For those of you who use your stove for shoe storage, nota bene: all
that wasted time with an inactive kitchen could be shortening your
lifespan. In fact, a new study found that people who cook up to five
times a week were 47 percent more likely to still be alive after 10
years.
“It has become clear that cooking is a healthy behavior,"
said lead author Professor Mark Wahlqvist in a statement. "It deserves a
place in life-long education, public health policy, urban planning and
household economics."
The research team, made up of Taiwanese and
Australian researchers, published their work in Public Health
Nutrition, a Cambridge University journal after looking at a group of
1,888 men and women over age 65 who lived in Taiwan. At the start of the
study, they interviewed each participant about several lifestyle
factors, including cooking habits, household circumstances, shopping
habits, diet, education, transportation and smoking.
During the
initial survey, researchers found that 43 percent of participants never
cooked, while 17 percent cooked one to two times per week, 9 percent
cooked three to five times in a week and 31 percent cooked five or more
times a week.
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Royal Jelly Royally Problematic for Evolutionists
I’m sure you’ve all tasted honey. I like to put honey on my rolls at
dinner along with a little butter. I also like to substitute honey for
the jelly in a peanut butter sandwich. But more than anything, I like
to take a spoon full of honey and just eat it plain.
Did you know that honey is made from the pollen and nectar of flowers? The worker bees fly about busily collecting all of the pollen and nectar they can and return it to the hive, where other bees convert it into the sweet sugary liquid we all love.
Did you also know that honey is the only food known to man that never goes bad? When honey sits very long, the sugar in it starts to crystalize and it gets thick and hard to use. Sadly, many people throw sugared honey away thinking it is no longer usable. But if you heat the honey up by placing the container in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes, the sugar crystals dissolve and your honey thins out like it was when you first got it. If you remember this, you will never have to throw honey away ever again.
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Did you know that honey is made from the pollen and nectar of flowers? The worker bees fly about busily collecting all of the pollen and nectar they can and return it to the hive, where other bees convert it into the sweet sugary liquid we all love.
Did you also know that honey is the only food known to man that never goes bad? When honey sits very long, the sugar in it starts to crystalize and it gets thick and hard to use. Sadly, many people throw sugared honey away thinking it is no longer usable. But if you heat the honey up by placing the container in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes, the sugar crystals dissolve and your honey thins out like it was when you first got it. If you remember this, you will never have to throw honey away ever again.
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Caffeine fix it: How a regular cup of coffee could help you live longer
Too much caffeine used to be considered a bad thing. Now researchers say drinking coffee could extend your life.
They found following a study of 400,000 aged between 50 and 71, the more coffee you drink, the less likely you are to die from a number of different ailments.
These include heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries, accidents, diabetes and infections, but not cancer.
The
US research published in The New England Journal of Medicine adds to
evidence that coffee drinkers appear to enjoy better health.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, say they cannot establish whether coffee is the cause of a lowered risk of death, but they found a link.
The research followed a large number of people, 229,000 men and 173,000 women, taking part in a diet and health study between 1995 and 2008.
Participants
were classified according to the amount of coffee they drank at the
start of the study, into groups drinking up to six cups a day or more,
and non-coffee drinkers.
There were 52,000 deaths during the period, with an ‘inverse association’ between coffee consumption and death.
This means those drinking greater amounts of coffee had an ever reducing risk of dying.
About one third of coffee drinkers were consuming decaffeinated coffee and the findings held for this group.
Experts say for this reason it is unlikely it is the caffeine ingredient giving health benefits, but there are known direct biological effects from antioxidants and magnesium contained in coffee.
Dr Euan Paul, executive director of the British Coffee Association said ‘This important research adds to the overwhelming weight of evidence which demonstrates that moderate coffee consumption of 4-5 cups of coffee per day is safe and may be associated with certain health benefits.
‘Whilst more research is required to determine whether the inverse association seen in this study is causal, these results are particularly encouraging because they build on previous research which has also suggested an inverse association between coffee consumption and total and cause-specific mortality.
‘Pregnant women should continue to moderate their caffeine intake to 200mg per day in line with NHS guidelines.’
They found following a study of 400,000 aged between 50 and 71, the more coffee you drink, the less likely you are to die from a number of different ailments.
These include heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries, accidents, diabetes and infections, but not cancer.
Experts say moderate coffee consumption of 4-5 cups of coffee per day is safe and may be associated with certain health benefits
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Maryland, say they cannot establish whether coffee is the cause of a lowered risk of death, but they found a link.
The research followed a large number of people, 229,000 men and 173,000 women, taking part in a diet and health study between 1995 and 2008.
Researchers say drinking coffee could extend your life as you are less likely you are to die from a number of different ailments
There were 52,000 deaths during the period, with an ‘inverse association’ between coffee consumption and death.
About one third of coffee drinkers were consuming decaffeinated coffee and the findings held for this group.
Experts say for this reason it is unlikely it is the caffeine ingredient giving health benefits, but there are known direct biological effects from antioxidants and magnesium contained in coffee.
Dr Euan Paul, executive director of the British Coffee Association said ‘This important research adds to the overwhelming weight of evidence which demonstrates that moderate coffee consumption of 4-5 cups of coffee per day is safe and may be associated with certain health benefits.
‘Whilst more research is required to determine whether the inverse association seen in this study is causal, these results are particularly encouraging because they build on previous research which has also suggested an inverse association between coffee consumption and total and cause-specific mortality.
