Biking for as little as five minutes a day can help women minimize weight gain as they enter middle age, especially if they’re overweight to begin with, a new study suggests. The study followed more than 18,000 premenopausal women between the ages of 25 and 42 for 16 years. During that time, the women gained [...]
Filed under: Body, Food on June 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Exercise May Be an Effective and Nonpharmacologic Treatment Option for Alcohol Dependence Alcohol abuse is highly disruptive of circadian rhythms, and circadian disruptions can also lead to alcohol abuse as well as relapse in abstinent alcoholics. Circadian timing in mammals is regulated by light as well as other influences such as food, social interactions, and [...]
Filed under: Body, Disease, Mind, News on June 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? Because it gets you high. They removed the cocaine almost 100 years ago. Why? Maybe it was redundant. In the first 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because [...]
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Census workers in Indonesia have come across a woman who claims to be 157 years old. Don’t believe her? You could always ask her 108-year-old adopted daughter. Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) reports the woman, identified only as Turinah, lives in a small village on the island of Sumatra. She doesn’t have identification papers because she [...]
Filed under: Centenarians on June 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
Personal note: I was so amazed to hear that second world countries like Costa Rica and Peru have longer life spans even though they do not have the resources we do. We have a much better medical system yet we live shorter and worse lives in most cases. The reason.. bad food, lack of exercise, [...]
Filed under: Food on June 7th, 2010 | No Comments »
