How Cutting Down On Meat Affects Your Social Identity
By Emily Reynolds
With increased concern about the impact of meat on our health and the environment, and an ever-expanding selection of meat-free products available to buy, popular interest in vegetarianism and veganism has steadily grown.
But for those who want to cut down but aren’t quite ready to give up their burgers, there is a third way: flexitarianism. As a 2019 study from the University of Nottingham on red meat and heart health put it, you “don’t have to go cold turkey on red meat to see health benefits”, finding that halving the amount of red and processed meat eaten can have significant health benefits....
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - October 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Eating Social The self Source Type: blogs
A cardiologist ’s take on red meat consumption
The Skeptical Cardiologist was recently greeted by headlines announcing that an international panel of 14 unbiased researchers had concluded that it was OK for humans to continue eating red meat and processed meat at current levels. The startling news was a reversal of what the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the American Heart Association, and the American […]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 - October 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anthony-pearson" rel="tag" > Anthony Pearson, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Cardiology Source Type: blogs
It ’s World Mental Health Day today: Let’s review how a healthy diet can promote mental well-being
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Should you eat an apple—or a bag of Oreos? Go to McDonald’s—or the vegetarian restaurant on the corner?
When we make these everyday food choices, many of us think first of our physical health and appearance. But there’s another factor we may want to consider in picking foods: their impact on our mental health.
A growing body of research is discovering that food doesn’t just affect our waistline but also our moods, emotions, and even longer-term conditions like depression. Which makes sense, after all. Our brains are physical entities, running on the energy that we put into our bodies, affected by ...
Source: SharpBrains - October 10, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Magazine Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness evidence mental health Nutrition well-being Source Type: blogs
10 foods that may impact your risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes
Could just 10 foods substantially impact your risk of dying from a cardiometabolic disease (CMD) like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or stroke? Maybe.
A study published in JAMA provides some insight into the degree to which 10 specific foods and nutrients affect the risk of dying from CMD. The study found that in 2012, eating suboptimal levels of 10 foods or nutrients — too much of some and not enough of others — was associated with more than 45% of deaths due to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
10 foods associated with nearly half of CMD deaths
The researchers developed a risk assessment model that combine...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Diabetes Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Is Red Meat OK Now? Sensible nutrition tips
It’s hard to keep track of what we are supposed to eat to have a healthy diet.
I love this video from Funny or Die. It comically demonstrates how difficult it can be to keep up with what is healthy for us to eat. New study results this week on red meat has certainly stirred up controversy. If nutrition and health experts disagree about the validity of the study, what are we supposed to do?
Michele Payn and I interviewed Leia Flure, know as the Moderation Maven, yesterday for the Food Bullying Podcast. She offered some great insights:
First, nutrition science is hard. Human beings aren’t lab rats and it is difficult...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - October 3, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Beefy Arguments for Libertarianism
This report has layers of flaws and is the most egregious abuse of evidence that I have ever seen,"said Walter Willett of Harvard. "Their recommendations are really irresponsible,"said Frank Hu of Harvard. A contrarian would immediately assume, therefore, that the study in question must be marvelous. Is it?Well, it represents part of a new wave in nutrition, in which a group of scientists who have no financial ties to the food industry set themselves up, like the justices of the Supreme Court, to adjudicate as a panel on a field of research. And, again like the justices of the Supreme Court, they are not frightened from ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Terence Kealey Source Type: blogs
How to Overcome the Fear of Marriage
If you long for a soul mate, you’re not alone. It’s human nature to want a partner for life.
The longing is there. Yet so many unions don’t last these days. We may hope to say “I do” but fear being disappointed.
Actually, I was like this. I avoided commitment for such a long time that a friend at my wedding, 31 years ago, quipped, “It’s the end of an era.”
When I told my mother I was engaged, she said, “It’s a miracle.” She expected me to stay single. She didn’t want my heart to be broken like hers had been when she and my father divorced.
When she knew I was seeing someone, she’d a...
Source: World of Psychology - September 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marcia Naomi Berger, MSW, LCSW Tags: Marriage and Divorce Relationships Commitment Issues Dating Love Vows Source Type: blogs
Popular heartburn drug ranitidine (Zantac) recalled: What you need to know and do
If you or a family member take ranitidine (Zantac) to relieve heartburn, you may have heard that the FDA has found a probable human carcinogen (a substance that could cause cancer) in it. The story is unfolding quickly and many details remain murky. Here is what we know so far and what you should do.
