Lack of Exercise & Causes of Dementia, Alzheimer's | Anti-Aging Blog
April 21, 2012
New research suggests that senior citizens with too much extra weight may well be at higher risk of loss of dementia.
How to Burn Fat | Weight Loss Health Blog
February 21, 2012
Brown fat is body fat that burns energy, as opposed to the more typical white fat, which just stores the calories we have consumed. Scientists have discovered a hormone that appears to alter white fat, making it behave similarly to brown fat and increase the amount of energy we burn.
Brain Injury From Soccer | Children's Health Blog
January 31, 2012
A recent study has found that children who often head a soccer ball are at risk for developing a brain injury. For kids on a team who practice and play several times a week, heading the ball is part of their training, and they may do quite a bit of it.
Alternative Cancer Therapies | Natural Health Blog
December 20, 2011
According to research presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), up to 173,000 new cases of cancer could be prevented annually in the US if people sat less. The two types of cancer that seem to be the most influenced by sitting too much include breast cancer and colon cancer.
Birthplace Study | Women's Health Blog
December 17, 2011
New research that suggests home birthing is an extremely safe option for both mother and baby. Scientists at the University of Oxford in England found that the risk of injury to the newborn was less than one percent, even in births to first time mothers.
Weight Management & Natural Weight Control | Health Blog
September 27, 2011
According to a new study that took place at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, cardiovascular exercise was found to burn the fat around the midsection off more effectively than a weight training workout -- and in particular visceral fat, the dangerous fat parked around your internal organs.
Mental Health & Natural Anti-Aging | Health Blog
August 25, 2011
A recent study suggests that the single biggest risk factor leading to Alzheimer's in the US is lack of exercise. Twenty-one percent of all instances of the disease, or 1.1 million cases, could be prevented if more people exercised regularly, according to the researchers. The single biggest risk factor worldwide, though, is lack of education.
Mental Health & Natural Anti-Aging | Health Podcast
August 19, 2011
A new study recently released by the University of California in San Francisco, suggests that the single biggest risk factor leading to Alzheimer's in the US is lack of exercise. Twenty-one percent of all instances of the disease, or 1.1 million cases, could be prevented if more people exercised regularly, according to the researchers. Depression causes another 15 percent, says the study, smoking 11 percent, hypertension eight percent, obesity in midlife and low education each trigger seven percent, and diabetes correlates to three percent.
Heart Disease Prevention | Natural Health Blog
August 6, 2011
Researchers have found that the average mile-running times of people in their 40s or 50s correlates strongly to whether they have a high risk of cardiovascular problems in their senior years. Those with the highest level of fitness in the study were found to have only a 10 percent lifetime risk of developing heart disease VS 30 percent for those in the lowest fitness group.
Mental Health & Preventing Cognitive Decline | Health Blog
August 4, 2011
Recent studies have found that memory tasks performed regularly can nudge your IQ up a few points -- and the uptick remains in place several months later. So just as you can exercise to condition your body to be healthy, you just might be able to exercise your brain to its optimum potential.
Children's Heart Health | Natural Health Blog
June 23, 2011
We all fret about the obesity epidemic among children as well as adults today. But few of us worry about our children when they are in the normal weight range and seem totally healthy. The problem is that we should be very worried if our thin kids tend to be couch potatoes. A recent study at Skane University Hospital in Malmo, Sweden, showed that pre-adolescent children have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease if they are not physically active.
Mental Health | Natural Health Blog
May 21, 2011
Aerobic exercise can not only help you lose weight in all the right places but also gain something in one very important place: your brain. A region of your brain that is essential to memory has been shown in a recent study to increase in volume after getting regular cardiovascular exercise.
The research, which took place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, demonstrated that when older people committed to a walking routine for a year, the hippocampus area of the brain -- which typically loses some mass over time as we age -- actually increased in size.
Heart Health | Natural Health Blog
April 5, 2011
A recent study out of Tufts University just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the chances of having a heart attack increase 2.7 times during and right after sex. The risk is greatest for normally sedentary people who engage in what the researchers euphemistically call "episodic sex," meaning sex once in a blue moon. Read on for more information about heart health & heart attack risks and physical activity!
Mental Health & Natural Anti Aging | Natural Health Blog
April 2, 2011
Recent research at the University of California Los Angeles found that taking weekly tai chi classes decreased seniors' incidence of depression significantly. Then again, the depression relieving benefits of tai chi reported in the study are hardly unique to tai chi. Previous studies have found that 30 minutes of plain old mainstream exercise three times a week is actually more effective than pharmaceutical drugs at relieving depression. Read on for natural health information to alleviate depression, arthritis pain and boost mental health, with Jon Barron's natural health blog!
Exercise & Elderly | Natural Anti-Aging Health Blog
January 8, 2011
For elderly adults, falls typically result in far more trouble than band-aids and reassurances. In fact, for those over 65, falls can be the short path to disability and death. The fact is that balance rapidly declines as people age, and so each year, one out of every three adults over the age of 65 experiences a traumatic fall.
Athletic Performance | Health Podcast
February 23, 2007
Listen as Jon explains that exercise is not just for building strength, it is one of the most important components for disease prevention and building natural health.
Natural Health Remedies To Support Exercise & Fitness | Health Topic
Exercise fundamentally changes every system and function in your body. The older you get, the more important it is – and the more pronounced the benefits. For athletes, natural health can bring your athletic performance to a whole new level, but for a person in their 80's, exercise can literally increase muscle strength by as much as 300% in a matter of just a few weeks. Below is a list of resources concerning types of exercise Jon Barron recommends as well as specific health supplements to help your body repair and build -- important for both the fitness beginner to the competitive athlete:
