Want to have a healthier lifestyle? One of the key factors to consider is your fat intake. Consuming excess amounts of fat can lead to various health problems, such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Two new studies have shown how reducing dietary fat, even from plant-based sources, can improve our health.
The Science of Prevention: The Powerful Effects of Exercise on Disease
Exercise is a powerful tool to prevent and manage many chronic conditions. Learn how exercise can change your health and well-being, from heart disease to mental health exercise can make a difference.
Boost Your Performance: The Best Snacks for Exercise
Boost your performance by choosing the best snacks pre and post workout to keep you fuelled for all your workouts.
Snacks 101: How to Distinguish Between Healthy and Unhealthy Choices
Snacks 101: All you need to know about healthy vs unhealthy snacks. Will snacking promote weight gain and do I need to snack during my workouts?
Unlock the Power of Plants: How Eating More Veggies Can Transform Your Health
How You Can Transform Your Health Look no further than the humble vegetable. Incorporating more veggies into your diet can have a significant impact on your overall well-being. Not only are they rich in essential nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, but they come with many health benefits. Eating various vegetables can boost your immune system, improve digestion, and promote …
How to Use Exercise to Fight Inflammation
Inflammation is not all bad. It is a normal response to infection and stress. While necessary to fight disease and injury, it becomes a problem when inflammation is chronic. However, exercise can help us fight inflammation as associate professor and York University Research Chair Ali Abdul Sater explains, “Inflammation is amazing, it’s a very important part of our normal immune …
Which comes first, diet or exercise?
This is a question I am asked all the time. When it comes to changing your health, it depends. It depends on one factor only. But before we get to that, let me explain. Clients often come to me because they are tired of feeling tired. Tired of having no energy, being uncomfortable or in pain, and feeling unwell. One …
More muscle reduces inflammation
Muscle and health A new study published in January reinforces the importance of resistance training as we get older. Resistance training is not only important to maintain strength, balance, coordination and endurance, but it is also important for reducing inflammation associated with chronic diseases. Aging and age-related diseases are associated with low-grade inflammation. Researchers wanted to know if resistance training …
More news about maintaining muscle and protein
More news about maintaining muscle mass and protein consumption to keep you healthy and eating well. Protein and ageing One common misconception about ageing is that we need more protein to maintain muscle mass. It seems reasonable to believe that eating a higher protein diet will be protective against muscle loss. Muscle loss, or sarcopenia, leads to more injuries, falls, …
The three best benefits of beets
Beets are often underrated and overlooked, but the benefits of beets should not be ignored. Here are three benefits of eating more beets. Heart Health Beets are a great source of dietary nitrates which we convert to nitric oxide. We produce nitric oxide in almost every type of cell in our body. It is one of the most important molecules for …
