It’s been reported that aromatherapy and carbohydrates may be used as a way to curb overeating during the holiday season.
Experts feel that stress and anxiety are a large reason why people tend to overeat during the holiday season, which is why it’s being suggested that one takes time out for themselves in order to calm down. Using aromas such as eucalyptus may also help ease the stress.
It was also noted that nutritional supplements such as fiber might help with appetite control; and that when you do sit down to eat, try healthy protein. Read the rest of this entry »
The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
Officials also said they were investigating several troubling outbreaks of drug-resistant H1N1 but noted they were limited so far and that there were no indications yet the virus was mutating in a sustained way.
The World Health Organization said H1N1 flu was moving eastward across Europe and Asia after appearing to peak in parts of Western Europe and the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
Just in time for Thanksgiving overindulgence, a just-released study shows that teenagers who are obese have a higher risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis as an adult.
At the moment, the study has been limited to teenagers, and no association has been found between body weight during childhood and adulthood according to the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Over the course of 40 years in the study, 593 overweight youths developed Multiple Sclerosis. The research study involved 238,371women from the Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II who were 25 to 55 years old. Read the rest of this entry »
The particles that ferry cholesterol through the bloodstream are popularly known as “bad” or “good”: bad if they deposit cholesterol on vessel walls, potentially clogging them; good if they carry the cholesterol on to the liver for excretion.
Now scientists have created tiny particles in the laboratory that mimic those good carriers, scooping up the cholesterol before it can grow into dangerous deposits of plaque. The surfaces of these new particles are coated with fats and proteins so they can bind tightly with the sticky cholesterol to transport it through the bloodstream. Read the rest of this entry »
A new study has found that certain sounds in your sleep can enhance memories when you wake up.
While nutritional supplements such as ginko biloba may help with improving memory, a study from Northwestern University indicates that even though the participants were in a deep sleep, they were able to hear sounds that enhanced their memory when they awoke.
The study played 25 different sounds while the participants slept, including a cat meowing and a tea kettle whistle. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been found that immunity to whooping cough may last longer than previously thought.
In addition to vaccines for immunity, eating healthy like an alkaline diet plan may help prolong your immunity to certain illnesses.
According to a study found in PLoS Pathogens, it was previously believed that once vaccinated, immunity to whooping cough would last between four and 20 years. It has now been discovered that when properly vaccinated, an individual can be immune for up to 30 years. Read the rest of this entry »
