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Do You Find Hard To Sleep At Night? This Could Be The Reason

July 31, 2019 Urbanatural

Insomnia has a really significant impact on millions of people worldwide. We’ve long known there’s a link between insomnia and chronic disease. Finding it hard to sleep at night? If so, blame your genes, say researchers, who identified 57 genes associated with symptoms of insomnia, affecting 10 to 20 per cent people worldwide. “Our findings confirm a role for genetics in insomnia symptoms and expand upon the four previously found gene loci for this condition,” said lead author Jacqueline M. Lane from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). “All of these identified…

Vitamin D could help treat diabetes: study

July 3, 2018 Urbanatural

Studies have suggested a correlation between high vitamin D concentrations in the blood and a lower risk of diabetes Vitamin D can help treat damaged beta cells in pancreas that produce, store and release the hormone insulin, paving they way for a new approach to treat diabetes, scientists say. When beta cells become dysfunctional, the body can not make insulin to control blood sugar and levels of glucose can rise to dangerous levels. Researchers from Salk Institute in the US accomplished their goal by using an unexpected source: vitamin D. Vitamin D…

Father’s Diet May Impact the Son’s Ability to Reproduce

February 18, 2017February 17, 2017 Urbanatural

A healthy diet is the king. It can save you from various ailments and slow down signs of ageing. The times we live in, there are all sorts of processed food products available in the market which are delicious no doubt but come loaded with chemicals and unwanted calories that adversely affect our health. It is therefore essential to choose right and eat mindfully. How you eat doesn’t only affect your health at present and in the future, but could have implications on your future offspring. Research suggests that it’s…