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Whether youre making meatloaf, hamburgers, a casserole, or chili, both ground turkey and beef are versatile sources of protein that can help you meet your nutritional needs.

They also contain important vitamins and minerals, as well as fat and sodium. While both are nutritious, you may wonder whether one is generally healthier than the other or better for weight loss or heart health.

This article reviews the main differences between ground turkey and ground beef.

Ground turkey and ground beef containing the same percentage of fat offer similar nutritional profiles.

However, when they contain different fat percentages, there are differences worth discussing.

Below is a nutritional comparison of different types of ground turkey and beef per 3 ounces (85 grams) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6):

Side by side, both 93% and 85% lean ground beef have slightly more protein than turkey of the same fat percentages for about the same number of calories. Beef also has less total fat, but turkey contains less saturated fat than beef.

The leanest available ground beef comprises 95% lean meat and 5% fat, while 99% fat-free turkey is available. Unsurprisingly, fat-free turkey has over 45 fewer calories and much less fat and saturated fat than 95% lean beef per serving.

When it comes to micronutrients, all cuts of ground turkey and beef have comparable amounts of sodium. While theyre not high in sodium, theyre often seasoned with salt. Thus, they may provide more of it after cooking.

Beef has more iron, zinc, and vitamin B12, which are nutrients that promote healthy blood, immunity, and nervous system health, than turkey. On the other hand, turkey contains higher amounts of some B vitamins needed for energy metabolism (7, 8, 9, 10).

Ground turkey and beef of the same fat percentage are very similar in their calorie and protein contents. However, ground turkey is lower in saturated fat.

Ground beef and ground turkey are both nutritious. On the surface, it may not seem like one is healthier than the other when comparing the protein and calorie contents of cuts of similar fat percentages.

However, in some situations, one may outshine the other as the best option.

Decreasing your overall calorie intake and increasing your protein intake are two tactics often used to lose weight.

One of the possible benefits of high protein foods is that they increase feelings of fullness and may help reduce your daily calorie intake, thus promoting weight loss (11).

Ground beef and turkey are both rich in protein, but fat-free turkey has the fewest calories and most protein, compared with higher fat cuts of turkey (6).

It also has equal or greater amounts of protein than any type of ground beef (1, 3, 5).

Therefore, when trying to lose weight, fat-free ground turkey may be the best choice.

Studies have found that eating foods high in saturated fat, such as beef, increase risk factors for heart disease (12).

The American Heart Association currently recommends limiting saturated fat intake to 56% of your total daily calories, which equates to about 13 grams per day on a 2,000-calorie diet (13).

If you have heart disease or are at high risk of developing it, ground turkey may be healthier for you than ground beef. Turkey has approximately one gram less of saturated fat, compared with beef of the same fat percentage (1, 2).

Additionally, choose lean cuts of either meat, such as 93% lean and 7% fat ground turkey or beef. Although, 99% fat-free turkey is the leanest option of all, with less than 1 gram of saturated fat per 3 ounces (85 grams) (6).

However, its important to note that more recent review studies suggest that saturated fat intake is not strongly associated with heart disease, even if it may increase some of its risk factors (13, 14).

Either way, its important to be aware of how fat contents differ between meats. Plus, remember that other aspects of your diet also play a role in preventing heart disease.

Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, choosing heart-healthy unsaturated fats like nuts and olive oil, and watching your sodium intake may all help promote heart health (15).

While ground beef and turkey are both low in sodium, be mindful of how much salt you add when preparing them.

Beef and turkey may be nutritionally similar, but their flavor profiles are slightly different.

Most people consider the flavor of beef stronger than turkey. However, using turkey in place of beef in tacos, casseroles, or other dishes with a lot of ingredients and seasonings isnt that noticeable.

This is especially true if you use turkey with the same fat content as the beef called for in the recipe. Once ground meats are smothered in seasonings, it can be hard to tell the difference.

Still, some cooks want the distinct taste or aroma of beef fat. Ground turkey, even if it has a similar amount of fat as beef, may still taste blander.

For dishes that rely on fat for some flavor, such as beef meatballs, sticking to ground beef and choosing a higher fat percentage is better than substituting turkey from a culinary perspective.

Neither ground beef nor turkey is distinctly healthier than the other. Still, fat-free turkey may be the best choice for weight loss and heart disease, while fattier cuts of beef may offer more in a culinary setting.

Ground beef and turkey are both nutritious meats that provide protein, fat, and a variety of vitamins and minerals.

