The Alzheimer's Diet! Interview & Giveaway & Mini-Review
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Alzheimer's is one of those tragic diseases many of us don't like to think about, despite how common it is. I know very few people whose lives haven't been touched by it in some way.
And no lifestyle intervention can guarantee a healthy brain in old age. Let's hope for a cure, pronto.
Hurry Up, 'K? Thanks!
But in the meantime, there is a lot that clever scientists have discovered about stuff that you can do to make contracting Alzheimer's less likely.
Is it worth making a few changes now, perhaps decades ahead of ...
Source: Cranky Fitness - February 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Chef Pete Evans goes wheat-free!
Australian chef and TV personality, Pete Evans, asked me to write a section for his new cookbook:
Over the last 12 months we have been working on a new cookbook, which will be available in about a years time [February 2014]. Dr William Davis, a preventative cardiologist who wrote “WHEAT BELLY” (a must read book) has kindly shared his research for our new book, along with a host of other highly respected health and wellness pioneers and experts.
And for the record the only flour we use at home is coconut and almond flours.
Pete tells me that, in the new cookbook, “there will be no recipes featuring wheat&...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 24, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Ina Garten, my substitute mum
A sad new obsession began on a drab Monday night while waiting for University Challenge to begin. Flicking around the channels, I saw that Food Network UK had been added to Freeview.
Until last month I only knew Ina Garten as that lady that Adam the Amateur Gourmet adores; the one who did that roasted broccoli years ago. But as soon as I started watching my first episode of Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics, I was hooked.
She was making a simple orange pound cake, loaded with butter. Sure, the cake looked good and hearty, and I admired her foresight to bake two so there’d be one for the freezer. But it took me two...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - February 17, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Dinner Time The Mothership Source Type: blogs
What's in Store for 2013?
By Amy Campbell
At the end of the year, articles and predictions abound on what the latest, greatest, or hottest food trends will be for the upcoming year. In the recent past, for example, we've seen the rise in popularity of cupcakes and cake pops, quinoa, gluten-free foods, organic foods, and sustainable farming, to name a few. Some of these are still going strong, including cake pops and gluten-free foods! I'm never really sure who makes the decision to make something a trend, but it's all very interesting.
Of course there are also food trends for 2013, and now that we're into February, a few are worth mentioning. Not a...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - February 11, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Paleo with personality
My friend, Dana Carpender, has just come out with a great new cookbook: 500 Paleo Recipes: Hundreds of Delicious Recipes for Weight Loss and Super Health.
Anyone familiar with Dana’s earlier low-carb cookbooks, such as 1,001 Low-Carb Recipes: Hundreds of Delicious Recipes from Dinner to Dessert That Let You Live Your Low-Carb Lifestyle and Never Look Back, or follow her Hold the Toast blog and podcast, already know that she has a razor-sharp wit and a tongue to match.
So what Dana brings to the table with her new recipe book is not just a nice, smart, and well-organized compilation of 500 recipes consistent with po...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 9, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Paleo Diet Recipes Source Type: blogs
Comment Replies…
glittermom said... but what about your dads dinner? Does he fend for himself? Andrew Replies… Glittermom, my father’s eating habits can be kind of a mystery sometimes. I think he eats lots of fast food and from local restaurants when he is working. Last night, he came home and cooked for himself mushroom and almond chicken, steamed broccoli, Aunt B’s biscuits, and yellow saffron rice. Mom called and said she had a lot of left over Tupperware plates for me to get which I will probably go get in the next few hours or so. (Source: The 4th Avenue Blues)
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - February 9, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
5 Foods That Actually Make You Glow
We are what we eat, and that means that the foods we eat dictate our health. When people start to monitor their diet, they concern themselves with body fat and muscle building. But if you also spend some time focusing on the right foods to eat for healthy skin, then you can look younger and feel better.
Avocado
Image via Flickr by ollesvensson
Many people are familiar with the long list of health benefits that avocados offer, but not enough people are familiar with how good the avocado can be for your skin. This is a fruit loaded with vitamins C and E, both of which are universally recognized as being very good for your...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charli Radke Tags: health and fitness self improvement better health diet exercise pickthebrain superfoods Source Type: blogs
Apixaban's Rocky Sales Start
"Dr. Fisher, I'm so glad I caught you!"
I looked at the table. It was a nice spread: a full complement of oriental chicken, broccoli and beef, and a few other assorted entrees.
