Here are this week's reading diversions for your personal enlightenment. Have a terrific weekend!
Foods Before Bed: Foods You Should Never Eat Before You Snooze
"Foods that are high in fat, fibre or protein are slower to digest. If someone were to eat eggs and bacon right before bed, they'll likely feel uncomfortable and won't be able to sleep. They may also feel full and bloated in the morning," she tells The Huffington Post Canada.
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Thin Man's Diabetes : Diabetes : Men's Health Spotlight : Men's Health.com
America's fastest-growing disease has a sugar-coated secret: You don't need to be overweight for it to kill you
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12 Powerfoods : Diabetes : Men's Health Spotlight : Men's Health.com
Can controlling your blood sugar and preventing diabetes complications be as simple as eating the right foods? Yes. Certain foods are packed with nutrients that stabilize blood sugar levels, protect your heart, and even save your vision from the damaging effects of diabetes. These 12 foods can give you an extra edge against diabetes and its complications.
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What Causes Tiredness? The Surprising Things That Make You Sleepy | Women's Health Magazine
Your extreme fatigue might be coming from one of these energy suckers
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Healthy foods: fennel - Health - redOrbit
One cup of fennel provides good portions of your recommended daily intake of fiber, folate, and potassium.Fennel contains nearly 20% of the vitamin C you need each day, too. In laboratory studies, the compound that gives fennel its licorice taste also gave it the potential to fight inflammation and the formation of cancer cells.
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Headaches: Kids get them too - Health - redOrbit
Yes, children can get headaches - more than 25% of children in the United States between the ages of 12 and 13 experience headaches at least once a week. Before puberty (when hormones haven't yet kicked in), headaches are far more common in boys than girls.
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Aging & the nervous system - Seniors' Health - C-Health
There are 3 major neurodegenerative disorders: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - Lou Gehrig's disease), Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. These disorders appear to be related to the aging nervous system. At present, the only clearly recognized risk factor for all three conditions is increasing age. With increasing longevity of the population, they will become more common.
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Iced Tea's Hidden Risk Of Painful Kidney Stones
Iced tea contains high concentrations of oxalate, one of the key chemicals that lead to the formation of kidney stones, a common disorder of the urinary tract that affects about 10 percent of the population in the United States.
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Crohn's Disease Symptoms & Warning Signs: Sharp Abdominal Pain, High Fever, Blood in Stool
Crohn's disease can cause osteoporosis, which is a condition that affects bone density. People with osteoporosis experience a higher risk of developing bone fractures. Other possible conditions that result from Crohn's disease include seizures, strokes, peripheral neuropathy, headaches, and depression.
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'Normal' Blood Sugar May Still Affect Brain | MyHealthNewsDaily.com
High blood sugar levels are known to be detrimental to the brain, but even levels that are on the upper end of the normal range may be harmful, according to a new study.
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Women who don’t get enough vitamin D could develop brittle bones, or even worse, osteoporosis.
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Health and longevity benefits of dark chocolate | AGING SCIENCES – Anti-Aging Firewalls
I like this anti-aging medicine so much that I sometimes feel guilty when I eat it. There are some 380 distinct known chemicals in chocolate and many of those are bioactive. However, the main beneficial ingredient in chocolate is the flavonoid Epicatechin. “Cocoa, the major ingredient of dark chocolate, contains relatively high amounts of epicatechin and has been found to have nearly twice the antioxidant content of red wine and up to three times that of green tea in in-vitro tests(ref)(ref).” Epicatechin is also found in other foods including tea and grapes. Some research findings re chocolate:
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Brushing Your Teeth May Lower Dementia Risk (And 8 Other Reasons To Brush)
There are benefits to keeping your pearly whites so, well, pearly white that go beyond having a picture-perfect smile.
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Getting Better With Age: Why Seniors Are More Satisfied
What if you knew that everything was going to be OK? That life would work out just fine, maybe even infinitely better than that.
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Normal Memory Loss | 5 Signs It's Not Serious | Caring.com
Everybody forgets stuff. The movie title on the tip of your tongue. The name of the dad on the soccer field. The occasional appointment or lunch date. What the heck you just came in the room to get.
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Migraines and Parenting: 6 Tips for Moms and Dads
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to manage your symptoms and line up extra help when you need it. Here are some ways that Halpern and parents with first-hand experience say you can cope better with migraines while caring for your kids.
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Why Am I So Tired? 10 Causes of Fatigue and Fatigue Treatment Tips
You may wonder if you're doing too much. But surprise! The most likely answer is just the opposite: You're not doing enough.
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6 Tips for Eating Healthy Over 50 | ThirdAge
I urge you to pay attention to changing nutritional needs as you grow older. Good food choices and exercise in your 50s can have a significant effect on your health and quality of life in your 60s, 70s and 80s, even if you haven't eaten well before. It's never too late to start.
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Can Naps Lead to Type 2 Diabetes? | ThirdAge
The study looked at an older Chinese population and found that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 36 percent higher in participants who reported napping four to six times a week and 28 percent higher in those who napped daily.
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Eating Less Red Meat Could Benefit Health And Environment, Study Suggests
Cutting down the amount of red meat we eat not only affects our physical health, but also the health of the environment, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.
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Feeling Tired? It's Probably What You Ate / Nutrition
Food sensitivities are another area that can make a person tired and fatigued. When your body is sick of being exposed to certain foods or chemicals, it can create inflammation in the form of irritable bowel syndrome, migraines, or fibromyalgia that make you feel run down. Many of my clients report having "lots more energy" after they've gone through the first several days of a food elimination diet. Your liver and kidneys have to do a lot of filtering all day, so it's best to keep chemicals and additives out of your diet to be able to keep energy levels up.
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