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Globally renowned nutritionist and best-selling author, Patrick Holford explains why a strong stomach is essential for optimal health. 46 Low-Carb Diets Read how a low-carb, moderately protein-rich and high-fat diet can help shed those extra pounds more than any other food plan. 50 What to Look for in a Personal Trainer Explore how a personal trainer must not only “walk-the-talk” but also possess the certification and skills to take your fitness to a higher and safer level. 4 REPs May 2015 Naser Al Tamimi CEO [email protected] Catherine Hanson Farid Director of Operations [email protected] Ben Gittus Technical Director LOOKING TO BE [email protected] YOUR OWN BOSS? Juliette Alexander Business Development & Membership Manager If you are a Personal Trainer in the UAE and wish to work to your own schedule, develop your own [email protected] programs and reap the benefits associated with being an independent personal trainer, then we can help. Infinity Sport Management is pleased to announce our Julie Willetts new partnership with IPS LLC. Any aspiring fitness professional who wishes to work independently within Compliance and Standards Manager the fitness industry now has a platform from which to do so. For more information on our services and how we can Anna Marcial help you reach your full potential please Contact [email protected] Office Coordinator [email protected] For enquiries please call 04 3407407, [email protected] Lisa Durante Devleena Chatterjee Contributing Editor Features Writer [email protected] [email protected] Waseem Khrait Gregory Mandy Art Direction & Design Photographer [email protected] All editorial and design production is coordinated by GVPmedia FZ-LLC and Azimo Publishing FZ-LLC All rights reserved, reproduction in part or whole is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher. We cannot accept responsibility for any mistakes or misprints or for loss or damage of any unsolicited manuscripts or photographs sent to us. Although REPs magazine has tried to ensure that all information given in the magazine is accurate, details and prices may be subject to change. Any consequential action taken, based on the information and advice contained in REPs Magazine, is taken at the individual’s risk. The publisher cannot accept any liability for resulting claims or damages. Any information contained within REPs magazine should not be considered as a substitute for consultation with a licensed practitioner. The views expressed in REPs magazine in its entirety do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the publisher. May 2015 REPs 5 My Chiropractor Wants Y to See My Feet… ou’ve finally made an appointment to see your Chiropractor. Perhaps it’s low back pain that brings you in or bouts of headaches and you’re tired of popping pills. Or maybe you’re a runner who’s training for a big event and you’re hoping for expert help to remain in prime condition and avoid injury. All of these are valuable reasons to see a Chiropractor. Appointment day arrives and the doctor begins the exam. Suddenly, your doctor’s asking to see the bottoms of your shoes (wait– what?) and then asks you to remove your shoes and socks completely. The doctor leads a now-barefooted ‘you’ over to what is called a ‘3D digital foot scanner’. You’re instructed to “step right up.” At this point you may be wondering, “What in the world do my feet have to do with anything? Or, “Did I take a wrong turn and end up at the podiatrist’s office?” Actually, feet have to do with a lot and there’s good reason for your Chiropractor to be interested in them. Chiropractors are trained to look at a patient’s entire body structure, and the foundation of that structure is the feet. Think of your body as a building. The way the building is put together is important, because it determines how it will hold up to stress and age. The foundation is especially important, because everything sits on top of it. When there are cracks in the walls or ceiling – in the analogy, that’s the low back pain or headaches that prompted you to call the doctor in the first place – problems in the foundation may be to blame. Your feet may feel just fine, but that doesn’t mean they’re not causing trouble up above. Foot imbalance or dysfunction can have ripple effects, transferring problems (and pain) to the legs, knees, hips, spine, shoulders, even skull. (The 3D foot scan helps your doctor detect otherwise ‘silent’ problems with the feet; so does examining the wear patterns on your shoes). So when your Chiropractor asks to look at your feet, don’t hesitate. Good health starts from the ground up… Visit Chiropractic Dubai, Emirates European Medical Centre Address 119 Thanya Rd – Umm Suqeim 2, Dubai Phone 04 348 1166 Hours Open 8:30 am – 6:00 pm REPs MEMBER BENEFITS Twenty percent discount to all fitness instructors registered with REPs UAE for Chiropractic treatment, Physiotherapy and Massage. If one of your fitness instructors recommends a patient (who books a minimum package of five Chiropractic treatments) i.e. not another fitness instructor but a friend or someone they provide training to, then we offer that Fitness Instructor one free treatment i.e. Chiropractic treatment, Physiotherapy or Massage. ■ 6 REPs May 2015 NOW FEATURING the SPORTS Leisure & FITNESS Show THE PREMIER EVENT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL 28-30 SEPTEMBER 2015 LEISURE INDUSTRY DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE With so much development and planning in SPORTS MEGA EVENTS sports and fitness facilities, there is no better IN THE MENA REGION time to sell to owners, operators, managers, architects, developers and engineers from $22BN stadiums, fitness centres, gyms & spas, hotels and real estate. Join other key equipment and product suppliers at the leading leisure industry event. BOOK YOUR STAND TODAY Sarkis Kahwajian For sales & sponsorship enquiries, contact: +971 4 445 3671 [email protected] www.theleisureshow.com LeisureShow LeisureShow The Leisure Show – Middle East Strategic Partners Fitness Partner Association Partner Co-located Event Organised by www.dmgeventsme.com The DSC VISION It never gets easier, stronger you just get …. Catherine Hanson Farid, Director