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Exercise and Your Biology
Exercise and your biology: How physical activity influences the telomeres and mitochondria of your cells You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. So opined the... Read More
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: The Promise and the Peril
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: The Promise and the Peril Studies in the 1970s demonstrated very low coronary heart disease rates among Eskimos in Greenland who consumed large amounts of seafood. Since then,... Read More
Does Green Tea Lower Your Cancer Risk?
Does Green Tea Lower Your Cancer Risk? Green tea is native to China and India and has been consumed for centuries throughout the world. It is chock full of antioxidants... Read More
Exercise Eleven Minutes to a Longer Life
Exercise Eleven Minutes to a Longer Life YOU READ THAT right. It takes only minutes daily to promote health and live longer. A new study from the Norwegian School of Sports Medicine suggests... Read More
I Love Naps. What Is the Optimal Duration?
I love naps, but wonder what is the optimal duration? EINSTEIN DID IT. So did Leonardo da Vinci and Winston Churchill. They all took naps. Should you? A brief afternoon nap may... Read More
Alcohol: Who Drinks the Most?
GUESS WHO DRINKS the most alcohol? It turns out that the type of job you have appears to correlate with how much you consume. Let’s take a quick look at the largest... Read More
Can You Use Yoga to Drop Cholesterol? Maybe.
Can You Use Yoga to Drop Cholesterol? That is our question for today. IS THE PRACTICE of yoga associated with a lowering of cholesterol? We often hear about the ability of... Read More