Live Longer: Cut Your Calories by 30%.

Cutting calories could be the key to a longer life. Though Dr. Roy Walford made this claim more than 20 years ago, new research is confirming his findings.

The key to a longer life is all down to how much - or how little - we eat, according to a new study.

Scientists have revealed for the first time that cutting calories by about 30 per cent, while maintaining a nutritious diet, delays ageing in primates and could also add years of extra life to humans. Read more

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The Angioplasty Scam

Angioplasty is a huge business, but new heart research shows that exercise helps heart disease and increases survival rates more than angioplasty does.

At the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation meeting recently held in Barcelona, Spain, new heart research was presented that shows one treatment in particular can provide remarkable help for patients with certain forms of serious heart disease. It's not a new drug or surgical procedure. Instead, it's a natural therapy -- plain old-fashioned regular exercise. Read more

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Four Reasons To Avoid "Cancer Screening"

Does cancer screening really "save lives?" Dr. Julian Whitaker thinks it may do more harm than good.

Anne is a good patient. She sees her doctor for regular checkups, has yearly mammograms, Pap tests, and colon cancer screenings, and she even paid for a full-body CT scan out of her own pocket. She figures she's doing everything she can to make sure she doesn't get cancer.

Truth is, Anne is doing nothing to prevent cancer. Although cancer screening is billed as a preventive service that saves lives, the best it can do is detect disease in its early stages, when it is supposedly easier to treat. Nevertheless, every year millions of Americans dutifully line up for their screenings, completely unaware that they may be doing more harm than good.Anne is a good patient. She sees her doctor for regular checkups, has yearly mammograms, Pap tests, and colon cancer screenings, and she even paid for a full-body CT scan out of her own pocket. She figures she's doing everything she can to make sure she doesn't get cancer.

Truth is, Anne is doing nothing to prevent cancer. Although cancer screening is billed as a preventive service that saves lives, the best it can do is detect disease in its early stages, when it is supposedly easier to treat. Nevertheless, every year millions of Americans dutifully line up for their screenings, completely unaware that they may be doing more harm than good. Read more

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Want To Avoid Knee Surgery? Then try "Magic Shoes."

Want to avoid knee surgery? Then try "Magic Shoes," says David Jones.

As I approached the ninth green of a steeply sloping golf course on the Sussex Downs the other evening, something extraordinary happened.

To the astonishment of my two sons, who have watched me limp between holes with an ever-worsening grimace in recent years, I actually began running - quite effortlessly - towards my ball.

This was a minor miracle, although only my orthopaedic surgeon, who's been tinkering with my clapped-out footballer's knees for years, will know what I mean. Read more

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Coffee May Reverse Alzheimer's

Five cups of coffee daily may reverse Alzheimer's, and it's the caffeine that does the trick.

Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say.

The Florida research, carried out on mice, also suggested caffeine hampered the production of the protein plaques which are the hallmark of the disease.

Previous research has also suggested a protective effect from caffeine. Read more

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Eating Curry Weekly Could Prevent Dementia

Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The magic ingredient in curry is curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric.

Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a US researcher suggests.

The key ingredient is curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric.

Curcumin appears to prevent the spread of amyloid protein plaques - thought to cause dementia - in the brain. Read more

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Junk Food Triggers Human "Bliss Point"

Former FDA chief David Kessler claims in his new book The End of Overeating that snacks, cereals, and prepared meals devised by food scientists can act on the reward centers of the brain in the same way as tobacco. He argues that manufacturers are seeking to trigger a “bliss point” when people eat certain products, leaving them hungry for more. Though Kessler may be an inveterate nanny-state advocate, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Junk foods such as Snickers bars and ketchup really are irresistible. Manufacturers have created combinations of fat, sugar and salt that are so tasty many people cannot stop eating them even when full, according to America’s former food standards watchdog.

David Kessler, former head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has warned that snacks, cereals and ready meals devised by food scientists can act on the reward centres of the brain in the same way as tobacco.

He argues that manufacturers are seeking to trigger a “bliss point” when people eat certain products, leaving them hungry for more. Read more

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