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Superfoods are a convenient way to supersize your health. Most superfoods are super because they’re high in antioxidants. An easy way to know how much antioxidant value a food has is to check its ORAC score. The ORAC score (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) is a method developed by scientists at the National Institute of Health and Aging (NIH) to measures the antioxidant capacity of different foods. At the top of the list,…
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, except for skin cancer. This year, about 248,530 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. When diagnosed early, though, the five-year survival rate for prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent. Except, that is if you are obese. For over a decade, research studies have found a strong connection between obesity and the aggressiveness of prostate cancer. The…
An estimated 50 million people worldwide are living with dementia, and that number is expected to triple by 2050. Given that projection, it’s more important than ever to find ways to counter this devastating disease. Dementia is often seen as an inevitable consequence of aging, but that’s not really the case. It can be caused by a number of brain illnesses, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. And other factors can…
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health challenges of our time. In fact, each year in the U.S. alone, at least 2.8 million people get an antibiotic-resistant infection. And of those, more than 35,000 people die. With a growing number of germs becoming harder to treat with antibiotics, like those that cause drug-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus (or “staph”) or…
Obesity can increase your risk of developing chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and age-related cognitive disorders. But it’s also a major risk factor for the onset and progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Most experts identify the added physical strain weight puts on the joints as the reason for worsening osteoarthritis symptoms and the joint damage it causes. However, the truth may be more complicated. In one study…
Multiple studies have indicated that diet can impact the outcome COVID-19, including the severity and risk of death from the disease. In fact, separate research has shown that diets higher in omega-3 fatty acids and selenium could both greatly improve the odds against COVID-19. Now there’s even more proof that our food choices matter if we want to beat back the virus — and it came straight from the front…
If you were paying attention to the news this past week, you probably heard about Wegovy (semaglutide) — a “new” drug just approved for weight loss. It’s an injection that you self-administer once a week under the skin. And it works! People using Wegovy experience an average 12.4 percent reduction in weight over the course of 68 weeks compared to those using placebo. As the first weight loss drug that the FDA…
Statins, medications to lower cholesterol, are the most commonly used drugs in the entire developed world. And almost half of all Americans over the age of 75 are already taking them. The problem is that while it may seem like a no-brainer to take a medication your doctor says will reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke, it could actually be your brain you’re risking. In fact, according to…
One of the reasons COVID-19 is such a devastating illness is because it can attack several systems within the body at once. COVID-19 has a wide range of symptoms, including respiratory, neurological and gastrointestinal. And it’s known to wreak havoc with several of the body’s organs, including the lungs, heart, kidneys and liver. Researchers have been reviewing autopsies of COVID-19 patients to confirm the multi-system nature of the illness and…
The National Dairy Association Mideast is concerned about your vitamin intake. They sponsored a study that performed an analysis of data on over 30,000 American adults and found that those who skip breakfast are missing out on valuable nutrition they aren’t able to make up for with other foods they eat throughout the day. Do you skip breakfast? You should be concerned then, but not for the reasons they bring…