Can Juggling grow the brain?

Researchers from the University Regensburg in Germany after studying 2 dozen people using brain scans say yes it can. Half were asked to learn how to juggle and the others were given no specific instruction. After 3 months the brain of the jugglers had grown by 3 to 4 percent in the areas that process visual and motor information. The more skilled they became in juggling, the greater the brain growth. No change occurred in the non-juggling group.

Spuds can lower blood pressure

In a recent report in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, scientists note that two small servings of purple potatoes a day reduce blood pressure by about 4 percent without causing weight gain.



Build Muscle to Defeat Diabetes

Increasing lean muscle mass may help against diabetes.

A new study reports that every additional 10 percent of

skeletal muscle mass is associated with reductions of

11 percent in insulin resistance and 12 percent in prediabetes

or diabetes.