Be careful, Friends Can Make You Fat!

You're dieting to lose weight? Be careful with the environment, because the environment was somewhat important in influencing the success or failure of your diet.

Professor Gavan Fitzsimons, PhD, an expert in the field of marketing and psychology from Duke University states, people tend to do what was done by their surroundings. One example, dinner with a group of friends who lean times even making you feel 'comfortable' order ice cream or pudding for dessert. Correct?

Here 'factors' that can affect your diet program:

The Body Slim
According to the survey from the University of British Columbia, in general, 1.5 times as people eat more when eating with friends who lean compared with overweight friends.

Couples Dating
Women tend to eat a diet low in value over 100 calories when eating with the couple date, compared with female friend, according to research from McMaster University in Ontario.

The Optimist
Hanging out with his friends who are optimistic certainly more fun than surrounded by the pessimists right? But for the matter of food, be careful. The optimists usually faster 'surrender' to the things that appeals, including food. They will easily take you to come taste it. Similarly, according to research from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan

The Husband
Married women generally have a tendency to obesity 2x larger than single women, according to data released by the University of North Carolina

Friends of Friends
Results of research at Harvard Medical School states, if the friends of your friends suffer from obesity, then your risk of obesity enlarges to 20%.

Love Hormonal Helping People With Autism

A study in France proves that the hormones 'love' that encourage bonding between mother and baby, it can improve social functioning of persons with autism. In the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences was written, that people with autism who inhaled the hormone oxytocin is more attention and show facial expressions when viewing pictures and better understand social cues in a simulated game.

Research leader, Angela Sirigu of the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience in Lyon, said the hormone therapy is great potential in adults or children suffering from autism.

"For example, if oxytocin is given early on when the diagnosis is made, maybe we can change the social developmental disorders in people with autism," said Angela Sirigu via e-mail.

Angela says research has focused on because of the hormone oxytocin is known as the hormone that helps bond nursing mothers with their babies. And previous research has shown that some children with autism have low levels of the hormone oxytocin. People with Asperger's syndrome and autism spectrum disorders more often have problems with social interaction. This hormone is proven to help patients with autism who have normal intellectual functions and language skills are pretty good because it can improve eye contact, which is an important marker of social interaction.

"Eye contact can be considered as a first step in a social approach. But the people with autism often avoid eye contact with others," he said.

"Our research suggests that oxytocin can increase the eye contact because the patient looks often make eye contact," he said.

These hormones also increase the ability of persons with autism in understanding the responses of others towards them. In his research, Angela and colleagues recruited two groups of individuals aged 17-39 years. The first group comprised 13 people, of which 10 patients of whom had symptoms of autism spectrum and three others suffered from high-functioning autism (autism with high IQ level). While 13 other people into two groups, control population.

Both groups were then ordered to play video games of football in which the group with autism receive oxytocin inhalers. As a result, inhalation of oxytocin make Asperger's Syndrome or high IQ autism tend to love to play with their partner a more socially responsive game play football.

Fruit and Vegetables, Skin Secret Show Brighter Face

Where women who do not want to have a golden skin glowing and rosy. Moreover, the skin is considered as the most healthy skin and draw in a row an experiment conducted by a group of researchers in the UK. Communities in some western countries berangapan that sunshine is the best way to improve skin color, so they prefer to bask in the sun. But you Taukah if it is not difficult to get skin that looks healthy and attractive. The researchers revealed that the only natural and easy way is to eat lots of vegetables and fruits.

"What we eat and not just how much we eat seems important to get a healthy appearance," said Prof. David Perrett, lead researcher from St Andrews University. "The only natural way for our skin look more luminous and yellow is to eat more fruits and vegetables," he added.

Researchers believe, the skin color red means a body full of blood and oxygen that make people look more healthy because it has heart and lungs healthy. The smokers and those who suffer from heart disease and diabetes tend to have less skin rosy, so that makes them look less healthy.

While a healthy yellow color indicates the person is frequently eat fruits and vegetables because of the color produced by carotenoid pigments. These pigments are powerful antioxidants to absorb the harmful compounds produced by the body to fight a disease. And it is also important for immune and can prevent cancer. That's why Dr. Ian Stephen, from Bristol University, as representative in this study, suggest that we always eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day to improve the skin.

"It's the same message about healthy eating, but for different reasons, namely for the skin color," he said. "In some western countries, people often think that the sun is the best way to improve skin tone. But our research shows a healthy lifestyle with proper diet is a healthy skin how to get better," he continued.

In a study published in the International Journal of Primatology, the research team involved 51 respondents, 30 men and 21 women. They use computer software that is able to manipulate the appearance of the skin color of the respondents.