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If you’re a regular treadmill-at-thegym runner, you might want to consider taking your runs outdoors. A study by the National Institutes of Health found that people could burn up to 7% more calories in the cold. The idea of heading outdoors in winter isn’t always appealing but if you’re burning more calories while doing so, it might just be worth it.
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THE FACTS ABOUT QUINOA
Did you know that quinoa is often mistaken as a grain? The common substitute for rice confusingly means ‘mother grain’ in the Incan language but is actually a seed native to Peru. Another little-known fact is that quinoa is related to beets, chard and spinach. There are 1 800 types of the seed, and they can be found in a variety of colours. Next time you’re in the quinoa isle, go for the red variety, as it contains more nutrients than the paler colours.
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THE LATEST HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEWS. BY MELISSA ATTRIDGE AND JOCELYN STIEBEL
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E Y E S PY An artificial retina made of organic ink and gold may one day be able to restore vision. The paperthin device is made up of organic crystal pigments, and when layered in a particular geometry has the ability to absorb and convert light in the same way that photoreceptors can, resulting in restored vision. This will hopefully be the answer to genetic eye diseases and age-related muscular degeneration in which only the photoreceptors of the eyes are lost, while the other neurons necessary for sight remain in tact.
New studies show that ditching the office chair in favour of standing up for the majority of the day may help to preserve memory in adults. Researchers found the part of the brain critical for optimal memory functioning, the medial temporal lobe, was impaired after long stretches of sedentary behaviour. Participants in the study sat for between three and seven hours, and after each passing hour their brains showed signs of thinning – a precursor to cognitive decline and dementia.
CAN YOUR DIET AFFECT MENOPAUSE?
A diet rich in fish and legumes may help to delay the natural onset of menopause, while a high intake of refined carbs may hasten it, suggests the first UK study of its kind. The study involved more than 35 000 women aged between 35 and 69. The average age of reaching menopause was 51, and certain foods seemed to be associated with its timing. Each additional daily portion of refined carbs – specifically pasta and rice – was associated with reaching menopause one and a half years earlier, while each additional portion of oily fish and fresh legumes (eg. peas, beans) was associated with a delay of more than three years.
WATER WORKS
Struggling to drink the recommended eight glasses of water a day? Reach for daily snacks consisting of water-dense fruits and vegetables to increase your water intake. Cucumbers top the charts at 96.7% water content. Iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, watermelon, strawberries and melon are also water rich.
NEW PILL COULD DETECT BREAST CANCER About a third of breast cancer patients who undergo surgery or chemotherapy have tumours that are benign or grow so slowly that they would never have become life threatening. A new pill could help doctors distinguish between benign and aggressive breast cancer tumours by making the tumours light up when exposed to infrared light.
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