☀️ Good morning. Happy Thursday! Today is December 01, 2022 and this is your weekly health update.
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Digestion
4 Ways Pumpkin Benefits Your Gut Health
When most people think of pumpkins, jack-o’-lanterns and pumpkin pie may be the first things that come to mind, but this isn’t all they’re good for. Every part of the pumpkin, from its flesh to its seeds, can be eaten in some way. And these gourds are loaded with gut healthy nutrients like iron, fiber, and magnesium.
This article from Everyday Health shares four ways pumpkin improves gut health.
To read the full article, click here.
Energy & Movement
Walking: Trim your waistline, improve your health
Exercise is good. We all know that. But even though we should move more, we often end up trying to make things more complicated than they have to be. And then we just don’t do anything.
For many of us, walking is something we’ve been doing for years, yet we don’t think of it as “movement” or “exercise”. As an exercise, however, it actually provides a number of benefits and there really isn’t anything new to learn. The Mayo Clinic Staff walk you through the 6 steps that will help you to reap the many health benefits of walking.
Click Here to read the article.
Heart Health
Seven Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease
Heart disease is a leading cause of death, but it’s not inevitable. While you can’t change some risk factors — such as family history, sex or age — there are plenty of ways you can reduce your risk of heart disease by following a heart-healthy lifestyle.
Click here to read the seven strategies to help you protect your heart.
Immune System
8 Ways to Keep Your Immune System Healthy
Put simply, your immune system defends your body against illness and disease. This complex system comprises the skin cells, blood, bone marrow, tissues, and organs that — when working the way they should — protect your body against potentially harmful pathogens (like bacteria and viruses), and limit damage from noninfectious agents (like sunburn or cancer), according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Think of the immune system as an orchestra. For the best performance, you want every instrument and every musician in the orchestra to perform at their best. You don’t necessarily want one musician to perform at double speed or one instrument to suddenly produce sound at twice the volume it usually does. You want every part to perform exactly according to the score.
The same goes for your immune system. To best protect your body from harm, every component of your immune system needs to perform exactly according to plan. The best way you can ensure this happens is to practice the good-for-you behaviors your immune system runs on every day. Here are seven key ones.
To read about the key behaviors your immune system runs on, click here.
Bones & Movement
Stay Strong: Four Ways to Beat the Frailty Risk
An estimated 7 to 12 percent of Americans age 65 and older are considered frail.
Risk rises with age—from one in 25 people between ages 65 and 74 to one in four of those older than age 84. That’s a concern, because frailty increases the risk of infections, illnesses that have to be treated in the hospital, falls and even disabilities.
To read about 4 ways to beat the Frailty Risk, click here.
Nutrition
Carbohydrates: How Carbs Fit Into A Healthy Diet
Carbohydrates often get a bad rap, especially when it comes to weight gain. But carbohydrates, often called carbs, aren’t all bad. Because of their many health benefits, carbs have a rightful place in the diet. In fact, the body needs carbs to work well.
But some carbs can be better for you than others. Understand more about carbohydrates and how to make healthy diet choices.
Understanding carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are a type of macronutrient found in many foods and beverages. Most carbs occur naturally in plant-based foods, such as grains. Food manufacturers also add carbs to processed foods in the form of starch or added sugar.
To read the full article, click here.
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To Your Health,
TheTinySpoonCo Content Team
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