Choosing Cancer-Fighting Foods for a Healthier Lifestyle

Rarely a day goes by without us hearing the word dreaded word cancer. It automatically evokes a variety of emotions including—fear, anxiety, and empathy. Along with all the thoughts, all the emotion, all the underlying fear, how often do we…
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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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A Full Body Workout that Works!

Are you tired of thinking about which body parts need exercise today, or how often the exercises you’ve adopted for particular muscles and limbs need rotating to stay effective? Are you looking for a full body workout that does exactly…
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Muscles and Metabolism…

Many people are confused about our metabolism (our body’s engine) and have little idea of how to keep it in good running condition. What do you think has the biggest impact on it? Age? Activity levels? Thyroid function? Wrong, wrong…
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Strong Heart Muscles Matter

Most of us never give so much of a thought to one of the most important muscles in our body – our heart. This underappreciated muscle/organ beats away in the background like some faithful servant, never complaining and always on…
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Rid Yourself of Ugly Belly Fat

Sadly the focus of our society is on getting skinny and losing weight. We jump for joy when we see the latest diet hit the shelves. These diets; however, are very dangerous. The majority of these fad diets focus on…
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