Tag: Junk

The Anti-Cancer Diet: Foods to Treat and Prevent Cancer

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By Mark Goddard   The extent to which food can heal physical and mental illness is a source of major controversy. Indeed, you can hardly open a magazine or browse social media without reading about someone who cured their cancer with raw carrots and steamed broccoli! Naturally, oncologists worry that such claims encourage patients to ditch conventional treatment altogether. Cancer Cancer is not a single disease. Claims of a “cancer cure,” or “cancer prevention,” are therefore misleading. In fact, cancer is an umbrella term for over 100 diseases, each studied and…

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Negative Effects of Over Eating

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By Jason Ladock Overeating is a disorder which not only affects physical health but causes a lot of stress at the mental and emotional level also. Some people tend to eat just because they feel bored or they have nothing to do! Others get into such undesirable habits to improve their physical appearance. Emotional mood swings like anger, sadness, distress, disappointment or betrayal makes people eat a lot more than they realize. In certain cases, medications for other treatments cause hunger due to which people start eating a lot. Overeating causes…

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World No tobacco day: UP to target heart health & Superfoods to deal with withdrawal symptoms

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By: Shailvee Sharda To discourage the use of tobacco among youths, state health department has decided to focus impact of tobacco consumption on health of heart in its IEC campaigns. This is significant considering that one in three adults in the state consume tobacco as per data from health ministry. Citing data from world health organisation on the eve of world no tobacco day, health minister Siddharth Nath Singh said over two million persons die of cardiovascular disease caused by tobacco consumption. “Since, tobacco is a dual killer, we have decided to launch a targeted…

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Dear parents, is your child overweight? Blame your neighbourhood fast food outlet

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A study has found that kids who live closer to fast food chains were more likely to gain a significant amount of weight between the first and last year of primary school. Residing in a suburb full of restaurants peddling junk food may not be the best for your kid. The diet of young children is influenced by the local food environment. Children who live near fast food outlets are more likely to gain weight compared with those living farther away, new research suggests. This is worrying as a recent…

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Why our children are so bored at school, cannot concentrate on study, cannot wait, get easily frustrated and have no REAL friends

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Children are getting worse in  many aspects. We  have seen and continue to see a decline in children’s social, emotional, academic functioning, as well as a sharp increase in learning disabilities, depression and aggression. Today’s children come to school emotionally unavailable for learning and many factors in our modern lifestyle contribute to this. 1. Technology “Free babysitting service” Compared to virtual reality, everyday life is boring. When kids come to the classroom, they are exposed to human voices and inadequate visual stimulation as opposed to being bombarded with graphic explosions…

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In a first, Kerala imposes 14.5% ‘fat tax’ on junk food

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By Ratna Bhushan & Rasul BailayS Sanandakumar, ET Bureau NEW DELHI| KOCHI: The Kerala government has proposed a 14.5 per cent ‘fat tax’ on burgers, pizzas and other junk food served in branded restaurants which officials from the quick service industry termed as ‘detrimental’ to consumption while some indicated the levy may not be passed on to customers. Fat tax on junk food, a reality in European countries such as Denmark and Hungary, looks out of place in a market barely recovering from a six-quarter back-to-back slump in eating out. “The move is business-unfriendly. It calls…

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Health Hazards Of Junk Food

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Junk food is bad. Though this fact is known, many of us try to indulge in it atleast once in a week or so. The problems associated with junk food are pretty much serious. We just think that we are eating an oily food which is high in calories. But, the problem is far higher as obesity. Junk food consists of trans fats which blocks the arteries and lead to heart diseases. This will also impair the nutritional value and make a person weak from within. Junk food affects every…

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Revealed — how junk food ‘controls’ you!

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Junk food not only makes you pile on the pounds, it may also suppress your appetite for a balanced diet. Australian researchers found that a diet of junk food in rats reduces their appetite for novel foods, a preference that normally drives them to seek a balanced diet. The findings help to explain how excessive consumption of junk food can change behaviour, weaken self-control and lead to overeating and obesity. The team of researchers, led by Professor Margaret Morris, Head of Pharmacology from the School of Medical Sciences, University of…

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