of Operations, REPs UAE & Infinity Sports Management speaks to Saeed Mohamed Hareb, Secretary General of The Dubai Sports Council regarding the challenges to health in the UAE given its near epidemic proportions of non-communicable lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease. Angela Kurian reports. E Saeed Mohamed Hareb, Secretary General of The Dubai Sports Council ven though initiatives like the gold-weight for those people who participate as a family. It has been program where you win a kilo of gold for every very successful with locals losing upto five, ten and in some kilo of body weight-loss have captured the cases, even 40 kgs. imagination of residents and citizens alike, the We have also introduced other programs for children implications of financial gain to incentivise that encourage the families to eat healthy, home-cooked overweight people to make crucial lifestyle meals, eat out less and exercise regularly to lose weight. modifications – which could mean the difference between If public health initiatives are to be sustainable, the core life and death – must be rooted in sound family practices. element of behaviour modification must start at the Saeed Mohamed Hareb explains, “As children learn family level.” from parents, it is vital to educate the parents about the A firm believer in the role of REPs UAE to communicate importance of following a clean diet and keeping physically the importance of regulating fitness certification to expat active. This Dubai Munipality program ‘Your Weight in Gold’ and locals as well as the fitness professionals operating in has been opened this year to children as well to encourage the region, he believes that the UAE’s Emirati population over weight children to lose weight with double the rewards are different from before. 8 REPs May 2015 The DSC Vision “I personally witness locals walking daily because they want to become fit and stay fit. The new walking paths introduced all over the city have encouraged families to start walking more and you can see them walking in the afternoons around p.m. Local children have also started to control their food intake and are exercising regularly. To me, it’s not only about fitness and building muscles; it’s also about staying away from junk food and walking and swimming as much as possible, as both are important for cardio-vascular health”, he feels. In terms of his own lifestyle, Saeed Mohamed Hareb enjoys a vibrant routine. “I wake up at 5 in the morning to attend prayers at the mosque. I find this spiritually invigorating practice has built discipline into my routine. Then I proceed to take a long rejuvenating walk on the beach till the sun comes up. I take a photo of this beautiful sunrise, post it on Instagram and thats how I begin my day everyday.” A minute in the mouth, a month on the hips Dubai’s rapidly-expanding infrastructure embraces Aware of the traditions of the region, Saeed Mohamed Hareb excellent facilities for running, cycling, swimming and other says that “Food and portion control can be a challenge not sports. “By developing these additions to public areas, we are only because of temptations but also because in the Emirati encouraging people to try their hand at physical activities culture, it’s discourteous to say no when you’re offered food and enjoy the great outdoors. It was a proud moment for and we usually have to accept with good grace. However, us when we won the Expo2020, but the focus is just not on things are changing. If we eat to excess, we also ensure we 2020, its equally important to create a healthy city, designed lose the weight too by exercising more. to make people walk. Dubai has introduced walking paths, The local traditional diet of Emiratis is actually healthy cycle paths, indoor facilities, ladies-only facilities, and as it includes lots of fish and vegetables.” Like everyone else, shopping areas such as the ones on Al Wasl and JBR which he acknowledges that American consumerism and junk food entice people to ‘Eat & Walk’. has deteriorated the health of the nation in general and this Nowadays, people go to the The Dubai Mall and Burj is a trend wellness pioneers like him are consciously trying Khalifa not just for shopping, “Dubai has come up with to overturn. the concept of ‘mall walking’, a sport that ensures people However, despite the fact that Dubai is facing a health stay physically active even when they’re surrounded by crisis with diabetes rates increasing over 10 percent every commercial temptations. People also get fit during Ramadan. year, the city has come a long way in the last 20 years, I see people almost an hour before sunset walking around, growing exponentially even within the health and fitness getting their exercise before the start of the day.” Saeed industry. The result is that the local community has taken Mohamed Hareb ends on a positive note: “Dubai is rapidly this on board by making conscious lifestyle edits. “We also gaining awareness that a top global city cannot stay in pole acknowledge that the UAE is a country that consists of position unless its citizens understand that keeping fit and diverse nationalities and when we see expats picking up active is a priority of sustainability and pride. Afterall, look gym bags and going to work out, their commitment to at our rulers, they are shining role models for health and fitness makes us want to join in as well. In the future, we fitness that we can all aspire to.” envision that Dubai will become one of the healthiest cities Objectives of DSC in the world and the first step is educating people to totally avoid junk food”, he says. • Setting up a distinguished sporting community. • DSC Vision • Investing the revenues as well as the capabilities to set up an ideal sporting sector to make Dubai a pioneering milestone in sports. ■ “Dubai is rapidly gaining awareness that a top global city cannot stay in pole position unless its citizens understand that keeping fit and active is a priority of sustainability and pride. Afterall, look at our rulers, they are shining role models His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of for health and fitness that we can all aspire to.” Dubai, with his daughter, Her Highness Sheikha Al Jalila. May 2015 REPs 9 10 REPs May 2015