Archive for March, 2009
HFCS Influence on Insulin Resistance Discovered
Study: Specific Gene Produces Excess Fat with HFCS Consumption A talk radio program addressed something the other day that I’ve seldom heard anyone outside of health professionals on television or in print mention: the ubiquity of high fructose corn syrup in every day foods. Certainly you’ve noticed this. Read any food label – even foods [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under high-fructose corn syrup.
Tags: insulin resistance
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Latest Study ‘Red Meat’ for Vegetarian Stance?
Report: Red Meat Consumption Contributes to All Forms of Death It may not be game, set and match, but this latest finding on the dangers of red meat certainly gives its avoiders the advantage. A 10-year study conducted by researchers from the National Cancer Institute seems to confirm what many of us suspected, but few [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under Cancer, Heart Disease.
Tags: bison, red meat
Comments: 3
With Vitamin C, There’s No ‘Gout’ About It
Researchers: Vitamin C a ‘Useful Option’ in Gout Avoidance Late last summer I wrote about gout. For those unfamiliar with the condition, gout is a type of chronic arthritis that causes severe pain in and around the joints, all thanks to the overproduction of uric acid. Uric acid is something that all bodies produce, [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2009 under arthritis, Vitamin C.
Tags: gout
Comments: 7
Green Acres Really Is the Place to Be
Study: Park Populated Places Breed Active Kids Fans of Eva Gabor, I have news for you: It turns out Green Acres really is “the place to be.” The eponymous 1965 television sitcom aired a wee bit before my time, but as I understand it, “Green Acres” centered on the life of two city slickers who [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2009 under Exercise, Obesity, Walking.
Tags: physical activity
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Latest Fat ‘D’fender
Study: Fat Tummies Tied to Low Vitamin D Levels in Adolescents It’s hard for me to recall a time in which there was more attention paid to a specific vitamin. It reminds me of those Sesame Street skits, where throughout the episode, the voiceover announcer would say “This has been brought to you by [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under Vitamin D, Vitamin Deficiencies.
Tags: vitamin d children deficiency, vitamin d children dosage
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As Diabetes Domino Drops, Alzheimer’s Risk Rises
Wake Forest Researchers Link Diabetes to Dementia Risk The ongoing financial crisis the country is embroiled in has opened my eyes to how intricate a web our economic structure is. The so-called domino effect of the economic collapse – starting with the housing bubble bursting, leading to a chorus of bursting bubbles up and down [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes.
Tags: dementia risk, dementia risk factors
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Stretching: A Vexing Issue
Part 2: What’s the Best Form of Stretching: Static or Dynamic? Unlike man, all stretches are not created equal. Not equal because stretches stretch different muscle groups (the lunge stretch stretches the hip flexors; the squat stretch stretches the quadriceps) and some stretches are more effective in stretching out one muscle group than another that [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2009 under Stretching.
Tags: dynamic stretching, static stretching
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Stretching: A Vexing Issue?
Part 1: Some Studies Suggest Stretching Is Pointless: Could This Be True? There’s a fellow I know who thinks almost all studies conducted are gobbledygook because all they do is point out what’s already obvious. While there’s no question studies often do point out what the educated person knows to be true intuitively, they just [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2009 under Stretching.
Tags: hamstring stretch, quadriceps stretch
Comments: 1
Acryla’mired’
Doing One’s Best to Avoid Acrylamide Last summer, I wrote about acrylamide – a chemical that’s found most prevalently in potato chips, French fries, crackers, coffee and other carbohydrate-laden snacks. Many animal studies have shown that when acrylamide is eaten in excess – more than 40 micrograms, according to most estimates – it contributes to [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2009 under Cancer.
Tags: acrylamide, french fries, potato chips
Comments: 3
Exercise: The New Colonoscopy
Comprehensive Harvard Study Indicates Exercise Cuts Colon Cancer Risk by 25 Percent February is heart month in more ways than one. We give our “hearts” to our sweethearts every 14th, sure, but perhaps more significantly, American Heart Month comes every February. It’s a month where health-conscious Americans go door to door getting the word out [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2009 under Cancer, Exercise.
Tags: Colon cancer
Comments: 1
