Posts From Michael Downey
High Octane Nutrition: The Secret Weight-Loss Tool
You can drop pounds without counting calories by treating the modern-day causes of obesity with these secret weight-slashing foods and supplements… Conventional weight loss wisdom...
HEALTH NEWS: Prenatal Exposure to BPA Raises Childhood Wheezing; Early-life Nutrition and Long-term Effects; Exercise Improves Glucose Levels
PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO BPA RAISES WHEEZING RISK IN CHILDHOOD A study has found that when pregnant women, especially those in their first trimester, are exposed...
News Briefs – June 2011
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT AT RISK OF VITAMIN D INADEQUACY, GOVERNMENT REPORTS About 25% of the population may be at risk for vitamin D inadequacy, 8%...
News Briefs – May 2011
SUGAR AND SUGAR-SWEETENED DRINKS LINKED TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE Researchers have found that those who consume more fructose and glucose (sugar) than the median have...
News Briefs – April 2011
MODERATE AEROBIC EXERCISE LINKED TO IMPROVED MEMORY Researchers have found an association between moderate levels of aerobic exercise and increased size of the hippocampus, an...
News Briefs – February 2011
US GOVERNMENT REVERSES STAND ON FLUORIDATION LEVELS In a surprising reversal of decades of fluoridation policy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)...
News Briefs – December 2010
DIABETES CASES COULD TRIPLE BY 2050 A new U.S. federal government study warns that the number of American adults with diabetes could double or triple...
News Briefs – November 2010
MULTIVITAMIN USE MAY PREVENT HEART ATTACKS IN WOMEN A study of 31,671 women has found that, compared to taking no supplements at all, regular daily...
News Briefs – September 2010
ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED DRINKS RAISE RISK OF PRE-TERM BIRTHS Sugar-sweetened drinks have been linked to health problems such as weight gain; as a result, artificially sweetened...
News Briefs – July 2010
VITAMIN D MAY PREVENT SENIOR DEMENTIA Cognitive performance is much improved among the elderly who are not deficient in vitamin D, and vitamin D deficiency...
News Briefs – June 2010
OBESITY LINKED TO FIBROMYALGIA Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found an association between the level of leisure time physical exercise...
News Briefs – May 2010
THIS DIET PROTECTS AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S A study has identified a combination of foods that reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Scientists defined various dietary...
News Briefs – April 2010
WALNUTS MAY FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER For the first time, a study has found that walnuts, previously shown to help prevent heart disease, might fight prostate...
News Briefs – March 2010
NEW SUPPLEMENT FORMULA OFFSETS SYMPTOMS OF AGING Researchers at McMaster University have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process,...
News Briefs – February 2010
BPA AFFECTS CHILDREN, ADMITS FDA After earlier statements that declared bisphenol A (BPA) safe for all uses, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admitted...
