Health

Before moving on, let's look at a few important principles: Always strive for a healthy diet by selecting appropriate and balanced foods. All foods can be part of a balanced, healthy diet. Eat foods that give you energy. Limit the consumption of bread, pasta, potatoes and sweets, and cover the majority of the carbohydrate intake from the consumption of fruits and other nutrients...

Many elderly people have difficulty climbing the stairs. This is usually related to reduced mobility. Because the muscles often have less strength and the joints have become stiffer over the years, it is more difficult to climb the stairs. Descending the stairs can also become more difficult. This is very annoying, because it certainly affects your freedom of movement in the house....

We all want to grow old, but not feel old. To have the best chance of aging healthily and with a lot of energy, it is advisable to exercise sufficiently. Yet many people over 65 do not meet these exercise guidelines. Only 40.3% gets enough exercise, according to research by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). But why is exercise so healthy for the elderly? And...

Boost your brain health 1. Schedule weekly appointments to exercise. It's easy to talk yourself out of a workout, but it's harder when you have a commitment to work out with a friend . In general, try to get at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week. Those who exercise are 45% less likely to get Alzheimer's disease, according to the...

We reevaluate how we spend our days to find happiness We've been socially distancing for a year now, wearing masks, staying home, and all of our meetings are via Zoom. Despite our best efforts and best intentions, most of us are struggling with pandemic fatigue. We are bored and find ourselves doing the same things over and over again without...

The new year has begun and with it come new resolutions: do more sport, lose weight, eat better, quit smoking... etc. To achieve these new purposes it is not necessary to lead an extremely organized life between work, the gym and the kitchen, and it is even impossible to have a healthy diet for those who do not...

1. Take care of your diet Increase the intake of fruits and vegetables, introduce fiber into your diet to improve intestinal transit, among many other benefits. Limit the consumption of sugars and salt in your diet, according to the WHO , reducing the consumption of sugars in our diet by only 5% would have benefits for our health. Get fond...

INTRODUCTION In the first article we investigated, in general terms, what were the general steps to follow to deal with a very common and sometimes underestimated problem such as the increase in fats circulating in the blood, cholesterol and triglycerides in particular. In this second article we go a little more specifically talking about individual foods, so that...

What does healthy food mean? The definition of "healthy food" is purely subjective and devoid of any scientific-nutritional criteria. Indeed, what is healthy for one subject may NOT be for another; this is valid both from the "real" and "ideological" point of view. Healthy foodsProbably, the only food category uniquely considered NOT healthy is that of " junk...

Introduction Particularly cold, or even icy feet , despite wearing thick socks and warm, padded shoes, are a sign that something is wrong. Not always in us, due to some related pathology (although there are medical causes of cold feet ), but in relation to the temperature on the earth's surface . This happens especially if your feet are cold and your hands are warm.  The thermal value at ground...