Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation
A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Strength Training Exercise For Body and Brain Health
It is a sad fact that 8 out of 10 adults do not do enough proper exercise. This means their muscles do not get worked anywhere near enough to keep vital “growth and repair” hormones stimulated and flowing. The growth…
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Osteocalcin, the Hormone Believed to Protect Our Brain
Hormones are “chemical messengers that coordinate different functions in the body.” Most of us are aware of and relatively knowledgeable about a handful of them such as estrogen, testosterone, oxytocin, serotonin, melatonin and cortisone.
But did you know there is…
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Muscles are Mandatory
Although modern medicine is continually finding cures for many diseases and illnesses our health has been steadily declining since World War II. In the last four decades alone the prevalence of overweight adults has increased from 31 percent to 64…
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Muscle Aging is Not Chronological
Scientists have identified multiple genes that regulate physical strength and biological age. Most notable among them are those involved in the sustainability of our muscle tissue. It’s the decrease in the expression of these genes that causes our muscle to…
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Strength Training is NOT Optional
The weakness and loss of energy we associate with getting older, such as difficulty walking distances, climbing stairs, or carrying groceries, are largely due to muscle tissue loss. This muscle loss, for the most part, is from living an inactive…
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Epigenetics and the Science of Longevity
In the past decade, science broke through many previous taboos in understanding and deciphering molecular, cellular and genetic aging.
The new science of longevity was born –
Longevity is not a new topic. It has been an area of interest…
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The Insulin Resistant Merry-Go-Round
It is well known that elevated blood sugar is the precursor to diabetes. What is not so well known is the fact that glucose or insulin levels are also risk factors for cancers and the risk rises as insulin levels…
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Exercising Choice and The Power of the Mind
Ever dreamed about being a super-hero endowed with super-natural powers?
You know, the kind of super-strength that saves lives in danger, becomes invisible in a flash, climbs tall buildings with ease, flies across mountain tops and miles of oceans or…
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Exercise Benefits Extend Beyond Strong Muscles…
Many people are under the idea that exercise is only about burning calories or getting fit. Regular exercise offers way more than weight loss, muscle building and mental clarity. In fact, scientists are only beginning to understand the dozens of…
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