Category: Healthy Lifestyle
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The best vegetables for your health, according to nutritionists
It pays to love your veggies – especially when you’re loading up on some of the healthiest. Read on for a list of nutritionist-approved vegetables to support good health. 1. Shiitake mushrooms “Shiitake mushrooms are not only a low-calorie vegetable but have been shown to reduce inflammation and benefit immune function by increasing secretory IgA, which serves…
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Gestational diabetes is on the rise: Here are nutrition tips to prevent and treat it
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that can occur during pregnancy among women who didn’t already have diabetes. It’s on the rise — and experts are worried. Just last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pointed out in a new study that there has been a 30% increase in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) — the…
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Sunscreen helps prevent premature aging and skin cancer: How to pick the best one
Don’t get burned this summer. As many Americans enjoy the summer outside in the hot sun, experts remind that sunscreen protects the skin from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays, but which one to choose? “Seeking shade, wearing protective clothing — including a lightweight and long-sleeved shirt, pants, a wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses with UV…
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E-cigs using synthetic nicotine now under FDA oversight
U.S. regulators will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies using a now-closed loophole, including a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become teenagers’ top choice. Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine. The action targets Puff Bar and several other vaping companies…
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Abbott Nutrition’s baby formula recall widens after another infant dies
Abbott Nutrition has expanded its baby formula recall after the death of another child. The company posted another recall notice alerting parents and guardians that voluntary recall now includes one lot of its Similac PM 60/40 formula, which was manufactured in its Sturgis, Michigan, facility, “This is a specialty formula for certain infants who would benefit from lowered mineral intake…
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Is your baby formula making your infant sick? Signs to watch for
The recent baby formula recall by Abbott Nutrition understandably has parents concerned about the health of their babies. One pediatrician told Fox News he has expanded his emergency room hospital examination screenings to include asking parents of sick infants, what type of formula does the baby use? Dr. Matthew Harris, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at…
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Extending sleep can help with weight loss in adults
Increasing the number of hours of sleep could help adults to lose weight, according to researchers. In a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, a team from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin–Madison conducted a randomized clinical trial among 80 adults with overweight and habitual sleep of less than 6.5 hours a…
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Men concerned about fertility should limit cell phone use to protect sperm quality
Men may want to limit their cell phone use if they are concerned about fertility, according to a recent metanalysis published this past November in Environmental Research, which found the radiofrequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMWs) emitted by cell phones decrease sperm quality by reducing their motility, viability, and concentration. ”Male cell-phone users should strive to reduce mobile phone use to…
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Yale researcher teams develops wearable clip to detect COVID
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have developed a wearable clip that can detect if a person may have been exposed to COVID-19. The device captures virus-laden aerosols that deposit on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surface, according to a study published earlier this month in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Science and Technology Letters. Krystal Godri Pollitt,…
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We may not need 10,000 daily steps for long life, studies suggest
Adults likely need at least 7,000 steps daily or should play sports for more than 2.5 hours every week to maximize longevity, according to two large-scale studies. The first study, published in JAMA Network Open last month, followed over 2,000 middle-aged men and women for over 10 years. When the participants first joined the study, they wore a monitor…
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