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There’s good news for people who love foods high in saturated fat: a new study shows that such a diet poses no serious health risk. However, that same study found that a diet high in trans fats is quite dangerous. The study, which was carried out by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, involved […]

As a man ages, his testosterone tends to go down. After the sex hormone peaks during one’s teenage years, it goes down through a man’s early adulthood and progressively declines as they enter middle life and their senior years. For many men, that’s a big problem. Declining testosterone levels can lead to sleep deprivation, obesity, […]

Love southern food? Many of us do. But new research shows a diet filled with fried chicken, sweet tea and greens cooked in bacon fat can increase your risk of a heart attack. The study, which was led by University of Alabama epidemiologist James Shikany, involved an examination of dietary data associated with roughly 17,000 […]