Tag: Exercise

Exercise provides innumerable health benefits, all of which coalesce to increase your life expectancy by protecting against chronic health complications. According to Mayo Clinic, regular exercise can offer defence against a number of potentially life-threatening mechanisms, such as high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Emerging evidence also suggests it may be a potent weapon

Americans may not be too busy to exercise after all. A new RAND Corporation study finds that Americans average more than 5 hours of free time each day, with men generally having a bit more free time than women. But instead of being physically active during their free hours, Americans report they spend most of

For the rising number of cancer survivors worldwide, there’s growing evidence that exercise is an important part of recovery. But how much, and what type of exercise, is needed? A recent review of research, conducted by an international group of experts led by the University of British Columbia, has resulted in the development of new

Physical inactivity is a global health problem. But despite overwhelming evidence that regular exercise is highly beneficial, the challenge of encouraging people to be more active remains. Often “lack of time” is the reason given for not exercising. To address this, many sport and exercise scientists recommend what is known as High-intensity Interval Training (HIT).

When I woke up to use the bathroom in the wee hours one recent Saturday morning, I knew something was off the moment I stepped out of bed. I couldn’t find my balance, and the room was spinning; it felt like being really drunk, only I was completely sober. I bounced like a ping-pong ball

Period pain is horrible. As well as the debilitating cramps, you can also suffer with back pain, sore breasts, headaches, mood swings and bloating. What a treat. When you’re feeling like this, the last thing you probably want to do is put your trainers on and go and workout. But it could be the best

High blood pressure risks could be lowered by making some lifestyle changes which includes a person’s diet and their activities. Blood pressure UK said on their website: “Different kinds of exercise and activity have different effects on your body. If you have high blood pressure, you should try and focus on activities that’ll help your

The majority of back pain is nonspecific with no identifiable causes. Common underlying mechanisms include degenerative or traumatic changes to the discs and facets joints, which can then cause secondary pain in the muscles, and nerves, and referred pain to the bones, joints and extremities. Diseases and inflammation of the gallbladder, pancreas and kidneys may

Bowel cancer begins in the large bowel (colon) and the back passage (rectum). It is also known as colorectal cancer. Treatment depends on where the cancer starts in a person’s bowel and how far the cancer has spread. Surgery is usually the main treatment for bowel cancer, but a recent study sheds a light on

Emma Hamlin began gaining weight after marrying her husband in 2003 and then the birth of her first child. When she had her second child, the mum-of-two ballooned to a size 16, weighing 15st. The fad dieter was so overweight she often had to use a wheelchair because she would get tired from walking around.

Endurance athletes are as superhuman as it gets, fueled by a seemingly inexhaustible energy. But a new study suggests that human endurance does have a limit — and it's likely similar for everyone. The long-term cap is about 2.5 times the body's resting metabolic rate, or 4,000 calories per day for an average person, scientists

Governments are always telling us to eat less and exercise more to be healthier, but this presents an obvious problem. Being active is liable to make you hungrier, so there’s a risk you end up eating extra to compensate, and putting on more weight than if you’d never got off the sofa in the first

As Khloe Kardashian is getting ready to celebrate her daughter True Thompson’s first birthday on April 12th she is reflecting on the tumultuous events of the last year – from the Tristan Thomspon cheating scandal to her most recent social media feud with Jameela Jamil. Notwithstanding all that drama, Khloe has had one constant in her life, her commitment to working out

Before her weight loss journey, Jess Dukes would hide snacks in her desk drawers and grab doughnuts on her way to work. She would skip the gym for happy hour, then go home and continue eating all night long. Her wake-up call came when she went to a work conference in 2012 and she was

FLY LDN also offers a traditional Barre class that draws on pilates, yoga and dance to build core strength and improve balance posture and flexibility. These classes utilise bodyweight, light weights, balls, resistance bands and the bar for intensity, variety and ultimate progression. Whatever your shape, gender, fitness level or individual goal, FLY LDN’s ultimate

Then she joined Xercise4Less’ Transformation Camps when her weight journey began to accelerate. She added: “I’m a person that needs a little push in the right direction, so I booked my first camp in June 2018 and it was the best thing I ever did. “My weight loss became steady and regular and my shape

Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that individual running workouts add up over time to yield a big improvement in physical fitness. So, it should not be surprising that the cognitive benefits from workouts also accumulate to yield long-term cognitive gains. Yet, until now, there was has been little research to describe and support

If you regularly find yourself halfway through a tub of peanut butter without knowing how it happened, or, started the day on track, and then somewhere between lunch and home time find yourself mindlessly snacking away the afternoon, listen here.  Once you create behaviour patterns, no matter how big or small, it can be near

Should I eat carbs? The answer to this question is most definitely yes. This doesn’t mean you need to overdo it, of course – balance is still key. Eating a massive bowl of pasta just because you have a match the next day can be excessive. Rather than giving you energy, this is more likely

Though this may seem strange, human bodies are actually made, according to recent estimates, of about as many bacteria and other microorganisms as regular human cells. In the colon alone — the tract that contains the largest number of bacterial cells — there are approximately 38 trillion bacteria. These bacteria have important effects on the