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
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Fasting for Health
People often use intermittent fasting strategies for weight loss. There are many approaches, including time-restricted feeding and alternate-day fasting. Some studies show intermittent fasting is an effective tool for weight loss. Other studies hint that alternate-day fasting is no better than regular dieting.... Read More
Designer Food as Medicine
The American Heart Association reminds us that a healthy diet and lifestyle are the keys to preventing and managing cardiovascular disease.... Read More
Chronic Pain and Exercise
Chronic pain and exercise. EXERCISE HARDER IF YOU WANT TO fight off the pain associated with aging. That’s our takeaway lesson today. We often experience chronic pain in our muscles, bones,... Read More
Eat Well!
The research investigation is a part of the InCHIANTI project, conducted in Tuscany (Italy) over twenty years. The study included 642 subjects over 65 and facilitated obtaining complete data on food biomarkers.... Read More
Television and Blood Clots
Some, but not all, studies have linked watching television to a higher probability of suffering from potentially deadly blood clots (for example, in the legs). Now comes more evidence of an association between this sedentary behavior and thromboembolic phenomena.... Read More