Bananas vs. Gatorade for sports performance
Bananas are as effective and a cheaper, healthier alternative to sports drinks a study has shown.
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Posted on Mon, 9 Jul 12
Posted on Mon, 23 Apr 12
Breaking up sitting lowers blood glucose by 30%
Are you sitting at your desk reading this? Research has shown that sitting for long periods has a detrimental effect on your blood glucose control and increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Short activity breaks have a bigger benefit than you thought.
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Posted on Mon, 15 Aug 11
The hunter-gatherer fitness plan
For approximately 84,000 generations we lived as physically active hunter-gatherers. However the agricultural revolution (350 generations ago), industrial revolution (7 generations ago) and the digital age (2 generations ago) has turned us into a sedentary, indoor dwelling culture. Perhaps we should take some fitness pointers from our ancestors?
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Posted on Sun, 3 Oct 10
Reduce the size of your fat genes, and jeans
Have you been blaming your waist line on your genes? While genetics may play a role in the development of obesity even those with the strongest genetic tendency can dramatically reduce their risk.
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Posted on Mon, 28 Jun 10
Lifestyle change is an effective treatment for depression
Eating well, regular exercise and stress reduction can treat depression a new study suggests, in fact within 3 months 73% of those with depression were no longer depressed.
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Posted on Mon, 1 Feb 10
Step up your health with the 10,000 step challenge
Most people do not achieve recommended daily levels of physical activity for good health. Using a pedometer as a motivational tool it is possible to increase your daily activity levels, improve your health, lose weight, increases your level of awareness, motivate yourself, and find effective solutions for increasing your daily level of physical activity for the long term.
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