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.
"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight… It’s the size of the fight in the dog."
Moet, our toy poodle, totally agreed with this. That’s why he wore a harness. So I can pull him away from the scraps he would try to get into.
Bottled Water Contaminated With BPA
Exposure to BPA has been linked to breast and prostate cancer, reproductive failures, heart disease, cognitive and behavioral problems, diabetes, obesity and asthma. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edison-de-mello-md-phd/the-water-bottle-lie-and_b_506523.html
Cool Bird Dances to Ray Charles
This bird’s got moves I will _never_ be able to do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt9xBuGWgw
Hospital cleaners worth more to society than City bankers, says new nef research
This think tank uses uses a robust valuation method, Social Return on Investment, to quantify the social, environmental and economic impacts of six professions, looking at how each produces or destroys value for society.
Prostate cancer screening fraud exposed
Most prostate cancers need no treatment: http://www.naturalnews.com/028629_prostate_cancer_screening.html
Morgan Freeman: The Power of Words
Amnesty International video on Human Rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_tCtvmAm4M
Alzheimer's drugs cause brain damage and actually worsen memory loss
Apologies in advance for all the medical terminology in this article. http://www.naturalnews.com/028622_Alzheimers_brain_damage.html
The Continuing Chronicles of Shianne Els
So day before yesterday Shianne verbally beat her father into agreeing that they would get a horse – at some stage. Shianne goes off to school as high as a kite, telling anyone who will or won’t listen about the fact that she will be getting a horse!
Last night Teal sits her down and tells her that they will need to have a farm to house the horse and it will be some time before that will happen etc. etc. etc. As you do.
Next day Shianne is inviting her classmates to stay on the farm they are to get. Gotta give the girl credit for putting it there. Wait. It gets better.
That night she has $1.75 in her purse. Teal asked her where that came from and turns out the little entrepreneur is collecting donations from her friends for horse and farm purchase! I told Teal we must teach her about ASIC regulations, issuing a prospectus, fraud, these little technicalities. But wait. It gets better still!
Teal learns that one of Shianne’s school friends is from America and proferred US coins towards the above mentioned country estate and equestrian activities. These were immediately identified as illegitimate and the girl told to get genuine currency from her father.
I think back to when I was six and golly gee gosh! I was a backwoods boy by comparison!
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.