Turkey is generally lower in saturated fat than beef. As such, it may be a better choice for heart health. Fat-free turkey is also the lowest calorie option if youre interested in weight loss.

However, if your main goal is flavor, ground beef may outshine turkey in some dishes.

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You can get e-magazine links on WhatsApp. Click here How safe is the use of Saccharin and Aspartame in diet drinks? Tuesday, 17 November, 2020, 16 : 00 PM [IST] Radhikka Kapur With diets like Keto gaining massive popularity, the usage of artificial sweeteners seems to be on the rise. To get the sweetness without the additional calories or spike in blood sugar seems like a solution too easy to ignore, especially for the calorie conscious market or people trying to lose weight. However there has to be more to the story when these sugar free alternatives have been linked to cancer or the very cause that they are supposed to avoid - obesity. Before we get started on the studies and conclusive or inconclusive evidence , let's look at the origins. Saccharin was discovered by Constatin Fahlberg in 1879, when he was working on coal tar derivatives. Despite having an unpleasant metallic aftertaste it grew in popularity during World War I and II due to sugar rationing. This sweetener is made in the lab and cannot be broken down by the human body. Its origins have always been controversial, from being linked to cancer when studies were carried out in rats to other health issues. So much so that it was banned in the US in the 1970's. Ever since then it has been unbanned and is legally back in our beverages and food products. Aspartame on the other hand came into massive popularity when the issues with saccharin were at its peak. With all the controversies associated with saccharine most of the diet drinks manufacturers moved to aspartame in the 1980's and continue to use it even now. More well known as NutraSweet and Equal, aspartame a patented sweetener is made by cultivating genetically modified e Coli in tanks and collecting their faeces which contain the chemicals needed to make aspartame. Even if we can turn a blind eye to the origins of the artificial sweeteners, which is difficult with images of e Coli faeces and coal tar, and the unresolved evidence of harmful or safe for human consumption as per the government and corporate lobbying and capitalist nature of multibillion dollar industries, there are not enough studies or known impacts of these chemicals on human health. And this by just looking at factors which are directly associated with them. The important point to remember is both aspartame and saccharin are chemicals, derived in factories, commercially extremely profitable and non-nutritive. As per Dr David Ludwig, an obesity and weight-loss specialist at Harvard-affiliated Boston Childrens Hospital, they have the ability to change the way we taste food. People who regularly use artificial sweeteners may start to find fruit, less appealing and unsweet foods, such as vegetables, downright unpalatable. Research suggests that consistent consumption of these sweeteners may also prevent us from associating sweetness with caloric intake, making us crave more sweets and choosing sweet food over nutritious food. And that is not all, there is research to prove that artificial sweeteners can be as addictive if not more than cocaine. In studies of rats who were exposed to cocaine, then given a choice between intravenous cocaine or oral saccharine, most chose saccharin. While there are studies that show use of artificial sweeteners have no negative or conclusively negative impact on human health a lot of benefits are generally observed by reducing processed sugar from the diet. In the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, daily consumption of diet drinks was associated with a 36 per cent greater risk for metabolic syndrome and a 67 per cent increased risk for type 2 diabetes. These are pretty much the diseases that these sweeteners were supposed to avoid and seems like they are more the cause in the modern world rather than an aid in preventing them. All of this brings us to question, what problem are we trying to solve? Is it a human problem where we cannot control how much sugar we are consuming ? Or a problem of a developed world, where food manufacturing has grown leaps and bounds by adding sugar to most of the products on offer, getting us addicted to the processed food offering and artificial sweeteners just seems to be a way of extending that addiction for as long as possible under the pretext of health. Jaggery, raw cane sugar, molasses, honey are all natural forms of sugar, with origins that we all understand and are comfortable with. They have nutrients and centuries of data on the positive impact on human health. Before shunning them in favor of chemicals, we should take a minute to think about what the problem is that we are trying to solve. Very few things in life are free, and when we hear the word Sugar free a little thought and consideration needs to be given before consumption in our or our family's bodies. (The author is co-founder and CEO of Third Culture)

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DISTRAUGHT Katie Price has said her son needs to lose weight, or he will die.

The former glamour model, who lives in Sussex, has told of her desperation after son Harvey's weight reached nearly 29st.

Disabled Harvey, now 18, has a condition called Prader-Willi syndrome which makes him crave food.

Katie has been told by doctors that he is at serious risk of a heart attack if he does not lose some of the weight imminently.

