Exercise is medicine. Nowhere is this more true than in the area of coronary heart disease (CHD). The positive effects of regular exercise on moderating CHD risk are manyfold. Before we examine...
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Chronic inflammation – why is it bad for our health?
Introduction When I read up on how to live the healthiest life I often come across the term chronic inflammation. The research suggests that this could be the root cause of several lifestyle...
How the body adapts to aerobic training
In the last blog (click here) we looked at how the two main measures of aerobic fitness, namely maximal aerobic fitness and long duration aerobic fitness, can be trained. In this article, we will...
Types of aerobic training
Introduction In the last blog (click here), I outlined 10 different measures of fitness. This included aerobic fitness; specifically, maximal aerobic fitness and long duration submaximal work. In...
What is fitness?
I am really looking forward to posting a series of blogs on the subject of fitness. The term fitness means many different things to many different people. Perhaps the most common view of what...
Fibre is a true superfood
Last time out (see the Bean Cuisine blog) I took you on a trip through some of the evidence that high fibre foods like beans and lentils can help us to keep the body weight down. This was through...
Bean cuisine – keeping you lean
We hear plenty of talk of superfoods these days. Goji berries, matcha tea, chia seeds, beetroot, broccoli sprouts to name but a few. They can be bought in their natural form or processed into...
Eat the plant food rainbow for cancer-protective benefits
Introduction Saturday 4th February 2023 will be World Cancer Day, the focal point of a campaign to raise awareness about the prevalence, impact, and treatment of cancer around the world. As we...
An introduction to the gut microbiome
The study of the part of the human body called the gut microbiome is still in its infancy. Twenty years ago not much was known about the environment deep down in the intestines. It is now one of...
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