28 Mar, 2024

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Avoid Eating Too Many Tomatoes If You Have This Medical Condition – Health Digest

It’s the same reason why you should avoid eating avocados for kidney health: tomatoes contain a lot of potassium. Even though your body needs potassium for optimal function of your muscles, nerves, and heart, for those with chronic kidney disease, your kidneys don’t function as well as they’re supposed to. This means that they’re unable to […]
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Eating Chocolate Has An Unexpected Effect On A Man’s Sex Life – Health Digest

Some claim that the high cocoa content in dark chocolate also means a higher concentration of the endorphin-boosting compound phenylethylamine. There is also a theory about how certain chemicals found in dark chocolate help slow down the metabolism of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid in your brain that works similar to how THC (the active ingredient in cannabis) does, boosting dopamine […]

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Medical Diagnoses That Require Swabbing Your Own Poop – Health Digest

GI bleeding happens when there’s blood loss from any part of your digestive system, which goes from the esophagus and stomach all the way down to the small intestine, colon, rectum, and anus (via the Cleveland Clinic). Detecting blood in stool is vital for detecting GI bleeding, and even more so is noting the color […]

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Men Should Think Twice Before Taking These Two Medications Together – Health Digest

In the study, researchers looked at patient data from 2006 to 2013 of Swedish men diagnosed with stable coronary artery disease. Out of 61,487 men who had been treated with nitrates, 5,710 of these patients were taking nitrates along with PDE5I medications. Over the course of a nearly six-year average follow-up period, the results showed […]

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Eating Peanut Butter As You Age Has Some Major Benefits – Health Digest

A 2021 study in Current Developments in Nutrition collected the food intake of almost 3,000 people between the ages of 60 and 80. The people also took part in certain tests of memory and cognitive function, such as naming as many animals as possible in 60 seconds. The people who ate peanut butter and peanuts […]

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Ultra-processed foods: 6 steps to unprocess your life  – Healthista

Recent studies reveal the link between health issues and ultra-processed foods. Nutritionist Rob Hobson, author of Unprocess Your Life reveals 6 steps to unprocessing your life  We are all living a faster pace of life, which has influenced our food choices and how we eat. The biggest drivers for food choice have become convenience and budget, […]

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Turns Out Eating This Popular Protein Can Enhance Your Sex Life – Health Digest

If you’re looking to get in some omega-3s, you can’t do much better than salmon. These healthy fats support the health of our cells, organs, as well as our cognitive functioning (via WebMD). Omega-3 fatty acids also boost dopamine release, the same action that occurs during orgasm. This makes sense when you consider that dopamine […]

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Avoid Eating Garlic At All Costs If You Have This Medical Condition – Health Digest

The same reason why garlic relieves a sore throat is the same reason someone with lupus should avoid eating the stuff. Allicin, ajoene, and thiosulfinates, the substances in this spice that are associated with boosting immunity (by improving your white blood cell count) and helping you fight off a cold, can work detrimentally in the system […]

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The Unexpected Way Your Stomach Can Predict Your Risk Of Cancer – Health Digest

The World Health Organization classifies obesity as anyone with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above, and every 5-point increase in BMI increases your risk of cancers of the thyroid, kidney, colon, skin, gallbladder, and many others. A higher BMI also increases your risk of cancer mortality, particularly because obesity often comes with […]

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What Happens To Your Muscles When You Drink Milk Every Day – Health Digest

Athletes might remember the “Built with Chocolate Milk” campaign in 2012 that showed various professional athletes promoting chocolate milk as a recovery drink. A 2012 review in Medicine and Sport Science showed that the 4-to-1 ratio of carbohydrates to protein in chocolate milk makes it a lower-cost recovery drink to help repair the muscles. You don’t […]

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Eat This Popular Fruit To Lower High Blood Pressure – Health Digest

Salt is often to blame when it comes to high blood pressure. But maintaining a low salt intake is anything but easy when it can often be found lurking in everything from frozen foods to cereals, canned goods, cheeses, and more. This is where our good friend the banana comes in. Just one banana (126 […]

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When You Eat Peanut Butter Every Day, This Is What Happens To Your Appetite – Health Digest

Two tablespoons of smooth peanut butter (minus salt) contain 7.1 grams of protein, 16.4 grams of fat (mostly healthy fats — monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids), and 1.6 grams of dietary fiber, per the U.S. Department of Agriculture. All of these ingredients are helpful when it comes to curbing your appetite.  Fiber pulls water into […]