Omega-3 fatty acids play a crucial role in our health, affecting everything from mental well-being to heart health. Here are seven fascinating facts about omega-3s that highlight their importance and some surprising sources: 1. Psychosis and Omega-3 Levels: A large study spanning 17 years and involving 3,484 young adults found a link between low levels … Continue reading 8 Interesting Facts About Omega-3s
6 Crazy Nutrition Facts
Nutrition is an ever-evolving field filled with fascinating insights and surprising revelations. Here are six nutrition facts that might change how you think about food: 1. The Evolution of Nutrition Labels: It’s hard to imagine, but before 1994, food products in the U.S. didn’t require nutrition labels. When these labels were introduced, they sparked debate. … Continue reading 6 Crazy Nutrition Facts
This Is Why You Shouldn’t Drink Coffee Before Breakfast
This is not good news…for me at least…
People love to drink coffee for breakfast, if internet memes and novelty mugs are any indications. But while you may feel like a zombie until you’ve had your morning coffee, you may want to eat a bagel or something first. It’s really not the best idea to drink it on an empty stomach, Reader’s Digest reports.
Coffee has a number of benefits, but it can have negative effects as well, particularly if you drink it before breakfast. First, it can increase your level of stress.
“Drinking coffee on an empty stomach, or early in the morning before you’ve had breakfast, can increase the level of cortisol in your body,” Dr. Nikola Djordjevic told the outlet.
Cortisol is the hormone responsible for regulating your stress response, immune response, and metabolism. Your body begins producing cortisol when you wake up in the morning, and if you drink coffee while your cortisol levels are peaking, you may subject your body to even more stress.
Second, coffee can irritate your stomach and make your gut more acidic overall, and when you have no food in your stomach, there’s nothing to help absorb the coffee. The overproduction of gastric acid leads to other side effects, like heartburn. It can even affect your mental health by causing mood swings, jitters, shaking, and other withdrawal symptoms (if you cut your caffeine). Some studies have even linked gastric acid to anxiety and depression.
You don’t have to give up your precious morning coffee, though. All of these effects can be curbed by simply eating breakfast before you take your first sip.
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50% of the calories Americans…
50% of the calories Americans consume come from nutrient-depleted, ultra-processed foods, including refined flours and industrial seed oils. A recent study indicates that US children and adults have high rates of deficiency of vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, and folate, as well as the mineral iron
Anyone Trying to Lose Weight Should Read This First
Diet and weight loss is a billion-dollar industry, and there’s a reason for that – most people end up in a cycle of weight-loss and -gain that never ends, sending them back to the hamster wheel over and over again.
Or maybe, like personal trainer and nutrition coach Graeme Tomlinson believes, the trouble is that the diet and nutrition industry lies to people in order to get them to keep buying “health” food, and to keep them spinning the hamster wheel.
What if a little education, a little extra time, and a little adjustment in attitude could change all of that? What if eating “healthy” and losing weight didn’t have to make you sad?
Check out the 12 posts below if you’re intrigued – I know I am!
#1. Why counting calories is important.
#2. You can’t tell me they don’t want us to be fat.
#3. The more you know.
#4. It’s all about calories in, calories out.
#5. Labels are your friend.
#6. This kind of blew my mind.
#7. Can I get an Amen?
#8. Rethink your definitions.
#9. Carbs can’t tell time.
#10. Eat whichever pleases you.
#11. Don’t be fooled.
#12. The hamster wheel: illustrated.
Some of those completely blew my mind!
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So… Drinking Breast Milk is The Latest Trend in Bodybuilding
There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just spit it out: Moms are selling their extra breast milk to bodybuilders, who swear it helps their performance.
The idea is that breast milk is all-natural, unlike many powdered supplements and vitamins. It’s designed to help babies grow, so it’s packed full of calories and nutrients — aka exactly what bodybuilders are looking for.
Who knew bodybuilders and infants had so much in common?!
Many bodybuilders swear by the practice, and it does make some sense…in theory.
“I think the idea behind drinking breast milk for muscle growth is that it’s incredibly calorie and nutrient dense, and it has some additional healthy substances,” sports dietitian Brian St. Pierre told Men’s Health.
“Breast milk is designed to rapidly grow a human baby, so maybe people think a similar effect will happen to fully grown humans?”
If you’re a new mom with dollar signs in your eyes right now, hold your horses. There is no evidence that breast milk provides the same benefits for adults that it does for babies.
Also, it’s not the smartest idea from a consumer’s perspective. It’s no simple matter to safely obtain enough high-quality breast milk for a grown man! There’s not really any way to verify where it came from, whether it’s free of disease, and whether it came from a human with a healthy diet. Plus it can be very expensive.
Also, there are like a million other cheaper, safer, calorie-rich drink alternatives.
“This stuff probably just isn’t special, and it’s not worth the hassle, risk, or money,” Brian said.
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Scientists Find Whiskey Makes You Live a Longer, Healthier Life. Cheers to That!
I love when science gives me a reason to drink! According to new research, drinking whiskey in moderation can yield serious benefits such as helping increase your lifespan, improving your overall health, and even boosting your creativity.
Yes, you read that right. A study recently presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science has found links between moderate alcohol consumption and increased life span.
Claudia Kawas, a neurologist at the University of California, Irvine, has been studying the lifestyle habits of people in their 90s for the last 15 years. Her team found that people who drank two units of alcohol daily had a lower risk of premature death.
“I have no explanation for it, but I do firmly believe that modest drinking improves longevity,” says Kawas.
Whiskey also contains ellagic acid, an antioxidant that helps to fight cancer. In fact, whiskey actually has even more antioxidants than red wine – long held to be the reigning champion of “healthy” alcohols.
Moderate whiskey consumption (no more than six portions a week) has also been found to reduce the risks of strokes, heart attacks, and dementia by nearly half! Finally, a study by the University of Illinois also discovered that participants were more creative at a blood alcohol content of around 0.075.
So, raise a glass to health! But just one – seriously, moderation is vital.
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South Koreans have grown…
South Koreans have grown 3 inches taller than their North Koreans counterparts. They are genetically the same and have been living similar lives till divide in the last century. The nutritional difference of only 50/60 years has caused this difference. 00
Crickets have twice the amount of protein…
Crickets have twice the amount of protein ounce for ounce than beef, and three times the amount of iron.