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Want to lose weight but cannot hit gym. No problem, this new study has an easy solution to your problem. According to it, brisk walking is better than going to a gym to lose weight. In fact, the researchers have said that regular walkers are able to lose or maintain weight in a better manner than those who take training at the gym.

Researchers from the London School of Economics carried out the study on over 50,000 patients between 1999 and 2012. In the study, the researchers have assessed the activity levels and exercises carried out by the participants. The researchers assessed heart rate, perspiration and correlated BMI and waist circumference measurements as well.

A new research paper has unveiled that using vegetable oils for cooking is not a healthy option. It is better to choose lard, butter, coconut oil and olive oil for cooking. As per scientists, vegetable oil upon cooking releases toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer and may also lead to degeneration of brain.

Study researchers noticed that when corn, sunflower, palm and soya bean oils, referred are heated then they release chemicals known as aldehydes that have been linked to different cancers and even neuro-generative diseases like Alzheimer's.

A number of people took part in a competition in which it has to be decided that who has the best facial hair in the nation. The event that took place on Saturday night took place in the Kings Theatre stage in Brooklyn, New York.

It is said that there were around 300 men who took part in different categories of the competition like Musketeer (a mustache of the long and slender variety and small, pointed beard) and then there were other categories as well like Amish beard (a clean shaven upper lip, combined with an unshaven area that stretches from the chin to the temple). There were freestyle groups as well.

It is believed that more than 10 million Americans struggle with seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Now a new study has found that talk therapy is better than light treatment when it comes to managing patients with SAD.

SAD affects 1.5% and 9% of southern and northern states. According to initial results of a study, cognitive-behavioral therapy has been found to be better for patients having SAD than light therapy. In the study, the researchers have carried out a large-scale, randomized comparative analysis of the treatments.

In the study, 177 people were involved who were diagnosed with recurrent depression following a seasonal pattern. In the study, the participants were randomly assigned to undergo either cognitive-behavioral therapy or light therapy.

People start feeling unhappy when they turn 30. A new study has found that adults over the age of 30 years are not as happy as they used to be, which means their happiness vanishes after being 30. The study also found young people and teens happier than ever.

As per a report of CBS News, researchers from the US found that in last five years, the age advantage for happiness in previous research disappeared. The new study didn’t find link between age and happiness among adult individuals. According to the study, adults between the age of 18 to 29 are happier than those older than 30.

Senator Chuck Schumer has expressed concern over caffeinated peanut butter. The senator said a new brand could give customers a dangerous jolt, and could also make children too caffeinated. Schumer wants Feds to investigate Steem Peanut Butter.

Two tablespoons of Steem Peanut Butter, which was launched in 2014, can have caffeine equal to caffeine in two cans of Red Bull. It means one serving contains 170 milligrams of caffeine. The product is sold mostly online, but there are some small stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut that sell the product.

About the product, Schumer said, “This may look like an ordinary jar of peanut butter, and it may cost the same as a jar of peanut butter, but the fact is it’s far more dangerous”.