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Mum-of-five Kate, 42, told The Sun: Hell need to lose weight or hell end up dead. I dont want to lose him.

Harvey has put on almost two stone in two months and is now 28st 7lb.

Katie said the situation is so bad that she was recently forced to beg fans for help in finding a treadmill and rowing machine.

The battle to keep Harvey alive is critical, Price said, as he could drop dead from a heart attack.

She keeps a padlock the family fridge and also has to lock the cupboards in the kitchen.

She told The Sun: Its a cruel illness. He feels hungry all the time.

Every time I feed him, its killing him.

Even though it makes him happy, its cruel of me to do it.

He needs to lose weight or hell end up dead. He doesnt deserve that. I dont want to lose him.

Hes only 18, hes got his whole life ahead of him. I will do anything to help.

Harvey turns violent when he doesnt get what he wants, Katie said.

She said: Its a cruel and horrible illness where he feels hungry all the time and if he doesnt get food he gets angry. Its hard work.

Hell smash things up if you say no. Ive had to re-plaster my walls because hell bash holes in them with his head.

He knows what nice things taste of. Ill give him sweet potato chips instead of real fries but he knows the difference.

Its not what he eats in the day, its what he eats when I dont see him. Ive tried hiding food but hell find it.

You cant leave food or leftovers on the side or hell eat it, and hes really quick too.

He even eats in his sleep. Hell walk downstairs and eat whatever he can find.

Weve even found him rummaging through friends bags for food.

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Longevity expert Dr. Brian Kennedy explains the signs behind increasing your life span and happiness. Dr. Kennedy says the United States ranks 39th in life expectancy. Sleep is key to longevity and also human connection. He says he believes the pandemic is leading to poorer lifestyle choices that are increasing our aging at the same time. Stress is affecting our sleep and its keeping us from being with our friends and family. He says weve known in the elderly these two factors are predictors for mortality. Older people often live alone and they have these problems naturally but the pandemic is really exasperating those problems for the elderly and it is extending to everyone now so we need strategies to deal with that. Dr. Kennedy says the first thing he would say sounds obvious but try to stay positive. This pandemic will come to an end. One thing that is important is mindfulness; finding ways to be self-aware to figure out whats going on in your own brain. To realize when you are stressed is a big step toward dealing with it and that can be through meditation or yoga. There isnt one right answer. Dr. Kennedy says he does a lot of runs and that clears his head. He says one thing that may be worth reading is Be Your Own Harmonist by Lola Till. He says the reason he brings it up is that it is a personal journey for a healthy lifestyle. She is not a doctor. She wanted to find a way to adopt a healthier approach to her life.

Dr. Kennedy says we are losing exercise right now if you are not going to work or out with your friends. He says probably missing four or five thousand steps a day that you normally get so it is important to find safe ways to get that exercise whether it is running or biking or exercising at home. Then with diet he says in the United States the problem is people are overeating. He said life expectancy is not going up in part because of obesity. The research shows that fasting can be very beneficial. This is going periods of time without eating. One way people do it is by time restricted eating where you eat all of your food in an 8 or 12 hour window. There are a lot of different ways to do fasting but all of them show really good benefits. They are good for metabolism, they help you lose weight, they are good for inflammation and in the long term they help rejuvenate your skin cells and deal with cellular damage. One way to do that is with a fasting mimicking diet. ProLon has this diet that has five days of food and it gives you healthy nutrition and good things to eat but keeps those pathways that drive aging and inflammation down and it gives you the benefits of fasting without actually having to go through the fast. He says he thinks a really good way to kickstart a healthy diet if you want to go down that path.

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The average American adult spends more than 11 hours per day on screens, according to Nielsen, and while they are watching TV, shopping on their laptop, and texting, they also mindlessly reaching for snacks. Now a new study says consumers under-report how much they eat while distracted by multitasking on several screens, but the surprising finding was that people actually under-report how much healthy foods they eat more than they under-report how much junk food they eat while zoned out. These researchers want to turn this into an advantage since Americans don't eat enough fruit, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.

The unlikely study results showed that not only did subjects underreport how much junk foodthey ate (which is to be expected. Who me? Eat all the chips?) But they also under how much healthy food they ate while distracted, including fruit, nuts, and vegetables.Now researchers want to use these findings to help peoplesnack smarter while spending time on screens and encourage consumersto fill up onfruits, vegetables, and nuts (we would add seeds) when multitasking, according to a new report from researchers at Endicott College and Michigan State University.

