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Mostly all of our celebrities in Bollywood, are playing too safe, trying not to venture out unless absolutely necessary. So what do they do to keep fit and healthy, while heeding the new advice about staying at home when the pandemic cancels all of their shoots? Well first off, they obey all the precautions and secondly, they try to improve the immune system of their body. As gyms have closed temporarily to avoid the spread of this disease, actresses like Katrina Kaif, Malaika Arora, Jacqueline Fernandez, Urvashi Rautela and many others, have started working out at home and teaching their fans how to do it too. The gorgeous Urvashi posted a video about how to exercise and stretch your muscles without exerting too much pressure on your body, on her social media handle and sending messages to her followers. In the video, besides pulling off a handstand, she can be seen forming a bridge with her body and taking the support of the wall to continue with the cartwheel. She can be seen effortlessly pulling off the yoga routine which requires high flexibility. She has mentioned in the caption that the pose is called back walkover. What Urvashi showed us was an easy yoga stretch that can be done at home using all smooth vertical surfaces possible."Yoga and other such physical activities can be done from your chair or sofa - squats, tricep dips, crunches, bodywork exercises and so on. When it comes to food, sticking to proteins and fruits and vegetables is the best way to keep your metabolism going, your gut healthy, and your digestive system on track amidst the stress and chaos of the virus fears. Adding in health and fitness into your daily routine, or keeping it up if you currently have one, is huge right now," said Urvashi.
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You probably wouldn't recognize actor Ethan Suplee if you saw him out in public these days, even though he's been onscreen, both in TV and movies, for the better part of the quarter century (he's been in everything from Boy Meets World as a kid to Mallrats, American History X, Remember the Titans, My Name Is Earl, Wolf of Wall Street, and most recently Motherless Brooklyn). Suplee has pulled off one of the most dramatic and impressive transformations we've seen from someone living under the public eye, but his workouts weren't to pack on the muscle needed to play a superhero. Suplee was more focused on transforming his relationship with food and fitness. Then the pounds dropped, and muscle followed.
The 43-year-old actor recently documented his progress, sharing that he had shed over 200 pounds and started packing on muscle with a consistent weightlifting routine. Suplee is all-in on this newfound health kick, to the point that he's started his own podcast, American Glutton, that focuses investigates obesity, diet culture, and the ways that he has engaged with his own health over the last 20-plus years.
But this isn't the first time Suplee, who has weighed over 500 pounds before, has slimmed down. So far, though, it feels like it's the first time that all of his hard work will help him to actually maintain a healthy lifestyle. He opened up about his journey in a phone interview with Men's Health, along with sharing his go-to chest push day workout on video.
Suplee says that he was always a "heavy kid," and that's when his relationship to his weight and food developed. His grandparents put him on a diet, so he began sneaking food and preferring to eat alone, a cycle that would become hard to break as an adult. Food became just like every other drug, and I didnt understand how my body used it, he says. But there was still a long road ahead, and many of Suplee's earliest roles showcased his size as much as they did his talents.
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By 2002, Suplee knew he had to change. "I had this girlfriend at the time, and I just realized at some point that in order to have a lasting relationship with her and be able to lead the life I wanted to lead, I would have to do something about my health." He opened up to her about his goals, and they set out to live a healthier life. Suplee started by putting himself on a liquid diet and estimates that he lost 80 pounds in two months, an extreme drop and lifestyle change that he would never advocate now. He shifted to a diet that only allowed him small portions of lean meat and vegetables, got down to around 400 pounds, then the weight loss slowed down. That wasn't good enough for Suplee.
"You have this immediate massive drop in weight, and you go okay, I want to keep riding that roller coaster to the finish line," he says. "But there's no thought to the long term practicality of weight loss."
Once 2005 rolled around, his wife was pregnant with their first child and Suplee was an exercise fiend, practicing Muay Thai and jiu jitsu. But his weight loss had plateaued, and he was thrown off his routine when he started filming My Name Is Earl. "I wasn't factoring in how I was going to maintain my weight at work when I was working like, 14 hours a day, five days a week," he admits. "Over the course of five years, I gained 100 pounds."
