Guess what? The juice bar is not your friend. It’s a place to get more sugar while believing that your improving your health. The Washington Post reports of the great juice fallacy, and explains that “when you make juice, you leave some of the most wholesome parts of the fruit […]
Author: Art Jahnke
Healthy Middle Aged Heart Adds 5 Years
A healthy heart in middle age can give us another five years of pretty good life, thanks. That’s the conclusion of researchers at Northwestern and Yale universities, who analyzed a study that followed nearly 26,000 U.S. adults for 40 years. HealthDay reports that the researchers found that people in optimal heart […]
Testosterone Can Lead To Bad Choices
Testosterone, a popular supplement for men worried about maintaining their vigor, should actually make men worried about maintaining something else: good judgement. Researchers at Caltech are convinced that higher levels of testosterone increase the tendency in men to rely on their intuitive judgments and reduce cognitive reflection. The researchers found […]
Skip The Caffeine, Take The Stairs
Feeling lethargic? Climb some stairs. Research conducted at the University of Georgia shows us that ten minutes of walking up and down stairs is every bit as energizing as 50 mg of caffeine, about as much as is found in a can of soda, and about half as much as […]
Exercise Counters Obesity Gene
Yes, there are genes that make us fat, and the influence of one of them, known as FTO, can be lessened by exercise. In fact, researchers at the University of North Carolina have determined approximately how much exercise can weaken the gene’s effect : 30 percent. And now the bad […]
Gut Trouble? Try Marijuana, or Hot Peppers
Strange but true: both marijuana and chili peppers, not combined, appear to have a calming effect on our stomachs. A University of Connecticut news release reports that researchers at the school have found that both ingredients interact with the same receptors in our gastrointestinal tract. The researchers discovered that capsaicin, the […]
Different Exercise For Different Brain Skills
Want to improve your memory? Try resistance training. Want better overall brain function? Go aerobic. Different exercises appear to improve different brain skills, and yes, all exercise is good for our brains. That’s the conclusion of a meta study at the University of Canberra that combined data from 39 studies […]
Diet Soda May Up Dementia, Stroke Risk
First, the bad news. New research shows that sugary beverages, especially those with lots of fructose, may damage your brain, literally shrinking it while impairing memory. Then, some more bad news. Diet soda, which doesn’t have fructose, is also bad for you, but in different ways. A Boston University news […]
Aged Cheese May Extend Our Lives
It’s not a joke. Spermidineâ€â€a compound found in foods like aged cheese, mushrooms, soy products, legumes, corn and whole grains appears to prolong lifespan, at least the animals used by researchers at Texas A&M. It also seems to prevent liver cancer. A Texas A&M news release reports that when researchers at […]
Yes, Banning Trans Fats Cuts Heart Attack Rate
For all of those wondering if it’s possible to legislate your way to better health, the answer appears to be Yes. Researchers at Yale University have found that people living in areas that restrict trans fats in foods had fewer hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke compared to residents in […]