Daily Roundup
1. Got a fat butt? Could be a good thing.
- Fat distribution is important for your health.
- Hip and Thigh fat can reduce risk of diabetes and heart disease
- Stomach fat, on the other hand, releases harmful cytokines that increase risk of heart attack and diabetes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34830500/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/
2. Smokers should drink Green Tea
- Study indicates non-green tea drinking smokers have 13 times GREATER chance of developing lung cancer.
- Drink one or more cups per day AND
- Quit smoking.
http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20100112/green-tea-may-cut-smokers-lung-cancer-risk
3. The Swine Flu vaccine is waiting on you.
- The flu shot is widely available, but you don’t want it do you?
- Government is highly encouraging you to get a vaccine.
- But H1N1 outbreaks continue to decrease
- Is the worst already over?
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFluNews/h1n1-vaccines-now-public/story?id=9536289&page=1
4. Exercise keeps grandpa’s brain sharp
There is a stage before dementia that involves reduced cognitive capacity, exercise can prevent this.
- Greater blood flow to brain
- Nerve-protecting compounds
- Improved development and survival of neurons
- Decreased risk of heart and blood vessel disease
- Go exercise, helps grandpa, helps you too.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/12/exercise-mild-cognitive-impairment-dementia.html