Apple Peel Makes Mice Mighty

For Popeye, spinach was the key to extra muscle. For the mice in a new University of Iowa study, it was apples, or more precisely a waxy substance called ursolic acid that’s found in apple peel

68% of 14-15 year old girls in UK iodine deficient – health risk for them and their future offspring

Nearly 7 in every 10 girls in the UK aged 14 to 15 years have an iodine deficiency. Proper iodine levels are vital for the healthy development of a fetus. Dr Mark P J Vanderpump, from the Royal Free Hamsptead NHS Trust, London, UK, explained in the journal the Lancet that this is a serious public health concern, not just for the girls, but also their future babies…

Energy Drinks Contain Substances That Can Harm Sporty Children

In the majority of cases, an exercising child needs to drink to rehydrate, and there is nothing better than water for that. Energy drinks contain a lot of caffeine, which if taken in large amounts can be dangerous for a child, experts have written in the journal Pediatrics. Energy and sports drinks are aggressively marketed at children and teenagers…

Broiled Or Baked Fish Lowers Heart Failure Risk – Fried Fish Raises Risk

Postmenopausal women who regularly eat broiled or baked fish have a 30% lower risk of heart failure compared to women who very rarely or never consume broiled/baked fish, while regular eaters of fried fish have a higher risk, researchers revealed in the journal Circulation – Heart Failure…

Broiled Or Baked Fish Lowers Heart Failure Risk – Fried Fish Raises Risk

Postmenopausal women who regularly eat broiled or baked fish have a 30% lower risk of heart failure compared to women who very rarely or never consume broiled/baked fish, while regular eaters of fried fish have a higher risk, researchers revealed in the journal Circulation – Heart Failure…

Eat Less, Feel Cold, But Live Longer? Probably, Say Calorie Restriction Researchers

People who follow calorie-restricted diets have lower core body temperatures, similar to that observed in long-lived calorie-restricted mice, strengthening the idea that eating less helps people live longer, said researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine, in St.

One Quarter Of U.S. Poultry And Meat Tainted With Resistant Bacteria

47% of poultry and meat samples were found to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, and half of those with bacteria resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics, researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute wrote in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Strains of drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as S…

Study Suggests Metabolic Syndrome Significantly Less Prevalent In Vegetarians

Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than non-vegetarians, suggests new research from Loma Linda University published in the journal Diabetes Care. Because metabolic syndrome can be a precursor to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, the findings indicate vegetarians may be at lower risk of developing these conditions…

Our Desire To Consume Caffeine Driven By Our Own DNA

The desire to keep drinking coffee may not be so much a question of lifestyle or not getting enough sleep, but rather a consequence of having a particular set of genes, US researchers reported in the journal PLoS Genetics. The authors explained that people who have two versions of two particular genes have a much higher chance of wanting to consume more caffeine than others…

Switching To Fresh Foods Cuts Hormone Disruptors BPA And DEHP

Switching to a fresh food diet devoid of canned and packaged foods reduces levels in the body of the hormone disruptors BPA and DEHP, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives this week…

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