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The Healthiest Kind of Coffee

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article

For years, doctors warned that coffee was bad for your heart.

They didn’t have much evidence to support this advice other than the fact that caffeine slightly raises your blood pressure.

But recent studies show that effect is only temporary. And it’s harmless in just about everybody.

Nutritional researchers have come to view coffee as a true superfood. Studies show it helps with weight loss, prevents diabetes, reduces artery calcification that leads to heart attacks, lowers Alzheimer’s risk, and improves cognition and mood.… Read More

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The 4 Conditions That Land COVID Patients in the Hospital

In All Health Watch, Coronavirus, Featured Article

We’ve known almost since the beginning of the pandemic that people with certain chronic conditions are hit hard by coronavirus. If they get infected, they are much more likely to get a severe case and die.

A new study reveals specifically which conditions are most dangerous.

Researchers at Tufts University discovered that two-thirds of hospitalized coronavirus patients have at least one of four chronic ailments.… Read More

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One Fruit Protects Your Heart

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, Heart and Cardiovascular

It doesn’t get nearly the publicity of other deadly health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. But it may be even worse.

That’s because metabolic syndrome is the root cause of many of the most lethal illnesses. And more than a third of Americans have it.

Metabolic syndrome increases your risk of heart disease fourfold. And it makes you 30 times more likely to develop diabetes.… Read More

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5 Food Cravings That Can Signal a Nutrient Deficiency

In All Health Watch, Diet and Nutrition, Featured Article, General Health

Have you started craving chocolate so much that you dream of visiting the Hershey factory?

Do you consider salt one of the major food groups?

Or maybe you’ve eaten steak for the last three nights.

It might not be your willpower that is collapsing. Food cravings can be triggered by nutrient deficiencies.

Research by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has found that the urge to eat certain foods may be a symptom of a specific vitamin or mineral shortage.… Read More

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This Common Back Pain Treatment Is Worse Than Worthless

In All Health Watch, Featured Article, Pain Relief

For decades, doctors have been prescribing Valium as a standard treatment for acute lower back pain.[1]

The idea was that this powerful sedative would relax the muscles to ease the pain.[2]

But a study finds that Valium (diazepam) works no better than a sugar pill for back pain.

In fact, patients taking a sugar pill actually recover faster.

The research looked at 114 patients in New York whose back pain was so severe that they went to an emergency room.… Read More