Body-mass index (BMI) certainly has its critics, particularly because it doesn’t always provide an accurate measure of overall health or fitness. For example, two adult males can each have the same BMI of 26 (considered overweight), even though one clearly is overweight, while the other is loaded with muscle. That said, BMI has a role […]
As few as two minutes – is that all it takes to optimize your brain for up to two hours? If what you’re doing is aerobic exercise, then the answer appears to be a resounding yes, according to a new research review. In evaluating 13 studies that investigated the influence of aerobic exercise on memory […]
All that aerobic exercise you used to be doing at the gym – and hopefully have been doing outdoors or at home, since COVID-19 restrictions took effect – may not be yielding the benefit it should if your diet is still in the dumps. In fact, a diet that features too many refined carbohydrates, sugars, […]
We know whole grains are good for us, but we don’t always know where to find them. Food manufacturers aren’t exactly helping us; in fact, sometimes they’re doing more harm than good. Why? Because consumers often can’t tell whether a food actually contains whole grains or not. A whole-grain food is just what the name […]
Migraine headaches and obesity – not a pleasant combination, from both a health and daily living perspective. Both conditions can be debilitating, limiting sufferers’ ability to function and enjoy the activities that, to put it bluntly, make life worth living. But what if addressing one condition could address the other at the same time? Such […]
