Here are some “doable” goals for improving your heart health–Live long and prosper!! Click here.
Exercise
Skin Cancer, Coffee and Exercise
Recent research has found a reduction in skin cancer incidence in mice who have been given the equivalent of a cup of strong coffee followed by exercise. Read the full article here.
Epigenetics for Optimizing Weight
Exciting research is indicating that exercise can turn off “obesity genes”! As important is that watching television can turn them on! So if you find yourself overweight, get exercising not only for improving your basal metabolic rate, but to turn off the tendency to become obese. Read more here.
Exercise–for Brain Health
Exercise is a great way to optimize brain health. Not only does is promote circulation–which then brings nutrients and oxygen to your brain cells (and every other cell!)–but exercise also stimulates your brain cells. Stimulation of these neurons actually helps keep them alive! Get up from your computer, do some […]
Yoga Now Covered by Medicare!
Good news–For those with heart disease, yoga is now covered by Medicare! Check with your insurance to see if this great exercise might be covered by your insurance!! To read a recent article, click here.
Swimming for Your Health
I love that research is finding more health benefits of swimming. In this article, researchers have shown that swimming lowers blood pressure in adults. Give swimming a try–it’s great exercise and might lower your blood pressure, too!! Read more here.
Stress reduction may help reduce chronic pain.
Unfortunately, there is a “feed-forward” path to chronic pain: when we are in pain, hormones are released which make the brain more sensitive to pain. In many cases, supplements and even pharmaceuticals are not enough. Try relaxation techniques–the goal being to relax the body and reduce the level of stress […]
Move it!! :-)
Evidence indicates that sitting at your job all day increases your risk of mental strain as well as obesity, diabetes, heart attack and more. Simple movement may help this: get up AT LEAST once hourly and MOVE IT!! Do 10 jumping jacks (or more!); Go up and down at least […]
Exercise to help prevent Alzheimer’s
This is a great study which assesses the impact of exercise on the development of amyloid plaques–these destructive plaques form as part of the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Significant changes were noted with just 30 minutes of exercise five days per week in those that carry the APOE-e4 gene. And, […]
Stave Off Winter Weight Gain
This article summarizes 5 approaches to reducing winter doldrums and weight gain. Bottom line: keep moving (maybe add a winter sport!), eat your veggies, heat up your breakfast (stir-fry or sauteed veggies with an egg or leftover chicken is wonderful), take your cod liver oil (3,000 mg EPA+DHA daily for […]
