Take Your Exercise Intensity Down a Notch You may not have to push yourself as hard as you thought in order to get a good workout in—at least not when it comes to living longer. A five-year study on over 1,500 seniors in Norway took a look at how exercise intensity impacts longevity. Participants were […]

A Synthetic World Has Overtaken Us Today, most people use hundreds—perhaps thousands—of artificial, manmade items every day. But the shift away from natural items has mostly taken place in the last 120 years. In 1900, before the Industrial Revolution, human-made materials weighed only the equivalent of about 3 percent of all living things on earth […]

Doing This Could Extend Your Life Research on blue zones—regions in the world where people live to be 100 or older—found that centenarians had some commonalities in their lifestyles, including a whole-food diet and exercise. But there’s one life-lengthening activity that might surprise you: gardening. Gardening offers many benefits for physical and mental health. Of […]

It Might be Time to Ditch Meat Can animal viruses transmit to humans? If in doubt, consider the bird flu (H5N1)—an outbreak that began in Chinese poultry farms in 1997—and the swine flu (H1N1)—which most likely started on a factory farm in North Carolina in 2009. Different types of hepatitis have also been found in […]

Conservationists Urge Action to Safeguard Nature In the Living Planet Report for 2020, conservationists decry the current condition of our planet, calling COVID-19 “the deepest global disruption of a lifetime.” They believe that the pandemic and other recent disasters are the earth’s response to the way it has been treated through industrialization and urbanization.  It’s […]

Should You Avoid Soy to Prevent Breast Cancer? Excess estrogen has been shown to contribute to breast cancer. Because soy contains phytoestrogen, a plant form of estrogen, many have avoided soy products, too. But just the opposite is now known to be true. Here’s the backstory. It turns out that the breast tumors themselves produce […]

Goodbye to the Wild Wild Web? What started out as its own world has now become an integral part of day-to-day life for most people. The internet is no longer merely a platform; many people live their lives in its realms. This shift has taken place rapidly but subtly so that only recently have media […]

Dairy Consumption Linked to Obesity It’s frightening that over one-third of American adults are obese. But even more frightening are the statistics showing that an increasing number of children suffer from obesity. While several societal factors are at play, the USDA Dietary Guidelines on dairy may not be helping, as a 2012 literature review has […]

Harvard Professor Blasts Homeschooling Harvard law professor Elizabeth Bartholet recently spoke out against homeschooling, suggesting that a presumptive ban should be placed on the practice to ensure greater governmental regulation. In an interview with The Harvard Gazette, she accused homeschooling parents of raising their children in conservative belief systems shielded from other viewpoints. “Many homeschooling parents […]

Why Hand Washing Really Could Slow Down an Epidemic Still harboring secret doubts that something as simple as washing your hands could significantly impact the spread of a pandemic? New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will make you think again. Epidemiologists know that the primary way that disease spreads globally is through […]