Sprinkling ginger on your meals may help you stop sneezing during allergy season. With the fall allergy season upon us, a new study came out with a possible solution to your allergy woes: ginger. “A major component in ginger, 6-gingerol, suppresses the activation of T lymphocytes, or T cells, a type of white blood cell that plays an important role in sensitizing people to specific allergens, the researchers said.” The study has only been run on mice so far and needs more work before it can be tested on humans. 

Trade in your jumbo size chip bag and 12-inch plate for smaller options; it could improve your health. Having bigger food items around the house, like big bags of snacks, big plates, and even bigger silverware can make you unintentionally consume more calories than your body needs in one day. A recent study found that downsizing may be able to help: “…smaller containers, dishes and cutlery might help adults consume up to 16 percent fewer calories in the U.K. and 29 percent less in the U.S…when it comes to plate size, reducing the diameter by even an inch or two can make a difference in calorie consumption…Ideally, adults should use 9-inch or 10-inch plates, and children should have 7.5-inch plates…” The study was not performed on a lot of people or long enough to prove that smaller plates can assist with weight loss, but researchers are optimistic that this could be the case.

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