Visceral fat may be increasing the age of our heart and blood vessels. New research from the UK shows how visceral fat increases blood vessel inflammation and heart age.
Why You Eat Less When You Exercise: The Science Explained
There is a common misconception that exercise increases your appetite. I have never found this to be true. Intense exercise reduces our appetite and now science can explain why.
Three ways home cooking improves your health
Cooking your own meals has many health benefits. It does take a little more time and planning, but the personal benefits are numerous. Here are three benefits of cooking from scratch.
Less is More
Eating less meat is generally recognized as a healthy way to reduce your risk of cancer. But less animal protein also has an environmental as well as health benefits. Switching to plant based options has many benefits.
Activity or Exercise. It is not one or the other; it’s both.
There is a continuum from being sedentary to exercise. Activities are beneficial because they break up sedentary time and help us maintain our health. Our individual ability to tolerate different types of exercise and intensity of exercise is based on our current fitness level. Regardless of your fitness level, adding more time being active is important for maintaining your health.
Stay stronger and stay younger
Healthy muscles need strength training as we age. We stop producing a molecule that is critical for maintaining muscle mass and bone health as we age. Strength training maintains this critical component of healthy muscles.
One simple way to improve your sleep
Many people struggle to get a good night’s sleep, and we know how critical sleep is to our health. Until now only cognitive behaviour therapy was considered to be a long term solution, but there are four more ways to improve the quality of your sleep to get all the benefits.
It’s all in the timing.
Our bathroom habits can help us gauge our overall health. Regularity is important and maintaining regularity is easier with exercise and a high fibre diet.
Prevention is Better than the Cure
Vaccines are important for longevity. They prevent diseases and the consequences of those diseases. If you hope to live a long and healthy life vaccines will make a difference.
Do you even lift?
Strength training is critical for maintaining health and fitness as e age. Here are three reasons why you should include strength training in your regular exercise program.