Health aNd Fitness Guide

Even if you don’t watch what you eat, your body will. That’s the message from a new study, which suggests that diets “imprint” themselves on the metabolic system, attuning people to the food they prefer to chow down. Researchers found that the bodies of chocolate fans reacted differently when they ate the candy, compared to → Continue reading »

A loom, operated by Meghan Quirck, a graduate student at Virgina Tech, is weaving cloth that may one day be made into a shirt that could both defibrillate a heart and play MP3s. Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering professor Mark Jones and associate professor Tom Martin lead a research team that started developing the → Continue reading »

Call it thumb sucking for grown-ups: To calm down fast, put the tip of your thumb in your mouth, make a seal, blow while puffing out your cheeks, and hold for 5 to 10 seconds. The increased pressure in your chest cavity stimulates the vagus nerve — a cord that runs from the brain to → Continue reading »

Men with deep-pitched voices are more fertile and father more children, according to a study at Harvard University, US. The study was based on the reproductive patterns of a Tanzanian hunter tribe called Hazda that continues to live pretty much the same way that human beings did 200,000 years ago. The Hazda tribe females collect → Continue reading »

Tightening and relaxing your neck, shoulder, and facial muscles can trick your tired eyes into relaxing, too. And taking frequent computer breaks can increase productivity, finds a recent study. If you are constantly at your desk, walk the halls once an hour — then do this stretch: Close your eyes, tense your entire body, and → Continue reading »