23 Chocolate Bars Contained by Unsafe Levels of Cadmium and Lead – Consumer Safety Study
Consumer safety 3rd party, Consumer Reports, recently tested a mix of large and small brand chocolate bars for toxic…
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The Benefits of Nootropic Mushrooms — Fungi for the Brain
This is part three of a three-part story on supplementing with medicinal mushrooms. You can read part one about…
Resistance Exercise Improved Sleep Duration by 40 Minutes, More Than Aerobic Exercise
In an interesting study, researchers working at the American Heart Association were trying to quantify how exercise influences sleep…
Training Feet for Lifting and Whether it Really Matters
Story at a glance… Unlike in running, there’s less debate about whether lifting or conditioning barefoot helps. Exercises can…
What’s With the Rise in Barefoot Running?
Story at a glance… It’s not clear if running barefoot or with minimalist shoes prevents injuries. It’s not even…
Waking Up Just After Falling Asleep Helps Problem Solving — Old Myth Confired
Waking up just after nodding off — even for just 15 seconds, can unlock the answer to difficult problems,…
Human Memory Prioritizes Remembering Where High-Calorie Food Is: So Don’t Bring it in the House
A study from the Netherlands demonstrated that for those among the population seeking to lose weight, one of the…
The Toes on the Modern Running Shoe Could be Causing Muscle Atrophy and Plantar Fasciitis
PICTURED: The curved toe spring on a modern running shoe in part facilities the runner landing on his heel;…
Those Who Frequently Exercise May be Immunocompromised from Deficiencies in Vitamin D and Various Minerals
The human immune system is a very complicated biological system that relies on many different nutrients to work properly.…
Rare Killer Mutations Could be Taking Months off Our Lives
Ultra-rare genetic mutations passed on from mother and father to their offspring have been found to possibly take months…
In 2013 Researchers Created Mutant Worms that Live 500% Longer – Now They Know How,
PICTURED: C. elegans under a microscope. Photo credit: Zeiss Microscopy. CC 2.0 Back in 2013, researchers at the Buck…
Depression And Anxiety In Early Motherhood Linked To Unhealthy Eating Habits In Children
According to the English NHS, one in three children leaving primary school will be obese or overweight. In the…
World’s Largest Microbiome Research Cohort Begins To Reveal The Path To Possible Medical Breakthroughs
PICTURED: The cover to a coffee table book “Hadza” that was released based on research and field notes from…
New Meta-Analysis Shows “No Health Benefit” To Reducing Red Meat Consumption
According to a new review of the evidence, a team of Spanish and Polish researchers have found that there…
Sauna Use For Longevity, Heart Disease, And Injury Recovery – A Game Changer
PICTURED: An Estonian sauna-bather prepares to enter a traditional sauna on a cold day. Photo Credit by EstonianSaunas from…
Why Do We Take Fish Oil Supplements, And Could There Be Something Better?
EPA and DHA, welcome abbreviations for eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid respectively, are actually that which so many professionals…
Environmental Impacts Of Nutritionally-Sound Plant-Based Diets Compared With Their Meaty Counterparts
Researchers at Bard’s college have examined and compared the environmental impacts of a nutritionally-sound plant-based diet with those of…
The Future Of Food Security In America Is Not In Sustainability, But In Regeneration
PICTURED: Dr. Allen Williams, Ph.D. and pioneer of regenerative agriculture. Sustainability is a word floating around all over the…
Endurance Athletes And Their Lactate-Consuming Athletic Gut Bacteria
There are hypotheses that athletes, particularly endurance athletes can alter their microbiome to include species of bacteria which aid…
Nicotine And Cannabis Bind To The Same Receptor Gene
A gene is a sequence of nucleotides contained in our DNA and RNA which carry the blueprints for the…