"Doctors and nutritionists have long held that it's a bad idea to idly watch TV or pay attention to one's phone while eating unhealthy snacks," said Anna McAlister, Ph.D., of the Gerrish School of Business at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. "But what if we start to encourage similar [snacking] habits, but substitute foods rich in nutrients? We could then tip the scales in favor of a healthy diet."

Not surprisingly, time spenton all kinds ofscreensincreased in 2020, partially due to the pandemic and partially due to the resurgence of media multitasking, meaning more people are using phones, TVs, laptops while doingother activities or while using other screens, eMarketer reports.

"Our study investigated 'mindless' snacking with healthful and less healthful foods," said Anastasia Kononova, Ph.D., of Michigan State University. "The findings show that participants ate greater amounts of healthy foods than they realized when they were multitasking with screen devices. But this happened only when participants enjoyed the multitasking situation."

The trick is to use that to help Americans eat moreplant-baed healthy foodssince now only 9 percent get the recommended daily 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetablesa day.

Multitasking leads to snacking, and not paying attention to what we eat

"Surrounding oneself with snack-sized fruits, vegetables, and nuts in enjoyable multitasking situations means mindless eating can be a powerful nudge to facilitate greater consumption of preferred foods to combat health issues," said Dr. McAlister.

Those in the study underreported the number of healthy foods they selected while screen multitasking. Compared to participants with weaker health beliefs, those with stronger beliefs about a healthy lifestyle said they were more rational in selecting healthy snacks.

Sitting in front of a TV, computer and phone, choose healthier for your snacks

During the study, each participant was seated alone in a room that simulated a living room with snacks on a lazy Susan rotating plate. Snacks included potato chips, sugar candy, M&Ms, and healthier items (baby-cut carrots, cherry tomatoes, and almonds). Every participant was instructed to watch a sitcom episode selected by the researchers. Some watched the show only; others were also asked to multi-task by either watching the show while texting or by adding a third element like shopping online, a scenario the researchers considered not unusual, especially among high school and college students.

Snacks were weighed before and after the experiment, allowing researchers to know exactly how much of each was consumed. As expected, some participants under-reported their consumption of unhealthy snacks, but, surprisingly, some under-reported their healthy snack consumption. This was considered significant, suggesting that mindless eating may be a powerful tool to encourage nutritious snacking.

Here are 6 simple homemade snacks that help you lose weight and stay full, according to nutritionists.

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In 2009, Airbnb was clawing towards "ramen profitability," or just enough profit to pay for basic expenses with the expression playing off the ultracheap instant Japanese noodles people famously eat when they are saving money, which today cost as little $4.80 for a 24 pack.

That January, Airbnb's co-founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, emailed Paul Graham, co-founder of accelerator Y Combinator, which had invested in Airbnb, to report the start-up's latest financial standing.

"This week so far we have done $734 in fees, and, as you can see, we need to be doing $1000/week in fees to say we are ramen profitable," Chesky wrote, according to a September Tweet from Graham, showing a screengrab of the email.

"Ramen profitability" gives a start-up time to build its business, if not a luxurious lifestyle, Graham wrote on his blog in July 2009.

"Ramen profitable means a startup makes just enough to pay the founders' living expenses. This is a different form of profitability than startups have traditionally aimed for," Graham wrote. "Traditional profitability means a big bet is finally paying off, whereas the main importance of ramen profitability is that it buys you time."

On Monday, Airbnb filed to go public, releasing its prospectus financial documents (called the S-1). The documents show that Airbnb made $219 million in net income on revenues of $1.34 billion last quarter.

The company, which has become a darling of start-up lore, started with an an idea from co-founder Joe Gebbia. In 2007, Gebbia sent an email to his friend and roommate Chesky suggesting they could "make a few bucks" by renting out a sleeping mat, wireless internet, a small desk space and breakfast in their Rausch Street apartment in San Francisco, because a local design conference had booked up the available hotel space.

The last line of the email was "ha!"

But that email "changed my life and the lives of so many others," Gebbia Tweeted in September. "It starts with an idea."

Indeed, Airbnb launched on August 11, 2008, as "Airbed & Breakfast" (because it initially involved renting out airbeds).

Soon Chesky and Gebbia had taken on serious credit card debt to keep themselves and the company afloat.

