Year: 2011

To promote foot health, do this simple exercise once daily.  Sit up straight with your feet flat on the floor, raise your toes up and down slowly for 25 repetitions, hold for the count of five, turn your feet outward and repeat, then turn your feet inward and repeat.

A study by the Southwestern Health Institute in Phoenix discovered that three out of 4 people who exercised in the morning were still exercising a year later.  However, only half of those who waited until midday to exercise were still continuing their exercise habit a year later.

A recent American Heart Association survey found that only 24% of Americans knew that sodium intake should not exceed 1,500mg/day. Excessive sodium intake has also been linked to other conditions, such as: High Blood Pressure Heart failure Kidney problems and kidney stones Oedema Stroke Gastric cancer Left ventricular hypertrophy Osteoporosis.

According to Dr. Michael Colgan if you dehydrate a muscle by only 3%, you will lose 10% contractile strength and 8% of your speed. Staying hydrated is very important to both lifelong health and top physical performance.