Phytonutrients: Paint your plate with the colors of the rainbow
Did you know that adding color to your meals will help you live a longer, healthier life? Colorful fruits and vegetables can paint a beautiful picture of health because they contain phytonutrients, compounds that give plants their rich colors as well as their distinctive tastes and aromas. Phytonutrients also strengthen a plant’s immune system. They protect the plant from threats in their natural environment such as disease and excessive sun.
When humans eat plant foods, phytonutrients protect us from chronic diseases. Phytonutrients have potent anti-cancer and anti-heart disease effects. And epidemiological research sug...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 25, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
As a cardiologist, I ’m concerned that California isn’t very heart healthy
California is often perceived as a state where healthy habits abound — with a yoga studio on every block and kale salads on every plate. Unfortunately, I know in my daily practice as a cardiologist that this is far from the truth and that diseases due to poor diet and lifestyle are abundant here in […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/heather-shenkman" rel="tag" > Heather Shenkman, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Is wheat really THAT bad?
Because it has become such a frequent item in everyday meals, suggesting that something so commonplace must be fine, people often ask: Is wheat really that bad?
Let’s therefore catalog the health conditions that are associated with wheat consumption.
Health conditions we know with 100% certainty are caused by consumption of wheat and related grains:
Celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, cerebellar ataxia, “idiopathic” peripheral neuropathy, temporal lobe seizures, gluten encephalopathy, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, tooth decay
Health conditions ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 2, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates autoimmune diabetes gluten-free grain-free grains wheat wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: January 26, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at children taking mental health days, the definition of relationship cycling and what it can do to your mental health, career advice for having not only a successful but also a happy career, and more.
Enjoy!
Women Urged to Put Mental Health On Pre–Conception Checklist: Just like a healthy diet and exercise routine, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding smoking and alcohol, addressing her mental health should be on a woman’s pre-conception checklist. Researchers have found that women who have depression before conception are more likely to experience dep...
Source: World of Psychology - January 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens Depression Industrial and Workplace Parenting Pregnancy Psychology Around the Net Relationships Research Stress Women's Issues Ancestors career advice Conception Family Family History jo Source Type: blogs
There ’ s Nothing Phunny About Phytates
We are told that we must eat wheat and grains for nutrition.
But the OPPOSITE is true: Wheat and grains are responsible for widespread, sometimes severe, nutritional deficiencies.
Conventional dietary advice is a collection of fairy tales. But understand this and you are empowered to achieve magnificent health.
Transcript:
I call this Wheat Belly conversation “There’s Nothing Phunny About Phytates”. Let me tell you what I mean. There’s a compound in grains called phytic acids, or phytates, and these are very powerfully effective binders of any mineral that is positively charged. When it binds up these...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 23, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates calcium iron magnesium nutritional deficiencies physic phytates wheat belly zinc Source Type: blogs
3 Effective Ways to Beat Morning Depression
This article is for general educational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for individual professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you need help for an emotional or behavioural problem, please seek the assistance of a psychologist or other qualified mental health professional
Greg is the director at Counselling in Melbourne, a private counselling practice in Melbourne, Australia. Greg has been involved in the medical profession for many years, and has immediate family members who also have also chosen careers in the medical field such as Theater Nurse, Midwife Sister Paramedic, GP and On...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Greg Melbourne Tags: featured self improvement depression morning morning routine pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Mantras To Help You Get Through Hellish Times
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This post is for those who would rather eat raw chicken than meditate. I used to be one of those people. Whenever someone told me that I need to meditate I resisted it with all my might. Now, my new mantra is my favorite Star Trek quote, “Resistance is futile”.
So, I have given in. I am starting to meditate. And I am doing it without kicking and screaming. I am also eating kale. Maybe it’s buried in a garli...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Banu Tags: featured meditation self improvement faith forgiveness Ganesh healing mantras om self love spirituality vibration Source Type: blogs
What is a plant-based diet and why should you try it?
Plant-based or plant-forward eating patterns focus on foods primarily from plants. This includes not only fruits and vegetables, but also nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes, and beans. It doesn’t mean that you are vegetarian or vegan and never eat meat or dairy. Rather, you are proportionately choosing more of your foods from plant sources.
Mediterranean and vegetarian diets
What is the evidence that plant-based eating patterns are healthy? Much nutrition research has examined plant-based eating patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and a vegetarian diet. The Mediterranean diet has a foundation of plant-based foo...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
5 tips for the farmers market
It’s peak farmers market season and the stalls are overflowing with piles of attractively arranged yummy fruits and veggies. Buying local and eating organic sounds good, but there are so many choices, and it’s easy to overspend.
Here are five tips to help you get the most bang for your buck at the stalls this fall:
Is it really local?
Not all farm stands represent your local farmers. There are a few ways to tell. The market in our town features an online newsletter, and every week, they send out a list of farmers market vendors. Most have a link, and it’s easy to see which ones are truly local family farms. Other way...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Food as medicine Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
10 superfoods to boost a healthy diet
No single food — not even a superfood — can offer all the nutrition, health benefits, and energy we need to nourish ourselves. The 2015–2020 US Dietary Guidelines recommend healthy eating patterns, “combining healthy choices from across all food groups — while paying attention to calorie limits.”
Over the years, research has shown that healthy dietary patterns can reduce risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. Dietary patterns such as the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and the Mediterranean diet, which are mostly plant-based, have demonstrated significant ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Health Source Type: blogs
More on overdiagnosis
Kale and Korenstein in BMJ give a good overview of the subject. There is a cognitive bias, not just in medicine but in people in general, I think, in favor of " doing something. " We like to feel as though we ' re in control. We don ' t want to get cancer, or diabetes, or heart disease, so if we think there might be something we can do to improve our odds, we ' re likely to go for it.Often, however, we can do more harm than good by our actions. But other cognitive biases make that hard to notice. Obviously, if we don ' t get cancer, we won ' tknow that we wouldn ' t have gotten it anyway. We ' re likely to believe that the...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 17, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Multigenerational fitness parks
Public parks look a lot different than they did just a decade ago. Sure, you’ll find swings and seesaws, but today they’re bigger, sturdier, and more ergonomically designed. And they’re often paired with colorful outdoor exercise equipment, making play at multigenerational fitness parks a great workout for kids of all ages, even parents and grandparents. And that’s the intent. “They need an opportunity to be active alongside the kids they’re with,” says Lindsay Adeyiga from KaBoom, a nonprofit playground builder that’s created dozens of multigenerational parks across the country.
But exerting the gusto of y...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Children's Health Exercise and Fitness Healthy Aging Source Type: blogs
Lunch shouldn ’t be so controversial in medicine. But it is.
In some circles of medicine, going long periods of time without eating a meal is considered a rite of passage and one’s ability to forgo his or her basic metabolic needs is considered a badge of honor. In other circles of medicine, there are gourmet lunches of kale salad and lobster bisque being delivered by pharmaceutical company representatives on a daily basis.
No one in either circle seems quite comfortable with their lunchtime decisions, and to be honest, I’m not sure when eating lunch became such a big problem for physicians. It shouldn’t be. As I started my first job as an attending family physician at a commu...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 16, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/patricia-martin" rel="tag" > Patricia Martin, DO < /a > Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
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
