The Barbershop Study: How an Unorthodox Study on Black Men ’ s Health Brought Down the House
This study essentially shows that a health care system that moves itself into barbershops is effective in one third of men found to have poorly controlled blood pressure. I’m also fairly sure a pharmacist in my living room will improve my lipid profile. And it bears repeating, that despite this herculean effort, two-thirds of black men chose not to connect with a healthcare system that was in their barbershop. You can go ahead and put money on the odds that Harry White remains out of reach – its one you’ll win 66% of the time. I’ll also point out the study duration was six months – Harry had sho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: anish_koka Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Barbershop Study: How an Unorthodox Study on Black Men ’ s Health Brought Down the House and Where It Went Wrong
This study essentially shows that a health care system that moves itself into barbershops is effective in one third of men found to have poorly controlled blood pressure. I’m also fairly sure a pharmacist in my living room will improve my lipid profile. And it bears repeating, that despite this herculean effort, two-thirds of black men chose not to connect with a healthcare system that was in their barbershop. You can go ahead and put money on the odds that Harry White remains out of reach – its one you’ll win 66% of the time. I’ll also point out the study duration was six months – Harry had sho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: anish_koka Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Eating well to help manage anxiety: Your questions answered
Does diet affect anxiety? If so, what should I eat, and which foods should I try to avoid?
People who suffer with anxiety should remember a few simple rules:
Low blood sugar, poor hydration, use of alcohol, caffeine, and smoking can also precipitate or mimic symptoms of anxiety.
Eating regular meals and preventing hypoglycemic states are therefore important.
Adequately hydrating with plain water is best, at least 6 to 8 glasses a day.
While nicotine does not cause anxiety, withdrawal from nicotine can mimic anxiety, and people with anxiety may smoke to soothe themselves. It may become a problematic behavior, as nicotine c...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Uma Naidoo, MD Tags: Anxiety and Depression Health Healthy Eating Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Scientific Studies Show How Nutrition Influences Our Creativity
In conclusion, our creative thinking is affected by a number of external elements, but the food we eat is such an important part of it. Choosing a diet with ingredients that are gradually processed by our body are crucial to staying productive. At the same time, our diet will also affect mental energy and positivity, and the combination of these factors will determine our levels of creativity.
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Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Onzain Tags: featured productivity tips self improvement creativity improve well-being nutrition nutrition and creativity nutrition and mental health pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Green Bean Casserole
Here’s the Wheat Belly version of a traditional holiday favorite side-dish, Green Bean Casserole.
In the Wheat Belly version, there are no grains, of course, and net carb exposure is low, as the onion, carrots, and green beans are the only substantial carbohydrate sources. If divided into 6 servings, each serving yields approximately 6 grams net carbs, well within our limit of no more than 15 grams net carbs per meal. And, unlike many recipes for Green Bean Casseroles you’ll find online and in some cookbooks, no canned soup is used, thereby avoiding the grain landmines commonly contained, especially wheat flou...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 22, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation low-carb undoctored Source Type: blogs
Take a minute and ask: Is that really grain-free?
Living the Undoctored and Wheat Belly Lifestyles may take a bit of effort, but the results are so worth it. You have to really think before you order your meals. Hidden sources of grains and corn by-products are lurking in some unlikely places. You may have thought that by skipping the bread/sandwich and choosing the soup-n-salad would ensure that your meal was safe. Think again…
Often the seemingly innocent chicken breast sitting on top of your salad was dusted with wheat flour before cooking to help it retain moisture and achieve that golden-brown color. Or the seasoning used contained grain by-products. Or the fish wa...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune Dr. Davis gluten gluten-free grain grain-free Inflammation undoctored Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
The Critical Role Nutrition Plays in Mental Health
One of the most unrecognized factors in the development of mental health is the role of nutrition. The link between diet and mental health is growing as the field of Nutritional Psychiatry/Psychology expands. This field is becoming more impactful as epidemics continue to make headlines surrounding the health of our country and world. We know nutrition has substantial physical impacts, but it is the mental impacts of nutrition that are gaining traction with additional research and heightening awareness around this topic.
Proper nutrition is what fuels our bodies and our bodies need a regular supply of fuel. Oxygen is part o...
