Researchers Create A New Tool To Fight Childhood Obesity

Dieters often use online calorie calculators to stay true to their weight-loss plan.

Eating 2.5 Ounces Of Walnuts Per Day Improves Semen Quality In Healthy Young Men

A paper published 15 August 2012 in Biology of Reproduction’s Papers-in-Press reveals that eating 75 grams of walnuts a day improves the vitality, motility, and morphology of sperm in healthy men aged 21 to 35. Approximately 70 million couples experience subfertility or infertility worldwide, with 30 to 50 percent of these cases attributable to the male partner…

A Mediterranean Diet Can Help Protect Bones

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), going on a 2 year Mediterranean diet enhanced with olive oil can increase serum osteocalin concentrations, which can result in protecting a person’s bones…

Compounds In Green Tea And Chocolate May Help Reduce Neurological Complications Linked To HIV

Current drug therapy for patients with HIV is unable to control the complete replication of the virus in the brain. The drugs therefore do not have any effect against the complications associated with neurocognitive impairment in patients with HIV…

Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil may protect bone

Consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone.

Hypertension May Be Improved By Cocoa Compounds

Compounds in cocoa may help to reduce blood pressure, according to a new systematic review in The Cochrane Library. The researchers reviewed evidence from short-term trials in which participants were given dark chocolate or cocoa powder daily and found that their blood pressure dropped slightly compared to a control group…

Appearance Matters More Than Health To Young Adults

When it comes to college-age individuals taking care of their bodies, appearance is more important than health, research conducted at the University of Missouri suggests…

Microwave Butter Flavoring Ingredient Is A Respiratory Hazard

Researchers have discovered that the ingredient 2,3-pentanedione (PD), used to promote the flavor and aroma of butter in microwave popcorn is a respiratory hazard, which can also change gene expression in the brain of rats…

What Is Calcium? Why Do I Need Calcium?

Calcium is a chemical element which is essential for living organisms, including humans. Calcium’s chemical symbol is “Ca”.

Seniors’ Brain Function May Be Enhanced By Consumption Of Flavanol-Rich Cocoa

Eating cocoa flavanols daily may improve mild cognitive impairment, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension.

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