When it looks like you’re becoming visibly stressed, a well-meaning person may ask you to consider your blood pressure. It’s a well-known fact that stress is a cause of hypertension – or is it? What’s behind this commonly held notion? The short answer is that yes, there is a connection between high blood pressure and […]
The debate on the healthiness of organic food compared to its non-organic counterparts is an ongoing one, and it’s not likely to be resolved soon. The research is still ongoing, and when so many things can impact how crops grow, it’s a complicated area to identify specific data. What we can do is try to
I’ve talked before about the dangers of individual nutrient deficiencies, like when a lack of vitamin C leads to scurvy. What’s received less detail is the broader category of malnutrition, a condition that may affect as many as 1 in 3 people all around the world. Malnutrition does, at its most basic, mean you’re not
What actually happens to your body when you exercise? What tiny, invisible changes are happening through every single cell? We can see when muscles grow and feel when our breathing improves, but for a full understanding of just how complex exercise’s impact can be, you need physiology. Physiology is a subdiscipline of biology that looks
My first thought when someone mentions flexibility exercises is stretching. You probably think of something similar, or maybe you imagine yoga. Foam rolling doesn’t have quite the same public profile, but there’s some scientific evidence that it is also a valuable way to loosen up your tendons, ligaments and joints. A more formal term for
We all know that a good night’s sleep helps us feel refreshed, right? You have a long, busy day that wears you out, then you go to bed and when you wake up the next morning, your energy has been restored. How exactly does that work? As you might expect, when you try to explore
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You get to the field, raring to go, and suddenly the heavens open and you’re drenched in rain. Surely that’s going to affect your performance, right? Most people would say that the ideal conditions for many sports are not too hot and not too cold, with a sky that’s clear but a sun that’s not
You can do all the right exercises, live the healthiest of lives, and still end up with mobility issues that can’t be cured. Luckily, there are other ways to make your life easier. For example, in the modern world, there is the increasing availability of assistive devices. Assistive devices may sound like something complicated, but
Every day, you perform dozens of essential tasks. I’m not talking about a 5-mile run every morning or an hour’s meditation before you go to bed; I’m talking about washing, dressing, and eating. They’re what are known as the activities of daily living (ADL), and when it comes to daily performance, they’re the most important
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For some, a little drink here and there can be a fun way to relax and unwind that creates a pleasant sort of buzz. Then there are the serious alcoholics, the ones putting their lives in danger every day because they just can’t stop. And between those two points are a whole range of drinking
