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The Three Strength Exercises Everyone Should Do

Even if you’re not trying to get swole, these movements will help you with everyday movements. Popular Science Sara Chodosh Kettlebells are a great tool for increasing your strength gradually. Deposit Photos Lifting weights can often seem reserved for the fittest among us, those muscle-laden guys and gals pumping iron and getting swole on a
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When You Lose Weight, Your Fat Cells Don’t Just Let Go of Fat

Belly flab is like a storage unit for the rest of your body. Popular Science Sara Chodosh . Mmmmmm, fat! DepositPhotos If cells were personified, each fat cell would be an overbearing grandparent who hoards. They’re constantly trying to make you eat another serving of potatoes, and have cabinets stacked with vitamins they never take.
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Sugar is the key to the nicotine rush according to new research

By Loz Blain July 27, 2007 (research from 2007 that seems to have been swept under the rug as usual..Fitadelphia) In July 27, 2007 Smoking and blood sugar levels are highly interrelated – nicotine causes the body to release satisfying levels of sugar into the bloodstream far faster than eating can, which explains its appetite-inhibiting effects.
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Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training: Vigorous Breaths Boost Heart, Brain

“Maybe they won’t do 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, but perhaps they’ll do 5 minutes of this.” Sarah Sloat . The heart health results linked to this device are similar to 30 minutes of aerobic exercise. Photo by lzf / Getty Images. More than 100 million Americans have high blood pressure. Doctors say a mere
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How to Keep Your Cool in High-Stress Situations

Robert E. Quinn, David P. Fessell, Stephen W. Porges Illustration by Katty Huertas Summary.    When faced with a high-stress situation, one that even feels threatening, it can feel like we don’t have control over our response. Research has shown that our bodies can instinctively go into a “fight-or-flight” reaction. As a leader, the more effectively
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Fact or Fiction?: Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever

The answer is simmering in a bowl of chicken soup. Scientific American Mark Fischetti Photo by IgorGolovnov / Getty Images . Maxims typically date back many years, but “feed a cold, starve a fever” may beat them all. This saying has been traced to a 1574 dictionary by John Withals, which noted that “fasting is
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Stevia Side Effects and Why Our Family Quit

By Simple Roots Wellness Nutrition is constantly changing. Fads come and go, and new foods come and go. It is easy to get caught up in the latest “health” craze and “super” foods out there. I’ve fallen short of this numerous times. Truthfully, there is no such thing as a perfect diet, but that doesn’t
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Can 4 Seconds of Exercise Make a Difference?

Four seconds of intense intervals, repeated until they amount to a minute of total exertion, led to rapid improvements in strength and fitness in middle-aged and older adults. By Gretchen Reynolds In what is probably the definitive word on how little exercise we can get away with, a new study finds that a mere four
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