"Joe and I are broke. We're losing weight, and I didn't have a lot of weight to lose. You knowthose binders that you put baseball cards in? We put credit cards in them," Chesky told LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffma on his podcast, "Masters of Scale," in 2017. "At this point I am $25,000 in credit card debt. Joe is tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt. So this is make-or-break. We need a lifeline."

That lifeline was cereal faux-branded to match the 2008 presidential election: The Airbnb co-founders sold Barack Obama-themed breakfast cereal calledObama O's (like Cheerios) and John McCain-themed cereal called Cap'n McCain's (like Cap'n Crunch).

"We had to physically make the breakfast cereal ourselves, meaning we get a printed poster board and we had to fold it and hot-glue it," Chesky told Hoffman. "I literally had to hot-glue 1,000 boxes of cereal. At one point in the middle of the night I remember thinking, 'I wonder if when Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook he had to hot-glue breakfast cereal.' The answer was no, and this was not a good sign."

The cereal worked, though. The co-founders sold 1,000 collectable cereal boxes for $40 each to make $40,000.

The cash infusion kept Airbnb alive and shortly thereafter Chesky and Gebbia were accepted to Y Combinator.

By 2017, Airbnb and Chesky were successful enough the that CEO was asked to be the commencement speaker at both his high school and college, according to an Instagram post by Chesky.

Alongside his high school year book photo, Chesky, who graduated in 1999, had printed a quote (which he attributed to Jerry Seinfeld): "I'm sure I will amount to nothing." "I thought it was funny.... [my father] didn't," Chesky said on his own Instagram.

While Airbnb is hardly struggling for ramen profitability anymore or in danger of needing to sell cereal to stay afloat, the company did most recently have to navigate a drop in travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Though travel halted early on, eventually people were looking to rent rustic cabins and getaways while working from home or for summer breaks.

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Athleta Made to Move mask

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A very 2020 gift for athletes: a mask for outdoor workouts. I love Athletas Made to Move mask for women, whose nose bridge and adjustable ear hooks make it the most comfortable option Ive tried. Its sold as a $25 three-pack in two color themes: warm reds and purples, and cool blues and blacks. For a unisex alternative, this Under Armour mask looks promising (just get the sizing right). I also like the look of this adjustable mask. You only have two sizes to choose from here; less of a chance youll get it wrong.

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For people who are only ever going to own one watch, the Apple Watch is consistently the best all-purpose option. Its a stylish timepiece with deep iOS integration, an irresistibly fun step tracker and a workout app that supports 15 activity types. As a fitness watch, its less robust than purpose-built devices like Garmins Forerunner line, but its good enough for most people. Plus, built-in GPS and on-board music storage make it possible to leave your phone at home while you exercise.

Like last years Series 5, the new Series 6 has a built-in ECG test to detect irregular heart rates, and this version also adds an always-on altimeter (great for hikers) and a blood oxygen sensor that runs in the background, even while you sleep. Its also just generally faster (and faster-charging) than the last-gen model, with slightly longer battery life to boot.

The only caveat, of course: Your giftee needs an iPhone user for them to use an Apple Watch. If your loved one is an Android person, we recommend the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2.

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Whenever anyone asks me what GPS sports watch they should buy, my default recommendation is always the midrange option from Garmins Forerunner line. With the 200-series, you get enough features that serious athletes want, like wrist-based heart rate tracking, VO2 Max ratings and a blood oxygen sensor. Runners in particular receive data on their cadence, stride length and ground contact time. And dont be fooled by the name either despite the apparent emphasis on running, the 245 also tracks other activities like cycling, stair machines, ellipticals, indoor rowing and pool swimming.

As a Garmin user myself, I appreciate its attempts to quantify my training load (too much, too little or just right?) and also its breakdown showing how taxing my workout was, both for aerobic and anaerobic training. Just as important, Ive owned several Garmins now, and the battery life is always long enough to get me through a marathon with juice to spare.

And remember, this is just the midrange model youre not missing much by skipping Garmins highest-end running watches. For the money (up to $600 on pricier models), youre mainly getting luxuries like contactless payments and onboard music storage, which are overkill for most people.

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I reviewed the Bip S for Engadget on something of a lark, mostly because I was intrigued by the idea of a $60 sports watch. At that price, after all, most other brands only offer basic fitness bands. Though I didnt know much about Amazfit before my review, I came away impressed with the Bip Ss accurate GPS tracking, long battery life, built-in heart rate tracking and lightweight, water resistant design. My main complaint was that the user interface feels unpolished, but that wont stop the athlete in your life from getting a good workout in. If youre on a budget, Amazfit offers the best value in this price range.

