Study Finds That Joggers Using Supported Footwear Are Likely To Be Injured

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Daily Mail reports that a new study claims the more cushioned your trainers are, the more susceptible you are to injury. Study reveals that those with supported footwear tend to focus on landing on their heels.

This results to an increase in their “loading rate” which is the impact of them hitting the ground. This force eventually leads them to get injured while doing the sport.

Running In Cushioned Trainers Makes You More Likely To Hurt Yourself, New Research Suggests

Researchers from the University of Exeter compared how quickly the force acts when runners’ feet hit the ground – which has previously been shown to influence injury risk. Read more…

The Guardian said that those who land on the balls of their feet and those who wear trainers with less padding have lower impact loading rate. According to the study, there are a lot of runners who are not aware of the things to consider when buying new shoes.

There were 29 runners involved in the study. The scientists found that those who wore minimal trainers and landed on the ball of their foot showed a significant decrease in their loading rates.

Running Shoes With Less Cushioning Can Reduce Injury, Study Shows

The lead researcher, Dr Hannah Rice of the University of Exeter, said: “So many people use running as a means of reducing the risk of chronic diseases, but about three-quarters of runners typically get injured in a year. Read more…

ClydeBankPost reports about reducing these running injuries. Based on what Dr Hannah Rice said, running has the opposite effect on certain runners. It is supposed to reduce the risk of chronic diseases but about three-quarters of runners get injured every year. 

Footwear plays an important role in running however, there are those who are misguided in the first place. Though this activity is growing ever more popular, the number of injuries is not showing any signs of decreasing.

Trainers With Less Padding ‘Can Help To Reduce Running Injuries’

This impact force is often missing when running with a forefoot strike but previous research has shown that forward/backwards and sideways forces can be higher with a forefoot strike, meaning the total force is similar. Read more…

With these things in mind, it’s better to be prepared if you’re going to participate in this activity. Remember to wear light trainers and run on the balls of your feet.

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Nutritionist Analyses Burger King’s Menu: Healthy Choices For All

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If you’re a meat-lover, say burgers and chicken, this place is considered an oasis. However, if you’re someone who likes to count calories, nutrition-conscious or vegan, it might be tricky to find something that would suit your needs.

The most common setting in a fast food chain restaurant: few salad, vegetable and fruit choices. Even finding yogurt is a bit challenging. So on the rare occasion that you find yourself standing in front of a BK entrance, take note of the following choices:

Burger King’s Menu, As Selected By A Nutritionist

Red, fried and processed meats aside, there are a few items that stand out in terms of their healthfulness, so much so that we mentioned those options for more than one category. For example, the garden grilled chicken salad with Tendergrill chicken is one of the healthiest options on BK’s menu, along with the protein-rich Tendergrill chicken sandwich. Read more…

Eating a burger while on a diet. This may seem like a tough situation but get this: you can have it your way according to Eat This. It shouldn’t be about taking fast food off your list. It should be about making the right choices. How do we do it?

Let’s take it from nutritionists. They compiled 11 diet experts’ top picks when eating at this place. Let’s see their choices!

What 11 Diet Experts Order At Burger King

Whether you’re driving to the coast for vacation or simply craving a fast-food classic, Burger King has options that can satisfy without derailing your diet plan. To steer you in the right direction, we asked 11 diet experts what they order at BK. Read more…

When you’re on a diet, it can be a difficult situation if you see your family and friends eating at BK, chomping on meat. However, it’s not impossible to eat a healthy meal here. You just need to make smart decisions.

BK offers items that are lower in cals. Use VeryWell.com’s tips here to make sure that you get the healthiest meal at this restaurant:

Healthy Burger King Menu Choices

Avoid combo meals. Combined menu items makes it too easy to order more food than you need. Instead, go a la carte so you can customize the sandwich and sides that you choose to keep your calorie count low. Read more…

In using these tips and methods, there’s a big chance that you get to control the calories. You might discover that there are other healthier options for you at this big fast food restaurant.

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Bioartificial Kidney: A Possible Solution For Kidney Diseases

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Scientists from Netherlands were able to come up with a different method for dialysis or transplantation. They discovered a more brilliant alternative and that would be in the form of a bioartificial organ. The team claims that they’ll be able to help out millions of people who were diagnosed with kidney failure.

