How Your Gut Health is Affecting Your Mental Health
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Do you doubt the power of the gut?
Having often been overlooked, the gut is quickly becoming recognised as an organ of equal importance to the brain and the heart.
Just as we once believed that the earth was flat, we were also unaware - up until recently - of the impact that our gut has on our overall health.
A healthy (or unhealthy) gut contributes to the operation of a huge variety of bodily ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - February 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement diet gut health mental health microbiome Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Burned crackers
I warned you that Leviticus is not exactly your hot beach read. What is going on here, with all of these elaborate instructions for preparing offerings? Well, obviously, we ' re feeding the priests. God loves to smell burned food, but most of the food doesn ' t get burned, it gets eaten -- just not by the farmers who produced it. The main point of Leviticus is to establish and justify the parasitism of the priestly caste.BTW Leviticus 2 in KJV is very confusing because it uses the term " meat " for these offerings, which evidently consist of grain. I presume that the Revised Standard Version, which we have here, is more ac...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 2, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
How to Improve Your Health on a Budget
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Are you ready to make a lifestyle change but you’re worried
about breaking the bank while trying to make healthier changes? The good news
is that you don’t have to worry about spending a ton of money to become
healthier, but rather make small lifestyle
changes that will make a big impact on your overall health. Here are a few
ways you can improve your health on a budget.
#1 Stop Eating Out
Stop eating out. Not...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured health and fitness money and finance budget health tips self improvement Source Type: blogs
Antimicrobial Layer for Plastic Food Wrap Developed
Bacteria can take a ride and proliferate on the plastic wrap that foods are commonly packaged in. Researchers at Penn State have developed a way to bond a non-toxic transparent antimicrobial material to the ubiquitous polyethylene wrap that meats, vegetables, and mushrooms are sold in.
Raw beef inoculated with pathogens then vacuum packaged with the composite antimicrobial film, sealed and placed into refrigerated storage. The composite antimicrobial film significantly reduced foodborne pathogens on the experimentally inoculated surfaces of the raw and ready-to-eat muscle foods.
The antimicrobial layer is made of a p...
Source: Medgadget - January 23, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Pathology Public Health Source Type: blogs
Inside Schizophrenia: Comorbidity with Schizophrenia
Comorbidity is the presence of one or more additional conditions co-occurring with a primary condition. In this episode, host schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers with her cohost Gabe Howard will be discussing comorbidity with schizophrenia. Comorbidity is associated with worse health outcomes, more complex clinical management and increased health care costs.
Occupational therapist and host of the podcast Occupied, Brock Cook, will be joining us to discuss ways that he works with people with schizophrenia to manage multiple health issues.
Highlights from “Comorbidity with Schizophrenia” Episode
[01:28] What is c...
Source: World of Psychology - January 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Star Withers Tags: Antipsychotic Inside Schizophrenia Mental Health and Wellness Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia comorbid comorbid psychiatric conditions Comorbidities Comorbidity Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia Livi Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 20th 2020
This study provides strong evidence that following a healthy lifestyle can substantially extend the years a person lives disease-free."
Commentary on Recent Evidence for Cognitive Decline to Precede Amyloid Aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/01/commentary-on-recent-evidence-for-cognitive-decline-to-precede-amyloid-aggregation-in-alzheimers-disease/
I can't say that I think the data presented in the research noted here merits quite the degree of the attention that it has been given in the popular science press. It is interesting, but not compelling if its role is ...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 19, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Sequencing Gut Microbiota to Visualize Population Changes with Age
This is an interesting study; you'll have to actually look at the open access paper to see the meat of it, which is the various graphs showing the changes in relative population size of different microbe families in the gut that take place with age. A great deal of work on the gut microbiome and its role in health and aging is presently taking place in the scientific community; researchers have identified a number of beneficial metabolites that are produced by classes of microbe that decline with age. Further, the gut microbiome becomes ever more inflammatory with age. The size of these effects on health might be in the sa...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 17, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Agriculture Purchase Commitments Under the U.S.-China Trade Deal: The Case of Beef
Simon Lester andHuan ZhuYesterday, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a " phase one "U.S.-China trade deal. A " phase two " deal may be coming, although the timing is unclear, and many people (including us) are skeptical that it will happen any time soon. There are some technical and complicated parts of the phase one deal, and it will take some time to digest it all and come up with an overall evaluation. But it ' s worth exploring some specific aspects right away. One of the most talked about parts of the phase one deal is the commitments by China to purchase large amounts of U.S. products, including ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 16, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester, Huan Zhu Source Type: blogs
What parents need to know about a vegan diet
A vegan diet is made up of only plant-based products — no meat, fish, dairy, or eggs (some people also exclude honey). While these diets are still relatively rare, they are becoming more common. Some families or teens choose them for health reasons, and it’s certainly true that plant-based diets are low in saturated fat and can have other health benefits. Some choose them for philosophical reasons — either sustainability, or not wanting to harm animals, or both.
