Nutrigenomics: the future of nutrition?
The new science of ‘nutrigenomics’ (nutritional genomics) and the idea of ‘personalised nutrition’ are being promoted as the solution to chronic diet-related diseases such as heart disease, cancer and...
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Eat fruit and veg to feel happy?
It has long been known that eating fresh fruit and vegetables is good for a person’s physical health. Yet, curiously, there are almost no studies on the effect of eating fruit and vegetables on mental...
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Eating oily fish can add years to your life
Oily fish are one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids. A new study has measured the amount of omega-3 fatty acids circulating in the blood and found that people with higher levels tend to live...
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Carnitine Could Be A Hidden Killer For Regular Meat Eaters
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Red meat has often been flagged as a cardiovascular risk because of its fat and cholesterol content, but a new study published online this week...
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Two Research Teams Discover New Genetic Links To Obesity
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Two new studies appearing in this week’s edition of the journal Nature Genetics have identified new genetic links to obesity which could lead...
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Merely a taste of beer can trigger a rush of chemical pleasure in the brain
If you take just a sip of beer, and moments later—before you’ve had close to enough alcohol to get intoxicated, perhaps even before the beer has hit your stomach—feel a distinctly pleasurable...
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Low Blood Cholesterol Compromises Immune Function
There is a substantial amount of evidence that relatively low cholesterol levels in apparently healthy individuals is associated with increased subsequent mortality from cancer. It is also associated...
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Soy Safety Summarized
Just how safe is soy? Are the fears justified? We’ll answer very simply: soy is an excellent food to include in one’s diet. The good news is that not only is soy safe when properly processed, it’s...
View ArticleResearch Begins to Find Out Exactly Why Meat is Bad for Health
Time Magazine reports research published in JAMA Internal Medicine Journal that explain why Vegetarians and Vegans are healthier than those people who eat meat. In their desperate attempts to find the...
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