Obesity is a chronic disease that is increasing in prevalence worldwide. It is a major contributing factor to poor health in most countries. The numbers in the United States are disturbing: Obesity has increased progressively from 23 percent from 1988 to 1994 to 42 percent from 2017 to 2018.... Read More
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Do This at Work to Improve Your Health
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
How You May Lower Cholesterol with Nuts
How you may lower cholesterol with nuts. Can you use nuts to lower your risk of heart disease? Today we explore growing evidence pointing to nuts as helping to reduce the... Read More
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