Whole Roasted Squash With Tomato-Ginger Chickpeas & Za ’atar
I read myself the riot act about 6 months ago, when my cholesterol level reached a new high. My doctor seemed nonplussed, perhaps because my cardiac calcium score was a perfect zero. But I was not happy. Yes, I had lost weight and was exercising, but to be honest, my heart belonged to cheese. And eggs. And ice cream. Something had to change.
Breakfast was easy. The whole eggs (which I had been eating almost daily) were replaced by Starbucks Sous Vide Egg whites or oatmeal served with a side of chicken sausage. Lunches were yogurt or soup or vegan bean burritos or salad or tuna or peanut butter. I started snacking on nu...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 21, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Vegetables Butternut Squash Chickpeas vegetarian za'atar Source Type: blogs
Ginger Vieira – Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes
In conclusion, Ginger Vieira’s book, Exercise with Type 1 Diabetes (affiliate link), is a must-read for anyone with diabetes who wants to incorporate exercise into their daily routine.
Ginger’s expertise and personal experiences make this book a valuable resource for understanding the impact of exercise on blood sugar levels and managing diabetes effectively.
With practical tips and a supportive approach, Ginger empowers readers to take control of their health and enjoy the benefits of exercise. Don’t miss out on this concise and informative guide! ...
Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - December 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The Power of Spirit – Join the Event
This post is an invitation for you on multiple levels. First, there’s the human-level invitation, which you’ll get by reading the words here. I’m hosting a live event on Zoom this weekend called The Power of Spirit, and I invite you to join us for it. It will be 3 hours each day, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific Time on October 7 and 8, 2023.
The second level of this invitation is the spirit level. I’m writing this invitation while feeling very tuned in (thanks in part to a minidose of magic mushrooms this morning). As I’m writing, I can also feel some of the energy of the upcoming event flowing...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - October 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Emotions Lifestyle Relationships Source Type: blogs
Exploring Psychedelic Microdosing
Recently I’ve taken an interest in microdosing, specifically with magic mushrooms. I began learning about it a few months ago and then learned even more at the Psychedelic Science conference in June. I’ve also had some recent conversations with people I know who’ve been microdosing, all of them reporting positive long-term effects. Most use mushrooms for microdosing, although one prefers microdosing with LSD.
The point of microdosing is to take a very small amount of a psychedelic substance in order to access some neurological gains without any obvious psychedelic effects or impairments. Those gains can be both sh...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - August 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Health Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs
The Top 10 Health Chatbots
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies.
In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians or nurses or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design List medical Personalized medicine AI technology chatbot digital health chatbots health chatbot Innovation Source Type: blogs
Health misinformation ’ s deadly impact
Turning into vegetarians can cure COVID-19, birth control pills cause abortions, or eating ginger is 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy at curing cancer were some casually trending health misinformation in the past year. But what is health misinformation, and why is it a serious public health concern? Health misinformation refers to health-related information that
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Health misinformation’s deadly impact originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Neha Gour Tags: Policy Mainstream media Source Type: blogs
5 Low Blood Pressure Treatment Methods: From Lifestyle Changes To Medication
Conclusion
Treating low blood pressure is essential for maintaining overall health and well-being. While low blood pressure is often considered a healthy sign of a well-functioning heart, it can cause troublesome symptoms and potentially lead to complications.
Medications, such as Fludrocortisone, Midodrine, and Alpha-1 agonists, are commonly prescribed to stabilize blood pressure and address the underlying causes.
Lifestyle changes, such as augmenting salt consumption, maintaining adequate hydration, and utilizing compression stockings, can also positively impact the management of low blood pressure.
