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Top 4 Men’s Health Tips
Canadian men need to do a better job of taking care of themselves, given they are more likely to die young or die from preventable or avoidable causes of death more than women, and have higher rates of suicide and accidental death.
Is It Time for a New(s) Diet?
When once news came to us in drips and drabs, and never from parts of the world we couldn’t get to easily, now it is available to us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. And from all corners of the glove, from multiple sources, with multiple viewpoints and multiple agendas.
Just like our bodies were not designed to eat as much as we do, and what we do, we also weren’t designed to be inputting information at the rate we do and as consistently as we do from as far away as we do.
Turkish Leeks
This recipe is a delicious side dish that is comforting at the same time it is healthy. Loaded with vegetables this is sure to please!
Good News? Bad News? Nobody knows…
It is a story of a Chinese farmer that had an old horse for tilling his fields. One day the horse escaped into the hills and, when all the farmers neighbours sympathized with the the old man over his bad luck the farmer replied, ‘Bad luck? Good luck? Nobody knows.’
VILPA: The Exercise You’ve Never Heard of That Could Save Your Life
The study found that three bouts of VILPA per day, lasting only one to two minutes each, leads to a 40% decrease in cancer mortality risk and a near 50% decrease in cardiovascular disease mortality risk. (In case you aren’t aware, these are the top two leading causes of death today!)
What is Powerpenia? And why should you care?
.. a loss of power, called powerpenia, is actually a better predictor of adverse health outcomes, such as falls, physical dependence, immobility etc compared to strength or mass.