Dimitrios Stamatialis, from the University of Twente in the Netherland explains that the technique involved in the development of the technology may lead to the progress in the treatment involving major organs like liver and pancreas.

Here Comes An Alternative For Dialysis

New Delhi: Scientists in Netherlands have developed an alternative method for dialysis or transplantation- Bioartificial kidney that they claim could help millions of patients suffering with kidney failure. Read more…

Naure World News reports that this revolutionary method may pave way to a breakthrough. The scientists are just one step closer to achieving this. The advancements made involve creating a “living membrane”, the requirement for the synthetic organ. It consists of a tight cell layer that can facilitate the transport of molecules from one side to the other.

The paper was presented at the American Society of Nephrology and the researchers had results that claim they were able to produce the living membrane using conditionally immortalized human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (ciPTEC’s) on polyethersulfone-based hollow fiber membranes.

Bioartificial Organ Will Soon Become a Reality, Could Revolutionize Treatments

In the United States alone, 26 million American adults have kidney disease – and most are unaware of it. Two of the leading causes of kidney disease are high blood pressure and diabetes… Read more…

Medical researchers are making progress in engineering synthetic organs to aid treatments. Groundbreaking developments include an artificial liver, 3-D printed kidneys and bones, synthetic blood vessels, and artificial skin from umbilical cord stem cells, among others.

NewsMedical.net reports that the investigators are nearing the final stages. On the occasion that they’ll be able to fully finalize the project, millions of people are going to benefit from it.

There are people living with organ failure and everyday life can get challenging for them. Creating a functional organ, even if it’s just bioartificial, can be of great help especially to the elderly.

Researchers Move Closer To Creating Functional Organ

Investigators are getting closer to creating a functional bioartificial kidney, with advances being presented at ASN Kidney Week 2016 November 15-20 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. Read more…

Treatment for kidney failure is a complex regimen. If the researchers are successful, this can be one of the biggest medical breakthroughs ever achieved.

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Tips On Improving Shoulder Performance

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Eric Schoenberg says that shoulder pain or injury is the main reason why athletes lose time in the gym or baseball field. These things happen not even because of poor exercise selection but poor execution. Performers do the work that they get assigned to. After that, it’s a matter of choosing between these two: practice to get better or practice to get worse.

We’re sharing these three tips for ensuring a healthy shoulder and a great performance. This is useful for anyone who wants to regain optimum shoulder function.

3 Tips for Improving Shoulder Health and Performance

There are several examples of relative stiffness around the shoulder that can result in faulty movement, pain and/or decreased performance. A primary culprit occurs when the relative stiffness of the deltoid is greater than the rotator cuff. The result of this will be superior translation of the humeral head. Read more…

Barbend.com tells us that all sorts of athletes are at risk for injury. It’s like an inevitable risk that all of us will experience, one way or another. On a daily basis, weightlifters spend time in an overhead position doing all the snatching, jerking, and pressing.

Those who power lift ten to apply greater stress on their shoulder complex through pressing, squats and assistance work. Fitness athletes increase the volume and intensity of exercises that they perform.

No matter what kind of athlete you are, you need to know the importance of taking care of your shoulders.

4 Corrective Exercises to Strengthen Your Shoulders from Injury

The shoulder complex lies at the foundation of nearly every exercise that we perform. The shoulder complex consists of multiple joints that are stabilized by connective tissue, all of which allow for range of motion during movement. Read more…

Eric Cressey knows his stuff well when it comes to shoulders. He is the owner of Cressey Performance, one of the nation’s top sports training institutes. Greatist refers to him as an all-around guy: author, consultant, power lifter. He has worked with different clients from different areas of sports.

He got the nickname, “The Shoulder Guy.” He had shoulder problems when he was young and he did his best in writing about this joint. He has worked with basketball players who rely a lot on the condition of their shoulders. If you want to learn more how to make this part of your upper body become healthy, check out his piece.

