How Common Is Common Sense? If people have a disease that has been directly connected to poor diet, lack of exercise, or both, it only seems logical they would make the simple changes necessary to be healthy. Common sense and logic would also seem to be identical, just a different way of expressing the same […]
Health Warning: Consuming Stick Margarine May Increase the Risk of Heart Disease
Until recently, most experts said that margarine is better for our health than butter. But now, margarine has been implicated as a possible risk factor for heart disease. However, you should know that not all margarines are created equal, and some are actually a healthy choice. Stick margarine is the type that researchers believe may […]
Laughter as Good Medicine – Biological Findings Proving Health Benefits
I recently caught a television report on the health benefits of adequate sleep. A number of volunteers were subjected to sleep deprivation – either through scheduled deep-sleep disturbances or through truncated sleeping hours. The discoveries from these studies provided alarming ties to everything from diabetes to obesity to national automobile accident statistics. As we become […]
Fast-food binge harms liver:
A month long diet of fast food and no exercise led to dangerously high levels of enzymes linked to liver damage,in an unusual experiment inspired by the docu-movie ‘Supersize Me’. But investigators of Researchers of University Hospital of Linkopingin,Sweden,reporting their findings on Thursday,were also stunned to find that a relentless regimen of burgers,fries and soda […]
Heavy drinking in youth tied to heart risks later
People who drink heavily in their youth may have a higher risk of developing a collection of risk factors for heart disease and stroke, new research suggests. In a study that examined the lifetime drinking habits of more than 2,800 adults, researchers found that those who drank heavily in their teens and young adulthood were […]
Energizing Facts about Carbohydrates
Our bodies run on the fuels we know as carbohydrates. Whether we eat whole-grain bread or candy, our bodies turn the carbohydrates in those foods into blood sugar, or glucose. That doesn’t mean, however, that both foods are equally good sources of energy. Nutritionists say that the bread is the better value, supplying fuel to […]