Stretching Your Limits
Chances are it’s been years since you could touch your toes. You’re not alone. The trouble with losing your flexibility as you get older is that you lose your full range of motion, and that poses a problem if you want...
Day: August 2, 2023
30-Minute Total Body Toner
For some of these exercises you’ll need a pair of light hand weiahts. (The dumbbells pictured are 8-pound weights.) Perform each exercise 8 to 12 times (on each side of the body, where appropriate) or as noted. Work through the exercises...
10-Minute Tune-Up
1. Wall sit Muscles worked: thighs, hamstrings, and buttocks ina Standing position, put your back against a wall with your feet approximately 18 inches from the wall and shoulder width apart. Now slowly lower yourself as if you’re going to sit...
A Strong Case for Strength Training
Undoubtedly the best workouts for your heart are aerobic activities like walking, running, swimming, biking, dancing, or really vigorous housework or yard work. But aerobic exercise ism’t the only kind shown to help your heart. Strength training—the type of exercise that...
Your Walking Plan
To get your heart pumping hard enough to provide cardiac benefits, all you need is a decent pair of walking shoes. According to the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study, which followed 80,000 women for more than 20 years, just a half hour...
Exercise
When’s the last time you changed the channel without using the remote? Walked to the store for milk instead of driving? Took the stairs instead of the elevator, or parked at the far end of the parking lot instead of circling...
Drugs vs. Supplements
Average cholestrol reduction (percent) Average LDL reduction (percent) Average HDL increase (percent) Average triglyceride reduction (percent) Best for Potential side effects Drugs Bile acid sequestrants Up to 15 15-30 5 Variable;may raise level Lowering LDL Gastrointestinal complaints Fibrates Up to 20...
Shopping for Fish Oil
Fish-oil supplements are an easy way to add more omega-3 fatty acids to your diet. The translucent, gelatin capsules are odorless, tasteless, and easy to swallow, even though they are large. And they’re also relatively inexpensive— you can get 100 1,000-milligram...
Supplements, Not Cure-Alls
In the next few years you’re bound to hear more and more about natural alternatives for lowering cholesterol and protecting the heart. But before you jump on any bandwagons, take heed: No supplement is a substitute for the lifestyle changes you’ll...
Other Promising Supplements
You’ve just read about the supplements we recommend or think you should consider based on a significant body of research. But evidence is also mounting in favor of other supplements that may prove to help iower cholesterol. While the evidence isn’t...
