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    Here Are the Worst States in the U.S. for Healthcare

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    Among many other superlatives, the United States claims the most expensive healthcare system in the country. Though the whole country is lumped together in that honor, the reality is that healthcare quality and access can vary greatly depending on where in the country you are. A new study conducted by Forbes attempts to break down the intricacies of healthcare in all 50 states by examining 24 metrics across four key categories: healthcare access, healthcare outcomes, healthcare cost, and quality of hospital care. Georgia takes the title of the worst state for healthcare in the country. Interestingly enough, seven of the top 10 worst states for healthcare are in the South: Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. North Carolina ranks as the worst state for healthcare costs, Utahns struggle the hardest in getting healthcare access, New Mexico has the worst quality of hospital care in the country, and Mississippi is the worst state for positive healthcare outcomes.As for the best state in the country for healthcare, that honor goes to Minnesota. It’s an outlier in the region, as even of the 10 best states for healthcare are in the northeast: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Pennsylvania. If you find yourself in one of the 10 worst states in the country for healthcare, try to find a doctor and a hospital that can best serve you in times of need. GeorgiaAlabamaNorth CarolinaMississippiSouth CarolinaArkansasNew MexicoTexasNevadaIndianaAll of the 10 best states for healthcare lie north of the Mason-Dixon line. If you’re looking for quality care or other important factors, you might want to consider one of these states. MinnesotaMassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticutVermontNew HampshireMichiganOregonMainePennsylvania More

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      Air Force Vet With Parkinson’s Shares Ironman Triathlon Journey

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      She’s combatting her disease with exercise.Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist Sara Whittingham has faced many challenges in her life, from graduating the Air Force Academy to becoming a physician to training as an endurance athlete. But her latest challenge might be her most difficult yet.After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2020, Whittingham began participating in a study that determined how strenuous exercise can (along with medication) help slow the development of her disease. This weekend, she completed the IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii, her first triathlon since being diagnosed.“I was pleased because I felt like a real runner again,” Sara recalls. “With medication and exercise, I wasn’t feeling as stiff. I was feeling better overall.” More

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      Lower Your Risk of Cancer With Just 3 Minutes of Movement

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      You can work brisk exercise into your everyday routine.It turns out that running to catch a train or bus could have long-term benefits for your health. A new study published in JAMA Oncology found a surprising link between short bursts of intense exercise and the risk of developing cancer.  Researchers examined activity tracker data from more than 22,000 men and women to draw the connection. They found that people who moved fast for at least 3 minutes a day were approximately 30 percent less likely to die of many types of cancer, compared to those who almost always leisurely strolled from point A to point B—regardless of whether or not they exercised otherwise. The team refers to these acts of rushing up the stairs or running to catch a train as Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity, or “VILPA.”Led by Emmanuel Stamatakis, a professor of physical activity, lifestyle and population health at the University of Sydney in Australia, the group gathered the activity tracker records for middle-aged and older people who said they never exercised. They then used AI to analyze the data and learn when the subjects experienced VILPA in their daily lives. After examining medical records for cancer diagnoses in the subsequent seven years, they were able to determine that VILPA had a correlation to a reduced risk of cancer. As it turns out, just a few seconds of VILPA a day can have a big impact. “The minimum needed to see some risk reduction was well under one minute a day,” Stamatakis told The Washington Post. The research should come as welcome news to the majority of adults who don’t work out. “Our study’s findings are especially pertinent to people who are not keen on leisure-time exercise, which is the majority of the adult population,” Stamatakis continued. “For them, our study suggests that doing a few short bursts of intense exercise as the day goes by may be beneficial.” “The take-home message is that moving more at a higher intensity during everyday living may be a good alternative to structured exercise, and may reduce cancer risk in the long term,” he added. Perhaps being perpetually late and in a rush is actually a good thing.Chris Malone Méndez is a Breaking/Trending News Writer at Men’s Journal.:not(.m-detail-header–title),
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      7 Reasons Why You Absolutely Need Vitamin D

