There can be a bit of a catch-22 when it comes to looking and feeling better. Making the effort to look good requires you to have energy and motivation; in other words, you need to feel good first. Of course, sometimes it’s the boost of looking better that makes you feel able to face the […]
Beauty means different things to different people, but nearly everyone wants to look their best. And that generally starts with the skin, which is, after all, one of the first things we see when we look at someone. It’s also pretty important. The rest of the body can’t be held together without it. Skincare starts
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From the moment we’re born, we start to age. It’s inevitable, but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. That’s why such a huge industry has built up around products and behaviors that claim to contribute to anti aging. Just which products and behaviors actually work is another matter entirely. To start with, there
The average human lifespan has grown significantly in the past century. We’ve conquered diseases that were once death sentences, we’ve reduced maternal and infant mortality, and we know a lot about factors like hygiene and nutrition that can make such a big difference to life expectancy. Longevity shouldn’t just be about living long, but about
You don’t have to be one of those people who ties their whole body in knots to be flexible. You just need to keep your joints moving. Everyone struggles a bit as they get older, but there are ways you can improve your flexibility and slow down the effects of aging. The joints are the
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If you’re a physicist, energy is something that exists and changes but cannot be created or destroyed. It could be kinetic or potential, then broken down further into mechanical, electric, gravitational and a dozen other forms. What is sure is that it’s essential to everything that lives and moves on Earth. I’m not a physicist,
Sport comes with a natural sense of competition. Even if you don’t have an opponent, you’re always being challenged to beat your own previous best. I know I’m always trying to figure out how to improve my own performance and realizing just how many factors need to be considered. Of course, some of it depends
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Ah, mobility. It’s something most of us have in youth but then slowly erodes as we get older. Muscles and joints become stiffer, and we can’t move in the way that we used to. For other people, such as those with injuries or disabilities, mobility is always going to be difficult. If you can, you
Every day’s a new challenge when you have a health and fitness regimen. How do you get better each time? How do you measure it? What do you need to do to make sure you can keep it up day by day? Routine. It’s a hard thing to get into, but once it’s there, it
Looking and feeling better doesn’t have to be a great challenge. It doesn’t take much to make a big difference in how you look, and looking good can sometimes be an important step toward helping you to feel good. Plus, it’s easier to make the effort to look good if you’re feeling good when you
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