Health Tips For You

Watch What Goes Into Your Mouth

MESSAGE IN THE FAMILY TREE

Close on the heels of the news that sugar is addictive comes a second body blow - your bad eating are being passed on to your children through your genes. Researchers at the Baker 101 Heart and Diabetes Institute found that human cells have the ability to "remember' and can replicate the effects of a poor diet on a body for weeks, months, and even generations. According to lead researcher Prof Assam EI-Osta: "We now know that chocolate bar you had this morning can have very acute effects, this is what we refer to as the burden of memory." 'The changes initiated by diet create a kind of ghost that lives within our genes, and that these epigenetic changes remember the effects the study showed that very specific molecular events occur after the consumption of high glucose food causing chemical changes to people's genetic controls. These changes continue beyond the meal itself, and have the ability to alter natural metabolic responses to diet. The good news - the flip is true as well: By having a good diet, you can pass on a healthy epigenome to your children.

Revealing Eyes

TELL-TALE PEEPERS Your eyes are the most important physical feature you have when it comes to how others assess your age and vitality, according to a recent study at University of Tennessee Health Science Center published in Ophthalmology.
• Although the eye area represents only 21 per cent of the total face, study participants spent 46 per cent of the time looking at this region while assessing age.
* The nose attracted about 19.2 per cent of total scrutiny time during age assessment, followed by the forehead (13.3 per cent) and area between eyebrows (10.6 per cent).
* In fatigue assessments, participants spent 44.7 per cent of the time looking at eyes, followed by the nose (18 per cent), forehead (13.7 per cent) and area
between eyebrows (12.3 per cent).

Color Your Moods

BLUE LIGHT FOR THE BLUES It has long been associated with negativity, but according to researchers, the color blue can send self-confidence soaring and boost happiness levels. Researchers from the University of Sussex exposed volunteers to a range of colors and light.

They found that blue and green made male subjects feel happier, while blue, purple and orange did the same for women. It was found that blue and red improved confidence levels among men, while blue and purple were best in this respect for women. The study found that exposure to bright colors in general held out many benefits.

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