Natural News for Women

Last month we looked at popular dieting myths. This month we’ll look at food and exercise myths that can also make weight management and healthy eating harder than they need to be.

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Ten per cent of rice sold in UK supermarkets contains 10 times the levels of arsenic allowed in China. Most rice contains some arsenic, a poisonous element and arsenic is present in many foods. However rice is grown in flooded fields so the arsenic naturally present in the soil is absorbed by the plants through the water. Long term exposure increases the risk of skin, lung and bladder cancer so the Food standard Agency says if you want to eat rice more than three times a week, consider switching to Thai or Indian grown rice which have lower levels of arsenic.

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Exercising every day can make you seem biologically younger than those who do no exercise, say scientists. Inactivity not only leads to a greater risk of age–related diseases but also may influence the ageing process. Academics from Kings College London and in the US studied over 2,000 twins analysing telomeres which protect cells from damage. Telomeres shorten with age increasing susceptibility to cell damage which causes disease. Comparing twins who did different amounts of exercise they found that on average the telomeres were longer in more active ones.

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