Coming out of the show, Suplee picked up a new hobby, cyclingbut the way he went about it wasn't healthy. He restricted how much he was eating, doing "all kinds of really crazy stupid diets"he once only allowed himself to eat while he was actually on the biketo go along with a grueling cycling regimen, and dropped all the way down to 220 pounds. This was the least weight he'd ever carried, but that in itself was not satisfying. "I was really, really unhappy with how I looked, and I didn't feel comfortable in my skin," he says. "I felt like a light breeze would knock me over. I don't know if I'm just big boned or a big dude, but 220 felt really, really small."
After all the hard work, Suplee was still unhappy with his body. He also had loose skin from all his weight loss, something that negative media outlets used to shame him for his progress. "TMZ stopped me and was like hey, you look great, what're you doing? And I said I ride bikes," Suplee recalls. "Then they had people talk about it and someone said 'well, he's still a fat guy." Suplee had 14 percent body fat at the time. Worse, Suplee says that paparazzi began to take photos of his loose skin for stories about the downside of weight loss, turning his hard-earned progress into a source of shame. "For the news to be kind of negative, I was like, fuck you guys," he says.
Worse still, he crashed his bike, badly. He dropped cycling, then picked up CrossFit, but busted his knee and gained "easy" 150 pounds. He was back to square one.
Then, Suplee was cast in a new show, Hulu's Chance. He began lifting weights for the role of D, a big, tough guyand something clicked. "I found that I really enjoyed lifting weights and I could get my workout in an hour, and so that wasn't like a huge part of my day," he says. "Even if I had a really long work day, I could go before or go after."
More importantly, Suplee decided to dig into the most difficult part of the equation, his nutrition. He started with keto, but everything finally clicked when he came across a TED Talk by Dr. Mike Isratel, "The Scientific Landscape of Healthy Eating". "I probably watched it four times in a row," Suplee says. "I was just like, this is not what I was being told." Suplee had bought into the theory that all carbohydrates are bad in any form, so being told that the macronutrient is actually a necessary source of fuel was eye-opening.
He switched to a low fat diet, gained 8 pounds in three days, but stayed the course after doubling down on the science and checking his lean body fat percentage using a DEXA scan.
Now, Suplee is about 260 pounds, and feels much healthier. He uses progressive overload principles very slightly over a four-week periods, then comes back a little heavier and repeats the process. He's mostly focused on hypertrophy, not lifting a house full of weights. "I don't give a crap about how many plates I have on there, that's irrelevant," he says. "The only thing I'm trying to do at this point is lose fat and hold onto the muscle." Suplee's biggest goal is to get to 10 percent body fat, then see how much muscle he can pack onto his frame. He calls it a "crazy, kind of science-y fun project I'm looking forward to."
The public reception to his recent weight loss is much more positive as well, with no TMZ hit pieces or shame paparazzi photos. Suplee credits that shift in part to being totally in control of the narrative, through his posts on Instagram and his openness on his podcast about his journey.
"The more I feel that I understand, scientifically, the more power I have over it."
No matter what anyone thinks, Suplee is training hard now, and he plans to continue that going forward. That also applies to his acting career. "I made my career as the fat guy," he says. "I dont want to be fat anymore. If the podcast is what I have to do make a career, thats fine."
All of the effort has been worth it to Suplee for the knowledge he's gained. That's what he hopes everyone who marvels at his before and after photos can learn.
"The most important thing I would want anyone to take away is that for me, the biggest change was understanding how food works," he says. "And the more I feel that I understand, scientifically, the more power I have over it."
Suplee is hard at work at achieving his goals, so the Men's Health team met up with him at Grant Roberts' Granite Gym in Beverly Hills, where the man himself, strength coach Grant Roberts, helped to walk us through his chest push day workout split.
