People don’t get enough exercise from long walks
Walking just isn’t enough, according to a new review of evidence from public health England, which shows a serious gap between the exercises people need and what they actually [...]
Health
Seven ways … to preclude weak bones
Walk quickly for 10 minutes, three times a day Weight-bearing exercise (walking, running) helps to keep bones strong. Ideally, you need a mix of “feet on the ground” activity and muscle resistance such as weights, press-ups and swimming. No one knows precisely how much exercise is needed; the NHS says adults aged [...]
How can I maintain my energy at work?
The energy is in a constant state of flux and you either absorb it or lose it, but you never seem to hold on to it for too long. As is so often the case, the key is to know thyself. If you treat yourself like an ongoing experiment that you want to improve (I’m very much into bio-hacking), then you need to run tests. [...]
Should we all get a health check?
Most health checks are designed to look for risk factors or early signs of diseases – the two most common being heart disease or cancer. A quarter of premature deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease (heart attacks and strokes) and an estimated 50-80% of them are preventable. So any checks that could help early [...]
How was your weekend running?
Training, racing or gearing up for a spring marathon? As always, share your weekend triumphs and woes below the [...]
Why don’t Kenyans run ultramarathons?
In the world of ultrarunning, one race stands out as the most competitive, the Super Bowl, the London marathon of ultrarunning: it is the Ultra-Trail Mont [...]
Cheers? No thanks! Low- and no-alcohol lifestyle booms
Sales of beer and cider with under 1.2% alcohol soar by nearly 30% About 5 million people will drink their first beer or glass of wine in a month next week as “dry January” comes to an end. But for an increasing number of people it will be an entirely dry year, because low- and no-alcohol is now a fast-growing [...]
Raw water: the unsterilised health craze that could give you diarrhoea
Its adherents say it is full of good things that ordinary filtered tap water has lost. Its critics say it might well give you ‘beaver fever’ – among other [...]
National Drug Strategy Cost €12m in 2017, up 500% from 2000
The Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) has published a National Drug Report 2017 which addresses the state of the drugs problem in the Grand [...]
Can food change your mood?
In medieval times people believed that what they ate affected their mood. If they wanted erotic stimulation it would be eggs, beef, pomegranates or peacock. Feeling down? They’d reach for quince, dates and elderflowers. In the absence of valium, they used lettuce and chicory as tranquillisers. So when did we lose [...]