According to a new study, eating chocolate could weaken your bones and make you more likely to suffer fractures.
On the other hand, eating dark chocolate has been shown to reduce high blood pressure.
So is the glass half-empty or half-full?
Have you been cutting dietary cholesterol to keep your heart healthy?
If you’re older, a recent study published in the Journal of Gerontology suggests you should think twice before giving up high-cholesterol foods like bacon.
Here’s why…
Well, at least in New York City, it did.
Even if you don’t diet, you can still lose a small amount of weight by walking with a pedometer.
According to a University of Iowa study, magazines with high African-American readerships are less likely to educate their audiences about weight loss and more likely to encourage fad diets and faith to lose weight.
The increasing weight, higher caloric intake and less physical activity common in obese people can also fuel depression, especially in white, middle-class, middle-aged women.
If you read my October 2007 article, An Easy Way to Reduce Calories, you know that chewing gum before an afternoon snack helps to reduce hunger and food cravings. It also makes you feel more full.
But according to a newer article in the British Medical Journal, if you chew too much sugar-free gum or eat too many sugar-free sweets, you could experience a severe and unhealthy weight loss.
Since the 1980s, scientists have believed that oatmeal should be added to the diets of people at risk for heart disease.
But newer studies show that there are at least 7 benefits to adding oatmeal to your diet:
You can lose weight without exercising. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t exercise.
You don’t need to be athletic, exercise strenuously, or do anything difficult.
Just walking at a brisk pace for at least 30 minutes can make you look and feel better.
According to the Mayo Clinic Health Letter, here are 8 benefits to exercising 30 minutes a day:
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