But today, I want to chat with you about a recent study hinting at a simple way you can avoid significantly harming your metabolic health. Investigators at The Karolinska Institute (Sweden) wondered what would happen if middle-aged office workers broke up sitting time over a three-week time frame.... Read More
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Use Meditation to Live Longer
When telomeres are too short, they don’t function well to protect the DNA. As they get older, telomeres also release substances that promote inflammation and accelerate the aging process. Telomere length is a reliable biomarker of human aging.... Read More
Optimize Sleep to Lose Weight, Say the Experts
So what happens with inadequate sleep? Can it affect your weight? Health and well-being are at risk for the one in three Americans who don’t get adequate sleep. Chronic sleep inadequacy is associated with depression, type 2 diabetes, heart disease. Metabolic syndrome, and more. And yes, get short or poor-quality sleep, and you are more likely to be overweight or obese.... Read More
Lifestyle and High Blood Pressure: Pro Tips
Those with high blood pressure derived the most benefits. The DASH diet led to a blood pressure drop of 11.4/5.5 mmHg in those with hypertension, compared with 3.5/2.1 mmHg in those with normal blood pressures. The blood-pressure-lowering effects appeared maximal at the end of week two with any diets.... Read More
Men, Drop Your Risk of Lethal Cancer Risk
A risk factor is something that raises your chances of getting a disease such as cancer. Let’s look at some of the risk factors for prostate cancer. We begin with age (please see above). Next up is race, with the disease more common in African-Americans and Caribbean men of African ancestry than in men of other races. Asian-American and Hispanic/Latino men have a lower risk.... Read More
How You Might Catch a Stroke Early
Let’s explore the remarkable finding that almost one-quarter of those who suffer from a stroke have warning signs in the week earlier.... Read More