Category: health
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Tasty and Bad: Two Sides of the Advanced Glycation End Products.
Addition below: New analysis disputes the assumption in the headline. Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) are harmful compounds formed when sugars react with proteins or fats in a process called glycation. This happens naturally in the body over time but can also occur when food is cooked at high temperatures (like grilling, frying, or roasting).…
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Feeling drowsy after eating high carb meal?
Yes, it’s completely normal to feel drowsy after eating a high-carb meal. This happens for several reasons: Insulin Spike & Blood Sugar Crash โ High-carb meals cause a spike in blood sugar, leading to a surge in insulin. This can result in a subsequent drop in blood sugar (reactive hypoglycemia), making you feel sluggish. Tryptophan…
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One More Reason to Keep Physically Fit: Frailty Precedes Dementia
ย Frailty trajectories preceding dementia: an individual-level analysis of four cohort studies in the United States and United Kingdom “This observational evidence suggests that frailty increases dementia risk independently of any reverse causality”.ย
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Good to Know: Vinegar Is Good for Depression
Daily Vinegar Ingestion Improves Depression and Enhances Niacin Metabolism in Overweight Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial “daily vinegar ingestion over four weeks can improve self-reported depression symptomology in generally healthy adults and that alterations in niacin metabolism may factor into this improvement.”ย
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Tea Leaves with Lemon- Against Microplastics in Water?
So folks, pour yourself a green tea from tea leaves with lemon, if you are worried about microplastics. That will protect you from real or imaginary threats you are confronted with daily reading the news.