Diet and Exercise Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
As reported by the New York Times, this recent study indicates the effect of diet and exercise on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease are independent and additive. Elderly people who are physically active appear to be at lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, as are those who eat a heart-healthy Mediterranean style diet, rich in fruits and vegetables and low in red meat. Now, a new study has found that the effects of the two...
Don’t Diss Dunkin’ Donuts!
‘Cause it could cost you your job. PANAMA CITY — Bay County’s Health Department director, who courted controversy with a proposal to ban Gatorade from schools and equated Kentucky Fried Chicken and Dunkin Donuts to obesity and death, resigned Friday. …Bay County Commissioner Mike Thomas asked for Dr. Newsom’s resignation in a letter released Thursday saying the “vitriolic messages on the billboard outside...
Supersize Him – The Sequel
Back in March, I wrote a brief post on Australian trainer/model Paul James, who decided to gain 40kg of fat in an effort to understand what his clients go through when attempting to lose weight. He ‘s now on his way back down… naturally, he’s finding it difficult. After months of eating nothing but fatty, fried foods and sugary drinks, James began liking his new diet — perhaps too much. “I really enjoyed the...
Depressing Statistics
Adult obesity rates are still rising… Still, compared with 2008, obesity rates rose in almost half the states, and decreased in none. In four states — Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia — more than 30 percent of adults are obese. Eight of the 10 states with the highest obesity rates are in the South, and Colorado is the only state with a rate under 20 percent. Seven of the 10 states with the highest poverty levels...
Study: Healthy Lifestyle Habits Associated With Reduced Disease Risk
Ok, you knew that already, but this German study has some fairly impressive numbers to back that up… To further describe the reduction in risk associated with these factors, Earl S. Ford, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues assessed data from 23,513 German adults age 35 to 65. At the beginning of the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam...
45 Million Year Old Beer
Ok, not the beer itself…it’s the yeast the beer’s made from. According to this detailed article in Wired Magazine, a microbrew from the Fossil Fuels Brewing Company in Northern California is being made with a re-animated strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae extracted from fossil amber from the Eocene epoch. Not exactly “Jurassic Park”, but close… Evidently, the brew is pretty good, too: there’ve...
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