What Your Shoes Really Say About You, and other Weekend Reads

Here are this week's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a splendid weekend!

Why a Drowsy Brain Chooses Unhealthy Foods

Nutrition, a healthful diet, begins with choice. It is based on curbing unhealthy food cravings and electing to eat right, eat colorfully and eat less. A brand new bit of health news has come out of the SLEEP 2012 conference showing that just how much eating well can be in our head. An exhausted brain isn’t capable of choosing food wisely.

Ginkgo Biloba Protects Against Atherosclerosis | Free Natural Health Newsletters

The research team concluded that “Ginkgo biloba” is a potential therapeutic treatment for preventing atherosclerosis

Long Commute Takes Away From Healthy Activities, Study Suggests

Got a long commute to the office? A new study shows what exactly you're sacrificing to get to work.

What Your Shoes Really Say About You | Greatist.com

Walking a mile in someone’s shoes is all fine and good, but it may be possible to get to know someone just by looking at their kicks. Researchers have found that people can guess age, gender, income, and even some psychological traits simply by looking at a person’s beloved pair.

Superfood: Cherries

Antioxidants called anthocyanins give cherries their crimson color, so the richer the hue, the more abundant the benefits (as goes for most fruits and veggies). And this may be a reason for gym-goers to celebrate — some studies show anthocyanins may help aid in muscle recovery after strenuous exercise.

10 Foods to Avoid if You Have Crohn's Disease - Health.com

When it comes to Crohn's disease, not all foods affect people in the same way. For example, spicy food may be a problem for some, while others never have to hold the hot sauce.

13 Best Foods for Crohn’s Disease - Health.com

Here are 13 foods that should be easy on your digestion. However, the right Crohn's diet is highly individual—so use trial and error to see what works for you.

What Yawning Really Does to Your Brain | Men's Health News

If you find yourself yawning more often, it might not mean that you’re tired—just that you’ve got a hot head. According to a new study in Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, yawning may cool your brain when the air outside is cooler than your body.

High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Causes... | Chatelaine.com

High blood pressure causes Risk factors of high blood pressure include family history, aging, lack of physical activity, unhealthy diet containing too much salt, high alcohol intake and being overweight.