Health & Fitness

Dr Oz - Mind and Body
Ask Dr Oz anythings

Real Age - Dr Oz
Live Life to the Youngest

Real Age
Learn the best food sources for essential vitamins and nutrients

mercola.com
Take control of your health

Ultimate Healing Book

Below are A few free websites with research
highlights and links regarding a lot
of the book's experts and subject matter.

Journal of American College of Nutrition
www.jacn.org

Savvy Patients
www.savvypatients.com
Best Cooking Values
www.bestcookingvalues.com

NaturalSecret.com
Guide to Colon and Liver clensing - Weight Loss - Hoodia

Yellow Courtyard
This is a new kind of health care network.

BMI (Body Mass Index) Calculation

Click here for the USDA NEW FOOD PYRAMID

Weight Chart

The following is the way to tell your frame size for the above chart:

Wrap your thumb and middle-finger from one hand around the opposite

wrist - If overweight, squeezing together is permitted.

Frame
Description

Small
Fingertips overlap significantly

Medium
Fingertips Just touch or barely overlap

Large
Fingertips can't touch at all

MINIMUM DAILY CALORIE INTAKE TABLE FOR SENSIBLE DIETING

How many calories do you need a day? The factors to be considered to determine the right calorie intake for you are: age, body frame, height, weight, activity level and metabolism. Please read this table carefully to determine your own daily calorie requirements. If you exercise daily or spend a good deal of time outside in cold weather, then add 200-300 calories to your daily requirements.

Height in Inchees

If Your Frame Is

MALE

FEMALE

SMALL

MEDIUM

LARGE

59-60

Pounds
Calories

97
1200

105
1300

115
1400

61-62

Pounds
Calories

104
1300

111
1400

121
1500

63-64

Pounds
Calories

110
1400

118
1500

128
1600

62-63

65-66

Pounds
Calories

117
1500

128
1550

136
1700

64-65

67-68

Pounds
Calories

124
1550

133
1650

143
1750

66-67

69-70

Pounds
Calories

133
1650

141
1750

157
1900

68-69

71-72

Pounds
Calories

141
1750

149
1850

161
2000

70-71

Pounds
Calories

147
1850

160
1950

167
2050

72-73

Pounds
Calories

155
1900

164
2000

175
2150

74-75

Pounds
Calories

163
2000

173
2100

186
2250

Pounds
Calories

169
2100

181
2200

193
2350

Note:
All figures are rounded and have an approximate range of +/- 10% Adapted from: Recommended Daily Allowances, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1996. Build and Blood pressure Study, Society of Actuaries.

Gender/Age	Underweight	Lean	Healthy, Normal Weight	Overweight	Obese
Body Fat Types: According to percent Body Fat Range
Male 30 yrs or younger	Less than 14%	14% - 20%	20.1% - 25%	25.1% - 35%	More than 35%
Male older than 30 yrs	Less than 17%	17% - 23%	23.1 - 28%	28.1% - 38%	More than 38%
Female 30 yrs or younger	Less than 17%	17% - 24%	24.1% - 30%	30.1% - 40%	More than 40%
Female older than 30 yrs	Less than 20%	20% - 27%	27.1% - 33%	33.1% - 43%	More than 43%