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4 Tips for Staying Healthy After 60

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Aging is no cakewalk, and it can certainly take a toll on your emotional, mental and physical health. While not being as young as you once were may limit you in some aspects, there is no reason to become a recluse. Staying healthy is as much a mindset as a life choice and there are several steps you can take to remain healthy even after 60.

Be Social

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While some seniors may dread nursing home enrollment, others see nursing homes as an exclusive community of like-minded people. Studies have shown that isolation and loneliness are more damaging to your health than obesity. Your lack of social interaction can give you increased risk of diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. [Read more…]

Originally posted on January 22, 2016 @ 9:14 pm

Why Smoking Is Bad For You At Any Age

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Smoking is bad for you, that’s no surprise. For years now you have been told this, there is even a warning on the side of the cigarette box with different warnings. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in the U.S. Of those deaths, 87 percent of men get lung cancer from smoking and 70 percent of women do.

Teenage Smokers

Not all smokers are adults. Age restrictions on cigarettes don’t stop underage smokers from getting their hands on cigarettes. In fact, according to some statistics, 90 percent of smokers started before they turned 19.

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If your teenager is smoking you’ll want to know the facts about why it is bad for them and what it could be doing to their body. While many teens are turning to e-cigarettes these day, these things are not addiction free, nor are they not potentially hazardous. Not enough information is out there about them yet to determine if they are all that much safer than smokes. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 22, 2015 @ 1:15 pm

Skulpt Aim Measures Your Muscle Quality With Handheld Device

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This is a guest post by Andrew Little from CrowdDistrict.com, an online publication for all crowdfunding projects and news. 

Skulpt Aim is trying to revolutionize the way fitness is measured. This amazing fitness tracker was created by a team of Ivy League vets, who are looking to change the way we exercise. The Skulpt Aim, launching on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform measures the fat percentage and muscle quality of your workout in seconds.

What is Crowdfunding?

For those of you new to crowdfunding, it’s a term used when people turn to the masses via the internet to raise micro investments to help fund an idea. Many times these people have both amazing and innovative ideas, yet no access to venture capital. Indiegogo is a platform in which you may advertise your project and begin to build a loyal consumer base.

The Skulpt Aim on Indiegogo via CrowdDistrict

What Are The Benefits of Skulpt Aim?

Skulpt Aim is a great fitness tracker for a couple different reasons. One being that this tracker, unlike most fitness trackers, measures muscle quality and fat percentage.

MQ, or Muscle Quality, is a measure of a muscle’s strength and definition. It is calculated by analyzing how current flows through muscle tissue using multi-frequency signals applied with four different electrode configurations.

The Skulpt Aim on Indiegogo via CrowdDistrict

These are two crucial measurements needed to determine the results of your workout. The second reason is with these measurements, users can quantify their gains or losses. As explained in our article featuring the Atlas Wristband, recording your steps, calories, and heart rate are not effective means to track your progress. Although motivating these variables are very minuscule in the overall progression of your personal fitness, you need a device that can track your body from the inside out. Skulpt Aim is the first fitness tracker to offer these features.

If you’re not familiar with CrowdDistrict, you’ll soon pick up that we are crazy about the latest fitness technology. We support the effort of those out there looking to improve the quality of health for other. And of course, so does The Health Blog.

Who’s Building Skulpt Aim?

The team was founded by Dr. Jose Bohoroquez and Dr. Seward Rutkove. The latter graduated in engineering from MIT and the former currently teaches at Harvard. The rest of their 13 person team is made of developers, engineers, designers, and even a growth hacker. Having a experienced team is not a requirement for crowdfunding projects but will make you feel a lot better supporting the project.

Wrap Up

For athletes everywhere you need the ability to measure how leaner and stronger you are getting every day. That’s the only way to improve, and to set your fitness goals. Get a grip on your personal fitness with the Skulpt Aim fitness tracker.

THE STEAL: $149 for your entire Skulpt Aim fitness pack.

Originally posted on January 8, 2014 @ 8:20 am

4 Health Myths That Remain Myths

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With all the barrage of health information available on the internet these days, it’s easy to be swayed to believe certain data that may not actually be true at all. In short, people can be made to believe the healthy myths that may not actually have a real basis.

Some of the popular health myths are simply just myths and not something to be afraid of. We share here some of the true facts as provided by trusted medical experts.

Fatty Food and Carbs can Make You Fat

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Health experts say it’s not true that eating fat can make a person fat. In fact, fat should be an important part of one’s daily diet. It is only when too much fat is consumed that an energy imbalance occurs leading to weight gain. Fat is said to be a concentrated source of calories and when more is taken, this often results in a person adding more weight. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 23, 2013 @ 11:29 pm