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A new study found that vegetarians have a 32% lower chance of getting heart disease than people who eat meat.

Researchers followed an astounding 44,500 volunteers for a ridiculous 11 years!!

They found that the vegetarians had a much lower incidence of heart issues.

Tags: british, health, life expectancy, meat eater, research, science, study, vegetarian

There's a crazy, experimental vaccine for alcoholics out there that may be making its way to the marketplace soon!

It's meant to help people quit boozing by immediately causing hangover symptoms as soon as any alcohol enters your body.

That shiz cray!

The creators of the vaccine said that if a vaccinated person drinks any alcohol they will quickly be hit with an accelerated heartbeat, intense nausea and just generally become sick.

Tags: alcohol, alcoholism, drug, researchers, science, scientists, study, vaccine

This is an amazeballs read, you guys!!

Al Roker lost about 160 pounds almost 10 years ago, but he still struggles every day with what he used to be, and how those around him used to react. Specifically, there were issues stemming from being in a mixed-weight relationship with his wife, who was in way better shape than he was.

As it turns out, a recent Wall Street Journal study found that couples that are at extremely different weights, deal with a lot of additional conflict. A poll even says that about 55 percent of readers say that weight difference has caused problems in their relationships.

Al Roker knows all about this.

Here are his very candid, stunning thoughts on the situation (in full):

Tags: al rocker, body, diet, eating, family, fat, food, health, healthy, kids, pounds, study, weight, wife

Ever just find yourself in a funk that you were unable to shake??

Maybe right now you're sitting at your desk, reading this, barely paying attention, still stewing over something that happened just earlier or yesterday or whenever.

Well, wanna know a quick little trick to losing that bad feeling??

Tags: bad mood, better, body, body image, exercise, garbage, help, image, people, science, study, writing

Not bad for your first competition, Ellen Bittner!!!

Ellen is a 63-year-old woman who was the average American: lazy, unhealthy, unhappy. She became part of a study about how lifestyle affect life expectancy, and she was SHOCKED to learn she was among the highest at risk for a slew of health problems like heart attacks and strokes. More importantly though, she was inspired to change.

And we hope she inspires you too!

Turns out, Bittner was REALLY GOOD at powerlifting, after her personal trainer came back from a competition raving about it, and asked her if she wanted to try it out. So they trained, and now she's taken home the gold in her first competition ever!

Check out her amazeballs story (above)! Go Ellen, goooooo!

Tags: age, america, american, change, competition, gold, happy, health, healthy, heart, heart attack, life, lifestyle, personal trainer, powerlifter, study, trainer, unhealthy, woman

There's a whole lot of information out there on weight lifting and fitness, but some of it is, excuse our french, total friggin' poo poo.

So how do you separate fact from fiction??

Just check out this list of the top 5 weight-lifting myths:

Tags: body, exercise, fit, fitness, good, gym, health, help, muscle, nutrition, people, protein, recovery, serious, sports, stress, strong, study, tips, weight, work, workout

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ADHD rates among children continue to grow, grow, grow!

But is the rise real, or driven by greater awareness of the condition?

Between 2001 and 2010 the rate of new cases of ADHD in California climbed for both sexes and for most ethnic and racial groups for children between the ages of

Tags: adhd, climb, diagnosed, diagnoses, high, higher, numbers, research, school, study, teens