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Fit-Happens --Winter-20191Dec 10

December 10, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Fit Happens – Winter 2019

Winter – or 30th Anniversary – 2019 Pillar 1: The Winter of Our Discontent In the summer of 1986, my colleague, Kathy Alexander, and I wondered what we would do once we finished our dissertations in exercise science at Vandy. At the time, there were very few options in that field: academia, hospital-based wellness andRead More

Filed Under: Fit Happens Tagged With: achieve well-being, aging, body fat, bone density, cardio, Exercise, field of health or exercise science, functional fitness, mental health, physical activity, strength training, weight management

Is-it-Calorie-Restriction,-Calorie-Reduction..-or-Weight-Loss?May 08

May 8, 2019 By Irv Rubenstein

Is it Calorie-Restriction, Calorie-Reduction…or Weight Loss?

So here’s a title of an article bound to catch your attention, in Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter: “Calorie Restriction May Promote Cognitive Function.” For those of us in our middle, or higher, years (Disclaimer: I’m now 66, and feel in my middle years though most studies would put in me in the elder category),Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, dieting, mental health, research, slows cognitive decline, statistical significance

Apr 26, 2018

April 26, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Do Strong Arms Make for Strong Brains?

A recent study out of the UK has demonstrated a relationship – NOT a causal one but a correlated one – between strong arms, as measured by grip strength, and a healthy brain. So I’m typing this with one hand at a time while doing curls with the other. Or, perhaps, I should relax andRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, mental health, resistance training, slows cognitive decline

Can Protein Supplementation Facilitate Joint Replacement Success?2Aug 19

August 19, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Calcium Supplements May Be Linked to Dementia in Women

Generally in America it is recommended that post-menopausal women take calcium supplements – up to 1200 mg/day – to prevent the ongoing loss of bone density that naturally occurs with age and changes in hormone status. But questions abound as to whether or not supplements really work or are perhaps detrimental in other areas ofRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, calcium, dementia, mental health, slows cognitive decline

REAL-News --December-20192Aug 17

August 17, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

Diet And Exercise May Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s

We have written and many have read here and in the mass media that exercise, and diet, may reduce your risk of dementia and maybe even Alzheimer’s disease (AD). But the big question is, HOW? Now, maybe they are getting close to figuring out how: perhaps both diet and exercise reduce the protein build-up ofRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, mental health, slows cognitive decline, tangles

Stability Balls at WorkJun 20

June 20, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

And the winner is—-EXERCISE!

Not to toot the horn of my profession but studies upon studies demonstrate the benefits of exercise along a wide spectrum of human existence. From arthritis to diabetes to heart disease to cancer, and back again, exercise may be the single, best, cheapest, most convenient, least side-effected ‘drug’ medicine has recently discovered. For those ofRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: burn off excess weight, Heart Health, mental health, musculoskeletal improvements, slows cognitive decline

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

Feb 26, 2016

February 26, 2016 By Irv Rubenstein

On Thinness, Weight Management, and Stupid Subtitles

A recent study, linked below, addresses the different attitudes and lifestyle choices of those who are thin vs those who are dieting to be thinner, we presume. The study’s press release has a few unaddressed issues I want to address. For example, what are the BMIs of each group? Also, since the subjects all volunteeredRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: conscious eating, dieting, mental health, mindful eating, weight loss

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