Learning about the health benefits of beer will be good news for those who plan to imbibe while celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
Beer actually has a number of natural antioxidants and vitamins that can help prevent heart disease and even rebuild muscle. It also has one of the highest energy contents of any food or drink.
Beer is intoxicating and often high in calories.
Moderation is key.
A new study finds that white rice is linked to increased incidence of diabetes.
Although not a cause and effect there is a an association between the two.
n the study, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston looked at four previous studies examining the link between eating white rice and the risk of Type 2 diabetes — two done in Asian countries (China and Japan) and two in Western countries (the U.S. and Australia). The researchers said they were looking to see whether the link between eating white rice and developing diabetes was stronger among people in Asia, who tend to eat more white rice than Westerners.
The studies, which ranged in length from four to 22 years, included a total of about 352,000 participants; none had diabetes at the start. Over the course of the studies, 13,284 people developed diabetes.
Hepatitis C on the increase in people ages 15-34.
High risk behaviors such as IV drug use is fueling the increase while tattooing and sexual activity continue to spread the disease.
To assess the incidence of hepatitis C, the researchers reviewed Pennsylvania’s hepatitis C surveillance data from 2003 (the first full year of reportable data) to 2010. They compared age-specific rates of reported cases over time.
The number of newly confirmed or probable hepatitis C cases in people 15 to 34 years of age increased from 1384 in 2003 to 2393 in 2010 (from 43 to 72 cases per 100,000 people).
The good news is that walking can cut obesity gene effect in half.
Something as accessible and simple as walking has been shown effective in mitigating the genetic tendency toward obesity.
To explore the interaction between behavior and genes, Harvard researchers analyzed data on more than 12,000 men and women participating in two large studies of health professionals.
The researchers measured the participants’ genetic risk by identifying how many of the 32 known variants of the so-called obesity geneeach person had. (The gene is officially known as the fat mass and obesity associated, or FTO, gene.)
Roughly half of the general population has some genetic risk for obesity, says lead author Qibin Qi, Ph.D., a research fellow in nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston
It is amazing to think that we can actually change our genes by doing something as simple as walking more and sitting less.
We really can take control of our health.
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That massage doesn’t just feel great, it’s good for you, too.
The medical benefits of massage include treating pain that pharmaceuticals don’t address, boosts immune function in women with breast cancer, improves symptoms in children with asthma, and increases grip strength in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
New research is also starting to reveal just what happens in the body after a massage. While there have long been theories about how massage works — from releasing toxins to improving circulation — those have been fairly nebulous, with little hard evidence.
Now, one study, for example, found that a single, 45-minute massage led to a small reduction in the level of cortisol, a stress hormone, in the blood, a decrease in cytokine proteins related to inflammation and allergic reactions, and a boost in white blood cells that fight infection.
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