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Fast Food Packaging Dangers Part II: PFAS Potentially More Dangerous Than Phthalates, May Complicate Weight-Loss, Waterproof Intestines

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Fast Food Packaging Dangers Part II: PFAS Potentially More Dangerous Than Phthalates, May Complicate Weight-Loss, Waterproof Intestines
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Food Packaging Dangers: First Phthalates, Now PFAS That Keep You Fat:
Recently we told you that when you go out to eat, you sometimes get more than you bargained-for.

And that extra you got was a group of chemicals called Phthalates.

In a follow-up to that post about fast-food-eating teenagers with elevated levels,

But no actual problems yet,

Another study came up that actually shows a relationship between similar chemicals that also get on our food,

And the big problem Americans seem to have right now with their weight…

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Phthalate Plastic Chemicals In Food: Cooking At Home Is Now Healthier And Safer Than Fast-Food Or Dining-Out, Garden-Hose Water Still Worse

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Phthalate Plastic Chemicals In Food: Cooking At Home Is Now Healthier And Safer Than Fast-Food Or Dining-Out, Garden-Hose Water Still Worse
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Phthalate Chemicals In Restaurant Food, Twice The Nutritional Fun!:
When most of us go to eat, we try to focus on getting good quality food and hopefully not too much.

And if you’re keeping sugar and saturated fats out, people would think you’re OK.

But even if we’ve come to expect unnecessary added-calories in restaurant food,

Most people would also think extra salt & fat are the main dangers of going out.

But according to a recent study, most people would be wrong.

Because it’s looking like dining-out comes with a side-dish of some pretty bizarre chemicals that are getting into our food…

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Heart Rejuvenation: Crazy Texas Researchers Prove Dr. Seuss Right, Increase Healthspan With Serious Cardio Exercise

Filed Under: Aging

Heart Rejuvenation: Crazy Texas Researchers Prove Dr. Seuss Right, Increase Healthspan With Serious Cardio Exercise
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Heart Rejuvenation, Un-Grinching Your Ticker With The Right Program:
Active health is a great thing to have, and the younger you are, the better it is.

So then what must we do to not just live longer, but also better as we go?

If you haven’t got style, you don’t have anything, right?

So fitness researchers decided to go after one of the top 3 most-dangerous risks to your health head-on.

And their improvements on heart-health, even for people past middle-age, are really encouraging for all of us…

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Interactions With Supplements And Drugs: Natural+Herbal Bro-Science Remedies Could Get Dangerously-Weird In The Wrong Combinations

Filed Under: Vitamins/Supplements

Interactions With Supplements And Drugs: Natural+Herbal Bro-Science Remedies Could Get Dangerously-Weird In The Wrong Combinations
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Supplement-Drug Interactions, Can “Natural” or Herbal Still Be Dangerous?:
We all want to be super-healthy , but science still doesn’t have all the answers.

The response to that can unfortunately be both self-diagnosis and self-medication.

We’ve said before that serious use of supplements without a registered herbalist is biochemistry-gambling.

But a new type of health-roulette seems to be rearing its ugly head.

Medical patients who are already on prescription drugs, and insist on taking supplements.

-At. the. same. f***ing. time…

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The Canola Alzheimer’s Connection: 17 Things To Consider About A Study That Says It Exists

Filed Under: Nutrition

The Canola Alzheimer’s Connection: 17 Things To Consider About A Study That Says It Exists
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Canola & Alzheimer’s, Can A Seed-Based Cooking Oil Cause Pain In The Brain?:
Most of us make an effort to eat healthy, especially if you’re a regular HT visitor.

And except for excess sugar, you would think that if it’s sold at a store, it’s safe.

It usually appears that way. But that might just be for the short-run.

And since diet-studies are notoriously hard to do, it’s very difficult to know about the long-run.

But a recent Temple University test may have you reconsidering much of the processed or low-cost foods you eat, and even the way you cook…

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Ingestible Electronic Capsules Are A Fart-Tracking Crystal Ball Sensor For Your Gut Gases

Filed Under: Gadgets

Ingestible Electronic Capsules Are A Fart-Tracking Crystal Ball Sensor For Your Gut Gases
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Ingestible Electronic Sensor Capsules Start Live-Data Trend:
So all jokes aside for now, everyone who visits HT knows we’re right at the edge of a new age in health.

Whether it’s Apple Watches saving people’s lives or simple little apps,

Our future is changing because of small powerful computers and big data.

Nowhere is that going to be more evident than personal health monitoring that goes on live, right as you go through your day.

And though heart-monitors are great for exercise, nothing beats the firepower of your GI-tract…

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Do Dogs, Cats, And Pets Improve Health? Of Course They Do, Right? Researchers Disagree, Decide To Shoot Old Yeller Anyway [Video]

Filed Under: Aging, Video

Do Dogs, Cats, And Pets Improve Health? Of Course They Do, Right? Researchers Disagree, Decide To Shoot Old Yeller Anyway [Video]


Pets Improve Health, Really Are Man’s Best Friend:
In our search for increasingly better health, we sometimes go to odd-extremes.

Some of those destinations can seem pretty far away,

But more-strangely, many may turn out to be right beside you,

In a form you never even expected.

A few Swedish researchers found in some cases, that strange form is the 4-legged furry little blighter we call “Man’s Best Friend”.

And in this video, Seeker/DNews gets into all of it; -almost…

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Dark Leafy Greens Not Just For Salad, Improve Quality Of Life With Long-Term Brain-Health POWAH!

Filed Under: Aging

Dark Leafy Greens Not Just For Salad, Improve Quality Of Life With Long-Term Brain-Health POWAH!
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Dark Leafy Greens Unjustly Pigeonholed By Hippies:
When we talk about something in only one context, that can get stuck in our brains.

For example when it comes to staying healthy as you age, most people think of prescription meds and light walking.

Getting fit before you get “old” is where people usually hear about Exercise.

Most people get information about nutrition only for Weight-Loss,

And you never hear about it concerning Health Quality-Level long-term.

Well Martha Clare Morris’ team set out to find how you can benefit even-more from that under-researched aspect, and the results are stupefying…

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