New Research Shows Surprising Dangers of Sitting!
I just finished reading a VERY interesting article from the British Journal of Sports Medicine that discusses how detrimental sitting is to our health.
Of course we already know that failing to exercise is not good for us — that’s a no-brainer. But this article (technically a press release) specifically talks about the (shocking) difference in [...]
A Stretch You MUST Do!
Thanks to a new software called Viewyourreaders from Google, I can see that you’re sitting down as you read this. Ok, I’m just kidding, but it is safe to assume that you are sitting down…and that’s a problem for your body – here’s why:
When you’re sitting, your hip flexor muscles are in a shortened [...]
Type of Alcohol DOES Affect Hangover Says New Study
Want to avoid that nasty Holiday Hangover? Read on to see what types of alcohol are most and least likely to leave you with a head-pounding hangover.
Sober Up with Coffee: True or False?
“Drink some coffee, it’ll sober you up.” is a mantra we’ve all heard at some point. But the question remains…does drinking coffee sober a drunk person up?
In case you haven’t read the latest issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, let me summarize what researchers found about coffee’s (or caffeine’s) ability to make a drunk person sober, [...]
The Diabetes Freight Train is Outta Control!
“If we don’t change our diet and exercise habits or find new, more effective and less expensive ways to prevent and treat diabetes, we will find ourselves in a lot of trouble as a population,” says Dr. Elbert Huang, lead author in a new study in the December issue of Diabetes Care.
Currently 23.7 million – that’s [...]
