Category: Healthy Living

The Trouble With America’s Ultra-Processed Diet

The Trouble With America’s Ultra-Processed Diet

Should your granola bar come with a warning label?

Concern is rising about the amount of ultra-processed foods in American diets, and the effect eating so many of those foods has on our health. Part of the problem, nutrition researchers say, is that lots of healthy-seeming items—many breakfast cereals, soups and yogurts as well as granola—fall into that category. Recent studies have linked diets high in ultra-processed foods to increased risks of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and depression.

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Aphrodisiacs

Aphrodisiacs

Sex, and how to make it better, has long been a topic of study — and a much-needed one: 43% of women and 31% of men report having sexual dysfunction, according to the Cleveland Clinic. From ancient fertility deities to modern erectile dysfunction drugs, we’ve literally tried every so-called miracle cure in the pursuit of great sex.

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The Power of Your Exercise Mindset

The Power of Your Exercise Mindset

Research shows that shaming or scaring yourself into hitting the gym isn’t nearly as effective as finding a physical activity you actually enjoy.

If exercise seems like a great idea but you can never keep up a routine, it’s worth considering your exercise “mindset”—defined by psychologists as core assumptions that shape our behavior and reality. While it’s long been known that mindsets can make a big difference in academic performance and navigating stress, evidence is mounting that targeting some of our most ingrained, habitual beliefs and replacing them with more adaptive ones can rev up our ability to keep ourselves healthy.

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Marijuana Has Special Risks for Older People

Marijuana Has Special Risks for Older People

Buying from a licensed marijuana dispensary helps ensure the products have been through quality manufacturing practices
What seniors should know about marijuana

THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive component of marijuana and what causes the high. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is another component of the cannabis plant and doesn’t produce the high that THC does. Many products contain both THC and CBD.

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Can Hormone Therapy Raise Your Risk for Alzheimer’s?

Can Hormone Therapy Raise Your Risk for Alzheimer’s?

The age women start taking menopausal hormone therapy and the kind they take might affect their chances of developing dementia later in life, a new study found.

Women have struggled for years with whether to take hormone therapy when they go through menopause. The medication can help relieve troubling symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats. However, years of conflicting research on whether the therapy can lead to other health problems, including breast cancer, dementia and heart attacks, has left many women confused about what to do.

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The Secret to Living to 100?

The Secret to Living to 100?

I share WSJ articles that I find interesting.   I read the WSJ every day. You can subscribe to the WSJ here.   I post some of the more interesting articles in the WSJ.      It’s Not Good Habits https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/living-longer-genes-science-4df3c203?st=7v5e9ja4i9fdm70&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Good genes matter more the older you get   If you want to live …

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A Workout to Help Runners Increase Miles and Avoid Injury

A Workout to Help Runners Increase Miles and Avoid Injury

A long-distance expert offers advice to stay on course during training for marathon season

Among every four Americans running over the course of a year, there’s one coping with an injury.

Half of those 50 million runners miss some training because of injury, according to a systematic review of running-related injuries published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science.

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Gluten-Free Diet

Gluten-Free Diet

Gluten is a protein naturally found in some grains including wheat, barley, and rye. It acts like a binder, holding food together and adding a “stretchy” quality—think of a pizza maker tossing and stretching out a ball of dough. It’s common in foods such as bread, pasta, pizza, and cereal. Gluten provides no essential nutrients. People with celiac disease have an immune reaction that is triggered by eating gluten.

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Kisspeptin-10

Kisspeptin-10

Kisspeptin-10 research suggests the peptide is an important mediator of endocrine signaling when a person hits puberty as well as during reproduction. It may affect the mood and behavior of a person and encourage the development and regulation of blood vessels and renal function, discouraging cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. Also known as Metastin, this peptide appears to affect the gonadotropin-releasing hormone or GnRH

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