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Improve Your Digestion
Overview The health and performance benefits of food is enormous if you can tap into its potential. Unfortunately, poor digestive health could mean you're missing out on valuable nutrients. How...
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Fight Disease with Phytochemicals
Overview The American Cancer Society recommends five to nine servings of a variety of fruits and vegetables per day for protection against cancer and for a plethora of other health benefits. One of...
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Trans Fat 101
Overview Trans fat is made when manufacturers hydrogenate (add hydrogen to) vegetable oil, which is, essentially, fat that has been extracted from the seeds in plants. Hydrogenation increases the...
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Spice Up Your Steak
Eating healthy doesn’t have to mean eating bland foods. In a new study, scientists at Kansas State University found that coating steaks with one of three different commercial marinade blends...
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Heal Your Child's Health
It’s never too early to instill healthy habits into your offspring. Unfortunately, most parents don’t receive that message. About a third of American children are overweight; one-fifth are obese....
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BMI: Should You Believe Your Score?
If you train hard and play sports, body mass index (BMI) may not be the best indicator of your weight health, according to a recent report in the National Strength and Conditioning Association's...
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Comfort Food That Can Save Your Life
Slurping some chicken soup may help lower high blood pressure, according to a new study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. It’s the collagen in chicken meat, say the scientists, that...
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Is Your Gym Crawling with Bugs?
Men and women don’t stand on equal footing at the gym, but that’s not because men have a pound-for-pound strength advantage when lifting. According to a new study, it’s because the more muscular sex...
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Boost Your Brainpower with Blueberries
Researchers in the UK recently found that adding blueberries to your diet can improve your memory and may even help ward off Alzheimer’s. The study, which was published in the journal Free Radical...
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The Cost of Diabetes
Invest in your health now or prepare to dish out your cash for health care later. A new study by researchers at RTI International, a non-profit research institute in North Carolina, calculated that a...
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Is Your Heart a Ticking Time Bomb?
The more you weigh, the more likely you are to have a heart attack earlier in life, highlights a new study out of Duke. When cardiologists studied data on more than 111,000 people who had suffered...
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Don't Be a Cardio Casualty
Know what your heart can handle, because if you push it too hard, it may not beat back. When German scientists examined factors associated with a sudden heart attack in 1,301 patients, they found that...
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Red Bull = Red Alert
Past research has found that it’s debatable whether energy drinks can improve your cardiovascular performance, but a new study opens the floodgates for an entirely new debate. According to Australian...
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How iTunes Can Heal Your Heart
Talk about feel-good music: Listening to the right songs provides cardio protection against heart attacks and stroke. In the new study, which was presented at the American Heart Association’s annual...
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Will Your Body Hold Up?
We all want to maintain our athletic abilities into old age, but to do so, you'll have to keep not only your muscles, but also your bones in tip-top shape. According to a new study in the Journal of...
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Second Guessing Statins
While the number of Americans taking cholesterol-lowering statins continues to escalate, new research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that you may want to think...
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Why Your Resting Heart Rate Matters
While your resting heartbeat signifies how chill you really are, the tempo may also hint if you’re headed for a heart attack, according to a new study published in the American Journal of...
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Where to Run for a Healthy Heart
Mother nature may be a great setting for exercise, but if you typically run along busy roads, consider taking your training indoors or to a more remote location. A study conducted by scientists at...
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Choose Your Hospital Wisely
When it comes to hospitals, all are not created equal. A new study released by HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings organization, has found that the top-rated U.S. hospitals have a 27...
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What Is Your Heart Telling You?
While your resting heartbeat signifies how chill you really are, the tempo may also hint at a future heart attack, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Hypertension. When...
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