Unhealthy Lifestyle Impairs Brain Skills

Neurology , medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology and was co-authored by researchers at University of California in the United States. The analysis involved 1,352 people who did not have any mental problems and who were mean age 54 years. They were then subjected to several tests that diagnosed excessive weight, high blood pressure, diabetes and high levels of bad cholesterol (LDL). In addition, all participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging for a period of one decade. The results showed that participants with high blood pressure developed small lesions in the cerebral blood vessels with a velocity greater than those with blood pressure normal. As they aged, patients with high blood pressure also scored lower on planning and decision-making tests. Participants with diabetes in middle age, on the other hand, had a loss of brain volume at a faster rate than of people without the disease, as well as smokers. People with obesity, on the other hand, were more likely to fit into the 25 percent with the slowest rate of planning and decision making. The researchers say the findings strengthen the idea that it is essential to lead a healthy life to live longer is better. In addition, the relationship with the middle age period will encourage people to act earlier.

Healthy lifestyle reduces risks of chronic diseases

The combination of four factors of a healthy lifestyle, such as no smoking , maintain optimal body weight, engage in regular physical activity and follow a healthy diet, is able to reduce the risk of the most common and life-threatening chronic diseases by 80 percent, according to a study published in the September 9 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.

More than 23,000 Germans between the ages of 35 and 65 were assessed for adherence of these four healthy factors and followed up for about eight years. A body mass index lower than 30 was considered the ideal weight; physical activity of at least three and a half hours per week was considered regular activity; a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and with limited meat consumption was considered a healthy diet; The habit of not smoking meant never having smoked. Most of the participants had one to three healthy factors, less than 4% had no healthy factor, and 9% had all four factors.

During the study, 3.7% of participants had diabetes, 3.8% of cancer, 0.9% had a heart attack and 0.8% had a stroke. Individuals with all four healthy factors had a 78% lower risk of presenting any of these diseases when compared to those without any of the factors. The presence of the four factors reduced the risk of diabetes by 93%, the risk of heart attack by 81%, the risk of stroke by 50%, and cancer by 36%. Of the four factors, staying at ideal weight was the most powerful, followed by cigarette smoking, regular physical activity and a healthy diet.

Lifestyle x aging

The results reinforce current recommendations for people to seek integrate into their lives these healthy habits, for their power to prevent disease is gigantic. In addition, this healthy lifestyle should already be strongly stimulated in childhood, because acquiring good habits is just like learning a foreign language: big people have more difficulty.

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Consumer News - passive smoking and periodontal disease

It has been clear for years that smokers have a higher risk of periodontal disease, but research now shows that secondhand smoke may also increase this risk. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill using data from another study that included 2,379 nonsmokers aged 53-74 years, concluded that exposure to secondhand smoke for a few hours a day can double the risk of a person having periodontal disease.

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Anvisa prohibits the sale of tomato sauce with rodent hair of five brands

On Thursday (28), the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) banned the sale and distribution of the extract and tomato sauce of five brands: Amorita, Predilecta, Aro and Elefante and Pomarola. In the food analysis, foreign matter was detected indicative of risk to human health, above the limit tolerated by legislation.

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