Mickey Rooney, Ninety Years Onstage
Mickey Rooney was truly one of the most enduring and talented performers of all time. He could act seriously, tell jokes and be funny, sing, and dance in his many roles in the theater, Broadway, vaudeville, radio, TV and more than 300 movies over his 90-year career. He starred in 43 films between ages 15 and 25 and was Hollywood’s top box office draw from 1939 to 1941.
Exercise Improves Gut Bacteria
Many studies show that exercise helps to prevent heart attacks, and it may do so by changing the bacteria in your colon. A recent study from Finland shows that exercising for just six weeks can increase healthful anti-inflammatory bacteria in your colon.
Healthful Lifestyle Reduces Risk of Dying from Prostate Cancer
Almost all North American men will develop prostate cancer if they live long enough. However, fewer than five percent of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will die from that disease and the 15-year survival rate is 96 percent.
You Can’t Be Too Fit
Dramatic results in a new study from the Cleveland Clinic show that you can’t be too fit, and that not exercising is worse for your health than smoking, diabetes or heart disease.
Soluble Fiber Added to Processed Foods May Harm You
A recent study showed that processed soluble fiber added to low-fiber foods led to liver cancers in mice, probably by preventing the liver from clearing bile from the body .
Paul Allen and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Paul Allen was ranked as the 44th-richest person in the world ($20.3 billion), co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and then went on to found his own company, Vulcan Inc., that owned research, media, technology and spaceflight companies. He owned three major sports teams and gave away more than $2 billion for philanthropic projects in science, education, wildlife conservation, the arts and community services. He suffered from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and died at age 65 on October 15, 2018, from septic shock brought on by the cancer and its treatment.
Cooling Down After Intense Exercise
“Cooling down” means that after you exercise intensely, you slow down and exercise at low intensity for a while before you stop exercising for that session. The scientific literature is controversial on whether cooling down helps to reduce next-day muscle soreness to help muscles to recover faster.
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
To make muscles stronger, you need to exercise intensely enough to damage the muscles. You can tell that you are damaging muscles when you exercise vigorously enough to feel soreness in those muscles eight to 24 hours later, which is called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness or DOMS.
Replacing Meat with Poultry or Fish Reduces Diabetes Risk
Most people know that eating a diet that includes a lot of added sugar markedly increases risk for diabetes, but a diet that includes regular portions of red meat also increases risk for diabetes, and if you already have diabetes, it can drive blood sugar levels even higher. Insulin drives sugar into cells, and it also drives the building blocks of protein (amino acids) into cells.
Farrah Fawcett: The Price of Beauty
It may not be so good to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, a famous actress who was a four-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee and who was ranked by TV Guide as “One of the 50 Greatest TV stars of All-Time”. Beautiful, famous women often attract handsome promiscuous men who share their acquired and often incurable infections.