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I BENEFICI DEL POLLINE D’API

15 Febbraio 2017

Massimo Spattini

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“Se un giorno le api dovessero scomparire, all’uomo resterebbero soltanto quattro anni di vita”. Questa celebre frase attribuita a Albert Einstein è davvero emblematica, in quanto senza le api non si verificherebbe più l’impollinazione e la quasi totalità delle piante a frutto e delle verdure verrebbe estinta. Le api non sono solo importanti per il

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Effects of Berberine on Amelioration of Hyperglycemia and Oxidative Stress in High Glucose and High Fat Diet-Induced Diabetic Hamsters In Vivo.

26 Giugno 2015

Massimo Spattini

This study investigated the effects of berberine on amelioration of hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia and the mechanism involved in high glucose and high fat diet-induced diabetic hamsters.Golden hamsters fedwith high glucose and high fat dietweremedicated with metformin, simvastatin, and low or high dose of berberine (50 and 100mg⋅kg−1) for 6 weeks. The results showed that the

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Gentle exercise and healthy diet double breast cancer survival chance.

19 Giugno 2015

Massimo Spattini

Women with breast cancer can double their survival chances if they eat more fruit and vegetables and get half an hour of exercise daily. Cancer researchers at Moores University of California discovered this when they tracked 1500 women with breast cancer over a period of nine years. The women had had breast cancer diagnosed by

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Fat As Fuel: The Science of Fat-Burning During Exercise.

17 Giugno 2015

Massimo Spattini

Even the largest bodybuilder seeks to capitalize on the fat-reducing effect of exercise while slapping 45-pound plates on an already bowed Olympic bar. Whether one falls in the group focusing on the LED metering calories on a treadmill or those who don’t stop till they drop, the ideal is that all voluntary activity should burn

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Il valore del training per corpo e mente.

10 Giugno 2015

Massimo Spattini

“Mens sana in corpore sano”, dicevano i latini per sottolineare lo stretto legame esistente tra una buona condizione fisica ed una valida attività cerebrale. Oggi questa regola aurea potrebbe diventare un approccio strategico nella lotta al decadimento cerebrale per gli anziani che iniziano ad avere qualche difficoltà legata alle possibilità cognitive o sono a rischio

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Impact of the quantity and flavonoid content of fruits and vegetables on markers of intake in adults with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

8 Giugno 2015

Massimo Spattini

Limited robust randomised controlled trials investigating fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake in people at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) exist. We aimed to design and validate a dietary strategy of increasing flavonoid-rich versus flavonoid-poor F&V consumption on nutrient biomarker profile. Methods A parallel, randomised, controlled, dose–response dietary intervention study. Participants with a CVD relative risk

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Vigorously Vital.

7 Giugno 2015

Massimo Spattini

Whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) currently recommends for adults to complete at least 150 minutes of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week, many of us fail to do so.  Findings of as large-scale Australian study may inspire many of us to change our sedentary habits.  Klaus Gebel from James Cook

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Anziani, l’attività ginnica vi allunga la vita.

23 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

Praticare attività fisica per gli anziani significa ridurre il rischio di mortalità e l’effetto è così potente da essere pari a quello dell’abbandono del fumo. A dirlo è uno studio norvegese secondo il quale le persone anziane impegnate per almeno tre ore a settimana in un’attività fisica da moderata a intensa vedono la propria aspettativa

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Root for Depression.

21 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

A common yet debilitating psychiatric condition, depression is a disorder for which many patients do not respond adequately to drug therapy. Jun J. Mao, from the University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, USA), and colleagues completed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, comparison trial of oral Rhodiola rosea (roseroot) extract versus conventional antidepressant for mild to moderate major depressive

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Music Improves Performance

19 Maggio 2015

Massimo Spattini

The influence of music on physical performance is controversial. Most studies show that music has only a limited capacity to improve performance, no matter how pleasurable or inspirational it may sound. A Brazilian study showed that well-trained distance runners who played music befaore a 5K run experienced positive changes in the brain and improve performance.

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