Did You Know?

Stronger Than a Hair.
Each muscle fiber is thinner than a hair and can support up to 1,000 times its own weight.

Drink your milk??
1 cup of sesame seeds has as much calcium as 5 glasses of milk.

Get you ZZZs!
The average number of sleep hours used to be 8-9. Today it is closer 6-7. In order to keep up energy levels, people are turning to food. Studies have shown that people who are sleep deprived eat as much as 10-15 percent more calories. This can add up to several extra pounds over the course of a few years.

Want to lose weight – grab a weight!
For each pound of muscle you put on your body, you will burn up to 50 additional calories per day.

Go for H2O.
Drinking one 12oz soda each day can add 15 pounds a year.

No potato?
There are over 100 varieties of edible potatoes that range in size, shape, color, starch content and flavor, but the sweet potato is not one of them. It comes from a different family. It may appear that a sweet potato is not as healthy as a potato because when one food tastes sweeter than another, it's usually contains more sugar. But, with sweet potatoes it is the opposite. Sweet potatoes have twice the fiber as a regular white potato and are loaded with Vitamin A, C, Iron and Potassium.

Turn it Up!
Short on time? Try a quick intense workout. It can burn more calories, than a longer low intensity workout. How do you know it is intense enough? By the end, you should be out of breath.