home alone tonight!").  The shoes, from Italian shoe company Vibram, sell for between £84.99 and £165.99.Health benefits In addition to their nonconformist currency in popular culture, the FiveFingers - which weigh all of 162g and have a minuscule heel

'm going home alone tonight!").  The shoes, from Italian shoe company Vibram, sell for between £84.99 and £165.99.Health benefits In addition to their nonconformist currency in popular culture, the FiveFingers - which weigh all of 162g and have a

If your goal is simply to stay fit ad healthy, these shortyet thorough workouts will boost heart health, build bone density and strengthen muscles."Runners often think that the more they run, the healthier they'll be," says Bill Pierce, co

UAN:255 Article type:--The Department of Health recommends we consume no more than 30-35 per cent of our total calories from fat in food, but in reality we consume nearer 40 per cent. Both so-called invisible fats – those hidden in foods

life," says Dr Petra Boynton, a sex psychologist and lecturer in health research at University College London. "One of the main reasons for this is that healthy people – and runners obviously fall into this category – generally have better sex lives

. That’s hardly a situation where you can eat anything you want and still lose weight.Chitosan may be more promising for your heart health, however. While the men in one study didn’t lose weight, their blood cholesterol levels fell significantly. Levels

with vegetables and complex carbohydrates (whole-grain bread, rice and potatoes). Be a nibbler A famished runner typically makes poor food choices. "Very hungry people tend to eat fast food or biscuits, and not fruit and vegetables that help to protect health

to lower risk of heart disease in those in their forties and above, and now the American Journal of Health Promotion reports that drinkers do up to 20 minutes more exercise than teetotallers on average each week.In practice: Go for heart-healthy red wine

groups generally consume well above this recommended protein intake, athlete or not. Therefore the adequacy of protein intake is not a concern for most triathletes. There is plenty of protein in cereals, breads, pastas, grains, legumes, nuts and dairy

sticks look somehow more appealing than the next, so be it.False health claimsBut the hype and the spin get a little more serious—and a lot more unfair—when food starts to carry words that make one food seem “healthier” than another. Words and phrases