Scientific proof that popcorn is healthier than fruit and vegetables

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Popcorn. It’s whats for dinner.

Next time you’re stuffing your face with popcorn, don’t feel guilty; a new scientific study shows that, far from being junk food, popcorn packs a better nutritional punch than fruit or vegetables. Kind of.

The study, conducted at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, shows that popcorn has more antioxidants in it than fruit or vegetables. Not just that, but those pesky little husks—the ones that get stuck right between your teeth—contain incredibly high concentrations of both antioxidants and fiber. “Those hulls deserve more respect,” explains Joe Vinson, one of the researchers. “They are nutritional gold nuggets.”

In fact, Vinson seems pretty bowled over by popcorn. Speaking to Science Daily, he explains…

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Bottled water contributing to rising rates of tooth decay in young children

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About 45 percent of parents give their children bottled water instead of tap water.

Amy Wilson was shocked when the dentist had to fill six cavities in her 4-year-old son’s baby teeth.  The New York Cit y mother of three scanned her family’s habits, trying to figure how Seamus, now 7, could have developed such tooth decay so early.

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Cinnamon Challenge YouTube craze could be harmful to your health, warn health experts

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Health experts are cautioning people not to attempt a dare that is catching on due to a viral video.

Don’t expect any great culinary creation when your kids go digging into the spice drawer.   They may be looking for the cinnamon, which they want to attempt to swallow, without water.

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One soft drink a day raises heart attack risk in men by 20%: Study

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The body may compensate for the sugar rush of soft drinks by making its own supply of fats.

Men who drink only one sugar-laden soft drink every day could be dramatically increasing the odds of having a heart attack. A study of more than 40,000 men suggested that a daily sugar-sweetened drink raised the chances of having a heart attack – including a deadly one – by 20 per cent.

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Lack of sleep is killing you: Infographic

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Sleep or die – lack of sleep can have serious effects to your health.

There could be serious risks to your health if you don’t get the right amount of sleep every night.  Lack of sleep can leave long-lasting effects on your body and your mind.  The medical perspective is irrefutable: lack of sleep is deadly.

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Tooth decay in preschoolers on the rise

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Soaring rates of 2 to 5 year olds with tooth decay.

There has been “a huge increase” in little kids who need general anesthesia for dental procedures, including tooth extractions, crowns and even root canals as dentists are seeing so many preschoolers with cavities and severe tooth decay (6 to 10 cavities or more), according to a report from The New York Times.

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Suicide rates in Russia three time higher than U.S.

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Russia has the third-highest teenage suicide rate in the world.

Life for children in Russia is hard, and Yelizaveta Petsylya and Anastasia Korolyova finally decided, at the age of 14, to do what thousands of other Russian teenagers have done. There was one way to assert control over their lives, and that was to end them.

Hawaiians have the highest sense of well-being: survey

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Understanding well-being is important because it has such strong influence on the choices we make.

Hawaii comes out on top in a new ranking of which state’s residents have the best sense of overall well-being, based on physical health, happiness, job satisfaction and other factors that affect quality of life.

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