exercise: Archives

Move over cold medicines, exercise is the best cure for a runny nose

August 17, 2018 Loknath Dasa, Best, cold, cure, exercise:, for, Is, Medicines, move, nose, Over, runny, The

If you wish to fight the cold, you better start running. According to a study, conducted by the University of Guelph and the University of Copenhagen, exercise could help people exposed to extreme temperatures protect themselves from the cold. Shivering is one of the first defences against cold and it boosts the body’s heat production. Shivering can only warm you up for so long and after a few hours your muscles will run out of fuel and will grow too tired to contract. Exercise helps build-up muscle in the limbs…

World Thyroid Day, keep your thyroid healthy with the right diet, exercise

May 25, 2018 Loknath DasDay, Diet:, exercise:, Healthy, Keep, Right?, The, Thyroid, With, World, Your

Do you have tremors, feel bloated pretty often or have been finding it difficult to concentrate lately? Although these can be symptoms for various other conditions, these three are also indicative of thyroid. Hence, it is best to go for a check up and see if you have hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism. World Thyroid Day is observed on May 25 every year and its objective is to increase awareness and understanding about thyroid health. There are two types of thyroid- hyperthyroid (an over active thyroid gland) and hypothyroid (underactive thyroid gland). Thyroid cannot be…

Brisk walking for 40 minutes daily is the best exercise for you. Here’s why

April 25, 2018 Loknath Das40, Best, Brisk, Daily, exercise:, for, Here's, Is, minutes, The, walking, Why, You

If you’ve been spending hours in the gym exercising to stay fit and lose weight, here’s one more exercise for you: Brisk walking. It is good for your heart. A three-year study done by the University of Ferrara shows that faster walking patients with heart disease are hospitalised less. The study was conducted on 1,078 hypertensive patients, of whom 85% also had coronary heart disease and 15% also had valve disease. A previous study had shown that walking for at least 40 minutes multiple times every week helps reduce the risk…

This is the one thing that could make exercise a bit more enjoyable

April 17, 2018 Loknath Dasa, Bit, Could, enjoyable, exercise:, Is, Make, More, One, That, The, thing, This

Exercise is like marmite: some people love it, while others hate it. But if you fall into the latter category, fear not – scientists reckon they’ve found a way to make your time spent in the gym more enjoyable, and it’s pretty simple. Researchers at Brunel University in London have revealed that listening to musicwhile you’re working out could make things more enjoyable. This might seem a bit obvious. After all, it’s no secret that music can elicit an emotional response from the listener – making us feel happy, sad, angry or even…

More people prefer popping pills and drinking healthy tea over exercise to treat high BP

April 11, 2018 Loknath Dasand, BP, Drinking, exercise:, Healthy, High;, More, Over, People, pills, Popping, prefer, Tea, to, treat

According to a recent study, people would rather pop a pill or sip tea than exercise to treat high blood pressure. Researchers wanted to find out how people weigh the benefits of high blood pressure treatment options against its inconvenience. They asked survey respondents to imagine that they had high blood pressure and then asked about their willingness to adopt any of four “treatments” to gain an extra month, year or five years of life. In this survey, the “treatments” proposed were: a daily cup of tea, exercise, pills or…

Dear senior citizens, bi-weekly exercise can improve thinking ability, memory

January 5, 2018 Loknath DasAbility, bi-weekly, Can, citizens, Dear, exercise:, Improve, Memory:, Senior, Thinking

Exercising twice a week may improve thinking ability and memory in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), suggests a recent study. Researchers explained that people with MCI have milder symptoms like they struggle to complete complex tasks or have difficulty in understanding information they have read, whereas people with dementia have trouble with daily tasks, such as dressing, bathing and eating. Mild cognitive impairment is a medical condition that is common with ageing. While it is linked to problems with thinking ability and memory, it is not the same as…