Losing Weight with Coffee?
A study conducted in India is making claims that unroasted coffee-bean extract in the form of a pill can significantly aid weight loss. It should be noted that the study was paid for by Applied Food Sciences; the same company that manufactures two green-coffee-extract products in America. However, the results cannot be dismissed. The study included 16 overweight participants between...
Are You Putting Your Baby at Risk for a Heart Attack?
In a recent study from Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands, researchers suggest that risks for heart attack in women may start as early as in the womb. Certain genetic markers can be prime indicators of the potential for heart attack and, according to this research, those genetic changes may actually occur due to a mother’s behavior when...
Are You Doomed If You Eat Fast Food?
New research from Johns Hopkins University on the effects of high fat diets on the brain is shedding more disturbing light on the fast food industry. If you love stopping by the easiest fast food joint and grabbing a burger for dinner on a regular basis, it may be pushing your brain to make you want to eat more. High...
The Skinny on the HCG Diet: Are You Just Eating Less?
HCG has been touted as a way to lose weight quickly for decades, but little proof has been provided that it actually works. If you look at the HCG diet critically, you’ll soon see that of course you will lose weight on it – because you’re hardly eating anything. The HCG Diet HCG is a hormone that is naturally produced by...
Report: Multitasking Actually Disrupts Brain Function
In today’s world, almost everyone seems to drift between texting, watching programs on television and doing other activities. We just can’t seem to get enough done in the day to satisfy ourselves and slow down to do one thing at a time. However, there is mounting evidence that the brain actually slows down when you’re doing multiple activities. Memory, Attention...
Massaging Your Way to a Healthier Life
Spas are everywhere, masseuses are everywhere – expensive, inexpensive and everywhere in between. Now there’s another benefit to having a “spa day” aside from relaxation…your health! Recently, massage therapy has been found to boost immune systems in breast cancer patients, decrease symptoms in asthmatic children, and in the smallest of babies can help stimulate an appetite. According to the Archives...
Sex After a Heart Attack – A Scary Idea?
If you’ve already had a heart attack, the idea of resuming your sex life can be a little intimidating and even make your already-jittery heart start to flutter a little. However, according to psychiatrist Madeline Castellanos, who specializes in sexuality, getting back in the saddle may be just what the doctor ordered. After-Effects of a Heart Attack After you have had...
More Bad News for Soda Lovers
More and more research is coming out about the negative health effects of drinking soda, regardless of whether it is diet or regular soda. Harvard researchers have revealed that consuming even just a single soda a day can increase the chances of having a heart attack by 20 percent. Soda and Heart Attacks Regular consumption of soda has been linked to...
Is That Cola Really Worth Cancer?
Coke, Pepsi and other caramel-colored sodas are mainstays of many American diets. However, the chemical that turns that refreshing sweet soda its signature brown color may be a contributing factor to the development in cancer, if you believe the watchdog group, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). 4-MI and Cancer In March of this year, CSPI submitted a...
Aspartame: The Bad, the Ugly
Aspartame was originally developed as an alternative non-calorie sweetener for diabetics and individuals looking for a sugar substitute to assist in losing weight. Known under the commercial names of Equal, NutraSweet and Spoonful, aspartame can now be found in diet sodas, gum, sugar-free cookies and all kinds of other foods. However, while it has been a boon to food-makers,...
