Health bites: did you know?

Sweet News on Sour Fruit Eating grapefruit not only helps people
lose weight, it may reduce the risk of diabetes. Grapefruit favorably
affects the body’s levels of insulin, the hormone that enables us
to metabolize sugars and influences the storage of fat.

The Transition That Isn’t Cohabitation is usually seen as a
transitional period for couples that leads inevitably to marriage. But in
a recent study only about 40 percent of cohabiting couples married within
four to seven years. And 42 percent disagreed about the future of their
relationship.

Keep Loggin’ On Heavy Internet use may be therapeutic for
socially awkward people facing isolation and loneliness, says a new study
that dispels the belief that high computer usage leads to psychological
problems. Internet users were found to be more likely to join voluntary
organizations and to help others.

1.5 In millions, the number of maternal and infant deaths that
could be prevented each year in developing countries, if money were
invested in sexual and reproductive health care for the 200 million women
in need, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute.