Archive for June 23rd, 2008
Coffee Drinking and Heart Disease
By medliorator - Last updated: Monday, June 23, 2008
Long-term coffee drinking does not appear to increase a person’s risk of early death and may cut a person’s chances of dying from heart disease Researchers led by Esther Lopez-Garcia of Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain followed 84,214 U.S. women from 1980 to 2004 and 41,736 U.S. men from 1986 to 2004. They found [...]
How to Avoid Jet Lag – Manipulating the Body's Clocks
By medliorator - Last updated: Monday, June 23, 2008
Normally, the body’s natural circadian clock in the brain dictates when to wake, eat and sleep, all in response to light. But it seems a second clock takes over when food is scarce, and manipulating this clock might help travelers adjust to new time zones “A period of fasting with no food at all for [...]