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The Scientific Reason Sleep Helps Us Make Better Decisions – Health Digest
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images When your life is jam-packed with activity, it’s tempting to cut back on sleep. Sleep isn’t just a passive activity, though. Your brain does a lot of processing of your daily experiences to help form memories. Sleep allows your brain to clear out toxins so you […]
Eating Poached Eggs Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Cholesterol – Health Digest
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Karpenkovdenis/Getty Images For centuries, humans have cooked eggs in a variety of ways. They’ve pan-fried them. They’ve scrambled them. More recently, they’ve even microwaved them (which doesn’t always produce predictable results, unless you have a foolproof microwave egg-cooking […]
What Happens To Your Brain When You Take Too Much Viagra – Health Digest
Pixelseffect/Getty Images Viagra (sildenafil) treats erectile dysfunction (ED) by relaxing the walls of your blood vessels to improve blood flow. It was originally designed to treat high blood pressure, but researchers noticed that erections were a side effect (read how high blood pressure and ED are linked). Because […]
Why You Shouldn’t Take Ibuprofen To Treat Stomach Pain (And What To Take Instead) – Health Digest
Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images Ibuprofen treats many of your common pains, from a headache to sore feet. You can even reach for ibuprofen if you have a fever. It might make sense to take ibuprofen if you have stomach pain as well. However, ibuprofen isn’t the best medication to treat […]
A Harvard Student Ate 24 Eggs Every Day For 1 Month And Here’s What Happened – Health Digest
If there’s one thing to know about Ivy League students in Massachusetts, it’s that they’re big fans of doing things that other people never consider. For example, there was the MIT Blackjack Team that, in the 1990s, hit up casinos to count cards and made a small fortune. Then there […]
What Happens To Your Cholesterol When You Follow The Atkins Diet – Health Digest
Giuseppe Lombardo/Getty Images Have you been hunting for a diet that is easy to understand and follow, has been around for a while, and could help you control your cholesterol? You’ll probably come across the Atkins diet in your search. Research suggests that it might be beneficial, but […]
The Easily Missed Parkinson’s Sign Ryan Reynolds Wished He Noticed In His Dad – Health Digest
Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images Ryan Reynolds learned of his father Jim’s Parkinson’s diagnosis when the actor was 22 years old. At the time, his parents didn’t mention much about the disease, and Reynolds himself didn’t understand the symptoms of Parkinson’s that would later arise. This strained his relationship with […]
The Unexpected Reason To Consider Adding More Vinegar To Your Diet – Health Digest
Stivog/Getty Images Despite apple cider vinegar’s strong, acidic bite, more people are adding apple cider vinegar to their diets for health reasons. Some people will chew on apple cider vinegar gummies to help suppress their appetite to lose weight. Others consume apple cider vinegar to manage their blood […]
Brett Favre And Other Famous Athletes That Have Parkinson’s Disease – Health Digest
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre revealed he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease while testifying on Capitol Hill about his involvement in a Mississippi welfare scandal. “As I’m sure you’ll understand, while it’s too late for me — I’ve recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s — this […]
How Many Eggs Should Kids Eat A Day? JD Vance’s Claim About His Children’s Diet Cracks The Internet – Health Digest
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance caught flak a few days ago as he was campaigning through a Pennsylvania grocery store. Reaching for the eggs to talk about inflation, his children were running around behind him. “Let’s talk about eggs,” he said to the cameras. “Because […]