Exercise

What role does dietary protein have in relation to physical activity and exercise? How much protein do you need if you are physically active? Should you be taking protein and/or amino supplements? Read on to find out more.

Short intense bouts of exercise improve cardiac and calorie output and can improve your health. But if you are looking for a quick fix for weight loss or weight maintenance this regime may not hit the spot.

Hypertension, or above normal blood pressure, can remain undetected, but increases the risk for stroke. Learn about risk factors for hypertension and how physical activity and nutrition can reduce those risks and improve your health.

Short, dull grey days and wet, snowy, windy or icy weather conditions need not curtail your physical activity. While you may need to change what you do there’s no need to quit. A change can be as good as a rest.

Retirement and old age may be a long way off, but it is never too soon, or too late, to take positive action to slow down your aging process and promote health and quality of life well into your senior years through regular physical activity.