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Featured: Protect your grey matter when it matters most

Increase the size of your grey matter and cut your risk of cognitive decline in half by taking a walk. A study published in the journal Neurology found that walking regularly now predicts whether or not your brain decreases in size and function later in life.

Posted on Mon, 23 Apr 12

Breaking up sitting lowers blood glucose by 30%

Are you sitting at your desk reading this? Research has shown that sitting for long periods has a detrimental effect on your blood glucose control and increases your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Short activity breaks have a bigger benefit than you thought.

Posted on Mon, 15 Aug 11

The hunter-gatherer fitness plan

For approximately 84,000 generations we lived as physically active hunter-gatherers. However the agricultural revolution (350 generations ago), industrial revolution (7 generations ago) and the digital age (2 generations ago) has turned us into a sedentary, indoor dwelling culture. Perhaps we should take some fitness pointers from our ancestors?

Posted on Sun, 3 Oct 10

Reduce the size of your fat genes, and jeans

Have you been blaming your waist line on your genes? While genetics may play a role in the development of obesity even those with the strongest genetic tendency can dramatically reduce their risk.

Posted on Mon, 1 Feb 10

Step up your health with the 10,000 step challenge

Most people do not achieve recommended daily levels of physical activity for good health. Using a pedometer as a motivational tool it is possible to increase your daily activity levels, improve your health, lose weight, increases your level of awareness, motivate yourself, and find effective solutions for increasing your daily level of physical activity for the long term.

Posted on Tue, 21 Jul 09

Walk away from cellular ageing

Decline in the function and number of mitochondria, the energy producing component of your cells, has been associated with fatigue, disease and unhealthy ageing [1]. Modest physical activity reverses mitochondrial decline and can actually increases their number.