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Is-it-Calorie-Restriction,-Calorie-Reduction..-or-Weight-Loss?1Dec 22

December 22, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Exercise and Depression: A 2-Way Street

When I started graduate school at Peabody College, which was not yet a part of Vanderbilt University, to study exercise science – which was technically not a major field of study but was the area of health and physical education in which I was interested – I had to take some ‘soft’ courses. That is,Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: achieve well-being, depression, exercise addiction, exercise and mood, field of health or exercise science

REAL-News --March-2020Mar 01

March 1, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

REAL News – March 2020

   March 2020 Multi-Dimensional Balance Training Beats Strength Alone Preventing falls among older adults is a health-care crisis of economic, quality of life (QoL) and morbidity dimensions. With nearly 60% of those over 65 reporting limited mobility and the high rates of falling in this group, exercise researchers are attempting to discern what type ofRead More

Filed Under: Real News Tagged With: achieve well-being, body fat, depression, functional fitness, gait re-training, lean body mass, lose weight, musculoskeletal improvements, strength training

Sep 08

September 8, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

If Exercise Helps the Brain, Not Exercising Hurts It, Maybe

Many studies over the past few years have expounded on the value of exercise in terms of mental, cognitive and emotional health. From fending off depression, improving executive function, reducing your risk of dementia and maybe Alzheimer’s, maintaining cardio fitness – and even strength – has been shown effective, not just during the post-workout periodRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, cognitive function, depression, physically active, weight loss

Mar 13, 2016

March 13, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Depression, Heart Disease & Alzheimer’s: Cause, Effect or Correlation?

Here’s a quick lesson in statistics: correlation is not causation but causation is correlation. That means, something can be related even modestly – like grass grows better when it rains – but not have much effect on causation – like rain does not cause grass to grow. Now you might be right to say, “Well,Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: anti-depressants, depression, Heart Health, mental health, slows cognitive decline

Thoughts-on-depression,-and-depressing-thoughtsJun 06

June 6, 2012 By Irv Rubenstein

Thoughts on depression, and depressing thoughts

This article, from a study in Great Britain, describes what some might conclude is depressing news: that the addition of an exercise component to a treatment process for depression does not yield any better results than treatment for depression alone: http://www.healthcanal.com/mental-health-behavior/29896-Physical-Activit… utm_campaign=Feed%3A+healthnewshc%2FOxfp+%28Health+News+from+HealthCanal.com%29 Now, in all fairness, this is a well done study with a largeRead More

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