More important than your weight is your body fat percentage. One possible way to monitor your body fat at home is with skin-fold measurements using calipers. How accurate is this method?
Plant waters – you’ve probably seen it at your local supermarket. The most popular is coconut water but a growing array of plant waters are competing for the consumer’s attention. Are they healthy?
Sometimes you need to work your muscles a bit differently to get them to continue growing. Here’s an advanced strength-training strategy called rest-pause you may not have tried that can help you push through a plateau.
The old issue of whether to fast before cardio keeps coming up. Now, a new study shows that doing fasted cardio may turn on genes involved in fat burning. Find out more.
Artificial sweeteners – they have zero calories and offer all of the sweetness of sugar. If you’re trying to control your weight, you might be tempted to stock up. However, a new study provides further evidence that artificial sweeteners, despite their lack of calories, may contribute to weight gain.
Exercise can change your body composition, but even more surprising is the impact it has on the way your genes are expressed. In fact, a new study shows that even one exercise session can change how your genes are expressed. How’s that for immediate gratification?
Exercise may help slow the aging process. Aging begins at the cellular level – and a new study shows high-intensity interval training may be just the ticket for keeping your cells fit and healthy.
Weight loss isn’t always easy. You might think you have to lose a significant amount of weight to get health benefits. A new study shows this isn’t so. In fact, you can get health benefits by losing only 5% of your body weight.
Push-ups are an exercise that work multiple muscle groups – but you’ll maximize your benefits if you use proper form. Make sure you’re not making these six push-up mistakes.
BMI, or body mass index, is used by health care professionals to determine whether someone is a healthy body weight. However, this method has serious flaws. Here are six reasons BMI is not a good measure of health or fitness.
The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased almost 2 to 3-fold in the past three decades. It’s a cancer that develops most commonly in women. Find out what it is and why it might be on the rise.
How do you know whether you’re at high risk of heart disease? Cardiologists at UT Southwestern, based on recent research, describe five tests that more accurately predict the risk of cardiovascular disease.
