Apparently it’s not good to count the calories!! Researchers from the North Carolina School of Medicine have discovered that although very young children seem to be affected by the amount of calories they eat, that seems to change once they hit their teens. 19.125 children between 1 and 17 were studied. The researchers unfortunately didn’t say what types of food the children were eating, as fast foods and highly processed foods would probably have some influence on whether the children put on weight.  a new study has also found that us girls spend about a year of our lives talking about and worrying about diets. That’s a lot of time!! Men are only slightly better. Maybe it’s time we relaxed a bit more, and just ate a little less, and leave the calories to one side.

Beware of too many fizzy drinks. Just one a day could increase your risk of stroke. Women increase their risk by a huge 83%. Men don’t seem to be as susceptible though, having just a small increase.

Meditating halves your risk of a heart attack. According to researchers at the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention in Iowa. Even people who are obese or who smoke, the risk can be lowered by as much as 48 %.