healthbriefs Vitamin D Helps Babies Grow Strong Bones and Muscle
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esearchers from McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, have discovered a connection between vitamin D sup-
plementation during infancy and a healthier ratio of muscle and fat in toddlers. “We were very intrigued by the higher lean mass and the possibility that vitamin D can help infants to grow both healthy skeletons and amounts of muscle, yet less fat,” says Hope Weiler, one of the study’s authors and director of the Mary Emily Clinical Nutrition Research Unit at the university. The original 2013 study, which followed 132 infants
given one of four different dosages of vitamin D daily during their first years, confirmed the connection with strong bones. The 2016 study used the same data to explore the impact of vitamin D supplementation on the toddlers’ body fat levels. The researchers found that children given more than 400 international units per day during the first year of life had an average of 450 less grams of body fat at
High-Intensity Workouts May Keep People Coming Back
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study from McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, has found
that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) makes working out more enjoyable for individuals that strug- gle with regular exercise. Jennifer Heisz, lead author and assistant professor in the kinesiology depart- ment, observes, “Enjoyment during the first weeks of adopting a new exercise program may be especially important for preventing dropouts.” Researchers divided 40 sedentary,
healthy adults into two groups. One participated in HIIT, which consists of short bursts of intense exercises, followed by lower-intensity recovery periods, for six weeks; the other group performed ongoing moderate exercises. The researchers discovered that while both groups started out with equal enjoyment levels, the HIIT group enjoyed their workouts more as they gained strength, while the moderate group reported unchanged or decreased enjoyment levels.
age 3. They also found a correlation between the supple- mentation and lean muscle mass in the youngsters during their first three years.
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