Study Further Illuminates Heart-Healthy Benefits of Mediterranean Diet

"An important finding of this study is that it indicates that the Mediterranean diet as a whole, and not just a few specific ingredients, is likely responsible for the beneficial health outcomes among the healthy population and should be encouraged as part of healthy eating habits," said Dr. Bonaccio. 

Study Further Illuminates Heart-Healthy Benefits of Mediterranean Diet

Smoking may dull obese women's ability to taste fat and sugar | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

 "Our findings suggest that having this intense craving but not perceiving fat and sweetness in food may lead these women to eat more. Since smoking and obesity are risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, the additional burden of craving more fats and sugars, while not fully tasting them, could be detrimental to health."

Smoking may dull obese women's ability to taste fat and sugar | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis

Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim

"One possible mechanism of action for satiating probiotics is that they may cause a release of satiety inducing hormones from the gut. We are studying this directly in surviving segments of the small intestine from pigs which resemble humans very much in this respect," Holst explains.

Probiotics may be able to help you keep slim

Eyes in the cereal aisle – How Cap’n Crunch’s gaze is influencing your purchasing | Media Relations Office

“By studying more than 80 breakfast spokes-characters, we found that kids’ cereals are positioned at the same height as kids ­– about 23 inches off of the floor and adult’s cereals are positioned at about 48 inches off of the floor.”

Eyes in the cereal aisle – How Cap’n Crunch’s gaze is influencing your purchasing | Media Relations Office

Positive, negative thinkers' brains revealed

“The worriers actually showed a paradoxical backfiring effect in their brains when asked to decrease their negative emotions,” Moser said. “This suggests they have a really hard time putting a positive spin on difficult situations and actually make their negative emotions worse even when they are asked to think positively.” - See more at: http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/positive-negative-thinkers-brains-revealed/#sthash.9PzonrPc.dpuf

Positive, negative thinkers' brains revealed

Too many diet drinks may spell heart trouble for older women

This is significant~"those who consumed two or more a day were 30 percent more likely to suffer a cardiovascular event and 50 percent more likely to die from related disease."

This includes diet sodas and diet fruit drinks.
Too many diet drinks may spell heart trouble for older women

Anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills linked to risk of death

Find alternatives to pills--exercise, nutrition, hot teas, meditation, etc.

Anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills linked to risk of death