FDA Releases New Salt Guidance Aimed At Reducing Levels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance to the food industry for voluntarily reducing sodium in processed, packaged and prepared foods. The agency aims to cut the average sodium intake by 12% Ð from 3,400 to 3,000 milligrams a day over the next two and a half years. According to the press release, Although […]
How Stress Effects Social Interactions
When you get stressed out do you find yourself avoiding others? If so, you’re not alone. Dartmouth researchers found that people who experienced high stress one day were likely to have decreases in social interaction the following day, and the same behavior could last until up to two days later. The data also showed a […]
Many Older People Are Having The Best Sex Of Their Lives
This is definitely something to look forward to, a new survey looked at the sex habits of 2,000 people aged 50+ and found 45% said they’ve had the best sex of their lives as they’ve aged. Most said they have less sex now than in their youth, citing their 30s as the time they were the most […]
Eating Less Fat May Save Your Hair
In a recent article published in Nature, a group of researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) used mouse model experiments to examine how a high-fat diet or genetically induced obesity can affect hair thinning and loss. The authors found that obesity can lead to depletion of hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) through the […]