December 5, 2023
What It Means If You Cough When Using A Q-Tip To Clean Your Ears – Health Digest
If you haven’t guessed already, your throat and ears are connected. If a Q-tip in your ear can make you cough because it stimulates a nerve in your throat, the reverse is also true, added otolaryngologist at NYU Langone Health, Dr. Erich Voigt (via IFL Science). “An irritation in the throat such as a viral ulcer or […]
How Long It Takes To Build A Tolerance To Energy Drinks (It’s Shorter Than You Think) – Health Digest
Caffeine is a great way to get a morning boost. But when you have it every morning, it loses effectiveness. Research in PLoS One asked eleven participants to drink 3mg of caffeine for 20 consecutive days. Ingestion of caffeine worked to increase peak cycling performance power in incremental exercise for the first 15 days, and […]
Eating This Popular Sandwich Spread May Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer – Health Digest
In the 2017 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers set out to see if eating nuts and peanut butter influenced a person’s risk for esophageal and gastric cancers. Using data from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which began between 1995 and 1996 and involved more than 566,000 middle-aged and older […]
The Hidden Dangers Of Drinking Panera Bread’s ‘Charged Lemonade’ Energy Drink – Health Digest
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that healthy adults keep their caffeine intake under 400 milligrams a day. Still, not everyone will tolerate coffee the same way. According to a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Toronto, Ahmed El-Sohemy (via Toronto Star), research suggests some people metabolize coffee slowly. “For those individuals, […]
Do This Simple Leg Exercise To Improve Your Balance – Health Digest
Also called a heel raise, the exercise involves lifting yourself up onto the balls of your feet so your heels leave the floor, explains Real Simple. Remain in this position for a few moments before bringing your heels slowly back onto the ground. That’s it! While it may not feel very laborious, calf raises give […]