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1A. Dumbbell Incline Fly - 3 sets of 10 reps
1B. Dumbbell Incline Press - 3 sets of 8 reps
2. Low Bench Press (Machine Press) - 3 sets of 10 re
ps
3. Cable Scoop - 3 sets of 10 reps
4A. Dumbbell Pullover - 3 sets of 10 reps
4B. Dumbbell French Press - 3 sets of 8 to 10 reps
5. Double Skullcrusher with Hold - 8 reps, 5 reps, 3 reps, 1 rep
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Who doesn't love chocolate? As a nutritionist, I'm happy to tell you this sweet treat can be part of a healthy diet ... In moderation. Too much of a good thing can certainly outweigh the benefits, but there are a few good reasons to support your chocolate habit.
When it comes to any food group, there is always going to be good and bad research, new and old. Whats important is that we take into consideration the quality of the research and our own specific lifestyle and health concerns when implementing health information.
Fortunately, there has been quite a bit of tried and true evidence suggesting the benefits of chocolate when you choose a type that is at least 70% cacao, and incorporate it into a healthy lifestyle. You. Are. Welcome.
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Here are a few of the many chocolate benefits:
In addition to stress-managing tools like meditation, dark chocolate has also been linked to stress-relief. It contributes to producing the feel-good hormone serotonin and contains magnesium, which is linked to reducing anxiety.
Cacao beans contain protein, fiber and are a great source of minerals like iron and magnesium. Theyre also rich in powerful antioxidants, particularly flavonoids like catechin, epicatechin and procyanidins. These are your bodys protectors against bad guy free radicals. Antioxidants combat damage caused by free radicals that contributes to aging, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimers and other diseases.
Some studies have suggested chocolate can reduce insulin resistance, and its healthy fats also slow down the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream, preventing sugar spikes.
Studies like this one have shown an association between eating chocolate and a lower risk of heart disease.
A life without desserts? Not in my book. A square of dark chocolate can be a great way to satisfy a sweet tooth while reaping the benefits of dark chocolate. If youre ready to get baking, these walnut chia thumbprint cookies are an excellent post-dinner treat, and yes, Ive even been known to add a few dark chocolate chunks to my peanut butter oatmeal.
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How best to treat a patient with stable coronary artery disease (CAD)? The cardiology community has debated this question for decades, arguing whether its best to take a conservative or invasive approach.
The ISCHEMIA trial (ischemia means not enough oxygen is getting to the heart muscle), a new study reported at Novembers American Heart Association meeting, provides some answers. This study suggests that for most, managing CAD with medications alone (the conservative approach) is as safe and effective as the more invasive strategy of cardiac catheterization and opening of the blocked artery.
ISCHEMIA followed over 5,000 patients with significant narrowing in one or more coronary arteries. Half of the patients were randomly selected to receive conservative treatment with optimal medical therapy (OMT) and lifestyle changes to treat risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The other half were given OMT and also sent for cardiac catheterization (threading of a flexible catheter into the heart arteries to look for narrowed or blocked coronary blood vessels). When blockages were found, these patients underwent placement of a small mesh tube, called a stent, to prop open the affected area. When blockages were too complex for stent placement, open-heart surgery was performed.
The findings were surprising. Many cardiologists would have predicted that the invasive strategy would be superior to the conservative strategy. The group that received stents did report greater relief of angina, or chest pain. But there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of rates of heart attack, death, or hospitalization for worsening heart pain.
Proponents of the conservative approach argue that OMT makes more sense than stenting because it addresses all the arteries in the heart, not just the small section of narrowing addressed by a stent that may be causing angina but may not represent a risk to health.
Since their introduction in the 1980s, stents have been widely used in the treatment of CAD. Stents are effective at relieving angina in patients who continue to experience symptoms despite being on appropriate medicines. Angina refers to the symptoms typically pressure or tightness across the chest that occur when the heart muscle does not get enough oxygen-rich blood.
