Benefits of One on One Fitness Training
Is there a way to stay fit or achieve your weight loss goal without visiting the gym? Sure there is! Setting up a one-on-one fitness training session will give you a personalized program and show you the way. All you have to do is to try a personal fitness training session to see the difference.…
Does Stevia Help with Weight Loss?
In the U.S., the average intake of added sugars reaches up to 270 calories or more than 13 percent of calories per day based on an average 2000-calorie diet. Not surprisingly, the largest source of added sugars in the typical diet is beverages, including soft drinks, fruit drinks, sweetened coffee and tea, energy drinks, alcoholic…
Better Cognitive Health in India?
Back in February of 2010, the BBC reported on Ballabrarh, a village in northern India that had an unusually low rate of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)—lower than anywhere else in the world. University of Pittsburgh researchers had spent several years there, testing more than 5,000 subjects over the age of 55. They found that the rate of…
Selecting a Health Club
Before you can get started with a physical fitness program, decide what type of equipment you want to use (free weights, machines, Nautilus, Cybex, etc.) and where you want to train (home, health club, hard-core gym, office, etc.). The best choice for you is the facility and equipment that fits you and your lifestyle best and…
A Sunny Workout Is Best for Your Heart
Want to get fit? Check your vitamin D levels. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may well be linked to serum vitamin D levels. A study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (October 30, 2018), looked at data from nearly 2,000 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Survey. Subjects were between the ages of 20 and…
Mediterranean Diet Can Prevent Blindness
Evidence is mounting that a poor diet plays an important role in the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States. A large collaboration of researchers from the European Union investigated the connection between genes and lifestyle on the development of AMD. They found that people who adhered to a…
Can Chocolate Help with Oxidative Stress?
Can eating chocolate or drinking wine, coffee or tea play a role in keeping us young? According to a team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivanovi-Burmazovi from the Chair of Bioinorganic Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), together with researchers from the USA, compounds within these foodstuffs can activate with zinc to protect against oxidative stress.…
Stretching with a Strap
While some participants don’t stick around for the cool-down, those who do are rewarded with the many benefits that stretching offers. Help students go a little deeper with a very simple yet versatile tool: a stretching strap. Straps are great to have in your fitness toolbox (and relatively inexpensive for the program manager’s budget). They not…
Taking Antibiotics Linked to Asthma and Allergies
A study conducted at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan shows that children given antibiotics in their first six months of life have an increased risk of allergies to ragweed, pets, grass, and dust mites. They also have an increased risk of asthma. Christine Cole Johnson, Ph.D., is the study’s lead author and senior research…
Exercise and Disease Prevention
If you are a regular exerciser, you know that working out helps your body feel better in many ways. It also has powerful health benefits. In a review of the latest science, Booth, Roberts & Laye (2012) point to 35 chronic diseases and health challenges that regular exercise and physical activity can do much to prevent.…
