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Meditation Improves Brain Health H


exercises for an average of 27 minutes a day. Before and after the trial, the subjects were given tests and magnetic


resonance imaging of their brains. The researchers found that the practice of mindfulness meditation resulted in


increased gray matter density in the hippocampus of the brain, an area associated with increased memory and learning capacity, plus a greater sense of compassion and introspection.


To Get Healthy, Get a Healthy Partner H


arvard Medical School researchers working at the Mas- sachusetts General Hospital have determined that med- itation can improve brain health. The researchers studied 16 volunteers that took part in an eight-week mindfulness meditation study at the University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. The participants conducted mindfulness meditation


Weight Gain in Moms Lowers Toxins in Newborns M


any expect- ant mothers


try to know about everything they put into and onto their bodies as multiple stud- ies are finding that infants are


aving a healthier partner may be one of the best things to do for our own health. Research published in the


Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine finds that losing weight, stopping smoking or be- coming more active is easier with a partner that has led the way in any or all healthy pursuits. The study authors reviewed data collected by the UK


Health Behavior Research Center at the University College London that followed 3,700 couples between 2002 and 2012—most of them ages 50 and older and married. Those that smoked at the beginning of the study were more likely to quit by the end of it if their partners quit smoking, and those that were physically inactive at the beginning of the study were more likely to become active if their partners did so first. About two-thirds of the men became newly active during the course of the study. Men with wives that had lost weight were more likely to also shed pounds


during the study, and women with husbands that didn’t lose weight were less like- ly to do so through the study period.


exposed to toxins during pregnancy. A new study of 325 expectant mothers has determined that the baby’s exposure to toxins in the womb decreases when the mother’s weight gain during pregnancy approaches the guidelines recommend- ed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2009. Women that are underweight at the start of pregnancy are advised to gain between 28 and 40 pounds, women of a healthy weight 25 to 35 pounds, overweight women 15 to 25 pounds and obese women 11 to 20 pounds. The researchers found that expect- ant mothers with a gestational weight that meets or exceeds the IOM guide- lines gave birth to infants with reduced toxin levels. In their analysis of the umbilical cord blood of mothers from Spain, the researchers tested for 14 pesticides and 21 other environmental toxins, including seven polychlorobi- phenyls (PCB). Other influencers such as age, education and fish consumption may also be relevant.


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