Trying to stick to a diet? You may want to avoid eating out with friends, say scientists who found that the temptation to overeat is stronger in social settings such as restaurants. Researchers from University of Pittsburgh in the US, used smartphones and a custom-developed application to capture data of 150 dieters, 90 per cent …
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March 8, 2017Poor eating habits, unhealthy working conditions, stress and irregular sleep led to 71 cases of cardiac arrest among BSF personnel in 2016 — or six deaths a month, officials say. In comparison, only 18 Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were killed last year in cross-border attacks by terrorists, the officials told. Although controlled by the …
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February 15, 2017Poor eating habits, unhealthy working conditions, stress and irregular sleep led to 71 cases of cardiac arrest among BSF personnel in 2016 — or six deaths a month, officials say. In comparison, only 18 Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were killed last year in cross-border attacks by terrorists, the officials told. Although controlled by the …
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February 15, 2017Regular exercise and a healthy diet consisting of fruits, vegetables and the right amount of protein may help lessen damage to the heart and skeletal muscles brought on by malaria, a new study has claimed. Each year, malaria afflicts over 500 million people in scores of countries around the world, killing more than 400,000, according …
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January 14, 2017Regular exercise and a healthy diet consisting of fruits, vegetables and the right amount of protein may help lessen damage to the heart and skeletal muscles brought on by malaria, a new study has claimed. Each year, malaria afflicts over 500 million people in scores of countries around the world, killing more than 400,000, according …
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January 14, 2017Dietary combination of protein and carbohydrate may help promote good gut health as such a diet encourages cooperation between ourselves and bacteria in our gut, suggests new research. “There are many different diet strategies that claim to promote gut health, and until now it has been very difficult to establish clear causality between various types …
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November 27, 2016