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  • Eating These Foods Will Give You a Sexy Bronze Tan

    Eating These Foods Will Give You a Sexy Bronze Tan

    Twenty percent of Americans have or will develop some kind of skin cancer. Sun exposure is the major cause of skin cancer — but does playing safe and staying out of the sun mean you can’t ever have that sexy bronze tan? Nope! All you need to do is eat these veggies and that bronze tan will naturally be yours.

    The secret is in the carotenoids. Carotenoids are antioxidants which protect your cells from oxidative damage. According to the National Institutes of Health, carotenoids decrease your risk for many diseases, including cancer and opthalmologic diseases. The magic happens when you eat enough of these miraculous compounds, which get stored in the fat close to your skin’s surface — giving your skin a healthy bronze glow.

    In fact, studies involving university students supplementing their daily diets with extra servings of beta-carotene-rich foods experienced increased skin pigmentation (tanning) after a few months. These are some of the foods that do the trick:

    Carrots, Tomatoes, Cantaloupe, and Sweet Potatoes. Sweet potatoes, cantaloupes, and carrots are rich in carotenes.

    Spinach and Kale. Dark leafy greens like kale and spinach are rich in beta-carotene.

    Salmon or Astaxanthin Supplement. The carotenoid astaxanthin is responsible for salmon’s pink color. It’s such a strong carotenoid that it provides more UV protection than vitamins C, E and CoQ10. Consuming a concentrated astaxanthin supplement will quicken your skin’s bronzing, over time, and protect you from the sun’s UV rays – like a natural sunscreen.




    Of course, unlike spray tanning or a day at the beach, this healthy, safe tanning method won’t deliver results overnight. But you can have your sexy, bronze tan without the risk of developing skin cancer just by eating carotenoid-rich foods.

  • Why Outdoor Aerobics Trumps Your Expensive Home Gym

    Why Outdoor Aerobics Trumps Your Expensive Home Gym

    Science and medicine switch between opposing opinions when it comes to many things. Eggs were deemed bad not more than 40 decades ago, but now, physicians regard eggs as one of the best nutritional sources. The importance of exercise has withstood the test of time, and physicians still recommend people do it on a daily or weekly basis. But now, scientists and doctors are saying outdoor aerobics might be the best kind of exercise.

    According to Harvard University, regular physical activity reduces your risk of strokes, diabetes, and heart ailments. In fact, each hour of brisk walking you do leads to a 34 percent decreased risk of diabetes. Harvard also finds that aerobic exercises, such as walking, hiking, or running, improve your intelligence and memory. Routinely performing these activities enlarges the hippocampus, which is largely responsible for your learning and verbal memory. Unfortunately, exercises that focus on toning your muscles, increasing strength (like weight lifting), or improving balance, don’t have the same benefits.

    Doing your aerobics outdoors offers more health benefits than doing them at the gym. Your skin’s exposure to sunlight causes Vitamin D catalysis; indoor lights do not. Spending time in nature also increases your attention span. Children exhibiting ADHD have longer attention spans subsequent to spending some time in nature. Being surrounded by nature will lessen your anxieties and such stresses as fear and anger, while simultaneously boosting feelings like joy, love, and gratitude. A study showed that 95 percent of subjects feeling sad, nervous, or stressed felt peaceful and equilibrated after being immersed in nature. Spending time in nature is correlated with having better moods, becoming invigorated, feeling meaningful, and experiencing better psychological health.

    Running, walking, or hiking in nature also betters your physical well being. A University of Minnesota article states that physically being surrounded by nature lowers stress hormone levels such as cortisol, which in chronic, elevated levels has been found to atrophy the hippocampus. Spending time in nature also lowers “blood pressure, heart rate, [and overall] muscle tension….” It also is believed to increase longevity, and is said to raise pain tolerance. A famous study found that patients immersed in nature were more resilient to pain and had shorter in-patient hospital stays.

    So if you’re not much into exercising, or don’t have the time for it, choose outdoor aerobics over indoor strength training. You’ll be exercising both your heart and your brain. And do yourself a favor and go outside for a jog. You’ll save on the electricity your digital treadmill would have spent, while getting the emotional and mental benefits nature is there to provide.

  • Having Worry-free Beach Fun: How to Avoid Jellyfish and Treat Stings

    Having Worry-free Beach Fun: How to Avoid Jellyfish and Treat Stings

    When you think of fatally poisonous animals, surely large snakes and black spiders with bad tattoos flash through your mind. However, did you know that the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, is in the top 10 of earth’s most venomous creatures? Its venom can kill a person within 15 minutes. A swarm of them almost stopped pro swimmer Diana Nyad from completing her swim from Florida to Cuba. Even if you don’t swim near the Indo-Pacific waters, be aware of balloon-like objects in the water around you when going to the beach this summer.

