This new study shows that a diet low in carbohydrates but less stringent on fat intake actually promotes heart health.
It is better that the fats are unsaturated but still, regardless, limiting the carbohydrates is the key.
How much exercise is the right amount? This article seems to suggest 8000 steps a day or 45 minutes of daily exercise is the "sweet spot". However, I still wonder whether healthier people are able to exercise or whether exercise makes you healthier. I haven't really seen any "cause and effect" studies.
My wife is a saint. I exercise for an hour every day.....REGARDLESS. She doesn't mind. Some spouses find exercise obsessiveness intrusive.
Read this funny article.
Particularly during this pandemic, insomnia has been a growing concern.
Read the following to get some good ideas on how to get and stay asleep!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/well/insomnia-better-sleep.html
I am not sure that I agree with this article. I vote to combat back to work anxiety with the present pandemic by continuing to mask up, maintain social distancing and by getting the Covid 19 vaccination booster.
No big deal. We will all likely need a Covid 19 booster immunization.
More information will be coming out soon.
I know: High intensity interval training is the way to go. I admit, I just plow along on my indoor recumbent bike for an hour a day. It is quite difficult to push to get to the high intensity level. Do the best that you can do.... Any exercise is better than none at all.
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The Covid 19 vaccination is safe and effective. The vaccination misinformation campaign is not as innocent as it seems.
If you are vaccinated, in reality you are in pretty good shape. There have been VERY FEW cases of Covid 19 in the vaccinated population and of those, even fewer have gotten very sick. Almost all of the hospitalized cases of Covid have been in the UNvaccinated population. If you ae going to be around a group of unvaccinated people, it probably isn't a bad idea to wear a mask: it just depends on your risk tolerance and whether you are around more vulnerable people.
Trouble falling back to sleep once you wake up in the middle of the night?
Don't start messing with your cell phone: the bright light inhibits your body's natural melatonin.
You can read with a soft light; stretch; deep breathe; even get out of bed for a while.
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