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Latest on dacadoo challenges

October 5, 2018

Every Step Counts Challenge

On September 30, our Every Step Counts Challenge ended. It was a 3-month step challenge, which aimed to motivate people to take steps. Both beginners and fitness enthusiasts could participate, all they had to do was to try to walk more. The three winners of the challenge are: 1st place: Yaff Fesh 2nd place: Doris Isabel 3rd place: Jochem Uytdehaage Congratulations to the winners, in 3 months they all managed to track more than 2 million steps each. 2 million steps correspo...
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Staying fit at work

September 25, 2018

How to protect your eyes at work

The world revolves around computers nowadays, which means more and more jobs involve sitting in front of a screen. We've already covered how this can be bad for your heart health, due to the amount of time you spend sitting down. However, it can also deal a surprising amount of damage to your eyes. While you're not likely to go fully blind from working at a computer, you might be surprised at how bad it is for your eyes. You might already be experiencing this in some way; it could be as si...
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Sleeping better

September 25, 2018

What to buy if you struggle with sleeping

If you're having trouble sleeping - especially if it's been affecting you for a while - you might have looked into the range of products you can buy that might help. Unfortunately, this can be confusing, as the market is flooded with all sorts of hypnosis tapes, essential oils and other products. So which of the multitude of items are actually worth purchasing, and which are just snake oil? To be honest, there are a great many products that work very well for some people, but might not do ...
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Managing weight

September 17, 2018

Calculating your way through weight loss

How many calories should you be eating per day? What about if you're looking to burn fat? How should those calories be split between protein, fat and carbohydrates? These aren't rhetorical questions; if you want to take your weight loss seriously, you might need to know these numbers. This is especially true if you're looking to lose weight through managing your macronutrients (sometimes called macros). This term refers to the main nutrients that make up what you eat: protein, carbohydrate...
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Food tips, myths and facts

September 4, 2018

The hot drinks that are best for your health

When you wake up in the morning, the first thing on your mind is likely to be about getting a much-needed caffeine boost in the form of a cup of coffee or tea. It's such a habit for so many people that we tend not to think about it. But are your hot drink habits actually good for your health? There are a lot of different facts flying around about various drinks. You might have heard that coffee is good for your liver, or bad for your heart. You've probably spotted plenty of claims about gr...
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Exercises to try out

August 27, 2018

Workouts for maximum calorie burning

There is no such thing as a standard workout. Some people hit the gym because they want to pile on as much muscle as possible, others just want to maintain a decent level of cardiovascular fitness. You might exercise to help you succeed at a sport, or even just as a social activity. However, for some people the main objective of their exercise is weight loss, and they will want to burn as many calories as possible each session. While there are plenty of different exercise plans for weight ...
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Latest on dacadoo challenges

August 23, 2018

The Stress Less challenge ended a couple of days ago

On the 15th of August, the dacadoo Stress Less challenge ended. This challenge aimed at helping people get outdoors, reduce stress, commune with nature and learn how to work on their Mind Score! Many people accepted the dacadoo challenge and tried to improve their Mind Score! Participants could track Meditation, Tai Chi, Stretching, Yoga, Pilates, Gardening and Hiking activities. Congratulations to 3 winners of the challenge: Jens Sambale Lisa Elmer Virginia Maeder ...
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Sleeping better

August 17, 2018

Could napping at work solve your productivity woes?

None of us seem to get enough sleep nowadays. Maybe you struggle to drop off and lie awake for hours, maybe you can fall asleep fine but end up waking up throughout the night, or perhaps you simply have too much to do to get to bed at a reasonable time. Whatever the case, it won't be long before it starts affecting your productivity at work. It can be hard to get through your workday at the best of times, but when you're tired it can be a real struggle. You can find yourself staring at a c...
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Managing stress

August 13, 2018

How to bust stress with positivity

Life can be stressful sometimes. This can be due to problems at work, a difficult relationship, or just being too busy. While we can accept this, it would be a bad idea to treat stress as an unavoidable problem that cannot be tackled. After all, colds are just as inevitable as stress, but you'd still take steps to prevent and deal with them. So how can you prepare for stress, and get rid of it once it arrives? There are quite a few options, from meditation to aromatherapy, but today we're ...
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Exercise tips

July 24, 2018

Can you lose fat and gain muscle at the same time?

We all have different fitness goals. Some of us want to slim down, others have a specific fitness or strength target to aim for, and many people simply want to stay active and healthy. However, one very common aim is to lose body fat while also gaining muscle, and this might be harder than you think. The problem of protein synthesis The problem lies with how the body works. Muscle is built up by a process called protein synthesis. Essentially, every time you lift weights you're da...
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