Fitness
Weird Scientific Facts About Your Mustache You Probably Didn’t Know – Health Digest
You’ve been trying to grow out your mustache and haven’t gotten much past the pencil ‘stache phase. You, however, would like to grow a Tom Selleck mustache that will make all your friends envious. Your diet can play into getting a rich mustache that curls around your upper lip. Low testosterone can work to hinder […]
HIIT or Quit? Why the well-known HIIT workout is falling out of favour
HIIT or Quit? Why High Intensity Exercise aka a HIIT Workout is falling out of favour according to Ryan Atkin Founder and Head Coach at Real World Results HIIT, or High-Intensity Interval Training, has been a popular form of exercise for many years, with a lot of misinterpretation. A lot of people assume a HIIT […]
Should You Wash Eggs Before Cooking Them? The USDA Explains – Health Digest
Marisa Bunning, a professor and food safety extension specialist in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University, told Real Simple that farm-fresh eggs are a different story from store-bought, prettily packaged cartons of eggs. “Consumers aren’t used to eggs from their backyard. They’re treating them like they’re the same, but they’re not the same,” […]
Drinking Diet Soda Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Teeth – Health Digest
Instead of sugar, diet sodas contain greater amounts of acid, including citric acid, phosphoric acid, and tartaric acid. While it’s easy to assume that darker-colored sodas like Coke might be the worst offenders, Sprite, Mountain Dew, and other citrusy sodas that contain greater amounts of acid can actually be just as bad. Unfortunately, our teeth […]
Lower Your Risk Of Surgery Complications With This Specific Exercise – Health Digest
After surgery, your body needs a significant amount of oxygen in order for your tissues to heal and to help reduce inflammation. You’re at a higher risk for complications after your surgery if your body doesn’t have this oxygen capacity. Because HIIT requires your body to work at 80% of your maximum heart rate for […]
London Marathon inspired? 8 top tips to get into running
Training for the London marathon (Sunday 23rd April) is well underway. If you’re feeling inspired to get into running, Personal Trainer and Fitness Specialist Emma Bord shares her top 8 tips There is no doubt that running can have a hugely positive effect on both mental and physical health, increasing fitness levels, reducing stress levels, […]
What Your Dominant Eye Does And How To Find It – Health Digest
Now that we know our dominant eye takes on more responsibility when it comes to our sight, how do we know which one of our eyes is which? As it turns out, you may be able to look at your dominant hand for a clue. WebMD reports that most often, a person’s dominant eye will […]
How Your Workout Routine Could Be Impacting Your Poop – Health Digest
Gastroenterologists tell The Healthy that exercise stimulates hormones in your body. In particular, the vasoactive intestinal peptide stimulates movement in your gut. Adrenaline and the peptide hormone gastrin also get things going in your digestive system. If you’re doing a race, your nerves could also give these hormones a boost. Exercise also shifts your blood […]
The Real Reason Operating Rooms Are Green – Health Digest
If you were to take a look at the color wheel, you’d notice that green is positioned opposite red. There is some theory to support why this makes green an ideal color for walls inside an operating room. Typically, a surgeon may spend anywhere from a few hours to many hours looking at the innards […]
Science Says This Sport Is Best For Increasing Life Expectancy – Health Digest
When you think of sports that will add to your life expectancy, swimming, running, and walking might be some of the first that pop into your head. However, according to a 2018 Danish study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, it’s not the solitary sports that add the most time; it’s the social ones. Tennis was the […]