Tag Archives: exercise
Get Up And Move!
We all knew sitting at your desk for hours without a break is bad for your health but we didn’t know it correlates to the size of your waist! The European Heart Journal published a study by Genevieve N. Healy, MPH, of the School of Population Health at University of Queensland, Australia measured cardio-metabolic and [...]
Improve Performance: Walk in the Woods
Researchers have been looking at what happens to our bodies and brains when we walk in woods, in the mountains or by the sea. This study is called ecopsychology. I didn’t make it up! The Japanese have been studying this for years! Results? People do better on tests involving memory or attention after trekking through [...]
Headline: Can’t Exercise? Just laugh Your Way to Health
Researches at Loma Linda University in California found that repeated bouts of laughter offer some of the same benefits as moderate exercise: lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol. As reported in LiveScience.com, volunteers who laughed while watching videos experienced changes in the hormones that are also known to regulate appetite. I love it. Laugh your [...]