Your Upset Tummy Could Be Early Signs Of Parkinson’s
You’ve probably had a gut feeling once or twice in your life. That’s because your gut and your brain have a special connection.
And that’s why the first sign of many brain disorders could be an upset stomach.
I often explain to patients at my wellness clinic that nerve and biochemical pathways run between your gut and brain. And these might be linked to a number of degenerative illnesses, such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, as well as mental health problems.
In fact, the gut and brain share the same nerve chemistry and, with the help of microbes in your digestive tract, these two reg...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - March 2, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Brain Health nutrients Nutrition omega-3s supplements Source Type: news
Red cabbage sales soar 50% as consumers seek to benefit from more vitamin A
Sales of red cabbage are booming as growing numbers of shoppers get wise to its health benefits. In the past year, 545 tons have been bought in Britain. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is This the Best Diet Ever? (Probably Not)
There's a famous quote from Tolstoy that goes: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Well, it's the same with nutritional programs. However different they might look on the surface, the effective ones are more alike than they are different.
Meanwhile, every unhealthy diet is unhealthy in its own way.
How can a diet be bad? Let me count the ways.
"Detox diets" are too low in protein, calories, and fiber.
The "Cabbage Soup" diet (and other restrictive diets) can take the fun out of eating. Plus, any weight you lose will probably only be water.
Drastic measures like "ear ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Explore the science of flavour
We don’t all experience flavour the same way, and how we do so can be affected by food and drink’s colours, sounds – and musicTasteWe all experience taste differently, and there is a test to determine a person’s sensitivity to taste. Each person places a small square of PTC paper (phenylthiocarbamide) on their tongue. Among our group, four of us pronounced it slightly bitter, like paracetamol, which showed that we were “tasters”. Two people tasted nothing (they’re the “non-tasters”), while the two howling with disgust, trying to spit it out as quickly as possible, revealed themselves to be “supertasters...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 6, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Simon Wroe Tags: Life and style Food & drink Science Source Type: news
Only 2% Of My Cancer Patients Have Had This Checked
I saw a patient recently who has stage four breast cancer.
She’d been to some of the best hospitals and specialists for care. Before she came to me she’d had a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Then the cancer spread to her backbone and she had radiation treatment.
Yet still, after all that time and until she came to my clinic, no one had mentioned a possible estrogen problem. No one ever bothered to measure her estrogen. They never looked at whether her breast cancer was estrogen positive or progesterone positive.
The rates of most cancers have stabilized. Most cancers aren’t a death sentence the way they used to be. But...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 23, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jeff Brodsky Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
The 272-Calorie Chinese Take-Out Favorite You Can Make At Home (VIDEO)
When many of us have a craving for Chinese food, we reach for the takeout or delivery menu and try to choose among our favorite dishes. It certainly makes for a cozy night in, but, according to registered dietician and author Sharon Palmer, there's something you may be overlooking when it comes to ordering Chinese food.
"Many Asian restaurants can pack in the calories through the oils and all these salty sauces we add," Palmer tells #OWNSHOW in the above video. "In fact, some vegetarian meals that you might think might be healthy could have over 1,000 calories -- and that's not even including the rice, which can add anoth...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Andy Leeks did 10 diets in 50 days and found one that really worked
The ten diets include the 5:2 diet; the Special K diet, a juice fast, the Atkins diet, a raw food diet, the baby food diet, calorie counting using a mobile phone app, the grapefruit diet, and the cabbage soup diet. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Atkins, Paleo and Cabbage Soup diets are out in 2015
The Atkins, Paleo and Cabbage Soup diets are no longer in fashion with Britons as we opt for a more sustainable healthy eating plan, a study has found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
55 Tips to Lose Weight for Good
The secret to permanent weight loss can be found in your daily decisions. It's about switching from diets and quick fix solutions to permanent lifestyle change. We all know someone (maybe it's you?) who wants to lose weight but quit after two to four weeks. Results didn't happen fast enough. Or it wasn't any fun. For whatever reason, you gave up. If you want to finally lose weight and keep it off for good, you have to master consistency and small doable changes. Sound cliché? Something you've heard before? Well, then why do so many people have trouble losing weight? I'm not belittling anyone who has headed down thi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Superfoods Healthier Than Kale
In the world of marketing, image is everything. If you're James Franco or Roger Federer or Taylor Swift, your name and face can be used to sell anything from phones to watches to perfume -- even if you're not necessarily famous for the your tech-savvy, your promptness, or the way you smell.
In the food world, the biggest celebrity of all might be kale -- the Shakira of salads, the Lady Gaga of leafy greens. It's universally recognized that kale anything--kale chips, kale pesto, kale face cream -- instantly imparts a health halo. Even 7-Eleven is making over its image by offering kale cold-pressed juices. And yes, kale h...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lee W. Wattenberg, Who Saw Cancer Fighters in Foods, Dies at 92
Dr. Wattenberg, a University of Minnesota researcher hailed as the “father of chemoprevention,” found weapons in chemical compounds in broccoli, cabbage, coffee and garlic. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DOUGLAS MARTIN Tags: American Assn for Cancer Research Lee W. Wattenberg Clinical Trials Deaths (Obituaries) American Cancer Society Lung Cancer Source Type: news
Eat The Enemy: As Jellyfish Bloom, So Do Appetites Overseas
This story is part of "Eat The Enemy," a HuffPost series on edible invasive species, non-native plants and animals you can help contain from the comfort of your dinner table. Not all invasive species are edible, and some included in this series can be dangerous, including lionfish and wild boar. Please take caution when foraging or hunting for your own food.
It's no secret that climate change is a problem for ocean dwellers. Coral reefs are suffering, mollusks are losing their skeletons and fish really don't like it hot. The seas are changing. Yet for one gelatinous creature, the deader the oceans get, the better.
Ente...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 18, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eat The Enemy: As Jellyfish Bloom, So Do Appetites Overseas
This story is part of "Eat The Enemy," a HuffPost series on edible invasive species, non-native plants and animals you can help contain from the comfort of your dinner table. Not all invasive species are edible, and some included in this series can be dangerous, including lionfish and wild boar. Please take caution when foraging or hunting for your own food.
It's no secret that climate change is a problem for ocean dwellers. Coral reefs are suffering, mollusks are losing their skeletons and fish really don't like it hot. The seas are changing. Yet for one gelatinous creature, the deader the oceans get, the better.
Ente...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 18, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
How To Make 'Magical' Cocktails That'll Convince Your Friends You're A Mixologist
You don't need a blow torch, a breathalyzer or a $460,000 bottle of whiskey to impress your friends with some boozy wizardry. All you need is some vodka, a shaker and a couple of unexpected ingredients (like cabbage juice and baking soda) to make magic happen. Check out these three recipes anyone can do at home, courtesy of Absolut.
Manifest an icy ball into a delicious, drinkable aperitif.
For your opening act, impress your guests by transforming an orange marble (or so you'll tell them) into a cocktail. You'll need an ice sphere mold (like one of these), a flavor injector, vodka and some orange juice to make this mysti...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 16, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
25 Tips for Living With Diabetes
This holiday season I'm sharing the gift of tips -- real tips from real people living with diabetes.
Recently I was approached by a publisher to write a book of diabetes tips from medical professionals. Since those already exist, and most medical professionals don't live with diabetes, I thought how much better to gather tips from people who actually do.
Alas, the publisher disagreed, so there won't be a patient tips book, but here's my patient tips list. Some of these tips, and plenty more, are in my books. Each of these come from diabetes friends, colleagues, peers and me.
These tips are in no particular order, and...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
