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This Diet Increases Your Breast Cancer Risk by 22%!

Want to lower your risk of breast cancer? Lay off the hamburgers, suggest researchers. New research published in the British Medical Journal says that women who eat red meat products, such as hamburgers, hot dogs, and bacon, are 22 percent more likely to develop breast cancer. Those who opted for legumes and leafy greens over red meat faced a much lower cancer risk, however. "The potential influence of dietary protein on risk of breast cancer has created considerable scientific attention,"…
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This Diet Cuts Your Diabetes Risk by 20%!

Whole grains, fruits, and vegetables--these are all foods we should be eating, yet few of us do. But new emerging research presented by scientists at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions Conference says that making these changes could cut your risk of type 2 diabetes by 20 percent, even if you don't lose weight. The study, which was headed by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, is one of the first to show that improving the quality…
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This Weird Diet Stops Diabetes Complications

Have type 2 diabetes? Here's a novel new way to control your blood sugar--add canola oil to your diet. New research headed by Dr. David Jenkins from the St. Michael's Hospital Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre in Toronto reveals that type 2 diabetics who added canola oil to their diet had lower blood sugar--a health benefit that could reduce the risk of diabetes complications. The new findings are published in the health journal Diabetes Care. "The reduction in…
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This Daily Activity Increases Your Cancer Risk By 32%!

It's a fact: Most Americans live a sedentary lifestyle. Yet doing so now could literally kill us, according to a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reviewing a total of 43 previous studies, researchers say that an additional two hours of sedentary behavior, regardless of actual physical activity, increased the risk of some cancers, including lung, colon, and endometrial cancer. As for the reasons why, researchers suspect those who are sedentary engage in other unhealthy…
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This Silly Trick Could Actually Make You Live Longer

So what's the key to living longer: Losing weight or working out? As it turns out, new research published in the American Journal of Medicine says what matters most is how much muscle mass you have. The research was co-written by scientists Preethi Srikanthan, M.D., M.S. and Arun S. Karlamangla, M.D., Ph.D., who both serve as researchers for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Obesity (as defined by body mass index) has not been associated consistently with higher…
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Adding This 1 Nutrient To Your Diet Helps You Live Longer!

While previous studies have found that vitamin D may actually be bad for us--a previous study found that it increases the risk of lung cancer--new research from the University of California challenges this claim. Their latest study, now published in the American Journal of Public Health, reports that people with low vitamin D levels are twice as likely to die prematurely--although the reasons why could not be determined. "This study should give the medical community and public substantial reassurance that…
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This Simple Trick Reduces Your Stroke Risk By 26%

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 800,000 Americans have a stroke each year--most of which are preventable. And now Chinese scientists say preventing it could be as simple as adding more meat to your diet. Led by Dr. Xinfeng Liu from the Nanjing University School of Medicine, researchers say that people who ate a diet rich in protein faced a 20 percent reduced risk of stroke. The research was published in the June issue of Neurology,…
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Research Says These Carbs Could Make You FAT!

It's common sense: If you want to lose weight, watch your calories and exercise regularly. But is it really that simple? Researchers Dr. David Ludwig and Dr. Mark L. Friedman warn that there's an easier way to shed that stubborn belly fat. Ludwig even dares to say that calories don't matter. "If exercise and counting calories were the sole contributors of long-term weight loss results my colleagues and I would be out of job," says Ludwig, who serves as the…
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Eat This Diet to Avoid Diabetes

While most physicians recommend polyphenols to lower your risk of heart disease, researchers from Spain say there's a new reason to eat up--it could help control your blood sugar. The research, led by Dr. Lutgardo Bozzetto from the University of Naples, reveals that people who ate a diet rich in polyphenols significantly improved their glucose metabolism, especially if they faced a higher risk of diabetes or heart disease. The findings were presented at the European Atherosclerosis Society 2014 Congress in…
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This 1 Simple Trick Could Extend Your Life

For most people, maintaining an exercise routine isn't easy--but here's one reason why you should start. According to a new study published in the journal Cancer, researchers found that breast cancer survivors who exercised the most were 34 percent less likely to die as fast as those who didn't stay physically active. Unfortunately, researchers only found that 35 percent of the participants polled exercised enough according to national exercise guidelines--and this number increased to 40 percent for African American women.…
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