Hormesis, disease resistance, aging and activity
Hormesis. Is a term from biology describing a common relationship where a little of something is…
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activity | cells | diabetes | general health | insulin resistance | key posts | movement | obesity
Managing Diabetes through Physical Activity
At university, I learnt how much exercise can do for Diabetes, particularly Type II. Since then…
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Health advertising: Why does it treat us like idiots?
Watching the BBC programme the men who made us fat reminds me how the food, and…
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Study finds People Who Don’t Drink Alcohol Are More Likely To Die Young
So, a new study suggests That People Who Don’t Drink Alcohol Are More Likely To Die…
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balance | diabetes | general health | migraine | pre-diabetes | recover | sleep | Well being
Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?
If we don’t sleep we simply don’t work properly. So what does it do for us,…
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Problems of inflammation
Inflammation is quickly becoming linked with just about every major disease and for good reason because it is…
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Pupils ditch chairs to stand at desks
What is the easiest way to be more active without adding lots more work to do?…
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activity | brain | general health | insulin resistance | migraine | mind | nutrition | recover
How Much Glucose Does Your Brain Really Need?
I understand that our brains can only obtain energy from sugar. The can’t get it from…
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23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?
See how quickly you can guess what Mike Evans is talking about. An excellent video that…
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Exercise produces immediate changes to DNA
Just had to log this nugget. Exercise actually produces immediate changes to DNA. The amount of detail…
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activity | alzheimers | brain | dementia | general health | mind
How to help Dementia and Alzheimers
Lack of physical activity is now accepted as a serious health risk and the evidence shows that our…
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CHD | general health | recover | rest | sleep
Could sleep affect risk of heart disease?
Deep stuff eh. Again I’m just trying to make the point that balance is everything. Sleep…
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backpain | general health | injury | recover | sleep
Rehabilitating a sprained ankle
I sprained my ankle quite badly on August 10th this year. I’ve sprained my ankles a…
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Natural killer cells, cancer and sleep
This is a fascinating animation explaining the role of natural killer cells which are a crucial…
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activity | balance | cells | diabetes | general health | Health Marketing | key posts | lifestyle | metabolism | nutrition | obesity | Physical Education | pre-diabetes | steps | vascular diseases | weight loss | Well being
Calorie and nutrient intake over time
For many years, I’ve noticed that physical activity is a great way to maintain or lose…
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activity | competing | evolution | general health | lifestyle | pressure | Well being
Living a healthy life. It’s survival of the fittest
I’ve spent my life learning how to balance lifestyle with health. Everything I’ve learned points to…
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Basic movement patterns
It’s just occurred to me that I may have a way of expressing my view that…
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activity | ageing | alzheimers | biology | cells | change | general health | genetics | metabolism | recover | steps
Mitochondrial Ageing
I’m passing this link on because it explains the effects of ageing down to the mitochondrial…
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biology | general health | injury | science | steps | Well being
Swine flu: How it felt and what I learnt
I went on holiday a couple of weeks back with my Wife. We were all excited…
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