It's amazing how much activity takes place in your gut. It is in your digestive system that the largest war on bacteria is waged, and a lot of your immune activity is reliant upon the bacteria living in ... Continue Reading
Public Health Campaign Reduces Sugary Drink Consumption
There's no doubt about it: sugary drinks are the worst enemy of fitness. Not even a high-fat diet can approach the damage sugar-rich foods can do to your body. Excessive sugar intake can cause health ... Continue Reading
How Diet Can Influence Your DNA
A recent study[1] published by the journal Genome Biology was conducted on two groups of parasites, which showed differences in DNA sequences that could be attributed to the composition of ... Continue Reading
A Link Between Hypoxia and Muscle Regeneration
New research says that heart muscles can regenerate in a low oxygene environments. These findings, published in the journal Nature, build upon years of work which began with the discovery that the hearts ... Continue Reading
Science’s Answer to Burning Fat Without Crash Diets
Fat-burning is one of the greatest struggles faced by those suffering from obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other metabolic disorders. Even mostly healthy people still struggle to get their body fat ... Continue Reading
Breast Feeding and Bigger Brains
The human body is a marvelous, complex mechanism, one that is surprisingly self-sustaining and self-repairing. When given the proper nutrients, it can produce everything needed for growth and ... Continue Reading
The Fertility Value of Moderate Exercise
Research[1] out of Urmia University in Iran digs into the impact of sperm quality by exercise. The researchers focused on sedentary males between 25 and 40 years old to being with. They found that ... Continue Reading
A New Protein to Cure Obesity and Diabetes
Obesity and diabetes rates in the U.S. have increased steadily over the last two decades. Now, the country has reached an alarming high of people dealing with metabolic disorders—as many as 29 million ... Continue Reading
What Makes Thin People Prone to Diabetes?
It's just as possible for a thin person to have diabetes as it is for many obese people to be surprisingly healthy. Among patients receiving gastric bypass surgery in Singapore, ceramide levels - ... Continue Reading
Words From on High: More Movement Needed
The American Diabetes Association has released new guidelines for diabetics who want to improve their blood sugar control. The guidelines are simple: move for three or more minutes every 30 minutes of ... Continue Reading
Digestive Health: Starved Microbes Can Feed Off Your Gut
Recent research shows that microbes inside the digestive system feed off your gut if they don’t get the natural fiber that they rely on for food. Starved, these microbes begin to munch on the natural layer ... Continue Reading
Science Debunks the Jolly Fat Man Myth
Research out of the University of Maine are challenging the “jolly fat” hypothesis. The researchers found that bigger people, as defined by high body mass index, are less happy as they get older. There was ... Continue Reading
Good Early Life Nutrition Means Better Cognitive Function
Want to protect your children's brains from stress and enhance cognitive function? As new research out of Europe1 has discovered, it may be as simple as eating well. A team of researchers from three ... Continue Reading
Lifting Heavier Isn’t Always Better
When we think of lifting for strength and power gains, most of us immediately think about lifting barbells loaded with all the weight we can handle. Low-volume, high-weight resistance training is the ... Continue Reading
Our Hunter Gatherer DNA Begs For More Physical Activity
We all know by now that if you spend time on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) you have a good chance of being heart healthy. But, most people don’t meet the recommended 150 min/week. That’s ... Continue Reading
Rises in Hip Fracture After Knee Replacement
By 2030, total knee replacement surgeries are projected to grow 673% to 3.5 million procedures per year.1 Half the patients now receiving knee replacements are younger than 65 years of age, and most of ... Continue Reading
Science Weighs In: Are Wearables Worth It?
Wearable tech has become an increasingly popular way to measure daily steps, heart rate, energy expenditure, and sleep. However popular they may be, it’s important to know if you’re actually spending your ... Continue Reading
The 6 Hour Calorie Window
"Eating right" is about so much more than just avoiding processed foods and cutting back on sugar. A healthy diet means many things: eating the right balance of macronutrients, getting plenty of ... Continue Reading
Is Diabetes Caused by Toxic Fat Buildup?
The CDC estimates that over 29 million Americans live with diabetes, and an additional 86 million are living with prediabetes (higher than normal blood sugar, but not enough for a diabetes diagnosis). In ... Continue Reading
Diet Sodas and Non-Nutritive Sweeteners: It’s All Bad
Diet sodas have been the subject of hundreds of studies in the last decade. The majority of those studies have found that diet soda is unhealthy, due to the artificial sweeteners it contains. For example, ... Continue Reading
Opposites Distract: Stress Versus Fitness
Sure, fitness leads to well-being. But new research1 indicates that being fit may also defend against stress-related health problems brought on at work. University of Basel researchers, with colleagues ... Continue Reading
The Long-Term Dangers of Yo-Yo Dieting
"Yo-yo dieting" is the name given to diet options that lead to drastic weight loss, but which cause a lot of the weight to be regained once the diet stops. It's estimated1 that 7% of men and 10% of women ... Continue Reading
Terror Management Theory Will Make You Perform
Maudlin thoughts of death may be a symptom of depression, but according to a new study published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, it can improve athletic performance. The research examined ... Continue Reading
Aerobic Exercise: The New Testosterone Booster
Testosterone is more than just the male sex hormone; it's also vital for weight loss, muscle gain, healthy brain function, bone health, and more. However, the older we grow, the less testosterone our ... Continue Reading
