There are many good reasons to make sure you’re eating enough fruits and vegetables each day. Not only do fruits and vegetables contain many of the important vitamins and minerals our bodies need to function at their best, they also keep our gut healthy and may even help maintain a healthy weight. But some plant foods may be more beneficial to your health than others, thanks to a group of compounds called flavanols. For example, a recent study I helped lead showed that people who eat a diet high in…
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Flavanols are linked to better memory and heart health, here’s what foods you can eat to reap these benefits
There are many good reasons to make sure you’re eating enough fruits and vegetables each day. Not only do fruits and vegetables contain many of the important vitamins and minerals our bodies need to function at their best, they also keep our gut healthy and may even help maintain a healthy weight. But some plant foods may be more beneficial to your health than others, thanks to a group of compounds called flavanols. For example, a recent study I helped lead showed that people who eat a diet high in…
Read MorePsychology Professors Warn: Previous Smartphone Use Linked to Worse Adult Mental Health | The college fix
‘Most mentally healthy [adult] respondents are those who did not get a telephone until their late teens,’ wrote the psychologists Early smartphone use is associated with decreased mental health in adulthood, according to analysis by top psychologists of the world’s largest mental health database. The younger the age you get your first smartphone, the worse the mental health the young adult reports today, psychologist and New York University professor Jonathan Haidt and research assistant Zach Rausch wrote in a post on the Haidts blog, After Babel. This is true across…
Read MoreKratom linked to outsized proarrhythmic risks
Over-the-counter agents used improperly to curb opioid withdrawal or induce high-dose euphoria were linked to a disproportionate number of lethal arrhythmias reported to national pharmacovigilance systems, the researchers found. The antidiarrheal drug loperamide, a weak synthetic opioid, was significantly associated with ventricular arrhythmia (proportional reporting ratio [PRR] 3.2, 95% CI 3.0-3.4), with 37% of 1,008 FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) reports involving death. The arrhythmic signal was worse — a PRR of 8.9 (95% CI 6.7-11.7) — for mitragynine, the main active ingredient in the herbal supplement kratom. Fully…
Read MoreYouth smartphone use linked to future mental health problems: Study
cChildren who accessed smartphones at a young age have worse mental health outcomes as adults, according to a new study. A Sapien Labs study last month of 27,969 global Generation Z members found that the sooner a child has access to a smartphone, the more likely they are to have mental health issues in the future. GOOD MEALS: HOW MUCH SNAPS THEY GET BY STATE Children thrive most on engaging real-world family and friends in-person, exercise, volunteering, and religious activities,” said University of Virginia sociologist and Institute for Family Studies…
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