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In the quest for optimal health and well-being, many people turn to dietary supplements, often unaware of the potential dangers lurking within unregulated products. A recent tragedy in Japan, where five people lost their lives, and over 100 were hospitalized due to contaminated nutritional supplements, serves as a chilling reminder of the risks associated with …
Doing the majority of exercise and physical activity in the evening has been linked to the greatest health benefits for those with obesity, according to a recent study of 30,000 people enrolled in the UK Biobank who were followed for close to 8 years published in the journal Diabetes Care that was carried out by …
A study recently published in Circulation describes how adults with heart disease risks who received daily reminders or incentives to become more active increased their daily steps by more than 1,500 steps after a year, and many continue to stick with their new habit, according to the study supported by the NIH, the findings of …
Smoking to stay thin is a common misconception. The irony of smoking to stay thin is that smoking causes harm to nearly every organ in the body and it actually increases belly fat. Additionally, smoking causes diabetes, stroke, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis among other health problems. Evidence also suggests that …
According to a new release from the American Heart Association, a study of more than 20,000 adults found that those following an 8-hour time-restricted intermittent fasting eating schedule had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to those who ate across 12-16 hours a day. Time-restricted eating involves only eating within …
This large review published in the BMJ involved experts from a number of leading institutions, including Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, the University of Sydney, and Sorbonne University in France. The authors concluded that: “Overall, direct associations were found between exposure to ultra-processed foods and 32 health parameters spanning mortality, …
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have found important answers about strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases by probing the biological glue our bodies create to protect us from those deadly dangers. The researchers, led by Mete Civelek, PhD, wanted to better understand factors that influence our risk for cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, …
Increasing the step count to 9-10,000 steps a day may counteract the risks of death and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in those who spend too much time being sedentary every day according to recent research from the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Lead author and research fellow, …
According to a study published in JAMA Network Open, those enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) who achieved higher levels of education tended to age more slowly and lived longer than those with less upward educational mobility. The study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging …
Sedentarianism is a term created to describe people following a sedentary lifestyle and it should be considered a new chronic disease. There is a misconception that being sedentary is normal and that people can be healthy via diet and other healthy lifestyle choices. Modern society continues to dumb down the perceived concept of normal, to …