March 14, 2013

In the battle to quench your thirst, water is winning over the likes of Pepsi and Coke. A new survey found that the average American drinks 58 gallons of water a year and 44 gallons of soda. That’s the opposite of 15 years ago when carbonated soft drinks were the number-one beverage. Source Link

This could be why those all-night fast food drive-thru windows are so popular. A study found that lack of sleep can lead you to eat larger portions of high-calorie foods and increase your long-term risk of weight gain. Researchers say sleep deprivation increases food intake regardless of whether a person feels full. Source Link

Imagine being able to detect cancer with a single breath. New research has yielded a breathalizer test that can identify compounds which indicate stomach cancer with up to 95% accuracy. Scientists plan further studies before making the test available to the general public. Source Link