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When you wake:Medications for thyroid (Synthroid) and osteoporosis (Boniva, Fosamax). Take these about half an hour before breakfast, says Prevention advisory board member Jennifer Reinhold, PharmD, and wait 2 hours before taking supplements, which make these drugs less effective. With lunch:Calcium and magnesium. Break up calcium intake into doses of 500 mg or less, because that’s all your body can use at once, says Heather Mangieri, RD, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics....

Ab fat carries some pretty big health risks: The larger your waist circumference, the higher your odds of chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. With this in mind, the research team set out to discover how different types of physical activity change a person’s body weight and waist circumference over time, especially for older adults, who tend to lose muscle mass and gain fat with age. They accessed data on 10,500 men age 40 and older collected during a previous 12-year study....

For the study, University of California, San Francisco and Duke University researchers looked at the health records of 3,406 women over age 40 who had completed surveys about their vision and reproductive health as part of a larger Centers for Disease Control survey from 2005-2008. They found that the women who were on the pill for three or more years were twice as likely to report being diagnosed with glaucoma than women who were on the pill for fewer than three years or who didn’t take oral contraceptives at all....

Habitat destruction caused by environmental disaster, overfishing of certain species to near extinction and rampant water pollution from agriculture runoff have left our oceans and their inhabitants facing a survival crisis today and – if we are not careful – a crisis that is sure to grow exponentially far, far into the future. Fish lovers everywhere are faced with a quandary – how to select fish that is part of a healthy diet AND a good choice for the environment?...

It’s nacho ordinary morning dish (sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves), but breakfast nachos are seriously having a moment. It seems food lovers everywhere are cooking eggs sunny side up and serving them over tortilla chips. The dish is simple to make: While your chips (or chip alternative; see link below) and toppings are baking in the oven at 350°F, cook eggs sunny side up over a medium flame. After the nachos have spent about 10 minutes in the oven, top them with the eggs, spread around the yolk, and dig in....

Columbia University neuroscientists discovered our brains send sensory information to two independent regions, completely changing the way we believe our brain processes key functions like sight, sound, and decision-making. Researchers used rat whiskers, which operate much like human fingers, to study the flow and destinations of sensory signals. It was previously believed that when you do something like touch a tennis racket, that sense’s signal was processed through the brain’s thalamus (the “middle man”) and distributed to the six layers of your brain’s cortex in a serial fashion—much like a computer....

When you think of a person with their arm in a cast, chances are you envision a pre-teen boy who hurt himself pulling a risky stunt while, say, skateboarding or climbing a tree. However, you may be seeing more of your peers donning a splint. Half of the arm breaks treated in ER were for proximal humerus fractures, or injuries near the top of the bone that are often linked to falls—and the highest number of these breaks have been seen in men and women age 45 and older, according to a new study in Arthritis Care & Research....

Take a peek inside your pantry. How many half-eaten packages of pasta are there? Can you remember why exactly you bought that family-size box of barley groats and the gallon can of chicken stock? Are you afraid to open it because then, of course, you’ll use maybe half a cup, and the can is too big to fit into the fridge or the freezer? Now think about your family: How do they eat?...

What folk medicine says Herbalists in the Middle Ages used butterbur’s roots to treat fevers and plague. Seventeenth-century medical literature cites its use for headaches, asthma, allergies, and coughs. What we know Research suggests that the plant contains compounds that prevent blood vessel inflammation—a possible migraine trigger. In a 2000 study, German researchers gave 58 migraine sufferers either 50 mg of butterbur extract or placebo pills twice a day. After 3 months, the butterbur takers had approximately 50% fewer migraines; the placebo group saw about a 10% decrease....

QUESTION: Miranda Kerr reportedly uses apple cider vinegar on her salads to stay slim, while Megan Fox mixes it with water to “clean out her system,” according to The Daily Mail. So can apple cider vinegar actually help you lose weight? ANSWER: In short, no. Apple cider vinegar should not be considered a weight-loss aid, says Jaclyn London, MS, RD, a senior dietician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City....

