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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/well/move/to-maintain-muscle-and-lose-fat-as-you-age-add-weights.html?_r=0

To Maintain Muscle and Lose Fat as You Age, Add Weights Adding weights to your weight loss regimen may be more effective than beginning a walking program, according to a new report.

Are You a Carboholic? Why Cutting Carbs Is So Tough Eating a little of a tasty dessert doesn’t satisfy me — it creates a fierce craving to eat it all, and then some.

This is a good article to read if you are taking Advil on a regular basis. It mentions Tylenol as an alternative to Advil. Tylenol may not interfere with the muscle rebuilding process like Advil may. Other alternatives include topical products, ice/heat, manual therapy, foam rolling or accupuncture...or an active recovery.

Bring On the Exercise, Hold the Painkillers Use of ibuprofen and other popular NSAIDs in endurance events may overtax the kidneys and hinder muscle repair, two new studies suggest.

I like my Coke Zero, but drinking tea or sparkling water can be a good substitute. You definitely feel better skipping the soda. Drinking soda is probably one of the worse decisions you can make with respect to food.

Diet Sodas Tied to Dementia and Stroke People who drank one to six artificially sweetened drinks a week had a higher risk of stroke or dementia.

Great chart on how to prepare vegetables. Especially for those that say they don't like them. I'll be giving some of these a try.

[Infographic]: 3 steps for prepping (and loving) your veggies. Everyone knows that eating plants is crucial to health and fitness. Yet many people just don’t like vegetables. That’s why we recruited our top two food magicians and they created this simple 3-step formula for loving your veggies. Trust us, it’s converted even the most hardcore veggie-phobes.

Us old people should be doing intervals...

The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles Certain kinds of exercise may mitigate the effects of aging at the cellular level.

5 minutes of exercise doesn't take more than 5 minutes. Who doesn't have 5 minutes in a day? A little exercise each day adds up to a lifetime of benefits.

[Infographic] How To Stay In Shape When You're Busy. You exercise regularly for months then get completely derailed by a vacation, business trip, or just the general insanity of life. Sound familiar? Here’s how to stay in shape when you’re busy — it’s faster and easier than you think.

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Ask Well: How Many Miles a Week Should I Run? The maximum benefits of running occur at quite low doses, a new study suggests.