What do we know so far?
On September 13, 2019, the FDA announced that preliminary tests found low levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in ranitidine, a heartburn medication used by millions of Americans. This week, the drug companies Novartis (through its generic division, Sandoz) and Apotex announced that they were recalli...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joshua Gagne, PharmD, ScD Tags: Digestive Disorders Drugs and Supplements Health Source Type: blogs
Popular heartburn drug ranitidine recalled: What you need to know and do
If you or a family member take ranitidine (Zantac) to relieve heartburn, you may have heard that the FDA has found a probable human carcinogen (a substance that could cause cancer) in it. The story is unfolding quickly and many details remain murky. Here is what we know so far and what you should do.
What do we know so far?
On September 13, 2019, the FDA announced that preliminary tests found low levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in ranitidine, a heartburn medication used by millions of Americans. This week, the drug companies Novartis (through its generic division, Sandoz) and Apotex announced that they were recalli...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joshua Gagne, PharmD, ScD Tags: Digestive Disorders Drugs and Supplements Health Source Type: blogs
8 Nootropics to Stimulate Your Brain This Fall
You're reading 8 Nootropics to Stimulate Your Brain This Fall, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Nootropics is a term coined by Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea
to describe a class of drugs, supplements, and other synthetic and naturally
occurring compounds that improve cognitive function in our brains. They’re
often called “smart drugs,” as they can help us think faster and more
efficiently.
Although used by pretty much everyone, these nootropic supplements are especially
popular among younger and olde...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nadav Dakner Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement nootropics pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Us and Them
As I have said many times, the chapter divisions were added by medieval scribes and often don ' t seem to make a lot of sense. Exodus 23 is obviously three different segments which may well come from entirely different original sources. It starts out ascribing moral principles which, in contrast to much of what we have seen so far, are largely consistent with what we think of as virtuous today. Then it prescribes some religious practices which include some of God ' s odd obsessions but whatever. Then it turns really, really ugly. (I ' ve gone back to the New International Version for this one, it seems clearer in some plac...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 22, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Are there evil people or only evil acts?
“I can guarantee that someone in the world thinks you are evil. Do you eat meat? Do you work in banking? Do you have a child out of wedlock? You will find that things that seem normal to you don ' t seem normal to others, and might even be utterly reprehensible. Perhaps we are all evil. Or, perhaps none of us are. ”– Julia Shaw,Evil: The Science Behind Humanity ' s Dark SideEarlier this month,Science magazine andFondation Ipsen co-sponsored a webinar onImpulses, intent, and the science of evil. “Can research into humankind’s most destructive inclinations help us become better people?”It ' s freely available on ...
Source: The Neurocritic - September 21, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
The Stress of Choosing the “Right” Food
Does trying to choose the "right" food stress you out?
In our information-saturated landscape, choosing what to eat has become more and more complicated. Food stress is the pressure of making the right choice often makes us self-limit choices. We avoid buying this food because a television doctor said it is terrible for us. We choose to eat only certain foods because a celebrity lost weight doing that. Or we stand in the grocery aisle wondering if we’ll be judged by our family, friends, or community because we don’t buy something with the “right” label.Eating well shoul...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - September 18, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Diet and Nutrition Tips Stress Management Source Type: blogs
20 Small Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
“Get out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”
Brian Tracy
I’m a big fan of doing the unusual thing. Sometimes in big ways. Often in small and daily ways to mix things up.
Why?
Because this habit is a simple and relatively easy way to:
Get out of your comfort zone.
And if you change your perspective on yourself from someone who sticks to the old and comfortable all the time to someone who likes to mix things up then it will feel more natural and easier to break out of your comfort zone when comes to bigger things too.
Because this ha...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - September 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Success Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Law and Order
So God is dictating a detailed legal code to Moses. At this point in the fictitious history, it seems to be looking forward. It is more suitable to the settled people the Hebrews will become than the nomads of Genesis. We haven ' t been told anything about life in Goshen, but the people were not evidently self-governing. Currently, the people are camped out in the desert subsisting on manna. Moses was judging disputes, apparently based on his personal intuitions, until Jethro dropped in to suggest he delegate, at which point presumably his delegates made it up as they went along. So now we ' re finally getting the statutes...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 15, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