Angina is a symptom of advanced atherosclerosis, a process of inflammation and plaque formation that leads to blood vessel narrowing. If an atherosclerotic plaque ruptures, this can trigger the formation of a blood clot, severely and suddenly obstructing blood flow. Depending on the degree of obstruction and which artery is involved, this may cause abrupt worsening of angina, called unstable angina, or death of the heart muscle, called a heart attack. Unstable angina occurs at rest, or with increasingly little exertion.
Patients experiencing unstable angina or heart attack almost always require urgent cardiac catheterization, and often stent placement.
Unlike unstable angina, patients with stable angina have more predictable, chronic symptoms that can be managed with medications. Stable angina worsens with exertion or sometimes with emotional stress, and improves with rest. Reduction of stable angina involves improving the mismatch between oxygen supply and demand. This can be accomplished either by lowering demand or improving supply.
Demand can be reduced with OMT, which may include beta blockers, which slow down the heart rate, or nitroglycerin, which decreases the work of the heart by relaxing blood vessels. Statins and aspirin are another important component of OMT, because they help to stem the progression of heart disease, reducing the risk of unstable angina or heart attack. When medication fails, blood supply to the heart muscle can be increased by removing the blockage with a stent or bypassing the blockage with open-heart surgery.
Many cardiologists have assumed that stents are effective, not only at relieving symptoms but also at preventing future heart attacks, leading many to pursue early cardiac catheterizations for their patients with stable angina. However, the ISCHEMIA trial suggests that medications are just as good at preventing heart attacks and death in stable patients.
This is welcome news for patients who previously would have been urged to have a cardiac catheterization and stent placement for stable angina. It now seems clear that these patients can be safely managed with medications alone, avoiding the risk and discomfort of the procedure, not to mention reducing healthcare costs.
ISCHEMIA is not the first study to demonstrate that OMT is a safe and effective alternative to stent placement. But it is the most influential because of its careful design, large number of patients, and comparison of the newest stents and most current medical treatments.
So, how best to manage patients with stable coronary artery disease? A safe and effective long-term strategy for most is to start with medications and healthy lifestyle. For those who continue to be limited by angina, an invasive procedure is appropriate for symptom control. Stents relieve angina, but they do not prevent heart attacks or death.
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During the last Alzheimers disease support meeting I attended at my mothers assisted living center, I sheepishly asked if anyone else was worried about their own risk for the disease.
A lot of hands went up.
At age 65, your risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimers is 2% a year. If you have a parent with Alzheimers disease, thatrisk goes up by 30%, to 2.6% a year, according to the Harvard Mens Health Watch.
However, thats still a relatively small increase. A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found92% of us fear developing a degenerative brain diseaselike dementia or Alzheimers and 28% arent sure we can do anything about it.
Everyone, as they age, faces changes in brain function just like any other part of the body, our brains age, says Dr. Marc Agronin, senior vice president of Behavioral Health and chief medical officer for the MIND Institute at Miami Jewish Health and author of The Dementia Caregiver: A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimers Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders.
We know living a healthy lifestyle is key to preventing chronic illness and conditions like diabetes and heart disease. But now, research finds that living a brain-healthy lifestyle may reduce your risk for Alzheimers disease, dementia and other cognitive decline.
The research on cognitive health and disease has homed in on seven pillars for living a brain-healthy lifestyle, which may in combination, slash your risk for brain-degenerative diseases.
Just keep in mind, however, that even if you performed all these pillars perfectly, it doesnt mean you wont get Alzheimers disease. Other factors, such as genetics, additional medical conditions that affect the brain and accidents, cant always be controlled.
The mind-blowing research on exercise alone should get you moving.
A 44-year Swedish study that separated midlife women exercisers into low, moderate and high fitness levels found that women at the lowest fitness level were45% less likely to develop dementia, while women in the top fitness level were 88% less likely.
It seems exercise reduces chronic inflammation and increases the release of a protein thats good for brain cells. Plus, it improves your overall health, so youre reducing cardiovascular dysfunction, your risk for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which are all bad for your brain, explains Dr. Yuko Hara, who leads the Aging and Alzheimers Prevention team at theAlzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation.
