Improve your health – improve your life

Improve your health – improve your life, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.65, with 80 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 32 reviews, and has 1640 subscribers.

You will learn about Stress and depression prevention How to develop good sleeping habits Nutrition for health, including why fruit and veg is important and avoiding dysglycaemia Exercising for health Looking after your back Cigarettes and Alcohol Cancer prevention Cancer – checking yourself for men and women Diabetes prevention Heart disease prevention This course is ideal for individuals who are Suitable for those who want to improve their overall health and wellbeing. or Especially people who are keen to function better on a daily basis and be more productive. or Businesses looking to reduce absenteeism and boost productivity It is particularly useful for Suitable for those who want to improve their overall health and wellbeing. or Especially people who are keen to function better on a daily basis and be more productive. or Businesses looking to reduce absenteeism and boost productivity.

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Summary

Title: Improve your health – improve your life

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.65

Number of Lectures: 80

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 80

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 81

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 81

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Stress and depression prevention
How to develop good sleeping habits
Nutrition for health, including why fruit and veg is important and avoiding dysglycaemia
Exercising for health
Looking after your back
Cigarettes and Alcohol
Cancer prevention
Cancer – checking yourself for men and women
Diabetes prevention
Heart disease prevention

Who Should Attend

Suitable for those who want to improve their overall health and wellbeing.
Especially people who are keen to function better on a daily basis and be more productive.
Businesses looking to reduce absenteeism and boost productivity

Target Audiences

Suitable for those who want to improve their overall health and wellbeing.
Especially people who are keen to function better on a daily basis and be more productive.
Businesses looking to reduce absenteeism and boost productivity

Learn how to flourish in life with a healthy lifestyle. Health is not merely the absence of disease. It is about feeling good. With a few simple changes to your exercise, nutrition and stress reduction, your lifestyle could be much improved, reducing the risk of heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Reduce the risk of mental health issues such as depression. Move better to avoid chronic back pain. Be more productive in work and at home. Learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. Learn how to improve the quality of your life as well as adding years to your life.

Do you know how to eat for optimal health? How much exercise you really need? Do you know what free radicals are, how they can cause cancer and how you can prevent them with the right diet? Learn techniques to help stave of anxiety, depression and mental health issues. Do you sleep well at night and wake up energised every day? If not, this course is for you. Learn how to improve your sleep and why it really matters.

Did you know that back pain is the main reason people are absent from work these days? Learn how to prevent back pain with some easy daily changes to your life. As you get older, your risk of back pain increases. Reduce this risk as early as you can.

Learn how to check yourself for lumps and bumps which could be breast or testicular cancer and what to do if you think you might have found something.

Risk of everything increases as you age. Reduce that risk now and learn how to live a long and happy life.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Contents

Chapter 2: Stress and Depression

Lecture 1: What is Stress?

Lecture 2: Reducing stress with self massage

Lecture 3: Stress control techniques – deep breathing

Lecture 4: Stress control techniques – Rhythmic exercises

Lecture 5: Increasing resilience to stress

Lecture 6: Depression

Lecture 7: Symptoms of depression

Lecture 8: Treating Depression

Chapter 3: Good Sleeping Habits

Lecture 1: What is Sleep?

Lecture 2: Improving your sleep

Lecture 3: Improving your sleep continued

Chapter 4: Nutrition for Health and Wellbeing

Lecture 1: Hydration

Lecture 2: Hydration continued

Lecture 3: Avoiding dysglycaemia (bouncing blood sugar levels)

Lecture 4: Avoiding dysglycaemia continued

Lecture 5: Glycaemic Load Table

Lecture 6: Fruit and vegetables

Lecture 7: Sources of free radicals

Lecture 8: Controlling Cholesterol

Chapter 5: Exercising for Good Health

Lecture 1: The FITT principle

Lecture 2: Frequency

Lecture 3: Intensity

Lecture 4: Intensity continued

Lecture 5: Time duration of exercise

Lecture 6: Type of Exercise

Chapter 6: Preventing Back Pain

Lecture 1: Preventing Back Pain

Lecture 2: Lifting safely

Lecture 3: Sitting properly

Chapter 7: Cigarettes and Alcohol

Lecture 1: Cigarettes and Alcohol

Lecture 2: It's not just death . . . . . .

Lecture 3: Help is at hand

Lecture 4: Alcohol

Lecture 5: What is safe?

Lecture 6: Help is at hand

Chapter 8: Cancer

Lecture 1: What is cancer?

Lecture 2: What is cancer continued

Lecture 3: Viral causes of cancer

Lecture 4: Environment and cancer

Lecture 5: Environment and cancer continued

Lecture 6: Clinical Manifestations of Cancer

Lecture 7: Exercise and Cancer

Lecture 8: Nutrition and Cancer

Chapter 9: Checking yourself for cancer: men and women

Lecture 1: Breast Cancer

Lecture 2: The five steps of a breast exam

Lecture 3: The five steps of a breast exam . . . .

Lecture 4: The five steps of a breast exam . . . .

Lecture 5: The five steps of a breast exam in picture form

Lecture 6: Tips on breast self examination

Lecture 7: Testicular cancer

Lecture 8: Three steps of testicular examination

Lecture 9: Testicular examination in picture form

Lecture 10: Tips on checking your testes

Chapter 10: Diabetes

Lecture 1: What is Diabetes?

Lecture 2: A Growing problem

Lecture 3: Classification of Diabetes

Lecture 4: Symptoms of Diabetes

Lecture 5: Risk Factors for type 1 diabetes

Lecture 6: Type 2 diabetes

Lecture 7: Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes

Lecture 8: HbA1c: the long term marker

Lecture 9: Complications

Lecture 10: Risk factors for type 2 diabetes

Lecture 11: Modifiable risk factors

Lecture 12: Lifestyle interventions – Exercise

Lecture 13: Nutrition – Glycaemic index

Lecture 14: Glycaemic load

Lecture 15: Glycaemic Load Table revisited

Lecture 16: Oats!

Lecture 17: Cinnamon!

Lecture 18: Stimulants!

Chapter 11: Heart disease

Lecture 1: What is Cardiovascular disease?

Lecture 2: Preventing heart disease

Lecture 3: Obesity and heart disease

Lecture 4: Non-modifiable risk factors

Lecture 5: Modifiable risk factors

Lecture 6: Atherosclerosis timeline

Lecture 7: Lifestyle for prevention of heart disease

Lecture 8: Practical Actions

Chapter 12: Quiz

Instructors

Colin Thomas
UK Lead Sport Scientist and Coach

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