Category Archives: Healthy living

Just a Little Daily Movement Helps

Just a Little Daily Movement Helps
Interrupt prolonged sitting with standing Stand more, live longer Abundant evidence shows that prolonged, uninterrupted sitting predicts poor health outcomes. Standing might improve health compared to sitting. Data from 16,586 participants with an average age of 42 years at baseline in the 1981 Canadian Fitness Survey offered an opportunity to test this idea. Participants were…
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Seniors Living Alone

Seniors Living Alone
Four of ten American seniors live alone Living alone predicts poorer health outcomes for younger seniors Living alone might be a suitable proxy for loneliness or inadequate social support, both of which diminish health and well-being. Would living alone predict increased risk of dying or developing cardiovascular disease? A large, international team of researchers used…
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Can Gardening Boost Your Health?

Can Gardening Boost Your Health?
How about stress release, physical activity, social connections, and produce? Particularly during COVID Gardens and gardening promote health and well-being. A new scoping review of 77 studies showed that gardening promotes mental health, physical health. Specific positive outcomes include reduced stress and depression, and improved self-esteem; reduced isolation and increased social networks; increased physical activity…
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Manage High Blood Pressure With Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Manage High Blood Pressure With Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Avoid hypertension Reduce your risk of premature death High blood pressure (hypertension) predicts increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death globally and in Western countries. Italian medical researchers recently published a brief review of evidence linking lifestyle choices to hypertension. The authors found clear evidence that minimal to modest alcohol intake, not…
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