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Walking more every day might help adults live longer, so counting steps could be a good way for public health programs to encourage people to move more.
Walking more every day is linked to living longer for most adults, but how we measure steps and who we study can change how strong that link looks.
Walking more every day, especially between 8,000 and 10,000 steps, is linked to a lower risk of dying and a longer life.
Older women who walk less than 2700 steps a day may have a higher chance of dying from any cause compared to those who walk at least 4400 steps daily.
For older women, walking faster or with more intensity doesn't seem to lower the risk of death more than just hitting a total number of steps per day.
Older women who walk about 4,400 steps a day tend to live longer than those who walk only 2,700 steps, and walking more helps up to about 7,500 steps — after that, walking even more doesn’t seem to...
Taking a high-quality omega-3 pill every day for four months improves the balance between anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory fats in your blood cells more than a lower-quality one, even with a...
Taking high-quality fish oil pills with more of a certain form (called re-esterified triglycerides) leads to higher levels of a healthy fat called DPA in your blood cells after four months, compared...
Fish oil supplements with over 95% re-esterified triglycerides (a type of fat form) seem to get more omega-3s into your blood cells after 16 weeks than those with less than 70%, so this might be a...
If you're a healthy young adult, taking a high-purity fish oil supplement might improve your blood fat levels faster than a lower-purity one — and you could see changes in just four weeks.
If you're a healthy young adult, taking a high-purity fish oil supplement might help your body absorb more of the good omega-3s (like EPA and DHA) into your red blood cells compared to a lower-purity...
Some fish oil pills that mix with water in your gut might help your body absorb omega-3s better, but we’re not totally sure yet and need more human studies to find out.
How fish oil is made and packaged can change how well your body absorbs it, whether you like taking it, and how much it might help your health.
Your body absorbs omega-3s from fish oil better depending on the form they're in — free fatty acids are easiest to absorb, triglycerides are okay, and ethyl esters are the hardest.
Walking every day — even if it's just regular walking, not exercise — is linked to living longer for older women.
Walking about 7,500 steps a day helps older women live longer, but walking more than that doesn’t seem to add any extra benefit.
Older women who walk about 4,400 steps a day tend to live longer than those who walk only 2,700 steps. More walking is linked to lower risk of dying from any cause.
Fish oil in triglyceride form gets absorbed better by your body than the kind in ethyl ester form.
If young, healthy guys eat protein before bed while lifting weights for 12 weeks, their muscle fibers grow way more than if they don’t — like almost double the growth, according to one study.
If young guys eat protein before bed while lifting weights for 12 weeks, they gain more leg muscle than those who don’t — about twice as much, according to one study.
If young, healthy guys lift weights for 12 weeks and drink a protein shake before bed, they get way stronger than those who don’t — like 30 more pounds on their lifts.
If young, healthy guys drink a protein shake with some carbs before bed while lifting weights for 12 weeks, they’ll probably gain more muscle and get stronger than if they just drank a fake shake...
Older guys who lift weights and take a protein shake after workouts and before bed get the same muscle-building effect as those who take a fake shake with the same calories — so the protein might not...
If older guys who are already active do full-body strength training three times a week for three months, they’ll get stronger legs and bigger leg muscles—even without adding extra protein to their...