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Tips to Stay Active & Live Healthy With Cancer
Posted by Manuela Boyle
on 2 January 2022
Has your cancer diagnosis made you feel like you’ve lost control over your body? Have you experienced fatigue or feelings of fear, anger, sadness, and helplessness? These are all common experiences that can be difficult to understand and navigate. When these feelings interfere with your ability to stay physically healthy and active, it can affect your mental health. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends cancer patients do a moderately paced activity 30 minutes a day, 5 days...
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Five-Minute Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training Lower Blood Pressure as Well as Exercise & Meds
Posted by Geoff Beaty
on 14 August 2021
Working out just five minutes daily via High-Resistance Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), a practice described as "strength training for your breathing muscles," lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health as well as, or even more than, aerobic exercise or medication.
The study, published in JAMA from University of Colorado, Boulder, is evidence that this ultra-time-efficient maneuver could play a key role in helping aging adults fend off cardi...
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Tai Chi Mirrors the Benefits of Conventional Exercise in Adults with Central Obesity
Posted by Geoff Beaty
on 22 June 2021
The gentle meditative exercise of tai chi may be as beneficial as other more vigorous forms of activity when measuring central obesity. This study found that tai chi reduced waist circumference in middle-aged and older adults with abdominal obesity in a study done by investigators at the University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chinese Academy of Sciences; and UCLA.
As is well known, central obesity is a major manifestation of metabolic syndrome, including central obesi...
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Obesity, Physical Activity, and Nutrition: Age calculator shows us failing test of time
Posted by Geoff Beaty
on 21 June 2021
Insurer AIA has developed The Vitality Age Calculator aiming to prompt people to consider taking small steps to improve their health and wellbeing.
The calculator asks participants a range of questions about their exercise, diet, smoking, and alcohol consumption. It then produces a 'health and wellbeing' age to be compared against the participants chronological age. Gen X was the worst performing generation, while Millennials had the best BMI and drank the least alcohol making the...
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Physical Activity During Cancer Treatment
Posted by Geoff Beaty
on 21 June 2021
Staying active during cancer treatment can be difficult. Side effects, appointments, and stress can make it hard to keep moving.
But physical activity during cancer treatment can help you feel better and improve your quality of life. It actually helps improve side effects. Here are five questions patients ask when thinking about physical activity during their treatment.
Q. How can physical activity help me during my treatments?
A. A lot of research shows that physical activity can help incr...
A. A lot of research shows that physical activity can help incr...
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Empowerment through Exercise
Posted by Geoff Beaty
on 20 June 2021
Extensive research has shown that regular exercise can reduce the risk of a wide range of chronic diseases, from type 2 diabetes to osteoarthritis, and potentially even cancer. However, have you considered how exercise can be beneficial if you've already been diagnosed with cancer and are undergoing treatment? If you've completed your cancer treatment, what role can exercise play in restoring and maintaining your physical and emotional well-being?
Many patients with cancer, as well ...
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