If you are obsessed with eating healthy, you could suffer orthorexia. This is the name of the obsessive disorder that takes "healthy eating" to the extreme and consists of an exhaustive and increasingly strict control of the components of food.
Currently experts recommend not consuming more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day for healthy individuals, and up to 1,500 milligrams daily if we suffer from kidney disease, diabetes or hypertension. To make the calculation, we must not only take into account the sodium contained in the table salt with which we season our meals, but also the "hidden" salt in processed and packaged foods.
According to a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers have a distorted view when comparing information involving numbers because they do not take units into account. For example, they perceive that the difference between a warranty of 84 or 108 months for an appliance is much greater than the difference between 7 years and 9 years, despite being identical.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The WHO estimates that, in the absence of any intervention, 84 million people will have died of cancer between 2005 and 2015. These are some of the foods that, according to recent research, can help us curb the disease.
Popeye was not wrong when he bragged about gaining muscle strength by eating spinach. According to an article published in 'Cell Metabolism', the daily consumption of 300 grams of spinach reduces the amount of oxygen necessary for the functioning of the muscles when doing physical exercise, such as cycling.
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol (United Kingdom) has shown that eating fruits and vegetables is the best way to achieve a healthy appearance and tan our skin. "Many people believe that the only way to get tanned skin is to sunbathe, but eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is even more effective," says study co-author Ian Stephen. His team was the first to link skin color to diet.
Neanderthals cooked and ate vegetables alongside meat, according to a new analysis of fossilized teeth from northern Europe and Iraq by the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
A group of scientists from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA) has discovered that before the desire to eat chocolate and sweets, the action of imagining taking large amounts of these products can be enough to calm the appetite, according to 'Science' .
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
