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Curcumin Improves Mental Ability Curcumin associated with significant memory improvement in elderly according to meta-analysis Six clinical trials with a total of 289 subjects met inclusion criteria for this review. For older adults who received curcumin, scores on measures of cognitive function (SMD = 0.33), and measures of depression (SMD = -0.29) indicated significant memory …
Curcumin Reduces Pain, Improves Mental and Physical HealthRead More
COVID-19 Transmission at School Appears Remarkably Low According to CDC researchers, there is little evidence that schools contribute meaningfully to increased community COVID transmission Closing schools could adversely affect students’ academic progress, mental health, and access to essential services. As many schools have reopened for in-person instruction in some parts of the US as well …
School Appears Safe During COVID-19, According to ResearchRead More
Step 1: Swap Saturated Fat for Unsaturated Replacing 60% of saturated fat with other fats and avoiding 60% of dietary cholesterol may reduce total cholesterol 30.9 mg/dL (395 trials) Altogether, 134 of the solid food experiments provided information on dietary intake of the major individual saturated fatty acids: laurate (C12:0), myristate (C14:0), palmitate (C16:0), and …
To Lower Cholesterol: Eat More Nuts and Grains, Less Saturated FatRead More
Statins reduce the risk of death from any cause Statins reduce risk of death from any cause by 14%, risk of heart disease by 25%, risk of heart disease events by 27%, and stroke by 22% (n=56,934) Eighteen randomised control trials (56,934 participants) were included. All-cause mortality was reduced by statins (odds ratio 0.86); as …
Statins Reduce the Risk of Death, Heart Attacks, and Even DementiaRead More
COVID-19 transmitted during presymptomatic phase, but 30% less often than during symptomatic phase (n=2861) This prospective case-ascertained study in Taiwan included laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and their contacts. We enrolled 100 confirmed patients. Among their 2761 close contacts, there were 22 paired index-secondary cases. The overall secondary clinical attack rate was 0.7%. The attack …
How foods affect mortality risk Foods that lower mortality risk Whole grains: -25% (3 servings/day, optimal) -17% (3 servings/day, optimal) -17% (high vs low intake) -16% (high vs low intake) -12% (daily vs/ non-daily intake) Vegetables: -32% (3+ servings/day vs low) -25% (6 servings/day, optimal) -25% (3 servings/day, optimal) -16% (high vs low intake) -11% …
The best and worst foods for longevity, according to researchRead More
This article organizes research on how to get kids to eat healthy food. It is organized by strategies, so that one can weigh the usefulness of each. We begin with the most powerful strategies: parental modeling and controlling the food environment. Other strategies follow, such as encouragement, education, and sleep considerations. Strategies that don’t …
The average runner may be improving their joint health. Large studies looked at the effects of running over time, and found no increased risk of arthritis in the knees or hips. Some studies even found a reduced risk of knee and hip arthritis among recreational runners, including one large-scale meta-analysis of 114,829 participants. On the …
Counting calories is hard to keep up! It might be easier to follow some basic guidelines. What eating habits are found in people who are slim? These eating habits are associated with a lower BMI: Avoid processed meat (weigh 25-30 lbs less than those who eat it daily) Choose a vegan diet (weigh 30-35 lbs …
Exercising 225 to 375 minutes per week maximizes longevity, no benefit from more A total of 661,137 men and women (median age, 62 years; range, 21-98 years) and 116,686 deaths were included. Median follow-up time was 14.2 years. RESULTS: Compared with individuals reporting no leisure time physical activity, we observed a 20% lower mortality risk among …
How does diet affect allergies? This article shares current research on the subject, organized by food category. See also: Fried Foods May Trigger Allergies, According to Research Vegetable oils and allergies Countries with high intake of vegetable oil have 20- to 60-fold higher prevalence of allergies In recent years there has been a marked increase …
Why is your diet affecting your seasonal allergies? Do you live in the US, Western Europe or Australia? If so, you have up to 60 times the risk of suffering from allergies. People from countries like Russia and India have a much lower risk. Allergies are much more prevalent in countries where fried food …
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