He explains to me how our breathing is intrinsically linked to our nervous system. “The way we breathe directly affects our mind and body. If we breathe calmly, we will create a sense of calm and calm thoughts will follow. Often when we are stressed, we breathe erratically, with rapid or short breaths. In short, … Read more
Thanks to scientists collecting and analyzing vast amounts of data, we know a lot about exercise and how it’s good for your health. We know things like optimal time of day to exercise, how often you should exerciseand that type of intensity you should aim for. Many of these are just recommendations, of course, but … Read more
But meat, the kind of high-welfare meat that Buxton would like us all to eat, is expensive. “That’s because our food system is biased. If I were designing policies to make it affordable to eat right, I would tax the most processed stuff and empty carbs and junk and subsidize regeneratively farmed eggs and meat, … Read more
Price thinks part of the reason is that exercise messaging has gotten too complicated. “I feel like the notion of ‘moderate exercise’ is misunderstood a bit, making it seem unattainable for some demographics,” he says. His goal is to simplify the messages and empower us all to start moving more. When I tried one of … Read more
A recent study, published in the journal Heart, said that people in their 70s who got 20 to 40 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise a day had significantly lower rates of heart disease than inactive people. Meanwhile, another recent study, looking at adults over 55 who showed no signs of dementia, reported that those … Read more
NHS figures show that around one in three adults over the age of 65 will have at least one fall a year, says physiotherapist Katie Knapton, while half of people over the age of 80 will have at least one fall a year. In 2013, figures from the National Institute for Excellence in Health and … Read more
From time to time, I worry about being a bit of a spoilsport in this column. An old Victoria Meldrew. I complain about leaf blowers, telling them that they shouldn’t wear the wrong kind of wellies and that they can only have curtains, not blinds, in their house. Still, I’m not sure there’s anything in … Read more
From the outside looking in, the modeling industry is applauded by many for its glitz and glamour, statuesque models, high-end fashion designers and endless international catwalks that have featured some of the most iconic supermodels of our generation. This multi-billion dollar industry is what many aspiring young models from around the world strive to break … Read more