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A long term study is revealing that fluoride in drinking water has no negative health impact on the brain or IQ. Researchers followed thousands of Americans from when they graduated high school in the late 1950’s until they were elderly and compared cognitive ability between people exposed to fluoride in water verse those were not exposed. The findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences come at a time where there is debate on whether fluoride is harmful. Some states have banned or are in the process of banning fluoride in drinking water.
Small Talk Good For Mental Health
A new study highlights the importance of small talk or short conversations being good for mental health. An experiment laid out in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology involves 18-hundred people with a wide variety of interests that were forced to engage in five minute conversations. Results consistently showed people couldn’t predict how much they would enjoy talking about topics they thought would be boring whether it would be with friends of strangers. A recent study by AARP shows 40 percent of adults report feeling lonely.
Ultraprocessed Foods May Hurt Muscle Health
A new study finds that eating too much ultraprocessed food could take a toll on muscle health. The new research was published Tuesday in the journal Radiology and it found that people who ate diets that were high in ultraprocessed foods like salty snacks, sugary drinks and fast food had more fat streaked through their muscles. Researchers studied data from 615 people with an average age of 60 and analyzed their body mass index as well as what they ate and MRI scans of their thighs which showed how much fat each person’s muscles stored. However, more research is needed to establish whether eating a lot of ultraprocessed foods leads to more intramuscular fat.