    Avoiding jellyfish and protecting yourself from being stung

    You can reduce your risk of getting stung by jellyfish if you swim at beaches manned by lifeguards. Lifeguards often raise a purple flag or verbally announce warnings when jellyfish are present in the immediate surrounding waters.

    Most jellyfish, except for the box jellyfish, are immobile and simply float in the sea carried by waves and the wind. Out of abundance of precaution, don’t swim if the wind is blowing from the sea toward the shore since there’s a higher likelihood that jellyfish are being carried toward the shore.

    While swimming, stay a few yards away from balloon-like transparent objects near the surface of the water. Jellyfish tentacles, which house their stinger cells (nematocysts), are long and can extend many feet away from their main balloon-like body.

    Full-body swimsuits can protect you from most jellyfish stings. However, Portuguese man o’war’s stingers can penetrate rubber suits. Special topical sprays can prevent nematocysts from firing when making contact with your skin — Diana Nyad used one of these to successfully protect her bare skin from box jellyfish during her Florida-Cuba swim.




    What to do if you’ve been stung

    Jellyfish stings leave a painful, burning, stinging sensation. Don’t follow your initial reaction to run cold freshwater over the wound. Jellyfish are native to the sea, and their nematocysts are comfortable in seawater. Any nematocysts on your skin which haven’t fired their stingers might fire them if bombarded with shocking, unfamiliar freshwater. Wash the wound with seawater instead, then flush and soak it profusely with vinegar, isopropyl alcohol, or other disinfecting agent for 10 minutes.

    After killing the nematocysts with disinfectant, remove any jellyfish tentacles still on your skin. Don’t try to remove them with bare hands before disinfecting since any unfired nematocysts will simply sting your hands – but you’re best off using tweezers.

    Soak the wound in hot water for half an hour to relieve the pain. You can also use cold packs, papaya fruit paste, and citrus juice.

    If you’re allergic to jellyfish venom, have epinephrine shots and antihistamines available. Get emergency medical help immediately if you start experiencing difficulty breathing, extreme inflammation, or other signs of severe allergic reaction.

    Don’t let jellyfish ruin your summertime beach fun. Avoid getting painful stings by staying away from balloon-like objects in the water and not swimming when you see the lifeguard’s purple flags or when you see that the wind blowing from sea to shore. If you do get stung, treat the wound with seawater and vinegar, not tap water!

  • Mercury Poisoning: How You Can Eat Seafood Worry-free

    Mercury Poisoning: How You Can Eat Seafood Worry-free

    If you eat seafood frequently, you should consider upping your selenium intake. Most seafood is contaminated by mercury from commercial waste or has naturally absorbed it from its environment. Not only can selenium counteract mercury poisoning, but it’s also important for certain bodily functions. Increase your selenium intake by eating seafood containing high levels of selenium, or take a daily supplement.

    The National Resources Defense Council lists seafood by mercury content. Although the lowest mercury seafood category seems to contain harmless levels of mercury, recent research discovered that bodily mercury levels deemed safe can cause autoimmune diseases which are among the top 10 causes of death for women.

    The good news is, since mercury is attracted to the selenium in your body, the selenium neutralizes mercury by binding to it. Your body normally uses selenium to produce antioxidant enzymes, which aid in preventing cancer and heart disease, support your immune system, and regulate thyroid function. But when too much of your selenium is tied up with mercury, your body won’t have enough left to produce your daily amount of antioxidant enzymes.




    Selenium deprivation could lead to serious health problems. Studies involving rodents deprived of all their selenium via intentional mercury poisoning experienced thyroid hormone disruption. Newborn rodents experiencing thyroid hormone disruption developed permanent neurological damage.

    How can you increase your daily selenium intake? You can eat selenium-rich seafoods like young albacore tuna (63 mcg per 3-ounce serving) and cod fish (32 mcg per 3-ounce serving). The adult recommended selenium dosage is only 55 mcg, but keep in mind that selenium-rich seafood contain mercury too, so you’ll end up with less selenium.

    The purest selenium source you can take daily is through a supplement. These are relatively inexpensive, but experts debate their efficacy in raising blood selenium levels. Some studies show that eating just two Brazil nuts daily raises blood selenium levels by 5 to 10 percent more than a selenium supplement.

    Given these studies, Brazil nuts are an equally good and far cheaper source of selenium (approximately 544 mcg per 1-ounce serving) than are supplements. They’re even safer to eat than selenium-rich seafood, since they aren’t usually contaminated with mercury.

