Author: Art Jahnke
Runners Should Distance 30 Feet
Runners can forget about the six foot margin for coronavirus safety. Because a runner’s wake can carry respiratory droplets much farther than the wakes of walkers (or standers), companion or competing runners directly behind a leader should hang back a good 30 feet. That’s the verdict of a computational model […]
Electrolyte Supplements Don’t Help Runners
Electrolyte supplements, often taken by marathoners and ultra-marathoners to keep sodium levels in balance, don’t do the trick, according to research conducted at Stanford University. A Stanford news release reports that when researchers at the school analyzed data from 266 ultra-marathoners after a 50 mile run, they found that 41 […]
Keto Diet May Harm Athletes’ Bones
Like so many questionable commitments, ketogenic diets are in fashion, again. Word has it that the low-carb, high-fat regimen can help us lose weight, mainly by burning our own body fat when our bodies discover that there are no carbohydrates available. That may be exactly what happens, but what also […]
Eat Plants for Heart Health
One more thing a plant-based diet can do for you: lower the risk of heart disease. Researchers at Penn State are convinced of it, having found a clear association between diets that are low in sulfur amino acids and lower risk of heart disease. Sulfur amino acids are found mainly […]
Museum Goers Live Longer
Want to add a few years to your life? Start visiting museums. A recent study by researchers at the University College London found that, even accounting for income, education level and mobility, people who go to museums or attend concerts just once or twice a year had a 14 percent […]
Running May Be Good for Knees
Yes Virginia, running–even distance running- may be good for our knees. The latest evidence for that surprising suggestion comes from Dr. Alister Hart, an orthopedic surgeon and research professor at University College London and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, who became interested in the effects of running on knees in […]
Mindfulness Can Lower Blood Pressure
Lots of people have high blood pressure, and more than half of those who hav it fail to get it under control. Now comes research from Brown University suggesting that mindfulness may help. A Brown University news release reports that researchers at the school put 43 participants through a nine-week […]
Exercise Keeps Old Muscles Young
Sure, exercise keeps older people running faster longer. Everyone knows that. But now researchers at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana have a better idea of how that really works. The New York Times reports that the researchers gathered a group of older athletes, mainly runners in their 70s or […]
Eat Plants, Save Your Brain
Eating more plant-based foods and less red meat in our middle years may reduce the risk of cognitive impairment further down the road. That verdict comes from researchers at the University of Singapore, who reviewed the dietary history of more than 17,000 people over a period of 20 years. Futurity […]