News tagged with water intake
Humans unequipped for high-salt diet, food scientist contends
Humans are physiologically unprepared for the amount of sodium found in manufactured foods in the modern food supply, contributing to the diet-related diseases observed today.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Three steps to unbreakable bones on World Osteoporosis Day
For this year's World Osteoporosis Day (October 20), the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is releasing a 24-page report promoting a three-step strategy for healthy bones and strong muscles.
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Pediatricians: Sports in heat OK with precautions
(AP) -- Playing sports in hot, steamy weather is safe for healthy children and teen athletes, so long as precautions are taken and the drive to win doesn't trump common sense, the nation's largest pediatricians ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Advice to drink 8 glasses of water a day 'nonsense,' argues doctor
The recommendation to drink six to eight glasses of water a day to prevent dehydration "is not only nonsense, but is thoroughly debunked nonsense," argues GP, Margaret McCartney in this week's BMJ.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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New path to water efficient seeds opens as TIP pips PIP as water gatekeeper
Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Clinical trial confirms effectiveness of simple appetite control method
Has the long-sought magic potion in society's "battle with the bulge" finally arrived? An appetite-control agent that requires no prescription, has no common side effects, and costs almost nothing? Scientists ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species
A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Seaway's 50th anniversary soiled by invasive species
Fifty years ago Friday, President Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walked down a red carpet, climbed aboard a "floating palace" of a yacht named Britannia and ceremoniously sailed through the St. Lambert ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Quagga mussels are clogging Hoover Dam, colonizing lakes and rivers
It took some of America's best engineers, thousands of laborers and two years of around-the-clock concrete pouring to build the 726-foot-high Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. It took less time than that for the tiny, brainless ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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