Categoría: Fitness

Of FITBOOK | July 06, 2020, 4:30 p.m Gout patients may be familiar with colchicine: the active ingredient is found in drugs used to treat the symptoms of the metabolic disease. Now researchers want to have achieved success in the therapy of Covid 19 patients. Interesting: Colchicine occurs naturally in an ornamental plant that is […]

Of FITBOOK | December 27, 2021 at 1:21 p.m Muesli has a good image. But an investigation by “Ökotest” shows that some foods contain a lot of sugar or traces of potentially harmful substances. Fortunately, there are also «very good» mueslis. Fruit muesli – a healthy thing, one might think. But this is not necessarily […]

Of FITBOOK | Mar 18, 2021 1:57 p.m The general recommendation is not to consume too much sugar for health reasons. But apparently, of all real sweeteners, the mixture of fructose and glucose – also known as sucrose – is particularly harmful. Swiss researchers want to have found this out in a study with differently […]

Of FITBOOK | Feb 17, 2021 11:24 am The willingness of Germans to be vaccinated against influenza was greater last autumn than it had been in years. The coronavirus pandemic is partly responsible for this. What positive effects this has and whether the flu vaccination is still worthwhile – you can read all about it […]

Of FITBOOK | Nov 23, 2021 5:43 am Exercise increases the production of cannabis-like substances, which in turn relieve pain and reduce inflammation in the body, according to a new study. Interesting: The body’s own «high» is not produced in the brain, but in the intestine. Why do you feel so good after training? The […]

Of FITBOOK | Mar 6, 2021 at 8:04 am Emma Alam can memorize 410 unrelated words in 15 minutes. That’s a world record. But could anyone else do it? A study shows that memory can be trained with the loci method – with surprisingly quick success. A pack of bread is in the mailbox, a […]

By Nadja Demel | Jan 20, 2022 at 2:19 p.m Fatigue, pain, fever: mild side effects often occur after vaccination. But often the vaccine itself is not responsible for this, but the unconscious expectation of the vaccinated person. FITBOOK explains what the nocebo effect is all about. You are tired, you feel weak and you […]

By Isabel Kilian | Jun 20, 2022 at 5:11 p.m According to statistics, obesity in children is on the rise. New research results from a long-term study now show that obesity and poor physical fitness in youth can have long-term consequences for health – more precisely: for the brain. According to the Robert Koch Institute, […]

Of FITBOOK | Jun 01, 2019 7:03 am Dreaming at night is completely normal – and not always being able to remember it, either! If you like, you can train yourself to save dreams. Don’t miss any more FITBOOK topics – subscribe to our newsletter here! The brain doesn’t take a break, it’s active 24/7. […]

Of FITBOOK | February 22, 2020 at 11:03 am It is no longer a secret that the intestinal microbiome has a significant influence on health and that it makes sense to strive for a healthy composition of bacteria in the digestive tract. But which form of nutrition is the best calling card for this? Researchers […]