“It’s necessary to explain to people that they risk losing muscle strength if they don’t get enough vitamin D. They need to expose themselves to the sun, eat food rich in vitamin D or take a supplement, and do resistance training exercises to maintain muscle strength.”... Read More
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Calorie Restriction and Aging
The team analyzed methylation marks on DNA taken from white blood cells. These marks are chemical tags on DNA sequences charged with regulating gene expression. These tags change with aging.... Read More
To Stretch or Not to Stretch?
Dynamic stretches are active movements causing your muscles to stretch, with the stretch not held in the end positions. Many individuals prefer dynamic stretching to prepare muscles for movement before exercise.... Read More
How Many Steps to Improve Health?
A daily walk totaling 10,000 steps was associated with a lower risk of heart disease, cancer, and dementia.... Read More
5 Exercises to Boost Your Brain
Doing moderate and vigorous exercise — even if for less than 10 minutes — appeared to be associated with much higher cognition scores than people who were more sedentary.... Read More
Eliminating Visceral Fat
A simpler approach to evaluating your visceral fat (and its associated health risks) recognizes that approximately 10 percent of all body fat is visceral. If you calculate your total body fat and take 10 percent of it, you can get a rough estimate of your visceral fat amount.... Read More