How to help patients make heart health changes: Q&A with Dr. Rakotz
Dietary and lifestyle changes are difficult to make. Once habits are formed, the effort that is required to change is often overwhelming for both patients and physicians. This week, Michael Rakotz, MD, director of chronic disease prevention with the AMA’s Improving Health Outcomes initiative, provides guidance from his own experience as a primary care physician on approaching heart healthy changes with patients.
AMA Wire®: In our Twitter poll, the public thought 2:1 that exercise would benefit their heart health more than dietary changes. Why is that?
Dr. Rakotz: It’s hard to know for sure why people voted this w...
Source: AMA Wire - September 29, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
UN Serves World Leaders Food Scraps For Lunch
Some of the most powerful people on the planet ate the food we throw away and leave to rot at supermarkets for their lunch on Sunday. About 30 world leaders -- including United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Francois Hollande -- were served "landfill salads" made out of vegetable scraps for a high-level working lunch at the United Nations' headquarters in New York. They were also given water drained from cans of chickpeas, burgers made from vegetables thrown away for being below quality standards, French fries produced using corn typically used as animal feed, and desserts co...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Carolina Is FED UP
When asked to speak for a group of third and fourth graders about making "healthy choices," I picked the topic that most children have in common ... sugar! I began our discussion with one simple question.
"If your parents came into the room and saw you eating out of the sugar bowl, what would they say?"
One young man stated it best. "Are you crazy? Put that spoon down!"
"Why would your parents say that?" I asked.
Another little girl could barely contain herself. Waving her hand furiously she blurted out, "Because all that sugar is bad for you!"
Out of the mouths of babes. When I talk to children, teens or adults,...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
If You Drink Diet Soda, You're More Likely To Eat Other Junk Food, Too
Drinking diet soda may go hand in hand with indulging in extra helpings of sugar- and fat-laden foods like cookies or french fries, a new study suggests. Researchers found that on the days that the people in the study drank diet or sugar-free drinks, they consumed about 49 more calories from high-calorie, nutrient-poor foods — such as ice cream, cookies, pastries and fries — compared with the days the individuals did not drink diet beverages. Scientists call such foods discretionary foods, because the human body does not need them to function. For comparison, on the days people drank regular sugary be...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Get Out Your New Notebooks and Pencils. It's Time to Eat Smart. 12 Things You Need to Stop Eating Right Now
It's that back-to-school, back-to-work time of year when we buy new notebooks and pencils and want a fresh start. For me, that means putting away the hamburgers, hot dogs and black raspberry ice cream I allowed myself to eat all summer, and getting back to the business of eating right. It was hard to deprive myself during my treatment over the last eight months for Stage I breast cancer. During chemotherapy, when everything tasted like wet cement, I turned to eating sugary cereals and licorice candy when they were the only things that tasted good. OK, watermelon also remained delicious, but when you are holding the "C" c...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
13 Kinds Of Fries That Aren't Potatoes, But Are Just As Delicious
We've got nothing against a classic potato fry here. If anything, we adore french fries, and for countless reasons. They're the perfect ketchup vessel. They taste just as good at 4 a.m. and the next day, too, when you realize you left them on the kitchen counter overnight.
But even with all that love comes an occasional desire for something different. It's just that sometimes we like to mix it up a little; after all, variety is the spice of life. Here are a bunch of fries -- some baked, some covered in parmesan cheese -- that are worthy of your palate every now and again. Enjoy!
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Disgust Diet: Can You Train Your Brain To Recoil At High-Calorie Foods?
A psychologist says there could be a simple way to make calorie-packed foods like french fries or ice cream seem unappealing, even a bit disgusting. Others are less sure.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - August 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angus Chen Source Type: news
Got A Sugar Craving? Try Looking At A Photo Of A Cockroach
Being subjected to subliminal photos of disgusting things like insects and wounds could help curb your junk food cravings, according to a small new study. Researchers from the University of Colorado asked 42 participants to look at photos of unhealthy foods like ice cream sundaes, pizza and french fries for four seconds after looking at "disgusting" images like a cockroach, vomit or a burn wound for 20 milliseconds. Although 20 milliseconds is too short a time for participants to have any conscious memory of seeing the unpalatable images, participants were less inclined to eat high calorie, sugar and fat foods a...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
No evidence 'cocktail of everyday chemicals' causes cancer
ConclusionThis systematic review has identified 85 chemicals found in the environment that have the potential to affect different stages in the development of cancer. The researchers say this is intended as a starting point, so that future research can look at what effect these chemicals may have when there is exposure to more than one. This is a new approach to understanding the risk that various chemicals may have.The study did not find that these chemicals cause cancer, but that they have the potential to make changes to cells, which would then create particular characteristics of cancer, such as increased uncontrolled ...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Genetics/stem cells Source Type: news
The 9 Highest-Calorie Meals at Chain Restaurants
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ICYMI: Most People 'Borrow' Their Best Stories And The Disturbing Way Women Get Brain Injuries
ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week.
Our news diet this week took a depressing, gender-based turn after we read a disheartening report about how science is still viewed as a male profession around the world.
We learned that women who suffer from domestic violence are likely at risk for traumatic brain injuries. We listened to a radio interview detailing the struggles of women with depression during pregnancy and early motherhood. And finally -- a bit of good news! -- one of our coworkers reported on a controversial new study, which showed that subliminal messaging during sleep can help reverse gender bi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are Diet Sodas Really a Diet Food?
"I'll have a diet soda with my French fries and double bacon cheeseburger. Oh! And one of those apple things," he added, pointing to a pastry. The guy giving the order then looked at me as I waited my turn to order coffee at the highway restaurant rest stop. "Might as well save some calories, " he laughed as he patted his prominent abdomen. I nodded to him as I asked for my coffee to be sweetened with a packet of the blue non-calorie sweetener.
We all seem to do it: eat a high-calorie meal but drink a no-calorie beverage sweetened with something artificial, munch on a bag of potato chips along with a diet soda, dig into ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Health Benefits of Sweet vs. Regular Potatoes
Why do sweet potatoes get "superfood" status while regular potatoes are vilified? Here's why both tubers deserve a place on your plate.
It's time to set the record straight on spuds.
In recent years, and in certain "healthy eating" circles, the sweet potato has been crowned a "superfood" while the regular potato has been treated like the bad guy.
High carb, high glycemic index, loaded with antinutrients? Is the plain old potato really so bad?
Here's the real deal: Both regular potatoes and sweet potatoes deserve a place in your diet. You can eat both as part of a well-balanced, whole food diet and still have a lean ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exercises some ideas about health
When it comes to kids and food, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pragmatic: "Give kids a choice between French fries and green beans, they're going to pick French fries because they're delicious." Last summer, the junior senator from New York and mom to two young boys spoke about the need for more... (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exercises some ideas about health
When it comes to kids and food, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pragmatic: "Give kids a choice between French fries and green beans, they're going to pick French fries because they're delicious." Last summer, the junior senator from New York and mom to two young boys spoke about the need for more healthful... (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nancy Lloyd Source Type: news
