Quercetin much better remedy than Tamiflu

Your immune system is your first-line defense against all types of infections, be they bacterial or viral, so the most effective way to prevent infectious illness — including influenza — is a robust immune system

Quercetin, a plant flavonol found naturally in apples, plums, red grapes, green tea, elder flower and onions, packs a powerful antiviral punch, inhibiting several strains of influenza, hepatitis B and C and other viruses

Quercetin also combats inflammation and acts as a natural antihistamine 

Quercetin reduces viral illness and boosts mental performance following extreme physical stress, which might otherwise undermine your immune function and render you more susceptible to infections

Its antiviral effects can be attributed to three main mechanisms of action: Inhibiting the virus’ ability to infect cells, inhibiting replication of already infected cells and reducing infected cells’ resistance to treatment with antiviral medication

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The surprising benefits of sleep masks

By using a sleep mask at night, your memory and alertness may improve

Study participants were better able to recall events and experiences, and had improved reaction times, when they wore a sleep mask at night

Wearing a sleep mask enhanced participants’ ability to learn new information and form memories 

Use of sleep masks, as well as ear plugs, by ICU patients significantly improved subjective sleep quality

Exposure to light at night may increase your risk of cancer, obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes

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Exercise best medicine against depression !

An overview of 97 systematic reviews and meta-analyses found exercise is 1.5 times more effective for mental health than top medications or counseling, and benefits were seen in 12 weeks

The authors of the umbrella review call on mental health professionals and doctors to start prescribing exercise as a first line of treatment

Another systematic review, which analyzed the association between physical activity and the risk of depression, found there’s a dose-dependent response. Compared to those who did not exercise, people who got half the recommended volume of physical activity lowered their risk for depression by 18%. Those who got the recommended amount lowered their risk by 25%

Most health authorities recommend getting 150 to 300 minutes of moderate intensity activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise each week

Previous research has also found that people who met or exceeded the weekly exercise recommendation lowered their risk of death. Men can lower their risk of cardiovascular disease death by as much as 34% and their all-cause mortality by up to 36%; women can lower their CVD death risk by as much as 44% and their all-cause mortality by as much as 55%

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How to spot a lying politician ?

If a person is lying, they’ll commit a deceptive behavior within 5 seconds of being questioned, and commit 2 or more deceptive behaviors before they’re done responding

Ignore a person’s truthful statements, which are often attempts at manipulation, and instead focus on their deceptions

Deceptive behaviors include failing to deny the accusation, failing to answer the question and using “convincing statements” rather than conveying information

Nonverbal cues that a person is lying include grooming gestures, hand-to-face motions, moving feet and clearing of the throat

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Vaping deadlier than cigarettes

A 2023 study demonstrates that vaping triggers more DNA damage in the mouth than traditional cigarettes; those who used sweet, flavored pods had the highest DNA damage followed by those using fruit or mint flavors

Vaping affects multiple organ systems, including nearly immediate changes to endothelial cells, which is one of the first changes seen in developing heart disease. Other data show flavored pods may trigger changes in the brain, lungs, heart and colon

During the COVID-19 pandemic, young people who vaped had an increased risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and having symptoms of COVID-19. A 2022 study found those who vaped also had more severe complications, including death, than those who did not smoke or vape

Data also show that bystanders are affected by vape toxins, demonstrating an increase in bronchitis-type symptoms and shortness of breath; another study showed bystanders had similar levels of cotinine — a measure of the amount of nicotine the body absorbs — as people who are exposed to traditional secondhand cigarette smoke

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Making Lyme bugs deadlier

In her book, “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons, ” Kris Newby reviews the circumstantial evidence suggesting the organism that causes Lyme disease may originally have been developed as a biological weapon

An estimated 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with and treated for Lyme disease each year, and prevalence is rising

Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks (and sometimes other biting insects) infected with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. There are about two dozen species of B. burgdorferi with hundreds of strains worldwide, many of which are resistant to antibiotics

Ticks can also carry other pathogens, and coinfections are another reason why Lyme disease is so difficult to treat

A major challenge with Lyme disease is that its symptoms imitate so many other disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, bromyalgia and even Alzheimer's disease, making proper identification difficult and time consuming

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Farmed salmon, toxic junk food

Salmon farming is a disaster both for the environment and for human health, and tests show farmed salmon is about 5 times more toxic than any other food tested

In animal feeding studies, mice fed farmed salmon developed obesity and diabetes — effects researchers believe are related to toxic exposures

Besides pesticides and antibiotics used in fish farming, the most significant source of toxic exposure is the dry pellet feed, which contains dioxins, PCBs and other toxic pollutants

PCB concentrations in farmed salmon are, on average, eight times higher than in wild salmon

Farmed salmon also does not have the nutritional profile of wild salmon, containing more than 3.02 times more omega-6 fat than wild salmon, which further skews rather than corrects most people’s omega-3 to omega-6 ratio

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