December 15, 2015

A convertible car seat should be on the gift list for every one-year-old’s birthday, according to Consumer Reports. The magazine says testing showed that convertible seats may provide some additional protection over an infant seat in protecting a child’s head. Some parents use an infant car seat longer because it conveniently doubles as an infant carrier. Source Link
 
There’s new evidence that the “one-size-fits-all” diet is mostly a myth. Researchers found that people eating the same meal burned it differently and had different blood sugar levels afterward. The next step is to develop tools like a smartphone app that could calculate personal nutrition needs and give you real-time guidance on smart food choices. Source Link

You may want to think twice about stashing that glittery hair tie around your wrist. In one case, a woman contracted a serious skin infection that lead to emergency surgery after wearing a hair tie on her wrist for several weeks. Health experts say hair ties can carry bacteria from the head to the skin where infection can happen. Source Link