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28/07/2025

FIGHT STRESS BY BEING IN SHAPE

👉Chronic stress promotes cardiovascular disease and increases the risk of heart 🫀attack and stroke. Stress increases levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which promotes fat deposition, suppresses the immune system, and speeds the progression of arterial disease.
Physical fitness might help fight the physiological effects of stress. Heather Webb from Mississippi State 👨‍🔬University and co-workers found that fit people showed lower cortisol levels during simultaneous physical and mental stress. Test subjects were asked to perform mental tasks during exercise.
Physically fit people showed lower anxiety and cortisol levels than unfit people. Fight stress by staying physically active.
👀(Medicine Science Sports Exercise, 45: 379-386)

28/07/2025

Not All 🐟Fish Have the Same Health Benefits

👉Fatty 🐠fish such as salmon and mackerel are high in omega-3 fatty acids, which prevent cardiovascular disease and heart attack. Fish might have other health benefits. One 👨‍🔬study found that cod decreased insulin resistance. A 🇨🇦Canadian study on rats from the University of Laval in Québec found that salmon protected against insulin resistance, but that bonito, herring and mackerel had no effect. Salmon also prevented fat deposition. All the 🐠fish studied reduced markers of inflammation, which have been linked to obesity and cardiovascular disease.
👀(Metabolism, 60: 1122-1130)

24/07/2025

Best Diet for Blood Sugar Control

👉Obesity is linked to insulin resistance, poor blood sugar control and type 2 diabetes. Diet plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism. A study 👨‍🔬on obese adults in eight European countries found that high protein, low glycemic index diets promoted carbohydrate metabolism better than diets lower in protein and higher in simple carbohydrates.
Glycemic index is a measure of how fast a food increases 🩸blood sugar. The above study involved nearly 1,000 adults who were fed diets containing various combinations of high and low protein and high and low glycemic index foods. The people were also able to tolerate the high protein, low glycemic index diets best. The diets were ad libitum, which means that they could eat as much as they wanted.
This study showed that altering the composition of the diet had positive metabolic effects, even in the absence of caloric restriction.
👀(Diabetes Metabolic Research Reviews, published online)

24/07/2025

Don't take NSAIDs Before Training

👉Many bodybuilders and power athletes take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen before workouts or competitions to help them exercise more intensely and prevent post-exercise soreness. Stuart Warden from Indiana 👨‍🔬University warned that this practice is unsafe.
NSAIDs mask pain and slow healing, which could cause long-term or permanent damage to muscles, joints and tendons. They inhibit the formation of collagen, which is an important connective tissue for promoting healing and tissue strength.
Chronic use of NSAIDs can also cause ulcers and gastrointestinal distress. Athletes with an acute or chronic athletic injury and who have no prior history of NSAID side effects can use these drugs for a maximum of seven days to reduce pain and inflammation
Several studies found that NSAIDs interfere with muscle protein synthesis and hypertrophy, so most bodybuilders should avoid them.
👀(British Journal Sports Medicine, 43: 548-5401

23/07/2025

Surgical Treatment for GYNECOMASTIA

👉Gynecomastia is abnormal 🤱breast tissue development in men. Many bodybuilders develop gynecomastia from using anabolic steroids or from increased testosterone levels during adolescence. A portion of testosterone is converted to estrogen, which promotes breast tissue growth.
Italian scientists described a surgical technique for treating gynecomastia that involved liposuction and microsurgery to remove excess breast tissue. The surgery adjusted the location of the ni***es so that they looked natural, without affecting neural sensitivity. Surgery for gynecomastia typically produces satisfying results.
👀(Aesthetics Plastic Surgery, 33: 834-837)

23/07/2025

Processed Meats Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

👉Some bodybuilders like to eat hot dogs🐶, bacon🥓, or sausage for a cheat meal now and then. Overconsumption of these foods increased the risk of type 2 diabetes by 12 to 32 percent - according to a Harvard 👨‍🔬University study of more than 200,000 people. The risk of diabetes was greatest in people who consumed the greatest amounts of processed red meat. You are not doomed if you like these foods. Among people who ate one serving of processed meat per day (100 grams), consuming one serving of whole grains per day reduced the risk of diabetes by 23 percent; eating one serving of nuts reduced the risk by 21 percent; and eating one serving of low-fat dairy food reduced the risk by 17 percent.
You can eat less healthy foods if you balance them with healthy foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
👀(American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, published online)

