58 EWN 22 - 28 June 2023
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ACV: Can help but not cure, doctors say.
A walking workout WALKING at a steady, un hurried pace helps to low er the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Extending the length of your walk can reduce the possibility of premature death and diseases like cancer, medical research has found. Increased in tensity brings further ben efits. If walking is your princi pal exercise, turn it into a miniworkout, by bringing along kilo, or halfkilo weights. Alternatively, swap these for filledup water bottles which can do double duty by keeping you hydrated later in your walk, suggested Kinesiolo gy and Nutrition Sciences professor, Dr Janet Dufek. She pointed out that it’s also possible to boost a walking workout by choosing a different ter rain, especially a beach, since dry sand is an ‘ex treme surface’ demanding much more effort.
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Cider decider
IMMUNOLOGIST Darshna Yagnik, a senior lecturer at Middlesex University, be gan taking interest in Ap ple Cider Vinegar (ACV) af ter it unexpectedly calmed her upset stomach. Dr Yagnik’s research found that ACV killed as much E coli and MRSA in petri dishes almost as ef fectively as common an tibiotics, but admitted that it was not clear how this would translate to the human body. Other studies have found that ACV can help to normalise bloodsugar levels, reduce inflamma tion, aid weight loss and improve cholesterol lev els. University of Chicago Medical Centre agreed, in principle, that ACV had an tibacterial properties, could boost weightloss on a caloriecontrolled diet and was able to “moder ately” lower blood glucose levels. But it had no effect on high blood pressure and could erode your tooth enamel, the Chicago doc tors warned.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
DRY SAND: More effort required when walking on a beach.
Do it gradually FORGET the old assumption that you must first go red to get a suntan. Abi Cleeve, a beauty expert and managing director of a sunprotection firm, explained that the skin turns darker in the sun as it releases melanin to protect itself. That did not mean it was necessary to turn lobsterred first, she insisted. “As soon as the skin goes red, it’s in trauma.” The skin appears to have tanned quickly but has burned, ensuring that you will eventually peel, she added. To avoid this, Cleeve recommended gradually building up time spent in the sun, using a higher SPF sunblock to protect the skin while still getting a tan.
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Cold comfort A COLD shower could result in fewer days off sick. The results of a study published in Public Library of Science (PLOS) journal found that 29 per cent of those who turned on the cold tap for 30, 60 or 90 sec onds needed less sick leave compared with people who had warm showers. The cold shower group also felt they had better quality of life and suffered less anxiety. Researchers concluded that the cold water stimu lated leukocytes, the im mune cells that help fight off infection, and increased levels of elating endor phins.
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