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Four Signs You’re Meant to Be a Personal Trainer
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, employment of fitness workers is projected to increase by 13 percent between 2012 and 2022. This is encouraging news, considering the country’s recent economic downturn. Accordingly, a career path that continues to see growth during hard economic times suggests a certain level of job security for […]
Playing hunger games: Are gamified health apps putting odds in your favor?
For many people, finding motivation to exercise is a challenge. Thankfully, there are Zombies chasing you. At least that’s the approach of Zombies, Run! — one of more than 31,000 health and fitness apps on the market today, and one of the growing number of apps that use games to increase physical activity. Gamification is […]
Exercise may protect older women from irregular heartbeat
Increasing the amount or intensity of physical activity can cut the chances of older women developing a life-threatening irregular heartbeat, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). Researchers found that post-menopausal women, enrolled in the Women’s Health Initiative, who were the most physically active had a 10 percent lower […]
Train Smarter with Fitwall: A High-Intensity Interval Training Workout
August 19, 2014, 12:00AM PT in Fitnovatives Blog | Have you experienced Fitwall yet? Fitwall’s Director of Training and National Head Coach Clifton Harski shows ACE’s Anthony Wall how to “Train Smarter” using Fitwall’s unique combination of high-intensity interval training plus continuous biofeedback via heart-rate monitors and mounted iPADs. Check out this […]
Teen sleeplessness piles on risk for obesity
Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep may wake up to worse consequences than nodding off during chemistry class. According to new research, risk of being obese by age 21 was 20 percent higher among 16-year-olds who got less than six hours of sleep a night, compared with their peers who slumbered more than eight hours. […]
New mouse model points to therapy for liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common affliction, affecting almost 30 percent of Americans, with a significant number suffering from its most severe form, called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH, which can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. In recent years, NASH has become the leading cause of liver transplantation. Development of effective new therapies […]
Nutrition Tips to Protect Your Body against Chronic Inflammation
Inflammation is a hot topic in health and fitness these days. You’re probably most familiar with the kind of inflammation that accompanies a small sports injury. For example, perhaps your ankle swelled after twisting it. That swelling is an example of “acute” inflammation, which helps protect and heal the body after an injury […]
Exercise associated with reduced risk of breast cancer in African American women
Regular exercise, including brisk walking, is associated with a decrease in the incidence of breast cancer in African American women. In a recently published study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center found strong evidence linking physical exercise to a lower rate of breast cancer in African American women, […]
Do gut bacteria rule our minds? In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway food choices
It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us — which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold — may very well be affecting both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want, and often are driving us toward obesity. In an article published this week in the journal […]
Do gut bacteria rule our minds? In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway food choices
It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us — which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold — may very well be affecting both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want, and often are driving us toward obesity. In an article published this week in the journal […]