Tag: disease
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When is the best time to start exercising? Now
Historically, humans needed to be active to hunt and gather food, escape predators, migrate from place to place and do strenuous activities for daily living. Over time, the need to be active for basic survival decreased creating the need build activity into daily life. This generally is promoted as exercise- discrete and planned bouts of…
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Can exercise prevent and treat cancer?
When we hear the word cancer, most of us think of a deadly disease treated by harsh chemicals and radiation. We might wonder what caused it; was it smoking, too many x-rays, using the cell phone, genetics or something else? Rarely do we think it might be due to not getting enough exercise but targeting…
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Nutrition Wars: Is there such a thing as the best diet?
Vegan, Paleo, Mediterranean, Carnivore, Keto, Plant-based, Flexitarian, etc. There’s a flood of different popular diets out there. Each one has a list of foods you should and shouldn’t eat. Each one also has a vocal group of followers saying their diet is the best. And many base their diets (rightly or wrongly) on what our…
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You and Your Microbiome
Inside your gut (the collection of organs involved in digestion, such as the mouth, stomach, intestines) are trillions of bacteria. It’s estimated each of us have more bacterial cells than human cells. And this can include up to 1000 different bacterial species alongside viruses, fungi and other microbes. Together, they make up your microbiome. Now…