Archive for September, 2009
Your Life “D”pends on It
Study: Elderly Low in Vitamin D Increase their Risk of Premature Death Some “D”pressing news to report on the heart health front, particularly if you’re a senior citizen. According to a joint study conducted by researchers from Colorado and Massachusetts, the elderly are at greater risk of dying from heart disease when their vitamin D [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2009 under Vitamin D.
Tags: premature death, Sunlight, vitamin d deficiency
Comments: none
The Fullness Factor
Why Certain Fatty Foods Fall Flat in Satisfying Our Appetite Ever notice how foods loaded with fat never leave you satisfied, while low fat foods leave you feeling fuller longer? Fat has more calories than carbohydrates and proteins (nine calories per gram as opposed to four calories per gram), so it’s natural to assume that [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2009 under Appetite, Brain Chemistry.
Tags: feeling full, fullness factor, insulin, leptin, oleic acid, overindulgence, palmitic acid
Comments: none
Slowing the Pace of Muscle Waste
Despite Age, Weight Training Slows Muscle Loss The noted poet Robert Frost once said, “In three words, I can sum up everything I know about life: It goes on.” How true. No matter our condition, no matter how difficult or easy our circumstances are, life continues on. Perhaps the best illustration of this truism is [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2009 under Aging, Exercise.
Tags: blood flow, glucose, insulin, muscle loss, weight training
Comments: none
Parkinson’s and Pesticides
Pesticide Use Poses Problems For Farmers Every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles a list of the world’s most dangerous jobs based on how many people died while at the job site. In 2008, for example, of the 5,000+ reported on-the-job deaths, fishermen ranked number one. Other “deadly” jobs in 2008 were in the [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2009 under Parkinson’s disease.
Tags: 2 4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, farming, michael j. fox, neurological disorder, paraquat, permethrin, pesticides
Comments: none
Putting the “K” in “Lacking”
Researchers Test Theory that a Lack of Vitamin K Increases Risk of Disease If you’re like me, someone who’s always looking for the latest in health news, then you know that vitamin D has dominated the health news cycle. The reason? People are deficient in this all-important vitamin, so the RDA (recommended daily allowance) for [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2009 under Vitamins.
Tags: triage theory, Vitamin K, vitamin k deficiency, vitamin K supplementation
Comments: none
Walking Away from Temptation
Study: Chocoholics Reduce Cravings with 15-Minute Walk “Sometimes the best way to avoid unnecessary confrontation is to walk away.” This pearl of wisdom is often given to kids frustrated by bullying class mates. But the same principle applies to foods that frustrate a person’s diet. When it comes to food, all of us have weaknesses: [...]
Posted: September 19th, 2009 under chocolate, Exercise.
Tags: chocoholics, chocolate cravings, how to stop chocolate cravings, Walking
Comments: none
Remembering Patrick Swayze
Did Chemotherapy Contribute to Swayze’s Death? Patrick Swayze, the man who stole the heart of millions of girls in the 80s and 90s, died this past week. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer some 20 months ago, and he fought the disease valiantly until it ultimately took his life. He was just 57 years old. [...]
Posted: September 19th, 2009 under Chemotherapy.
Tags: Chemotherapy, pancreatic cancer, patrick swayze
Comments: none
Paying Homage to the Onion
Study: Onion Compounds May Cut Colon Cancer Risk in Half “Impossible.” That’s what I said to myself the other day, shocked and chagrined that I’d never written about the onion. How is this possible? After all, the onion’s the third largest vegetable crop produced in the United States, not one, but two states call the [...]
Posted: September 19th, 2009 under Cancer.
Tags: Colon cancer, flavonols, onion, onion and cancer, onion health benefits, quercetin
Comments: none
Who’s for Dinner?
Results of Canada Study Raises New Question for Food Diners Everywhere Unlike most of my articles, which overwhelmingly focus on the quality of foods and supplements and how they affect our bodies, this one focuses on how others might affect our body and our commitment to overall health. So here’s a question for you to [...]
Posted: September 12th, 2009 under Eating Habits.
Tags: Eating Habits, eating influences, eating socially, peer pressure
Comments: 1
Vitamin E Discovery
Study: Vitamin E, Omega 3s Found to Reduce Symptoms of Autism The famous former prime minister Winston Churchill will be forever remembered as a stalwart conservative, but no one could call him conservative in his commentary. Never one to pull punches, Churchill called it like he saw it, with utterances like “I may be drunk, [...]
Posted: September 12th, 2009 under Autism, Fatty Acids, Vitamin E.
Tags: autism in children, autism natural treatment, autism supplements, autism symptoms
Comments: none