    Seafood lovers beware: safe low levels of mercury (like those in seafood) can still cause autoimmune disorders. You can protect yourself by increasing your selenium intake via eating selenium-rich seafood, Brazil nuts, or a daily supplement.

  • Rock Climbing: The All-In-One Workout

    Rock Climbing: The All-In-One Workout

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    Consider going rock climbing this summer while the weather’s still warm. Rock climbing is gaining in popularity with more than 9 million current active rock climbers in the U.S. alone. It’s a holistically superior alternative to aerobic exercise due to its efficient calorie-burning, strength-building, and social bonding benefits. It also sharpens your mind while you exercise. Unbeknown to many, rock climbing is an entry-level activity – physically fit or not, anyone can start doing it!

    Rock climbing doesn’t require superior upper body strength. Surprisingly, a sharp mind is far more necessary than buff upper arms. Your decisive footholds and overall technique are what determine how successful of a rock climber you are. Unlike monotonous treadmill running or weight lifting, rock climbing challenges your mind.

    Rock climbing forces you to keep your attention sharp since you must routinely plan two moves ahead before even physically securing your next position. You’re constantly trying to figure out which subsequent grabs and footholds will lead you to an overall efficient path to the top, so you’re constantly exercising your problem-solving neural pathways. Since your mind is distracted throughout the workout, exercising becomes more enjoyable and challenging.

    Just like most exercises, rock climbing reduces stress. Moreover, research shows that if you’re a frequent rock climber, you’ll have more positive moods overall and instances of depression will decrease. And if that’s not enough, research also shows that rock climbing can be a natural painkiller if you lose yourself to the flow – in these moments, any pain is blocked, replaced by euphoria.

    Unlike most exercises, rock climbing improves your self-esteem, motivation, and self-confidence. Professional rock climbers testify that the activity empowers them by forcing them to overcome their fears. Who wouldn’t feel a sense of great achievement when they get to the top of a 1,000-foot tall cliff?

    Now as far as physical benefits go, rock climbing is actually more efficient at losing weight and toning your muscles than most other exercises. Studies show that rock climbing is equivalent to running at approximately 7.5 miles per hour or taking 244 steps per minute. On average, a 155-pound person burns approximately 350 calories each half hour of rock climbing. These numbers only increase depending on your climbing speed and the difficulty of the terrain involved. In fact, if you climb continuously, taking few breaks, rock climbing becomes a full body aerobic workout.

    Rock climbing also strengthens and tones diverse groups of your muscles. Most of your major muscles (legs, back, shoulders, forearms) are being used when you balance and commandeer your next positions, so their endurance and strength are improved. Besides better muscle definition, frequent rock climbers have low body fat percentages, low body mass indices, and improved handgrip strengths. Rock climbing also improves your flexibility and bendability, making you more agile.

    Best of all, according to the CDC, you only need about one or two-and-a-half hours each week of rock climbing to significantly reduce your risk of developing hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.

    Unlike most aerobic or strength-building exercises, rock climbing isn’t solo! Although not required, you’d be crazy not to have a belayer, who supports and manages your ropework while you climb, since they make sure you’re okay and literally won’t leave you hanging in case you get into trouble. Most indoor gym rock climbers belay each other, creating special social bonds since you’re all placing your safety in each other’s hands. Since you’re all rock climbers, you can exchange techniques and routes to the top, as well as share ideas.

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    If you’re a busy corporate person, or just hate exercising – rock climbing is right up your alley. It’s a complete cardio and strength and endurance workout! It also sharpens your mind and keeps the boredom and monotony away so you won’t feel the burn. Take off your coat and tie and spend just a little over two hours a week scaling rocks, and you’ll have a better looking bod and a healthier heart. And while rock climbing, you can network with others while doing your workout, possibly meeting potential business partners and great friends!

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  • 4 Healthy Foods That Are Also Antibiotics

    4 Healthy Foods That Are Also Antibiotics

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    Medicinal antibiotics are often expensive and have potentially harmful side effects. If you have a mild bacterial, fungal, or viral infection try taking some natural pathogen-fighting foods first before seeing your doctor.

    Many healthy foods have antibiotic, antifungal, and antiviral properties. They’ve been used in traditional medicine to treat assortments of illnesses and current medical research proves their pathogen-fighting efficacy. If you have a mild infection try taking these foods:

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    Vinegar

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    Vinegar’s acetic acid kills bacteria, fungi, and even some viruses. Use it as a disinfectant by applying it to wounds.

    Dilute vinegar with water and drink it thrice daily. This prevents fungal overgrowths (like candida) in your gastrointestinal tracts and kills any bad bacteria thriving in your stomach and small intestines – this is especially handy when you have an upset stomach.

