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Riding on an indoor bike three days per week appears to significantly decrease Parkinson’s symptoms for patients in the early stages of Parkinson's disease, according to a new study published in the Lancet Neurology. Researchers found that high intensity aerobic exercise on a static bike, using interactive apps, provided ‘about the same improvement’ as medication... Continue Reading →
Ride To Extraordinary is a new on-demand documentary series. Season #1 focuses on the TNGA (The Trans North Georgia Adventure). TNGA is more than a bikepacking race. It's a test of will and endurance. It's 357 miles filled with more than 50,000 feet of grueling climbs, wicked downhills, river crossings, hike-a-bikes, wild bears, boars, snakes... Continue Reading →
Instant noodles, breakfast cereal and chicken nuggets may be delicious, but they are also associated with an earlier death. Eating highly processed foods could shorten your life, a new study suggests. According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine eating highly processed foods may shorten your life. The study tracked diet and health over eight years in... Continue Reading →
This looks like an awesome event and without a doubt, the Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder has the best event website I've ever seen. Press release: The Oregon Trail was a 2,000 mile adventure, the likes of which are hard to comprehend in modern times. Adventurers packed their worldly possessions into covered wagons, kissed their loved... Continue Reading →
A truly gigantic study entitled "Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016" has determined that no amount of alcohol should be recommended for ingestion. Via The Lancet: Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for global disease burden and causes substantial health... Continue Reading →
The DIETFITS study published today isn't super surprising, get 600 people to eat more vegetables and less added sugar for a year and they'll lose weight. What is interesting in the study are the takeaways regarding what doesn't matter when dieting. The study, published today in JAMA Nutrition provides a few key takeaways: Low-carb and low-fat dieters achieved essentially... Continue Reading →
An interesting article regarding long-term coffee consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease was just published in Circulation. The meta-analysis, which included 35 cohort studies and 1,283,685 participants, suggests that long-term coffee consumption (3 to 5 cups per day) is cardio-protective and reduces your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Background — Considerable controversy exists regarding the association... Continue Reading →
The only way to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease caused by repeated head trauma that is prevalent in football players, is by examining brain tissue for signs of tau protein buildup posthumously during autopsy. That might be about to change though, as a group from Boston University may have found a way to test... Continue Reading →
A widely reported study published last week in the journal Stroke found that drinking even one can of diet soda a day triples your risk of dementia. Unsurprisingly, this finding caused quite the uproar but it's probably not time to throw away your diet soda quite yet. This is the first study to find a link between artificial... Continue Reading →
Should you or should you not be eating the yolk along with the whites of your egg? The debate has been going on for ages. There’s a lot to like about egg yolks. Compared to egg whites, the yolk contains most of an egg’s good stuff, including the bulk of its iron, folate, vitamins and... Continue Reading →
Plateaus are inevitable, you hear that? Don't freak out! What's important when a plateau sets in is how you choose to deal with it. Most people hit a plateau and make the mistake of overhauling their training or diet without getting to the bottom of the issue at hand, the body has adapted to what... Continue Reading →
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