When the winter season comes upon us we associate it with festivities, family, happiness, moments to treasure, but then why do we seem sad? Why do we feel like we are putting more effort and energy into our daily routines and even more during certain events? Winter is the time for shorter days, the sun […]
Apples have remarkable health benefits, fighting everything from dental problems to diabetes, heart disease, at least 8 types of cancer, and possibly even Alzheimer’s. One of the latest discoveries is that eating at least 2 servings a week of whole fruit (specifically apples, blueberries, or grapes) trims the risk for type 2 diabetes by up […]
Have you ever seen a random stranger provide some sort of small or large act of kindness? In that very moment, did it put a smile on your face to the point you questioned why there are not more people like this in the world. Research has proven that performing such small acts of kindness […]
Hiking and Backpacking: Calorie burn is calculated with a formula designed by exercise physiologists, using an activity’s Metabolic Equivalent of Task (also known as its MET), or the amount of energy needed to complete the activity. Cross-country hiking, for example, has an MET of 6.0 and burns about 387 calories in one hour. Backpacking has […]
Muscles are the largest consumer of sugar in the body, increased muscle mass reduces the chance of excess sugar accumulating in the blood, which is essentially what diabetes is. Regular physical activity reduces inflammation in the cardiovascular system and affects the secretion of clotting hormones, allowing blood to flow more easily to muscles and […]
Many people have a hard time staying motivated to be active for reasons thinking they have to do it. If you are one of them, try to slowly change your mentality. Don’t become active because you have to, don’t do it because you’re “supposed to”, be active to . . . get better control […]
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