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The caffeine in coffee, tea and some sodas can cause changes to the breasts. Tea, coffee, chocolate and cola soft drinks contain caffeine. Caffeine enervates the central nervous system with a stimulant effect. It can have a wide range of effects on the body. The side effects caffeine causes in the breasts do not typically require any treatment, notes the University of Rochester Medical Center. Advertisement Lumps A fibrocystic breast contains cells that gather fluids into cysts that often make the breast look lumpy, notes Columbia Health Services of Columbia University....

Going to sleep and waking up at the same time each day affects more than your productivity. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative How Bad Is It Really? sets the record straight on all the habits and behaviors you’ve heard might be unhealthy. Sleeping is kind of like working out. Although both are crucial for good health, we often push them to the back burner or maybe even skip them altogether when life gets busy....

Image Credit: istetiana/Moment/GettyImages When you're looking for foods to help an older adult gain weight, choose nutrient-dense embellishments to foods they already eat. Adding tasty, nutritious snacks several times daily will also be beneficial. Their physicians can provide additional guidance. Advertisement Why Older Adults Have Reduced Appetites The human body is constantly evolving, and age-related changes can greatly influence nutrition requirements and appetites, notes Harvard Health Publishing. Compared to younger people, older adults require fewer calories, so they often consume less food and feel full more quickly....

Vary your treadmill routine to improve fitness. The treadmill offers a way to walk, run or jog indoors when the weather, schedule or terrain does not promote outdoor exercise. Whether you are a beginner trying to achieve a level of fitness for health or a seasoned runner, you can benefit from incline and speed work on the treadmill. Regardless of your specific goals, incorporating these modalities will improve your endurance, leg strength, calorie burn and lung capacity....

Lentils and spinach are two affordable and tasty zinc-rich foods to add to your weekly meal rotation. Image Credit: PeteerS/iStock/GettyImages Now more than ever, people are looking for ways to strengthen their immune system and fight off disease. While a healthy diet isn’t a cure-all for anything, what you eat can play a part in protecting you from illness and keeping you healthy. Advertisement Case in point: zinc. "Zinc has a variety of health benefits — it can help support metabolic function, memory function and wound healing to name a few — but it's most commonly known for its benefit on the immune system and common cold symptoms," Erika Fox, RDN, registered dietitian and community manager for 310 Nutrition, tells LIVESTRONG....

Water Workouts for the Butt Image Credit: petrenkod/iStock/GettyImages Sometimes you need to take a break from regular gym equipment and use some other form of resistance. While water makes you more buoyant, it provides constant resistance against your limbs, making it an ideal environment for switching up your workouts. You can even work the biggest muscle in your body, the gluteus maximus, in the pool. Advertisement You can recreate a lot of cable resistance exercises in the pool because of the way the water resists you....

Cornstarch is converted to high fructose corn syrup and used in foods like doughnuts Image Credit: Maris Zemgalietis/iStock/Getty Images Cornstarch is used in countless food items ranging from snack foods such as cakes, cookies and doughnuts, to beverages such as fruit juice, soft drinks and beer, to meats such as sausage, bologna and hotdogs. It is also used in ice cream, cereals and condiments. Consuming an excessive amount of these products leads to a myriad of health problems including obesity, high blood pressure and cancer....

An incline gives your lower chest more focus. Image Credit: LarsZahnerPhotography/iStock/Getty Images With all the variations of push-ups out there, one will help you better develop the lower portion of your chest more than others. You might feel like it’s one that puts your hands on a stability ball or medicine ball, as it seems that your lower chest is on fire as you press up and down. Advertisement Variations with your hands on an unstable surface don't do much extra for your pecs, though; it's your abs and triceps you feel working in overdrive, showed a study published in a 2006 issue of Dynamic Medicine....

If you need to cut back or completely cut out caffeine, herbal teas may offer a good solution. Caffeine-free tea is available at nearly any large grocery store. Instead of looking for black or green tea varieties, truly caffeine-free teas are herbal teas that, ironically, don't typically have tea leaves in their blends. They reduce your caffeine intake effectively. Advertisement Tip If you need to cut back or completely cut out caffeine, herbal teas may offer a good solution....

Salty snacks in a white bowl. Image Credit: YUCELOZBER/iStock/Getty Images Salt is comprised of two important electrolytes: sodium and chloride. Electrolyte imbalances can occur when intake or loss of an electrolyte is excessive. High quantities of sodium consumption can lead to an electrolyte imbalance, causing hypertension or edema. Edema, known as water retention, occurs when you consume large amounts of sodium relative to your water intake. Advertisement Edema Edema occurs when excess water accumulates primarily between the cells located in the tissue of your extremities or in your circulatory system....

