Physical activity and mental health
Engaging in leisure time physical activities could improve your mental health. Researchers have also found that being physically active three times a week reduces the odds of being depressed by...
View ArticleNitrates in beetroot boost stamina
Drinking beetroot juice boosts stamina and could help people exercise for up to 16% longer, a new study has found. According to researchers from the University of Exeter in the UK, beetroot juice...
View ArticleMediterranean diet and exercise
People who consume a Mediterranean diet and increase the amount of exercise they do for just eight weeks, may still be reaping the health rewards of this one year later, a new study suggests. UK...
View ArticleDiet and excercise key to fighting Alzheimer’s
A healthy weight is a ‘healthy’ body mass index (BMI) score. BMI is assessed by comparing height to weight, in a calculation which divides weight in kilos by height in metres squared. A healthy score...
View ArticleExercise programme to relieve arthritis pain
Arthritis victims can dramatically improve their condition by following three simple home exercises, it is claimed. The three-hours-a-week programme was devised in the US but has proved so successful...
View ArticleThe dangers of inactivity
A lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people as obesity in Europe, a 12-year study of more than 300,000 people suggests. University of Cambridge researchers said about 676,000 deaths each...
View ArticleYoga may cut your cardiovascular disease risk
There is “promising evidence” that yoga is beneficial in managing and improving the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and is a “potentially effective therapy” for cardiovascular...
View ArticleCombination of coconut oil and exercise can treat hypertension
A combination of daily coconut oil intake and exercise training results in reduction in blood pressure and bringing it to normal level, says new research. The reduction in blood pressure might be...
View ArticleExercise reduces stroke risk
Middle-aged women have a lower risk of stroke, heart disease and clots if they are physically active just two or three times each week, a new study has shown. UK researchers looked at 1.1 million women...
View ArticleA walk a day keeps the doctor away
Just 25 minutes of brisk walking a day could add to seven years to your life, heart experts have said. Researchers said moderate exercise could halve the risk of heart attack death among those in their...
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