MEDITATION EASES ANXIETY
IN KIDS Mindfulness meditation is good for kids, too, especial- ly those with high levels of anxiety. Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys from two independent United Kingdom schools, before and after a four-week crash course in mindfulness. After the trial period, the 14- and 15-year-olds were found to have increased well-being, defined as the combination of feeling good (including positive emotions such as happiness, contentment, interest and affection) and functioning well. Best of all, the youth enjoyed the exercises and said they in- tended to continue medita- tion, a good sign that many children would be receptive to this type of therapy.
The Fattening Secret of Fructose R
eading labels reveals that many foods and bev- erages—even so-called healthy ones—contain fructose, often in the form of high-fructose corn syrup, as a sweetener. Health experts have long suspected that fructose is a factor in the nationwide obesity and diabetes epidemic, and new research from the Oregon Health & Science University supports the connection. Researchers gave nine normal-weight study partici- pants separate infusions of fructose and glucose (simple sugars) and then used magnetic resonance imaging to observe brain reactions. Glucose activated areas of the brain associated with regulating food intake and satiety— its “reward circuitry”—while fructose inhibited brain response in those areas.
The study concludes that this important difference may explain why fructose consumption, which deactivates the brain’s normal satiation response, appears to increase obesity and diabetes.
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