Test Your Genes to Find Your Best Diet
Your genes can help tell you what to eat and influence how diet affects your health. Variants in some of our genes determine how we metabolize and utilize nutrients, a field [...]
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9 Healthy Snacks That Prevent Overeating
Some experts say the whole concept of “healthy snacking” is an oxymoron. The human body, they argue, wasn’t built to accommodate the average American’s habit of [...]
Briefly Standing, or Being Active, Reduces Blood Sugar Across the Day
(Reuters Health) – For obese people who sit for most of the day, replacing some sitting time with standing, slow walking or slow cycling reduces average blood sugar [...]
7 Brain Hacks to Improve Your Focus at Work
Your ability to focus on a task until it is complete is one of the greatest indicators of your future success. All millionaires and billionaires have mastered the art of [...]
How Not to Gain Weight on Vacation
Are extra pounds an inevitable consequence of a fun-filled vacation? They don’t have to be, according to Harley Pasternak, an exercise physiologist, nutritionist and [...]
Frequent Nut Consumption Associated with Less Inflammation
In a study of more than 5,000 people, investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that greater intake of nuts was associated with lower levels of [...]
Gluten-Free Diet Benefits And Risk For Those Without Celiac Disease
Grocery stores are increasingly lining their shelves with gluten-free bread, chips, pizza crusts, cookies, and other gluten-free products. But are there benefits to cutting [...]
Exercise Results in Larger Brain Size and Lowered Dementia Risk
Using the landmark Framingham Heart Study to assess how physical activity affects the size of the brain and one’s risk for developing dementia, UCLA researchers found [...]
Millennials Less Sexually Active Than Gen-X Peers
Since time immemorial, older generations have fretted over the sexual habits of young people. In today’s world, however, elders might just be wondering why young people [...]
Is Gluten Sensitivity for Real? New Study Finds Important Clue
Gluten sensitivity appears to be a real medical problem, and not a figment of the popular imagination conjured up by the gluten-free craze, a new study contends. Some people [...]
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