All posts by MS
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Relieve upper-back tension with the Modified Cobra
To relieve tension in the upper back, while stabilizing the scapula. Assume a position on your stomach...
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Up and Go
Using a standard chair (with arms) that is positioned against a wall or a stable bench –...
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Controlling Your Stress May Include Assessing Your Magnesium Intake
Stress is no stranger to human existence. It’s a normal part of living and functioning in a...
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Sit to Stand
The Sit-to-Stand exercise is used to assess leg strength in the older age population, with the results...
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8500 Daily Steps Reduces a High Fat Meal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
An individual, who is overweight or obese, with a dysfunctional lipid pattern, especially triglycerides, a blood fat...
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TheraBand-Assisted Lower Extremity Stretch
Maintenance of flexibility, especially as we age, is important to reduce the risk of injury, such as...
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Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Update
1944 research determined that Greenland Eskimos, who despite a diet high in fat, had a lower incidence...
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Vote for “Workout Wednesday’s” own April Dupre to become NEOU’s Next Fitness Superstar Hosted By “Biggest Loser’s” Bob Harper
The Biggest Loser host Bob Harper has teamed up with NEOU to find the next top trainer!...
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Nutrition Plays a Major Role in the Pre/Post-Operative and Rehabilitation Process
It’s estimated that the annual cost of recreational or sports-related injury and rehabilitation is roughly nine billion...
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You’re as young as you are metabolically active
Common sense tells you that the longer the duration of exercise, the larger the energy expenditure –...
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How Much Water Should We Consume?
Human body water functions include aiding the digestion process, circulation of nutrients and substances across cell membranes,...
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Overnight Shift Workers Must Contend with the Negative Aspects of Their Work
According to research – Early Morning Food Intake as a Risk Factor for Metabolic Dysregulation – which...
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness & Muscular Strength Reduce Risk of Arterial Stiffness
In the Covid-19 world, research shows that being older—over 65—with hypertension—high blood pressure—increases the risk of complications...
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Early Time Restricted Eating Reduces Metabolic Risk in Prediabetic Men
In the Covid-19 world, those individuals, especially older males, with comorbidities, like hypertension and diabetes, are at...
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Covid-19 Diet and Nutrient Immunity Update
Immune modulation—having an aggressive immune (defense) system, available to meet invading pathogens and destroy foreign cells—came into...
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In Search of the Fountain of Youth: Healthy Aging
Based on research—”Calorie Restriction and Aging in Humans”—which appeared online in June of 2020 in the Annual...
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Mediterranean Diet Helps with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined in the literature, as an accumulation of liver fat in...
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Healthy Eating Patterns Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
On June 15,th 2020, NBC News reported that death rates are 12 times higher for coronavirus patients...
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Understanding Obesity and Its Implications
The US department of Health and Human Services says the most common way to determine, if a...
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Short and Long-Term Sleep Patterns Can Affect Mortality
As we age, especially over 65, our habitual sleep duration changes— emphasizing a potentially shorter duration that...
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A Healthy Lifestyle Increases Years Lived Without Chronic Disease
With Covid-19 a major player in the health care arena—immune modulation, diagnostic testing, comorbidities (concurrent health issues),...
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COQ-10 Improves Endothelial Function & Reduces Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Dyslipidemia, the characteristic change of one or more blood lipid (fat) components—including total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein...
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Whey Protein Isolate May Favorably Alter Cardiovascular Function in Older Adults
Based on research into the various paths the Covid-19 disease can track in the human body, it’s...
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Immune Update: How Your Defense Fights & Nutrients That Support It
In January of 2020, “A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System—Working in Harmony to Reduce the...
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Bovine Colostrum: Another Option in the Immune Toolbox
Recently NBC News reported on the findings of research, “Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients...