Exercising for health is more about creating the habits of movement than training like an elite athlete.
Exercise aids nutrient and adipose partitioning, thus helping to reduce metabolic syndrome and the incidence and severity of diabetes.
While many people downplay the importance of exercise for fat and weight loss, in the longer-term, exercise is extremely helpful for maintaining a healthy weight.
Exercise is neurogenic and can result in reduced risk of neurodegeneration and improved mental health.
Despite some equivocal results, the benefits of exercise on cardiovascular health shouldn’t be understated.
All types of exercise benefit bone and joint health but the greatest benefits are from resistance, jumping, and plyometric exercise.
While people debate the effects of exercise on health, it is clear that activity and movement are critical to optimising health
Advice to reduce saturated fat ignores that several types of saturated fatty acids are beneficial to health.
Substitution studies are used to support the idea that saturated fat is bad…but do they actually show this?
Does saturated fat increase the risk of cardiovascular or all-cause mortality? What do we know from randomised controlled trials?
All About Saturated Fat Part 1: What do we know about saturated fat, mortality, and heart disease from meta-analyses of the observational evidence?
Why is it so good for us? Here’s everything you need to know about coconut oil.
Can EMS (electrical muscle stimulation) help improve athletic performance and recovery? Here’s what the research says.
Cliff looks at the research behind mindfulness practice and how it can benefit many different aspects of health
Cliff looks at the research on how mindfulness positively benefits our physical health and performance.
Several nutrients are implicated in worsening autoimmune hair loss. In this article, Dr Cliff Harvey explores the evidence behind nutrition and alopecia.
Coffee is associated with health but might be associated with increased pain for some people with autoimmune conditions.
The latest update to the Heart Foundation position statement on red meat suggests that Kiwis should actively try to reduce red meat intake and that it is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Cliff explains what’s right and what’s wrong with this position.
It has been suggested that up to 2 cups of coffee per day are safe during pregnancy. A recent review casts doubt on this, suggesting instead that there is ‘no safe dose’.
Caffeine is one of the Kings of sports supplementation. Find out how caffeine can improve your performance.