Meatless Monday: How One Day Makes a Difference
Meatless Monday is a movement across the nation that encourages people to cut out meat from their diet for just one day a week. Meatless Monday aims to improve your health through your diet – give it a try!
Why Meatless?
Meatless Monday is a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns who, in association with the Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, wants “to help you reduce your meat consumption by 15% in order to improve your personal health and the health of the planet”.
Meat production has a huge impact on our environment because of the high amount of resources that animals[…]
Is It True Vegetarians Live Longer?
According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, vegetarians live longer lives than meat eaters. But is it really because they don’t eat meat?
Expansive, Long Term Study
Numerous studies have shown links between a vegetarian diet and a healthier, longer life. However, the correlations have been weak and there has been much skepticism about the claims.
Researchers from Loma Linda University in California dug a little deeper to see if this correlation was in fact accurate. Their study followed the dietary patterns of nearly 75,000 Seventh-day Adventists, both men and women, for a period of about 6 years in an[…]
Avoid These 3 Diseases Through Exercise
Exercise is good for you. There is no doubt about that. Exercising regularly is even better for you. According to the CDC, only 30.7% of American adults engage in physical activity frequent enough to be considered a “regular” activity.
Some other important numbers in terms of health in the United States include the 10% of American adults who are depressed and 35% of American adults who are obese. Adding more exercise to your daily routine can help you avoid joining those statistics and keep your body strong and healthy!
Depression
The link[…]
Wednesday is National Senior Health & Fitness Day
The last Wednesday of every May marks National Senior Health & Fitness Day in the United States. Tomorrow, May 29th is the annual holiday for 2013, at the end of Older Americans Month.
Nationwide Activities 
Senior centers, nursing homes, gyms, and other community organizations across the nation will be participating in National Senior Health & Fitness Day. The day is intended to motivate seniors to stay healthy and fit. Over 100,000 people will be taking part in activities all over the country. In order to hold an official “Senior Day” event,[…]
New Alzheimer’s Research Pinpoints Disease Trigger
Alzheimer’s research studies are widespread, but very few have led to any major breakthroughs in recent years.
Cambridge Study Identifies Catalyst
Researchers at Cambridge University published a study on Monday that was able to identify the process that turns healthy cells into abnormal cells, the catalyst that causes the onset of Alzheimer’s. These findings bring scientists a step closer to finding prevention or treatment solutions for the disease.
Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and has recently passed cancer and heart disease as the most[…]
4 Easy Ways to Stay Active at Work
Americans seem to be more and more over-scheduled every year. 
We cram our calendars full of work and then wonder why we continue to gain so much weight. It isn’t difficult to see the causes, if you pause and take a look. With sedentary lifestyle on the increase and manual labor jobs on the decrease, Americans are moving less each day. Fewer people stay active at work, and life at home isn’t full of physical activity, either. Many people get home from a desk job only to sit down and watch television.[…]
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