A recent small study shows the value of simply standing up and moving periodically. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (Sweden) aimed to see if interrupting prolonged sitting improves blood sugar control and other measures of metabolism among obese adults.... Read More
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Dropping Your Cancer Risk
DROPPING YOUR CANCER RISK. Did you know that physical activity can reduce your chances of getting at least seven types of cancers? In the pandemic era where many of us move... Read More
How Moving Improves Your Brain
How moving improves your brain. Take a few more steps daily and you are on to your way to improving your cognitive functioning. A recent report from the University of Georgia (USA)... Read More
Live Longer With Strength Training
Now comes a new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that reminds us that a minimum of strength training can cut our risk of early death by one-fifth.... Read More
Get Bites of Exercise
We all have heard this one, but do it, and you’ll increase your heart rate. I love that claiming up and down a couple of flights of stairs can help me with balance. Finally, skip the elevator in favor of stairs, and you should increase your leg strength.... Read More
Russian Skater and Doping
Russian skater and doping. She took the heart medicine trimetazidine. Arguably the best ice skater on the planet, the 15-year-old Russian Olympian Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance,... Read More