health

Mmm....

http://www.mint.com/blog/saving/meals-under-10-dollars-07142010/

"In a study published in May in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, [researchers] reported that, to no one’s surprise, the men who sat the most had the greatest risk of heart problems. Men who spent more than 23 hours a week watching TV and sitting in their cars (as passengers or as drivers) had a 64 percent greater chance of dying from heart disease than those who sat for 11 hours a week or less. What was unexpected was that many of the men who sat long hours and developed heart problems also exercised.

Scientists are even discovering ecosystems in our bodies where they weren’t supposed to exist. Lungs have traditionally been considered to be sterile because microbiologists have never been able to rear microbes from them. A team of scientists at Imperial College London recently went hunting for DNA instead. Analyzing lung samples from healthy volunteers, they discovered 128 species of bacteria. Every square centimeter of our lungs is home to 2,000 microbes.

Oh, ok...

"A new study published this month in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease suggests a protective effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of Alzheimer's disease, particularly in women who do not smoke."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100524072901.htm

What did the study find?

The researchers looked at urine samples from 1,139 kids age 8 to 15. The 119 who were diagnosed with ADHD also tended to have the highest concentrations of malathion in their urine. And it didn't take much of the pesticide to raise ADHD risk considerably.

"The study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, looks at the organophosphate pesticide malathion, commonly used on fruits and vegetables. (Watch an ABC report about the ADHD study) Here, a brief guide to the findings:

Is it conclusive?

Some good finds from mom... essentially saying...

I just saw this food diary of the nytimes restaurant critic and was sickened... on a typical day of his week, he exercises and burns off 500 calories, only to eat 3000+!  I try to consume less than 2000 and run 4-8 miles a day... it seems like people focus on finances and get used to budgeting and saving for financial goals, but have trouble thinking of calories as analogues for dollars...

Interesting research on the effect of your attitude on your health:

Interesting research to follow!

"A team of scientists led by Dr Iain Brownlee and Prof Jeff Pearson have found that dietary fibre in one of the world's largest commercially-used seaweed could reduce the amount of fat absorbed by the body by around 75 per cent.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100321203508.htm

I'm all for technology, but I like my tech at a distance...  I don't understand why some people adopt new technology into their food and bodies so readily and so blindly - e.g.