http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/08/a-day-without-food-may-help-maintain-a-heart-without-disease/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/08/a-day-without-food-may-help-maintain-a-heart-without-disease/#comment-26322 Versicherung Kostenlos Vergleichen Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:38:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27684#comment-26322 Music started playing any time I opened this webpage, so frustrating! Music started playing any time I opened this webpage, so frustrating!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/08/a-day-without-food-may-help-maintain-a-heart-without-disease/#comment-26321 magnoliajane Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:36:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27684#comment-26321 Mormons are known for lower heart disease and greater health/longivity anyway, aren't they? Mormons are known for lower heart disease and greater health/longivity anyway, aren’t they?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/08/a-day-without-food-may-help-maintain-a-heart-without-disease/#comment-26320 Shrikant Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:17:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27684#comment-26320 Relating medical information to cultural practices, people who follow regular fasting esp. in the Indian culture associating it with religious occasions actually live a far healthier life. Not only that, it also helps improve ones self control and makes one a disciplined individual. Maybe several many practices - Yoga included - that the Asian subcontinent has propagated since time immemorial are now finding scientific base. Relating medical information to cultural practices, people who follow regular fasting esp. in the Indian culture associating it with religious occasions actually live a far healthier life. Not only that, it also helps improve ones self control and makes one a disciplined individual.
Maybe several many practices – Yoga included – that the Asian subcontinent has propagated since time immemorial are now finding scientific base.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/08/a-day-without-food-may-help-maintain-a-heart-without-disease/#comment-26319 cephalopod30 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:34:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27684#comment-26319 Very good articles. Although, I think we could have done without the BPA article from two years ago. The studies, even those by the NTP, are not significant when viewed against the levels at which we ingest this chemical, even in worst case scenarios. Seriously, it's freaking people out, and totally unnecessary... have to agree with the fear mongering description on this one. But, thanks for everything else, and I appreciate your work. Cheers, a concerned and learned citizen. Very good articles. Although, I think we could have done without the BPA article from two years ago. The studies, even those by the NTP, are not significant when viewed against the levels at which we ingest this chemical, even in worst case scenarios. Seriously, it’s freaking people out, and totally unnecessary… have to agree with the fear mongering description on this one. But, thanks for everything else, and I appreciate your work. Cheers, a concerned and learned citizen.

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