If you always want the certitude of buying  fresh fish, it is a must to check that the following apply:

eyes are clear and bulging
the body is flexible and the back elastic
mouth is closed
it has no unwanted smells (like rotten smell)
scales are shiny and firmly attached to the body
muscles firmly attached to the bones
nice clean, odorless and pink gills

Although fish and seafood is healthy and good for diets, under improper storage it is quickly altered. If any of the conditions above does not apply, stay away from that particular fish or …

People who sleep less than 6 hours per night have a shorter life, according to a recent study.  After reviewing 16 studies conducted on more than 1.3 million people, a team of researchers from two universities1 found that people who sleep for less than the recommended 6-8 hours each night have a 12% higher risk of dying prematurely.
Previous research showed that sleep deprivation may be associated with heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol level.
The study also showed that consistent over long sleeping can be …

Nutrition is essential for our health and like eating habits that have a negative impact on our metabolism; there are dangerous cooking habits of which not all people are aware.
Poor hygiene is one of the most dangerous cooking habits, so washing your hands, utensils and ingredients used for cooking is absolutely necessary whether your are cooking at home or outdoors where you don’t have the same conditions as in your kitchen.
Another dangerous cooking habit it’s the use of knives, spoons, forks or other cooking utensils made of aluminum because aluminum …

A recent study conducted in U.K. warns healthy people that taking an aspirin a day to prevent strokes or heart attacks does more harm than good because it almost doubles the risk of internal bleeding while having no effect on heart attacks or strokes.
‘We know that a small daily dose of aspirin can reduce the risk of a heart attack in people with angina and in those who’ve had a heart attack.” said Professor Peter Weissberg from the British Heart Foundation.
The study involved 3550 middle aged men and women with …

In a recent study, researchers from the University of California show a clear link between deficiency in exposure to sunlight and bladder cancer.
Exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B, triggers the photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the body, vitamin which was shown in previous studies from this research that in higher levels leads to lower risks of developing colon cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, ovary cancer etc.
The researchers created a graph with bladder cancer incident rates on the vertical axis and latitude on the horizontal one using worldwide data available through …