MIX Means Variety » good http://mix941kmxj.com Tue, 21 May 2013 02:16:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Coffee, Beer Among the Bad Things That Are Suddenly Good for You in 2011 http://mix941kmxj.com/bad-things-that-are-good-for-you/ http://mix941kmxj.com/bad-things-that-are-good-for-you/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:30:17 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=68710 For years society has told us that drinking coffee, drinking beer and swearing are bad, but thanks to the results of new research released in 2011, some things we thought were bad are actually good for us. Turns out being a caffeine-addled, Guinness-soaked potty mouth actually improves your health — in moderation, of course.

]]> http://mix941kmxj.com/bad-things-that-are-good-for-you/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan/Alexandra Beier, Getty Images Is Salt Actually Good for You? http://mix941kmxj.com/is-salt-actually-good-for-you/ http://mix941kmxj.com/is-salt-actually-good-for-you/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 18:49:14 +0000 Billy Goforth http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=6108 A new development in the battle against salt is leading some scientists to question whether a low-sodium diet is actually healthy for you.

In a study published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, Belgian researches "estimated sodium intake of nearly 3,700 participants, with an average age of about 40, by measuring sodium in their urine at the beginning and end of the study."

What they found was that the people with the lowest amount of sodium intake "had no greater protection against high blood pressure after eight years than those who consumed the highest levels," according to the Boston Globe.

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