Source: Alcohol and the Heart: Moderation Still Best | Medpage Today
Source: Alcohol’s Link to Cardiovascular Disease Not So Simple — Physician’s First Watch
Lifestyle Changes in Plain English:
If you don’t drink alcohol, start drinking to reduce your risk of cardiac diseases.
If you drink alcohol heavily, decrease consumption to reduce your risk of cardiac diseases.
73 people died from selfies in the first eight months of 2016 alone.
Source: Data Scientists Chart the Tragic Rise of Selfie Deaths
Followed over time, vegetarian diets were associated with a substantially lower incidence of diabetes, indicating the potential of these diets to stem the current diabetes epidemic.
The good news: fewer hungry people around the world. The bad news: Increased consumption of processed foods is pushing up global rates of overweight and obesity.
Source: Across The Globe, Our Diets Are Making Us Sicker, Report Finds : The Salt : NPR
How ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic brew, became the latest trend in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley.
Source: The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale – The New Yorker
Always fun to read about what people do in their spare time. Carfentanil in your heroin? Fentanyl in your fake pain pill? Now ayahuasca coming to your town soon.
My parents (both in their 80’s) moved in and began a whole food, plant-based diet. The outcome? It’s never too late overcome serious health issues!
Source: My Aging Parents’ Shocking Health Improvements Through Food
Over a 15-year period, older adults who regularly strength trained were 45% less likely to die than those who didn’t. In fact, their risk of death from heart disease was 41% lower. From cancer, it was 19% less. This link remained ever after the researchers considered the influence of other factors, such as age, overall health, and smoking status.
Source: Stronger Muscles, Longer Life
I’ve known about the benefits of strength training for some time. I try to build in resistance training 2x a week. Some weeks are better than others but for the most part I’ve been fairly compliant for over ten years. After reading this article I’m more motivated.
See you at the gym later.
Only smoking is bigger risk factor in middle-age men
Source: Low Aerobic Activity Tied to Higher Death Rates in Men | Medpage Today
Get up. Get out. Move it.
Eric O’Grey was 51, obese and suffering from diabetes and high cholesterol when he took home an overweight shelter dog. Now the duo are headlining a campaign on how pets improve humans’ lives.
Source: Eric And Peety Make The Case That Pets Are Good For Humans’ Health : Shots – Health News : NPR
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