By Sam Dehority — 2013
Sean Harrison wasn’t an athlete. Sure, he’s 6’6″ and 200-plus pounds, but flat feet and a lack of coordination kept him from utilizing his size, while a steady diet of Bojangles’ fast food and soda kept him on the couch.
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For some people, gaining weight or adding muscle can be just as difficult as losing weight is for others. However, simply adding certain foods to your diet can make your weight gain efforts both healthy and more effective.
There are many factors at play when it comes to your weight, and genetics is certainly one of them.
You are just a few small adjustments away from achieving your goals.
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Understanding the mind/body connection.
For many people, stress can have a direct impact on their weight. Whether it causes weight loss or weight gain can vary from person to person — and even situation to situation.
Science is showing how immersion in nature speeds healing and acts as an antidote for many ailments.
Integrated medicine expert Deepak Chopra joined USC’s dean of religious life in virtual conversation through Visions and Voices’ Thrive series
Our exercise habits may influence our sense of purpose in life and our sense of purpose may affect how much we exercise, according to an interesting new study of the reciprocal effects of feeling your life has meaning and being often in motion.
A few years ago, I traveled to Okinawa in Japan, Nicoya in Costa Rica, Ikaria in Greece, Loma Linda in California and Sardinia in Italy — all “Blue Zones,” or homes to the longest-lived people — to find out what centenarians ate to live to 100.
If you want to live to a healthy 100, eat like healthy people who’ve lived to 100. One place to look is Okinawa, Japan, one of the world’s Blue Zones — or exceptional hot spots where people live extraordinarily long, healthy and happy lives.