on the outcome of matches.