Once out of reach of most people’s pockets, chicken is now an affordable part of the UK diet. Our appetite for factory chicken has gone up as fast as its price has come down. As a lean, nutritional meat, it comes with marked health benefits. But, of late, it appears that much cheap, factory-farmed chicken […]
Short six-second bursts of vigorous exercise have the potential to transform the health of elderly people, say researchers in Scotland. Experts said the study emphasized the benefits of exercise at any age. High Intensity Training (HIT) has attracted a lot of attention for promising some of the same benefits as conventional exercise but in a […]
The government’s food watchdog has urged consumers to stop washing chicken before they cook it to avoid contaminating their kitchen with Campylobacter – the most common type of food poisoning in the UK – which can cause death as well as serious health problems Read Why…>
Last week a friend sent me a news article about Miami Heat star LeBron James from Game 1 of the NBA finals,. The title of the article was ” Why Heat Cramps Crushed Lebron”. Posted on the Men’s Health online site. http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/dont-get-sidelined-heat-cramps-lebron I must say, I was completely blown away after reading this article and […]
“It’s pretty grim,” said Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who led the study. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. Full Report..>
Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years, according a doctoral thesis. The results showed that those who ate the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost 90 per cent lower risk of dementia in a 14-year follow-up study than those whose diet was the least healthy… Read […]
Here is a simple easy to read comparison from Cleveland Clinic. Read More…>
Fitness is different then anything else in life because in order to get the most out of it, Fitness has to be done in the exact opposite way that logic suggests. Usually when we are trying something for the first time, we look for the easiest path to success. Fitness doesn’t work like that. It […]
A quick candy bar may stave off more than hunger. It could prevent major fights between husbands and wives, at least if a new study that used voodoo dolls is right Read Full story..>
A federal court has found that marketers of bogus remedies for treating and preventing diabetes violated Section 5 of the FTC Act, and has ordered them to pay nearly $2.2 million. The FTC will use the funds it recovers to reimburse consumers. Read Full Story..>
