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Category: Health

How Body Mass Index (BMI) Affects Longevity

August 25, 2014July 30, 2020 LabdoorHealth
Body Mass Index

Body-mass Index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight, has long been thought to be a reliable predictor of disease risk and, by extension, longevity. According to the CDC, scoring in the ‘Obese’ category puts you…

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Can Probiotics Lead To Weight Loss?

August 18, 2014July 30, 2020 LabdoorHealth
Weight loss

We’ve all heard that probiotics, the so called “good” bacteria, benefit our well-being beyond just our digestive health. Probiotics keep the proliferation of harmful bacteria (pathogens) in check, aid in nutrient absorption, and support healthy immunity. A recent study links…

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Caramel Color: an Overview

August 6, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
caramel

Not quite the same as the tasty caramel we get when we melt sugar, caramel color—seen on the ingredient labels of many popular soft-drinks—is an artificial coloring agent recently brought into the public spotlight for its suggested negative health effects.…

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Green Coffee Extract as a Weight-Loss Aid: the Facts

July 30, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
Green Coffee

The weight loss industry has seen its fair share of short-cut laden fads, promising results after minimal effort. These marketing tactics often work—raspberry ketone product sales, for example, grew by triple digits in 2013, a year after they first received…

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The Effects of Glucosamine on Longevity

July 28, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
x-ray

Glucosamine-based dietary supplements are popular for the supposed health-promoting and pain-relieving effects on joints, although several long-term clinical studies have debunked this popular opinion down to medical myth, showing that placebo is just as effective as glucosamine supplementation in alleviating…

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FDA Clears Advantame, New Artificial Sweetener

July 11, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
Advantame

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a sixth artificial, high intensity sweetener, advantame, for use in the United States. Advantame joins the ranks 12 years after the (previously) most recent addition, neotame, was gives the thumbs-up by…

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Can Beer Reduce Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Grilled Meat?

July 3, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
beer

Enjoying that charcoal-grilled medium rare steak or a rack of barbeque pork-chops has become the go to way to enjoy sunny skies and spend quality times with friends and family. But reports of carcinogens that accumulate on the meats’ surface…

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Adhesiabloc: Fake Medicine Clears Initial FDA Approval Steps

May 25, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
FDA

As citizens of the United States, we hope and trust that government entities are always looking out for our best interests. However, in 2011, the Food and Drug Administration made a serious blunder that calls into question the FDA’s ability…

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What Happened to Fen-Phen?

May 23, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
Fen-Phen

Deadly Side Effects: Major Heart Dangers Stop Fen-Phen Craze One of the most infamous FDA cases ever, fen-phen only lasted a couple years on the market in the late 1990’s. But its meteoric rise and fall affected FDA and public…

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Common Adderall Side Effects

May 23, 2014July 31, 2020 LabdoorHealth
Adderall

Adderall is a prescription medication used to treat Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This medication uses two different types of active ingredients, amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, to control the effects of ADHD for patients. However, a major concern with Adderall is the…

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