This blog is primarily concerned with health, fitness, diet, personal training, and human performance. Not unrelated to health is the environment w
here you live. According the U.S News and World Report Austin is listed in the top twenty communities to retire.
“At issue is a decision to refuse free doughnuts, pies and bread that were being donated to senior centers around Putnam County, north of New York City. Officials were concerned that the county was setting a bad nutritional precedent by providing mounds of doughnuts and other sweets to seniors.”
From the article Couch Potato's Workout:
From this article Lower vitamin D levels, more hip fractures:
“A U.S. researcher found an increased risk of hip fractures in women with low levels of vitamin D.
“According to research presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation’s Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Washington, D.C. this week, people who used their phones for more than 60 minutes a day had a worse hearing threshold than those with less use”.
iet, personal training, and human performance.
From this article Got Crocs? Be careful on the escalator:
“At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the clunky soft-soled clogs known by the name of the most popular brand, Crocs.”
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From this article Six out of 10 Britons would rather die than exercise:
Demanding exercise such as strength training or running offers the potential for more positive health benefits than pole dancing, but pole dancing does have a place. Strength training or running has to be sufficiently demanding to fo
rce the body to change. It will remain demanding if improvements are to be ongoing.
From this article, From this article, Guinness good for you - official:
“A pint of the black stuff a day may work as well as an aspirin to prevent heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks.
Drinking lager does not yield the same benefits, experts from University of Wisconsin told a conference in the US. “
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