When choosing a diet to lose weight it seems that rather than eating a balanced healthy diet people choose to follow the latest celebrity endorsed diet which often emphasize eating high levels of protein, fat or carbohydrates. Now researchers have examined the long term advantages of these diets.
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Coronary artery disease occurs as a result of a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol. When cholesterol attaches itself to high-density lipoproteins (HDL) it can then be transported away from your arteries to the liver to be eliminated. HDL-C is therefore considered good cholesterol and new research suggests it can be increased by endurance exercise.
Ankle sprains are the most common sporting injury. New research suggests that proprioceptive training may reduce the risk of the injury recurring when you return to sport.
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Whilst the risk of dying from swine flu is minimal, incidences are on the increase and observational reports suggest being obese could be a serious risk against surviving the flu.
You probably have read the headlines this week ‘Eat less and live longer’. But how much should you believe as robust science and how much of the story is just sensationalising headlines?
A healthy balanced diet containing fruit and vegetables should be sufficient to provide all the vitamins and minerals the body needs. But don’t think if you eat a poor diet you can just take a supplement. Here we report how, when combined with exercise, antioxidant supplements may actually do more harm than good.
Everyone knows the maths, increased food plus decreased activity equals increased weight gain and fat accumulation. But consuming the right types of fat for your body shape may affect your fat metabolism
Professional tennis has recently begun to allow players to challenge umpire’s calls by utilising a computer system called Hawk-eye. However, a perceptual error is often made by professional tennis umpires, which players could exploit to their advantage, with successful challenges having significant effects on the outcome of matches.
