Is a chocolate bar worth 3000 sit-ups? That's what it'll take to burn it off.

I find that most people these days are unaware of what 100 calories or even 1000 calories really means.  It seems like it's just a number.  One is bigger than the other and we know that too many calories can be bad for you - that's what we've been told.

However there are ways to get through to patients and it's to re-phrase calories to number of minutes or hours needed of exercise to burn those calories.  All of a sudden, when I tell patients that they may need to walk for one to two hours to burn off that bag of chips, the chips don't look as appetizing any more.

Here's a fabulous slide showing different fast food options and the number of hours or number of reps of a particular exercise needed to burn it off the meal.

It even makes me think twice about eating that bag of chips even though that's my weakness.

Yours in Health,
Ian Koo, ND

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A fascinating look at anatomy & why movement and therapies like acupuncture are effective for stiffness or pain.

Often I tell patients who sit in front of the computer the whole day to take breaks....."go for a walk, do shoulder rolls, do some stretching". Why? Because we all tend to get stiff and over time pain results.

This is a great video looking at anatomy & why movement/activity and even therapies like acupuncture work so effectively to increase flexibility and range of motion.

Acupuncture helps to remove or breakdown the "fuzz" or the muscle knots that you have.

Yours in health,

Ian Koo, ND
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic Essentials Health Centre
"The care you want, the health you need"