Health & Food

London, Sep 16: The longer the work hours or overtime you put in, the higher your chances of developing coronary heart disease within 10 years, says an alarming study. Working for more than a 40-hour week has already been linked to stress, dissatisfaction and compromised health. Now, new research on 8,350 Korean adults has found that it may also increase one's risk of developing coronary heart...

Washington, Sep 12: A new study has demonstrated that new superfoods that fight heart disease and diabetes could be developed with the help of a protein that helps keep cells in their bodies healthy. The survey conducted by the University of Warwick, found out that the protein, called Nrf2, continually moved in and out of the nuclei of human cells to sense the cell's health and vitality. Lead...

Ingredients: Paneer - 1 cup Beans - 1/2 cup Green Peas - 1/2 cup Carrot - 1/2 cup Potatoes - 1 cup Chat masala - 1 tsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp Method: 1. Boil and mash the potatoes. 2. Boil and chop the veggies finely. 3.Take a vessel and mix together all the veggies and the mashed potatoes along with all the spices and salt...

Obesity is by definition excess of fat storage rather than weight. Men with more than 25% of total body fat and women with more than 30% total body fat are considered obese. There are many different ways to classify obesity. In accordance with endocrine and pathogen of the metabolic disease, obesity can be divided into simple obesity, secondary obesity and drug-induced obesity. Obesity, a growing...

What if doctors could tell exactly what you're eating just by checking your blood sample? If you're not strictly following the diet prescribed by your doctor, you may no longer be able to hide the fact. According to a study that appeared in the 'Journal of Nutrition', researchers have found a new way to understand what you eat from your blood sample. Scandinavian researchers suggested that it is...

Aug 23: According to a study, gamification is currently the popular trend for mobile fitness app makers looking to cash into helping people get fit. "It has just been assumed that gamified apps will work but there has been no research to show that they are effective for people in the long term," said Cameron Lister from Utah-based Brigham Young University. Lister and health science professor Josh...

Aug 19: The first thing Brian H noticed was that he could grow a real beard. It had been years since that had been possible, years he spent bedevilled by hair loss on his head, face, arms and legs. Brian, 34, who asked that his last name be withheld to protect his privacy, suffers from alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease afflicting about 1 percent of men and women, causing hair to fall out...

New York, Aug 8: If you are a woman and suffering from ringing or buzzing sound in the ear when there is no outside source of the sounds, increase your tea and coffee intake. According to new research, women with a higher intake of caffeine had a lower incidence of unexplained ear ringing. Higher caffeine intake is associated with lower rates of tinnitus in younger and middle-aged women, it added...

Mumbai, Jul 16: As per RTI data compiled by an NGO, Praja Foundation, in the last one year itself 7,650 people across Mumbai succumbed to various diseases ranging from malaria, tuberculosis to typhoid. From this, the highest number of people (7075) succumbed to TB as per cause of death certificates issued by the BMC’s public health department. Furthermore, through this data, it was found that 46...

London, Jul 9: An individual who smokes, drinks a lot, is physically inactive and has an unhealthy diet has 2.5 fold higher mortality risk than someone who leads a healthy lifestyle, new research says. "To put it positively, a healthy lifestyle can help you stay 10 years younger," said Eva Martin-Diener from the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Zurich...