Archive for the 'Diet & Nutrition' Category
Detox Meals to Soothe Your System
Friday, November 27th, 2009All of this holiday eating and drinking can take it’s toll on the body. It sure tastes great and what the hell, you’re having fun right? But later, that’s when you pay for it with indigestion, a hangover and who knows what else. Basically you need to detox all of that junk that you took [...]
The Health Benefits of Chocolate
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Earlier we looked at some health benefits of cinnamon. This article will focus our attention on chocolate. It does much more than just melt in your mouth. First off, it can help your heart. According to a study in the Journal of Nutrition, people who ate dark chocolate had less of a protein that indicates [...]
The Health Benefits of Cinnamon
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Cinnamon sure tastes nice, but this common spice does a lot more than satisfy our taste buds. According to a Wheeling Jesuit study, people who chewed cinnamon gum did better on memory tests than those who chewed on other flavors or didn’t chew gum at all. It’s great for your throat as well as a [...]
Anxious kids at risk for obesity as adults
Friday, September 18th, 2009New research suggests that children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood. In the study, researchers examined data from about 6,500 members of the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study. The participants in the study were assessed when they were 10 years old for emotional problems, self-perceptions and their body-mass index [...]
Cutting salt intake would save $18B a year in health costs
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009It’s better to be preemptive than suffer problems later. If the police could magically know when a crime will happen, they could intercede and wallah, no crime. It isn’t that easy with crime, but with health we can prevent bad things from happening and in a sense control our future. If Americans would cut their [...]
