Category: Education
Can I eat fruit as much as I like?
This will depend on individual circumstances. It is recommended that all people eat at least three to four servings of fruit per day. Most people can eat more than this, particularly if they spread their intake throughout the day. For […]
A sports drink made of hornet spit?
There is now a sports drink made with – I kid you not – hornet spit. People come up with the strangest things. This particular invention derives from Japan – home to many novel and offbeat inventions. The drink is […]
Slower chewing leads to increased calorie-burning: study
Want to shed a few kilos? You may wish to consider slowing things down at mealtime. With speedy eating leading to overeating, and therefore weight gain, a new study has shown that slower chewing also promotes increased energy consumption — […]
Evolution of a killer
A few thousand years ago, a bacterium that inhabited the guts of rodents and a variety of other mammals transformed its lifestyle. Instead of relying on faecal contamination of food and water to pass from an infected animal to an […]
Intensive exercise may weaken your heart: Study
For the study, researchers tracked the frequency and intensity of physical activity and the survival of more than 1,000 people with stable coronary artery heart disease for 10 years. Confirming that too much of a good thing can be bad, […]
Thyme oil beats Ibuprofen for relieving menstruation pain
Researchers from Iran’s Babol University of Medical Sciences have confirmed that thyme is not only an excellent pain-relieving herb. It also reduces pain of difficult menstruation better than ibuprofen. The researchers tested 84 women university students who had reported difficult […]
Traditional Asian remedy found to fight prostate cancer
A widely used traditional Asian health food supplement can actually help to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells depending on its production process, according to New Zealand research out Thursday. University of Auckland researcher Ben Kao compared the impact […]
Overdrinking could result swelling of the brain
Overdrinking can reduce the salt concentration of the blood that can result in the swelling of the brain. Scientists have found a “stop mechanism” that determines brain signals telling the individual to stop drinking water, Khaleej Times reported. The study […]
China winds could carry childhood disease to Japan
An airborne toxin that is blown into Japan from northeast China could be the cause of the mysterious Kawasaki disease, a childhood illness that mostly affects the very young, researchers said Monday. Kawasaki disease occurs worldwide but is most common […]
Walking may help prolong life of kidney patients
Suffering from kidney diseases? Take up walking at the earliest as researchers have found that walking may help patients with kidney disease prolong life and reduce the risk of needing dialysis or a kidney transplant. “A minimal amount of walking […]
