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A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine has found that people with sleep apnea had 14% less maximum oxygen in a fitness test than people that didn't have sleep apnea. The researchers also found that people with sleep apnea are more likely to be overweight or obese, and thus less fit, and that that people with sleep apnea had poorer aerobic fitness than those in the comparison group, even if they were the same body size. So What can you do? The first thing is to lose weight, it has been found that people with sleep...

A recent study published inthe journal Microbiome in November, has found that couples share millions of microbes every second they kiss. In one experiment, the researchers gave 21 couples a probiotic drink containing bacteria before they kissed. Swab samples afterwards showed the transfer of up to 80 million germs. Not surprisingly tongue germs were more similar among couples compared to strangers.  The report went on to say that in the big scheme of things, 80 million germs is nothing compared to the 100 trillion microorganisms that the body has to fight disease and digest food. Kissing is unique to humans...

Catching colds and flu's this time of year is typically what happens to many people because the shorter days means that most people are getting less vitamin D and have a weaker immune system.  According to Dr Kate Rheaume Bleue, in an interview on the Health First Show, there are several things you can do to boost your immune system. Getting more sleep by getting to bed before 11 is one of the best ways. Supplementing with Vitamin D, Garlic or Natural Factors Antiviral on a regular basis can really make a huge difference too says Dr Kate.   Antiviral is...

I did an interview this week on the Health First Show  with Heather Crosby  the author of YumUniverse and www.yumuniverse.com. It was quite interesting in the fact that Heather told me that she never ate a salad until she was 19 by the time she was 24 Heather had IBS and was told that she was going to have to go on medication for life to heal up her stomach. At that point she decided to heal up herself with food and started eating a plant based diet.  Heather told me that it took her about 4 weeks before she...

A recent study has shown that people who get  Kidney stone patients may be at increased risk for broken bones s. The study looked at data from nearly 52,000 British kidney stone patients and more than 517,000 people without kidney stones. What they found in the 5 year study was that people with kidney stones had a higher risk of fractures of about 55% than those that didn't There are some herbs that really work to help rid the body of kidney stones. Chanca Piedra is a herb that breaks down kidney stones and helps you pass them, Doing a...