XGYM
Issue: #41 April 9th, 2010
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As you can see, Michelle kicked butt in one of our past Biggest Loser contests!

Keep up your X Gym workouts and follow X Gym nutrition guidance for similar results!
The X Gym manual on fitness, nutrition and brain training!
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Are These Two Foods a Key to a Longer Life?
Scientists seem to think that foods like organic almonds and strawberries will indeed slow the aging process. These foods and others that are rich in vitamin C and E can increase your longevity by slowing the rate of telomere shortening in your cells. Telomeres are the are the vital protective coverings on the ends of the DNA strands in all of your cells.


Did You Know X Gym Regularly Posts YouTube Videos?
How would you like to learn how to make a carb-free burrito? What about a raw vegan chips and dip recipe? Would you like to see the X Gym stair climbers' experiences at the races? You can! just go to YouTube and subscribe to the "xgym" channel! This channel will also notify you when new recipe videos are posted like the recent "Charitto" recipe that's so new, it's not even posted yet on the X Gym recipe page! For the YouTube subscription shortcut, just Click here, or copy and paste this link in your browser: http://www.youtube.com/user/xgym


Have You Voted Yet for the X Gym?
We are competing for the title of "Best Fitness Center in Kirkland." Will you help? Please click here to vote for the X Gym! It takes less than a minute if you click straight through to the "Kirkland Businesses" page and vote for us as the best "Fitness Center." The deadline is tomorrow, April 10th, so please cast your vote today!

 Train Your Brain Today
Did you pick some expectations you have for your life and change them? How did it feel? Liberating? Scary? If it did, your brain is getting retrained! This exercise trains your subconscious to be more flexible and makes it easier to reprogram at will.

For your next suggestion, think about what you GET to do today instead of what you HAVE to do. Try this every morning and I'll tell you why this focus shift is a powerful brain training technique in the next issue...

Thanks,

PJ Glassey, CSCS
X Gym (www.xgym.com)
Author, Cracking Your Calorie Code (www.crackingyourcode.com)
Fitness blogger: www.pjfit.com
Fitness tweeter: www.twitter.com/xgym
Email: pj@xgym.com
P.S. Remember to vote today for your X Gym! Time is running out!

Live longer by choosing an active leisure time!
To me, this is common sense, but some have to hear it from science. Studies now conclude that choosing activities that get you off the couch during your leisure time, make you live longer. This has special implications for your kids with TV and video games, which means that you can increase their lifespan by getting them moving!

Does sugar consumption cause mental health issues?
Studies found a strong link between high sugar consumption and the risk of both depression and schizophrenia. Sugar suppresses activity of a key growth hormone in the brain called BDNF. BDNF levels are critically low in both depression and schizophrenia. Sugar also triggers a cascade of chemical reactions in your body that promote chronic inflammation, which disrupts the normal functioning of your immune system and wreaks havoc on your brain. Once again, it's linked to a greater risk of depression and schizophrenia.

"Today's Quote: "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals, dying of nothing." ~ Redd Foxx

Next issue: New brain training tips, interesting research, and more!
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