Are You Wasting Your Vitamins?

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition declared that these two nutrients in particular, along with certain fruits and vegetables could help maintain bone density in the elderly…and that’s just the beginning. I’m referring to magnesium and potassium. Make sure you get enough.

Right now you can make four simple changes to decrease your health adjusted age by 12 years.

They are diet, smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity.
A 20 year British survey of 4886 persons over 18 started in 1984. The researchers computed a health behaviour score, allocating 1 point for poor behaviour in each of the categories diet, smoking, alcohol consumption and physical activity. So the higher the score, the higher the perceived risk or the worse the rating.
The people who scored 4 had a death rate equivalent to being 12 years older in comparison to those who scored zero.
The great thing is that the bar was set extremely low which makes it very easy to improve above it. Only three portions of fruit and vegetables and two hours a week of exercise (17 minutes a day) gets you zero in those categories. Even the alcohol allowance was generous, 14 units of alcohol a week for women and 21 for men.

Keep 'em cool and airy

In 2004 researchers from the State University of New York found that habitual use of notebooks on man’s lap could lead into fertility hazards. The temperature increase of the male’s scrotum due to heat generated by the laptop could lead to lower sperm count. The study shows that one degree raise in scrotum temperature, sperm concentration drop by as much as 40%. Prolonged scrotum hyperthermia could lead to infertility.