To cut your risks of developing dementia by more than 60%, a new study suggests following five healthy lifestyle behaviors. Most important is getting regular exercise, followed by: not-smoking achieving healthy bodyweight eating a healthy diet low alcohol intake The study tracked the health habits of 2,235 men over a 35-year and found that exercise [...]
Medicine has progressed very rapidly over the recent years. Communicable diseases, which were the leading causes of mortality, are not so anymore, especially in developed countries. Currently, non-communicable diseases are more prevalent, and most of them are related to changes in our daily habits (such as reduced physical activity and consumption of an unhealthy diet) and degenerative processes. Most of these [...]
Sometimes we overlook simple things, such as the importance of magnesium (Mg). Magnesium is important not only for maintaining good health but when Mg is low it can contribute to the symptoms that trigger a variety of complaints. For instance, low Mg levels have been implicated in diabetes, metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis, hypertension, atherosclerotic vascular disease, sudden cardiac [...]
For the last few months here in Ohio we haven't seen a lot of sunshine. Sunlight exposure helps to improve Vitamin D status and being without it for long periods of time can lead to deficiencies. Vitamin D has received a lot of attention recently as a result of a massive rise in the number of [...]
