Mother’s Pregnancy Weight Linked to Child’s Obesity
More than 26 percent of American adults were obese as of 2009—compared with less than 20 percent in 2000, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the number of U.S. states with more than 30 percent of their population topping a body mass index (BMI) of 30 tripled between 2007 and 2009. With this accelerating epidemic, researchers are looking for clues beyond daily diet and exercise to explain our propensity for extra poundage—and many are finding evidence in the very first stages of life. A growing ...
5 Reasons Starvation Diets Make You Fatter
Traditionally, fasting has been employed as a religious ritual used to exercise self-discipline and heighten spiritual awareness. Recently the practice of abstaining from eating, or “starvation diets” as we will call them here, has become a trendy way to obtain fast weight-loss results in a society which hasn’t got time to do things properly. A common statement we hear from clients is, “I’ll just not eat breakfast and that will usually help me get into my wedding, evening, party dress!” - but here is why fasting can ultimately leave you fatter While one-day fasts pose no serious threat for healthy adults, ...
An Apple a Day
Its an old mother's tale that, 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' -- but new research shows interestingly that it may specifically be helpful in protecting against breast cancer. At Cornell University’s department of food science and Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology, researchers randomly divided rats treated with a known mammary carcinogen into different groups, feeding them either low, middle or high doses of Red Delicious apple extracts (the equivalent of one, three and six apples a day in humans, respectively) or a control extract. Rats fed the strongest apple extract experienced the lowest cancer rate (40% developed ...
How Sleep Effects YOUR Hormones
This article is intended to assist mothers to be looking to get healthier, so that they can become pregnant, and also mothers who have got their little ones back into some sort of nightly routine. For those in between, don't despair....it won't be long till your back to top energy levels if you heed this advice! An important lifestyle step to master is maximizing the rest and repair processes that are accomplished through adequate sleep. Although mothering is an inherently natural thing, we have in many ways separated ourselves from dependence on the natural world, but remember we are still physiologically ...
Will Your Little One Be Sweet as Sugar?
Children’s Confectionary Intake Linked to Aggression in Adulthood An interesting new study published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry has found that children who eat sweets and chocolate on a daily basis are more likely to display violent behaviour as adults. Researchers from Cardiff University looked at data from almost 17,500 participants in the 1970 British Cohort Study. Results significantly showed that 10 year olds who had a daily intake of sweets and chocolate were more likely to have been convicted for violence by the age of 34. This is the first study of its ...
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Mother’s Pregnancy Weight Linked to Child’s Obesity
More than 26 percent of American adults were obese as of 2009—compared with less than 20 percent in 2000, according...
5 Reasons Starvation Diets Make You Fatter
Traditionally, fasting has been employed as a religious ritual used to exercise self-discipline and heighten spiritual...
An Apple a Day
Its an old mother’s tale that, ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ — but new research...
How Sleep Effects YOUR Hormones
This article is intended to assist mothers to be looking to get healthier, so that they can become pregnant, and...
Will Your Little One Be Sweet as Sugar?
Children’s Confectionary Intake Linked to Aggression in Adulthood An interesting new study published in...
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