Steven, Author at Better Innovations

Yoga For Stress Relief and Boosting Your Mood

December 21, 2010 By Steven

I think we knew this: a few findings on the stress-relief power of yoga.

Taking up yoga may boost your mood and ease your anxiety, a new study from The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine shows. In tests on 34 healthy adults, researchers found that those who practiced yoga for 12 weeks had greater improvements in mood and anxiety than those who took part in a walking program for the same time period.

According to study findings, yoga-practicing participants also experienced greater increases in gamma-aminobutyric acid (or GABA, a brain chemical known to regulate nerve activity). In previous research, increased GABA levels have been linked to a lower likelihood of mood and anxiety disorders. The study’s authors suggest that yoga may stimulate certain brain regions and–in turn–promote the release of GABA. [Read more…]

Marriage and Staying Fit – Are You Better Off Single? Maybe Not!

December 20, 2010 By Steven

Call me old fashion, or maybe call me objective, but this article found it’s way to me via twitter today, and I think Reuters is paying a real disservice to their readership with this article.

If you just read the title, you may think: “oh yeah, that makes sense, take yourself off the market, and of course you are going to let yourself go.” Read a little into the article though, and you can see that this is pretty far from the truth. Limited sampling, “slight” differences, and no statistics referenced, make this a non-story. Or, perhaps the title should have been “Married or Single, it May Not Matter for Your Physical Fitness.”

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Is marriage bad for your physical fitness?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who stay single, or become single again by divorce, may be somewhat more physically fit than those in wedded bliss, a new study suggests.

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Beet Juice Can Improve Your Athletic Performance?

December 19, 2010 By Steven

You know, there are very few foods I can not eat. Beets are one of them, I can’t even stand the smell. I won’t be trying this, but my wife and kids LOVE the stuff. Great info for anyone looking to take their fitness level and athletic performance to the next level.

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(NaturalNews) Beetroots, also known as beets, are packed with blood pressure-reducing, heart disease-preventing nutrients that help maintain healthy active function and boost overall endurance levels in those that consume them. And a new study out of the University of Exeter (UofE) has found that not only do beets benefit athletes by boosting their performance, but they also help the elderly and people with heart or lung diseases to live more active, physically-functional lives.

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