Exercise and Vitamins: Better Together Moderate exercise combined with vitamins C and E and the dietary supplement L-arginine can protect you against heart disease, say researchers. Combined, they are especially effective in boosting the body’s production of nitric oxide, which keeps atherosclerosis at bay.
Noisy Snack Attack Women—but not men—exposed to frustrating noise stress eat more cheese, chocolate, potato chips and popcorn after the din subsides, researchers find. Both men and women tend to eat more during stressful periods, but this is the first study to show a difference in the sexes’ reactions in the aftermath of a nerve-racking experience.
26 Percentage by which taking an aspirin a day reduces the risk of breast cancer in women. This is an added benefit for many women, who are already taking aspirin to reduce the risk of heart disease.
Why Women Know More about Love Both maternal love and romantic love activate many of the same specific regions of the brain. What’s more, both types of love lead to a suppression of brain activity associated with critical assessment of other people and negative emotions.