Researchers recommend 30 minutes of moderate exercise walking, riding a stationary bicycle or whatever you love to do so youll stick with it three to five times a week to gain the benefit.
The only diet that really has robust evidence showing risk reduction for dementia is whats called the MIND diet, Agronin says. It is a combination of theMediterranean dietand whats called theDASH diet, which is a low salt, healthy diet (MIND stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay).
The MIND diet includes loads of fruits and vegetables, fish, legumes, poultry, olive oil and one glass of wine (if you drink alcohol), while reducing processed foods, sugar, whole-fat dairy and red meat.
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A healthy dietproduces more brain tissue volume, more gray matter, a larger hippocampus (which controls memory) and lessens your risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in 2018 and conducted by researchers at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
We may not know all the mechanisms of why a healthy diet is protective for brain health, Hara says. But the MIND diet is filled with antioxidants and polyphenols from fruits and veggies, anti-inflammatory properties like omega 3 fatty acids from fish, and reduces your risk for Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol all associated with dementia.
Learning builds cognitive reserves, which is thecapacity of your brain to function optimallydespite the changes that occur as we age. Learning also helps the brain resist cognitive decline.
Research suggests mid- and late-life cognitive activity, especially, is linked to delayed onset of cognitive decline, Hara says. Lifelong learning is fundamental to improved brain health, higher levels of cognitive activity and staving off Alzheimers disease and dementia.
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So, sign up. Pick anything that interests you. Learn an instrument, take up a language or join some kind of class. If youre working, try to learn something new every week on the job. Read, take an online course, teach yourself the Latin names for the plants in your garden or anything else you want to know. Then, keep learning.
Scientists have found people with few social contacts and who feel lonely or isolated have a26% increase in dementia and mild cognitive decline. Some studies also suggest lonely people have higher amyloid and tau in the brain, biological telltale markers for Alzheimers disease. The connection between loneliness and dementia is still unclear, but it may have to do with depression or lack of stimulation.
If you are geographically apart from family, have lost a spouse or tend to isolate with fewer social contacts as you age,step up your social game. Phone or video-message with faraway family and friends regularly or participate in groups like walking and museumgoers. Establish or maintain strong connections with a neighbor, friend or childhood bestie. Talk, visit and interact with others. Your brain depends on it.
Poor sleep is also connected to Alzheimers disease and an increase in the presence of amyloid and tau. However, we dont really know if poor sleep causes Alzheimers disease or Alzheimers disease causes poor sleep, Hara says.
Despite this chicken-or-egg riddle, experts recommend seven to eight hours of sleep a night.Practice good sleep hygiene,like avoiding caffeine and alcohol before bed. If you have a sleep disorder such as sleep apnea or insomnia, talk to your doctor and get it treated. Disorders like sleep apnea deprive the brain of oxygen during sleep, which impairs its function over time.
Dont just resort to taking sleeping pills, since they also have beenassociated with dementia, Agronin says.
High levels of stress are linked tomemory problems and smaller brain volume. Whats more, the hormone cortisol, produced when youre stressed out, may damage cells needed for learning and memory, Agronin says.
When youre under stress, you need to learn ways to cope. Practice whatever works best for you, which could be: yoga, meditation, taking a walk, playing with a pet, listening to music, knitting, reading a novel, tinkering in the garage or anything else you find enjoyable and relaxing.
The illnesses most related to brain health include Type 2 diabetes and hypertension. For example, people with diabetes have a twofold higher risk of developing a type of dementia called vascular dementia, and a 73% increase risk of any dementia, including Alzheimers disease, Hara says.
Depression is another risk factor for dementia and Alzheimers disease.
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Taking care of your overall medical andmental healthplays a critical role in living a brain-healthy lifestyle. You should see your doctor regularly, get annual screenings and manage any chronic illnesses you have.
Agronin also recommends keeping a positive attitude toward aging and fostering a strong sense of purpose. Volunteering, focusing on relationships and having an interest in civic, religious or spiritual associations can have a powerful impact on living a brain-healthy lifestyle.
