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- Make Love, Not Stress
Happy couples live longer and healthier lives. New research shows that they also have lower stress hormones floating around in their blood all day, which lets them handle more challenges at the office.
Date of Article: 21Oct2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(36) EasyPublish(29)
- BrainFit for Life: A User's Guide to Life-Long Brain Health and Fitness.
Brain Fitness is quickly gaining momentum in the media and business worlds. Most of the current focus is on 'brain-training' programs to boost cognitive function. While this is a positive movement, we must not lose focus that the physical health of the brain is required for cognitive health. We must not ignore all the data regarding the cognitive benefits of a health diet, physical exercise and optimal sleep. Date of Article: 16Oct2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(68) EasyPublish(55)
- Tai Chi for Your Head and Your Heart
Many people practice Tai Chi for health benefits. Now a new study supports those efforts showing that Tai Chi reduces cholesterol, improves blood pressure and reduces risk of heart disease. What's good for the heart is good for the brain as well. Date of Article: 16Oct2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(65) EasyPublish(45)
- Is Fish Oil a Quick Fix for Your Memory?
Fish has been touted as brain food for a long time. New research shows that people with high levels of omega-3s in their blood are have greater brain health in old age. However, there's no quick fix. Date of Article: 23Sep2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(201) EasyPublish(69)
- Is Kevin Bacon Controlling Your Health?
How much are your friends and relatives controlling your health? New studies suggest it may be more than you think. Date of Article: 04Sep2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(105) EasyPublish(41)
- Are Kid's Growing Bellies Increasing Their Odds of Alzheimer's?
Belly fat and brain fitness are related. Adult obesity increase odds for late-life dementia and Alzheimer's. Childhood obesity sets kids up for a life-long battle with a weight problem. It's not much of a stretch to say that weight problems in adolescence set kids up for increased odds of Alzheimer's disease down the road. Date of Article: 11Jun2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(85) EasyPublish(77)
- Climbing the Corporate Ladder of Brain Fitness
Higher levels of education and more intellectually challenging careers associate with lower rates of Alzheimer's disease. However, this doesn't mean you need a PhD to stave off cognitive decline. Commitment to life-long learning can be done without formal education and boost your brain fitness as well. Date of Article: 14May2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(110) EasyPublish(79)
- There's More than Meets the Taste Buds
Sugar activates pleasure centers in your brain, which causes you to crave sweet foods. New research shows it goes beyond the taste buds to light up these brain circuits Date of Article: 02May2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(90) EasyPublish(49)
- Easy Living - Good or Bad for Brain Fitness?
With the ease of which we find food today, we may be robbing ourselves of the rewarding feelings that our ancestors used to get after the hunt. Research suggests that this may be a factor in modern rates of depression. Date of Article: 01May2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(108) EasyPublish(53)
- Feed Your Brain - Keep Your Mind
The blood supply that feeds your brain is crucial for life-long brain fitness and mental health. A new study shows that small blood vessel disease may account for on third of dementia cases. One of the best things you can do to protect your brain is to eat right and get regular physical activity. Date of Article: 10Apr2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(116) EasyPublish(85)
- A Donut is not Always a Donut - Timing is Everything
New studies suggest that we are more sensitive to spikes in blood sugar from high carbohydrate foods in the morning than we are later in the day. Timing is everything. Date of Article: 13Mar2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(112) EasyPublish(65)
- Valentine Brain Fitness
New brain research sheds light on old advice. Mix it up to keep your relationships lively. Couples that do new things together actually keep brain circuits active that are associated with young relationships. Date of Article: 14Feb2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(137) EasyPublish(73)
- Does Increasing Lifespan Also Increase Brainspan?
