Many women who follow healthy lifestyle habits sooner or later get stuck with stubborn fat around their bellies. It seems like no matter what you do: intense workouts, cardio, strict diet regime… the ABS WON’T SHOW… The situation
We have previously written an introduction about what sugar is and what routes it takes in our body. Now it is time to look into what sugar does to our body in the long run. When we speak
There are big hormonal differences between men and women. The main sex hormone for men is testosterone, which increases gradually with age, reaching its maximum in the 20’s and slowly decreasing after that. Women, however, have several sex
Most diets are foreign to our bodies, and in the quest to reduce body fat, we need to remember that long-term dieting together with weight training can have negative consequences. Body fat reduction can, for example, disrupt hormonal
Does yoga stress the joints? Maria Ekblom breaks down the existing science. Yoga is an increasingly popular training method, as well as therapy for musculoskeletal disorders, with practitioners all over the world. Most consider it to be a
“Sugars” in food labels includes both added and natural sugars! Basically all of us hear that “sugar” is bad and that foods like soda, cookies, ice-cream and candy holds large amount of sugar calories. But what is sugar
“Sugar is poison”. Can one molecule really cause all the issues it is claimed to? We break down an analysis that shows that limiting sugar intake too much actually increases the risk of heart disease. Sugar comes in
Air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular disease As you might have registered, there are a lot of risk factors for acquiring cardiovascular disease. Those of you who read these posts are generally quite healthy: you eat “good”
Stay active and live longer! The evolution of life is nothing we can change, but certainly affect. Natural changes to the body as we age can lead to a gradual loss of muscle, achy joints and reduced energy.
Tax on sugar-sweetened drinks makes sales drop! Tax on sugary drinks is today a well discussed topic and is up for frequent political debate. Whatever your political stance, you can probably agree upon the statement that sugary drinks
