For more than a decade, researchers have been turning out studies to show that more time spent sitting correlates with a greater risk of mortality. Today’s research materials are a recent example of the type, the analysis carried out in a sizable study population. The most obvious cause to suggest is that people who spend more time sedentary also spend less time exercising, and it is the amount of exercise that actually matters. There are studies controlling for exercise level that show that sitting time correlates with mortality independently of exercise level, and there are studies that claim the opposite, that it is all about the degree of exercise rather than the time spent sitting. This is business as usual in the field of <a href="…
For more than a decade, researchers have been turning out studies to show that more time spent sitting correlates with a greater risk of mortality. Today’s research materials are a recent example of the type, the analysis carried out in a sizable study population. The most obvious cause to suggest is that people who spend more time sedentary also spend less time exercising, and it is the amount of exercise that actually matters. There are studies controlling for exercise level that show that sitting time correlates with mortality independently of exercise level, and there are studies that claim the opposite, that it is all about the degree of exercise rather than the time spent sitting. This is business as usual in the field of <a href="…
Inflammaging describes the raised, unresolved inflammation characteristic of old tissues, a dysfunction of the immune system that in turn produces failures of tissue maintenance and function. It arises from issues such as the inflammatory signaling of senescent cells and the reaction of the innate immune system to DNA debris from age-damaged cells. That senescent cells can be cleared, and that clearance will soon enough become a part of everyday medicine, means that the burden of inflammaging for future generations will be diminished. As a result, many age-related di…
Inflammaging describes the raised, unresolved inflammation characteristic of old tissues, a dysfunction of the immune system that in turn produces failures of tissue maintenance and function. It arises from issues such as the inflammatory signaling of senescent cells and the reaction of the innate immune system to DNA debris from age-damaged cells. That senescent cells can be cleared, and that clearance will soon enough become a part of everyday medicine, means that the burden of inflammaging for future generations will be diminished. As a result, many age-related di…
“Refuse to inherit dysfunction. Learn new ways of living instead of repeating what you lived through.” ~Thema Davis
For anybody that experienced a chaotic childhood, stability in adulthood is unfamiliar territory.
When you grow up in an environment where shouting is the norm, unstable relationships are all you observe, and moods are determined by others in your household, it’s hard to ever feel relaxed.
As an adult dealing with the long-term effects of childhood instability and chaos, I jump at the slightest sound now.
And I know I’m not alone when I say instability is all I have experienced.
I recall one recent occasion when my flatmate asked jokingly, “What’s wrong with you? I live with you!” as sh…
“Refuse to inherit dysfunction. Learn new ways of living instead of repeating what you lived through.” ~Thema Davis
For anybody that experienced a chaotic childhood, stability in adulthood is unfamiliar territory.
When you grow up in an environment where shouting is the norm, unstable relationships are all you observe, and moods are determined by others in your household, it’s hard to ever feel relaxed.
As an adult dealing with the long-term effects of childhood instability and chaos, I jump at the slightest sound now.
And I know I’m not alone when I say instability is all I have experienced.
I recall one recent occasion when my flatmate asked jokingly, “What’s wrong with you? I live with you!” as sh…
Dry brushing won’t get rid of cellulite, but it may have a smoothing, exfoliating effect on your skin.
There are a plethora of peeps who swear dry brushing can help cellulite. But there’s actually no scientific evidence to support brushing your skin with dry bristles will banish those rimples and dimples.
If you don’t like the look of your skin, just remember: cellulite is an incredibly common and normal part of being human. And while you can’t just get rid of it with dry brushing, the practice may offer other skin benefits.
Dry brushing won’t get rid of cellulite, but it may have a smoothing, exfoliating effect on your skin.
There are a plethora of peeps who swear dry brushing can help cellulite. But there’s actually no scientific evidence to support brushing your skin with dry bristles will banish those rimples and dimples.
If you don’t like the look of your skin, just remember: cellulite is an incredibly common and normal part of being human. And while you can’t just get rid of it with dry brushing, the practice may offer other skin benefits.
