Candy games Bad for children: study
Children who play online food-related games are more likely to eat unhealthy snacks, thereby increasing their risk of gaining extra weight, new research suggests. This is because kids often fail to recognise the fact that most of the games they play on the internet are forms of ads for candy and snacks, the study explained. “In contrast to TV, where the clearly delimited blocks of commercials can help viewers guard against temptation, on the internet, advertising is mixed with other types of content. The websites of food manufacturers contain games, which also offer children the option of sharing games with their friends,” said researcher Frans Folkvord from Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Folkvord discovered that children do not recognise the games as ads even when brand names and logos are clearly visible. Moreover, it does not matter whether the games are about candy or fruit: Children eat more candy after playing a game involving food, the findings showed.
Why you need Magnesium in your diet
Magnesium is one of the six essential macro-minerals that is required by the body for energy production and synthesis of protein and enzymes. It contributes to the development of bones and most importantly it is responsible for synthesis of your DNA and RNA. A new report that has appeared in the British Journal of Cancer, gives you another reason to add more magnesium to your diet. According to researchers Indiana University, daily intake of magnesium may help in preventing pancreatic cancer. Previous studies have found that magnesium is inversely associated with the risk of diabetes, which is a common risk factor of pancreatic cancer.
Activate good Fat and curb obesity
The body’s ability to harness heat production by converting white fat cells, which store calories, into beige (good) fat cells, that burn energy, can help fight obesity, a new study reveals. The study suggests natural mechanism in the body, which converts white fat cells into brownish fat cells — known as ‘brite’ or ‘beige’ fat cells — by using heat production and increasing the sympathetic nervous system’s supply of blood vessels to white fat tissue, could be a new and promising approach to fighting obesity. “Perhaps the most important features of white adipose tissue for the conversion of white fat cells to brite/beige fat cells is the density of the SNS nerves being supplied to white adipose tissue, and the fat cell population surrounding this nerve supply having a genetic ability to brown,” said Vitaly Ryu from Center for Obesity Reversal at Georgia State.