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Go for a spin in fitness devotee Kelli Sullivans class and youll hop off the cycle inspired.
The operative word inspirational swirls around Sullivan, forever encouraging, prompting and demonstrating what it means to be in tip-top shape at any age while stressing the love for working out over any competitive bent that dogs other older, hard-core athletes.
She is a super inspiration for me, said nurse Janet Nothstine, of Butte, who takes Sullivans spin class twice a week at Fuel Fitness and who cycled from Kalispell to El Paso, Texas, in 19 days in 2008 when she turned 50.
Kellis so kind, Nothstine added. Shell stop and chat with someone in the weight room. She stays after when sometimes I do a few weights. If she sees something new thats interesting shes always looking at new things.
At 59, Sullivan the artist, mother and grandmother is in her third decade of lifting weights a few times a week.
Soon after her son Willy was born 28 years ago, she started lifting weights at the Butte Family YMCA. She hasnt let up.
A poster child for active women age 50 and over, Sullivan consistently finishes in the top half of her age group, including the Missoula Half-Marathon in 2016. Last year she also completed the Hibernian 5K St. Paddys Day Run in Anaconda and the Wulfmans Continental Divide Trail Race.
Sullivan is the first to tell you shes not competitive, but its apparent that the workout queen of Butte has been unswervingly competitive with herself to maintain a fitness level uncommon for women her age.
She runs or bicycles nearly daily and except for foot surgery last February has rarely taken time off from working out.
Ive done a ton of biking this summer, but I love to run, said the Butte resident who grew up with an athletic family and coach father in Great Falls. With running, you dont need equipment; you dont have to worry about that.
She loves running in the rain and she loves running on trails on the East Ridge.
Self-employed trainer Brian Yates knows Sullivan well and sings her praises. He has trained her up to three sessions per week when she was into running full marathons.
Shes absolutely unbelievable, said Yates, 45. She definitely made working out her lifestyle. Some people eat, sleep and breathe working out, but shes also an amazing mother and grandmother.
Hailing from an athletic family set Sullivan on a work-out course in junior high, when she started weekend runs with famed retired C.M. Russell High cross-country/track coach Branch Brady.
Thats when I got hooked on running, said Sullivan.
Her father, Don Cramer, coached CMR girls basketball, and sister, Connie Cramer Caouette is the city golf pro in Great Falls. Still, girls sports were limited during the mid-1970s when Sullivan was in school.
She has accomplished a lifetime of workouts, while also running her own art studio on Park Street for 16 years, creating old, archaic art and painting interiors on the side.
Shes an unbelievable artist, said Yates. She could pass for being in her late 40s and her whole life in general is unbelievable. She inspires a lot of people to make healthy living a lifestyle.
If youre starting to work out for the first time in your life, Sullivan gives practical advice:
Find something that you think is fun something you really like to do. Set realistic goals.
For example, start by walking 15 minutes a day, three times a week, then slowly increase your time and frequency.
Not everyone will like spinning on an indoor bike, but the beauty lies in its non-competitive aspect.
People of all levels can cycle, she said. We always start on a flat road, then you determine which level to start with. Youre challenging yourself.
The last outcome she wants is to dread workouts.
Im all about fun, she said.
As for using free weights or the high-tech machines available at Fuel Fitness, the YMCA and other gyms, Sullivan recommends hiring a trainer to learn safe, correct techniques.
At 5-foot-7, a taut 138 pounds and sporting a low heart rate, Sullivan turns 60 next May. Despite her recent big toe joint replacement and nagging foot arthritis, she has returned to running. She will not be slowed, especially since she loves the outdoors.
Ive got a little plan, Sullivan said slyly. When I cant run anymore, Ill hike.
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After a long day of jotting down notes during class, suffering through customers at work and dealing with the other random absurdities of life, the last thing anyone wants to do is eat a salad or run a few miles.
However, students need to put time aside to better their habits if they want to live healthier, less sedentary lives, and theres no better time to start than now.
