Category: Health
1 Hour of Daily Exercise Can Combat Risks Associated with Hours of Sitting
by Matt Weik
You sit behind a desk for 8+ hours a day doing work for clients and/or your boss. Take 1 hour and do something for YOU to get bac [...]
Stay Lean by Feeding Yourself!
by Matt Weik
If you’re looking to stay on your diet, the worst thing you can do is have an enabler feeding you food that you shouldn’t be consu [...]
Can Gym Class Alone Improve Bone Density in Females?
by Matt Weik
With so much talk these days about having kids get in enough physical activity per day, now even more studies are coming out preac [...]
Lots of folates = strong muscles
The more folates - vitamin B11 in some countries, vitamin B9 in others - over 65s have in their blood, the stronger their muscles. A researcher in S [...]
Diabetes Causes Memory Loss
by Matt Weik
A study conducted by the CDC back in 2014 showed that around 29 million people in the United States have diabetes. That number is [...]
Intrinsic Rewards Form Healthy Habits
by Matt Weik
Habits are formed when repeated actions are taken. On the flipside, negative habits are formed when there’s no intrinsic reason t [...]
Lactic acid keeps you fit, healthy and young
During interval training and high-reps strength training, the muscles release large amounts of lactic acid into the blood stream. The lactic aci [...]
Drink a couple of cups of coffee a day, and live longer
If you drink two or three cups of coffee a day, then do continue to do so. This habit may just delay the aging process at molecular level. Epidemi [...]
Carrots for Better Eye Sight? What’s Up, Doc?
by Matt Weik
As a child I’m sure your parents told you that eating carrots will give you better eyesight and even allow you to see better in th [...]
Paleo diet – Make sure to take these supplements as well
The diet that nutritionists most love to hate, the paleo diet, is an excellent weight-loss diet, and has no negative effects on the cardiovascular s [...]
Nicotinamide riboside extends life expectancy and rejuvenates muscles
On boards and forums you can read posts by bodybuilders and fitness fanatics who experiment with daily doses of 500 mg nicotinamide riboside. It's [...]
Krill oil supplementation: big boost to HDL and lower LDL
Are your cholesterol levels worsening? Are you a candidate for statins and you'd prefer not to be? In that case, a human study that Canadian resea [...]
Increased vitamin uptake from supplements with Ester-C
Ester C is eight times more expensive per mg than ordinary vitamin C, but also works considerably better than the regular variety. That's the mess [...]
Which diet reduces chance of fatal heart attacks, strokes and cancer?
How and what you eat determines in part how long you will live and whether you will die from a fatal heart attack, a stroke or cancer, report nutr [...]
Live longer by maintaining muscle mass
If you want to reach a ripe old age in good health, make sure you maintain your muscle mass. With age, muscle mass protects us against dying. At l [...]