Nutrition myth quiz: do you pass?

As a Santa Monica personal trainer, I talk to many people who say they eat healthy, but are unable to lose weight, or have other health problems. Upon asking some questions, I find they have misconceptions about what healthy eating is.
Do you:

Avoid animal fats and saturated fats of any kind? Think that tropical oils are bad? Eat a lot of vegetable oils because you think they are heart-healthy? Eat nuts, seeds, avocados and vegetable oils as your only sources of fat? Try to follow a low fat diet because you think it will help you lose weight? Drink a lot of fruit juices because you think they are full of vitamins?

Eat huge amounts of fruit because you were told they are good for you? Think that crispy cereal with non-fat milk is a health food?

If you answered YES to any of the above questions and are having problems with your weight OR your health, you need nutrition re-education.

At Fitness Science Inc. we believe you are unique. Your biochemistry is unique to you and you alone. Your genes, your heritage, the climate where you live, as well as your current age, activity levels, health and degree of stress, will predetermine how your body will react to certain kinds and ratios of foods. All of us have very unique nutritional needs. The Metabolic Typing Assessment we utilize helps to determine what kind of “diet” your body will respond to the best, considering all the above factors and your current state of health. Although not the “be all end all” method we use to help you achieve your desired goals, it is extremely helpful in designing a program that will make you feel your very best.

Best Personal Trainer Videos from Monika - Biceps and Butt Workouts

Fitness-Scince, Inc. has now created 24 Personal training and holistic health videos to help you get fit, firm, lean, mean, and healthy. Below is a list of the most popular. You can view these and all the rest by visiting our channel at http://youtube.com/user/PersonalTrainer90049

If you live or work in the West Los Angeles area and need a personal trainer, look no further.  Give Monika a call and discuss how you can attain a great look and excellent health through her unique methods. 

1. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Biceps Toning Exercise Series 
2. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Glute (Butt) Toning Exercise Series Part 1 
3. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Glute (Butt) Toning Exercise Series Part 2 
4. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Abdominal Exercise Series Part 1 
5. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Presents Chest/Total Core Workout 
6. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Triceps Toning Exercise Series Part 1 
7. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Shoulder Toning Exercise Series 
8. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Back Toning Exercise Series 
9. Why Can't I Lose Weight? Learn the Secrets from Monika Tarkowska-Carter 
10. West Los Angeles Personal Trainer Triceps Toning Exercise Series Part 2

For your convenience, here is an embed of the number 1 personal trainer video for 2012.

Home Remedy for What Ails You? Exercise as Medicine!

 As a personal trainer, my clients are commonly asking me what to do about this ache or pain or other medical issue.  We would all like to have a free, painless, no hassle way to cure what ails us.  What about exercise as the medicine of choice?

Did you know that in 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 365,000 deaths in the US occur annually from poor diet and lack of physical activity? Two-thirds of US adults are either overweight or obese. More than half of US adults do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity. Almost one-fourth of US adults have no leisure-time physical activity at all (1). Maybe it’s time to think about prevention.

What do YOU think about exercise? Is it fun and play or pain and suffering? Simple discomfort that needs to be endured or the necessary evil? Something boring you just go through mechanically or something you look forward to? But have you ever thought of exercise as medicine? Well, maybe you should.

To read the rest of the story and a detailed examination of the reality that exercise is a type of medicine, follow this link to my previous article on the subject.