We are experiencing dramatic increases in lifespan. But that does not necessarily guarantee similar increases in healthspan or brainspan. Engaging in activities to keep our brains fit are especially important today since modern medicine will keep our bodies ticking much longer. Date of Article: 13Feb2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(117) EasyPublish(69)
- An Apple a Day Keeps the Brain Doctor Away
New research suggests that apples have the ability to save brain cells from death caused by oxidative stress. Date of Article: 31Jan2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(127) EasyPublish(68)
- This is Your Brain on Stress
Stress can damage a part of the brain involved in learning and memory, called the hippocampus. New studies provide clues into how that happens and what we can do to prevent it. Date of Article: 30Jan2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(132) EasyPublish(90)
- Use More of Your Brain to Get Things Done
Older brains become more active when trying to get things done. The question is whether that activity if a good thing and improved performance or a bad thing and gets in the way. A new study shed's light on that question to support the idea that increased activation is good and helps the brain succeed. Approaches to maintain brain fitness can help ensure an active and alert brain in older years. Date of Article: 21Jan2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(126) EasyPublish(94)
- Ask Not What the HealthCare System Can Do for You . . .
With all the focus on health care coverage perhaps we should ask a different question. Why are we so sick in the first place? Maybe if the next president of the United States created some incentives for us to live healthier we could reduce the health care burden and cover more people. Date of Article: 12Jan2008 Category: Health & Fitness View(131) EasyPublish(89)
- Brain Fitness Case Study: Kris Kringle
Santa has to keep his brain fit in order to remember all those kids names, where they live and what they want. How does he do it? Date of Article: 22Dec2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(174) EasyPublish(111)
- A Soda for Your Thoughts?
Everyone knows that high sugar drinks, like soda pop, are bad for your waistline. Now new data shows that these drinks may also be bad for your brain as well. Date of Article: 13Dec2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(142) EasyPublish(103)
- Ready, Set, Think
A new study shows that exercise is a good anti-depressant because it turns up specific growth factors in a part to the brain that control stress and mood. Date of Article: 04Dec2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(150) EasyPublish(87)
- Fishing for Neuroticism
A new study shows that higher neuroticism scores are associated with lower omega-3s and higher omega-6s in the blood of healthy adults. Date of Article: 01Dec2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(163) EasyPublish(87)
- Eat Your Peas and Carrots, Or At Least Your Carrots
A new study shows that beta carotene, a form of vitamin A is beneficial for cognitive health, helping memory and memory recall functions that typically decline during Alzheimer's disease. Date of Article: 29Nov2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(117) EasyPublish(92)
- Nap Today, Perform Better Tomorrow.
Although many people steal hours from their sleep to get more done in the day, this may actually be counter-productive. New research sheds light on why sleep messes with parts of our brains and decreases our productivity. Date of Article: 01Nov2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(128) EasyPublish(114)
- The Mentality of Physical Activity
Physical exercise in kids makes them smarter. Study after study supports that conclusion. Now, a new study shows that kids that exercise regularly do better on test assessing their cognitive function and math skills. Date of Article: 31Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(130) EasyPublish(112)
- Are You Changing Your Genes?
We used to think that both your genes and your environment get together to determine your health. While this is true, we now know that your environment has a big impact on your genes and the genes that you pass to your kids. You can actually modify your genes, for better or for worse, depending on your lifestyle choices. Date of Article: 29Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(156) EasyPublish(353)
- Will Stress Take You Down?
Susceptibility to stress is partially controlled by your brain chemistry. New research unveils how some people may handle stress better than others. Still, an element of personal responsibility should not be thrown out the door. Date of Article: 25Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(138) EasyPublish(114)
- Is the Road to Diabetes and Depression the Same One?
New research implicates insulin in the stimulation of brain centers involved in addiction. This adds fuel to the fire that high sugar foods can actually be addicting, leading to long-term cravings for sweets. Eventually high sugar intake can lead to type II diabetes and potentially depression. Date of Article: 24Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(136) EasyPublish(133)
- Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks
The science of brain health supplements continues to emerge. New studies show the benefit of several key supplements in maintaining cognitive health and improving learning in the elder years. Date of Article: 12Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(133) EasyPublish(116)
- Can Your Conscience Protect You from Alzheimer’s Disease?