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      Eat more vitamin-rich foods and get a daily dose of natural sunlight, and you could gain a fuller head of hair, leaner abs, and more.If you’re like most working Americans, you more or less drag yourself out of bed in the dark, trudge your way to work, then sit in a fluorescent-lit office space for 10 hours, after which you make the same grudging trek back home… in the dark. Sure, this is a morose depiction of day-to-day life—but in winter, this isn’t a far cry from the truth. Problem is, all this time in the dark, or at least away from natural sunlight, is causing many of us to become deficient in vitamin D. And, regardless of whether we’re in a balmy spring, scorching summer, or the dreary, chilly months that stretch from fall to winter, our basic needs don’t change. We desperately need the sunshine vitamin. Here are the 7 most important reasons why.Talk to your doctor about taking a supplement. You want up to but no more than 4,000 IU a day, per the Institute of Medicine. 1. Stronger, healthier teeth More

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      7 Diet Tips to Look Better Naked

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      Put the finishing touches on your physique with these nutritional hacks.Every guy knows how the right clothes can make him look thinner. Put on a well-tailored suit, and your shoulders will look broader. Dress up in a dark shirt, and it’ll appear to slim you down.But going naked? With nothing to hide your little pockets of extra fat? That’s the ultimate test of a great physique.And while plenty of hours in the gym will go a long way toward making you look great no matter what, maintaining an enviable body mostly depends on your dietary habits. (Say it with us: “Abs are made in the kitchen.”) Adopt these seven nutrition tips and tricks, and your summer beach body will be ready in no time. Take branched chain amino acids More

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      10 Ways to Build Muscle Faster

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      MIKOLETTE/GETTY IMAGES/Getty Images See big results by making small tweaks to your training, diet, and lifestyle. Seeing new and faster gains doesn’t always require getting on a drastically different workout plan or following an ultra-scientific diet. Small changes can add up to major results. Start making the following tweaks and build muscle faster. 1. Set […] More

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      How Athletic Greens Is Innovating AG1

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      Origins storyFounder Chris Ashenden started Athletic Greens 10 years ago. He was experiencing a lot of health issues, from gut distress to low energy to nutrient deficiency and insufficiency. Experts recommended supplements—a whole lot of ’em—but taking 20 to 30 tablets a day to rectify the problem didn’t seem logical.To get all those vitamins and minerals, pre- and probiotics, and phytonutrients, “you’d need a whole cabinet and refrigerator,” says Ralph Esposito, a naturopathic physician and functional medicine practitioner specializing in integrative medicine at Athletic Greens. “If you look at nature, though, it does this organically. In ancient Indian culture, Ayurvedic medicine and cooking has a lot of yogurt, botanicals, herbs, and spices. Yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut, and apples—they have a lot of these pre- and probiotics and phytonutrients. Ashwagandha was a food first, then became a supp. When you boil it all down, it comes to establishing essentials of nutrition for proper gut health and looking at the body as a whole.”That’s where the idea of AG1 came in. Ashenden wanted to create a green drink that went beyond a multivitamin. He wanted it to contain herbs, nutrients, phytonutrients, flavanols, pre- and probiotics to make foundational health as simple as starting your day with a beverage, much like the ritual of having tea or coffee.When you’re experiencing a malady, like IBS, it’s not just one root cause of the problem. There are a multitude of systems communicating with one another—your gut, adrenals, vascular, skin, etc.—that need to find a sense of equilibrium to not flip the switch and short-circuit the whole system.So when it came to formulating AG1, Ashenden took the same symbiotic approach. There are nine synergistic products by way of vitamins and minerals to keep your immune system and nervous system chugging along; a superfood complex comprising fruits and vegetables picked at peak harvest times for the most potent phytonutrient count; dairy-free probiotics to support the gut microbiome and aid nutrient absorption as well as digestion; antioxidants and plant extracts with adaptogens that help minimize stress at a cellular level; and an enzyme and mushroom complex to further aid digestion. More