Prevention: With 2800 miles in an electric vehicle (EV) under your belt, you must have a good idea of who an EV could work for—do tell. Adams: EVs are commuter cars. They get 80 to 100 miles per charge, which is overwhelmingly more than most people drive every day. Gas cars are most efficient at 55mph, so town drivers don’t really get the full efficiency out of their cars. 7 Ways To Fix A Crappy Commute [sidebar]Prevention: Are EVs cost-efficient?...

Researchers used signaling molecules to activate immune cells called macrophages that live in the unhealthy white fat tissue of mice. When the macrophages were activated, some of that white fat tissue converted to brown fat, causing the mice to burn up to 12% more energy and lose weight without moving more or eating less. (For an adult human eating 2,000 calories a day, that’s equivalent to slightly more than 200 calories....

[sidebar]Pesto Chicken Bake SERVINGS: 4 2½ lbs bone-in, skinless chicken thighs1½ lbs baby potatoes (red or Yukon Gold)1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes½ c Jarred pesto sauce (we used Classico) IN a large roasting pan, mix chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, pesto, 2 tablespoons water, 2 teaspoons olive oil, and salt and pepper. BAKE 45 minutes at 425°F, then serve. NUTRITION (per serving) 519 cal, 42 g pro, 34 g carb, 5 g fiber, 4 g sugars, 23....

Bonus: Exercising during breaks cuts down on snacking. This workout is great for beginners, but it’s also good for exercisers of every level, since extra bouts of activity throughout the day help to keep your metabolism revved, says Prevention’s fitness advisor Wayne L. Westcott, PhD, of Quincy, MA. Do 10 to 15 repetitions of each exercise, followed by the aerobic component, until the show starts. Break 1 Couch Pushups (chest, back of arms) Facing a couch, kneel on the floor about 2 feet away from it....

I was deep into caffeine withdrawal without my tea—black in the morning, iced in the afternoon—and I was achy, spacey, and irritable. Robb, on the other hand, was crowing about how good he felt despite giving up his coffee habit. Things got worse when he read me a note from the woman who was orchestrating our cleanse: “She says, ‘Sometimes the worse it feels, the more you needed this cleanse....

To come to their conclusion that more pieces can lead to eating less, researchers from Arizona State University started with rats. They presented the rodents with two food options: a single 300 mg food pellet or ten 30 mg pellets. Sure enough, the animals went for the meal that gave them more pieces, even though the amount of food was the same. More from Prevention.com: 16 Simple Ways To Eat Less And the same held true for two-legged test subjects....

Size Does Matter title: “Dark Chocolate And Antioxidants Prevention” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-30” author: “Marie Wendte” Dove Dark, made by Mars, Inc., contains Cocoapro cocoa, a proprietary, specially processed cocoa that contains superhigh levels of flavanols—so high that Dove Dark is used in medical research. “Cocoa is rich in antioxidant flavonoids called flavanols, which include procyanidins, epicatechins, and catechins,” explains Harold Schmitz, PhD, director of science at Mars, Inc. Studies have shown that people with high blood levels of flavonoids have lower risk of heart disease, lung cancer, prostate cancer, asthma, and type 2 diabetes....

SHOPPING LIST4 bunches broccoli1 sm head garlic½ lb sm shrimp1 oz low sodium lean cooked hamCornstarchCanola oil1 can (14.5 oz) low sodium chicken broth4 oz rice flour noodlesRice wine vinegarReduced sodium soy sauceOyster sauceChile paste*1 sm pkg frozen peasOrange juice1% milk2 oz reduced fatMonterey Jack cheese1 dozen lg eggs *Sold in the ethnic food section of supermarkets 1. Make This First: Wok Seared Broccoli SOAK noodles in bowl of hot water 10 minutes....

If you haven’t had a smoothie bowl yet, we’d like to know what rock you’ve been living under for the last year (because that’s maybe where all of you who have never had rabbit are also hiding). The trend is huge and insanely delicious—and an easy way to get a fast breakfast full of whole foods. Best of all, this vegan, raw cacao and berry smoothie bowl makes eating chocolate at 8 a....