Hope is a four letter word.

The word hope spelled in different coloured letters held up by different people's hands

Hope is a powerful motivator to keep trying to remain healthy, especially in the face of a health scare. there are

Back pain and heart health

Older couple doing pushups

Back pain is the most common cause of disability worldwide, but some lifestyle habits may be the cause or make the pain worse. What can you do to strengthen your back and prevent the discomfort of low back pain.

3 ways to age your brain faster

Does this sound familiar to you? It’s Monday morning, you have great intentions to eat well, exercise, get enough sleep. You know these are good for you and who doesn’t want to feel better? But sometime during the week, maybe later today, you start to rely on sugar or processed foods to get you through the day. Or maybe you …

You are the Result of Your Habits

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. A quote often mistakenly attributed to Aristotle. He said something similar but the philosopher Will Durant wrote the quote attributed to Aristotle in his book, The Story of Philosophy. What Aristotle actually said, “As it is not one swallow or a fine day that makes a …

5 things that can change your health

If you knew that you could easily change one habit that would make a difference to your health, would you do it? We make choices every day that affect our health, sometimes these choices are deliberate. But if you could make an easy choice to prevent disease would you do it? The answer is not the obvious choice Our days …

3 Ways to Improve Longevity

Most people want to extend their lifespan, but shouldn’t we think about extending our healthspan first? Healthspan, according to Merriam-Webster, is the length of time that you are healthy—not just alive. Extending our healthspan means compressing our worst health into the shortest and latest possible time in our lifespan. Spending most of our time able to enjoy what we love and less …

What are you doing this weekend?

If you weren’t planning on it, I would suggest doing some exercise and if you were going to exercise – don’t stop. I was reading the paper and saw something I found fairly shocking. A study of 2000 adults in the U.S. found that most of them thought that once you were 40 it was too late to start exercising. …

7 Health Reasons to Eat Less Meat

healthy fruits, veg, fish vs unhealthy junk food, sausage, hamburgers meat

Food choices have health consequences. By switching to a plant-based diet you can reduce your risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cancer, while reducing your environmental impact. Eat more plants for your health.