Source: World of Psychology - December 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darren DeYoung Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Habits Health-related Diet dietary concerns Eating Habits eating healthy Mental Health Mood nutritional psychiatry sugar Source Type: blogs
Fried Curry Shrimp and “Rice”
Cauliflower is a versatile vegetable: mashed, roasted, and riced, here, as part of a flavorful mix of curry and cilantro. You can rice the raw cauliflower yourself or buy it pre-riced (available at Trader Joe’s and other retailers).
MAKES 4 SERVINGS
1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets
1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, or butter
1 yellow onion, chopped
6–8 scallions, chopped
2–3 cloves garlic, minced
2 carrots, chopped or shredded
4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced
3⁄4 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cooked
2 tablespoons curry powder
2–3 tablespoons chicken broth or water, if...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Source Type: blogs
Spicy Pork-Stuffed Peppers
Using riced cauliflower allows you to re-create many rice dishes easily while maintaining a
grain-free, low-carb eating style. While you can rice the cauliflower yourself in a food chopper
or food processor, food retailers such as Trader Joe’s are now selling pre-riced bags for
convenience.
Choose your marinara sauce for low sugar/carbohydrate content, ideally no more than
12 grams net carbs per cup (or prepare it yourself, of course). Also choose the roundest bell
peppers you can find.
MAKES 4 SERVINGS
1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, or butter
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten-free grain-free low-carb Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
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
Why is magnesium so important?
One of the six core strategies in the Undoctored Wild, Naked, and Unwashed program for health and weight loss is restoration of magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency is alarmingly common in today’s world. Why? Our reliance on filtered water that has had all of the magnesium removed, the reduced content of magnesium in modern crops, and the widespread use of proton pump inhibitors—-drugs prescribed to treat acid reflux and ulcers while reducing magnesium absorption.
Remember those darned phytates in wheat and other grains that bind magnesium and other positively charged minerals in the intestinal tract, preventing absorp...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle a fib constipation Dr. Davis grain-free grains health healthcare heart rhythm hydrochlorothiazide kidney stones oxalate sudden death Source Type: blogs
Nima for do-it-yourself gluten testing
The people who developed the at-home personal gluten testing device, Nima, recently sent me one of their devices to test. I shall therefore be putting this device to work in coming weeks and posting the results here.
Here is the device with one of the single-use capsules for testing:
The first meal I tested was a Shrimp, Crab, Avocado & Mango Stack ordered at The Chart House in Boston, where my son and I were visiting my sister. My son’s girlfriend, Liz, is an exquisitely sensitive 23-year old with celiac disease and she needs to be vigilant for any cross-contamination at all. (I once served my son and Liz a mea...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune celiac disease Dr. Davis gluten grains Inflammation joint pain Source Type: blogs
Big Box shopping for Wheat Belly and Undoctored
Many people are cost-conscious living the grain-free Wheat Belly and Undoctored lifestyles. Because we prefer to choose higher quality foods–organic, pasture-fed, without synthetic ingredients like emulsifying agents or cheap fillers–we risk running up our grocery bills. (Recall, however, that our greater exposure to more costly foods is counterbalanced by the reduction in appetite we experience, i.e., typically 400-800 fewer calories per day per person that you no longer need to purchase and prepare, a substantial cost savings.)
The Big Box stores such as Costco, Sam’s Club, and BJ’s Wholesale Club...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 30, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle blood sugar Dr. Davis gluten gluten-free grains Source Type: blogs
10 Summer Depression Busters
Although my mood seems to be better with more sun, I understand why a substantial number of folks get more depressed in the summer. Extreme heat is hard to tolerate. In fact, in a study published in Science in 2013, researchers reported that as temperatures rose, the frequency of interpersonal violence increased by 4 percent, and intergroup conflicts by 14 percent.
There are four distinct types of people when it comes to weather and mood, according to a study published in Emotion in 2011.
Summer Lovers (better mood with warmer and sunnier weather)
Unaffected (weak associations between weather and mood)
Summer Hater...
Source: World of Psychology - June 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alternative and Nutritional Supplements Bipolar Depression Personal Research Self-Help Sleep Bipolar Disorder Depressive Episode Dysthymia Major Depressive Disorder Mood Disorder Ruminating Sadness Seasonal Affective Disorder 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