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I recently reviewed a handful of wireless workout headphones, and the Beats Powerbeats Pro is the set Im tempted to buy for myself. The behind-the-ear hook design feels comfortable and sturdy, while the onboard controls are easy to master, partly because theyre the same on both the left and right earbuds.

The main drawbacks are that the ear-hook design wasnt always comfortable to wear with sunglasses, and the charging case is relatively heavy. (It also charges via a Lightning cable, which will be less of a problem for iPhone owners.) Even if your giftee isnt an iPhone user, the headset responds to voice commands for all the major assistants: Siri, Alexa and Google.

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Jabra

My other top pick in that wireless workout headphone guide was Jabras Elite Active 75t. Though its onboard controls are initially more confusing than the Powerbeats Pro, the 75t has a discreet in-ear design that blends in better with street clothes. Aside from the design, available in six colors, the 75t won me over with its compact, lightweight charging case, which promises longer runtime than most of the competition. I also found the companys HearThrough tech does a good job balancing audio playback with letting ambient sound in, making it safer to run outside. Like the Powerbeats Pro, it works with Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa. As a bonus, too, the 75t recently received active noise cancellation through a firmware update.

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Hyperice

We athletes have a love-hate relationship with our foam rollers. They hurt to use, especially after a punishing workout, but you know what hurts more? Continuing to train with tight muscles. This cordless roller from Hyperice looks like a traditional model, but packs a 40-watt motor allowing athletes to more easily loosen stubborn muscles. Hyperice claims that vibration therapy allows users to regain 40 percent more range of motion than they would have with just basic foam rolling. That said, if ever your giftee finds themselves low on battery, they can still use the Vyper as a normal roller.

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Theragun

For the runner who already owns a foam roller, how about an alternate approach to muscle relaxation? The Theragun Mini looks like a small power tool with a vibrating tennis ball attached. Its roughly pound-and-a-half weight means athletes can pack it in their bag for races and hikes, while the small ball attachment can fit in places where a traditional roller cant, like your hamstring or the sole of your foot. There are three adjustable speeds and, if your giftee wants more options, theres an ecosystem of interchangeable heads (yes, just like some power tools).

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YogaToes

I dont own YogaToes yet but theyre on my wishlist. This little doodad slips between your toes, separating them just enough to give those small muscles a proper stretch. The company claims they can help in treating and preventing plantar fasciitis, a common running injury. Theyre also said to aid more chronic foot conditions like hammer toes, bunions, crossed or overlapping toes, and flat feet. The YogaToes come in two designs Original and GEMS but we recommend the latter for most people as it has an adjustable frame.

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Lots of my runner friends rock Goodr sunglasses, and for good reason (pun unavoidable): Theyre lightweight, inexpensive and they stay put even as your face gets sweaty. As you can see, I stopped short of recommending a specific model here, and thats because the selection is simply overwhelming and I mean that in the best way. The website allows you to shop by sport or frame style, and from there you can filter by lens and frame colors, head size or lens type (the options are clear, gradient, reflective and non-reflective). Obviously youll need to have supreme confidence in your knowledge of your giftees style. But, its hard to go wrong with a pair of the plain black OGs. (Plus, at $25 theyre a solid stocking stuffer.)

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Maybe its that she was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years, or maybe its just her potty mouth. Whatever the reason, I stan Shalane Flanagan. The retired Olympian has two cookbooks offering healthy recipes designed for athletes in training. (Har har, no, its not just a dozen recipes for spaghetti. What do you think we are, carb loaders?) I own the original volume, Run Fast. Eat Slow., and I can attest that the dishes are satisfying, even if your giftee might have to restock their pantry with more wholesome items.

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Think of Yaktrax as snow tires for running shoes: a rubber cleat with steel spikes and a velcro strap that tightens around the top of your foot. I requested these myself a few holiday seasons ago, when I decided I wanted to continue running outdoors through the winter. That extra traction makes it safer to run through snow and slush, and runners might feel less strain in their calves and ankles, which otherwise have to work overtime to keep you balanced. Particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic going strong, there are likely lots of athletes who cant go back to a gym just yet, or arent willing to take the risk. Rubber cleats will help them stay active throughout the winter with less worry about taking a nasty spill.

