Wheat Belly: Quick and Dirty #3
In view of the many new readers on the Wheat Belly Blog, many of whom have not yet had an opportunity to read the book but are eager to get started, here is the most recently updated Wheat Belly Quick & Dirty summary. It summarizes the essential dietary strategies of the Wheat Belly approach to 1) avoid all products made from high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat that wreak health destruction along with all other grains, and 2) create a diet that is otherwise healthy and appropriate for all members of the family. In particular, I’ve tried to clarify some items that were unclear in previous versions.
This is the lifestyle ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Dr. Davis Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation joint pain low-carb Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
8 Foods that Boost Your Mood
What we eat might not be able to cure us indefinitely from depression. I learned that hard lesson earlier this year. However, researchers are compiling strong evidence that what we eat can influence our risk for developing depression and can keep persons in remission from possibly relapsing.
Eating better foods has certainly helped my mood and allowed me to get by on less medication. A 2014 review published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined the link between diet and depression risk and found that a diet consisting mainly of fruit, vegetables, fish, and whole grains was significantly associated with a r...
Source: World of Psychology - July 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Depression Mental Health and Wellness Personal Self-Help Caffeine Depressive Episode Major Depressive Episode Mood Disorder phytochemicals Psychology Psychopharmacology Source Type: blogs
5 Steps to Change a Habit for a Healthier, Happier Lifestyle
You're reading 5 Steps to Change a Habit for a Healthier, Happier Lifestyle, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
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We all know what it’s like to be a creature of habit. Even if it's subconsciously so, we surely take comfort out of the little rituals we habitually do; Netflix before bedtime; double espresso on our way to work; a jog around the park to clear...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CaroAngell Tags: featured free ebook happiness health and fitness productivity tips self confidence self improvement success 10 Habits That Will Make You Happy Today (Even If Life Isn't Going Your Way) 10 tips for success 5 Proven Ways That Being Healt Source Type: blogs
Eating the Same Foods Repeatedly Is Stupid
Do you have a tendency to eat the same foods over and over?
Are you aware that it’s much better for your overall health, mental functioning, and immunity to take in a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, greens, nuts, and seeds? Eating the same limited foods repeatedly increases the chance that you’ll miss out on certain micronutrients, including many that haven’t been identified or studied yet. A nutritionally restricted diet also increases your susceptibility to disease.
Our forager ancestors moved around a lot and ate nutritionally different wild foods wherever they went. With the rise of agriculture, h...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - June 27, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
10 Foods to Increase Lactation
Having an adequate milk supply for your baby is essential to his/her nutrition. If you are looking to increase lactation these following foods can help:
Water
While not a food, water is one of the most important items needed for an adequate milk supply. “According to studies, 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.”
Try drinking 8 glasses (64 ounces) of water a day, especially when starting to breastfeed.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is known to help lower cholesterol and regulate your blood pressure, but did you know it can also help in building and maintaining your milk supply? Next time you’re thinking of what to ha...
Source: Cord Blood News - June 5, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: pregnancy breastfeeding Source Type: blogs
On World MS Day, Multiple Sclerosis Had Me Facedown in My Soup
Yesterday was World MS Day, which this year had the theme #LifewithMS. I’d hoped to spend the day celebrating what I call “the living part” of our life with multiple sclerosis (MS).
However, the week leading up to the big day had been rather busy. One day a large group of friends who were on a tour of Ireland came for a dinner party, and the next day renowned musicians Hanz Araki and Owen Marshall arrived and stayed with us for a few days.
On top of that, there were behind-the-scenes preparations to be done for MS Ireland’s World MS Day event announcing the report “Quality of Life of people living wi...
Source: Life with MS - June 1, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis awareness Living with MS MS fatigue trevis gleason world MS day Source Type: blogs
Amaretto Panna Cotta
Here’s a recipe for Amaretto Panna Cotta that is reminiscent of the flavors of amaretto liqueur.
Traditional panna cotta is nothing more than gelatinized cream with added flavors. In this Wheat Belly version, I replace cream with coconut milk, but this introduces a need to blend the mixture in order to keep the coconut oil in the coconut milk suspended. I also, of course, replace the sugar with the natural sweeteners of Virtue Sweetener, converting an indulgent dessert into a healthy dish. I used the Trader Joe’s canned coconut milk as it has no BPA and no emulsifying agents.
