Top News Stories: July 6-12
Lose weight without feeling deprived, how dogs keep babies healthier, the dangers of sitting, and more of this week’s top news stories:
Diet Secret: Small Pieces of Food More Filling
Want to eat less? Cut your food up into tiny pieces. Researchers at Arizona State University found that both rats and college students ate less calorie-dense food when it was served to them in small bites. Read more
Cranberries Combat Urinary Tract Infections
Sometimes, traditional advice is correct. Cranberry juice and other cranberry products may help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs), particularly in women with recurrent UTIs, children, regular cranberry juice drinkers, and those who use cranberry-containing products more than twice daily. Read more
Many Babies Healthier in Homes with Dogs
Baby’s best friend! New research has found that babies living in homes with dogs have fewer colds, fewer ear infections, and need fewer antibiotics in their first year of life than babies raised in pet-free homes. Read more
Sugar Substitutes Can Lead to Weight Loss
Using non-nutritive sweeteners such as stevia and sucralose in place of sugars may help people lose weight and control blood sugar, as long as they don’t overindulge in other sugary drinks and foods later in the day. Read more
Sitting Too Much May Shave Years Off Our Lives
A new study suggests that sitting too much is a serious health threat, indicating a sedentary lifestyle linked to diabetes and death from heart disease or stroke. It’s not all bad news, though. The same study finds that getting up, moving around, and keeping “down time” to less than three hours a day can extend our lives by two years. Read more
Comments
Leave a comment