Snoring May Cause Spouse’s Weight Gain

Snoring May Cause Spouse’s Weight Gain

by | Apr 17, 2012 | 3 comments

Chronic sleep deprivation changes areas in the brain related to reward and pleasure. Scientists measured brain activity using MRI scans and compared the uptick in response in sleep-deprived participants to the normal levels in those that had plenty of sleep. The tired...
White Coat Symptoms Proven in Studies

White Coat Symptoms Proven in Studies

by | Apr 16, 2012 | 25 comments

White coat syndrome, or the phenomenon where a person’s blood pressure raises simply because they are stressing out over visiting a doctor, has been shown to affect over 1/3 of people over 50. A study conducted by researchers at The National Clinical Guideline Center...
White Rice Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes

White Rice Contributes to Type 2 Diabetes

by | Apr 15, 2012 | 24 comments

A new study published in the journal BMJ raises concerns about eating too much white rice. Researchers examined the results of 4 studies that spanned the globe to look at the number of times per day a participant ate white rice. They then correlated it with the...
Raisins Help Reduce Blood Pressure

Raisins Help Reduce Blood Pressure

by | Apr 14, 2012 | 22 comments

Recently, study findings from the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center showed that pre-hypertensive participants who ate raisins three times a day were able to reduce their blood pressure during the 12-week study. Compared to participants eating...
Coriander Improves Arthritis

Coriander Improves Arthritis

by | Apr 10, 2012 | 22 comments

Coriander, also known as cilantro, is a garden herb used abundantly in Spanish and Tex-Mex cuisine. It also is a powerful herb to halt the damaging inflammation process that causes arthritis. Researchers at AIIMS found that coriander stops the release of chemicals...
Soy Helps Lowers Blood Pressure

Soy Helps Lowers Blood Pressure

by | Apr 9, 2012 | 42 comments

Researchers at Columbia University in New York found that people who consumed more soy protein than non-soy eating counterparts had much lower blood pressure. The data suggest that the isoflavones in soy work to boost the body’s natural production of nitric oxide,...