This basic recipe is easily modif...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 30, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle erythritol gluten grains monk fruit monkfruit natural sweetener sugar virtue sweetener Source Type: blogs
How Is Stress Impacting Our Heart Health?
Over the years, the link between heart disease and emotional stress has been discussed. The link is clear, but experts had no idea of exactly how those two conditions are linked. A recent study, originally published in the Lancet, has provided new insight regarding brain activity within the amygdala and heart disease. We are all walking around with two of these amygdalae — which means “almonds” in latin, so called because they resemble almonds in shape and size. They are in deep inside the brain on both sides more or less where your ear sits and they process emotions, particularly stress and fear.
The st...
Source: World of Psychology - February 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dr. Andrés Fonseca Tags: Anxiety and Panic Brain and Behavior Mental Health and Wellness Research Stress Amygdala Stress Hormones Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Healthy Foods That Fight Stress
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Nowadays, many people suffer from stress due to busy lifestyles. In fact, too much stress may cause a lot of side effects on the mood, behavior, and body. It may even result in short-term and long-term physical issues such as impaired learning ability, impaired memory, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, a weak immune system, and coronary heart disease. Keeping a healthy lifestyle and having a proper diet will help to c...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ann Nguyen Tags: depression diet featured health and fitness self improvement antioxidants best self-improvement blogs diet and stress foods to beat stress home remedies pickthebrain trending diets Source Type: blogs
13 Foods That Are as Inexpensive as They Are Healthy
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Eating a quality, nutritious diet is critical to health and wellbeing. Without the right foods, your body and mind cannot function as nature intended them to. Unfortunately, a small budget can make eating well seem impossible. Nutritious but expensive foods are not an option for those with limited resources. Thankfully, there are plenty of foods that are as inexpensive as they are healthy. Here are thirte...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: jaketyler Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement best self-improvement blogs diet tips healthy inexpensive foods most healthy foods pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Autumn Anxiety is Real and Treatable
It happens every year. As I watch the first golden leaves fall from the oak tree outside our house and listen to the sound of the cicadas ushering in autumn, my anxiety spikes. I used to think I was relapsing into depression, but having been through this year after year (and documenting it in my mood journal), I now know I’m just going through my annual bout of autumn anxiety: a nervous feeling in my gut that begins the last week of August and continues through the first weeks of September.
I’m hardly alone. Many of my friends who battle anxiety — and even those that don’t have a mood disorder — say ...
Source: World of Psychology - October 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Depression Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Personal Self-Help Stress Allergies autumn anxiety Breathing Technique cytokines Exhaustion fall fever Source Type: blogs
Walnuts Get A Calorie Cut
If you enjoy nuts but have been concerned about calories, you can allow yourself a few more walnuts without feeling guilty - they don’t contain as many calories as we once believed. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have found that a 1-ounce serving of the nuts actuallyprovides 39 fewer calories than listed on the USDA Nutrient Database. That’s a 21 percent reduction. The old count was based on a 19th century calculation that’s been found wanting. Determining the true count involved recruiting 18 healthy adults randomly assigned to a 3-week controlled diet without walnuts, and then ...
Source: Dr. Weil's Daily Health Tips - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Weil Tags: calories walnuts Source Type: blogs
The Productive Diet: 7 Simple Ways To Eat Your Way To Getting More Done
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If you type in the words “how to be more productive” into Google you’ll find 36,400,000 results. Much of what comes up will talk about the latest hacks, tricks, and techniques for making you more productive.
However, only a small percentage of these articles talk about one of the biggest productivity “hacks” of all: eating in a way that optimizes your energy and mental fo...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ron Reich Tags: featured health and fitness motivation productivity tips self improvement success being productive best health blogs diet and exercise eat for success focus how to be healthy how to eat for productivity mental health pickthebra Source Type: blogs
Summer Fruit Cake
Labor Day weekend at the cottage with good friends. A bittersweet end to summer.
Lake swimming, hiking, biking, reading, stargazing.
Shunpiking* to discover gorgeous vistas, plump red sumac berries ripe for the picking (and drying for spice – I”ll post on that later) and the best garage sale ever.
Making Irene’s summer fruit cake to bring to an outdoor dinner party on an evening cool enough to end inside around a burning wood stove. (Thanks Rick for leaving the stove door open so we could see the fire.)
We left a day early, warned that the impending hurricane would make return to the coast near imposs...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 5, 2016 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Desserts Peach and plum cake Peach cake Stone fruit cake Summer fruit cake Source Type: blogs
