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According to the World Health Organization (“WHO”), physical inactivity levels are rising in many countries with major implications for the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (“NCD”) and the general health of the population worldwide. As a matter of fact, physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for global mortality. Sounds pretty serious, doesn’t it?

Activity, Longevity, Strength, Stress, Weight LossAki RaninJanuary 28, 2020steps, 10000 steps, longevity, activity, moderate intensity, who, physical inactivity, brisk walking Comment

Healthy Habits: Mobility Exercise

This is one of those trendy keywords that seem to come up on fitness blogs and social media over the past few years. Is it the same as flexibility, or something totally different? Let’s explore.

Longevity, StrengthAki RaninJanuary 28, 2020longevity, mobility, range of motion, core training, stability, functional strength, sarcopenia, aging, healthy aging, yoga, pilatesComment

Healthy Habits: Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent Fasting is simply a habitual cycle of a body-switching between an extended period of fasting and consequently shorter period of feeding states, with varying ‘eat window’ schedules.

Weight Loss, LongevityAki RaninJanuary 17, 2020intermittent fasting, diet, longevity, blood sugar, inflammation, resting heart rate, blood pressure, weight loss, caloric intake, 16:8, 5:2, 24hr fast Comment

Healthy Habits: Sports

Physical exercise is the performance of some activity in order to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It is often directed toward also honing athletic ability or skill.

ActivityAki RaninJanuary 17, 2020inflammation, immune system, cardiovascular disease, exercise, healthy aging, longevity, dementia, anaerobic, aerobic, flexibilityComment

Stress Score: Daily Personal Insights

With the increasing popularity of Heart Rate Variability (“HRV”) as a tool for stress and recovery tracking, how does one make sense of this data? How do we account for the impact of behaviors such as workouts and sleep? Well, we figured it out.

StressAki RaninJanuary 15, 2020hrv, rhr, stress, stress management, longevity, recovery, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, sleep quality, machine learning, healthzillaComment

Healthy Habits: Meditation Practice

Meditation can be a powerful tool for personal development, whether the aim is simply mental performance, stress relief, or even overcoming trauma. Besides a plethora of clinically proven benefits, meditation can also help you develop useful skills for daily life.

Longevity, StressAki RaninDecember 30, 2019meditation, mindfulness, mantra, breathing, awareness, stress, trauma, emotions, self-awareness, awakening, performance, brain, longevity, guided meditation Comment

Healthy Habits: Strength Training

Strength Training is a type of physical exercise specializing in the use of resistance to induce muscular contraction, which builds strength, anaerobic endurance, size of skeletal muscles and bone density [study link]. It also makes you look and feel good!

Strength, Longevity, Weight LossAki RaninDecember 17, 2019anaerobic endurance, skeletal muscle, bone density, weight lifting, testosterone, bodybuilding, longevity, Progressive overload, compound movements, Hypertrophy, strength trainingComment

Healthy Habits: Measuring Heart Rate Variability

Stress is many things. It can be annoying, or life-destroying. It can be psychological, or physiological. The point is, whether you're an athlete looking to recover between workouts or a working professional looking to perform at your best, you can only control what you measure. So if you want to avoid burnout and injury, you'll want a way to measure stress.

Stress, LongevityAki RaninOctober 17, 2019stress, parasympathetic, sympathetic, cns, nervous system, burnout, depression, hrv, heart rate variability, recovery, long, longevity, measure hrv Comment