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Source: The EMT Spot - June 12, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
From Moscow Mule to the opioid crisis: Unveiling the tragic legacy and urgent solutions
The Moscow mule, a mix of ginger beer, an ounce of vodka, and a squeeze of lemon, has become one of the favorites among cocktail aficionados across the United States. It delivers on all that it promises, namely, an easy-to-make tasty drink, except it has nothing to do with the Russian capital whose name it
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From Moscow Mule to the opioid crisis: Unveiling the tragic legacy and urgent solutions originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Osmund Agbo, MD Tags: Meds Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Roast Cauliflower with Vadouvan Butter
In the “How did I not know about this before?” category, allow me to introduce you to vadouvan, a delicious Indo-French curry spice mix that will blow your taste buds and your mind. Thanks to bro Joe for turning me on to vadouvan, though the real credit goes to the French colonists in seventeenth century Pundicherry, India who created the spice mix as they blended French and Indian cuisines. Vadouvan is complex and piquant but milder than traditional curry, and a truly exotic treat for your taste buds.
Joe learned about Vadouvan from his buddy Mourad, the modern Moroccan chef whose book Mourad-New Moroccan ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - January 16, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Vegetables cauliflower French curry vadouvan Source Type: blogs
poem
Op Note XXXIIII began to think of the hospital as home. Not a second home. Home, home. Hacienda.La maison ancienne. The espresso machine in the break room. The couch in the doctor ’s lounge while waiting for a case to start. Extra pairs of socks in my locker. A clean shirt hanging from a hook. Old New Yorkers I ’ve left all over the recovery room. Moments of contemplation in the meditation room. That one place where I really like to sit. The extra toothbrush. I know where everything is. The saltines, the ginger ales, the mini-bags of pretzels. I just need a shelf with all my favorite books. A fl...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - December 19, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
6 Way To Recalibrate and Focus Where You Spend Your Energy This Holiday Season
Life is short they say! Eat the dessert first they say! Well, there is some truth to this as we only have a certain amount of time/energy and as I reference in my book “heartbeats” in this life. The good news is we have the power to decide where, when and how we spend this energy.
Many of us may think of the holidays with fantasies of sugar plum fairies, ginger bread cookies and a house filled with the smell of fresh baked bread. In reality, however, it can be stressful. The demands of your time whether it be to purchase the perfect gift, put up the perfect decorations or participate in...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: depression family featured happiness psychology family stress holidays Source Type: blogs
Pilchard Curry
When Mrs Sciencebase was a student, she used to make an inexpensive curry: tin of pilchards, tin of tomatoes, chopped onion, crushed clove of garlic, teaspoon each of cumin, coriander, and turmeric powder, salt & pepper, and a half a teaspoon of chili powder. Served on a bed of whole-grain boiled rice.
It sounded a bit grim, but wasn’t too bad. (Brown-bread icecream for pudding or Granny Grape Pudding). It was all certainly a whole lot more adventurous than the boiled noodles and soy sauce I once cooked her because I had nothing else in the cupboard. Don’t know if it compares well with a camping meal we onc...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 23, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Food Source Type: blogs
Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup
I’m often asked to recommend recipes for Thanksgiving, so here’s a few suggestions for you all.
I’ve never actually cooked a turkey, so this will just be sides and desserts. To be honest, that’s pretty much are all I care to eat at Thanksgiving dinner anyway.
Noticeably missing from this list are recipes for cranberry sauce (I use the one on the cranberry bag – no need to mess with perfection), mashed potatoes (there is no recipe, it’s instinctual if you’re Patsy’s daughter), and stuffing (I’ve never made it, that gets assigned to someone else).
Hope the...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - November 18, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Gluten-free thanksgiving Holidays recipes Sides Thanksgiving desserts Thnksgiving recipes Vegetarian thanksgiving Source Type: blogs
On cognitive training, muscle mass, neurostimulation, brain teasers, apps, and more
Welcome to a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter, featuring timely brain & innovation news and a few fun teasers to test your working memory.
#1. Study: Building muscle mass helps delay cognitive decline beyond the value of exercise itself
“Teasing out exactly how muscle helps the brain remains a challenge. There are plenty of indirect links … But Dr. Chevalier’s results suggest there may be more direct mechanisms too. One possibility is the role of myokines, a set of hormone-like molecules produced by muscle cells that can travel to the brain and influence mood, learning and other cognitive functions. G...
Source: SharpBrains - October 31, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain Teasers Brain/ Mental Health SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter Technology & Innovation app ratings brain vitals cognitive decline cognitive profiles Cognitive-functions Cognitive-Training DANA brain vital digital mental health Source Type: blogs
