Diet
Drinking Diet Soda Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Teeth – Health Digest
Instead of sugar, diet sodas contain greater amounts of acid, including citric acid, phosphoric acid, and tartaric acid. While it’s easy to assume that darker-colored sodas like Coke might be the worst offenders, Sprite, Mountain Dew, and other citrusy sodas that contain greater amounts of acid can actually be just as bad. Unfortunately, our teeth […]
What Sort Of Diet Should You Follow If You Have Gallstones? – Health Digest
A high-fat, cholesterol-heavy diet is a recipe for gallstone formation, so it’s essential to reduce the amount of fat you consume, trading fatty, processed foods for whole grains, legumes, and lean meats and fish. To combat gallstones, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease suggests a diet high in fiber and lower in carbohydrates and […]
What Your Dominant Eye Does And How To Find It – Health Digest
Now that we know our dominant eye takes on more responsibility when it comes to our sight, how do we know which one of our eyes is which? As it turns out, you may be able to look at your dominant hand for a clue. WebMD reports that most often, a person’s dominant eye will […]
The Real Reason Operating Rooms Are Green – Health Digest
If you were to take a look at the color wheel, you’d notice that green is positioned opposite red. There is some theory to support why this makes green an ideal color for walls inside an operating room. Typically, a surgeon may spend anywhere from a few hours to many hours looking at the innards […]
WHO Reveals A Scary Link Between Diet Soda And Cancer – Health Digest
Whether naturally-occurring or man-made, any cancer-causing substance is considered a carcinogen, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute. Types of carcinogens can range from UV rays to viruses to car fumes — but are all able to prompt cell DNA mutations. Reuters reports that aspartame is set to receive the label, “possibly carcinogenic to […]
Where Is Boo Boo Goo From Shark Tank Season 5 Today? – Health Digest
With the help of a display board, Kiowa posed a question to the Sharks. The three images on the board were of a patch of skin covered by three different types of bandages: a regular stick-on Band-aid, a clear painted-on bandage, and a skin-tone shade of Boo Boo Goo (via ABC News). “Which one do […]
Where Is EverlyWell From Shark Tank Season 9 Today? – Health Digest
During her pitch, Cheek emphasized that EverlyWell offers 13 different kits ranging from cholesterol tests to thyroid tests to hormone tests and many more, with prices spanning between $69 and $399 (via CNBC Prime). While she stated that the tests were not covered by insurance, Cheek noted that not even a year after launching, the […]
Hand Washing Dishes Has One Unexpected Health Benefit – Health Digest
Exposing children to household microbiomes doesn’t mean allowing them to roll around in dirt or never shower, according to Dr. Jordan S. Orange, chief of immunology, allergy and rheumatology at Texas Children’s Hospital (via NBC News). Parents should be weighing their decisions with mindfulness and reasonable logic, especially since there’s evidence to support fewer respiratory illnesses […]
Why The Health Insurance Death Spiral Is So Dangerous – Health Digest
To increase the number of healthy people in the health insurance pool, the Affordable Care Act required all people in 2014 to either have health insurance or pay a tax penalty, according to a 2020 article in Health Affairs. When efforts to eliminate this mandate began in 2017, health insurance companies in the ACA marketplace […]
Where Is Browndages From Shark Tank Season 13 Today? – Health Digest
Bashir and Mahdi pitched Browndages to the Sharks, handing each some samples to match their skin tones (via YouTube). They wanted $75,000 for a 7.5% stake in the company. All the Sharks were supportive of the company’s aim for inclusivity, but Robert Herjavec declined because he believed larger companies could produce billions in inventory at […]