Fact or Myth: Your Stomach Growls When You’re Hungry?
This is part FACT, part MYTH.
Your stomach growls when you’re hungry and when you’re full, but it growls the loudest when it’s empty, which...
Fact or Myth: Cold Therapy for Sudden Injury, Heat Therapy for Chronic Pain?
This is a FACT.
Knowing when to use cold therapy and when to use heat therapy often gets confused, so let’s briefly refresh our hot/cold...
Fact or Myth: Is Zero Grams Trans Fat on the Label Accurate?
This is a MYTH.
A Nutrition Facts label might state “zero grams trans fat” but that doesn’t mean you aren’t getting any trans fat in...
Fact or Myth: Weight Training Makes Women Bulky
This is a MYTH.
Walk into any gym and you’ll see a disproportionate number of women sweating it out on cardio machines to women lifting...
Fact or Myth: Do Yearly Mammograms Save Lives?
This is a MYTH.
Science has turned its attention to the practice of getting yearly mammograms, and recent research is giving annual mammograms a pretty...
Fact or Myth: Is 10,000 Steps a Day a Necessity for Optimal Health?
This is a FACT.
It may sound like a lot, but taking 10,000 steps a day is a necessity for optimal health. That’s 5 miles...
Fact or Myth: Is There a Link Between Nutrition and Mental Health?
This is a FACT.
While there’s a wealth of evidence that proves how important a balanced diet is to your physical health, scientists have only...
Fact or Myth: Tart Cherry Juice Helps You Sleep Better?
This is a FACT.
Tart cherry juice contains two natural sleep aids: the sleep hormone melatonin and the amino acid tryptophan. Proanthocyanidins stain cherries red,...
Fact or Myth: Does Chlorine Cause Your Eyes to Burn in the Pool?
This is a HALF-FACT.
Get ready for your daily dose of ick. Just in time for summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Fact or Myth: Can Heartburn Drugs Increase Heart Attack Risk?
This is a FACT.
And a disconcerting one when you consider that 20 million Americans regularly take heartburn drugs to ease the excruciating symptoms of...