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Cutting This Condiment Could Reduce Your Diabetes Risk, New Study Says
There’s an old adage that the person who salts their food without tasting it first might count impulsiveness among their traits. While that might be a wives’ tale, it looks like there may be a surprising scientific flaw with being a salt lover: While the link between excessive sodium intake and heart risk is well documented, a new study says too much salt may pose a surprisingly similar risk as sugar at increasing the risk for type 2 diabetes.
I Ate Potatoes Every Day for a Week—Here’s What Happened
It’s the ultimate comfort food: Whether you keep the flavorful skin, go straight for the steamy insides, or crunch into a fry, potatoes are a global favorite—even in some countries, like Italy, that we usually consider classic representatives of the superlatively healthy Mediterranean diet. Even many paleo diet...
How Much Caffeine Is In Coffee? Cleveland Clinic Experts Explain
If you’re like an estimated 70% of people around the world, that cup of coffee in the morning is an essential ritual, an almost spiritual way of jump-starting the day and clearing the fog of sleepiness. Even the taste and aroma of coffee are pick-me-ups—but for many coffee lovers...
New COVID Variant, HV.1, Is Now Dominating the Country—Expert Doctors Share Facts and Data
Just as the holidays approach and the season for cold, flu, and RSV ramps up, experts report a new COVID variant has just overtaken Eris to become the dominant strain in the U.S. While EG.5, or Eris, comprised most new COVID cases at the beginning of September, by the final...
Research: These 8 Body Parts Are the Biggest Entry Points for Germs and Infection
Researchers found we touch a certain body part an average of 23 times per hour! You'll want hand sanitizer close after you read this. While washing your hands and getting vaccinated are frontline measures for preventing sickness, there’s a subtler strategy that’s often overlooked: Being mindful of which body parts you touch regularly.
New Study: An Old-School Remedy Shows Impressive Promise at Preventing Serious COVID Infection
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released updated guidelines for treating COVID-19, acknowledging a decline in severe cases due to encouraging vaccination rates and a 2023 strain that causes less severe symptoms for most patients. Consequently, fewer individuals now qualify for specific severity-reducing medications like Paxlovid, as outlined in...
‘Counterfeit’ Ozempic Is Under Investigation As at Least 3 Users Are Hospitalized
These days, thanks to pop culture conversation, it’s likely that you’ve heard the name “Ozempic” even if you’re not one of the estimated 40 million Americans managing diabetes. Wegovy is another drug that’s been effective for type 2 diabetics and most recently for weight loss patients after its 2021 approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Demand for each has been so high that some diabetic patients have been forced to opt for alternative products or lesser dosages.
This Is #1 Best Month To Get Plastic Surgery, Say Experts
You want to heal fully, and discreetly. Two surgeons pinpoint a time of year when the conditions to recover from a cosmetic procedure are just right. You’ve been thinking about that procedure and are finally feeling ready to take the leap and meet with a cosmetic surgeon. When you factor in your doctor consults, the weeks that might pass before you can get an OR date locked in, the busiest times of year when you don ‘t want to show up to social events having clearly just emerged from surgery…when is the prime time of year to go under the knife, laser, or whatever method your surgeon will administer?
Erin Andrews’ Journey to Motherhood After Cervical Cancer: ‘It Was a Beautiful Process’
Erin Andrews, NFL correspondent and former Dancing with the Stars co-host is basking in new motherhood—which means, like most moms, she’s in the middle of a big tired wild mess of trying to figure it all out. What’s maybe a little different in Andrews’ case is that she’s also in the middle of NFL season.
Here’s How Long You Have To Get Help When You Feel Heart Attack Symptoms, Say Expert Doctors
When Jorge Escobar, MD, was training to be a doctor, he watched a colleague collapse at the hospital entrance after experiencing chest pain. The man had suffered a massive heart attack. Dr. Escobar, who is now a cardiologist at the Texas Heart Institute, says that moment determined his career path....
5 Worst Foods for Your Immune System, Say Experts
Research says these treats can dampen your body's defenses at the exact time of year you need your immunity to be fiercest. Avoid the worst foods for your immune system this season. Your immune system is an impressive force of cells, tissues, and organs that hustles to shield you from...
Dieting? A New Study Found Fasting at This Hour Was More Powerful for Blood Sugar and Weight Loss Than Cutting Calories
Maintaining a healthy weight while keeping blood sugar under control is essential for all of us, but especially for the more than 37 million Americans living with type 2 diabetes. Typically, calorie-counting and strict adherence to a diet are recommended as methods to manage weight and keep critical numbers in check for people with the disease, along with medications and other medical interventions when indicated.
Marijuana May Increase Heart Attack and Stroke Risk, Heart Experts Warn
In 2019, cannabis was the most-used federally illegal drug in the U.S., with greater than 48 million people reportedly having used it in 2019. Now that wider legalization has occurred since then, data suggests usage has increased 20%. While weed might relieve an ailment or help you chill out—whichever way...
Here’s How Much Protein Is in an Egg, an Expert Says
If you’re someone who’s mindful of your protein intake, you probably consider eggs one of the perfect foods—and not just because they’re easy to grab on the go. Eggs are considered to be among the 10 “perfect proteins,” which means they give you “all the essential amino acids, making them equivalent to meat and fish in protein quality,” according to Julia Zumpano, RD, LD, a registered dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic‘s Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute.
Here’s Why You Should Put Luggage in Your Hotel Room’s Bathtub, According to Experts
What’s the first thing to do when you step in a hotel room? Test out the mattress? Raid the minibar? Peep the view? Check your hotel room for intruders or other hotel safety issues? Maybe you set your brand-new luggage set on the bed and start unpacking. Or maybe you put your suitcase in the bathtub. That’s right, the bathtub! But why would you put your luggage in the hotel bathroom, you ask?
The FDA Wants To Ban a Popular Soda Ingredient That’s Already Outlawed on 3 Other Continents
When you crack open a can of cola, you’re after that flavorful fizz. What you might not pay much attention to is brominated vegetable oil (BVO), an ingredient in some sodas that you may have consumed frequently over the years—especially if you enjoy orange soda or sports drinks.
I Ate Peanut Butter Every Day for a Week—Here’s What Happened
The peanut butter phenomenon is real, and the numbers speak for themselves. According to recent USDA and U.S. Census Data, the love affair with this creamy, nutty delight saw a 3% spike in 2021, with a record consumption of 7.9 pounds per American. Curiously, the pandemic has played a role in this surge, with many finding comfort in the familiar embrace of peanut butter.
Tyson Recalls 30,000 Pounds of Chicken Nuggets Due to Dangerous Find
Over the weekend, Tyson Foods announced a voluntary recall of 29,819 pounds of a popular chicken nugget product aimed at children following customer complaints. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported that a specific batch of the company’s Fun Nuggets, frozen breaded chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs, is being removed from store shelves due to potential contamination with metal fragments. According to the report, there has been one reported case of a “minor oral injury” attributed to the contamination.
Do Simultaneous Flu & COVID Shots Increase Your Stroke Risk? Here’s the Verdict, Says Research
Getting the flu and COVID shots on the same day is a great way to kill two birds with one stone—protecting yourself and the people you come into contact with from these infections, all while maybe taking the following day to put your feet up and rest off any vaccine side effects.
Instagram’s Beloved “Grossy Pelosi” on Why the Kitchen Table Is the Secret to Health
If joy is the secret to longevity, we can expect Dan Pelosi to be around awhile—which seems likely. In September 2023, the chef published his first cookbook, Let’s Eat, which became an instant New York Times bestseller. Pelosi also has a community of over 150,000 Instagram followers that...
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