Tag: healthy
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How Sitting Affects Your Brain
Sitting for long periods of time is associated with increased risk for diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. It’s even associated with early death. Now research has started to look at the link between sitting with brain function and dementia. But when it comes to brain health, the results aren’t…
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Old Wives’ Tales: Fact or Fiction
Old Wives’ Tales have been around for centuries. These are claims or sayings are meant to promote a specific behaviour, such as eating carrots to improve eyesight. And they often have a long history of being passed from one generation to the next. Many of these Tales started without any facts or science to support…
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Exercise is More than the Calories You Burn
Lots of people talk about exercise and calories in the same breath. Exercise machines flash how many calories burned. Fitness influencers focus on body fat and how one looks. One would think the only reason to exercise is to burn calories. But exercise and activity are far more than just calories. Exercise and Calories –…
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What does it mean to be healthy?
We can’t go anywhere without hearing or seeing messages telling us to be healthier. Social media is flooded with fitness and diet influencers. And magazines fill check-out counters with covers screaming at to lose weight, eat healthier, exercise, sit less and get more sleep. Every week it seems a new life-enhancing diet comes out. Even…