It not just how much you eat that makes you gain weight. It’s how you eat.
That’s the take-home message of a major study that found three simple eating habits can determine whether you’re fat or thin.
Researchers at Japan’s Kyushu University meticulously tracked the health and eating routines of nearly 60,000 people for six years. The scientists took detailed weight and body measurements.… Read More
Whether you see the glass as half full or half empty, researchers have discovered something alarming about drinking glasses…
A study at the University of Plymouth tested 72 drinking glass products, including tumblers, beer and wine glasses, and jars.
Scientists found that more than 70% of them contained lead and cadmium.[1]
In some products with enameled rims, they found that lead concentrations were an astounding thousand-fold higher than the recommended limit.… Read More
Metabolic syndrome doesn’t elicit the same dread as other major killers such as heart disease and cancer.
That may be because it isn’t a distinct illness. Instead, it’s a “constellation” of conditions. They include abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar.
Together, they add up to metabolic syndrome, which doubles your risk of early death.[1]
Metabolic syndrome deserves more attention.… Read More
Big Pharma has known for many years that blocking an enzyme called Cathepsin K (CatK) stops bone loss and prevents osteoporosis.
That’s why the holy grail of pharmaceutical research to improve bone health is a medication that inhibits CatK. Drug companies know that the potential market for such a product is massive. Osteoporosis affects one in three women and one in five men.… Read More
Almost since the beginning of the pandemic, doctors believed they knew the most dangerous COVID-19 risk factors.
They were thought to be old age, obesity, diabetes, and lung, heart, and kidney illnesses.
But a major new Harvard University study has uncovered a previously unknown risk factor that make people far more vulnerable to getting a severe case of COVID. It analyzed the medical records of nearly 17,000 coronavirus patients.… Read More
Dr. Aseem Malholtra was amazed by what he saw when he visited the small village of Pioppi in southern Italy. The old folks there were different.
Not only were they extraordinarily old—many were past 100—they were active and healthy.
After doing some research, he discovered that residents there have an average lifespan of 89. That’s 11 years more than Americans.[1]
More importantly, they villagers age well.… Read More