General Health
Combination of Bad Habits Increases Death Risk
A recent article in the New Zealand Herald has reported that four common bad habits combined - smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet - can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.
The findings are from a study of nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt […]
Sleep and Good Health
Historically, sleep was thought to be a passive state. However, sleep is now known to be a dynamic process, and our brains are active during sleep. Sleep affects our physical and mental health, and is essential for the normal functioning of all the systems of our body, including the immune system.
The effect of sleep on […]
Let The Sun Shine In
Research has shown that a little more sunshine in our lives may make us live longer. Johan Moan, a researcher at the Institute for Cancer Research in Oslo, Norway, led a study which has concluded that the benefits from sun exposure outweigh the risks of skin cancer.
“What we find is that modest sun exposure gives […]
Green Barley Leaf Powder
What is Green Barley Leaf Powder?:
Green Barley Grass is one of the green grasses and is the only vegetation on the earth that can supply sole nutritional support from birth to old age. When barley leaves are 12-14 inches high, they contain all the vitamins, minerals, and proteins necessary for the human digestion of chlorophyll. […]
Fighting Heart Disease
The latest statistics available for global deaths from cardiovascular disease is from 2004, and that was scary enough. 16.7 million people worldwide died of cardiovascular disease in 2004. 8.6 million of these were women, with heart attack and stroke deaths responsible for twice as many deaths in women than all cancers combined. The WHO estimates […]
Studies & Statistics
I was reading an article in the newspaper a couple of weeks ago that stated that a study had shown that people who floss their teeth regularly live longer than people who don’t floss their teeth at all. How bizarre! Does flossing one’s teeth mean one enjoys a longer life?
Dying To Work
New Zealand’s Sunday Star-Times newspaper recently published an article on a study undertaken at Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research. The investigators had found that tens of thousands of New Zealanders are in jobs that put them at increased risk of cancer - but neither their doctors nor they know it.
They say work-related cancers […]
Exercise - The Key to Youth
Exercise may hold the key to youth according to a study which shows that people who keep fit are up to nine years biologically younger than those who do not. The findings are the first to show how keeping fit affects the ageing process in humans. Researchers from King’s College, London wrote in the Archives […]
