Category Archives: Studies

Diet Soda Consumption Increases Risk of Heart Attack

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Greg Asseff

If you are currently trying to lose weight safely and effectively, you probably already know that eliminating regular soda from your dietary regime, if you regularly consume soda, is one of the best ways to reduce your daily total intake of calories.

This being said, many dieters accomplish this by transitioning from drinking regular soda to drinking diet soda, which has zero calories and is sweetened artificially.

However, a newly published clinical study is indicating that switching to diet soda may not be a health-positive choice after all, whether you are actively trying to lose weight or not. According to the results of the diet soda and heart attack study, drinking diet soda on a daily basis can significantly increase your overall risk of suffering from A heart attack and/or stroke.

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6 Snacks to Prevent a Sugar Addiction

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Greg Asseff

If you’re a fitness enthusiast, you probably know how difficult it can sometimes be to say “no” to a rich, decadent dessert, let alone breaking a sugar addiction. Of course, everyone deserves a special treat from time to time, and there’s no reason not to indulge on occasion so long as you’re able to make up for the additional calories through exercise today or dietary considerations tomorrow.

The trick, then, is to make high-calorie, sugar-laden snacks and desserts an occasional splurge and not a regular component of your dietary regime. By doing so, you will reduce the overall number of calories that you consume on a daily basis. Secondly, you will not be consuming foods that are devoid of nutritional value, highly processed, and cause wild fluctuations in your blood sugar level.

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Does Spanking Increase Child Aggression?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Greg Asseff

Parents have debated this vary question, to a varying degree, for literally centuries: does spanking a child teach them important lessons that add value to their life, or does it teach them that violence is an acceptable solution to a problem? It should be noted that there is an obvious difference between physically disciplining your child and physically abusing your child. In fact, as with most things in life there is a balance and physical discipline is no different.

A new study conducted by the University of Manitoba’s Family Social Sciences department indicates that slapping or spanking your child can have serious negative effects on their long-term development. However, it is also important to mention that there are conflicting studies that show that appropriate levels of physical discipline are beneficial in child rearing.

This being said, it is ultimately up to the parent to determine when and if physical discipline is necessary. To this end, it is important to remember that in times where discipline is required, the end goal is to use the approach that is best suited for teaching the lesson that actions have consequences.

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Decaf Coffee is a Brain Booster, Study Shows

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Greg Asseff

If you are a hardcore coffee addict that drinks coffee on a daily basis, you may scoff at those who opt for the decaffeinated version of your favorite morning beverage.

After all, without the caffeine to wake you up and prepare you for effectively getting through your day, why even drink coffee, right? Well, a recently published clinical study gives decaffeinated coffee drinkers a good reason to continue doing so.

According to the study, regularly drinking decaffeinated coffee can be a brain booster in terms of protecting your brain from the various forms of mental deterioration that typically come with normal aging and/or chronic disease. Furthermore, there there are several additional mental benefits associated with regularly consuming decaffeinated coffee as well.

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Can PDE4 Inhibitors Deliver the Benefits of Red Wine?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Greg Asseff

It’s long been held that the benefits of red wine, drinking a glass each day, can provide physical benefits to your cardiovascular health and help to ward off a variety of heart diseases.

Much more recently, it was discovered that red wine contains resveratrol, a compound many scientists believe capable of improving overall health and extending life, perhaps by as many as 10 or even 20 years.

Unfortunately, the levels of resveratrol in red wine are actually extremely minimal, meaning that you’d need to consume about 1,000 bottles per day in order to see any significant benefits. Of course, doing so would leave you with far more health problems than resveratrol could ever cure (not to mention the fact that it’s physically impossible).

The good news is that a new study is indicating that the same benefits provided by a large dose of resveratrol may already be available in the form of drugs known as PDE4 inhibitors, also known as phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitors. Although the study involved mice, researchers are hopeful that the results will transfer to humans..

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