Study: There’s a Healthy Reason to Stay Home Tonight

According to Harvard researchers, there's a new reason to stay in on weekends: a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. After looking at the cooking habits of more than 99,000 men and women, they found that those who are 11 to 13 homemade lunches or dinners per week had a 13 percent lower risk of developing the disease when compared to folks who ate six or fewer homemade meals per week. In fact, each lunch prepared lowered the risk by two percent. Why? Because not only are restaurant meals higher in calories than the average homecooked fare, we also tend to consume larger quantities when we're eating out. Some experts have even theorized that the fact that the food cooked in a low stress environment could be a factor, since we tend to eat more moderately when we're relaxed.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Study: There's a Healthy Reason to Stay Home Tonight According to Harvard researchers, there’s a new reason to stay in on weekends: a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. After looking at the cooking habits of more than 99,000 men and women, they found that those who ate eleven to thirteen homemade lunches or dinners per week had a 13 percent lower risk of developing the disease when compared to folks who ate six or fewer homemade meals per week. In fact, each lunch prepared lowered the risk by two percent. Why? Because not only are restaurant meals higher in calories than the average homecooked fare, we also tend to consume larger quantities when we’re eating out. Some experts have even suggested that the fact that home cooked food is made in a low stress environment is a factor, since we tend to eat more moderately when we’re relaxed. Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health More Surprising Health Benefits of Making Your Own Meals READ NOW 4 Super Important Ways to Reduce Your Diabetes Risk    READ NOW The Beginners' Guide to Cooking at Home    READ NOW The 3 Simplest Cooking Shortcuts to Cut Fat and Calories READ NOW Trending Now • Which Careers Are Best for Your Brain? • 15 Nonsense Weight Loss "Facts" Everyone Thinks Are True • Granola: Weight Loss Friend or Foe? • Sex Might Actually Reduce Migraine Pain • Quiz: How Stressful Is Your Lifestyle? • The Funniest Marathon Spectator Signs We've Ever Seen • Why Have Mastectomy Rates Tripled In the Last Ten Years? Advertisement About Health  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.

Study: The Delicious Way to Save Your Eyes

Most of us probably first think of Vitamin C as a remedy for colds. (It probably isn't, but that's not the focus of the story.) But new British study, which looked at more than 1,000 pairs of 60-year-old twins, has concluded that those who had a high intake of vitamin C had a 33 percent lower chance of getting cataracts. Cataracts cause the eye's lens to become cloudy and are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. But while many of us have accepted that they occur naturally with age, this study suggests that they may not be as inevitable as we may have thought.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Study: The Delicious Way to Save Your Eyes Most of us probably first think of Vitamin C as a remedy for colds. (It probably isn’t, but that’s not the focus of the story.)  But new British study, which looked at more than 1,000 pairs of 60-year-old twins, has concluded that those who had a high intake of vitamin C had a 33 percent lower chance of getting cataracts. Cataracts cause the eye’s lens to become cloudy and are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. But while many of us have accepted that they occur naturally with age, this study suggests that they may not be as inevitable as we may have thought. Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health What About Carrots? The 8 Nutrients Your Eyes Need Every Day READ NOW 15 Healthy Foods That Are Loaded With Vitamin C    READ NOW The Biggest Risk Factors for Cataracts You Can Control    READ NOW Which Eye Color Has a Higher Cataract Risk? READ NOW Trending Now • How Kimberly Dealt With Her Lung Cancer Diagnosis • 7 Nutrients a Vegetarian Might Be Lacking • The Biggest Mistakes We Make When Planning a Funeral • How to Get an Upper Body Workout When You're Cycling • Quiz: Are You an Optimist? • 7 Portable, Protein-Packed Snacks • Medicare Pulls Back on Ambulance Services Advertisement About Health  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.