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Type ‘fitness’ into Google and it brings up just the 1.4 billion results. ‘Health’ throws forward 3.2 billion. They include anything from videos of insane workouts, to the biology and physiology of the human body, to the merits of goji berries.
It’s difficult to find five that you haven’t seen before, but not impossible. So here is a quintet of quality sites that might offer something new for your nutritional needs.
If you don’t have the money or time to get to the gym coach Joshua Kozak at Hasfit offers a fantastic range of fitness videos. He’s apparently helped soccer moms, professional athletes and grand parents to achieve their fitness aims, both through home visits and his extensive array of videos.
Beginners might want to look at the 30 days challenge to get in shape, with a series of videos that mostly last about 10-12 minutes. At the other end of the scale are 20-minute yoga workouts and ‘30 min brutal tabata beatdowns’, catering for a mix of the 292,000 subscribers.
Everyone always warns against it, but if you have worries about your health, or have been freshly diagnosed with a condition, what is the first thing you tend to do? Google or WebMD it.
Alternatives exist that might give a more precise answer to your concern, such as Cochrane Collaboration. Named after Scottish doctor Archie Cochrane, the site uses statistical methods to analyse reviews and then compute where the weight of evidence points. At the bottom of each piece is a meta description – for example, “New Cochrane Review finds that attendance at day hospitals offer benefits compared to providing no treatment.” It’s a broad church, analysing everything from pregnancy tips to asthma treatments to the merits of water fluoridation.
Updated several times per day, this website is a great portal for those looking to change or overhaul healthy aspects of their lives. Under sections including Healthy Living, Healthy Mind and Healthy Body, visitors will enjoy a wide variety of topics for educational purposes – its creators are keen to point out that the site is not designed as a reference for medical advice.
In two recent days, in-depth articles included 20 reasons not to throw out fruit and veggie peel, three alternative natural ways to fight Alzheimer’s, and three all natural ways to preserve your homegrown herbs.
This fitness and food website is run by editor Bryan DiSanto, who has experienced the best of both worlds; he’s a former culinary student at Le Cordon Bleu and a certified personal trainer and nutritionist.
As one might therefore guess the exercises range from beginner to punishing, and the recipes extoll the virtues of high quality, tasty food. There are also sections on global trending topics and even a workout music playlist.
The nutritional market is a multi-billion pound giant, appealing to both fitness fanatics and those taking their first steps towards improving their diet and health.
The burgeoning industry presents opportunities across the world, and one of those to take the plunge is Fysique Nutrition. The site hasn’t actually launched yet, although one can sign up on the mailing list, but is promising to be a website supplying vitamins/supplements of interest.