Eating Less Red Meat Helps Your Heart

Red meat doesn’t have a good reputation when it comes to heart health. Foods like beef and steak are high in cholesterol, a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

So a new study found reducing your red meat intake even a …

Mediterranean Diet Helps Lower Breast Cancer Risk

The Mediterranean diet, native to countries like Greece and Italy, is rich in fruits, vegetables, wine, whole grains, beans, nuts, fish, and olive oil, but low in meat and dairy – so it is constantly being linked to better health, such as …

Chemicals in Hot Dogs May Raise Bladder Cancer Risk

Processed foods come in many forms; meat like hot dogs and cold cuts, canned vegetables preserved in salt, high-sodium frozen dinners, and even pasteurized milk.

Research has linked many of these foods, especially processed meat – like sausage and ham – to health …

Drinking Alcohol May Ease Arthritis Symptoms

Alcohol is hit or miss when it comes to health. Drinking too much can lead to health problems like cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes. But some research has shown moderate consumption of red wine may improve heart health.

And now a new …

Cashew Seed Extract May Help Diabetics

Cashew nuts have traveled the globe; native to Brazil but transplanted to India by the Portuguese in the 1560s and eventually imported from India to the United States in 1905.

And cashews, like a lot of nuts, are seen as high-nutrient foods. …

Obesity Causes Early Puberty in Girls

Officially called precocious puberty, early puberty is a condition where puberty in girls begins before age 8 and prior to age 9 for boys.

Puberty normally begins in girls between ages 8 and 12, and naturally in boys between the ages …