Category: Health
Sleeping longer makes athletes faster
If athletes force themselves to sleep two hours longer every day, their reaction speed increases and they get faster. Sleep researchers at Stanford Un [...]
You’ll live longer if your diet contains lots of vitamin K
The more vitamin K [structural formula on the right] you consume through your diet, the less likely you are to die from a heart attack or cancer. Span [...]
Walking and running can halve the chance of brain cancer
Running and walking reduce the likelihood of your developing a brain tumour. Walking for 36-72 minutes every day or jogging for 15-30 minutes gives op [...]
Walnuts make bad cholesterol harmless
Walnuts protect against cardiovascular disease, and thanks to a small human study published by Ella Haddad in Nutrition Journal we better understand w [...]
Strength training speeds up cancer patients’ recovery
Doctors are saving the lives of more and more cancer patients, but chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery all have heavy side effects. Patients w [...]
Sleeping pills quadruple mortality risk
Problems sleeping? Go to a therapist, try melatonin or magnesium or tryptophan. If at all possible try to avoid pharmacological sleeping aids. Researc [...]
Animal study: Q10 reduces psychological stress and may help against depression
High doses of Q10 can reduce the damage that serious psychological stress can cause to the body. Sawsan Aboul-Fotouh of Ain Shams University in Egypt [...]
Relora reduces stress and lowers cortisol levels
Relora, a combination of extracts from the bark of two Asian trees, Magnolia officinalis and Phellodendron amurense, improves the state of mind of peo [...]
Glucosamine the life extender
It's been on the market for about twenty years: glucosamine – an amino acid with sugar attached that, according to small studies, protects joints (and [...]
Live longer? Don’t take pills, eat more veggies!
If you a. are serious about wanting to live longer and b. don't want to invest in a longevity strategy that might not pay off, you'll be better off de [...]
Influenza virus less harmful with goji supplement
Imagine: a deadly super-flu suddenly rears its head. There's no vaccine available and the world population is decimated like in the old days. A kind o [...]
Phytochemical ‘super-cocktail’ tames cancer cells
A 'phytochemical super-cocktail' containing six natural compounds neutralises cancer cells in test tube experiments. A mixture of curcumin, resveratro [...]
Meta-study: DHEA improves body composition of older men
Supplements containing DHEA, the compound that changes into hormones like testosterone and estradiol in the body, do have an effect on body compositio [...]
Can Ketone Supplementation Cure Cancer?
by Patrick Arnold ~ www.patrickarnoldblog.com
Researchers at the University of South Florida recently had some very exciting research published in th [...]
BCAAs can protect smokers’ muscle mass
Smoking is bad for pretty much everything, and that includes your muscles. Researchers at Nara Medical University in Japan made an interesting discove [...]
