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Walking Brings Huge Benefits For Low Back Pain, Study Says
Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, a world-first study has found. Approximately 800 million people worldwide have low back pain, and it is a leading cause of disability and reduced quality of life. Repeated episodes of low ...
Short-term Incentives for Exercise Can Lead to Sustained Increases in Activity
Adults with heart disease risks who received daily reminders or incentives to become more active increased their daily steps by more than 1,500 after a year, and many were still sticking with their new habit six months later, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that published in Circulation. The improvements, ...
JAMA Research Letter Raises False Alarm Over Levels of Melatonin in Gummies, CRN Says
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to a newly published research letter (“Quantity of Melatonin and CBD in Melatonin Gummies Sold in the U.S.”) appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which suggests that clinicians should “advise” parents that the levels of melatonin in gummies are “unpredictable.” Melatonin is often ...
A Mediterranean Diet in Pregnancy Associated With Lower Risk of Accelerated Growth
The Mediterranean diet is characterized by a high content of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes and nuts. This healthy diet pattern has been associated with lower obesity and cardiometabolic risk in adults, but few studies have focused on children. This study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, aimed at evaluating the association between adherence to a ...
Sitting is Bad For Your Brain—Not Just Your Metabolism or Heart
Sitting too much is linked to changes in a section of the brain that is critical for memory, according to a preliminary study by UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) researchers of middle-aged and older adults. Studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death. Researchers ...
Lutein & Zeaxanthin for Cognitive Function: A New Use for Eye Antioxidants
By Professor Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences The carotenoid antioxidants lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z) are best known for the role they play in healthy visual development and functioning, including the ability to efficiently absorb blue light.1 By absorbing blue light, T&Z limit the amount that reaches the critical visual ...
Evidence Suggests Vitamin D May Help Reduce Asthma Attacks
A new review, published in the Cochrane Library, has found evidence from randomized trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks. Low blood levels of vitamin D have been linked to increased risk of asthma attacks in children and adults with asthma. ...
Regaining Control
Expanding waistlines and staggering statistics have consumers actively seeking natural options to help get their blood sugar in line.According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million children and adults have diabetes—7.8 percent of the US population. Of these, 5.7 million do not know they have the disease.Each year, about 1.6 million people aged 20 or ...
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