Because humans have evolved to crave fat, salt, and sugar, it is difficult to shift away from them and toward a healthier diet, but it is possible to learn to like vegetables, fruits, and whole-grain foods more.
Yoga may help people with long-term back pain to move and do common tasks more easily, a new study finds. But yoga didn’t improve pain much. The study included 313 adults with back pain. Their pain had lasted, or kept coming back, for an average of 10 years. People were randomly divided into 2 groups. Both groups got their usual care. This included treatments such as medicines and physical therapy. Everyone also received a booklet on ways to ease back pain. People in 1 of the 2 groups also were offered a series of yoga classes. They took 1 class a week for 12 weeks. People filled out questionnaires about pain and how well they could move and do daily tasks. Those in the yoga group reported better back function right after the 12 weeks ended. They also had better function 3 and 6 months later. The other group had no change. Both groups reported only small improvements in pain.
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