A new study suggests

These are not your eating habits but your nerves that may play a pivotal role to make you thin or fat, a new research suggests.

Feeding and fat are influenced by the serotonin levels in the nervous system, a study on worms confirms. According to the study, Serotonin which is a neurotransmitter also influences the eating habits and consumed calories in the body.

According to Kaveh Ashrafi, of the University of California, San Francisco, “Nervous system is a key controller that brings together all energy related procedures via specific molecular passages.”

Ashrafi further adds that these given serotonin’s old evolutionary origins can be applied that’s known from the worms to hums.

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The chocolate low-fat milk drink is a great energizer. The best part is that it recharges instantaneously. When you feel you are fatigued, or if your calf muscles secreting excess lactic acid, if you are physically burnt out, or you are in the last lap of the relay race, just go and take a high-energy healthy drink and it would be best if it is something like a low-fat chocolate milk. Needless to say it is an ideal post-exercise choice drink.

Low-fat chocolate milk can be a great blessing in times of extreme tiredness and fatigue. It is invaluable both on and off the court. Many of the research studies conducted around the world reveal with enough evidences that that the unique mix of the key ingredients in chocolate milk can really help in refueling and re-hydrating the body that is much needed after an exercise. It is one of the most energizing alternatives with many healthy advantages for people specially those who are athletes. Athletes that choose chocolate milk get immense benefit out of drinking the same.

Some of the research studies also establish that even coaches nowadays tend to encourage the teen-athletes to drink chocolate milk as it is said to help in replenishing their muscles after a workout or a practice. It is believed that the constituents of the low-fat chocolate milk that are carbohydrates and protein help muscles to recover back to normalcy. What more, the low-fat chocolate milk health drink is great to taste as well. It is also a repository of all important minerals and nutrients.

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We all know that a healthy and balanced diet is essential for a healthy living. As the adage goes “Health is Wealth”, we tend to put in less effort to understand the underlying message. A well-balanced and nutritious diet is the most important requirement for all ages, especially with the kids and growing children.

Don’t we skip meals? More importantly, several research studies revealed that kids tend to skip the meals especially the breakfast. Some kids skip breakfast simply because they sleep late and tend to have no time in the morning to eat before they rush off to school and some think it’s a way. Again, some of the kids will step out of their homes, early morning with only a glass of milk. This practice is very harmful and kids tend to suffer from mid-morning hunger and those results in decreased attention in whatever they do. The attentiveness in academics too takes a downward dip. It also affects their energy levels. The chemistry is simple, brain cells need glucose to be active and a skip in breakfast meaning no energy to the cells and they remain dull and inactive.

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You must have come across several studies showing positive and negative effects of chocolates on your health. Almost none of these studies are brand specific and suggestive of what chocolate bars available at your nearby grocery store could be good for your health .Dr Keith Scott-Mumby who is an internationally known expert in the field of Alternative medicine attempted for studying the properties and advantages of a typical chocolate diet.

Chocolates are made from the beans of the cacao tree, known as Theobroma Cacao, according to Dr. Keith Scott- Mymby. The flavanoids of this plant are generally recognized for its antioxidant properties and activities. It is easy to understand that a small bar of chocolate could possibly contain flavanoids equal to the flavanoids contained in almost six apples. It is also equal to four and a half cups of tea or even two glasses of red wine, says Dr Scott-Mumby.

Dr Keith Scott-Mumby has also developed a “Doctor’s Chocolate” with an objective to derive maximum advantages of healthy ingredients of chocolate and avoiding the unhealthy , harmful components that are commonly present in the chocolate bars being marketed by several companies. As an added advantage, this new “Doctor’s Chocolate” also helps in reducing excess weight. If you like chocolates then you may also like eating just one to three pieces of this chocolate everyday and your appetite will be suppressed sufficiently and you will be saved from taking junk food, according to Dr Scott-Mumby.

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The importance of the Sports Bra is undisputed. In absence of it, it causes damages to the breast and these damages through shock and strain leave permanent effects. However in a recent study, it was found that 41% of women do not wear sports bra during exercising or running.

It was found that most of them had a notion that their normal bras are supportive enough to play sports in. They don’t realise that they might have jogging their way to sagging breasts and could cause even temporary pain and discomfort. Most of the women are unaware of the effect of exercising on their breasts.

In absence of sports bra, the breasts move in an uncontrolled movement straining the fragile tissues and ligaments. This eventually results in chafing and sagging breasts.

A survey was conducted by “Move Active”, a sports bra retailer in Manchester, London, among women from the age of 16-35. They found that women were totally ignorant of the fact; the exercise without wearing sports bra could cause a permanent effect on their breasts. They insisted that women while undertaking exercise should wear sports bra which is as significant as any other sports.

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A recently published research study in the “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition” revealed that a diet rich in protein and low with carbohydrates is the most effective measure for reducing weight and hunger in a short span of time.

Scientists at the “Aberdeen’s Rowett Research Institute” conducted this study with obese adults with two different sets of diets. Both of these diets were rich in protein with 30% of the total energy value but had different values of carbohydrates. One of the set of diet was having merely 4% carbohydrates while the other set of diet had moderately balanced 35% energy value carbohydrates.

Researchers say that both these diet sets were equally palatable for the participants but the obese fellows felt less hungry with the high protein less carbohydrate diets set in comparison to the group of participants who took a high protein and moderate carbohydrate diet set.

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If you are over 60, go take a hike or at least a brisk walk on a regular basis.
It may help you live a few more years, even if you are a bit overweight or even obese, says a study recently conducted by at the University of South Carolina.

This study puts forward specific evidences in addition to the number of studies conducted before. There are several studies available establishing the fact that there are benefits of being fit even if you are a little too fat.

“You cannot tell just by looking at someone if they are fit”, says Dr.Steven Blair, Professor in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. Dr.Steven Blair further adds, “You can certainly be fat, even obese, and still be fit”.

Dr.Steven Blair and his colleague researchers at the Arnold School of Public Health made an assessment of certain measurable parameters including the aerobic fitness, Body Mass Index (BMI), and the waist circumference.

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