When many people take vacations, they often take a vacation from their exercise routines as well. But this may not be such a good idea after all. According to two new studies, significantly reducing physical activity for two weeks led to immediate negative metabolic consequences. The first study consisted of healthy 45-year-old adults, who accumulated …
Continue ReadingTo Increase Fertility, Go Nuts!
A recent study has shown that including nuts in a regular western diet significantly improves fertility in men by improving the quality and function of sperm. The duration of the randomized trial was 14-weeks, and was comprised of young healthy men between the ages of 18-35 years-old. The intervention group added 60 grams, or about …
Continue ReadingFor Better Erections, Exercise Is The Best Medicine
Most often, when someone is suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED), adopting an exercise routine is not immediately considered to be a viable remedy. But emerging research continues to support the efficacy for non-invasive treatment of ED with physical activity. A recent study found that 40 minutes of physical activity on most days of the week …
Continue ReadingOf Exercise, Mice, and Men?
Would you exercise if it meant you’d have smarter babies? In a new study that was published in Cell Reports, exercising male mice produced offspring with enhanced brain activity. Physical exercise has been shown to alter gene expression- turning certain genes on and others off, and now it looks like these changes can be passed …
Continue ReadingDecreased Dementia Associated with Midlife Cardiovascular Fitness
In a 44-year-long study involving women, high midlife cardiovascular fitness was related to a decreased risk in dementia. The study found a dose-dependent relationship between fitness level and dementia risk. Those with a high cardiovascular fitness level had only a 5% incidence of all-cause dementia by the end of the study, as compared with 25% …
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