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A Week of Plant-Based Dinners Packed with Protein This week I’m stacking my meal plan with easy, plant-based dinners that skip the meat in favor of lots of vegetables, whole grains, and beans. The biggest concern with making vegetables the center of …

Hard work + technology + science + a little help from your friends = 1:59:40 hour marathon. It is still an amazing feat! Running 4:30 mile pace for 26.2 miles = insanely fast!

Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier In Vienna, the Kenyan achieved a milestone once believed to be unattainable. But his time, 1:59:40, will not be recognized as a world record.

Amazing!! Researchers found small but interesting differences between the swimmers and runners. While all of the athletes’ left ventricles filled with blood earlier than average and untwisted more quickly during each heartbeat, those desirable changes were amplified in the runners.

Since swimmers exercise in a horizontal position, he says, their hearts do not have to fight gravity to get blood back to the heart, unlike in upright runners. Posture does some of the work for swimmers, and so their hearts reshape themselves only as much as needed for the demands of their sport.

The findings underscore how exquisitely sensitive our bodies are to different types of exercise, Dr. Burr says.

The Heart of a Swimmer vs. the Heart of a Runner Regular exercise changes the look and workings of the human heart. And researchers are discovering that different sports affect the heart differently.

More progress! Well done FIGUR8!

FIGUR8: How This Digital Health Platform Company Is Measuring Body Movement FIGUR8, a digital health platform for measuring and longitudinally tracking body movement as a biomarker, announced it raised $7.5 million to date

One note in the article stated: "bottled water contains 22 times more microplastic than tap water.... A person who only drank bottled water would consume 130,000 particles per year from that source alone, the researchers said, compared with 4,000 from tap water."

People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds Health effects of ingestion of microplastics via food, water and breathing still unknown

Don't eat anything with a mom or dad and you will live longer!

Plant based diet may reduce cardiovascular death risk by 32% More plant based foods and fewer animal products may be the key to optimal heart health and lowering the risk of heart attacks or strokes.

A French study (tracking 100,000 adults) found that people who ate the most packaged foods were 23 percent more likely to suffer cardiovascular trouble. A Spanish study (20,000 adults) found that those with the highest intake of processed foods were 62 percent more likely to die over two decades than those that ate the lowest amount—no matter what their sugar, salt and fat intake.

Wellness Evidence Study: Ultra-Processed Foods Link to Heart Disease and Early Death - Global Wellness Institute Two new European studies agree that ultra-processed foods are very bad for your health—and not just junk food, but breads, jarred sauces and frozen meals that are staples for many. A French study (tracking 100,000 adults) found that people who ate the most packaged foods were 23 percent more likel...