If you can't seem to shake your belly fat (no pun intended) and are experiencing back pain, or other pain and dysfunction potentially linked to spinal health, there's a reason: belly fat is bad for your spine. Let's take a look at what new research says about how belly fat exerts forces on the spine.
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Sometimes it seems as if slowing children down is parents' biggest challenge, but with video games, television, fast food and a vast array of other couch-promoting activities on the rise, keeping kids active is actually a growing concern. What can you to promote regular physical activity?
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You can find less than an hour in even your busiest day to do something that will dramatically improve your long-term health, right? And we're talking about something so simple and commonsense that we're almost embarrassed to have to point it out. We're talking about 50 more minutes of doing something active – as opposed to sitting around; and the health...
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Garlic is one of the world's most well-known and widely used herbs. It has been used as a culinary spice for at least 5,000 years, and has been mentioned in both the Bible and the Talmud (a central text of Judaism). Hippocrates, considered the father of modern medicine, was one of the first people to realize the medicinal properties of garlic and...
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You can worry about your health when you're older, right? Not so fast. Research suggests maintaining a healthy heart when you're in your 20s can give you a healthy brain when you're in your 40s – good news for arguably the two most important organs in your body. According to a study published in Neurology, people with better heart health scores at the...
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What comes to mind when you think about love? The heart, of course. When you think about bone health, the heart should also come to mind, because in women, strong bones seem to improve heart health, too. Let's see what new study findings suggest regarding this intriguing association. Based on a review of medical records among women (ages 50-80) who...
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