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Archive for June, 2008

Running makes you happy -

Fanatic runners have been claiming it for years, but now it has finally been proven: running makes you feel high. Henning Boecker of the University of Bonn, Germany, looked at the brains of 10 runners with a PET-scan. He did this just before they started running and after they had finished their 2 hour training. […]

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8 Life rules to avoid cancer -

The World Cancer Research Fund had published these 8 important recommendations to reduce your risk for cancer:

Try to stay or become slim, but prevent weighing too less
Exercise each day at least for half an hour
Avoid drinks that contain sugar. Eat as little high caloric food as possible. Avoid especially foods with added sugars, foods that […]

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Fasting prevents heart problems -

Fasting once a month can help you to prevent heart problems. This was discovered by American scientist. For this they used data about mormons of whom many abstain from eating one day a month. They have 40% less chance of getting cardiovascular disease than people who do not fast. This beneficial effect is probably caused […]

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Why artificial sweeteners make you fat -

American scientists have found a possible cause for the relation between saccharin and obesity in rats. The researchers think that the connection that the body makes between the sweetness of the food and the amount of calories in the food is the probable cause. If the calories after eating something sweet do not manifest in […]

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