ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2012) Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes, scientists report. Their new article on the value of eating berry fruits appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. [...]
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March 8, 2012
March 8, 2012
The basics of warming-up, mobility and cooling-down
Warming up for exercise The warm-up, raises the heart-rate, gets blood flowing to the working muscles and prepares the body for exercise. It should be for a minimum of five minutes and replicate the movements or activities of the main session. For example: for an upper-body resistance training workout, five to 10 minutes on the [...]
March 8, 2012
Teaching fat cells to burn calories: New target against obesity involves brown fat
ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2012) In the war against obesity, one’s own fat cells may seem an unlikely ally, but new research from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) suggests ordinary fat cells can be reengineered to burn calories. While investigating how a common drug given to people with diabetes works in mice, a [...]
March 8, 2012
Disney retooling obesity exhibit after complaints
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World says it is retooling an Epcot exhibit on childhood obesity after critics complained that it was insensitive to obese kids. The interactive Habit Heroes exhibit was closed shortly after its unofficial opening in February, the Orlando Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/ylHSlk) reported Thursday. The official opening has been postponed indefinitely. Blue [...]
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