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21 Running Tips From an Exercise Hater Turned Marathon Runner

As we all learned in elementary school from that bone song, the body is all connected. And running may be a sport that mostly uses certain leg muscles, but if the rest of your body is weak, those muscles will take the brunt of your running impact. That’s an easy way to get injured.  Instead …

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How Exercise Boosts Your Body’s Ability to Prevent Cancer

Oct. 4, 2023 – Forty-five minutes of intense exercise three times a week may reduce cancer risk in patients with Lynch syndrome, a genetic condition that can lead to cancer at a young age. That amount of exercise made the immune system more able to stamp out cancer cells, researchers at the University of Texas …

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Managing Migraine With the Right Recipe of Diet and Exercise

Diet and exercise are an important part of any health plan, but it can be especially helpful when dealing with migraines. While migraine tries to “take the fun out of life” from Michele Jordan, one of WebMD’s migraine bloggers, she knows that her best bet is sleep, a healthful diet and exercise. But she knows …

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Managing Migraine With the Right Recipe of Diet and Exercise

Diet and exercise are an important part of any health plan, but it can be especially helpful when dealing with migraines. While migraine tries to “take the fun out of life” from Michele Jordan, one of WebMD’s migraine bloggers, she knows that her best bet is sleep, a healthful diet and …

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Managing RA Through Diet and Exercise

When Jennifer Holder, community leader of Webmd’s Facebook RA group, has an RA flare up, she knows she’s missing out: on sleep, hydration and taking care of herself. Tending to her diet and exercise routine keep her on track and keep her flare ups at bay.  But that doesn’t stop her from taking fabulous vacations. …

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Get the Benefits of Exercise Without Breaking a Sweat

July 14, 2023 — For as long as we’ve had official recommendations for exercise, those recommendations have focused on effort. Do at least 150 minutes a week of “moderate to vigorous” physical activity, public health guidelines say. That could be anything from brisk walking (moderate) to competitive mountain-bike racing (vigorous).  But as broad as that …

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Exercise May Erase the Genetic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

June 22, 2023 – It’s one of those eternal questions in health care, but new science has an answer: Lifestyle matters more, at least when it comes to preventing type 2 diabetes.  Among 60,000 healthy, middle-aged adults, those who exercised the most – at least 68 minutes a day – were 74% less likely to …

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Best Time of Day to Exercise for Type 2 Diabetes

By Denise Mann  HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the millions of folks living with type 2 diabetes, you know that regular exercise can help you keep your blood sugar in check.  Now, new research suggests that working out in the afternoon may help maximize these benefits. The …

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