This population-based study included 495 077 women and men with an average age of 56.6 years (Li ZH, et al., 2020). The researchers wanted to find out if glucosamine would affect mortality. They evaluated all-cause mortality and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory and digestive disease. The average...
Exercise produces many health benefits, but can it help us live longer, and if it can how many years can we gain? 654,827 individuals were included in this research (Steven SC, et al., 2012). The study had a median follow up time of 10 years. A physical activity...
It is common knowledge that having high blood sugar levels is damaging to our health, but in what way is it harmful to us? Having high blood glucose levels causes oxidation of glucose and a reaction causing glycation of proteins. These reactions cause tissue damage and create a lot...
"A telomere is a region of repetitive nucleotides consisting of DNA and RNA at the end of a chromosome that protects the chromosome from deterioration. Shorter telomeres are known to determine cell longevity and shorter telomeres lead to a shorter lifespan. Â Telomeres can therefore give us information on how fast...
Research shows adding one food reduces the risk for heart attacks by 38%. Sometimes you can get big benefits by making small changes. There are several studies showing that just adding legumes to your meals can lower your cardiovascular risk. The results of this particular study found that only 1...
You would most likely prefer to feel happy and excited about life and ready to get going to accomplish your goals when you wake up. Do you think almost everybody feels that way? No, that is not the case, because depression is the second leading cause of disability, and it...
One of the impressive health benefits of flax seeds is the ability to decrease blood pressure (Rodriguez-Leyva D, et.al., 2013). In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study, 30 g of flax seeds daily for 6 months reduced the systolic blood pressure of 10 mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure with 7...
If you have watched the news lately, you have probably heard about a study linking increased risk of prostate cancer with omega 3 fatty acids ( Brasky TM, et al. 2013). The media, looking for big headlines, presented this as a new truth about omega 3 fat. Supposedly, it was...