Month: May 2018

Sitting down too much can make you stupid new research says a sedentary lifestyle alters areas of the brain linked to memory

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(Natural News) You watch what you eat and make sure you get a good night’s sleep. You regularly step outdoors to get your daily dose of natural vitamin D from the sun. But on weekdays, you work an eight-hour job that requires you to stay tied to your desk practically the whole time. According to… … Read more

After destroying the financial solvency of their home states, Californians and New Yorkers look to flee somewhere else (that they can ruin next)

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(Natural News) New tax rules are poised to spur a mass exodus from states like New York and California – places that are already struggling to hold on to residents. In the last ten years alone, around 3.5 million people have left these high-tax states in favor of lower-tax states like Florida and Texas. According… … Read more

Music improves your brain: Study finds musicians are better at solving problems and making decisions

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(Natural News) Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, so wrote the playwright-poet William Congreve. Science has shown that music can also heal and slow down the aging process. But new research has found one more reason to learn this universal language: Music can actually make you smarter. Researchers from the University of Granada observed the neurological… … Read more

Graphene could make fertilizer more efficient, affordable and environmentally friendly

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(Natural News) Researchers continue to search for fertilizers that are more efficient and affordable. One study, published in the journal Applied Materials and Interfaces, looked at graphene as a carrier for fertilizers to exhibit these characteristics, without causing more harm to the environment. A team of researchers at the University of Adelaide developed a fertilizer carrier using graphene… … Read more

Nanoparticles found in canned goods might be damaging your digestive tract

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(Natural News) If you eat a lot of commercial canned food, you might be causing serious damage to your gut. A landmark study warned that the contents of certain canned foods have been contaminated by zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles. These tiny particles could hurt the digestive tract, according to a ScienceDaily article. Conducted by a research… … Read more

Widespread folate deficiency in women of childbearing age fuels efforts toward mandatory fortification of flour with the vitamin

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(Natural News) Pregnancy is a great time to be alive: A woman is nurturing life in her womb, and the unborn baby’s well-being totally depends on her. However, the U.K.’s National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) found that more than 90 percent of the women of childbearing age lack folate, a requirement for preventing birth… … Read more