5 Tips to Keep Your Shoulders Healthy for the Long Haul

Regardless, if you want to exercise regularly and keep your shoulders healthy for the long haul, I’m in a good position to give you some advice on how to get the job done. With that in mind, here are five tips to bulletproof your shoulders. Read more…

Build bigger shoulders while keeping them healthy with ATHLEAN-X:

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Get Leaner: Challenging Bosu Ball Exercises

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Check these workouts for improving your overall body strength. Health.com says that basic body weight workouts are already great but then people would want to have variety to avoid boredom. What better way to perform it using a BOSU Ball? Mix it up and get crackin’ on those moves.

Sara Lewis, known celebrity trainer and XO Fitness founder, says that this one is so effective because of the unstable and flat surface combination which turns this into a versatile choice.

5 BOSU Ball Exercises for Total-Body Strength

That translates to “hundreds of multi-purpose exercises at your disposal—from arm work, to ab and side body work, to leg moves and everything in between,” says Lewis, who’s trained A-listers such as Ryan Gosling and Sofia Vergara. Read more…

Busy schedules can turn your day upside-down. That’s why here’s an awesome 30-minute workout for you to manage your time. This surely sheds your calories and will pump your heart rate up.

The best thing is that it’s going to help you out with building your muscles as well. Perform three sets of each move for 12-15 times.

10 Full-Body BOSU Ball Exercises

It will help work your core, triceps, chest and shoulders. The bonus is you can improve your balance coordination. Read more…

Anna Renderer from Popsugar shares this full body exercise using the ball. This flexible workout can work your muscles. It doesn’t matter whether you work it facing down or up. It’s an excellent fitness tool for your body.

Not only that – the ball makes the entire workout challenging and fun. Get the most out of your exercise using this equipment.

Work Your Entire Body With These 5 BOSU Moves

We love the versatility of the BOSU, which stands for “both sides up.” Whether you work with the unstable ball side facing down or up, you can use this fitness tool to work every part of your body. Plus, the BOSU makes almost every exercise more challenging. Read more…

Take a look at this workout from Kai Wheeler:

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Vegan Athletes Take Center Stage In The World Of Sports

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Vegan athletes are starting to gain their edge in the competitive world of sports and in the world of competitive body building two names stand out -Dani Taylor and Giacomo Marchese, champion bodybuilders who are both full-pledged vegans.

Vegan athletes rise

Marchese and Taylor, according to Independent,  are the co-founders of the vegan fitness group Plant Built, who established the team back in 2012 in an effort to start their own group and prove that there’s more to muscle-building than just meat.

The team started out with 14 vegan athletes who competed in the 2013 Naturally Fit Games held in Austin, Texas. Each one of them took home a trophy and decided to maintain the group. Plant Built a year later, reached out to powerlifting and Crossfit teams, then with kettlebells a couple of years later.

Will a vegan lifestyle work for everyone?

According to them, anyone can adapt to a vegan lifestyle, but it takes a lot of planning and attention. One of the main reasons why there are people who could not sustain it is due to the fact that not all of them eat properly.

Taylor says that people still have the notion that eating less acceptable, which is a misnomer since plat-based foods are less dense, they actually eat less than the required amount to meet up with the same dietary protein values similar to meat.

“If you’ve been eating a certain amount of food your whole life, it takes some attention to detail to be eating more. With a lot of people under-eating, sometimes for months at a time, it’s no wonder so many people complain of feeling weak, hungry, or dropping weight without trying,” says Taylor.

Transitioning properly into a vegan lifestyle is crucial and needs careful attention to detail and guidance, Taylor added.

Athletes from other countries are also going vegan

Even the diverse food culture in Asia is starting to include a vegan diet into the mix, with more and more athletes are also seeing the benefits of going vegan.

In Singapore, Kenny Lee, a 29-year- old runner and corporate manager, began to make waves when he created a group called Team V in Facebook back in 2013. He planned to hook up with practicing vegans and vegetarians to promote an alternative lifestyle among followers and eventually add more to the flock.

Turning vegan began to boost his marathon performance and made him run longer distances, as well as increasing his endurance.

There are a lot of followers and even proponents that have expressed their intentions to support the program and help campaign for a vegan lifestyle not just for health, but for ethical reasons as well.