How conscientious of a person are you? New research shows that the higher your level of conscientiousness, the lower your odds of getting Alzheimer's disease. Date of Article: 06Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(106) EasyPublish(97)
- Eating - When Your Brain Won’t Say STOP
Impulse control is one of the biggest factors needed for successful weight loss. New research show a specific brain part involved in impulse control may be a little less active in obese people. The good news is that practice may be able to strengthen the circuits in this brain region and help regain control over impulses, enabling successful weight loss. Date of Article: 03Oct2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(127) EasyPublish(126)
- Reading Minds with Fitter Brains
'Reading Minds' is a skill that we can all learn. I'm not talking about science fiction, but being able to accurately interpret peoples emotions by looking into their eyes and faces. New research shows that specific brain hormones are responsible for our abilities to read others. Date of Article: 22Sep2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(178) EasyPublish(109)
- Brain Fitness and Diabetes
Your brain controls your metabolism. The fitter your brain, the better your metabolism works. New research shows how some brain cells stop working right in type II diabetes. However, certain lifestyle choices can help your brain work better, improve your brain fitness, and smooth out your control of your metabolism Date of Article: 21Sep2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(126) EasyPublish(100)
- Some Parts of the Brain Improve with Age
As we age we have a natural tendency to filter out more bad experiences and accept good experiences. The question is, can we let the good side of life boost our confidence at any age? The answer is that if we work on our Brain Fitness, we can. Date of Article: 28Aug2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(121) EasyPublish(106)
- A Full E-Tank Increases Sports Performance
Many coaches neglect to build up their players emotional tank and are missing a huge opportunity to create better athletes. Too much correction and instruction can decrease a young athletes performance, while more focus on the positive can boost it. Date of Article: 22Aug2007 Category: Sports & Recreation View(115) EasyPublish(134)
- Soccer and Brain Fitness
Sports like soccer can boost more than just your athletic ability. They challenge your ability to regulate emotions, think creatively and make decisions. They increase your Emotional, Physical and Intellectual or EPIQ performance. Date of Article: 21Aug2007 Category: Sports & Recreation View(129) EasyPublish(145)
- Harry Potter and the Unfit Brain
Harry Potter had a fitter brain than Voldemort. He tapped into a variety of moderate strengths whereas his counterpart really only excelled in one area. In the end, varied brain fitness is better - EPIQ performance. Date of Article: 27Jul2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(124) EasyPublish(176)
- Variety is the Spice of Brain Fitness: Part II – Nutrition and IQ
Simply put, good nutrition provides you brain with quality materials to build quality brain circuits. Poor nutrition provides your brain with junk to gunk up the system. Over time, good nutrition enhances brain function and poor nutrition increases the chance that brain circuits will break down and lead to dementia. Date of Article: 18Jul2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(144) EasyPublish(127)
- Variety is the Spice of Brain Fitness: Part I – EPIQ performance
Intelligence is more than IQ. It's more than how 'book smart' you are or the grades you got in school. Intelligence also depends on your emotional intelligence (EQ) and your physical intelligence (PQ). Your level of brain fitness determines how well all of your intelligences work together to give you the best chance of success in life. Date of Article: 16Jul2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(129) EasyPublish(141)
- Treat Acne with a Low Glycemic Diet
New data suggests that a low glycemic diet goes beyond benefits for weight loss, chronic disease prevention and energy boosts. It also appears to help fight teenage acne. Date of Article: 10Jul2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(137) EasyPublish(120)
- Take That Pebble Out Your Shoe
When it comes to improving health, so many people are looking for the quick fix. But really it takes time. Don't subscribe to all the hype that you can improve your health overnight. The need for instant gratification is the enemy of success. Date of Article: 04Jul2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(123) EasyPublish(193)
- Patriotic Health
The best thing you can do for your country today is to improve your health. Declining general health and and aging population our stressing our health care system beyond what it can handle. Find an accountability partner and move towards health, for your country's sake. Date of Article: 03Jul2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(120) EasyPublish(150)
- Battle of the Bulge in NYC
Fast food restaurants are being forced to display calorie information. Will this help reverse the health care crisis? Date of Article: 29Jun2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(130) EasyPublish(134)
- Hold your Head Up – Boost Your Memory
Keeping your head up does more that alert you to opportunities. By paying attention to your surroundings you are activating a powerful brain function that helps you store and recall memories. Date of Article: 27Jun2007 Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation View(125) EasyPublish(154)
- Sweeten Your Willpower
New studies show that maintaining your blood sugar might help you control your willpower. A low glycemic diet can be another weapon to overcoming your bad habits. Date of Article: 06Jun2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(153) EasyPublish(209)
- Can Giving Improve your Brain?
