Health and Diet
The absorption of vitamin supplements depends on “bioavailability,” or ultimately how well your body can use these nutrients. Save time, money, and effort by remembering that heat, oxygen, and light all affect supplement potency. If you take them, store supplements in a cool, dry place, in opaque containers that minimize exposure to light.

Fitness
To break through an exercise plateau, try interval training on the cardio machines. Most machines have some type of preset interval program that intersperses periods of intensity with periods of recovery. The program may be called fat burner or weight loss. They may change speed, grade or resistance level. Be sure to stay within your target heart rate range.

November 25

Health and Diet
Missing breakfast, overeating at lunch, sucking down an early dinner, and munching late at night can leave energy levels all over the place. These fluctuations can lead to mood swings, like cranky mornings, lethargic afternoons, quick-tempered early evenings and sleepless nights. Spreading out nutrients will keep your energy levels steady, so mornings become more pleasant (especially for those around you) and afternoons are more productive!

Fitness
To make an hour of cardio fly by, break up your workout into 4 fifteen-minute segments on different modalities. For example, try 15 on the treadmill followed by 15 on the bike, moving next to the stairmaster and finish up on the elliptical trainer. The hour is much more manageable in 15-minute increments.