So much of our difficulties can be entangled with our sense of self worth — from whether we take care of ourselves with good habits to how we are in relationships to how much confidence we have at work.
Think about your biggest difficulties (other than problems at a national or global level) … how many of them could be resolved if you had an unshakable confidence in your self-worth? If you felt whole, complete, and incredibly worthy?
You could create and put your creation out into the world with confidence, and even market it to others.
You could launch a business or venture, create an organization to serve others, teach something you care about.
You could speak confidently in public, put your ideas out there, stand for yourself. You could set boundaries, express your needs, take care of yourself.
So much of our difficulties can be entangled with our sense of self worth — from whether we take care of ourselves with good habits to how we are in relationships to how much confidence we have at work.
Think about your biggest difficulties (other than problems at a national or global level) … how many of them could be resolved if you had an unshakable confidence in your self-worth? If you felt whole, complete, and incredibly worthy?
You could create and put your creation out into the world with confidence, and even market it to others.
You could launch a business or venture, create an organization to serve others, teach something you care about.
You could speak confidently in public, put your ideas out there, stand for yourself. You could set boundaries, express your needs, take care of yourself.
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” ~Rumi
“Isn’t this a miracle?” I asked myself in the milk aisle at Whole Foods.
It was a Wednesday night after work, and I was buying a few staples to get us through the week. It was a completely ordinary moment in a completely ordinary day, and it was miraculous.
Rewind a few years, same Whole Foods, same shopping list, and you’d find me absentmindedly wandering the aisles, lost in a head full of worries. I couldn’t tell you now what I was worried about then—the house, the kids, money, probably.
My body would be tense, with a hint of tears right behind my eyes.
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” ~Rumi
“Isn’t this a miracle?” I asked myself in the milk aisle at Whole Foods.
It was a Wednesday night after work, and I was buying a few staples to get us through the week. It was a completely ordinary moment in a completely ordinary day, and it was miraculous.
Rewind a few years, same Whole Foods, same shopping list, and you’d find me absentmindedly wandering the aisles, lost in a head full of worries. I couldn’t tell you now what I was worried about then—the house, the kids, money, probably.
My body would be tense, with a hint of tears right behind my eyes.
Aortic stiffness occurs with age, and produces raised blood pressure, hypertension, by sabotaging the usual feedback mechanisms that control blood pressure. Hypertension in turn results in structural damage to delicate tissues throughout the body, as well as producing further biochemical changes that encourage ventricular hypertrophy, among other forms of dysfunction. It causes enough harm that control of blood pressure can meaningfully reduce mortality even without addressing underlying causes of degenerative aging.
Aortic stiffness occurs with age, and produces raised blood pressure, hypertension, by sabotaging the usual feedback mechanisms that control blood pressure. Hypertension in turn results in structural damage to delicate tissues throughout the body, as well as producing further biochemical changes that encourage ventricular hypertrophy, among other forms of dysfunction. It causes enough harm that control of blood pressure can meaningfully reduce mortality even without addressing underlying causes of degenerative aging.
This interesting paper notes that the difference in blood pressure assessed in left and right limbs correlates with measures arterial stiffening, but perhaps only in the legs rather than the arms. This is a consequence of human physiology, the structure of the circulatory system, and how stiffening affects control of blood pressure. The debate that the authors address is whether or not arms and legs are both relevant measurement sites on the body for this correlation. Their evidence points to ankle measurement of blood pressure as the more relevant site, and they theorize as to why this might be the case. It is all interesting! But as is true of a great deal of present day biometrics relating to aging, the purpose of <a href="https://www.fightag…
This interesting paper notes that the difference in blood pressure assessed in left and right limbs correlates with measures arterial stiffening, but perhaps only in the legs rather than the arms. This is a consequence of human physiology, the structure of the circulatory system, and how stiffening affects control of blood pressure. The debate that the authors address is whether or not arms and legs are both relevant measurement sites on the body for this correlation. Their evidence points to ankle measurement of blood pressure as the more relevant site, and they theorize as to why this might be the case. It is all interesting! But as is true of a great deal of present day biometrics relating to aging, the purpose of <a href="https://www.fightag…
