Archive for category EXERCISE
Twenty three and a half hours
Posted by admin in EXERCISE, ICONS - Golden apple on October 1st, 2012
There are far too many complex messages about how to be healthy.
But not this one.
This is an excellent video!
The message is simple:
Just limit your sleeping and sitting to just twenty three and a half hours a day!
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Swimming pools and asthma
Posted by admin in ALLERGY, Air Quality, Asthma, EXERCISE, ICONS - Breaking news, Sport on January 12th, 2012
About a year ago there was some news that exposing babies to the chlorinated water of indoor swimming pools might precipitate asthma.
ASTHMA WARNING FOR SWIMMING BABES
There is now some news that elite swimmers show evidence of lung damage and this is being put down to exposure to swimming pool chlorine.
POOL CHLORINE TIED TO LUNG DAMAGE IN ELITE SWIMMERS
COUNTRIES : FRANCE AND CANADA
Competitive swimmers who train at indoor chlorinated swimming pools may have lung changes similar to those seen in people with mild asthma, a new study has found.
Researchers from France and Canada compared lung tissue and breathing tests from twenty-three elite Canadian swimmers, whose average age was 21, to ten mild asthmatics and 10 healthy, non-allergic people of the same age. Tissue samples and tests were taken during the off-season when swimmers were not competing.
The full article is published in The Journal of Allergy and clinical Immunology – Abstract available – paywall for access to whole paper:
Conclusion
Intense, long-term swimming training in indoor chlorinated swimming pools is associated with airway changes similar to those seen in mild asthma, but with higher mucin expression. These changes were independent from airway hyperresponsiveness. The long-term physiological and clinical consequences of these changes remain to be clarified.
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Why get fit?
Posted by admin in EXERCISE, ICONS - Golden apple on December 2nd, 2009
COUNTRY: UK
Most of us don’t exercise naturally much nowadays. Many of the manual jobs have disappeared. We drive around rather than walk and computers have taken over the lives of many.
The BBC runs a series of heath articles on fitness. This page deals with:
1. Excuses
2. Don’t be a statistic.
3. Keep mobile
It links to several other sections and news items on the benefits of exercise.
The excuses:
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The pressures of home and family life can also mean it feels as if there’s little time left to fit in exercise. It’s certainly tough to get started.
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So, it’s worth thinking about what you gain from regular exercise and making even a partial improvement to your fitness.
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* Physical inactivity is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease – in other words, if you don’t exercise you dramatically increase your risk of dying from a heart attack
* Conversely, exercise means a healthier heart because it reduces several cardiovascular risks, including high blood pressure
* Being physically active can bolster good mental health and help you to manage stress, anxiety and even depression
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