Whatever the reason, it’s important to get educated before you begin. You should talk to your doctor, and if possible it’s a good idea to also meet with ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Nutrition Parenting Source Type: blogs
An omnivore ’s dilemma: How much red meat is too much?
In October 2019, the Annals of Internal Medicine published controversial guidelines advising Americans to carry on consuming red and processed meat at current amounts. The guideline authors characterized meat-eaters as somewhat incapable of dietary change, and portrayed the benefits for reducing red and processed meat intake as insignificant. These guidelines contradict previous studies that link processed meat and red meat with early death and an increased risk of disease, including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer.
If omnivores are confused, it’s hard to blame them.
Americans are eating less meat, but not less p...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN Tags: Health Healthy Eating Source Type: blogs
Buone Feste! Happy Holidays!
Well, this year I have to admit that I don’t have much in the way of a festive spirit, which is very unusual for me. I have always loved the Xmas holidays, decorating the house, making cookies, etc.
Not this year.
There are several reasons why I’ve been down and out about the holidays. One is that Stefano and I were supposed to be in Prague right now, lovely Prague with its glittering streets and Xmas markets…but instead we’re still here, in Florence. We had to cancel our trip to Prague because I came down with a rather nasty case of the flu (high fever, etc.) on the eve of our departure.
Of course,...
Source: Margaret's Corner - December 24, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll Source Type: blogs
A Few Details on the US-China "Phase One" Trade Deal
Simon Lester andHuan ZhuLast Friday, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office released a "fact sheet" about the U.S. - China trade deal that it had just announced. Reports suggest that the deal will be signed in early January, with the text released some time after that. A full analysis of the deal will have to wait until then, but in this post, we offer some comments on the details set out in the fact sheet.The first issues mentioned are intellectual property and technology transfer. The fact sheet addresses these as follows:• Intellectual Property: The Intellectual Property (IP) chapter addresses numerous longstanding co...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 16, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester, Huan Zhu Source Type: blogs
The Meat of the Matter: Learning How Gut Microbiota Might Reduce Harm from Red Meat
Microbiota in the intestines. Credit: iStock.
Research on how diet impacts the gut microbiota has rapidly expanded in the last several years. Studies show that diets rich in red meat are linked to diseases such as colon cancer and heart disease. In both mice and humans, researchers have recently discovered differences in the gut microbiota of those who eat diets rich in red meat compared with those who don’t. This is likely because of a sugar molecule in the red meat, called N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), that our bodies can’t break down. Researchers believe the human immune system sees Neu5Gc as foreign. T...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - December 11, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Bacteria Biofilms Cellular Processes Microbes Source Type: blogs
“ Wheat Belly hit like a bomb ” : Author Dana Carpender reviews the Revised & Expanded Edition of Wheat Belly
Dana Carpender, friend and author of many low-carb cookbooks, provided this review of my new Revised & Expanded Wheat Belly, below.
For more of Dana’s signature wit and conversation, you can join her on her engaging Facebook page “Hold the toast press” or visit her Amazon page that lists all her wonderful low-carb cookbooks.
It’s funny how things happen. Nine years ago I had already been eating a low carbohydrate diet for 16 years. During that time I had occasionally eaten low carb tortillas and low carb bread. These things were hardly a staple of my diet, but I kept ’em around for the oc...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 8, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Open autoimmune joint pain wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Top 10 Technologies We Are Excited About
We cover a lot of news and announcements about digital health technologies to provide context for you. Even within The Medical Futurist team, there are favorite technologies and trends. And we thought it would be time to share the technologies we’re excited about! With advancements in exoskeleton technology, A.I.’s ever-increasing importance in healthcare and technologies like 5G and quantum computing soon going mainstream, there’s much to be excited about! Without further ado, let’s jump in!
1. Quantum Computing: faster, cheaper and safer
Late last month, Google claimed “quantum supremacy” and made the c...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 3, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Future of Medicine digital health Healthcare technology digital technology Source Type: blogs