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Even if your giftee isnt likely to run in the snow, chances are theyll find themselves running in dim light this season, with the sun setting as early as 4:30pm. Itd be overkill to give someone a headlamp, so how about small, inexpensive clip-on lights to help them stay visible in the dark? My colleague Valentina Palladino (also a runner) is a fan of Apace Visions clip-on LED lights, which have a lightweight, weather-resistant design and offer three usage modes: a steady glow, a slow flash and a faster strobe. For $18 you get a two-pack, and they can be clipped to a pets collar, making them equally useful for nighttime dog walks and after-work jogs.

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I originally bought myself a Nathan hydration backpack right before the 2015 Paris Marathon, because I was told there were few water stops and, uh, that the water there tasted funny. (Only one of these things was true.) Now I use it for almost every run, especially as the weather gets colder and most of the public drinking fountains in New York City shut off for the winter. Plus, not having to stop at crowded water stations helps me shave at least a few minutes off race time.

Nathan offers different capacity options with silhouettes for both men and women. The one I own has a two-liter removable water pouch enough to get me through nearly a whole marathon. Although schlepping two liters of water on your back takes some getting used to, the pack is comfortable to wear thanks to adjustable shoulder straps and a supportive chest strap. Plus, that chest strap has a groove where you can store the attached straw when youre not using it.

Other than having easy access to all the water you could need, the other benefit of wearing a hydration vest are all the storage options. Nathans bags offer a mix of front pockets and back-facing pockets, which I use to carry my phone, keys, Gu packets, salt pills and sometimes even a mobile power bank.

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Strava

If youre shopping for a sporty person, chances are they have an account on Strava, a social network where athletes can upload their workouts and cheer on each others efforts. And its not just running either: The app also celebrates biking, hiking, walking, elliptical workouts and more. As a marathoner, Ive often been tempted to spring for Strava Premium, which adds features like heart rate data, route planning and being able to set weekly mileage goals an important metric for those of us following training calendars. Youll want to slyly figure out if your giftee already uses Strava, but if they do I bet theyd appreciate the additional features.

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Though various brands now make WiFi scales, it was Withings that started the trend back in 2009. I own the Body+ and appreciate its modern design, slick companion app and ability to log not just my weight, but my body fat, muscle mass, bone mass and hydration. The scale can recognize up to eight users, which is helpful when theres more than one person in the house, and theres also a pregnancy mode for women who might otherwise dread a smart device judging their weight gain. Withings also plays nice with loads of third-party apps, allowing you to sync your weight to calorie counters like MyFitnessPal, for example. As a bonus, youll see the local weather forecast flash on the screen when you step on the scale, meaning one less app to open while youre getting ready in the morning.

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The Amazfit Band 5 is slim, capable and affordable, and it lets you choose between dozens of slick faces.

Looking for a budget fitness band to slap on your wrist? The new Amazfit Band 5 deserves careful consideration, and not just because it's only $50. It's because for a limited time, and while supplies last, the Amazfit Band 5 is on sale at Amazon for just $35. That's for the black version; if you want it in orange or olive, Amazfit proper has it for the same price. This is the best deal to date; just last week, the sale price was $45.

If this looks a bit familiar, perhaps you're thinking of the Xiaomi Mi Band 5. You're not wrong: The two are virtually identical. (Fun fact: Amazfit is owned by Huami, which is a manufacturing partner of Xiaomi.) I'd go so far as to say they're indistinguishable, though there are a couple key internal differences:

The Band 5 on the left is a little better than the Band 5 on the right. And they're priced within about $5 of each other.

The Band 5 -- sorry, Amazfit Band 5 -- ticks an impressive number of fitness boxes. It measures heart rate, blood oxygen level, steps, sleep, women's health and more. It can also monitor your stress levels and run guided breathing exercises.

On the watch front, you get a choice of over 45 colorful faces, plus the typical stuff like notifications, call alerts, meeting reminders and so on. You can't reply to a text message, but you can decline a phone call. You can also control music playback and your phone's camera shutter. Good stuff.

Amazfit promises up to 15 days of operation on a charge with typical usage, or 25 days of power-saving usage. (That means no HR monitoring or the like.) I wasn't able to put the battery to the test, but even if those estimates are high, the Band 5 will outlast many other fitness bands.

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Another notable feature: built-in Alexa. This was very much in beta during my tests, and it showed: A while after authorizing the Band 5's app to work with my Alexa account, that authorization was lost; I had to set it up again. After that, I'd get "server is busy" or "could you repeat that" messages when trying to issue certain commands. It just didn't work reliably.

