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The Secret to Having Better Memory: A Good Night’s Sleep

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A good night’s sleep not only keeps your energy levels up but also keeps your brain alert. It’s puts you in the right mind to focus, learn new things and remember information. A new study published in the journal Cell Reports supports the same. A team of scientists have proved that getting proper sleep helps boost your memory as the brain activity while sleeping sorts through several experiences we encounter every day and retains only important information in memory pockets. Their findings showed that patterns of brain activity that occur…

Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy? It’s Best to Avoid

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A lot of doctors and health experts acknowledge the fact that no amount of alcohol is safe during pregnancy and now scientists have also warned that it’s better to be cautious. A new study suggests that mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy put their children at the risk of impairment in kidney blood flow in adulthood and heightenedneurological problems caused by a stroke. In the study conducted on mice, the blood flow analysis showed evidence for increased arterial resistance within the kidneys — a sign of possible early onset renal…

It’s Clear – We All Need to Take Salt Off the Table

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Image credit: Istock After all this time, why don’t we know for sure whether eating too much [FILL IN THE BLANK] is bad for us? You can fill in that blank with saturated fat, with meat, with cholesterol, and the answer’s the same, because the kind of research that would definitively answer that question is impossible to do. We can’t hold large groups of people captive, feeding them a specific kind of diet until they die from it – or don’t. The studies in which people are held captive are…

Keep Your Gut Healthy To Prevent Diabetes and Obesity

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A new research has found that a weak ecosystem of bacteria in the human gut due to poor dietary choices is likely to trigger diseases like Type 2 diabetes and obesity. The study suggests that people should follow a balanced diet with a variety of all major food groups – cereals, pulses, dairy products, fruits and vegetables. A diverse diet strengthens your gut. The findings, published in the journal Molecular Metabolism, revealed that changes in farming practices over the last 50 years have resulted in decreased agricultural diversity, which in…

Eat Walnuts to Keep Age-Related Health Issues at Bay

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Daily consumption of walnuts can help in healthy ageing, while also improving the bloodcholesterol levels and maintaining good gut health, finds a new study. The findings showed that intake of walnuts, especially by the elderly, can boost the good fats and other nutrients as well as lower obesity and blood cholesterol levels. Initially found to increase body weight, the study’s preliminary results demonstrated that daily consumption of walnuts for one year by a sizable cohort of older adults had no adverse effects on their body weight. “Given that walnuts are…

Eating in Front of the TV? Here’s Why You Should Pay Attention to Your Food

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Chefs, restaurateurs, and people I dine with are sometimes surprised by how I remember dishes that I had eaten years ago. As a food writer, you are expected to remember tastes. But why this food memory should go back that far is something even I don’t understand fully. One big reason, however, could be that those of us in the business of decoding foodand flavours are perhaps more tuned to eat mindfully. Of course, you do not need to be a food writer to appreciate the benefits of mindful eating.…