Exploring the benefits of green tea for your skin
Posted on: October 20, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Exploring the benefits of green tea for your skin

We’ve all heard about the many benefits of drinking green tea. But did you know that the polyphenolic compounds present in green tea have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anticarcinogenic properties beneficial to your skin? What are polyphenols? Polyphenols are all-natural and derived from plants, nuts, fruits and vegetables. There are three types of these natural chemicals which are called catechins that have potent therapeutic effects on various skin conditions. Rosacea Imagine…

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Why weight around the middle shrinks the brain
Posted on: October 20, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Why weight around the middle shrinks the brain

“Obesity is already associated with a raft of adverse health effects, including a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders and dementia.” Dr. Brenton Hordacre is an Australian researcher whose research points to the fact that obesity can mess with our mental health as well as our physical health. Dr. Hordacre’s recently published study is the first to link obesity with reduced brain plasticity. Brain plasticity refers to your brain’s…

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Are you taking this cancer-packed diabetes drug?
Posted on: October 19, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Are you taking this cancer-packed diabetes drug?

The creators of pharmaceutical drugs want you to have total faith in the efficacy and safety of their drugs. But they don’t always go the extra mile to ensure either. That would interfere with fast-tracking drugs to market so the revenue could come in faster. In fact, in a study covering just 17 years, researchers found that a whopping 112 million prescriptions were written before drug safety recalls. And now,…

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Can exercise really help you live longer?
Posted on: October 17, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Can exercise really help you live longer?

Saying that exercise is good for your health is nothing new. But saying and doing are totally different things… There are so many different styles of exercise out there, where do you start in deciding what’s best for you?  It’s more than confusing, to say the least, to choose the one that delivers the benefits you need in the time you have. Should you train hard but in short intervals?…

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10 science-based tips for keeping produce fresh longer
Posted on: October 17, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

10 science-based tips for keeping produce fresh longer

I don’t know about you, but I am plagued by the problem of wasted produce. I tend to overbuy fresh vegetables, only to see (and smell) them go bad before I can eat them all. Even my bananas, which I eat every day, often turn brown and soft in the bowl before I can get to them. Well, I’ve recently learned that it’s not how much I’m buying that’s the…

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Could poop be the secret of eternal youth?
Posted on: October 16, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Could poop be the secret of eternal youth?

When you think about the fountain of youth, the first thing that comes to your mind probably isn’t poop. And why would it be? After all, what happens in the bathroom should stay in the bathroom, right? But what if I told you that scientists now think that fecal material might actually be the key to eternal youth, able to halt age-related decline and even preserve healthy cognitive function throughout…

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Eating by the numbers: A simple way to make the best food choices
Posted on: October 16, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Eating by the numbers: A simple way to make the best food choices

Have you ever heard a food described as having “empty calories?” It would be great if that meant you could eat mounds and mounds of it and never gain weight, but that’s not at all what it means. The calories are there, but not much of anything else. An empty calorie food is one that provides a lot of energy (calories), but very little nutritional value — like prepackaged cookies…

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One more reason to read product labels: Hormone interference
Posted on: October 15, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

One more reason to read product labels: Hormone interference

I’m one of those people who takes forever to shop because before I drop a product into my basket, I read every line on the label to make sure there’s nothing bad lurking in it. It’s a process that drives my husband crazy! But as far as I’m concerned, it’s also a process that protects my health, the health of my kids and his health, too,…even if he’d rather just…

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Calming the anxious mind through conscious movement
Posted on: October 15, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

Calming the anxious mind through conscious movement

This year has certainly been one for the books. The coronavirus pandemic that has plagued us for months shows no signs of letting up, so we’ll be living with its restrictions for the foreseeable future. It’s a stressful situation that brings plenty of nervousness and worries, particularly to those who already suffer from an anxiety disorder. While most of us feel anxious from time to time, anxiety is considered a…

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8 ways to raise your good HDL cholesterol
Posted on: October 15, 2020 Posted by: Michele Lee Comments: 0

8 ways to raise your good HDL cholesterol

HDL, high-density lipoprotein, is the good cholesterol. This is the particle that’s moving cholesterol out of your body — so it’s the happy cholesterol and you want to keep it high. But it turns out there’s not much good news about it… Approximately 1 out of every 4 Americans has an HDL number below 40 mg/dL. From a previous blog, you might recall that an HDL above 40 mg/dL is acceptable for men and…

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