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Joseph Shavit
Nov 2, 2021
Even small changes in diet shown to help you live healthier and longer
Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 2, 2021
Selflessness and feeling in harmony with others coincides with greater happiness, study finds
Experiencing the self as interdependent coincided with increased happiness through feeling greater harmony with others.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 30, 2021
Revealing early results of 'unprecedented' Apple Watch health study
There are 6,700 patents on the study, each of whom has so far worn their Apple Watch on almost 90% of study days.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 25, 2021
A good night’s sleep may mitigate infant obesity risks
A new study suggests that newborns who get more sleep and wake up less throughout the night are at lower risk of being overweight.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 19, 2021
Study shows how to boost muscle regeneration and rebuild tissue
Scientists are studying ways to speed the regeneration of muscle tissue, using a combination of molecular compounds from stem-cell research
Joseph Shavit
Oct 19, 2021
What our wandering thoughts can teach us about mental health
Researchers analyzed idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 17, 2021
Small dietary changes shown to help you live healthier and longer
Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 16, 2021
New opportunities to mitigate climate change to promote human health
A new report involving an Exeter expert shows how action to mitigate climate chance could promote human health.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 15, 2021
Can intermittent fasting help you live longer?
Mice who ate the fasting-mimicking diet for five days out of each month lived as long as a third group of mice that consistently ate healthy
Joseph Shavit
Oct 10, 2021
Peanut consumption: Potential benefits in young and healthy people
The daily intake of peanuts could have beneficial effects on the cognitive function and stress response in young and healthy individuals.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 4, 2021
Moderate-vigorous exercise boosts fitness three times more than walking alone
Exercise is healthy. That is common knowledge. But just how rigorous should that exercise be in order to really impact a person’s fitness?
Joshua Shavit
Oct 3, 2021
Spouses really are together in sickness and in health suggests new study
When it comes to marriage, the adage "birds of a feather flock together" is true in lifestyle habits, body shape, blood pressure and more.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 1, 2021
There’s no place like home…to track blood pressure
According to the American Heart Association, about 1 of every 2 of U.S. adults has high blood pressure, or hypertension. 1 in 3 don't know.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 27, 2021
Strength training can burn fat too, myth-busting study finds
It’s basic exercise knowledge that to gain muscles, you strength train, and to lose fat, you do cardio – right? That's actually wrong!
Joseph Shavit
Sep 25, 2021
Love hormone Oxytocin delivered in a nasal spray could help fight obesity, study shows
The brain chemical oxytocin appears to make people feel full and reduce overeating. Can it encourage weight loss?
Joshua Shavit
Sep 23, 2021
Fitness matters more than weight loss when it comes to health, according to researchers
Getting healthy and reducing mortality risk, increasing physical activity and improving fitness appear to be superior to weight loss.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 23, 2021
Can cocoa consumption help us age better?
Study looked at the impact of a cocoa extract supplement and/or multivitamins on common health problems, most of which increase with age.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 22, 2021
Meeting sleep recommendations could lead to smarter snacking
Missing out on the recommended seven or more hours of sleep per night could lead to more opportunities to make poorer snacking choices
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021
New faux meat is healthier, has more flavours and is eco-friendly
Researchers have proposed an extremely nutritious meat analogue using fermented okara (soy press cake).
Joseph Shavit
Sep 20, 2021
Consuming fruit and vegetables and exercising can make you happier
New research has found that fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise can increase levels of happiness
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