Awesome Daily Needs Nutritional Calculator and Health Tools
I recently met with Beth, a personal trainer and wellness coach at my new gym to set goals for 2009. My original motivation was to simply get my trial membership host the free month he was promised for referring a new member.
I mentioned to Beth that there are days I have to cut my routine short because I’ve run out of energy. She recommended two sites I could use to make sure I get the nutrition I need to keep me going strong each day.
www.NutritionData.com
NutritionData.com has a great Daily Needs Calculator. You enter your height, weight, age, and lifestyle. AND you can list exactly what activities you plan to do and how long you plan to do them.
The Daily Needs calculator returns your BMI, calories burned, recommended daily nutrient (carbs, protein, vitamins, minerals) quantities.
I really like being able to customize minutes per day of exercise. My workout and level of activity each day is very different for me and I think this will help me get through my varying workouts more easily.
www.PreventDisease.com
While preventing disease is not something I keep in mind while I work out at this time, PreventDisease.com features a long list of Health Tools including several Body Composition calculators, a link to the USDA Calorie & Nutrient Information Database, and even Sleep Tools.
Why do men prefer blonds with long hair, small waists, and large breasts?
If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like this, you were contemplating “Evolutionary Psychology.”
According to Wikipedia, “Evolutionary Psychology (EP) is an approach to the entire discipline that views human nature as a universal set of evolved psychological adaptations to recurring problems in the ancestral environment.”
In plain English, EP is the study of why human traits, behaviors, and preferences that seem to contradict scientific explanation have developed.
For example, throughout history the concept of birthdays and age did not always exist. Since the goal of all living things is to reproduce, men were looking for young healthy women to bear children. Since the man couldn’t ask for a woman’s driver’s license to check her age, he had to use physical clues. In a warm climate, large breasts might be a sign of youth because large breasts age and sag with time more obviously than small breasts. In colder climates where layers of clothes hide the body, blond hair could’ve been a sign of youth as naturally blond hair grows darker with age. These preferences stuck with men in their pursuit for partners.
If these theories interest you like they interest me, I encourage you to read Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love by Helen Fisher. More good reading can be found at the Evolutionary Psychology portion of Psychology Today.
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