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    Oregano

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    According to the Scientific American, oregano oil effectively kills the norovirus — proving its antiviral properties. However, researchers say it’s more effective topically than internally.

    Either way, it’s a great alternative to sanitizing agents such as bleach since it’s neither nontoxic nor noxious.

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    Manuka Honey

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    Produced by native New Zealand bees, manuka honey is a miraculous traditional medicine. It contains high concentrations of methylglyoxal which is responsible for its antibacterial properties.

    WebMD recommends that you use manuka honey topically to sterilize and treat wounds and burns. However, they also state that it can be used to prevent and treat cancer; reduce high cholesterol, treat inflammation, treat diabetes, treat nose, eye and ear infections; and prevent and treat digestive diseases (like inflammatory bowel disease).

    Recent studies show that manuka honey also prevents and fights gingivitis and other periodontal diseases via reducing plaque buildup.

    Best of all, manuka honey is — honey! It’s sweet and tasty and goes great on foods most honey complements well!

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    Pumpkin seeds have been used since ancient times in traditional Chinese medicine to expel parasites from the body. It’s also an antifungal, anticarcinogen, antiviral; and lowers bad cholesterol.

    Pumpkin seeds go well with most foods, including salads and desserts.

    Doctors visits can be expensive, and so can antibiotics. Try taking these natural pathogen-fighting foods first, then go see your physician if your infection doesn’t go away.

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  • Hate Fish? No Problem, Eat a Cup of Walnuts Instead!

    Hate Fish? No Problem, Eat a Cup of Walnuts Instead!

    If you’re trying out a vegetarian diet to lose weight, you’re probably worried about meeting your daily protein requirements. Nut milks are a popular protein source for vegetarians. However, walnuts stand out amongst other nuts due to their omega-3 fatty acid content.

    Omega-3 fatty acids raise your good cholesterol and lower your bad cholesterol. They also decrease your risk for cardiovascular disease by 40 percent and lower your risk for cancer. These essential fats also prevent Alzheimer’s, arthritis, and retinal degeneration. For children, omega-3 fatty acids significantly support eye and brain development; 9-month-old infants experienced significant increases in problem-solving skills subsequent to being fed a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids.

    Seafood is the predominant dietary source for omega-3 fatty acids. Hence, vegetarians and people who hate eating fish are at risk of lacking their daily recommended dose of these essential fats. Fortunately, just one cup of walnuts bestows approximately 10 grams of omega-3 fatty acids, which is greater than the recommended daily dose.

    Aside from omega-3 fatty acids, walnuts also contain antioxidants and other nutrients. Its antioxidants include tellimagrandin, morin, and juglone, which have been shown to prevent liver damage and inhibit atherosclerosis. They bind well to lipoproteins, so they improve your body’s fat efficiency without causing weight gain, and also reduce any inflammation.

    Walnuts also contain ellagic acid, which has antibiotic and antiviral properties. Ellagic acid has been recognized by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to have anticarcinogenic properties as well. In fact, studies show that mice that have had their diets supplemented with walnuts experienced smaller, slower-growing prostrate tumors, with an overall 30 to 40 percent decrease in prostrate cancer. There’s also evidence that eating walnuts reduces breast cancer risk as well.

    Walnuts’ nutrients also have weight-loss properties. A study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that despite consuming a daily diet containing 2,000 calories, subjects experienced a drop in blood sugar levels and weight loss when walnuts were supplemented into their diet.




    Finally, eating walnuts improves your sexual and reproductive health. American guys who consumed typical Western diets experienced improved sperm vitality, motility, morphology, and overall quality when 75 grams of walnuts were added to their diet.

    When choosing walnuts at the store try to purchase organic and raw walnuts as opposed to irradiated or pasteurized. Also, 90 percent of walnuts’ aforementioned antioxidants are contained in the walnuts’ skin. Hence, despite the skin’s bitter taste, make sure to eat it!

    Eating a cup of walnuts each day can be hard on your teeth and less than enjoyable. But you can always blend your walnuts into a smooth nut milk.

    Vegetarians and people who hate seafood are at risk of not getting enough omega-3 fatty acids. In addition to being a great source of these essential fatty acids, walnuts promote weight loss and healthier sperm, and have anticarcinogenic and antibiotic properties as well. Don’t forget to consume the skin, or you’ll only be getting 10 percent of these benefits.

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

    From all of us at Med Health News — We wish you a happy 2016!

    We hope you continue in good health and high spirits. We’ll strive to bring you the latest health news to enrich your lifestyle and lengthen your longevity!