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Ten best foods?

Q. Do you have a list of “nutritional all-stars” — foods you consider the healthiest? Thanks!
A. Lists of “superfoods” are certainly popular. Just google the phrase “top 10 foods” and you’ll find a slew of (different) answers to this question. There’s a number of “Superfood” books and even cookbooks with recipes featuring the 10 […]

Honey ‘could counter the effects of ageing’

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Honey could help counter the effects of ageing and decrease anxiety, according to a study.
Scientists found a diet sweetened with honey improved memory and reduced anxiety.
Lynne Chepulis and Nicola Starkey at the University of Waikato in New Zealand conducted their tests on rats.
They raised them on diets of 10 per cent […]

Personal Best : Sleep After Hard Workouts? You Must Be Dreaming

WHEN Jennifer Davis, my partner for long runs, was in college about 15 years ago, she had a real problem staying awake in her classes. The reason, she said, were those long, grueling workouts with the Dartmouth crew early in the day.
Those are the only memories I have of totally falling asleep in lectures, […]

U.N.: World must manage new health risks

GENEVA (AP) A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emerging diseases, the U.N. health agency said Thursday.
AIDS and 38 other new pathogens are afflicting mankind that were unknown a generation ago, the World Health Organization said.
Though advances […]

World Conservation Union adds to its list of species in peril

GENEVA: The redheaded vulture, a bird that thrived in South Asia feeding on the dead, is dying out.
The large, keen-eyed scavenger has become critically endangered, one step away from being globally extinct, according to the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species released Wednesday by the World Conservation Union.
The list said the western gorilla […]