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The Coronavirus Guide for Getting Food

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, General Health, Health Warning

Most of us could survive quarantined in our homes for weeks except for one thing…

We have to eat. 

There’s no way to avoid buying groceries or ordering takeout. For many of us, getting food is our only contact with the world outside our homes.

And that makes it the most likely way we could catch coronavirus. 

Here are seven ways to reduce the risk…

5 Coronavirus Rules for Getting Food

  1. Go to the store as early in the day as possible.
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The Extra Virgin Olive Oil Myth

In All Health Watch, Alzheimer's and Memory, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, General Health, Weight Loss

We all know that olive oil is good for us. Especially the more expensive extra virgin kind. 

Studies have found that it leads to healthy aging, prevents heart disease, wards off Alzheimer’s, cuts the risk of diabetes, fights arthritis, and contributes to a healthy body weight.[1]

Despite extra virgin olive oil’s status as a superfood, it has always had one drawback.… Read More

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7 Foods that Strengthen Immunity

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, General Health, Gut Health, Immune Health

Let’s be clear: Science doesn’t yet know of any drugs or supplements that will specifically target coronavirus and keep it at bay.

But a strong immune system gives your body a better chance to fight off any viral infection.

Here are seven foods that will help boost your defenses against whatever bugs may come your way…

7 Foods for a Stronger Immune System

  1. Broccoli.
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Simple Way to Double Your Calorie Burn Without Exercise

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Weight Loss

It seems like the Holy Grail for dieters…

Increase the number of calories you burn without exercising or changing what you eat. 

This metabolic acceleration would allow you to lose weight far easier than going on a traditional diet that forces you to eat less and go hungry. Nor would you have to exercise yourself into exhaustion.

This isn’t just a fantasy.… Read More

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1,000 Steps Does This to Your Body

In All Health Watch, Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Featured Article, Fitness and Exercise, General Health, Heart and Cardiovascular, Weight Loss

Professor Neil Alexander of the University of Leeds was a world-renowned pioneer in the study of biomechanics. This is the science of how living things move.

He noted that humans are the only mammals who walk on two legs (some apes do it for short periods of time).[1] [2] [3]

“Walking,” he said, “is the exercise man is naturally meant to do.”… Read More

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The Diet That Keeps You Young

In All Health Watch, Anti-Aging, Cognitive Health, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Longevity

Few people talk about frailty as a major disease. But it’s what destroys the quality of life for millions of seniors.

Those affected can no longer live independently or be physically active. Simple tasks like opening a jar or walking up stairs become impossible. They may became painfully thin. Their energy evaporates.

And frailty does not just mean losing your quality of life.… Read More