The Health Weblog
A Lose-Lose Situation Reverses?:
So for the longest time now, Science has painted a pretty static picture. After about 18-25 you only get worse, right?
Well teams of researchers are finding you don’t have to get stuck.
In-fact, the brain-map is changeable. And research is showing you can Improve it,
Not just with supplements or Lumosity, but by doing something science said was impossible.
Growing new freaking brain cells, baby!…
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How Can We Boost Lifespan & Healthspan?:
So for a long time now, people have been searching for every way you can think to escape the ravages of aging.
Whether it’s the mystical regimen of Yazemeenah Rossi, Queen of the Silver Foxes,
The Mediterranean Diet, Centenarian-habits, or something as out-there as a “Superfood”, like the Açaí craze a few years back.
Well believe it or not, !SCIENCE! has found one more non-calorie-restriction source for youth-magic.
And it’s probably been sitting in a mug on your desk, saving your life one day at a time…
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Let Food Be Your Medicine…:
More good news, my little easter bunnies! Yet another excuse to eat the world’s most popular sweet; as if you needed one.
So, our nutritional-research Hero Dr. Georgie Crichton & her intrepid team went back and examined a study called the MSLS on what people ate and drank over time.
And they found an interesting correlation between food and smarts.
One that worked -even after- factoring out many confounding variables…
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[to which some YT-er will post the inevitable response-vid saying, “Hey Y’all, Watch This!!”]
-Ever wonder how much of something, harmless or not, that it would take to kill you?
Well from Mercury, to Polonium, Coffee, Alcohol, Water, Dehydration, Salt, Lack of Oxygen, Cherry Pits, Altitude, Height, Chocolate Bars, Marijuana, …
ASAPScience breaks out the numbers to answer your burning questions…
Need another reason to love cocoa & dark chocolate?
Well you just got one, lady.
A new study out by LSU shows a very very lucky quirk about the composition of our friend the fermented, dried, roasted & ground cacao. And it makes all the difference.
So, one of the problems with actually getting beneficial compounds into you like antioxidants, polyphenols, & epi-catechins is “The Last Mile”.
You may get them into your supermarket, your cart, your mouth,…
After doing some sniffing around, I’m willing to believe there are probably some lobbying/marketing motives to this work.
The concerns with Milk, especially non-organic, remain. It has Saturated Fat -even in 1%. It has Several Hormones and Antibiotics and Other Chemicals in it.
Frankly,…
Rejoice! Rejoice!
It turns out that chocolate is good for you!
-However: It has to be Dark Chocolate.
Researchers at the University of Cologne, Germany and Italy’s National Institute for Food and Nutrition have done studies on the health effects of this popular treat.
Each participant in the studies ate…
