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How Exercise May Affect Your Immunity
Does exercise help or hinder our bodies’ ability to fight off infections? In the context of the novel coronavirus outbreak, that question has gained urgency and also, thanks to recent research, emergent answers. The latest science suggests that being fit boosts our immune systems, and that even a single workout can amplify and improve our ability to fight off germs.
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Too Lazy To Work Out? Machines That Exercise for You, From Victorian Era to Now
Time was, humans didn't have to worry much about getting exercise. When we had to kill, gather, grow, or herd our own food, working out happened naturally...
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Brain cells may grow with exercise, study suggests
Hercule Poirot would be appalled, but according to research, vigorous physical exercise is the key to boosting ‘the little grey cells.’ A study from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found that people with the best cardio-respiratory fitness also had the biggest brains, which would be a blow for Agatha Christie’s detective who did not believe in working up a sweat. In fact, for every standard deviation of difference in fitness levels, scientists showed that grey matter grew on average by 5.3 cubic cm.
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17 Apps That Pay You to Walk and Get Healthy - The Frugal Fellow
Did you know there are actually apps that pay you to walk? It's true. Earn money while getting exercise - how cool is that?
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Exercise advice on food labels could help to tackle the obesity crisis
Labelling food and drinks with how much walking or running is needed to burn them off could help tackle the obesity crisis, researchers say. While all packaged food must display certain nutritional information, such as calorie content, there is limited evidence that the approach changes what people buy or eat. Meanwhile, waistlines continue to expand.
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More People Than Ever Are Trying to Lose Weight, to No Avail
A new study shows a country stressed about their bodies, and lacking in tools to either make peace with who they are or manage their health.
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Here's The Scientific Reason Why It's Better to Exercise Before Breakfast
Exercise is recommended for people who are overweight or obese as a way to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But people don't always have time to exercise as much as they would like, so finding ways to increa
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35 minutes of exercise may protect those at risk for depression
After mining millions of electronic health record data points, researchers found people who were more physically active at baseline were less likely to develop depression, even after accounting for genetic risks.
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Massive potential health gains in switching to active transport – Otago study
Swapping short car trips for walking or biking could achieve as much health gain as ongoing tobacco tax increases, according to a study from the University of Otago, Wellington.
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10 Tips to Survive the Stress of a Toxic Work Environment
A work environment is considered toxic if it promotes attitudes detrimental to the wellbeing of its employees and their productivity suffers as a result.
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What 10,000 Steps Will Really Get You
A clever bit of marketing has obscured the more nuanced nature of human well-being.
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Resistance training can improve sleep quality and reduce anxiety in those who likely have PTSD
A new study provides preliminary evidence that high-intensity resistance training can improve sleep quality and anxiety in adults with post-traumatic stress disorder. The research has been published in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity.
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Exercise may help teens sleep longer, more efficiently
Getting more exercise than normal — or being more sedentary than usual — for one day may be enough to affect sleep later that night, according to a new study led by Penn State.
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Morning Exercise Improves Decision-Making Throughout the Day
Thirty minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise in the morning improves cognitive functions associated with better decision-making for the rest of the day, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Western Australia. “Sedentary behavior is associated with impaired cognition, whereas exercise can acutely improve cognition,” the authors said.
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30 Minutes of Aerobic Exercise Supercharges Semantic Memory
When I published The Athlete’s Way in 2007, the idea that aerobic exercise could improve memory by triggering the production of BDNF—which is like Miracle-Gro for the brain and stimulates the birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) in the hippocampus—was a radically new concept.
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How your office job is affecting your metabolism
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology adds to evidence that the two are linked: Those who sit the most benefit the least from a given amount of exercise
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Exercise reduces the startle reflex during periods of unpredictable threat
New research has found that a 30-minute bout of exercise reduces a defensive physiological response known as the startle reflex. The study, published in the journal Depression & Anxiety, suggests that exercise can help reduce anxiety. “We were interested in this topic because we would like to develop anxiolytic treatments. Exercise seemed a promising intervention to decrease anxiety,” said study author Tiffany R. Lago (@tlagomd), a psychiatry research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Workout Routine When Sick, When I Just Don't Want To
workout routine when sick Now, I need to admit I am not terribly sick. Just some sinus pain that is going into my teeth. What makes it worse is the pain going into my teeth. I do not do well with tooth pain. So, now I am facing doing my workout routine when sick. When I hurt I just like to curl up and do
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Weight Loss Motivation
I alluded some mini skein madness in my post about my scrappy memory blanket. Well I have been working steadily on my both my health and fitness after PB. I mean breastfeeding can only burn so many…
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Paula Bennett on her weight loss
Paula Bennett has posted a ‘personal’ message about her weight loss on her Facebook page. It has been widely reported in news. A personal post It’s been 12 months since I had a gastric …
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