28th January 2013
Regular consumption of deep-fried foods such as chips, fried chicken and doughnuts has been found to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, with the effect being slightly stronger with regard to more aggressive forms of the disease. While previous studies have suggested that eating foods made...
Categories: Hormonal Health, Healthy Aging
Read more...12th December 2012
Adults who include at least 150 minutes of physical activity in their routines each week live longer than those who don’t, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Health Interview Study mortality linkage,...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging
Read more...30th November 2012
Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The study found that people who engaged...
Categories: Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age, according to a new study.
The study, the first to show the association of a healthy lifestyle maintained throughout young adulthood and middle age with low cardiovascular...
Categories: Nutritional News, Sport & Exercise, Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
Read more...26th November 2012
If you have optimal heart health in middle age, you may live up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease, than your peers who have two or more cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study found that many people...
Categories: Healthy Aging, Metabolic Health
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