Health, Microbes, and More
Another study finding health benefits from eating dairy foods (vs not eating any dairy foods). From Science Daily: A heart-felt need for dairy food: Small serving beneficial, large not necessary A daily small serve of dairy food may reduce the risk of heart disease or stroke, even in communities where such foods have not traditionally ...continue reading "Even Small Amounts of Dairy Foods are Beneficial"
Excerpts from an article by Jane Brody in the NY Times: Beating Back the Risk of Diabetes This year, nearly two million American adults and more than 5,000 children and adolescents will learn they have a potentially devastating, life-shortening, yet largely preventable disease: Type 2 diabetes. They will join 29.1 million Americans who already have diabetes. Diabetes ...continue reading "Ways to Lower Diabetes Risk"
A favorite food of financially or time strapped people and students may be problematic. Just looking at the ingredient list and nutritional information should have been a clue. From Science Daily: Can instant noodles lead to heart disease, diabetes and stroke? Significant consumption of instant noodles -- ramen included -- may increase a person’s risk ...continue reading "Cut Back on Instant Noodles!"
This is Part 2 on how lifestyle influences aging. Many recent research reports tell of a link between our lifestyle and how we'll age - whether we'll be active and healthy well into our 80s or in terrible shape and dying young. Mind you, these are not "definites" because nothing can give you a guarantee, ...continue reading "Healthy Lifestyle Adds Years to Life – Part 2"
I've been seeing research report after report looking at how our lifestyle determines how we'll age - whether we'll be active and healthy well into our 80s or in terrible shape and dying young. Mind you, these are not "definites" because nothing can give you a guarantee, but they are ways we can improve our ...continue reading "Healthy Lifestyle Adds Years to Life – Part 1"
But I wonder if the results would be different if the only processed meat (cold cuts, salami, prosciutto) you ate came from antibiotic, hormone, additive, and nitrate-free meat. From Science Daily: Processed red meat linked to higher risk of heart failure, death in men Men who regularly eat moderate amounts of processed red meat such ...continue reading "Processed Red Meat and Risk of Heart Failure"
From Medical Xpress: Estimated risk of breast cancer increases as red meat intake increases Higher red meat intake in early adulthood might be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, and women who eat more legumes—such as peas, beans and lentils—poultry, nuts and fish might be at lower risk in later life, suggests a ...continue reading "Early Childhood Influences on Risk of Breast Cancer"
A big benefit to exercising - more microbial diversity, which means a healthier gut microbiome, which means better health. From Medscape: Exercise Linked to More Diverse Intestinal Microbiome Professional athletes are big winners when it comes to their gut microflora, suggesting a beneficial effect of exercise on gastrointestinal health, investigators report in an article published ...continue reading "Exercise Linked to More Diverse Microbiome"
From Science Daily: Meat and cheese may be as bad for you as smoking That chicken wing you're eating could be as deadly as a cigarette. In a new study that tracked a large sample of adults for nearly two decades, researchers have found that eating a diet rich in animal proteins during middle age ...continue reading "Eat More Protein From Plants"
Please note that 70 grams equals 2 1/2 ounces of chocolate. From Science Daily: Why dark chocolate is good for your heart It might seem too good to be true, but dark chocolate is good for you and scientists now know why. Dark chocolate helps restore flexibility to arteries while also preventing white blood cells ...continue reading "Eat Dark Chocolate For a Healthy Heart"