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Reliance on Food Pantries Can Make Healthy Eating Difficult

November 18, 2016 SrijitaCan, Difficult, Eating, Food., Healthy, Make, On, Pantries, Reliance

One month’s food assistance for one to two people is displayed at the Blackstone Valley CAP food pantry in Pawtucket, Rhode Island December 2, 2008. Reuters/Brian Snyder People who rely on food pantries for their meals may not receive enough dairy, fruits or vegetables to get all the nutrients they need for a healthy diet, two recent studies suggest. Part of the problem is that many volunteer-supported food pantries set up to provide occasional assistance to families during temporary setbacks have instead become the main source of food for long…

Healthy lifestyle reduces even genetic heart attack risk

November 17, 2016 SrijitaAttack:, Even, Genetic, Healthy, Heart, lifestyle, reduces, Risk

A recent study has found that even among those at high genetic risk, following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar event. It is a well known fact that following a healthy lifestyle, not smoking, avoiding excess weight and exercising regularly can keep one away from risk of heart disease. But what about people who have inherited gene variants known to increase risk? “The basic message of our study is that DNA is not destiny,” says Sekar Kathiresan. “Many individuals – both…

At BioFach India 2016, Our New Favourite Foods for Healthy Living

November 14, 2016 Srijita2016:, at, BioFach, Favourite, Foods, for, Healthy, India, living, New, Our

Biofach is India’s biggest exhibition to showcase the newest and best organic and natural foods. Packed with over 80 brands and co-operations for three days (10th to 12th November 2016), it was a great place to see and sample a wide assortment of products and trends for healthy living. To understand how quickly the market for organic food and health products is growing in India, just take a look around at your local superstore. You will find aisles and sections devoted to just healthy alternatives. From low calorie snacks and…

Healthy Lifestyle Can Reduce Genetic Heart Attack Risk

November 14, 2016 SrijitaAttack:, Can, Genetic, Healthy, Heart, lifestyle, reduce, Risk

Following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar events even among those at high genetic risk, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin. “The basic message of our study is that DNA is not destiny,” said study senior author Sekar Kathiresan, Director, Center for Human Genetic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US. The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that lifestyle factors — not smoking, avoiding excess weight and getting regular exercise — significantly alter the risk…

Healthy Lifestyle May Boost Self-Control: Study

November 11, 2016 Srijitaboost, Healthy, lifestyle, May, Self-Control:, Study

Living a healthier lifestyle – such as exercising regularly and avoiding junk food – may increase your ability to exert self-control, meet goals, resist temptation and solve problems, a new study has found. It should be obvious that those with greater self-control live a healthier lifestyle, researchers said. However, the new study suggests that living a healthier lifestyle could also increase executive function, which is the ability to exert self-control. A feedback loop exists where greater executive function (EF) enables people to lead a healthier lifestyle, which in turn, improves…

Healthy Lifestyle Improves Brain Function

November 11, 2016 SrijitaBrain, function, Healthy, Improves, lifestyle

If you exercise before work, or forego fried food for fruits and salads, you can expect brain functions to improve over time, according to a new study. Living a healthier lifestyle could increase executive function, which is the ability to exert self-control, set and meet goals, resist temptation and solve problems, the study said. “People who make a change to their health behaviour, like participating in physical activity, eating less processed food, or consuming more fruits and vegetables, can see an improvement in their brain function over time and increase…