1/30/24 - Is Bottle water dangerous? New Test for Alzheimer's, 28-day bikini bod, The perfect pushup kit.

1/30/2024

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Health “Nugget” of the week

Stop drinking bottled water ASAP - here’s why…

Micro-plastics found in bottled water

Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic.

In the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different countries were examined.

Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. Microscopic pieces of plastic are everywhere. Now, they've been found in bottled water in concentrations 10 to 100 times more than previously estimated. See the Study Here.

Not to mention - Humans produce more than 440 million tons of plastic each year, according to the United Nations. About 80% of plastic ends up in landfills or the environment, researchers say. Let’s all try to help clean up earth.

Why is it bad? In vitro experiments with human cells and in vivo data generated with mice showed that microplastics elicit adverse health effects mainly by causing inflammation, oxidative stress [increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production], lipid metabolism disturbances, gut microbiota dysbiosis, and neurotoxicity. Study.

Solutions:
Get a Reverse Osmosis Filter System - I have this one.
Drink out of a Stainless Steel water bottle on the go.

Read the Full article HERE

What’s Trending?

Wow, new blood test that screens for Alzheimer’s getting closer to reality

Testing a person’s blood for a type of protein called phosphorylated tau, or p-tau, could be used to screen for Alzheimer’s disease with “high accuracy,” even before symptoms begin to show, a new study suggests.

The study involved testing blood for a key biomarker of Alzheimer’s called p-tau217, which increases at the same time as other damaging proteins — beta amyloid and tau — build up in the brains of people with the disease. Currently, to identify the buildup of beta amyloid and tau in the brain, patients undergo a brain scan or spinal tap, which often can be inaccessible and costly.

But this simple blood test was found to be up to 96% accurate in identifying elevated levels of beta amyloid and up to 97% accurate in identifying tau, according to the study published Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology.

Read more HERE to dive deeper.

What’s also Trending?

Stanley and other drink cups contain lead. Should you be worried?

First, Stanley cups were all over social media because so many people wanted them. Now, the oversize tumblers are back in the spotlight over fears they may contain lead.

Videos on social media sites such as TikTok show people breaking out a lead testing kit and trying it on their Stanley cups and other travel flasks.

It’s true: There is some lead sealed within the base of some brands of travel drinking cups — including the wildly popular brand Stanley.

Lead is used as part of the tumbler’s vacuum insulation and is covered by a stainless steel layer that protects consumers from lead exposure, according to the Stanley cup manufacturer, Pacific Market International.

Read more HERE to dive deeper.
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Women’s Health

The 28-Day Bikini Body Free Workout Plan - it’s never too soon for a beach bod. Get ripped!

Challenge yourself to get your best-ever bikini body this year! Our four-week program is designed to blast fat, boost metabolism and build muscle, getting you in knockout bikini body shape in record time.

Ready? Set? Get after it.

Here is what is laid out in the FREE program:
1. High and Low - Studies show that combining heavy and light weights in a weekly training split helps transform the body more effectively than relying solely on one or the other for weeks at a time.

2. Turn Up the Heat - This program employs both a weekly heavy-weight/low-rep workout and a light-weight/high-rep workout—as well as a third workout using moderate weights for good measure—to give you a completely new full-body workout every other day of the week.

3. Rest - Fatigued? That’s what recovery days are for. On the days between each lifting session, all you have to worry about is one 45-minute session of cardio, staying between 65 and 75 percent of your maximum heart rate.

4. Switch It Up - Using a different method every time you hit the gym and different exercises in each workout will keep your body in a near-constant state of shock for the entire four weeks

Get Started on the FULL FREE PROGRAM Here.
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Men’s Health

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