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
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.
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.
Improve your memory with this one technique
There is an easy way to improve your memory, keep your mind sharp as you age and relax. The best part is that it only takes 10 minutes a day.
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
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.