Tai chi, often called “meditation in motion,” appears to improve the quality of life in people with heart failure, say researchers at Harvard Medical School.

The ancient Chinese exercise of tai chi features physical movements that are slow and gentle and require concentration.
“Historically, patients with chronic systolic heart failure were considered too frail to exercise and, through the late 1980s, avoidance of physical activity was a standard recommendation,” the researchers write. And, until now, the effects of meditative exercise have not been rigorously studied in a large group of heart failure …

Think of frozen produce as your secret weapon, held in suspended animation until you need it. Pre-prepped frozen produce can be the foundation of a range of superfast dishes, from smoothies and soups to stews and sides.
An unexpected bonus: In winter, frozen produce can be more nutritious than the anemic fresh fruits and vegetables on display in other areas of the supermarket. That’s because the frozen stuff was harvested at peak ripeness, when it was dense with nutrients, says Barry Swanson, Ph.D., a food science professor at Washington State University …

Tendonitis is an inflammation of the tendon and ligaments that join muscle to bone in the human body. The most commonly affected areas are the shoulder (rotator cuff tendonitis), elbow (golfer’s elbow or tennis elbow), wrist and thumb, knee, ankle (Achilles tendonitis) and the hip. Some of the symptoms and signs of tendonitis include swelling, tenderness, warmth and redness, and pain that worsens during movement of the involved limb. It often presents in three stages: Stage 1 is a dull ache following activity, which often improves with rest; Stage 2 involves pain with slight movement (putting on clothing for example); and finally, Stage 3 which involves chronic pain.

It used to be simple didn’t it?
Health was…a doctors visit, brush your teeth regularly, some jogging perhaps, a vitamin C and you were set.
Now there vitamins and minerals and herbs that you HAVE to take, and then there’s phytonutrients and macronutrients and micronutrients and…
There’s BMI and BCoR Scores and Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics and Stress counts and Blood counts and Macronutreinst and Micronutrients.
Then there’s enzymnes and co-enzymnes and oxidants and antioxidants, and – where do all this stuff come from?
Well of course it was always there – its just everyone …

It is said that to have a happy life all we need is: – someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to.

In keeping with that simple mantra, if we narrow it down to health steps:-