Every weekday at 5:45pm, Allan gives you a tip to help improve your life. It’s WEBE Wellness! It could range from exercise to better sleep to eating healthy. A minute that could help enhance your world.
WEBE Wellness: How Much Exercise Do We Really Need Each Week?
You know you should exercise to keep healthy, but how much should you exercise? Not to become a competitive athlete, but to live a longer, healthier life? A new study reveals we need 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week – that’s 2 and a half hours. But if you don’t have the time, 75…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Avoid These Weekend Mistakes
It’s finally the weekend! And you want to have a good time and relax, but there’s a few things to avoid doing this weekend so you don’t screw up the next week. Sleeping in may sound wonderful, but big variations in your sleep times leads to greater fatigue overall. An hour or two is fine,…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Happiness Is A New Hobby
If you’re looking to add some happiness into your life, find a new hobby. A new study shows it helps, especially as we age. Researchers found those with hobbies tend to be happier, less depressed, and more satisfied with their lives, and they stay sharper mentally. The study looked at nearly 100,000 people across three…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Why Adults Should Take Up Skateboarding
If you happen to go by a skatepark and see among all the kids a middle-aged person riding a skateboard, if you said to yourself “that’s someone having a mid-life crisis,” you’ll probably be right. Researchers are now recommending skateboarding for those in their 40s and 50s who may be struggling with depression, substance abuse…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Is Hitting Snooze A Bad Thing?
Have you heard before it’s bad to keep hitting the snooze button on your alarm? Well don’t let it stress you out – it turns out it’s not a bad thing after all! Researchers did a study where half of the sleepers hit the snooze repeatedly for 30 minutes, the other half had their alarm…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: The Trick To Making A Pill Work Faster
No one wants to have to take medicine, but when we do, we want it to work fast. And there’s a trick you can do with your own body to have it kick in faster. Lie down on your right side. A study at Johns Hopkins figured out that it hits your blood stream more…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Beat Work Burnout
If you’ve totally burned out by work and you can’t take a vacation or if a different job isn’t a possibility, there are some things you can do to beat work burnout: First, recognize that your burned out – not just tired – be on the lookout for headaches, gastrointestinal issues, or restlessness when you…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Eating Healthier When Dining Out
We all love to go out to eat, but it’s important to remember that comes with unintended consequences – primarily, trying to eat healthy. But there are some easy tips to keep in mind when sitting down at a restaurant if you want to keep up your healthy lifestyle: • Keep track of calories –…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: 3 Seconds A Day To Build Muscle
Building muscle is important, but many of us can’t find the time. But that’s no longer an excuse – because all you need is 3 seconds! A new study shows that performing one bicep curl, at maximum effort, will give a 10% increase in muscle strength in just a month. So, 3 seconds day, for…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Home Surfaces You Should Be Cleaning (But Aren’t!)
We’re at the halfway point of the year, and have you not cleaned your home in a while? Well take stock because there’s a lot of stuff we overlook in our regular cleaning. A new study shows that the handle of your coffee maker has more bacteria than your toilet seat! The study did swab…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Write It Down
You ever feel like it’s getting harder than ever to remember important info – or even what you need to get at the grocery store? Just because it’s easy to put things down in the Notes app on your iPhone, if you really want to remember things – use the old tried-and-true method of writing…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Staying Safe This Summer
The final weekend of June is upon us, and the Fourth of July is next week, so you’re gonna be spending a lot of time outside in the near future. But it is important to stay safe and avoid potentially dangerous things this season. First, insect bites – use repellent, wear long clothing, since both…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Healthier Toothbrushing
Did you brush your teeth today? Well, hopefully you did – but, more importantly, did you brush correctly? Many of us brush our teeth wrong – and there are big mistakes dentists say they see all the time. First – brushing too hard. It’s bad for your gums, and the bristles can’t do their job…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Protecting Yourself Against Mosquitos
With the summer heat and humidity upon us, it’s a reminder that we’re in the middle of mosquito season. And that best way to avoid getting sick is to prevent mosquito bites. The CDC has some tips on how to do just that: First, if you’ve got stagnant water anywhere near your home, make sure…… Continue Reading
WEBE Wellness: Keeping Your Skin Healthy In The Heat
We’re gonna have a stretch of particularly hot, sunny weather is ahead of us – and when you head outside during the summer, it’s so important to keep your skin healthy. Here are some skin tips for the season: First and foremost – use sunscreen! Sunburns are never fun, and years of too much sun…… Continue Reading