This post deals with lesser known facts / research regarding health & personal care. So what's the "Known" facts?
General idea that people already know on how to maintain your health: Eat healthy, exercise regularly, sleep early and wake up early and stay hydrated. Now, let's see about some non-lesser known facts.
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‘Anti-hunger’ molecule forms after exercise, scientists discover: Intensive exercise induces a compound called "anti-hunger" molecule which as the name suggests, will stifle appetite. Researchers are trying to figure out if they can make a diet pill for metabolic diseases.
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Health effects of the use of non-sugar sweeteners: a systematic review and meta-analysis: Non-sugar sweeteners may have little impact on glucose metabolism and result in lower body weight but not actually be effective in the long term.
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Role of diet and its effects on the gut microbiome in the pathophysiology of mental disorders: Diet plays a crucial role in shaping the gut microbiome (responsible for psychiatric and neurologic disorders).
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The Effects of Sleep Debt: Recent studies in humans and mice have shown that late nights and early mornings may cause long lasting damage to your brain.
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Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes: In the human gut, myriad “good” bacteria and other microbes help us digest our food, as well as keep us healthy by affecting our immune, metabolic, and nervous systems. But humans have also lost many of these helpers found in other primates and may be losing even more as people around the world continue to flock to cities. Those absent gut microbes could affect human health.
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Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?: Vitamin D made people healthy but only because of the exposure to the Sun.
The sun worshippers had a higher incidence of [melanoma]—but they were eight times less likely to die from it.
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Sitting & Standing at work: Sitting for more than 1 hour has been shown to induce biochemical changes in lipoprotein lipase activity (an enzyme involved in fat metabolism) and in glucose metabolism that leads to the deposit of fats in adipose tissue rather than these being metabolized by muscle, and extensive sitting also relates to heart disease risks.