A large bowl of spaghetti and meatballs. Image Credit: George Doyle/Stockbyte/Getty Images Although grain-based foods can be part of a nutritious diet, not all grain products have the same impact on hunger and satiety. Some pastas, especially varieties made from refined grains, can leave you feeling hungry soon after you eat them. Whereas items made from white flour or other heavily processed starches can keep your appetite roaring, foods made from fiber-rich whole grains can help you feel full longer....

Headaches and fatigue often go hand-in-hand, but it's usually not serious. Image Credit: skynesher/E+/GettyImages If you’re dealing with headaches every day and feeling tired a lot, too, you’re probably wondering what’s behind this double whammy of discomfort. Often symptoms stem from a migraine. But if you don’t have a headache disorder, your doctor can help pinpoint the cause of your symptoms. Advertisement Headache-Related Fatigue “Headaches and fatigue can occur frequently together, and fatigue may often precede the development of a migraine headache,” says Miran Salgado, MD, chairman of neurosciences and chief of the division of neurology at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital....

Fruit salad in the produce department. Image Credit: frizzyfoto/iStock/Getty Images If you’re looking for a way to jazz up your fruit salad, consider adding cubes of yellow watermelon. It’s sweeter than its red-fleshed cousin, but just as juicy and thirst quenching. Yellow watermelon, available in both seeded and seedless varieties, not only adds brightness to your sweet salad, but also nutrients that protect your body from illness. Advertisement Low-Calorie Goodness If you’re trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, yellow watermelon is a good choice....

Visit Page https://us.zwift.com Thanks to its sleek design, the Zwift Hub bike trainer doesn't take up too much space in my storage closet. Image Credit: Zwift/LIVESTRONG.com Have you ever watched a 10-year-old fall off a bike? Assuming it’s not a terrible fall, they usually just pop back up and keep riding. Kids are pretty fearless. Advertisement Unfortunately, I'm not a 10-year-old and don't share the same disregard for potential peril....

Image Credit: AndreyPopov/iStock/GettyImages Losing 4 pounds in a week isn't unheard of -- especially if you've got significant weight to lose. The closer you are to your goal weight, though, the slower weight loss comes. To lose 4 pounds in seven days, you might have to resort to extreme measures that could affect your ability to lose weight after one week. Although you might have a goal you desperately want to reach, consider the implications of extreme measures for the long term....

Microwaving an avocado isn't a good idea. Image Credit: barmalini/iStock/GettyImages Avocados are generally served raw, such as in guacamole, a salad or a sandwich. If you have a hard specimen but need a ripe avocado, think twice before microwaving it. If you microwave an unripe fruit, it may soften slightly, but it won’t taste like a ripe avocado. Advertisement Tip Microwaving an avocado isn't a good idea. Heating the flesh can alter its flavor and the fruit won't ripen properly....

There are a variety of ways to prepare and cook large clams. Image Credit: huzu1959/Moment/GettyImages Both hard- and soft-shell clams are delicious and easy to prepare and cook. You can eat hard-shell clams raw or cooked, but soft-shell clams must be cooked until they open before eating. Advertisement Always use live clams that smell pleasant and that resist having their shell opened forcefully. Once cooked, you can eat large clams with pasta and white wine sauce or serve them with a butter-based dipping sauce and fresh bread....

references Mayo Clinic: Earwax Blockage Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery: Clinical Practice Guideline (Update): Earwax (Cerumen Impaction) Is this an emergency? If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, please see the National Library of Medicine’s list of signs you need emergency medical attention or call 911. Over-the-counter ear drops are the best way to remove earwax at home. Image Credit: chameleonseye/iStock/GettyImages Image Credit: chameleonseye/iStock/GettyImages Symptoms of too much earwax are similar to having water in your ear, so if you’ve recently been swimming, bathing or even sweating profusely, consider whether wax or water is causing your issues....

There's no evidence pointing to the downsides of ingesting creatine before bed. Image Credit: Eugeniusz Dudzinski/iStock/GettyImages Creatine, which is produced naturally in the body, consumed in our daily diets and ingested through supplementation can be taken before bed, or rather, there’s no evidence to suggest the contrary. Advertisement Tip There's no evidence pointing to the downsides of ingesting creatine before bed. However, studies have pointed to one optimal time to have creatine, a time in which you can best reap creatine benefits....

If you're strapped for time, you may be tempted to squeeze in a workout right before you hit the hay. Here's what you should know about working out before bed. Image Credit: LIVESTRONG.com Creative How Bad Is It Really? sets the record straight on all the habits and behaviors you’ve heard might be unhealthy. Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: You put “exercise” at the top of your to-do list for the day, but things keep popping up — work, phone calls, errands, you name it — and you suddenly find your only workout window is after dinner and before you hit the sheets....