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5 Bed Exercises That Burn Belly Fat Better Than HIIT Workouts After 60

One of the most popular workouts in the world is high-intensity interval training, better known as HIIT . It includes workouts of quick, intense, high-effort bursts alternating with short, low-intensity recovery times. This modality kicks up your metabolism and results in a calorie burn during the workout—and even after you finish. While so many individuals love the cardio, strength, and calorie-burning qualities, i…

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Eat This, Not That!

7 Restaurant Chains Customers Say Serve the Freshest Bread

Excellent bread can make the difference between a good meal and a great one, and luckily many restaurants still bake their bread in-house for customers to enjoy. From steakhouses to sandwich chains, customers love the perfectly soft, crusty fresh bread served with everything from soup and salad to deli sandwiches people order on repeat. If you are craving warm bread baked to perfection, here are seven restaurant cha…

Eat This, Not That!

5 Restaurant Chains Customers Say Have the Best Mashed Potatoes

We all know that mashed potatoes aren’t necessarily the most exciting side dish on any menu, but boy, can they be the most delicious. If cooked correctly, the dish is creamy, savory, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. And, because it is usually pretty mild and versatile, it pairs well with everything from fried chicken to grilled steak. Where can you get the best mashed potatoes? Here are 5 restaurant chains customer…

Food Revolution Network

What B Vitamins Do You Need — And What Are The Best Vegan Sources of B Vitamins?

In 1912, a Polish chemist named Casimir Funk discovered a substance vital to human health that the body cannot produce on its own. He called it a “vitamine,” a portmanteau of “vital” and “amine” (due to a mistaken belief that this substance was an amino acid). Things got slightly more complicated when another such substance was found, but the scientists handled it with aplomb: They called one “vitamin A” and the oth…

Food Revolution Network

Does Science Support the Blood Type Diet?

In the 17th century, the European medical world was abuzz with the possibility that blood could be transfused from one organism to another. The British had done some dog-to-dog transfusions, and their archrivals, the French, decided to up the ante by transfusing lambs’ blood into human beings. (I don’t know which was worse, to be the lamb or the human in that experiment!) The court physician to King Louis XIV, an am…

Live well

Diet & wellbeing news

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Plant Based News

Vegan Poached Raspberry Apple With White Chocolate Sauce

This poached raspberry apple is a warm dessert made with whole fruit and a simple sauce. The apples cook gently in a raspberry syrup that turns bright and slightly sharp. Raspberries and apples work well together, with the berries adding contrast to the soft, mild fruit. This is a good option for winter or cooler evenings when warm desserts make more sense than chilled ones. A vegan white chocolate sauce finishes th…

Plant Based News

Plant-Based Diets May Reduce The Risk Of Alzheimer’s And Dementia

Eating a “healthful” plant-based diet is associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, according to a new study. The study also found that an “unhealthful” diet is linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s. Read more: Soy And Legumes Could Lower Hypertension Risk, Finds Study According to the new study , a healthy plant-based diet is one that includes plenty of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, veg…

Plant Based News

The Legume Renaissance: One Bean Per Day Could Save Europeans €42 Million

Doubling European fava bean consumption by 2040 could help save €42 million per year in healthcare costs. Doubling fava bean consumption could also reduce global pesticide use by 209 tonnes and CO2 emissions by 7 million tonnes. Read more: Soy And Legumes Could Lower Hypertension Risk, Finds Study The figures come from Towards a Legume Renaissance , a new report by The Protein Project. This report sets out a roadmap…

The Guardian — Health & wellbeing

I lost my beloved husband after 35 years, then my sister and my father. Here’s how I rebuilt my old happy self

I tried everything from gong baths to junk food and intermittent crying as I attempted to deal with my grief. Nothing helped – until I started tuning in to what my body was telling me I didn’t think I could survive the death of my husband, Graham. We met at university when I was 18, and for 35 years we made a great team. We both worked full-time and, while I organised our many marathon and backpacking trips abroad,…

The Guardian — Health & wellbeing

A job that changed me: As an anxious first-time surgical assistant, the casual workplace dynamics surprised me

I was primed to sweat my way through a high-stakes procedure. But once the patient was sedated, a welcome warmth entered the room Read more in this series here I’ve had quite a few surgical procedures over the years but one always sticks in my mind. The 7am arrival to hospital, the injustice of being deprived a morning coffee in the name of “fasting”, the apprehension as I lay on the operating table waiting for it t…

The Guardian — Health & wellbeing

Is it true that … we should all be taking creatine?

The supplement is a proven sports performance enhancer, but research is ongoing and for most people it’s an optional extra, not an essential Once the preserve of bodybuilders and sprinters, creatine is now being touted as everything from a brain booster to a healthy-ageing essential. But should we all be taking it? Not quite. “There’s really substantial evidence of creatine being effective,” says Bethan Crouse, a sp…

Evidence

Nutrition science

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ScienceDaily — Nutrition

Scientists say guava juice could make iron supplements work better

Researchers found that drinking guava juice may significantly improve anemia by helping the body absorb iron more efficiently. In a review of 17 studies, women and teenage girls who consumed guava juice — especially with iron supplements — experienced noticeable increases in hemoglobin levels. Since guava contains far more vitamin C than oranges, scientists believe it could become a simple, affordable nutrition tool…

ScienceDaily — Nutrition

Scientists create supercharged vitamin K that helps the brain heal itself

Scientists in Japan have created powerful new vitamin K-based compounds that may help the brain regenerate lost neurons — a breakthrough that could one day change how diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are treated. By combining vitamin K with components related to vitamin A, the researchers developed compounds that were about three times more effective at turning neural stem cells into neurons than natural vi…

NutritionFacts.org — articles

Are Nuts and Peanut Butter Linked to a Longer Life?

Why are nuts associated with decreased mortality, but not peanut butter? According to the largest study of risk factors for death in human history, a poor diet causes more deaths than anything. Cigarettes only kill about 8 million people a year, whereas humanity’s diet kills millions more, as you can see below and at 0:20 in my video Do the Health Benefits of Peanut Butter Include Longevity? . What are the worst asp…

NutritionFacts.org — articles

Does Less Protein Increase FGF21 for Longevity?

Fasting and exercise can boost the longevity hormone FGF21, but what can we eat—or avoid eating—to get similar effects? Over a century ago, fasting was hailed not only as a means of combating “cerebral lassitude,” but also for the “prolongation of healthy longevity.” If that turns out to be true, FGF21 might be a missing link. FGF21 is characterized as a “systemic enhancer of longevity.” It can be boosted through pr…

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Diet and Mental Health — NIH

Official U.S. government overview of how nutrition affects depression, anxiety, and cognitive health.

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Mental health and nutrition — Mayo Clinic

Clinically reviewed guide on how diet influences mood, energy, focus, and mental resilience.

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Evidence-based explanation of how gut microbes, diet, and inflammation impact anxiety, depression, and brain function.

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