There is a reason the freshman 15 exists, and its all too easy to fall into an unhealthy lifestyle especially with the stress of school and work.
But thankfully, CSUF has great resources available for anyone willing to drop that package of Takis and pick up some carrot sticks instead.
College students are challenged with the skill that are required to balance life and to make an active lifestyle a priority, said CSUF public health and health education professor Laura Chandler.
According to the American College Health Association in the California State University Fullerton Executive Summary of spring 2016, only 2.9 percent of students reported that they ate five or more servings of vegetables per day.
In terms of exercise, the numbers werent any better.
The report stated that only 13 percent of students have done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 5-7 days out of the week.
When students do make efforts to improve their eating or exercise habits, they often get reeled in by fads and trends that arent based on science. Victims of a gluten-free, Atkins or low-fat diet serve as prime examples.
Rather than falling prey to the latest trends, students should make an effort to take control of their eating and exercise habits now to make for a healthier long-term solution.
With the many resources available on campus, its not as hard as it seems to start a healthy lifestyle right now.
Not only do students get a free membership to the Student Recreation Center, but there are exercise classes offered by the kinesiology department.
I strongly recommend every student to sign up for a one unit activity class, Chandler said. It breaks up your day. It will keep you active. You have to go. It keeps you motivated.
Students with gym anxiety may beg to differ and may not be eager to work out in front of others in a class or while at the gym.
There are so many fun different types of activities that you dont have to be an athlete to get involved with, Chandler said. Find something that works for you even if its pingpong or frisbee or volleyball or tennis or walking.
Students who attended Discoverfest last week might have noticed all the different activity clubs there are on campus, which are most likely still accepting new members. Unlike going to the gym alone or attending a class, this route allows just as much exercising as socializing, giving students a support group of people who have fun together by being active.
For those who prefer to be active outside rather than in a gym, the Fullerton Arboretum provides a nice little nature walk and yoga classes.
Dont worry about missing out on opportunities like Discoverfest, FOODucation workshops are available weekly around Fullerton and students can sign up online.
College students health wont improve by continuing to live sedentary lifestyles filled with poor eating choices. Taking advantage of the many opportunities offered on campus can steadily improve eating and exercise habits.
It wont be easy and at times it might not be the most fun option, but learning to live an active lifestyle can prevent students from permanently becoming part of the couch they sit on all day.
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Matt Meads avoided anything unhealthy in the hopes of living as long as possible (Picture: Kennedy News and Media)
A health-obsessed teacher who avoided anything unhealthy in the hopes of living for as long as possible died just days after a bombshell leukaemia diagnosis aged just 33.
Matt Meads shunned alcohol, smoking and junk food and strived to exercise and eat well in order to avoid health problems later in life.
So when he began suffering stomach pains, night sweats and fatigue for weeks at a time, he and wife Abi, 27, dismissed it as general end-of-term tiredness.
But the couple were shell-shocked when a blood test revealed Matt had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.
Abi said her husband did everything he could to try and prevent anything from happening to him, but was helpless when it came to the disease.
His health quickly deteriorated and he passed away from a pulmonary embolism after just three chemotherapy sessions 20 days after diagnosis.
Abi, from Nottingham, described the horror of losing her soulmate, and urged others to get themselves checked out and demand a blood test if they have develop similar symptoms.
Ive got so many people around me offering help and support but I still feel really lonely because Ive lost my best mate, my husband, my soulmate, she said.
Matt was a really happy person. He was really positive. He was kind, caring, loving, wicked sense of humour. He would make a joke about anything and was very quick-witted.
As a teacher he would have done anything for his students. He would have done anything for his family. He was just a really positive person who would have done anything for anybody.
He loved his sport. He would go to the gym, he loved being outside and walking. He liked cycling. He was careful about what he ate.
Everything the doctors warn you about, he didnt do. He didnt drink, he didnt smoke, he had a good diet, he exercised.
He always put sun cream on because he was paranoid he might catch skin cancer or something.
He did everything he could to try and prevent anything from happening to him. As the doctors said there was nothing he could have done to prevent this.
