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Exercise by “Weekend Warriors” Reduces Mortality

Exercise by “Weekend Warriors” Reduces Mortality

The term “weekend warriors” has been used to refer to individuals who exercised irregularly, perhaps just on weekends. It has long been thought that this pattern of exercise was not enough to get the cardiovascular benefit of more frequent exercise, and that these people were just opening themselves up to greater in juries than those […]

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Exercise Helps Protect Against Inflammatory Changes of Excessive Diet

Exercise Helps Protect Against Inflammatory Changes of Excessive Diet

Research in the past has shown that  inflammatory markers that can be measured in simple blood tests  are elevated in obesity. Also, it is known that a fairly brief period of overeating can raise these inflammatory markers. New research from the University of Michigan researchers shows that exercise protects against the changes in inflammatory markers […]

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Moderate Better than Strenuous Exercise for Preventing Diabetes, Study Suggests

Moderate Better than Strenuous Exercise for Preventing Diabetes, Study Suggests

A new study from Duke University published in the journal Diabetologia, suggests that walking briskly may be more effective than  jogging for improving glucose control for individuals who are pre-diabetic. One hundred and fifty individuals who were diagnosed with pre-diabetes were studied for 6 months. To assess the effect of the different types of exercise […]

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High Intensity Interval Training Exercise Most Beneficial for Weight Loss, Diabetes

High Intensity Interval Training Exercise Most Beneficial for Weight Loss, Diabetes

 A study from the United Kingdom’s  University of Leicester has found that  exercise which uses brief intervals of  very vigorous activity with  relative rest in between, is more effective for treating obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, compared to longer continuous exercise. Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes are closely linked. Between  80 and 90 per cent of […]

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Low Carb Diet, Fasting, and Exercise Lowers Inflammation – May Prevent Disease

Low Carb Diet, Fasting, and Exercise Lowers Inflammation – May Prevent Disease

 Yale School of Medicine researchers have published a study in online journal Nature Medicine which shows that  a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting blocks a part of the immune system which is involved in the development of diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease and other auto-inflammatory conditions.

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