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Coconut: the good oil?

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It’s easy to assume that coconut oil is well-established as a ‘healthy’ oil, these days, so entrenched is it in the advice of wellness gurus on social media; in popular recipe books, and in ‘healthy’ recipes everywhere you look. It’s a great feat of marketing that coconut oil has achieved this status. I’ve seen claims (usually from people selling coconut oil) that it is anti-cancer; a great weight-loss tool and will encourage a healthy prostate. You name it – coconut oil will, apparently, fix it. It’s par for the course…

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Exercise Does More Good if You Believe it Will: Study

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People who believe exercise is good for them may derive more mental and physical benefits from working out than those with lower expectations, a new study has claimed. In the study conducted by Hendrik Mothes from the University of Freiburg in Germany and his team, test subjects derived more neurophysiological as well as psychological benefits from exercise if they already have positive mindsets about sports.Moreover, the team provided evidence that test subjects can be positively or negatively influenced in this regard before engaging in the exercise. The researchers invited 76…

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Excess ‘Good Cholesterol’ May Shorten Your Life

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Too much of a good thing may not always be better for your health. Researchers have shown that high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol – commonly touted as “good cholesterol” for helping to reduce risk of stroke and heart attack – may increase a person’s risk of premature death as much as its low levels. The research suggests that intermediate levels of HDL cholesterol may increase longevity. “The findings surprised us,” said the study’s senior author Ziyad Al-Aly, Assistant Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,…

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Playing Pokemon Go May be Good for Your Health: Experts

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Image via AFP Playing Pokemon Go may be good for health as the widely popular augmented reality game is making people exercise more, a UK doctor has claimed. According to an article in medical journal The BMJ, the location-based game is not marketed as a health app but gamers do a lot of walking while playing. The popular app has made the streets of Britain a “reclaimed playground to have interconnected fun,” Dr Margaret McCartney wrote in the article. McCartney noted that a player walked 225 kilometres and lost 12.7…

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Omega-3 fatty acids good for heart attack patients

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Omega-3 fatty acids good for heart attack patients (Getty Images) Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have some anti-inflammatory properties which allows the heart to contract better and reduces the fibrosis in the u ndamaged muscle, a new study has revealed. According to the study, published in the journal Circulation, giving heart attack patients a high dose of omega-3 fatty acids daily for six months after a heart attack can improve its functioning. A previous study found that omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil were associated with improved survival for…

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Diluted juice as good as electrolyte for dehydrated kids

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Kids, who hate drinking electrolyte solutions after bouts of vomiting or diarrhea, now have an appropriate alternative as a new study has found that diluted juice works just as well. Children with mild gastroenteritis and minimal dehydration experienced fewer treatment failures such as IV rehydration or hospitalization when offered half-strength apple juice followed by their preferred fluid choice compared with children, who received electrolyte maintenance solution to replace fluid losses, according to the study. Researcher Stephen B. Freedman of the University of Calgary and colleagues randomly assigned children age 6…

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