Editor's Note: The message is clear: Get out and move your body if you want to keep it together mentally as you age! Why, as we grow older, do we...

A dysfunction in the lining of blood vessels that is linked to cardiovascular illness also appears to play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study...

Postmenopausal African-American women who exercise vigorously for more than two hours a week can reduce their risk of developing breast cancer by 64% compared to women of the same race...

97-year-old Jack LaLanne knows a few things. Back years ago, he gave his list of 10 points for healthy living.  Good stuff. =Scroll Down for Video=   ...

Use of weight-loss surgery has increased 10-fold in hospitals in England since 2000 and those who have gastric bands fitted can reduce their risk of early death and cut health...

Just five minutes of exercise in a "green space" such as a park can boost mental health, researchers claim. There is growing evidence that combining activities such as walking or...

The stage for osteoporosis is set well before menopause--but exercise can help rewrite the script, according to Medical College of Georgia researchers. Declining estrogen levels have long been associated with...

People who complain they have no time to exercise may soon need another excuse. Some experts say intense exercise sessions could help people squeeze an entire week's workout into less...

Stepping onto a cardio machine and choosing the "fat burn" program likely decreases the amount of fat one burns. While the "fat burn" program encourages exercisers to burn higher percentages...

Here's a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods -- even if you also exercise regularly -- could be bad...

Four years ago, my brother-in-law, Tom Vance, weighed 361 pounds, had high blood pressure and sleep apnea and was miserable from a divorce. He's since used hiking at Bay Area...

Russell Pate was driving through a neighborhood one late afternoon when he noticed something odd. He couldn't hear the sounds of children playing. No jump rope patter. No squeals of...

Jeremy N. Morris, a British epidemiologist whose comparison of heart-attack rates among double-decker bus drivers and conductors in London in the late 1940s and early '50s laid the scientific groundwork...

What kind of exercise do you do daily?What? You don't do that much?Listen to what the doc prescribes for optimal health.And listen to how ADD kifd respond to lifestyle changes....

Introduction by Carl LewisCan a world-class athlete get enough protein from a vegetarian diet to compete? I've found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a...

For many years I scoffed at the seemingly crazy marketing messages that promised "razor sharp abs" or "buns of steel" in workouts of 10 minutes or less. As a fitness...

Editor's Note: VegSource highly recommends the lifestyle program created by John Allen Mollenhauer and associates. It's enlightening and fun, not to mention a tremendous bargain. To learn more be sure...

One of the most frequent questions I get from athletes is how to get more protein. In their minds they are thinking that if they stuff more protein into...