Limit Outdoor Activity on High Air Pollution Days for Heart and Lung Health
Globally, air pollution is the second leading killer of humanity. What can we do about it?
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Alternative and Lifestyle Treatments for Tinnitus Relief
What everyday strategies can make tinnitus easier to live with?
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Who Is Rescuing Whom? Pets and Life Extension
Do pet parents (or pawrents) live longer?
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How Many Steps Should We Get Every Day?
The official exercise recommendations are a “trade-off between optimizing health outcomes and minimizing requirements for individuals,” but what does the science say is best?
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The Risks and Benefits of Mild Trendelenburg Position to Reduce Body Fat
Other than a “space headache,” what might be the downsides of sleeping at a slight head-down tilt to accelerate fat loss?
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How Much Exercise Does It Take to Improve Aging Cognitive Function?
If the relationship between exercise and dementia prevention is cause-and-effect, as much as 20 percent of Alzheimer’s disease may be attributable to physical inactivity.
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How Much Exercise Does It Take to Boost Immunity?
Exercising may make our immune systems more than five times better at fighting infection.
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The Best Exercise Type and Frequency for Bone Density
When it comes to bone health, it’s use it or lose it.
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The Best Time to Exercise for Weight Loss
Burn off significantly more body fat exercising before meals, rather than after them.
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Is Swimming Good for Weight Loss?
Exercising in cool water or under cool conditions on land can lead to an increase in post-workout calorie intake.
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Why Does Forest Bathing Boost Natural Killer Cell Function?
Can the aroma of wood essential oils replicate the immune-boosting effects of walking in a forest?
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Boosting Anticancer Immunity with Forest Bathing
Visiting a forest can induce a significant increase in both the number and activity of natural killer cells, one of the ways our body fights off cancer.
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Are There Benefits of Pole Walking for Weight Loss?
Does walking with poles, also known as Nordic walking (“exerstriding”), beat our regular walking for depression, sleep quality, and weight loss?
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Is Skipping Breakfast Better for Weight Loss?
Breakthroughs in the field of chronobiology—the study of our circadian rhythms—help solve the mystery of the missing morning calories in breakfast studies.
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Does Chewing Gum Help with Weight Loss?
If extra chewing is effective in suppressing your appetite when it comes to food, what about chewing gum as a weight loss strategy?
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Benefits of Blueberries for Mood and Mobility
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of… blueberries!
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Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Checklist
In my book How Not to Die, I center my recommendations around a Daily Dozen checklist of everything I try to fit into my daily routine.
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Coconut Oil and Abdominal Fat
What does a review of the evidence on the effects of coconut oil on weight loss and belly fat find?
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Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen Checklist
In my book How Not to Die, I center my recommendations around a Daily Dozen checklist of all the things I try to fit into my daily routine.
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How Much Should You Exercise?
Physical fitness authorities seem to have fallen into the same trap as the nutrition authorities, recommending what they think may be achievable, rather than simply informing us what the science says and letting us make up our own mind.
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Longer Life Within Walking Distance
Researchers find exercise often works just as well as drugs for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, and the prevention of diabetes. Exercise is medicine.