Vegan scores weightlifting record

To raise doubts about the sustainability and effect on performance of a vegan lifestyle to an athlete, then wait till you read about vegan weightlifter Hulda Waage from Iceland.

Waage just bagged a new world record for a women’s weightlifting competition held recently, where she lifted more than 450 pounds.  She completed the 205- kilo squat lift that made clinched her the weight record for the weight level.

Other vegan athletes that are world record holders are ultamarathoner Scott Jurek for the Appalachian Trail in 2015 and powerlifter Patrick Baboumian.

Image Credit: Dani Taylor and Giacomo Marchese, the founders of Plant Built Plant Built

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Young Human Blood May Be The Key To Youthful Longevity And Other Medical Secrets

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Young human blood, from which blood plasma was obtained and injected in laboratory mice seems to contain rejuvenating properties and showed promise that it could help repair damaged tissues, according to reports published in New Scientist.

Young human blood may be the key to the fountain of youth

The young human blood trials experiment was presented by researchers from a company called Alkaherst, during the last annual meeting in San Diego, California by the Society for Neuroscience. The experiments involved the inoculation of blood plasma taken from 18-year old human volunteers into year-old mice. The lab mice were the age equivalent of 50 years in humans.

After the blood plasma injections, the mice began to show significant improvement in their cognitive performance and were running around like they were just three-months old. Comparative tests also showed marked improvement on memory against lab mice that were not treated.

Plasma is the blood’s primary nutrient and mineral carrier

Blood plasma is the liquid medium that carries the blood cells containing essential salts, minerals and proteins, specifically the types that possess healing and rejuvenating properties, according to the scientists. They, however, did not disclose which specific nutrients they are.

The scientists suggest that the blood plasma injected in mice were responsible for boosting neurogenesis. This is the process by which neurons are being generated mostly in the hippocampus region and vastly responsible for shaping memories.

The researchers believe that this discovery would revolutionize medical advancements in  the treatment and therapy of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease for which no cure has been found. The scientists also believe that this could also help in the development of anti-ageing treatments.

Human blood also the subject of tests to determine effects of antibiotics

In another part of the world, scientists from the University of Freiburg in Germany, made advances in a testing method that can help quantify the amount of antibiotics in the human blood stream.

Unlike traditional diagnostics, the research team found a way to test for the amount of antibiotics in human blood in a matter of minutes patterned after a biological process they aptly called a biosensor system that will help them with measuring antibiotics in the blood.

“The analysis takes only 10 minutes, from sample to result and our study was about demonstrating the applicability of the platform,” said Dr. Can Dincer, who heads the research team in this experiment.

Help determine which antibiotics are in the blood

The wanton use of antibiotics without the benefit of proper medical prescriptions and targeted have been responsible for the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria also know as superbugs. If antibiotics are not properly used according to the bacteria they are supposed to be targeting, they develop pathogens that build resistance.

“The major advantage of this system is that we can measure up to eight different substances at the same time, quickly and simply,” Dincer adds.

Characteristics in human blood can help diagnose risks of diseases

Meanwhile, a group of scientists discovered that the variation in the characteristic and volume of human blood cells can help determine the level of risk a person may have in contracting complex diseases like cardiac problems, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, celiac disease and diabetes, among others.

A collaborative study called the BLUEPRINT Project participated by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, published recently in the journal Cell. The 5-year study was participated in by a large group of no less than 42 research institutes, universities and industry leaders in Europe. The primary objective of the study was to explore epigenetic changes that occur in the human bone marrow where stem cells are likely to develop into mature life-giving blood cells.

The study also aimed to correlate genetic differences and epigenetic changes on the physical characteristics of cell types that may give clues to how complex diseases, cancer and blood-related disorders develop.

“When mature red blood cells rupture in our blood the body replaces them with new, young red cells – a process known as haemolysis. So we think that increased haemolysis and increased risk of coronary heart disease are affected by the same biological pathways. Identifying these pathways may offer new treatment possibilities, “says Dr. Adam Butterworth from the University of Cambridge and one of the senior authors of the study.

This, together with several other old and young human blood experiments are in the forefront of the focus for the BLUEPRINT Project with the hope that in the near future, they may be able to harness these breakthroughs that could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders that are yet to see better days with medication and therapy.

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