22/07/2025

Simple Fixes to Stop Snoring

👉Snoring is extremely common, but it can cause severe problems with your relationships and with your health. Some people snore so loudly that their partners refuse to sleep in the same room with them. Snoring is also a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea, which can promote obesity, insulin resistance, high 🩸blood pressure, and heart🫀arrhythmias. Snoring cures range from surgery to PAP machines. While these techniques are often effective, they are expensive, inconvenient, and sometimes dangerous. Murray Grossan from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center suggested some exercises that might help some people stop or reduce snoring. The first is to play a wooden Australian instrument called a didgeridoo, which develops the muscles in the throat and prevents the collapsed airway linked to snoring.
Another is to do throat exercises, such as isometric contractions with your tongue against the roof of your mouth. These exercises work best in people with minimal airway obstruction during sleep. However, they are safe and easy to do, so give them a try.
👀(Bottomline Health, published online)

22/07/2025

EXERCISE PROMOTES GROWTH OF MITOCHONDRIA IN THE BRAIN

👉The mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cells and are responsible for converting energy from food into forms of energy that can be used by the body. Well-functioning mitochondria are critical for health and longevity. Decreases in mitochondrial function in the 🧠brain can cause declines in mental function with age. In athletes, well-functioning brain mitochondria prevent fatigue. Mark Davis and colleagues from the 👨‍🔬University of South Carolina, in a study on rats🐀, found that treadmill exercise increased mitochondrial development in the brain. Exercise plays an important role in maximizing the health and performance of the nervous system and may prevent age-related dementia.
👀(Journal of Applied Physiology, published online)

21/07/2025

Why Sleep Is Important

👉Sleep is necessary for good health and for the body's overall recovery and restoration. And adequate sleep is vital for building muscle - as muscles grow during sleep and recovery, not while you're in the gym. Lack of sleep leaves you feeling fatigued, achy, and disoriented. 🇧🇷Brazilian 👨‍🔬scientists speculated that sleep is critical for protein synthesis. Lack of sleep causes tissue breakdown marked by increases in catabolic hormones such as cortisol and decreases in anabolic hormones such as testosterone and insulin-like growth Factor Inadequate sleep slows pathways involved in protein synthesis, increases protein breakdown, and promotes loss of muscle mass and muscle degradation. In athletes, inadequate sleep slows injury repair and tissue recovery. In older adults, sleep deprivation can contribute to sarcopenia - the loss of muscle tissue. 👀(Medical Hypotheses, 77: 220-222)

21/07/2025

ALCOHOL 🍻 IS GOOD FOR THE HEART

👉Many people abstain from alcohol because they think that it's good for their health. Overwhelming evidence shows that moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of coronary artery disease and promotes longevity. Data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition found that consumption of any amount of alcohol (moderate, high, or very high consumption) reduces the risk of heart disease by 30 percent. Excessive 🍺alcohol consumption, however, increases the risk of addiction, domestic violence, and liver disease.
Alcohol is also high in calories, so excess consumption could promote obesity.
👀(Tufts Health Letter, published online)

20/07/2025

MEMORY LOSS LINKED TO LOW GROWTH HORMONE

👉Short-term memory loss, commonly known as "having a senior moment," is a significant problem in older adults. A study from Wake Forest 👨‍🔬University School of Medicine found that animals with low levels of growth hormone during adolescence had a higher risk of memory loss during old age.
Animals given supplemental growth hormone when they were young performed better on tests of learning and memory when they reached old age. Growth hormone influences growth, metabolism and the central nervous system. Growth hormone supplements might promote health in people with hormone deficiencies any time during life.
👀(ScienceDaily, published online)

20/07/2025

FAT BUTT HEALTHIER THAN FAT GUT

👉It's healthier to have a fat ass than a fat gut. Abdominal fat deposition is linked to the metabolic syndrome - a collection of symptoms that includes high 🩸blood pressure, high cholesterol, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, inflammation and 🩸blood-clotting normalities. Italian 👨‍🔬researchers found that abdominal fat increased the risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Greater thigh fat was related to improved 🩸blood sugar stabolism and a reduced risk of diabetes. The association applied to middle-aged and older men and women. Studies from the University of Virginia found that high-intensity interval training is one of the best ways to reduce abdominal fat and improve blood sugar metabolism.
👀(Obesity, 20: 1115-1117)

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