Category: Health Tips
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Brock-u-mulative Benefits Of Broccoli
Broccoli, not everyone likes broccoli, which is a shame because it is among the bountiful beneficial beauties coming from the cruciferous vegetable family with some compelling reasons that have been scientifically proven to help promote overall health, prevent and kill cancer cells, reduce tumors, and help prevent their spread. This vegetable has also been found…
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Healthy Diets In Early Years Protects Against IBD
Starting life out following a healthy diet that is rich in fish and vegetables with a low intake of sugary drinks at the age of one year old seems to protect against inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) according to a study of over 80,000 children published in the journal Gut from the University of Gothenburg.
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Better Brain Health Linked To Playing An Instrument
In the midst of ongoing stress and heightened anxiety and depression music can help some people during these troubling times by soothing the soul and calming the overstimulated mind by increasing levels of serotonin and feel-good endorphins. Now a new study published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry from experts at the University of…
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Self-Compassion May Help Achieve Weight Goals
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Weight loss and maintenance can be hard, people typically blame themselves for not having strong enough willpower. It seems as if everywhere we look, we are surrounded by food, which makes maintaining or losing weight extremely difficult because all this delicious and most often high-calorie food is so very easily accessible. Experiencing setbacks in a…
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Holistic Healing: A Guide to Long-Term Health After Injury
Itu2019s always tough to sustain an injury, but healing and getting past it is vital. It may take time, but you’ll get there with the right mindset and dedication to getting better. After you take your time to heal, think about what you can do going forward to preserve your health and feel better overall.…
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Centenarian Blue Zone Longevity Warriors
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Around the globe, people are living longer healthier lives than ever before, which is evident in the number of centenarians; in 1840 there were 90 in the USA, thatu2019s 1 for every 189,000 people but now there are more than 53,000 which is 1 for every 5,800 people. Centenarians are people who are living into…
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Potassium-Enriched Salt May Be The Missing Ingredient
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Potassium-enriched salt may be the missing ingredient in hypertension guidelines, and this small change could have a significant impact on global high blood pressure control, experts suggest in a paper published in the American Heart Associationu2019s journal Hypertension.u00a0
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Third Major Study Shows Multivitamins May Improve Memory And Slow Cognitive Decline
Approximately 1 in 4 Americans will be in the age bracket for elevated risks of cognitive decline and Alzheimeru2019s disease by 2060 unless interventions can help preserve cognitive functions before the deficits begin to occur. Two previous published studies of the large-scale, nationwide, randomized COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) trial suggested a positive…
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Diabetes Remission And Weight Loss
Few patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are able to achieve normal blood glucose levels through weight loss alone, according to a recent study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine led by Andrea Luk of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.u00a0
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Are Your New Year Goals Attainable?
New Year’s resolutions vary from person to person, which could be giving up smoking, being more positive, learning a new language, taking up a hobby, learning an instrument, or traveling somewhere exotic, but most of the time resolutions tend to revolve around self-improvement. However, according to a random double opt-in survey conducted by OnePoll on…