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Scientists have suggested that chewing your food for longer could help you lose weight.

A study disclosed that munching on each mouthful for longer significantly minimize the amount of calories consumed during a meal.

From Dailymail.co.uk:

Volunteers who chewed each mouthful 40 times ate 12 per cent less food than those who chewed just 15 times.

It is thought chewing for longer prevents over-eating by giving the brain more time to receive signals from the stomach that it is full.

It also appears to lower levels of ghrelin, the ‘hunger hormone’, circulating in the digestive system.

In a report on their findings, which were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers remarked that eating more slowly may be a simple and effective way of tackling weight problems.

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When it comes to nurturing high standards of healthy and active lifestyle, there is no better to get and stay inspired than health quotations for you.

If you trust Google more than your doctor then maybe it’s time to switch doctors. – Jadelr and Cristina Cordova, Chasing Windmills, 08-21-06

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way. – Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ), O Magazine, August 2004

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White

Pain (any pain–emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: “We would be more alive if we did more of this,” and, “Life would be more lovely if we did less of that.” Once we get the pain’s message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away. – Peter McWilliams, Life 101

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones. – Peter McWilliams, Life 101

Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors. – Quentin Crisp

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you’ve met your New Year’s resolution. – Jay Leno (1950 – )

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are. – Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content webcomic, #352, 05-04-05

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.  – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)

When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten. Food is never just food. It’s also a way of getting at something else: who we are, who we have been, and who we want to be. -  Molly Wizenberg, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, 2009

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This YouTube video will show you how to cure vaginal yeast infection naturally. It is worth noting that vaginal yeast infections occur if the female body is under stress from poor diet, lack of sleep, illness, diabetes, menopause, or pregnancy and its symptoms may include burning sensation, soreness, itching around vaginal areas, digestive pains, painful urination, and pain during intercourse, thick white discharge, redness, and swelling.

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When it comes to road safety promotion, there could be nothing better than inspiration coming in the form of knowledge. Access these vehicle safety quotations to find out more!

Remember the street car cannot turn out. -Charles M. Hayes

I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. -Author Unknown

You can’t see anything from a car; you’ve got to get out of the goddamn contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbrush and cactus.  When traces of blood begin to mark your trail, you’ll see something, maybe. -Edward Abbey

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -William Shakespeare

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. -Eleanor Everet

Safety doesn’t happen by accident. -Author Unknown

“Safety First” is “Safety Always.” -Charles M. Hayes

Better a thousand times careful than once dead. -Proverb

Precaution is better than cure. -Edward Coke

Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. -Author Unknown

Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious?

Guard himself as he may, every moment’s an ambush. -Horace

Safety means first aid to the uninjured. -Author Unknown

Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen – they are caused. -Ernest Greenwood

Prepare and prevent, don’t repair and repent. -Author Unknown

Chance takers are accident makers. -Author Unknown

Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car. -Author Unknown

It’s better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash. -Author Unknown

Luck runs out but safety is good for life. -Author Unknown

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. -James Thurber

Accidents hurt – safety doesn’t. -Author Unknown

Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it. -Author Unknown

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A new and large study has appeared to quell fears that taking statins might raise the risk of cancer.

There was no significant difference in cancer risk among those who took statins and those who didn’t, according to researchers who reported this finding after evaluating approximately 91,000 adults whose full medical records were available via an electronic database.

From in.news.yahoo.com:

After an average of five years of follow-up among nearly 46,000 pairs of people who either used the cholesterol-lowering drugs or did not use them, 11.37 percent of participants taking a statin developed cancer, compared to 11.11 percent of those individuals not taking a statin, according to the study in the July 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

A common survival curve plotted for any cancer diagnosis up to 10 years also showed no difference between the two groups, the researchers reported.

The study authors noted that due to the way the matching pairs were selected, their conclusions “may not be generalizable to the overall population of U.S. adults taking statins” and recommended further analyses.

Experts not involved in the study, however, supported the findings.

Dr. David C Goff, department chair of epidemiology & prevention in the division of public health sciences at Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. said, “This is another very strong piece of evidence that there is no concern about cancer risk with statins.”

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According to a recently concluded study, middle-aged smokers who take Pfizer’s Chantix or Champix, one of the most popular quit smoking drugs, face an increased risk of suffering heart attacks or other serious heart problems.

British and American scientists analyzed 14 clinical trials of Champix and found the likelihood of developing serious heart complications resulting in hospitalization, disability, or death was 72 percent higher in patients taking the drug when compared with those taking a placebo.

From Reuters.com:

“People should be concerned. They do not need Chantix to quit and this is another reason to consider avoiding Chantix altogether,” he said in a statement. “People want to quit smoking to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, but in this case they are taking a drug that increases the risk for the very problems they are trying to avoid.”

Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, said in a statement it disagreed with Singh’s interpretation of the data. “The analysis contains several limitations — most notably that it is based on a small number of events, which raises concerns about the reliability of the authors’ conclusions.”

Investors had high hopes for Chantix when Pfizer launched it in 2006. But reports of suicidal thoughts and other mental health problems in users led U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials to order a so-called “black box” warning on the drug’s label in 2009.

“Our new research shifts the risk-benefit profile of varenicline,” said Sonal Singh of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who led the research and published it in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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In this YouTube video, Dr. Christine Armenian and Dr. Jack Bayramyan, dentists at The Kids Dental Place talks about helpful dental tips. These tips should be followed by parents of young children so that children can maintain healthy teeth throughout their lives.

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If you are looking for the best workplace and general safety quotations, this compilation of wise quotes would surely be of interest to you.

At work at play, let safety lead the way.

Safety is the light …. Let it shine.

Fail Safety and it will fail you.

Take the extra step for safety.

Invest in tomorrow. Practice safety today.

Safety rules are your best tools.

Safety first makes us last.

Safety is like a lock – But you are the key.

Prepare & prevent instead of repair & repent.

Don’t be safety blinded, be safety minded.

Never think working safe is in vain when it could save a life time of pain.

Courtesy and common sense promote safety.

Safety is as simple as ABC…Always Be Careful.

Safety isn’t expensive its priceless.

Working safely each day will keep the doctor away.

Safe actions bring lasting satisfaction.

The door to Safety swings on the hinges of common sense.

Open the Door to Safety: Awareness is the Key!

Safety is a full time job, don’t make it a part time practice.

Safety… You will regret if you forget.

Safety is something you learn from the start – Being accident free is doing your part.

Chance takers are accident makers.

Still water doesn’t always run deep, look before you leap.

Slow down! Your family will be waiting for you.

It’s better to lose one minute in life… than to lose life in a minute.

In case of injury remember “rice”- rest, ice, compress and elevate.

“Hey, wanna see something cool?” (Last words uttered before a mishap)

Have another day – by being safe today!

Safety is a frame of mind – So concentrate on it — all the time.

Get smart! Use safety from the start.

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