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Top 10 Reasons to Strive For A Great Set of Abs Abs attract the opposite sex! In one survey, 32 percent of women said that abs are the muscles most likely to make them melt. (The next closest was biceps at 17 percent!) Abs ward off illness! Study after study shows that the people with the largest… Read more »

Things to Know about Olive Oil Most of us are familiar with the potential benefits of using olive oil in the diet. Fresh olive oil, a natural source of beneficial polyphenols, appears to reduce risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, cancer, high blood pressure, blood clots and more. So what’s the problem? A recent article… Read more »

What does it take: To Be Happy with Your Spouse?Happiness is an elusive goal and being happy in a marriage is moreso because it is trying to win over another person every day.  So what does it take?It takes… liking yourself.OK – here comes the anger and disgust because Dr. Lane is being deceptive and… Read more »

Maternal Antibodies May Trigger up to 25% of Autism CasesChildhood Disintegrative DisorderMaternal antibodies that interfere with fetal brain proteins during pregnancy may be responsible for roughly one quarter of cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new study suggests.Lead researcher Judy Van de Water, PhD, and colleagues have coined the term “maternal autoantibody–related,” or MAR,… Read more »

Health: Get GreenYou read that title   and you thought Dr. Lane was going to write a lecture about food.No, that is not the green I mean.  I want you to get outside!!Go to a park and be around trees and the green of nature.  Go to the beach and be around water.Get away from… Read more »

Fitness: Posture hintYou have all heard about posture until you just tune it out.Dr. Lane’s easy way to do posture right without hassle: forget all that stuff about shoulders aback and stomach in…Just pull your head up (as if there is a rope attached to your skull pulling you up from above.Get used to this… Read more »

The Study:  Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition The Facts: The study looked at the association between consumption of processed vs. unprocessed red meats, poultry, and the risk of early death. This was a very large study which followed 448,568 men and women, ages 35-69 years, with… Read more »

Smoking/Drinking Combo Accelerates Cognitive Decline The combination of smoking and heavy drinking accelerates cognitive decline more than either habit alone, new research shows. A large, longitudinal study conducted by investigators from University College London in the United Kingdom showed that individuals who smoked and were also heavy drinkers had a 36% faster rate of cognitive… Read more »

A Healthy Life May Guard Against Aggressive Prostate Cancer Men may be able to lower their risk of being diagnosed with highly aggressive prostate cancer by sticking closely to diet and exercise recommendations, new research hints. In the study, researchers looked at the lifestyle and diet of more than 2000 men with newly diagnosed prostate… Read more »

Be Careful If you Consume Artificial SweetenersConsumption of noncaloric, artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) is associated with an increased risk for disease variety of chronic diseases.The prospective studies found an elevated risk for weight gain and obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and hypertension in those who consumed ASBs. No decreased risk for… Read more »