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Expert: Tanya Zilberter, PhD - 9/16/2007


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what is the best exercise to flatten the abs

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Hello Sherryl,

Two highly recommended ab exercises are crunches and leg lifts on the stability ball. These exercises work the most muscle fibers and get the best results the fastest. The stability ball causes you to activate virtually every muscle in the upper and lowers abs. The whole midsection core has to work to pull of the crunches and leg lifts. Read more about it:



5 Tips For A Flatter Stomach
http://dietandbody.com/Tips_For_Flat_Stomach.html

Vertical Scissors (demo)
http://dietandbody.com/exercise/2006/06/virtual-gym-ab-exercises-vertical.html

Reverse Ab Curl
http://dietandbody.com/exercise/2006/06/virtual-gym-ab-exercise-demo-reverse.htm...

Ab crunch
http://dietandbody.com/exercise/2007/01/virtual-gym-ab-crunch.html

Double Crunch
http://dietandbody.com/exercise/2006/06/virtual-gym-ab-exercise-demo-double.html

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I am in neurophysiology since 1972, my research started with studies of neuronal interactions in the hypothalamic centers of hunger and satiety. I worked for 20 years in interdisciplinary teams, with physicists and mathematicians, as an expert in neuroscience preparing conceptual models of brain regulatory systems for their further implications in larger-scale mathematical and computer modeling. Since 2007, I focus on the metabolic aspects of neuroprotection.

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I am a freelance research consultant for the Infotonic Consultancy. I participate in a research project concerning neuroprotectors including energy substrates. The website related to this project is Brain Fuels where I'm trying to popularly write about brain metabolism and neuroprotection.



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    PhD in Physiology

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    Currently, I affiliate with Infotonic Consultancy as a freelance research consultant. In 1972-1991, I wrote for/collaborated with: Informatics Div., Moscow State University, Institute for Continuing Education for Physicians (Russia), Glushkov's Institute of Cybernetics (Ukraine), State Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (Russia). In 1995-2007, I used to write for the online publishers such as about.com, lifetips.com, dietandbody.com, infozine.com, atkinszone.com, bantadiet.com, reflexo-therapy.com. In 2005-2007 and in 2009, I worked for the Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology, Marseille, France.

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