Separating the Wheat From the Chaff: 5 Evidence-Based Dietary Tips to Share With Your Patients Naveed Saleh, MD, MS August 09, 2018 Counseling patients on healthy dietary patterns is challenging. So much information abounds that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. According to Isabel Maples, MEd, RDN, a spokesperson for the Academy […]
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Exercise is one of the top modifiable risk factors for chronic disease. Indeed, exercise produces roughly similar benefits to drugs in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, rehabilitation after stroke, treatment of heart failure, and prevention of diabetes. In addition, exercise has recently been shown to reduce the risk of dementia and improve mental health. The required
Get moving because it good for your health. The data, from a total 174 studies comprising 149,184,285 total person-years of follow-up, suggest that the more total regular daily physical activity one engages in — including recreation, transportation, occupational activity, and/or daily chores — the lower the risks for breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, ischaemic
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superfoods: true or false? In a recent survey of 1000 people, 61% of asked adults admitted to buying a food because they considered it a super food. 30% said that superfoods are scientifically proven to have health benefits; 14% are prepared to pay more as a result. Yet… Long revered in Chinese medicine Goji berries
Health and exercise are synonymous with a better and healthier future. We all need to get up and get out. We all need to move more and be better at doing all this. Exercise is good for many things. Have a look at this poster to see what it can do to help you with depression, dementia, joint
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The prevalence of obesity has been steadily increasing since the 1960s. Currently about one third of the adult U.S. population is obese. The implications for the working population are yet to be fully realised. The lost productivity yearly due to obesity is estimated at $12 billion. Obesity is associated with a high incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. It
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Walk or get the bus? But with all this talk of air pollution you have to think about this. What is best for your health. A team has looked into this comparing the effects of exercise on life expectancy with pollution in world cities and they concluded that walking and cycling are the best option
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I picked this up from a Danish paper and I have copied it to our blog. Have a read; it is a great way to get fit without getting bored! Researchers in Denmark recently began delving into that issue and in the process developed a new approach to intense interval training that could appeal even
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written by physiotherapist Lucy Macdonald, this article appeared in the Telegraph recently. Might help to read this before you go to help get you fit for the trip Ski fitness: how to get fit for the slopes Get your alignment right before your holiday and you’ll be carving a perfect ‘S’ down busy pistes Note:
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