With a new political firestorm breaking on Twitter each day, it can be hard to remember that a “tweet” isn’t just a 280-character quip that instantly reaches millions of followers. Yes, long before a tweet was a cringe-worthy echo from our nation’s capital, it was simply a sound that a bird made, a note in… Continue reading A Tweet Better than Twitter: Birdsong Therapy
Category: Fitness
Treating Illness at its Root: The Healing Power of Earthing
The simple fix behind a cure for fatigue, insomnia, and more. If you dig back far, far into your brain—a la elementary school and the awkward joys of middle school—you might remember the first time you learned that everything is made of something called matter. And within this matter are tiny, swirling, electrically-charged particles called… Continue reading Treating Illness at its Root: The Healing Power of Earthing
More Mindfulness = Less Pain?
People who are naturally more mindful report less pain and show lower activation of a specific region of the brain in response to an unpleasant heat stimulus, according to a new study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). The study, conducted by researchers from Wake Forest University and collaborating institutions,… Continue reading More Mindfulness = Less Pain?
The Health Magic of Thermal & Mineral Baths
Nestled in the snowy Jemez mountains of Northern New Mexico, miles and miles from the nearest paved road, an unlikely crowd gathers…in bathing suits. The hikers, nature lovers, and health enthusiasts have come from far and wide to experience a few of the many natural hot springs scattered across the American West. By soaking in… Continue reading The Health Magic of Thermal & Mineral Baths
Is Nature Deficit Disorder iGen’s Next Epidemic?
Nature Deficit Disorder – the subtle condition you may not have heard about, with serious side effects affecting everyone from toddlers to top level executives – may be more prevalent than ADHD. An estimated six million American children have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—and about 60% of those cases will carry on into adulthood. But… Continue reading Is Nature Deficit Disorder iGen’s Next Epidemic?
Community Gardens are Growing Revolutions
Almost everything starts as a seed. You started as a seed, your pets, the tree outside your window, the ideas that led to your iPhone, your tablet, and laptop started as seeds. As society races towards a high-tech future, shooting for the moon (and Mars), we’re learning that, despite our progress, there is much we… Continue reading Community Gardens are Growing Revolutions
How to Keep Exercising Despite Chronic Pain
Pain is a great excuse if you don’t like to exercise, and it’s certainly something many people with chronic pain would just as soon avoid. Yet at the same time exercise is one of the things that can help make that pain go away. Research has shown that exercise is an essential aspect in the… Continue reading How to Keep Exercising Despite Chronic Pain
Hardwired for laziness? Tests Show the Human Brain Must Work Hard to Avoid Sloth
If getting to the gym seems like a struggle, a University of British Columbia researcher wants you to know this: the struggle is real, and it’s happening inside your brain. A release from the university explains that the brain is where Matthieu Boisgontier and his colleagues went looking for answers to what they call the… Continue reading Hardwired for laziness? Tests Show the Human Brain Must Work Hard to Avoid Sloth
How Seniors Can Truly Benefit from Low-Impact Workouts
Activity is vital at any life stage. It helps children develop correctly, keeps adults healthy and reduces the impact of old age in seniors. Elders that stay active can enjoy various benefits to their well-being, even from low-impact workouts. Still, it isn’t always easy to keep motivated to work out, especially during these hot summer… Continue reading How Seniors Can Truly Benefit from Low-Impact Workouts
Researchers Compare Lifetime Fitness Levels of Identical Twins
With fitness, which is more important: genetics or lifestyle, nature or nurture? Researchers at San Francisco State University, CSU Fullerton and Cal Poly, Pomona removed the nature part of the equation by studying a pair of identical 52-year-old twins who had taken radically different fitness paths over three decades. “One of the twins became a… Continue reading Researchers Compare Lifetime Fitness Levels of Identical Twins
How Much Physical Activity Do Older Adults Need?
Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for yourself as an older adult. It can prevent many of the health problems that seem to come with age. It also helps your muscles grow stronger so you can keep doing your day-to-day activities without becoming dependent on others. Not doing… Continue reading How Much Physical Activity Do Older Adults Need?
Tips for Keeping Your Family Motivated and Moving
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), there are many good reasons for families to stay active, and regular physical activity is something that everyone can do, despite one’s age or body type. Many parents know the importance of being physically active, but they don’t always know where to start when… Continue reading Tips for Keeping Your Family Motivated and Moving
Don’t Let the Hazards of a Desk Job Harm Your Health!
Millions of us have jobs that keep us sitting at a desk all week long, week after week after week. Without even realizing it, we are sitting at that desk more than we are doing pretty much anything during our waking hours. The National Institutes of Health reports that all the sitting, whether at a… Continue reading Don’t Let the Hazards of a Desk Job Harm Your Health!
Vigorous Exercise Can Slow Down Heart’s Aging
To keep your heart young, it’s necessary to exercise four to five days per week, according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology. The findings could be an important step to develop exercise strategies to slow down such ageing. The optimal amount of exercise required to slow down aging of the heart and… Continue reading Vigorous Exercise Can Slow Down Heart’s Aging
Five Tips for Body Trust, Connection and Acceptance
Body Trust involves developing a deep connection with your body so that you can make choices around food, exercise, sleep, and other practices that resonate with who you are. Body acceptance encourages care for your body and being. How do you get there if you are feeling disconnected and not so cared for in your… Continue reading Five Tips for Body Trust, Connection and Acceptance
A Crowdsourced App for Exercise
Researchers have created a crowdsourced platform that can rival professional trainers’ apps in effectiveness. The platform, developed at the University of Washington and Seattle University, is called CrowdFit and was presented in a paper at the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Montreal. It relies on nonexperts to create workout regimens… Continue reading A Crowdsourced App for Exercise
Research Explains the Link Between Exercise and Appetite Loss
Ever wonder why intense exercise temporarily curbs your appetite? In research described in today’s issue of PLOS Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers reveal that the answer is all in your head–more specifically, your arcuate nucleus. Senior author Young-Hwan Jo, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and of molecular pharmacology at Einstein, runs on a… Continue reading Research Explains the Link Between Exercise and Appetite Loss
Endurance Sports Don’t Weaken Immune System
New research overturns a myth that competing in endurance sports such as marathons suppresses the body’s immune system and makes competitors more susceptible to infections. . Research from the 1980s, which focused on events such as the Los Angeles Marathon, asked competitors if they had symptoms of infections in the days and weeks after their… Continue reading Endurance Sports Don’t Weaken Immune System