Archive for June 2021
Evening Chronotype and Diet
A connection exists between chronotype and diet. If you fall into the evening category, your preference may not bode well for your diet.
Read MoreFitness and Brain Health for Kids
Looking at the connection between fitness and brain health for kids, researchers discovered that fit children did better on cognitive exams.
Read MoreHarnessing Your Body Heat to Fuel Batteries
Imagine a future where you can go for a run or teach a group exercise class and convert your body heat to power your smartwatch.
Read MoreOptimal Health Gains From HIIT and MICT
A recent review study by German researchers found that both HIIT and MICT lead to different health-enhancing outcomes.
Read More5 Servings of Fruits and Vegetables
A study found that the long-standing public health message of “5 A Day”—5 servings of fruit and vegetables—is worth embracing.
Read MoreQuestion of the Month: Should We Treat Stress to Eat Better?
Pent-up angst could be another reason why so many people eat poorly, providing more proof that we should treat stress to eat better.
Read MoreProtein and Muscle
When it comes to protein and muscle, we don’t need to garnish chicken breast with meatballs to get enough protein to build lean body mass.
Read MoreWhat to Look for in Seafood Nutrition
Fish can be a healthy meal choice, but if you’re ordering seafood, there can be troubled waters ahead when it comes to seafood nutrition.
Read MoreDo You Have “Exercise Resistance”?
Researchers found that “exercise resistance” and too much inactivity makes the body less efficient “burning” fat.
Read MoreThe Dirty Dozen Fruits and Vegetables
Strawberries lead the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen fruit that contain the highest levels of pesticides from crop spraying.
Read MoreOnline Fitness Platforms for Freelance Fit Pros
With the pandemic, many fit pros rose to the occasion by providing online fitness platforms that offered business tools to improve training.
Read MoreOvereating With Digital Distractions
Stuffing in food while doing something perceptually demanding makes it more difficult to notice fullness, potentially leading to overeating.
Read MoreCalorie Restriction and Mitochondria
The interaction between calorie restriction and mitochondria may help explain why so many diets fail to produce lasting weight loss results.
Read MoreDo Older Athletes Have an Edge?
Boost the morale of older athletes by letting them know that, in certain sports, age is an advantage, according to recent findings.
Read MorePreventing Picky Eaters
Want to get your kids to stop putting up a fuss when you give them broccoli? Try the repeated-exposure method on those picky eaters.
Read MoreLight Physical Activity Benefits Health
Optimizing the benefits of exercise may be a matter of using the right training combination that includes plenty of light physical activity.
Read MoreRecipe for Health: Hummus Chicken Wraps
Higher dietary niacin intake reduces the risk of new-onset hypertension, which makes these hummus chicken wraps a low-pressure lunch option.
Read MoreSocial Jet Lag and Overeating
People who have different sleep patterns on the weekends than they do during the workweek may experience “social jet lag.”
Read MoreHigh Levels of Inactivity and Distractibility
Studies continue to reveal a strong connection between physical activity and brain fitness—and now between inactivity and distractibility.
Read MoreWhole Grains for Longer Life
The health boosting properties of whole grains have been scrutinized by scientists widely and often. Most striking is that researchers often conclude that consuming whole grains can increase lifespan.
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