Sedentarianism Increases Risk Of Mortality

When people are talking about weight management it is most often focused on what you can lose, but what you can gain is just as important. Being overweight carries a range of complications, and when it progresses to obesity it can turn into a complicated and long-term disease that plays a huge role in your day-to-day life. 

Maintaining a healthy weight is important to keeping your body healthy. Being overweight or obese is related to many other health conditions. When you lose weight, you are reducing the risks of developing diabetes, fatty liver disease, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, certain cancers, gallstones, kidney disease, osteoarthritis, gout, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal disorders, sleep apnea, metabolic syndrome, breathing problems, and an increased chance of premature death. 

Movement is great for our bodies at any age, but how much physical activity is beneficial for people over the age of 60 has been a topic of discussion. Previously it was suggested that 10,000 steps a day was the ideal target, but more recent research, such as this one published in JAMA Cardiology from the University at Buffalo indicates that that number is high.

Do you know what always seems to help when you're feeling stressed or just need to unwind? A nice, relaxing massage. There's just something about those soothing hands working out all those knots in your shoulders that can melt your troubles away, at least for a little while. But did you know massage can be more than just a temporary escape?

New research shows massage provides some powerful benefits for your overall health and well-being. We're talking reduced anxiety, better sleep, decreased muscle tension - the list goes on. So, while a massage may seem like an indulgent splurge, it could be just what the doctor ordered.

A recent study from the University of California-Los Angeles Health Services (UCLA) published in the journal Translational Psychiatry reports that Kundalini yoga provided several benefits to the cognition and memory of women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease such as restoring neural pathways, preventing brain matter decline and reversing aging as well as inflammation associated biomarkers.