Natural Health Journals

A government panel pushes for extra physical activity, but you might already be there.
Official advice is a moving target: Every month or so it turns out that this or that is now potentially good for you, or potentially bad or both. (Think red wine and red meat.) Just when you get one doctrine burned into […]

IF YOU ever wonder whether you’ll be able and willing to pursue an active lifestyle into your later years-enlarged prostate, osteoporosis and muscle atrophy aside-take a look at the documentary Surfing for Life, airing on PBS stations beginning in April and continuing through May and June. With interviews, rare archival surfing footage and some beautiful […]

IF YOU’RE MIRED in a sense of hopelessness and with the rate at which serotonin reuptake inhibitors fly off the apothecary’s shelf, there’s a good chance you’ve been through that town-you may want to consider exercise as an alternative to expensive therapy or medication. According to a survey of 13,000 adults published in the Canadian […]

It doesn’t matter what triggers it. Maybe you’ve finally gotten tired of bleary-eyed nights doing nothing more physically challenging than watching Sports Center, followed by days spent in torpor. Maybe your girl friend lost 10 pounds doing it. Hell, maybe it’s the fact that even your dog is in better condition than you are. Again, […]

No, we’re not pitchmen, for Starbucks, but if you’re looking for an energy boost in the gym, coffee can be a tempting workout partner. `There are numerous performance benefits [to caffeine],’ says Eric Sternlicht, Ph.D., a nutrition and exercise consultant (www.simplyfit.com) and the author of “Fuel Up”. `It increases the strength of muscle contractions, both […]

How would you like to: boost your libido, enhance your joint flexibility and strength, lessen your lower-back discomfort, improve your balance, reduce your overall stress, enhance your concentration, and raise the level of your overall athletic performance, all with the aid of a single discipline?

There’s a lazy caveman inside your head telling you to keep packing down that fat and to skip that workout. Here’s how to outsmart him.

WHEN Richard Ballantine wrote his best-selling guide to bicycling back in 1972, bikes were heavy. Simple geared contraptions viewed mainly as a hip alternative to environmentally unfriendly auto travel.
They’ve come a long way since then, and Ballantine’s updated work, Richard’s 21st-Century Bicycle Book, provides an ideal link between the groovy spirit of the ‘70s and […]

If, like many a star-crossed professional athlete, you seem to suffer from more than your fair share of leg injuries specifically, injuries occurring between the knee and the ankle, such as an Achilles tendon strain, Achilles tendinitis or stress fractures-it may not rnerely be happenstance. Some people are more susceptible due to natural conditions or […]

ALTHOUGH fit guys are less likely to experience heartburn than their big-bellied brethren, exercise itself can sometimes trigger an indigestion attack. Before you say, I can’t believe lifted the whole thing, University of New Mexico exercise physiologist Robert Robergs, Ph.D. offers these tips for avoiding the acid burn:

Don’t eat large amounts of fat and protein […]