Snore warning

KING’S COLLEGE LON ‐

DON researchers have linked snoring and cognitive decline. Previous studies had detected a connection but this latest investi ‐gation with otherwise healthy volunteers who snored heavily has confirmed their suspicions.

Participants wore electroencephalogra ‐phy skull caps while sleeping to measure their brain waves. Blood oxygen levels, heart rate, breathing and eye and leg move ‐ments were tracked, along with cognitive function.

Those who snored most were less alert and had more difficul ‐ty in meeting goals and staying focused, the investigators found.

BODY NEUTRALITY is the ability to accept the way we look, even if it’s not entirely what we’d prefer.

The term became popu‐lar thanks to Anne Poirier, a body‐ image coach who wrote The Body Joyful.

She began using the phrase in 2015 to help

WHITE spots on the finger‐nails could mean a diet that is insufficient in zinc, calci‐um or iron.

Oysters – if you can man‐age them – are zinc ‐ rich, but zinc is also plentiful in red meat and poultry. Oth‐er good sources are dairy products, beans, nuts, crab, lobster, and whole grains.

Turn to dairy again for calcium, along with seafood, canned fish, dark, leafy green vegetables, cal‐cium ‐ fortified food and fresh or dried figs.

For iron, choose eggs, poultry, shellfish, red meat and offal but vegetarians –and carnivores – will find plenty in nuts, pulses, peas, more of those dark leafy green vegetables and strawberries.