Arthritis risks can be cut by choosing to breastfeed.Arthritis is probably something that we’d all like to avoid in later life, and new research suggests that there is a simple and effective way to cut your risk of developing it.

Breastfeeding for at least a year can cut your risk factor by a half in cases of rheumatoid arthritis.

The Malmo University Hospital in Sweden carried out the study which compared 136 arthritic people with 544 people without it.

Six very good reasons to eat honey

May 15th, 2008 09:00

Honey is so good for you - how sweet is that?Finally, there is something which can satisfy your sweet-tooth but also keep you in great shape – honey.

Excuse the terrible pun, but it really is the bee’s knees, and can boost your health in several different ways.

In fact, scientists are only just beginning to understand how good for you it is. So expect another six reasons to eat honey in the near future.

Light exercise such as swimming can improve conditions such as arthritis and diabetes.Recent reports have stated that over half of adults with diabetes in the US have also got arthritis, which has led to the unsurprising conclusion that diabetes patients are less likely to partake in exercise.

It’s the ultimate Catch 22 situation, as diabetes sufferers could well use exercise to improve their condition and general health. Exercise is also know to stop the onset of diabetes, as it can help with weight control.

A gluten-free could ease arthritis sufferers' misery.Rheumatoid arthritis patients who follow a vegan diet and avoid gluten can lessen the risk of a heart attack or stroke, a new study has found.

People who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis are at high risk of getting cardiovascular diseases, but as a gluten-free diet can lower cholesterol and raise levels of natural antibodies found within the body.

The leader of the study, Johan Frostegard of the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden, gave 38 of his arthritic patients a gluten-free and vegan food plan to follow, whilst another 28 ate a well-balanced but non-vegan diet for a year.

Cod liver oil can ease arthritis

April 18th, 2008 22:17

Arthritis sufferers could ease their symptoms with cod liver oil.

So say scientists in Scotland, who in a recent study found patients taking regular supplements could cut their need for anti-inflammatory drugs by almost a third.

Pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, has had the baby

baby, dummy, pacifier, thomas beatie, pregnant man, man baby, man, sex changeAnd if we were a tabloid we’d put man in snarky apostrophes, but we’re just a little bit classier here at DietPixie.

Of course we all know the story. It’s age old. Man meets woman. Falls in love. They decide to have a baby. Man used to be woman until sex change op. Well, partial sex change op. Man still has some of his old womanly bits knocking about. Man carries baby. Goes on Oprah. And now… man has given birth to baby girl.

It’s a beautiful thing.

If only more men gave birth to babies. Maybe then we’d get a bit more bloody understanding about how much it Bloody Hurts. Oh well.

Thomas, 34, was born a lady, but took hormones and had his breasts removed to live as a man. He always hoped to get pregnant one day though, so he kept his female sex organs, telling Oprah it was down to his “human desire” and “right to have my own biological child.”

Some stuffy old squares didn’t agree though, largely the Christian right of America who went flipping apeshit.

His wife Nancy, 45, already has grown-up children and cannot have more biologically after having a hysterectomy.

Look out for exclusive pics in whichever glossy mag has the deepest pockets, very soon.

Picture: Morguefile

Pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, has had the baby

baby, dummy, pacifier, thomas beatie, pregnant man, man baby, man, sex changeAnd if we were a tabloid we’d put man in snarky apostrophes, but we’re just a little bit classier here at DietPixie.

Of course we all know the story. It’s age old. Man meets woman. Falls in love. They decide to have a baby. Man used to be woman until sex change op. Well, partial sex change op. Man still has some of his old womanly bits knocking about. Man carries baby. Goes on Oprah. And now… man has given birth to baby girl.

It’s a beautiful thing.

If only more men gave birth to babies. Maybe then we’d get a bit more bloody understanding about how much it Bloody Hurts. Oh well.

Thomas, 34, was born a lady, but took hormones and had his breasts removed to live as a man. He always hoped to get pregnant one day though, so he kept his female sex organs, telling Oprah it was down to his “human desire” and “right to have my own biological child.”

Some stuffy old squares didn’t agree though, largely the Christian right of America who went flipping apeshit.

His wife Nancy, 45, already has grown-up children and cannot have more biologically after having a hysterectomy.

Look out for exclusive pics in whichever glossy mag has the deepest pockets, very soon.

Picture: Morguefile

Pregnant man, Thomas Beatie, has had the baby

baby, dummy, pacifier, thomas beatie, pregnant man, man baby, man, sex changeAnd if we were a tabloid we’d put man in snarky apostrophes, but we’re just a little bit classier here at DietPixie.

Of course we all know the story. It’s age old. Man meets woman. Falls in love. They decide to have a baby. Man used to be woman until sex change op. Well, partial sex change op. Man still has some of his old womanly bits knocking about. Man carries baby. Goes on Oprah. And now… man has given birth to baby girl.

It’s a beautiful thing.

If only more men gave birth to babies. Maybe then we’d get a bit more bloody understanding about how much it Bloody Hurts. Oh well.

Thomas, 34, was born a lady, but took hormones and had his breasts removed to live as a man. He always hoped to get pregnant one day though, so he kept his female sex organs, telling Oprah it was down to his “human desire” and “right to have my own biological child.”

Some stuffy old squares didn’t agree though, largely the Christian right of America who went flipping apeshit.

His wife Nancy, 45, already has grown-up children and cannot have more biologically after having a hysterectomy.

Look out for exclusive pics in whichever glossy mag has the deepest pockets, very soon.

Picture: Morguefile