Men can add 24 years to their life, and women, shortchanged as usual, can add 23, if they adopt eight healthful lifestyle habits, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition. The Washington Post reports on the study, which was based on data from nearly […]
Author: Art Jahnke
Torn ACL? Hold the Surgery, Maybe
Throughout Geezer’s lengthy adulthood, ACL tears were quickly referred to surgeons, more than happy to do the repair, whose total cost comes to about $25,000. Now comes a whole new treatment–no surgery needed- based on the recent finding that many ACL tears appear to repair themselves. The Washington Post reports […]
What Your Wife Thinks About Your Fitness Goals
Ever wonder what your wife really thinks about your fitness obsession? New York Times opinion writer Jessica Grose offers some clues, and no, they’re not what men were hoping to hear. Grose’s own concerns began with her husband’s attraction to fitness greens, progressed to his minor obsession with protein, and […]
The Best Exercise To Lower Blood Pressure, Maybe
There are many exercises that help lower blood pressure, (in fact, just about any exercise will do that) but some exercises lower blood pressure better than others. The New York Times cites research that analyzed 270 studies of various exercises influence on blood pressure, and found that most effective exercises were […]
Health Benefits of Awe, Without the Shock
It’s hard to offer a precise definition of awe, so let’s call it the thrill we feel when we realize that we are in the presence of some stunningly magnificent place or being or happening. It’s less hard to list the health benefits that we derive from the experience. In […]
Five U.S. Ski Team Exercises
Sure, it’s January, but it’s not too late the get in shape for the steeps. In fact, it never is. Here, according to U.S. Ski Team athletes Grete Eliassen and Heather McPhie, are five ways to do that. And no, they are not easy. Band Walks: With a mini-band wrapped around your ankles, […]
Four Diets From Harvard Experts
The current issue of Harvard Magazine presents a dietary study that was recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine, kindly translating the medical speak to English and even better, naming four diets that meet the study’s recommendations. The winning diets are also recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
Benefits of Exercise Plus Mindfulness
Exercise is good for us, right? And mindfulness is good for us, right? So exercise combined with mindfulness should be doubly good, particularly when it comes to cognitive function, right? Wrong. Science Daily reports on a Washington University study of the combined influence of exercise and mindfulness on the cognitive […]
Chrono-nutrition: Meal Timing Matters
With nutrition, as with so many other things, timing matters, and for most Americans, our timing could use some adjustment. For most of us, the biggest, most calorific and most nutritious meal is the last meal of the day. That, according to an article in the Washington Post, is exactly […]
Happier Living Through Bird Watching
No, birds do not flock to our bird feeders to make us happy, but they do make us happy, and very probably (mentally) healthy. Audubon magazine reports on two recent studies suggesting that living in an area with lots of birds makes us happy (the more birds the happier) and […]