New science shows that the altruisim, the act of giving, activates brain circuits involved in higher thinking and social behavior. Since the brain follows the 'use it or lose it' rule, altruism might actually strengthen those circuits and improve your social skills - eventaully improving your own quality of life. Date of Article: 01Jun2007 Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation View(153) EasyPublish(179)
- Vacuuming Boosts Health – If you Believe It
The placebo effect strikes again. A new study shows the power of believing that your everyday routines can help your health. Date of Article: 30May2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(226) EasyPublish(197)
- When Exercise is not Exercise
Exercise accounts for some of the calories you burn every day. But it turns out that fidgeting actually accounts for enough calories to determine how much weight you gain or lose. Date of Article: 22May2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(268) EasyPublish(215)
- When a Calorie is not a Calorie
Not all calories are equal. New studies show that some types of fats increase weight gain much more than others. Date of Article: 17May2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(176) EasyPublish(172)
- Candy-Coated Sports
When did we start associating youth sports with all the post-game treats. Is it possible for us to teach our kids to have fun in sports without sugar? Date of Article: 09May2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(178) EasyPublish(221)
- Death by Prescription
Stress about health care is a huge problem in this country. Most of the focus is on getting coverage. But the patient should be aware that a little stress on the care might be advisable as well. Date of Article: 05May2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(171) EasyPublish(201)
- Health Care – Who Really Cares?
What's the real difference between the health care industry and the sickness industry? Is it really in the interest of our current system to improve health? Date of Article: 02May2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(151) EasyPublish(236)
- Do Teen Brains Cause Reckless Behavior?
Many studies have shown that teen brain are somehow behind their often reckless behavior. But another opinion is that our society keeps our teens brains from developing by treating them like children. Date of Article: 27Apr2007 Category: Home & Family View(189) EasyPublish(174)
- Brain Technologies – Part 1: Knowing your Genetic Fate.
Stress in society today is accelerating. New technologies are adding to that stress, even though many are designed to help improve our lives. Genotyping is one such technology that with the promise of a better future will require some thoughtful debate before going to the masses. Date of Article: 25Apr2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(176) EasyPublish(158)
- Students Fail BMIs
Some schools are adding students BMIs to their report cards. Given the fact that schools have been a major part of the problem in fighting childhood obesity, this seems a little ironic. How would you feel if your childs school was telling you to do something about their weight problem? Date of Article: 18Apr2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(201) EasyPublish(145)
- Want what you Need
How do we figure out how to want what we need for good health? The reason we choose poorly is because behavior is based on emotion not on logic. Finding a formula to use your emotions to drive good choice is what we all need. Date of Article: 06Apr2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(206) EasyPublish(155)
- Of Bellies and Brains
The most important skill we can give our kids today is adaptability. This will be required to succeed in our rapidly changing world. Focus on brain fitness will focus on all the necessary skills for achievement. Date of Article: 31Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(243) EasyPublish(160)
- 21 Times a Day
TV ads, junk food makers, fast food restaurants, school cafeterias and snack-ridden sporting events are making our kids fat. Who's job is it to get them back on track and set them up for successful futures. Date of Article: 29Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(197) EasyPublish(161)
- Don’t Stress It
Stress can be bad for the brain, the heart and your immune system. New evidence unveils how stress hurts new brain cell's chance of survival. Date of Article: 24Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(238) EasyPublish(168)
- Eat Fat and Stress Out
A new study shows that even a single high fat meal can increase your blood pressure in response to stress. This in turn may lead to a future of chronic high blood pressure and hear disease Date of Article: 22Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(203) EasyPublish(162)
- More Fishy Data
More studies this week highlight current issues on nutrition, touting benefits of omega-3 fats Date of Article: 15Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(259) EasyPublish(166)
- What is Brain Fitness?
Brain Fitness is a combination of improving the physical and mental health of your brain. This is accomplished through nutrtion for the brain, physical exercise to increase brain power and mental exercise to increase brain connectivity. Date of Article: 12Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(220) EasyPublish(183)
- Is it for your own good?
