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It’s no secret that a healthy diet is key not only to preventing type 2 diabetes but also to managing the condition to avoid long-term complications. However, a new study is revealing that people with diabetes, by and large, suffer from deficiencies in micronutrients that could leave their bodies suffering from a “hidden hunger.” Here’s what the researchers discovered, along with the number one micronutrient they say affects six in…
Microplastics, though invisible to the naked eye, pose a grave threat to our bodies and health, the extent of which is beyond measure. Microplastics carry endocrine-disrupting chemicals through your bloodstream, but that’s not all… Microplastics are a kind of ‘magnet’ for environmental pollutants, concentrating them on their surfaces, ‘ferrying’ them through our digestive tract and releasing them in a concentrated form in areas throughout the body where they can cause…
Not too long ago, I reported here about a large-scale study showing that a multivitamin could guard people over 60 from cognitive decline and memory loss. Now, that data has been combined with a second study, and the results have been confirmed. If you’re over 60 and not taking a daily vitamin, this should convince you to start. Because if you don’t, the price your brain could pay is faster…
Good sleep is vital not only to your overall health but also to the health of your brain. In fact, quality sleep has been found to reduce your risk of cognitive decline and dementia as you age. However, sleep problems can creep up with age, stealing those hours that allow your brain to reset. Because of this, many of us turn to sleep medications for help. Unfortunately, new research is…
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate, is a telltale sign of aging in men. One out of every two men between the ages of 51 and 60 have BPH, and the numbers only rise as they get older. About 70 percent of men ages 60 to 69 and around 80 percent of men ages 70 and older experience BPH. As common as BPH is, experts are still somewhat baffled…
Gray hair is often associated with growing older. But there are some people (like me) who started going noticeably gray at a very young age. Thankfully, I’ve maintained my natural color through the magic of hair dye for decades. But I’m a little less eager to visit the hair salon because of evidence linking regular use of hair dye with an increase in breast cancer risk. Wouldn’t it be great…
When was the last time you took a handful of money from your wallet and put it in the trash? With the current high cost of food, every time you toss out your leftovers or accidentally let something “go bad,” you’re essentially throwing away your hard-earned money. But it doesn’t have to be this way. A recent study from Ohio State University has shown that the simple answer is making…
Body fat has long been seen as a bad thing. Too much body fat means obesity, and that means a higher risk of cardiometabolic disease. But you may not know that there is more than one type of body fat, and they are not created equal… White fat, or adipose tissue, is the kind that stores energy and becomes problematic when there’s too much of it in the body. However,…
There are a lot of old wives’ tales about how to raise the odds of conception. One claims that drinking cough syrup increases your fertility because it thins out the cervical mucus, making it easier for sperm to pass into the uterus. Another involves wearing rose quartz, a crystal thought to increase fertility and boost conception rates. There is no evidence to support most of these claims. However, one recommendation…
Long before a significant and dangerous cardiovascular event, something happens in your arteries… They become harder, narrower, and filled with a sticky plaque that slowly chokes your blood flow. These changes are known as atherosclerosis, and they occur in more than 3 million Americans each year. Most people with atherosclerosis don’t know they have it until it’s too late, because it doesn’t have any obvious symptoms until the blockage becomes…