‘Pregnant women should continue to moderate their caffeine intake to 200mg per day in line with NHS guidelines.’
8 Healthy Foods
Final
exams are here again and you’ve probably locked yourself in your room
or a study cubby surrounded by books, notes, and junk food. There’s
something very comforting (and convenient of course) about shoveling
chips and candy into your mouth as you try to memorize historic dates,
analyze poetry, and go over lectures you don’t remember ever attending.
But putting a little bit of thought into what you eat can actually help
your brain hold onto that information and keep you sane until your
finals are over. Start with these eight foods and see if you don’t start
feeling more alert, focused, and able to retain information.-
Carrot sticks
High blood sugar is known to impair memory, meaning all those sweets you want to eat while you study could actually be holding you back. Even some salty foods, like pretzels, are high on the glycemic index, meaning they make your blood sugar rise quickly. Instead, reach for snacks with a low glycemic index like carrot sticks. You’ll be able to memorize things more easily and you’ll make your mother happy by eating your vegetables! -
Acai berries
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Hi-tech lithium batteries hidden in remote controls can burn holes in children's throats - and cases have quadrupled in a decade
- Injuries caused by lithium-ion batteries have quadrupled in a decade
- 66% of parents have never heard of dangers
- Most common injuries come from swallowing batteries from remote controls
- Symptoms start off similar to common cold
- Can cause severe injuries or even death
Eating fish may reduce risk of Alzheimer's by lowering levels of protein linked to the disease
Eating fish and other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.
The oily compounds, which combat inflammation, appear to lower blood levels of a protein linked to Alzheimer's, scientists have found.
Researchers in the US studied 1,219 people over the age of 65 who were free of dementia.
Participants were asked questions about their diet, and had their blood tested for beta-amyloid.
The protein clumps together in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and is one of the key hallmarks of the disease.
The oily compounds, which combat inflammation, appear to lower blood levels of a protein linked to Alzheimer's, scientists have found.
Researchers in the US studied 1,219 people over the age of 65 who were free of dementia.
Another reason to eat fish: Scientists have
found that omega 3 contained in fish, such as sardines, lower a protein
that is linked to Alzheimer's disease
The protein clumps together in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and is one of the key hallmarks of the disease.
FDA: Medical Test Radiation Dangerous for Kids
The government is taking steps to help ensure
that children who need CT scans and other X-ray-based tests don't get
an adult-sized dose of radiation.
Too much radiation from medical testing is a
growing concern, especially for children, because it may increase the
risk of cancer later in life.
Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration
proposed guidelines urging manufacturers to design new scanners to be
safer for the youngest, smallest patients — and put new advice on its
website to teach parents what to ask about these increasingly common
tests.
"We are trying to ensure that patients get
the right dose at the right time, and the right exam," FDA physicist
Thalia Mills told The Associated Press.
Some Sunscreens Might Actually Promote Skin Cancer
Millions
of people slather on sun screen when they head for the beach or spend
extended time outdoors in the summer, in hopes of reducing the risk of
skin cancer. But could they actually be increasing the risk?Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology believe it's possible.
Zinc oxide, a common ingredient in sunscreens, undergoes a chemical reaction that may release unstable molecules known as free radicals. Free radicals seek to bond with other molecules, but in the process, they can damage cells or the DNA contained within those cells. This in turn could increase the risk of skin cancer.
Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Teaching Professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, and his graduate student Qingbo Yangalso found that the longer zinc oxide is exposed to sunlight, the greater the potential damage to human cells.
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Are Shoppers Getting Sick from Their Reusable Shopping Bags?
It
seems like shoppers can't keep up with the ever-changing warnings from
studies and researchers. First, customers were told to immediately stop
using plastic bags for environmental reasons and use reusable mesh bags.
Some localities like Montgomery County, Maryland even charge customers
for using plastic, paper, or any other old-school shopping receptacle.The latest consumer warning, this one from an Oregon research group, suggests that reusable shopping bags can carry and pass along the dreadful and very painful stomach flu virus. It's not the first such warning. In April, a study found that only 15 percent of shoppers routinely wash their reusable shopping bags, thus creating a breeding zone for harmful bacteria.
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10 Powerful Life Lessons to Learn from the Placebo Effect
The relationship between our minds and our
bodies is exceedingly complex, and often functions in ways that we
simply haven’t yet found a way to understand or explain in purely scientific
terms. For decades, studies on the placebo effect have shown that
patients who believed they were getting a treatment responded in ways
that were similar or the same to those who were actually getting a
treatment, showcasing an unexpected level of power of the brain over the
body.
While the placebo effect itself is a
fascinating topic of study, there are a lot of very practical and
perhaps even inspirational lessons that can be taken away from this
phenomenon and applied to everyday life. Here are just a few that we
think are especially powerful that offer insights into motivation,
mindfulness, and even happiness that we can all stand to benefit from.
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Belief is often more powerful than reality.
When researchers study the placebo effect, they often find that those who aren’t given a particular treatment improve in many of the same ways as those that are, simply because they believe that they are being treated, not because they’re getting any real medical help. While believing things, even very strongly, doesn’t always cause them to be true, it can have a marked impact on how we see and experience the world, often much more so than things that are regarded as fact. Belief can, in many ways, be a much more powerful force than reality, coloring our perceptions, pushing us forward, and changing what we feel is possible to accomplish.
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