Meanwhile, it's not a hands-free implementation -- to use it, you swipe right from the clock screen -- and because the Band 5 has no speaker, you won't hear audible responses. Of course, your phone needs to be in proximity as well, with the Zepp app running.

Yep: Zepp. That's the new name for Amazfit's app, just to keep things good and confusing. I don't love it, but it's fine for use with a $50 fitness band. It's wrong to expect the sun, moonandstars at this price.

CNET hasn't done a full-on review of the Band 5, and there's one important thing to note about the average user rating you'll see on Amazon's product page: It's wildly inaccurate. That page encompasses half a dozen different Amazfit products, and so do the reviews. Actual Band 5 ratings probably comprise a tiny fraction of the 1,300 included there.

In the end, the Band 5 is a nice little fitness band that does a lot and lasts a long time between charges. It's not perfect, but nothing at this price is going to be.

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Dr. Kenneth P. Moritisugu| The Columbus Dispatch

The COVID-19 virus has increased its grip on the country as states experience surges in new cases. Ohio is in the thick of this new surge with confirmed casesquadrupling in the past30 days and hospitalizations doubling. In response, Gov. MikeDeWine hasthreatenedto close restaurants, bars and fitness centers within a week if the number of newly confirmed cases increase. While well-intentioned, the governor should reconsider his position on closing fitness centers in light of the toll COVID-19 has taken on our physical and mental health, and the benefits physical activity can have in combating this and other diseases.

The lockdowns across the nation led people to bemore sedentary, with a 32% reduction in physical activity. In addition, a recentnationwide pollby the Kaiser Family Foundation reports that more than half of U.S. adults about 53% say that their mental health has been negatively impacted by worry and stress over the pandemic. That number is a significant increase from the 32% who reported being similarly affected in March.

Further, these negative health trends also bring into view issues of health equity and health disparities for some of our most vulnerable populations. In Ohio, physical inactivity and obesity disproportionately impact our lower income population and communities of color. Theobesity ratefor white Ohioans is 34%compared with43%of Latinos and 36%of African Americans.

Fitness plays a critical role in combating the virus and improving peoples overall physical and mental health. Chronic health conditions impacting millions of Americans including obesity, hypertensionand diabetes can cause complications and significantly increase the chances of hospitalization and death for those who contract COVID-19. There is alsoincreasing evidencethat some racial and ethnic minority groups are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

Regular physical activity can protect us from these conditions while helping us to fight the virus. You mightnot think you have the time to squeeze in a workout, but researchers found that as little as 20 minutes of exercise can have anti-inflammatory effects that boost your immune system.

Mental health, much like physical health, also disproportionately affectsour lower-income communities.While 7.3%of Ohioans who make over $75,000 a yearreportedthat they experience frequent mental distress, that number skyrockets to 26.2%for those making less than $25,000 a year.

Levels of stress, anxiety and depression across the U.S. allincreasedduring the pandemic. To cope, it appears many Americans turned to alcohol, according to a study by RAND and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which found a spike in consumption. As lead author of thestudyand RAND sociologist Michael Pollard noted, "People's depression increases, anxiety increases, (and)alcohol use is often a way to cope with these feelings."

Once again, fitness can play a role, turning people away from increased alcohol use and towardregular physical activity is known to have long-term mental healthbenefitsthat reduce those conditions many are struggling with right now.

All of this underscores the critical need for regular physical activity especially now in the time of COVID for our countrys physical and mental well-being. And while weddings, parties, and other large group gatherings areknown hotbedsfor COVID transmission large fitness centers, on the other hand, are not.

In states reopening across the country, many fitness centers have developed, in coordination with local and national public health officials, stringent safety and sanitization protocols to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Here in Ohio, those protocolsincludelimiting capacity based on the space available and ability to social distance, and increased sanitization of high-contact surfaces, including fitness equipment.

The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association recently released results from a nationwide survey of individuals who have returned to their fitness clubs and found that 88%of them are confident in the COVID-19 mitigation efforts their club is using and nearly 65%are using exercise to improve their mental health.

Certainly, more studies are needed to analyze the effectiveness of COVID-19 protocols to protect public health and safety. Meanwhile, big-box fitness centers are taking necessary precautions to do their part while also providing an essential service to the public enabling Ohioans to take care of their physical and mental health.

Dr. Kenneth P.Moritsuguformerly served as the deputy surgeon general and the acting surgeon general of the United States.

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