Posts By: chirolane

“Good for you” , says the Wise Yogurt (SpaceBalls reference).MIT researchers were testing the effects of yogurt on obese mice and found something they did not expect. First, yogurt-fed mice developed thick, shiny fur, with 10 times the hair-follicle density of their yogurt-deprived counterparts. And then researchers noticed that their fur wasn’t all that seemed… Read more »

Chocolate More Than A Sweet Taste: It May Be Sweet On Your Health!Chocolate has been shown to be good for you.  Turns out that in addition to its blood-pressure-lowering, cavity-fighting, heart-loving, blues-chasing powers, a double dose (I advocate 1/2 ounce or less twice a day) every day of dark (not milk) chocolate revs up power… Read more »

Aspirin May Protect Against Cancer Around 12,000,000 Americans are living after a cancer diagnosis today.  Studies have shown that taking aspirin (see dose below) every day not only helps prevent various forms of cancer — including those of the colon, brain, lung and pancreas — but also slows the potential spread of cancer to other… Read more »

Bad Posture Is Either Bad For You or Making Things Worse!Bad posture is a modern day health epidemic that is much worse than people think. Posture is the window into your spine. The spine has a powerful relationship with the brain, spinal cord, and overall organ function. This intimate connection means that poor posture and… Read more »

Studies Show How Vitamin D3 Helps Clear Amyloid in Alzheimer’s DiseaseA team of researchers has uncovered the mechanisms regulated by vitamin D3 that may help clear amyloid-beta from the brain, the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).This new study helped clarify the key mechanisms involved, which will help us better understand the usefulness of vitamin D3… Read more »

Salt: What is it good for? Absolutely…something!Let me give you a little history on the subject.The first recorded written history we have on salt is around 4700 years ago in the Peng-Tzao-Kan-Mu, the earliest known treatise on pharmacology published in China. It speaks about over 40 different kinds of salt, extracting procedures and putting it… Read more »

Five Ways to Protect Your Baby from Obesity Drs. Roizen and Oz posted a very nice article today that I want all parents to be aware of: they note five ways to protect your baby from future obesity. Childhood obesity now effects 18 percent for kids 6 to 11 in North America. So is the… Read more »

Keeping mentally busy tied to less memory lossPeople who spend a lot of time reading, writing and otherwise seeking and processing new information lose their thinking and memory skills more slowly as they age, a new study suggests.Researchers found being “cognitively active” both early and later in life was tied to better performance on memory… Read more »

Drink more water, lose more weight? Dieters who drink more water have greater weight loss, according to a new review of several prior studies. Researchers said there is not yet enough evidence, however, to say for sure that drinking more water will help people shed the pounds.  This study is actually a review of prior water… Read more »

People eat less after harder workouts: small study High intensity workouts may curb people’s appetite shortly afterward, according to a small study. The researchers found that overweight men ate about 200 fewer calories following a vigorous workout than after rest. Some studies have shown that high intensity exercise is tied to appetite suppression and changes in… Read more »