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AnewinnovationbyKiwiresearchers

meansthatthehearing-impairedcannow

watcha movieatanycinematheylike

withoutmissinganydialogue.TheVivifyheadsetusesaug

realitytoprojectsubtitlesbelowthescreenina rangeoflanguag

includingEnglishandChinese.Theheadsetsdon’tgetinthewayof

hearingaidsandcochlearimplants,andarealsoglasses-friendly.

Youcanreserveyourheadsetatvivify.co.nz.

IN THE BAG

Here’sa neatadditiontoyourreusablebag

collection.Eco-friendlyKiwibrandBackto

Basicshascottonandjutebagstohold

everythingfromyourfarmers’markethaul

toyourwineselection.Thebiodegradable

bagsarealsosourceddirectlyfromethical

manufacturersinIndia,whooffer fairwages

andworkingconditions.Cottonbags,

from$7.backtobasics.net.nz

Lights off

If youoftenndyourself

fallingasleepinthemiddle

ofa Netixbinge,youmaywant

totryhardertopresspausebefore

youdozeoff.Researchersfromthe

NationalInstituteofEnvironmental

HealthSciencesstudiedalmost

44,000womenandfoundthatthose

whoreportedleavingthelightsorTV

onastheyfellasleepgainedupto5kg

overtheve-yearstudy.Comparedto

womenwhofellasleepintotal

darkness,theywerealso22%more

likelytobecomeoverweightand33%

morelikelytobecomeobese.

Researcherssayit maybebecausea

lackofsleepchangesthehormones

thatregulateourappetite,which can

leadtometabolismchanges.

THE DAILY GRIND

Coffeeisokayforourhearts,saysanewstudy,

even ifyou’redrinking plentyofit.Researchersat

QueenMaryUniversityofLondonstudied more

than8000coffeedrinkers in theUKand

categorisedtheminto threegroups:those who

hadlessthanacupaday, those drinking oneto

three cupsdaily, andthoseconsumingmorethan

three. Acrossthe board,they foundthatdrinking

coffeedoesn’tresultin arterial stiff ness,a

conditionthat canleadtocardiovasculardisease

orstroke lateron.Infact,even thesmallminority

whodrankextraordinaryamounts–thatis,

25 cupsaday–didn’thaveanincreasedrisk

ofarterial stiff ness.

Brushingandossingarepart

andparcelofkeepingourteeth

healthy,andmayhelpprevent

Alzheimer’s.Researchersfromthe

UniversityofBergeninNorway

discoveredthatthebacteriathatcause

gingivitiscanmovefromthemouthto

thebrain.Fromthere,it producesa

proteinthatdestroysnervecells,which

canleadtomemorylossandinsome

cases,Alzheimer’s.Researcherspoint

outthatthebacteriaaloneisn’tcausing

Alzheimer’s,butit doessubstantiallyraise

theriskofdevelopingthediseaseand

alsoacceleratesitsprogression.Thegood

newsis,youcanpreventit bycleaning

yourteethwell– ossingtoo– and

visitingyourdentistregularly.

WHAT’

NEW

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BYJULIABRAYBROOK

HEALTHY HABITS

SEPTEMBER 2019 / NEXT 127

HEALTH

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