While many processed foods are full of salt, and excessive salt intake is associated with hypertension and other conditions, salt is essential to health. It can be dangerous to have too low a sodium intake.

Whatever you need to increase the quality of your sleep is really, really important.

Make your plate colorful. A lot of Asian countries make it a point of having five colors present on every dish, which leads to eating nutrient-rich foods.

I think the U.S. has ultrasensitivity about weight loss.

I've been a big fan of cottage cheese my whole life.

The idea behind resistance training is that you're basically tearing something and creating a microtrauma in the muscle. When the muscle recovers, it's going to recover stronger and denser than it was before.

Just remember the letter 'S': salads, stir fries, scrambles, soups, smoothies and sushi. You can't go wrong with the letter 'S.'

Walking is the most effective form of exercise.

The Swedes prepare their food through curing, smoking, pickling and boiling. Pickling food contains digestive-system-friendly probiotics, and while boiling may not be the tastiest, it's effective without adding fat!

If you want great legs, you need to train them all around, not just the front of the thighs. Use multiple joints whenever possible. And running stairs is one of the best things you can possibly do. It has little to no impact on your joints, and you're working your glutes, hamstrings, and quads all at the same time.

Don't let yourself get stuck without a healthy snack option. If you allow yourself to get famished at work, you're going to be more likely to get your snack from the vending machine, and when was the last time you saw something fresh and healthy in one of those?

Dark bread like rye or pumpernickel is much healthier than the refined white bread favored by many Americans.

Lentils, beans, and other legumes, such as chickpeas, are all excellent sources of fiber.

A toned backside truly anchors your physique and can make the difference between jeans fitting and jeans really fitting.

I used to love eating canned fruit. Once I learned how to read a food label, I learned that canned fruit is arguably the least healthy form of fruit consumption.

Life is too short. If we're in Italy, have pizza and pasta. But not every day.

Cardio-based exercise involves moving at a moderate intensity, using many muscle groups at once. Think: walking, jogging, cycling, etc.

Most people make the mistake of over-training the biceps and under-training the triceps.

If you're ready to give yourself a little challenge, take a walk and mix in short bouts of jogging. It can boost your calorie burn and give you much needed cardiovascular benefits.

When the biceps become too strong, it brings the shoulders forward and makes for a gorilla-like posture.

In Mumbai, the air is saltier. The sea is roilier. The traffic is snarlier. The pinks are pinker. The ostentation is crazier.

Of course, no one has enough time to see every shop that Mumbai has: That would take more lifetimes than even the gods could offer.

Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.

Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.