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Top Ten Tips for Healthy Grilling

Grilling is a fun and flavorful way to cook no matter the season – even if it’s cold outside! Who doesn’t love to cook together with friends outdoors in the summer and tailgate at the games during the fall and winter?  The best part is that grilling can be one of the healthiest ways to cook! Just follow these top ten tips for healthy grilling and barbecuing, courtesy the American […]

todayJune 20, 2019

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Use Baking Soda to be Healthy and Clean All Over

You may know it as the orange box that lurks in the back of your fridge to take out bad smells. Or as a pantry staple that helps your baked goods rise. But baking soda, aka sodium bicarbonate, deserves a spot in your medicine cabinet, too. Here's how it helps keep you healthy and clean. Eco-Friendly Toothpaste. Baking soda works great to physically remove plaque, the sticky film of bacteria […]

todayJune 19, 2019

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If Roger Federer Aims for 12 Hours of Sleep a Night, Should You?

The consensus view, passed down over the decades via public-service announcement infographics, is that adults should get somewhere between seven and eight hours of shut-eye. Carolina Panthers running back and unbreakable bowling ball in a football uniform Christian McCaffrey recently told GQ that in a perfect world, he’d get at least nine hours of sleep every night. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald aims for somewhere between nine and 11 […]

todayJune 18, 2019

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Health Alert: Possible Hepatitis A Contaminated Frozen Berries Recalled from Costco and Kroger

Townsend Farms, Inc. recently announced a recall of frozen blackberries that may be linked to a Hepatitis A contamination. The frozen berry mixes were sold nationwide at retailers including Costco and Kroger. According to the FDA and CDC, there have been no reported illnesses due to this recall. The Kroger recall came first and includes their Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley and Private Selection Frozen Blackberries. These products were […]

todayJune 17, 2019

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Is There a Limit to Human Endurance?

From the Ironman triathlon to the Tour de France, some competitions test the limits of even the toughest endurance athletes. Now, a new study of energy expenditure during some of the world's longest, most grueling sporting events suggests that no matter what the activity, everyone hits the same metabolic limit -- a maximum possible level of exertion that humans can sustain in the long term. When it comes to physical […]

todayJune 13, 2019

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The Key to Relieving Anxiety may be in Your Gut

People who experience anxiety symptoms might be helped by taking steps to regulate the microorganisms in their gut using probiotic and non-probiotic food and supplements, suggests a review of studies published today in the journal General Psychiatry. Anxiety symptoms are common in people with mental diseases and a variety of physical disorders, especially in disorders that are related to stress, and previous studies have shown that as many as a […]

todayJune 12, 2019

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Brush Your Teeth and Postpone Alzheimer’s?

The key to staving off Alzheimer's disease might be in your mouth.  You don't only avoid holes in your teeth by keeping good oral hygiene, researchers at the University of Bergen have discovered a clear connection between gum disease and Alzheimer´s disease. "We discovered DNA-based proof that the bacteria causing gingivitis can move from the mouth to the brain," says researcher Piotr Mydel at Broegelmanns Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical […]

todayJune 11, 2019

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Sitting (in front of the Computer) is the New Smoking!

Despite the growing alarm about the harmful effects of sitting too much, Americans are sitting more than in the past — in part because people are spending more leisure time in front of the computers. The association between lots of sitting and bad health is now well-established, but there hasn’t been a lot of data on how sedentary Americans actually are, says Yin Cao, a cancer epidemiologist at Washington University […]

todayJune 10, 2019

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Rural Living Contributes to Rise in Obesity Rates

Rates of obesity worldwide have nearly tripled since 1975, and the prevailing belief is that city living is to blame. But a major study that covers 112 million adults suggests that weight gain in rural areas is responsible for much of this increase.   Members of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration — an international group of health scientists — analyzed over 2,000 studies of how body mass index (BMI) has […]

todayJune 6, 2019

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