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Study: Fruits & Veggies Make You Happy!

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University of Warwick research indicates that eating more fruit and vegetables can substantially increase people’s later happiness levels. Published in the prestigious American Journal of Public Health, the study is one of the first major scientific attempts to explore psychological well-being beyond the traditional finding that fruit and vegetables can reduce risk of cancer and […]

Hundreds of Tons of Roudup Used on Public Wild Lands

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There’s a general perception that when in the “wild,” on public or federal lands, the land is more pure and safe from chemical pollutants like the widely-used Monsanto herbicide Roudup. A new study University of Montana researchers are giving the public its first look at the widespread use of herbicides on federal and tribal land […]

Too Little, Too Much Sleep Causes Inflammation

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A new meta-analysis in Biological Psychiatry reports that sleep disturbances and long sleep duration are associated with increases in markers of inflammation. “It is important to highlight that both too much and too little sleep appears to be associated with inflammation, a process that contributes to depression as well as many medical illnesses,” said Dr. […]

Study Says Pasta is Not Fattening

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A study conducted by the Department of Epidemiology, I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed in Pozzilli, Italy says pasta consumption is actually associated with a reduced likelihood of both general and abdominal obesity. The research, published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes, examined over 23,000 people recruited in two large epidemiological studies: Moli-sani and INHES (Italian Nutrition & Health Survey), […]

Drinking Aloe Vera Juice May Help with Diabetes

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A meta-analysis of studies posted this month in the The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine says people with diabetes and pre-diabetes may benefit from drinking aloe vera juice or taking powdered extracts. Oral administration of the prized desert plant was associated with significant decreases in both fasting blood glucose (FBG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). The data indicate that people […]