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Brain Activity May Predict Risk of Falls in Elderly

December 10, 2016 SrijitaActivity, Brain, elderly, Falls, In, May, of, Predict, Risk

Measuring the level of brain activity in healthy older adults while they are walking can predict their risk of falling, suggests a study led by an Indian-origin scientist. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among older adults and all too often lead to physical decline and loss of independence. “Previous studies have shown that when older people perform cognitively demanding tasks, their brains are required to become more active to handle the challenge,” said lead author Joe Verghese, Director at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in…

Sleep Loss May up Appetite for Sugary, Fatty Foods

December 9, 2016 Srijitaappetite, Fatty, Foods, for, Loss, May, Sleep, Sugary, Up

Is it hard for you to avoid gorging on sugar-laden sweets and oily samosas? Your lack of proper sleep is to be blamed. A new study has suggested that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep loss leads to increased consumption of unhealthy foods, specifically sucrose and fat. REM sleep is a unique phase of sleep in mammals that is closely associated with dreaming and characterised by random eye movement and almost complete paralysis of the body. The study showed that “the medial prefrontal cortex — brain region that are recruited when…

Why Repeated Dieting May Backfire

December 9, 2016 SrijitaBackfire, Dieting, May, Repeated, Why

Instead of helping you slim down, repeated dieting may lead to weight gain because the brain interprets the diets as short famines and urges the person to store more fat for future shortages, a study says. The finding may explain why people who try low-calorie diets often overeat when not dieting and so do not keep the weight off. By contrast, people who do not diet would learn that food supplies are reliable and they do not need to store so much fat, the study said. “Surprisingly, our model predicts…

Going on and off diets may make you gain weight

December 5, 2016 Srijitaand, Diets, Gain, Going:, Make, May, Off, On, Weight, You

According to a study, repeated dieting may cause weight gaininstead of shedding extra pounds. This is due to the reason that brain interprets the diets as short famines, hence, urges to store fat for future food shortages. “Surprisingly, our model predicts that the average weight gain for dieters will actually be greater than those who never diet,” said Andrew Higginson, Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter in England. “This happens because non-dieters learn that the food supply is reliable so there is less need for the insurance of fat…

Handful of Nuts Daily May Cut Risk of Heart Disease & Cancer

December 5, 2016 Srijita&, Cancer, Cut, Daily, Disease, handful, Heart, May, Nuts, of, Risk

Handful of Nuts Daily May Cut Risk of Heart Disease & Cancer Eating at least 20 gram of nuts every day may reduce the risk of a wide range of diseases including heart disease and cancer, a new research has found. A handful of nuts daily may cut the risk of coronary heart disease by nearly 30 per cent, the risk of cancer by 15 per cent, and the risk of premature death by 22 per cent, the study said. The study included all kinds of tree nuts, such as…

Young women with high-fibre diet may have lower breast cancer risk

December 2, 2016 SrijitaBreast, Cancer, Diet:, Have, high-fibre, Lower, May, Risk, With, Women, Young

“Teenage girls who get their five-a-day cut breast cancer risk by up to 25 per cent,” the Daily Mirror reports. A US study suggests teenagers and young women who eat a high-fibre diet based on eating plenty of fruit and vegetables have a reduced risk of breast cancer in later life. This large and lengthy study tracked around 90,000 US female nurses over 20 years. It found that women whose dietary habits during adolescence and early adulthood placed them in the top fifth highest average fibre intake group (top quintile) were around…