In fact, it's most likely better for long term health to carry a bit of extra fat plus a good amount of skeletal muscle rather than to have very little fat and muscle. So let's be clear in knowing that we don't want to lose weight. Rather, we want to lose fat while maintaining ...
Elevated blood pressure can pose chronic health problems. The risk of developing high blood pressure triples for adults who carry excess weight. On the positive side, each pound of weight loss can lead to a drop of one point in both the upper (systolic) and lower (diastolic) number readings...
"It's incredibly interesting and exciting," said Laura Carstensen, director of the Center on Longevity at Stanford University in California. "It suggests that work actually provides an important component of the environment that keeps people functioning optimally." Researchers repeatedly find that retire...
Eat Less, Live Longer?ohn Apollos is losing weight in the old-fashioned way-byeating less. A whole lot less. As a volunteerin the two-yearComprehensive Assessment of Long-Term Effects of ReducingIntake of Energy ( CALERIE) study at Tufts University inBoston, Apollos has lowered his daily ...
including the role of nutrition, supplements, and a number of important and misunderstood hormones important to muscle protein synthesis. Furthermore, Layne stresses the importance of maintaining muscle mass even while losing fat for improving metabolic health and longevity and provides the keys to deve...
I started to make the case for why tiny house living is more about the intention to live simply and with less reliance on external things for happiness than it is about the house itself. But that got me thinking: with all the newer (and bigger, more elaborate, feature-rich) tiny houses...