The Lazy Person's Guide to Exercise: Seven Ways To Get Moving
We’ve all heard the common (and sometimes conflicting) prescriptions when it comes to getting exercise: Get into a routine, do it with a friend, mix it up, keep it the same, make it convenient, take the stairs, bike to work! But only some 30 percent percent of us are actually getting to the gym or pounding the pavement with any regularity.That’s a problem, and here’s why: Not...
8 Ways to Improve Your Morning Routine
You’ll wake up for about 25,000 mornings in your adult life, give or take a few.According to a report from the World Health Organization, the average life expectancy in the United States is 79 years. Most people in wealthy nations are hovering around the 80–year mark. Women in Japan has the longest, with an average life expectancy of 86 years.If we use these average life expectancy...
Which Naturals Are Backed By Serious Science?
Ever met a grandmother who swears her still-youthful glow is thanks to a lifetime of shea butter? Depending what part of the world you or your ancestors hail from, you may have grown up with some promise or other about the powers of natural beauty.Of course, the personal-care business has figured this out. When researching the book, we spoke to an industry toxicologist who explained how it works...
Blueberries for All - Superfood
I’ve been saving up blueberry recipes. I know that blueberries won’t show up in farmers’ markets in northern states until mid-June, but there are plenty now available in supermarkets from places like Georgia, which grows 10 percent of the nation’s crop. In California, where blueberry production is a recent thing, begun successfully only in the 1990s, the harvest started in...
Alzheimer's Disease Risk 'Linked To Copper-Rich Diet'
Copper could be a major environmental culprit in the progression of Alzheimer's disease, research suggests.Scientists found strong evidence that copper helps to promote the changes in the brain underlying Alzheimer's.But they say there is little that can be done about it because copper is so abundant in the diet and also vital to health.The metal, found in food and drinking water, plays...
6 Truths About Exercise That Nobody Wants to Believe
Success in the gym, as with most things in life, comes down to mastering the basics.With that in mind, here are 6 exercise tips, weightlifting basics, and training essentials that nobody wants to believe, but everyone should follow.Take these ideas to heart and you’ll reap major benefits. While most people waste time debating the endless stream of supplements, “new” workout...
12 Proven Ways To Make Yourself More Attractive To The Opposite Sex
Science tells us that life is better if you're beautiful. You're healthier, more persuasive, and people will just generally think you're smart and trustworthy.But turns out, you don't have to hit the genetic lottery to become more attractive to the opposite sex.Thanks to a slew of studies on sex and attraction, we found 12 grooming tips, attitude adjustments, and other fixes for...
New test detects early onset Alzheimer's disease.
If you cant identify the people in the photograph, you could be developing early onset Alzheimer's disease (if you are middle aged)Test detects the disease by asking people to name and identify famous people from a photograph People who struggle to put names to faces are more likely to have a loss of brain tissue in the left temporal lobe of the brain Those with trouble recognising faces have...
