PlayStations don’t just cause tired eyes and sore thumbs anymore — they can also help scientists find a cure for Alzheimer’s, cancer and other diseases.

Thanks to the Folding@home program created by Stanford University researcher Vijay Pande. PlayStation 3 owners can help find a cure for diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s — just by leaving on their consoles when not being used. (more…)

Using DNA technology, researchers may have developed a “morning after” sunburn cream that will repair sun-damaged skin and help to reduce the risk of skin cancer.

Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Norman Leaf explains, “Sun-induced skin damage is commonly mediated by injury to the DNA of skin cells — which consists of two strands [of nucleotides], the double helix.

Radiation from the sun causes the two strands to link together abnormally with chemical bridges called dimers. If left unchecked, these dimers may cause the cell either to die early — producing premature skin-aging — or worse, become cancerous.” (more…)

Continued from Juice Fasting and High Fiber Diet Plan.

The Retro Diets: The 3 Day Juice Fast, Lemon Juice Fast, The Master Cleanser, etc.

The passé: These so-called “detox diets” had a Bohemian following in the ’70s, but during the aerobicized ’80s, “juice fasts fell out of favor,” says Susan Bowerman, the assistant director at UCLA Center for Human Nutrition.

“People didn’t want to feel weak and light-headed anymore. They wanted to sweat it out instead.”

The present: Beyonce attributed her slimmed-down physique in the film Dreamgirls to a liquid diet, although she admitted the weight came back once she returned to her usual eating habits. Noncelebrities have also found that liquid regimens are a quick way to drop pounds.

Anne, who works for a national chain of upscale gyms, followed a juice-based program whipped up by Jill Pettijohn, Donna Karan’s former personal chef and nutritional advisor. In a five-day plan, Pettijohn delivers six different beverages a day, to be consumed at particular intervals in a certain order. (more…)

Despite recently ridiculing rumors of having an eating disorder, Kelly Clarkson has admitted to struggling with bulimia in her past.

She is not bulimic now, but Clarkson says she was bulimic for 6 months back in high school when she did not get a part she wanted in a musical.

She kept it a secret but one of her friends figured out what was going on, and that is when Clarkson realized that she has to find a way to deal with it. “I literally went cold turkey and snapped out of it,” she says. (more…)

When dieting, how do you deal with hunger pangs? One way is to keep reminding yourself about their temporary nature; when you feel hungry, you can try to wait for an hour or so hoping that the pangs will go away by themselves.

Sometimes they do go away, in other cases they do not. Either way, research shows that this method of dealing with hunger pangs may cause muscle loss (which slows down your metabolism) and in some cases, the urge to binge.

A much better strategy is to follow healthy eating patterns by dividing your total daily calories between 5-6 small meals per day. It is not an exact science, so do not worry about consuming an equal amount of calories with each meal. (more…)

Continued from How to: Back Stretch.

Calf stretch: Step up on a curb or step with your right foot, keeping it flat. (more…)

Continued from Lose 100 Calories, Lose Weight. I hope you are having a good time experimenting with cutting 100 calories from whatever diet approach you follow.

It really does not matter if you are on Atkins or some other diet, there is always a way to cut at least 100 calories. Here are a few more diet tricks to try. (more…)