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Starting Exercise In Middle Age. Late Is Better Than Never:
Many of us do what we can to Get healthy.
And then after that, comes the part about Staying healthy.
For example, getting down to a good weight is great for avoiding complications.
But Exercise is even better.
But as scientists study things we thought we knew about, they’re finding-out more things we didn’t.
This is especially-true for the NCI work that found the old saying “Use it or lose it.” might actually be true…
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You Think Activia’s Great? Wait Till You Try This!:
Probiotics that improve health have been the focus of fancy yogurt commercials we’ve all seen once or twice.
Some of them have verged on uncomfortable disclosures by Jamie Lee Curtis on the exact details of her very own G-I functionality. Fascinating.
But fewer people will have read up on the human microbiome & all the strange interactions science is learning about the bugs on us & in us.
And a team in Texas used modern DNA-wizardry to find out something even more interesting. One day, it just might save your life…
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The Best Time To Plant A Tree…:
So we hear a lot about the benefits of exercise & nutrition.
And though people are slowly finding that nutrition is actually the weight-loss king,
Exercise all by itself turns out to be the king of many other things.
But we never really seem to learn about When we should do it.
So for this reason, researchers got together and found out another really interesting thing about its many undiscovered benefits…
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One Quest Meets Another:
Over time, mankind has set itself many challenges to find purpose & meaning in life.
And one of those big goals is counterintuitive. One that doesn’t necessarily involve outward achievements.
-But Inward ones. All of which lead to it: Happiness.
And once you’re actually surviving, perhaps it’s The Only Goal.
Strangely enough, researchers are finding out some of our dearest desires have significant, yet unexpected side-benefits.
Including, among other things, actually keeping you alive longer…
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Is The Organic Premise Right In The First Place?:
So, lots of people believe in food that’s decomplicated and grown in ways similar to those of 100 years ago as the path to good nutrition.
And recently, Organic seems to have taken that place at the grocery store for people who don’t hit up the farmers’ markets.
Many people even think that Organic means No Pesticides at-all and that it’s more natural, less dangerous to you and the environment, and ultimately healthier.
But is any of that true? -In this video, ASAPScience decides to find out…
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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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A Star Is Born:
Sometimes the internet does fantastic things to create interesting combinations and hacks.
A lot of these odd connections come together via social media’s ability to broadcast the exceptional.
However, few companies are willing to risk big losses by backing an outsider.
But just like Mahatma Gandhi or Steve Jobs before them, KFC has the guts to “Think Different” with their newest superstar, and the results are spectacular…
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One Diet Fad That’s Actually Paying Off!:
We all hear about different health fads & recommendations pretty regularly.
-Including crazy stuff like the Big Pasta fad in the Big 80’s.
And along with them, we’ve heard things about all kinds of crazy oils, Snake oil, Krill Oil, Fish Oil, and Olive Oil.
Well science just found out something actually worthwhile about the last one…
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