According to several studies, heatwave-generated dehydration can cause kidney stones.
Now, we all know global warming is making it hotter everywhere...
So, this coming summer is likely to send the mercury significantly higher too...
But what's that got to do with kidney stones? Take a look below... Less water intake means a bigger risk for kidney stones...
It boils down to the fact tha... ››› Read more
When you think of sugary foods, soft drinks, biscuits, cakes, ice cream and the like come to mind. But these aren't the only sugar-laden foods that are contributing to our epidemic of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases…
In order to detect the hidden sugar in some of your favourite foods, you need to become a super sleuth.
Keep reading to learn about five unusual but very common s... ››› Read more
You may have heard the saying 'Eat breakfast like a king'...
And you may have read that skipping breakfast is not good for weight loss - you end up eating more during the day when you don't have breakfast...
But now a major study has shown that skipping breakfast can be detrimental for your heart - find out more below... Skipping breakfast may increase your risk of heart disease by as much ... ››› Read more
We've all heard and seen the warnings associated with skin cancer...
And, of course cancer is scary stuff - you want to avoid it at all costs...
But there's a need to balance things out...
And that requires a level of personal judgement...
You see, we tend to overcompensate... we keep out of the sun as much as possible, and when we're in the sun, we lather on sunscreen to protect ours... ››› Read more
From your 50s, you begin to worry about shrinkage...
Your muscles begin to lose firmness, your eyesight wanes and your libido takes a dive...
But there's one other area of your body you want to try prevent shrinkage in - your brain!
Because shrinkage in the brain is associated with cognitive decline - and even dementia.
Find out more about an important study that shows what you eat h... ››› Read more
In a recent major study, researchers analysed the data of 160,000 women between the ages of 50 and 79.
At the beginning, they completed a survey about their outlook on life. The researchers classified the women with the highest scores as optimists and those with the lowest scores as pessimists.
In 2019, 26 years after the initial assessment, the researchers found that the women who were op... ››› Read more
Do you have a family history of obesity and think you're doomed to a heavy body no matter what you do?
Well, it turns out there are more than 30 genes that can affect body mass index.
And, having a genetic variation does not mean you are destined to be overweight (even if you are right now).
A review of studies has found that exercise can trump your genetic profile...
It showed that pe... ››› Read more
Researchers at the NYU Centre for Brain Health in the US studied 2,000 people between the ages of 55 and 75 who enrolled in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.
Some of these people had normal cognitive abilities while others had different degrees of cognitive impairment.
They were surveyed and examined every six months for two to three years.
The researchers found that havi... ››› Read more
When your vision is starting to blur and you need to get prescription glasses to see properly, the last thing you think about is your posture...
But actually, it's quite important... The link between your posture and your eye-sight...
Good posture plays an important role in facilitating the flow of blood to and from the head, brain and eyes. In fact, as much as one third of all the blood ... ››› Read more
This recent randomised controlled study was run by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
105 overweight and obese people participated in the study.
The researchers found that women who added this one fruit as part of their daily meal had a reduction in their visceral fat profile...
Keep reading... Did you know there are different types of fat?
When you look at someone who... ››› Read more