Health, Microbes, and More
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"
From the Feb. 6, 2014 Science Daily: Whole diet approach to lower cardiovascular risk has more evidence than low-fat diets A study published in The American Journal of Medicine reveals that a whole diet approach, which focuses on increased intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish, has more evidence for reducing cardiovascular risk than strategies that focus ...continue reading "More Support for Mediterranean Style Diet"
A tomato rich diet may help protect women from breast cancer.From Science Daily: Diet Rich in Tomatoes May Lower Breast Cancer Risk A tomato-rich diet may help protect at-risk postmenopausal women from breast cancer, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.Breast cancer risk rises in postmenopausal ...continue reading "Eat Lots of Tomatoes"