Not everything is as it seems when it comes to health. Yes, you have to eat the right stuff and get enough physical activity - but an often forgotten part of the formula relates to how that stuff makes you feel. If you hate doing something it will not be good for you. Conversely if you absolutely love something that has some benefit on its own. Date of Article: 08Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(205) EasyPublish(176)
- 100% Fad Free
Most of us already know what is healthy and what is not if we just think about it. Avoid the fad diets and use your common sense and you will go a long way toward health Date of Article: 03Mar2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(251) EasyPublish(154)
- The Secret’s Missing Ingredient
The Secret puts for the law of attraction as the ability to call opportunity to ourselves. However, the movie doesn't stress enough the need to take action when opportunity arises. Date of Article: 25Feb2007 Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation View(217) EasyPublish(172)
- Do we need to Micromanage our Bodies?
Using medications to micromanage our body functions might not always be the best choice. Sometimes we need to take one medication to combat the side effects of a different medication. A focus on whole body health is often a better choice when it comes to reversing ill health. Date of Article: 23Feb2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(184) EasyPublish(168)
- Is Love Potion Real?
A new report on the Today Show details recent research on understanding the biology of love. Although this is a fascinating field and worthy of continued research, the Today Show is suggesting we should develop drugs to control our heart's desires. That is going too far. Date of Article: 22Feb2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(244) EasyPublish(226)
- Maintaining Good Health isn’t Rocket Science
Maintaining good health isn't rocket science. It just takes some common sense and to avoid fad diets. Any long term sustainable health program should be based on exercise and meals that balance carbohydrate, protein and fat in reasonable portion sizes - you don't have to be a mathemetician to figure it out. Date of Article: 17Feb2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(231) EasyPublish(142)
- The Glycemic Index – Revisited
The glycemic index is your key to weight control and a life-long health and it's so simple to follow. Date of Article: 16Feb2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(232) EasyPublish(172)
- Diet, Exercise Beat Drugs at Combating Type II Diabetes
A large comparison of studies that looked at different ways to treat diabetes found that lifestyle approaches were at least as good as drugs, with fewer side-effects Date of Article: 15Feb2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(265) EasyPublish(156)
- Refuse to Stress
Exercise improves brain functions that help you deal with stress, focus and gain more productivity. Date of Article: 14Feb2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(204) EasyPublish(150)
- Cholesterol: Good, Bad or Ugly?
Cholesterol has a bad reputation for hindering your health, but is it deserved? Many researchers and physicians say no. And now there is new evidence to fuel the fire. Studies show that reducing cholesterol may do nothing to prevent death and might even increase the odds of getting Parkinson's disease. Date of Article: 24Jan2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(199) EasyPublish(155)
- Drugs for Everyone
Should we accept the notion that prescription drugs are a normal part of the aging process. Absolutely not. Some drugs have great benefit for some people but that doesn't mean that we all should take them just because we turn 55. There are plenty of options if you know where to look and what questions to ask. Date of Article: 18Jan2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(233) EasyPublish(159)
- Drugs, Vitamins, Pills, Pills, Pills
Many older adults are on so many pills that the thought of taking another any more is unwanted, even if it's a daily vitamin. But drugs and vitamins are not the same thing, even if we take them in the same form. There are many differences between the two that we should keep in mind. Date of Article: 17Jan2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(229) EasyPublish(172)
- Is Personalized Medicine at our Doorstep?
New genetic screening technologies promise to aid in the treatment of many diseases and disorders. This is an incredibly powerful approach for medical science but a potentially huge head ache for medical ethics. Date of Article: 16Jan2007 Category: Health & Fitness View(225) EasyPublish(165)
- Can you See into the Brains of Other People?
There is a very exciting area of brain research revolving around mirror neurons. These are neurons in your brain that actually mirror the activity of what’s going on in the brains of people around you. Date of Article: 16Dec2006 Category: Self-Improvement/Motivation View(268) EasyPublish(171)
- Packing on the Pounds
Americans eat too much. That’s no secret. But why? A couple of interesting reports have come out lately pointing to different pieces of that puzzle. The biggest problem seems to be our lack of understanding what constitutes ‘reasonable portion’. Date of Article: 15Dec2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(236) EasyPublish(182)
- The 4 R’s - Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Retail?
