2017 discoveries that empower you to upgrade your health and happiness
With all the high-tech innovations in gene editing, immune therapy and 3-D printing of body parts that have made the news this past year, it’s easy to overlook the power of low-tech revelations that came along too. Revisiting those reaffirming
health and wellness news items will help make your 2018 a transformative year for your health and happiness.
You Are What You Don’t Eat … and More
From morning coffee to your last bite of the day, you can slash your risk for cancer, diabetes, depression, arthritis, headaches, heart disease and more by making smart choices.
In the What-to-Avoid Department:
A study published in Physiology & Behavior showed how opting for a low-fat diet and sliding into indulgences marketed as healthy, but crammed with sugar, can change your gut biome, ramp up inflammation and pack on pounds.
The study was reinforced by the recent revelation that for decades the sugar lobby worked to deflect attention from the major health risks associated with added sugar and syrups while blaming fats, when there’s plenty of blame all around for the polluted food supply and the current obesity epidemic.