And so began the marketing push for the latest novel oral anticoagulant, apixaban, to be marketed as Eliquis by both drug giants Bristol-Meyer Squibb Company and Pfizer, Inc. to those of us who think about these things. (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - February 4, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
A “Nutrition Prescription” For Fighting Cold and Flu
Medicine isn’t the only way to fight off cold and flu. Food can be your medicine too. I was on Let’s Talk Live recently sharing a nutrition prescription to help you stay healthy. Below are some highlights from the segment.
There are basically two big tricks to beating winter “bugs”: reducing inflammation and boosting immunity. So whether you’re trying to prevent sickness or recover ASAP, all the foods I mention below will help you.
Spicy Lamb Korma
I created this recipe for www.leanonlamb.com – it’s a spicy lamb korma that you make in the slow cooker. Lamb is nutrient rich, and packed ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 4, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes anti-inflammatory digestive health fermented foods gut health immunity kefir korma lamb pistachios prevent colds prevent flu tumeric vegetables Source Type: blogs
Apixaban's Rocky Sales Start
"Dr. Fisher, I'm so glad I caught you!"
I looked at the table. It was a nice spread: a full complement of oriental chicken, broccoli and beef, and a few other assorted entrees.
And so began the marketing push for the latest novel oral anticoagulant, apixaban, to be marketed as Eliquis by both drug giants Bristol-Meyer Squibb Company and Pfizer, Inc. to those of us who think about these things. (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - February 4, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
The Meditation Diet: How I Lost 60+ lbs. by Savoring
‘When walking, walk. When eating, eat.’ ~Zen proverb
By Leo Babauta
Picture me 7 years ago, about 60 lbs. heavier than I am now, with a chubbier face, a growing gut, and an addiction to junk food.
I ate pizza, chips, cookies, fried meats and cheeses, French fries, and drank beer and sweet & fatty lattes. I was 32 and headed for diabetes and heart disease, and couldn’t figure out how to change.
And yet, a year later I had lost about 20-30 lbs. and ran a marathon. The pounds kept dropping away, year after year, and more importantly, I was eating healthier foods. I now love fresh fruits and veggies,...
Source: Zen Habits - January 30, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Leo Tags: Health & Fitness Source Type: blogs
How to Get an Alzheimer's Patient to Eat More Food
Don't approach the problems that come along with dementia with dread. Instead think positive, and find a solution. You might be able to benefit from some of these eating tips.
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
As Alzheimer's or dementia progress getting a patient to eat a nutritious meal, or to eat enough, can become a problem.
This can cause the Alzheimer's caregiver to become frustrated, confused, and even angry. It can also bring on feelings of sadness and hopelessness.
There are a long list of potential problems that cause dementia patients to eat less. There are also many ways that can be tried to...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 24, 2013 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Eating A Whole Bunch of Random Compounds
Reader Andy Breuninger, from completely outside the biopharma business, sends along what I think is an interesting question, and one that bears on a number of issues:
A question has been bugging me that I hope you might answer.
My understanding is that a lot of your work comes down to taking a seed molecule and exploring a range of derived molecules using various metrics and tests to estimate how likely they are to be useful drugs.
My question is this: if you took a normal seed molecule and a standard set of modifications, generated a set of derived molecules at random, and ate a reasonable dose of each, what would happ...
Source: In the Pipeline - January 23, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Drug Assays Source Type: blogs
New to Diabetes: What's Next? (Part 3)
By Amy Campbell
Last week I focused on blood glucose monitoring and logging as essential tools to help people new to diabetes (well, actually ANYONE with diabetes) get a handle on how factors like food, alcohol, physical activity, and illness affect blood glucose.
If you don't have a blood glucose meter, or if you have one but haven't been using it, now's the time to start. Remember that it's your diabetes, and it's up to you to learn how it affects you so that you can effectively manage it. Don't be afraid of the numbers, learn from them. And if you're not sure what they mean, take them to your doctor or to a diabetes ed...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - January 22, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Wheat and spina bifida
Spina bifida and neural tube defects are a devastating condition that affect 1 in 800 births. They represent the failure of the spinal column and overlying tissues to close in utero during the first trimester of pregnancy, leaving the spinal cord, and sometimes the brain, exposed. It is attributable in large part to dietary lack of folate, a B vitamin.
If pregnant mothers obtain 400 mcg per day of folate, the incidence of spina bifida is slashed by 72%–not eliminated, but markedly reduced (since there are causes outside of lack of dietary folate). Given the severity of this condition, it is an incredibly small ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Nutritional deficiencies Source Type: blogs