Kids are exposed to thousands of advertisements everyday. What kinds of messages are they getting and what can you, as parents, do about it? Date of Article: 06Dec2006 Category: Home & Family View(263) EasyPublish(190)
- Are Kids Doing Too Much? The Importance of Sleep
When kids don't get enough sleep the suffer at multiple levels. The get cranky and unable to function properly in school or sports. But sleep is also a time when they consolidate what they learned earlier that day. So robbing kids of a good night sleep hurts them the follow day and makes the previous day much less valuable. Date of Article: 02Dec2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(211) EasyPublish(303)
- Take your Grandparents on a long Walk to the Fishing Hole
New studies show the benefits of physical activity and omega-3s on keeping the elderly brain agile and away from Alzheimer's disease or other dementias. Date of Article: 01Dec2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(271) EasyPublish(230)
- Can you Avoid the Flu by Changing your Attitude?
Positive mental attitudes have been touted for decades. Now new research shows that a 'PMA' can actually decrease your odds of getting sick. Date of Article: 30Nov2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(280) EasyPublish(191)
- Atkins Fans Claim False Victory
A new report has Atkins diet fans claiming victory. But a closer look at the methods and results of the study prove more damaging than good. Date of Article: 27Nov2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(279) EasyPublish(195)
- Eat, Drink and Be Healthy?
Several scientific advances have been made on weight control and improving health. Yet the media hypes them up so much to proclaim another 'magic bullet' discovery. What's the real truth behind these studies and how can they benefit you? Date of Article: 08Nov2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(294) EasyPublish(195)
- No Running in School?
Physical education is proven to improve academic performance in school and slow down brain aging in adults. Still, our schools continue to cut PE and now are banning running games on recess. What's going on? Date of Article: 25Oct2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(339) EasyPublish(199)
- Fish Food for Thought
Why are omega-3s such a big deal? Our ancestors didn't have to worry about them and they did fine. Today we hear about how omega-3s link to heart disease, depression and even Alzheimrer's disease. This article will explain what they are, what they're for and why today is different than yesteryear. Date of Article: 18Oct2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(275) EasyPublish(209)
- What are we Feeding our Kids?
Oxidative stress is a major problem underlying many diseases today. Our bodies combat oxidative stress with anti-oxidant systems coded by our genes and the aided by anti-oxidants from our diet. Kid's meals are typically deficient of anti-oxidant protection and many even contribute to increased oxidative stress. Studies show that 1 in 5 high school aged kids already has damage from oxidative stress in their arteries. Date of Article: 22Aug2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(226) EasyPublish(220)
- Physical Fitness Improves Brain Health
Studies show conclusively that exercise improves brain function. Every one knows that exercise is good for you but sometimes the benefit to the brain is overlooked. This article describes some of the positive effects that exercise has on brain function and mental health, including protection against neurodegenerative disease and improvements in mental health. Date of Article: 14Jul2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(262) EasyPublish(222)
- High Sugar Meals Lead to Future Disease, Not Just Obesity
High sugar foods and snacks cause more than just increased weight gain and cavities. They actually increase damage that accumulates over time and can lead to chronic degenerative disease in adulthood. Parents should be very concerned about today's nutritional trends and become active in giving their kids the gift of life-long health. Date of Article: 12Jul2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(270) EasyPublish(236)
- The Glycemic Index is Your Key to Weight Control
The glycemic index is a measure of how fast certain foods burn in your body and how fast they raise your blood sugar. Paying attention to the glycemic index of foods will help you get control and keep control of your weight and will help you reduce the cravings for the kinds of foods that are making you overweight in the first place. Date of Article: 08May2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(228) EasyPublish(229)
- Do we get enough nutrients from our diets?
Diet alone rarely provides optimal nutrition. The risk of developing chronic degenerative disease is associated with the nutrition habits that begin in early life and continue throughout adulthood. Most experts now agree that nutrtional supplementation is required for prolonged health. Date of Article: 27Apr2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(268) EasyPublish(226)
- Omega-3s: What are they and why should you care?
importance of omega-3 fats in the diet. Date of Article: 21Apr2006 Category: Health & Fitness View(224) EasyPublish(191)
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