Prior to reaching the golden years, too much body fat tends to increase the risk of dying, but extra weight may have the opposite effect for older adults, a new study hints. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Topics: Seniors' Health, Weight Control
A Few Extra Pounds May Help Elderly Live Longer
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Surely we don't need to ban salt, we just need to label it fairly and understand it. What do you think?As anyone who has worked in professional kitchens will tell you, there's a secret ingredient to good food - one that's more important to satisfying customers than the age of the beef, the provenance of the fish or the moon-synced organicness of the turnips. Stint for a moment on this vital subst
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A Simple Sneeze Raises Fear of Death
Posted by Jane23 16 days ago (http://www.livescience.com)
The sound of achoo can cause people to overestimate the risk of other health hazards.
What do you think about buffets? Egalitarian and easy or heat lamp horrors?The annual European Wine Bloggers' Conference just finished in Lisbon: a long weekend of producers, delegates and groupies swilling and tweeting and chattering in a 2.0 vini-fest. And while a jovial, punishingly alcoholic time was had by all, the experience prompted me to consider one thing in particular - buffets. I exper
United Biscuits' decision to switch to more sustainable palm oil has done little to quell criticism by environmentalistsPalm oil is the 4x4 of processed food ingredients – ubiquitous (it's in one in 10 supermarket products), unnecessary (there are many more sustainable ways to get fat into our biscuits, ice creams and ready meals), and fantastically damaging to the environment.The palm oil indust
Intensive lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent compared with placebo in people at high risk for the disease, researchers conclude based on 10 years of data.
A game of squash at Halloween
Posted by edwina 24 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
What are your favourite pumpkin recipes?A pumpkin is not just for Halloween. But in the UK you'd think they were, judging by our usual unimaginative approach to cooking with them. First introduced to the art of pumpkin carving many years ago by American relatives, I witnessed at first hand the associated activity of ensuring that the freshly extracted flesh was put to the best possible use in the
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