Matt first started mentioning his tiredness on July 6, and Abi told him to go to the doctor after he started vomiting to the point of being unable to keep ice cubes down.
After visiting his GP and being referred to hospital, he was told he had gastroenteritis or constipation, but it wasnt until he returned for a second time that they did a blood test.
Abi, also a teacher, said: Obviously I wish it was spotted sooner. I dont feel any anger towards to the hospital. I genuinely believe they did everything they could for him.
She now wants others complaining of similar symptoms to be persistent in demanding a blood test.
You know your own body, she said.
If youve got it for days and its not getting any better, if youre in any doubt, get it checked. We didnt know what the symptoms were.
The only one I knew was bruising, but Matt didnt have any bruises until he was in hospital.
So the one thing I knew wasnt relevant.
I didnt realise about the night sweats, fatigue or heavy breathing.
We never expected it would be that. We had thought worst case scenario it was gallstones or an impacted bowel, so when he came and said leukaemia it was just unexpected.
When youre poorly you have all these possibilities going through your head but you never think its going to be that.
I had a really good chat with Matts consultant where I questioned whether I should have done more, if I had spotted things sooner, whether if I had been more pushy in getting him to hospital.
But the symptoms are vague and it can come on within days. It doesnt have to be something that has been happening for weeks or months.
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is an aggressive and quickly progressing type of cancer affecting white blood cells. Around 790 adults in the UK are diagnosed with it in the UK each year.
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When it comes to what will truly extend your life, you can likely guess the handful of strategies that can combat chronic diseases: dont smoke, limit your alcohol intake, stay active, maintain a healthy weight, and eat nutritious foods.
Whats next, the breaking news that water is wet?
While these healthy habits seem to be obvious, what sets a recent study, published in the BMJ, apart is that researchers looked not only at the benefits of lifestyle choices on life expectancy, but also examined the effect on healthspan, a term used to describe how long you might be free of chronic diseases as you age.
Researchers gathered data from two major research projects: the Nurses Health Studywhich ran from 1980 to 2014 and had over 73,000 participantsand the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, with over 38,000 participants from 1986 to 2014.
They looked at those with a history of never smoking, normal body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 24.9, moderate to vigorous physical activity level of at least 30 minutes per day, moderate alcohol intake, and higher diet quality scores. They called these the five low-risk lifestyle factors. (Its worth noting that BMIwhich is derived by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters squareddoesnt take muscle mass into account.)
That means these five factors help you live longer, but also better, according to lead researcher Frank Hu, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The results are not particularly surprising because our previous studies have shown that following a healthy lifestyle can reduce risk of chronic diseases and prolong life, he told Runners World. Whats interesting about this study is that the extended life expectancy through diet and lifestyle modifications is largely disease-free, which means improved quality of life.
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For women who adopted none of these, the life expectancy free of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer was 73 years, but those who had four or all five were more likely to be free of these issues up to age 84.
For men, the difference was less significant, but still notable. Zero low-risk lifestyle factors also potentially put them at 73 with a life free of those major diseases, but with four or five factors, they might still be free of them at age 81.
As for how much exercise you should get, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotions (ODPHP) physical activity guidelines for Americans recommends that adults should get 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week or 75 to 150 minutes of intense aerobic exercise per week. In addition, strength training two or more days per week is also recommended.
When it comes to healthy eating, the ODPHPs dietary guidelines for Americans say that adults should eat 2.5 cups of vegetables, 2 cups of fruit, 6 ounces of grains, 3 cups of dairy, and 5.5 ounces of protein for a 2,000-calorie-per-day diet. In addition, less than 10 percent of your daily calories should come from added sugars and saturated fats. As far as alcohol consumption goes, women should only have up to one drink per day and men should only have up to two drinks per day.
Adhering to even just two or three of the studys five factors extended life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes, but the biggest gains were seen with those who had all five.
These results are very important for healthy aging, said Hu. People dont just want to live a longer life. They want quality and health to go along with those years.
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