Coffee could be good for you
Once again, something that we take for granted is back on the good for you list, coffee was once labelled as being bad for us and yet now according to recent research it turns out that coffee can have some beneficial effects, so what now.
The research has found that a cup of coffee can help [...]
Beer can be life extending
At last the news that drinkers have been waiting for, drinking beer can add around two and half year onto the end of your life, but those fancy wine drinkers have got it made for a mere half a glass of wine a day will add five year to your life.
This comes from Dutch research [...]
Chewing gum helps with maths
Chewing gum in school is an absolute no, no as it can get the student into big trouble, but if a recent study is correct then students could be missing out on a valuable educational aid.
Research carried out under laboratory conditions have shown that chewing gum can help in reducing stress, improving alertness and relieving [...]
Getting stronger bones
Osteoporosis is a serious disease if left untreated, but amazingly it can be mastered and a full life can be had from the sufferer, but it does take work and time.
Getting on top of any disease is always going to be a marathon and in some cases, the journey can be longer than expected, however [...]
Young people’s health worse than ever
Despite the change in diet and lifestyle, it seems that young adults aged between eighteen and twenty nine are not any healthier today than they were up to fifteen years ago.
This goes to show that no matter what information is out there, it is not making an impact on this target group. In fact, in [...]
Green tea not so good with cancer drug
Currently there is a lot of marketing going on promoting the health benefits of green tea and there is no doubt, there are some clear benefits from drinking this beverage. However, according to researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) this may not always be the case.
The problem lies with the treatment for multiple [...]
Heavy smoking helps put weight on
Virtually everyone knows that smoking is bad for you, but as with many other things, this warning is not being taken up by everyone who smokes. However new research shows that smoking as a teenager may have other side affects that may not be very welcome.
A study from Finland has found that teenagers who smoke [...]
Do you have SAD?
For some people it starts during November and carries on through until February or later depending on the how the winter is going. This is seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and it if affecting more people than you would imagine.
But first how do know if you are suffering from this condition? Here are some points that [...]
You really are what you eat
According to a recent report from researchers in Melbourne, Australia it looks as if people that regularly eat junk food are not only risking putting on pounds but they could also be affecting the memory stored in their genes.
Studies show that cells have the ability to remember and although this may be only a short [...]
Drinking coffee causes hallucinations
Sometimes there are some interesting pieces of research that pop up and this particular one is one of those that tick all of the boxes.
A research student at Durham University questioned two hundred students about their experiences with caffeine. This research threw up some interesting findings, where those students who consumed more caffeine reported seeing [...]
Smoking makes girls’ fat
Smoking for girls is a lot worse for them, than it is for boys according to research by the Department of Public Health in Helsinki, smoking is not only a danger to health, but it can make girls put weight on, giving them something else to worry about for the future.
It does not take that [...]
Some additives linked to lung cancer
Food additives are blamed for many things, but it seems that one such addictive is being blamed for the spread of lung disease and cancer.
The culprit is inorganic phosphates, these can be found in processed foods such as cheese, meat and bakery products, what they do is increase the products water content and therefore [...]
Even bees get hooked on coke
It is a strange thing, but bee’s can also get hooked on the chemicals found in the coca plant, and should they become influenced by the effects of withdrawal in the same fashion, as an addict would be.
Yet cocaine would normally repel insects, this is a natural defence mechanism produced by the plant to protect [...]
Faulty gene makes drinkers aggressive
Anyone that has ever seen people who have drunk too much would have to ask why they all tend to act differently, the most worrying being those drinkers who turn aggressive.
It seems that recent research from Finland has found alcohol can have a violent trigger effect in some people. This is because some people have [...]
Chemical threat to men
This sounds like something from that TV programme from the seventies “Doom Watch” where a group of scientists save the world from disaster.
Well scientists are now warning that pollutants that have made their way into the environment have the ability to appear to be oestrogen the female hormone.
This means that fish, birds and reptiles that [...]
Vitamin pills do not slow ageing process
It seems that the faith in vitamins rolling back the years may have been misplaced by the millions of people who spend millions of pounds on these products.
Recent research from the University College, London, has found that vitamin C and E, which are the ones normally praised as being able to prevent or slow the [...]
Foods that boost the memory
We cannot live without food, but what we choose to eat can have some lasting effects on how we live and how our bodies perform, it is a matter of nutrition and different foods have different values depending on what you are asking your body to do.
So what foods do we need to eat in [...]
Could obesity be contagious?
Recent research by Professor David Blanchflower, who sits on the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, and Professor Andrew Oswald, an expert on the economics of wellbeing say that obesity could in fact be contagious.
Although this research may come from a rather unorthodox source, it seems that their point could be valid. They claim that [...]
Eat up your fruit and veg
To most people it is spring that would normally offer the greatest amount of fruit and vegetables, but apparently, this is not so as it is autumn that offers the best opportunities for healthy eaters to get their hands on some of the best produce that the UK has to offer.
It is an ideal time [...]
Coffee has some strange side affects
Coffee is well known as being a great alert booster, which is especially good in the morning when it is time to get up on those dark and cold mornings.
However, yes, it may be great for waking you up, but there are some other side effects that could slow down the sales of coffee, especially [...]