A healthy heart is vital for a healthy body. You can help to protect your heart by doing these things: Eat plenty of fruit & veg Eat plenty of fibre Cut down on salt cut down on fat and go for unsaturated fat instead of saturated fat Eat oily fish Avoid drinking too much alcohol […]
Former soldier smashes world treadmill record Mike Buss, a former soldier, has run into the record books by covering more than 500 miles in a week on a treadmill. Mr Buss broke the previous record of 468 miles in seven days on Friday – his sixth day of running. By the deadline of noon on […]
From the streets to the record books for local athlete Local athlete Mike Buss is attracting a lot of interest as well as business in Swindon with his success at breaking world records both for charity and as a brand ambassador for business. Mike has broken more than 40 world fitness records and recently broke […]
Anyone who has ever been subject to chronic stress knows that it can take a toll on emotions and the ability to think clearly. Now, new research uncovers a neural mechanism that directly links repeated stress with impaired memory. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 8 issue of the journal Neuron, also […]
Research from The University of Exeter has found that a 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work by half. The study showed that, even in stressful situations, workers eat only half as much chocolate as they normally would after this short burst of physical activity. Published in the journal Appetite, the research suggests that […]
Big Management Decisions to make? Trying to make a big decision while you’re also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reviews […]
With Yoga getting the celeb endorsement recently with a surge of celebs being seen going in and out of Yoga Classes such as Russell Brand, I thought Id look a little more into Yoga and its benefits and its been suprising some of the research that Ive found… University of Alberta research fellow Amy Speed-Andrews […]
A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Working with mice, the researchers, led by Kathleen Sluka, Ph.D., professor in the Graduate Program in Physical Therapy […]
Lifting less weight more times is just as effective at building muscle as training with heavy weights, a finding by McMaster researchers that turns conventional wisdom on its head. The key to muscle gain, say the researchers, is working to the point of fatigue. “We found that loads that were quite heavy and comparatively light […]
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