Category: Healthy Life

Sugar And Its Natural Substitutes


Added sugar has been linked to many serious diseases, including obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Fortunately, there are many ways to sweeten foods without adding sugar. There are many natural sweeteners that people often use instead of sugar. These include coconut sugar, honey, maple syrup and molasses. While these natural sweeteners may contain more nutrients than regular sugar, your body still metabolizes them in the same way.

The natural sweeteners listed below are slightly ‘less bad’ than regular sugar. Nevertheless, they are still forms of sugar.

Why sugar is bad for you

Sugar interferes with your body’s hormones that regulate hunger and satiety. This can lead to increased calorie intake and weight gain. It also impairs your metabolism, which can lead to increased insulin and fat storage. In fact, many studies have found a strong link between sugar and obesity. Simply put, people who consume the most sugar are

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The Secret to a Happy, Healthy Life

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What makes a happy life? In some way, this feels like one of the most important questions a person can ask.

To look for answers, researchers from Harvard University have been following two very different groups of men for more than 80 years—268 Harvard graduates and 456 men who grew up in inner-city Boston. This is the longest-running study ever of human life. Researchers were particularly interested in the social and psychological factors that impact health and well-being later in life.

This year, the current study directors—Harvard Professor Robert Waldinger and Bryn Mawr Professor Marc Schulz—published a book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happinessto share what they’ve learned.

The biggest take-home message: Study participants who were happiest, stayed the healthiest, and lived the longest had the strongest and warmest relationships. Since then, other studies have come to similar conclusions. People with

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How To Lose The Extra Kilos In A Week


The biggest mistake we make when we make the decision to finally start this diet that can make our lives a little harder, is that we lean on things that end up bringing us the opposite results. What are we trying to say? A smart tip if you want to lose excess weight in a few days is not to frantically avoid sweets and carbohydrates, but to drop small “bad” habits. The idea is not to overdo it, which can also be a strong psychological burden for us, but to follow advice that will actually bring radical changes over time. In particular, if they are combined with regular exercise of 20-30 minutes, which increases your muscle mass, you will lose the extra kilos and the result will justify you.

Avoid excessive consumption of bread

Sure, the simple solution for those days when we don’t have the stamina to cook or

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The Harvard diet may be the standard for living a long and healthy life

You’ve almost certainly heard of the Mediterranean diet and the MyPlate method, but what about Harvard University’s Healthy Eating Plate?

Back in 2011, nutrition experts at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health worked alongside researchers at Harvard Health Publications to compile an eating plan for optimal health.

“In terms of major chronic diseases such as prevention of cardiovascular disease, different types of cancers [and] Type 2 diabetes, this way of eating is going to be helpful to prevent those diseases that are common in America, and the world,” says Lilian Cheung, lecturer of nutrition at Harvard’s school of public health.

Now that the topics of longevity and healthy aging are more popular than ever, people are looking for more ways to live longer, and the Harvard diet has found its way back into the news cycle.

What is the ‘Harvard diet’?

The Harvard diet is actually Harvard’s Healthy

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UK life expectancy is worse than all G7 countries except USA, analysis finds

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When it comes to life expectancy, the UK is falling down the global ranks, according to new analysis.

Researchers found that 70 years ago people in the UK had one of the longest life expectancies ratings in the world and it ranked 7th globally behind countries such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

The new analysis has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine and it states that in 2021, the UK was ranked 29th.

Global life expectancy ratings from 1952 to 2021 were examined by academics from the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The Northern Echo: UK life expectancy is slipping down global ranks according to new analysis

The Northern Echo: UK life expectancy is slipping down global ranks according to new analysis

UK life expectancy is slipping down global

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How Can We Stop Overthinking?


How many evenings have seemed endless due to the constant over-analyzing we do in our minds? If you belong to the category of “overthinkers”, you understand exactly what we mean. A simple and innocent thought can very easily become inflated and end up being a torture of our psychology. Most problems are created by ourselves in the first place, due to the fact that we often allow them to creep into us, focusing on the worst case scenario and not on their solution. This is how a person who analyzes everything functions. Except that in this case even an insignificant event is capable of turning it into a stressful situation.

Why is this happening to me?

It’s a question everyone asks themselves. In general, overthinking is considered common in most of us, as we tend to think about how a situation can develop, what emotions it will bring us, how

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Lemons – Nutritional Value And Benefits


Yellow and juicy, with sometimes sour and sometimes bitter-sweet taste, fresh aroma and amazing properties. Lemon, the fruit of the citrus family, is associated with many different uses in our everyday life, because it is not only used for cooking and desserts, but also as a disinfectant-cleanser, as an aromatic ingredient in beauty products and perfumes, and also as a therapeutic medicine. But are they really as beneficial as they are touted? The answer is yes and a lot of them.

The widespread use of lemons has led to confusion about their nutritional value, with many wellness techniques circulating around them, often without proper claims or recommendations. Below are the four most frequently asked questions about lemons with the best possible answer, according to nutritionists.

Four frequently asked questions about lemons

1. Is lemon water any good after all?

Adding lemon to water is a healthy way to flavor it

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    Five EastEnders spoilers: explosive exit and devastating baby news

    ONE resident outgrows Walford this week and heads across the pond for a new opportunity.

    Meanwhile, a couple gets another devastating baby bombshell. Get the lowdown on all the EastEnders drama.

    What does the future hold for Zack Hudson and Whitney Dean after the loss of their baby?

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    One EastEnder's secret is slowly coming to light

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    One EastEnder’s secret is slowly coming to lightcredits: BBC
    Suki Panesar strikes back against her husband

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    Suki Panesar strikes back against her husbandcredits: BBC
    She even puts herself in danger for her daughter Ash

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    She even puts herself in danger for her daughter Ashcredits: BBC

    1. Shock exit

    Actress Gurlaine Kaur Garcha is moving on to new projects, months after she came back to the Square following a previous absence.

    This week on BBC One, her on-screen alter ego Ash Panesar tells her father Nish (Navin Chowdhry) that she’s been re-offered a job in Canada – which she’d already missed out on.

    Meanwhile, her mother Suki (Balvinder Sopal) is trying

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    Home Chef Partners With Nationwide Healthy-Lifestyle Brands

    HomeChefa meal solutions subsidiary of The Kroger Co., and Life Timea healthy-lifestyle brand, are partnering to provide Life Time members access to the online meal delivery service.

    Life Time has more than 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. Thecompany‘s healthy-way-of-life communities and ecosystem addresses all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment. Supported by a team of more than 30,000 dedicated professionals, Chanhassen, Minn.-based Life Time said that‘s committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its clubs, athletic events and comprehensive digital platform.

    [Read more: “Home Chef Reveals Biggest Collab With Queen of Quick Meals”]

    Its exclusive multiyear relationship with Home Chef is Life Time’s first with a national meal kit brand and aims to bring a new level of ease to members’ everyday routines when it comes to planning hearty meals. As part of

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