Fitness and General Wellness

More than 2,400 years ago, Hippocrates stated, “Walking is a man’s best medicine,” Today, there’s a lot of research available to back up his statement. Research has shown that moderate walking for an average of 30 minutes a day can lower the risk of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease by 30% to 40% and the…

Stand up for your health. I mean that literally. Our society is mainly sedentary, where people spend far more time sitting than previous generations—an average of 12 hours a day versus three hours—and that’s a problem.  The latest research shows that too much sitting may be more dangerous than smoking. It is associated with 34 chronic diseases or…