If you want to lose weight grab the leash and head out your door with your best friend. Walking with your dog is healthy for both you and your dog.
A study conducted by the University of Missouri-Columbia shows that dogs help their owners lose weight. Rebecca Johnson, an associate professor of nursing and the director of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction says “our goal was to look for ways
Scientists have long known that walking and other light exercise is good for your heart, now they are finding out that it may be good for your brain as well.
A number of studies have come out in the past year that show a link between a lack of exercise and the onset of dementia. Dementia may occur as the result of Alzheimer’s disease as well as other diseases.
In a study of
Oregon Research Institute studied 108 people who were over 60 years of age for the health benefits of walking on cobblestones. They came up with this wild idea after watching children and adults walking, exercising and dancing on cobblestone paths in China.
The Chinese believe that walking on cobblestones activates acupoints on the feet. Acupressure and acupuncture specialists say that points on the feet, hands, ears and other areas of body relate to specific
According to a recent study at the University of Tennessee, Amish have the ultimate fitness plan with real results. Amish statistics from this study are difficult to refute. Only four percent in the Amish community suffers from obesity, compared to a third of the American mainstream population.
The Amish fitness plan is as old as the land on which they live.
Unlike modern diets and fitness plans, which seem to offer up a new
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