How to Refuel After a Workout
Carefully choosing what you eat after you work out can magnify the benefits of exercising.
What Should I Eat After a Workout?
Your post-workout nutritional needs include fluids, carbohydrates and protein. This is true not just for the endurance…
Lift for a Better Life
Strength training offers strong benefits to your body inside and out.
Muscles
Having stronger muscles not only helps you lug more grocery bags at once, it also increases your flexibility and balance. Poor balance often contributes to falls…
CoQ10 May Reduce Muscle Injuries
Athletes of all levels may have a new nutritional ally in the fight against muscle fatigue and injury. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study published in the British Journal of Nutrition reported that elite Japanese kendo athletes who consumed…
4 Key Nutrients for Children’s Optimal Health
Children’s bodies rely on a steady intake of vitamins and minerals for normal growth and development. A child who is well-nourished with the optimal intake of vitamins, minerals and micronutrients has the best advantage for leading a healthy…
Arm Yourself in the Battle Against Prostate Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), prostate cancer is now the most common type of cancer in American men. Approximately 1 in 6 men in the United States will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime, and similar rates are occurring…
Move It for a Longer Life
Do you know where your fitness level is? The more we learn, the more we realize how important it is to move our bodies. Inactivity brings spiraling health risks, especially when combined with a poor diet.
Sit on this: A study in the American…