Plant-based diets are best … or are they?
This study is also a reminder that the health impact of a particular intervention (such as diet) may not be easy to predict or explain. In most cases, the risk of stroke and heart disease tend to rise or fall together, but that wasn’t the case in this research.
Beware the study’s limitations
This study linking a vegetarian diet with a higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke has a number of important limitations that should temper the concerns of vegetarians.
The study was observational. That means it simply observed what happened among different people who followed different diets over time, without being able to account fo...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Healthy Eating Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke Source Type: blogs
Is it time to stop skimming over full-fat dairy?
Americans consume about 150 pounds of milk and eat nearly 40 pounds of cheese and 20 pounds of ice cream per person per year, according to data from the Department of Agriculture. Yogurt and butter intakes are lower, but growing. But should the dairy we’re consuming be low-fat or full-fat? That debate has become increasingly divisive, and for good reason: not all dairy is created equal.
Dairy fat and cardiovascular disease
Some of the most substantial dairy research has been done in the context of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, which has been shown, among other benefits, to reduce blood pressure...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN Tags: Cancer Diet and Weight Loss Health Healthy Eating Heart Health 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
6 Ways to Adopt a Holistic Approach in Your Everyday Life
You're reading 6 Ways to Adopt a Holistic Approach in Your Everyday Life, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
The ways we say, eat, think, practice, and believe and the impacts we make on the lives of others are all reflections of how we choose to live our life. A holistic approach to our mind, soul, and body cannot just transform our well-being and health, but it can bring benefits to our relationships. It is because a holistic approach keeps us more patient, loving, understanding, and stress-free. ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amit Shah Tags: featured happiness health and fitness philosophy self improvement holistic pickthebrain wellbeing 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
Have You Heard About Sodium Insufficiency? 3 Steps to Stabilize Salt Level in the Body!
You're reading Have You Heard About Sodium Insufficiency? 3 Steps to Stabilize Salt Level in the Body!, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Salt is one of the basic ingredients in one’s diet. While the medical field has done adequate research about harmful effects of excess salt in one’s body, very little limelight has been given to hyponatremia (also called as sodium insufficiency) despite the condition being so commonly observed.
Hyponatremia makes up at least 20-30 percent of the cases reported at...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: HealthCareMagic Tags: health and fitness Ask a Doctor HealthCareMagic Sodium Insufficiency Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Policing Language in Mental Health Communities
In the first full episode of Not Crazy, we learn a little more about the new co-host, Jackie, and her history with chronic illness and depression. Gabe rants about person-first language and how nitpicking verbiage is distracting from more pressing matters in the lives of those living with mental illness. Overall, we decide that “crazy” is not a dirty word and there are other, more time-sensitive, things we should be focusing on that can benefit the mental health community.
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About The Hosts
Gabe Howard is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the au...
Source: World of Psychology - September 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Not Crazy Podcast Self-Help Stigma 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
Inside Schizophrenia: Working With Schizophrenia
Everyone complains about work. Having to go to work every day, working too much, not getting paid enough- working can be challenging for so many reasons. Today’s episode focuses on working while having schizophrenia.
Host Rachel Star Withers, a diagnosed schizophrenic, and co-host Gabe Howard share antidotes from their own work lives and speak with fellow schizophrenic Michelle Hammer. Michelle, an award-winning graphic designer and entrepreneur, discusses her struggles working full time and transitioning to working for herself. Cheryl Wallace the Vice President of Programs at Rose Hill Center, a psychiatric treatm...
Source: World of Psychology - September 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Star Withers Tags: A Bipolar, A Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Inside Schizophrenia Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Employment life with schizophrenia Living With Schizophrenia mental illness at work Psychology working working and schizophrenia Source Type: blogs
Staff Suggestions for Addressing Reviewer Comments
To complement the advice from our longtime authors and editorial board members that we shared earlier this week, today we’re sharing suggestions from the Academic Medicine editorial staff. This post is part of a series on tips for addressing reviewer comments during the revisions part of the publication process. You can read the other posts in the series here.
Importance of addressing editor comments
Revising your manuscript to address reviewer and editor comments can take a lot of time and effort. You may (understandably!) be tired by the time you get through the reviewer comments. But don’t forget to addr...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 12, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Addressing Reviewer Comments Series Featured author resources peer review scholarship writing series Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Comfort Zones Aren ’ t Where We Grow
Today’s guest has a simple plan for radical life changes: Step outside of your comfort zone. Lucia Giovannini is a former supermodel-turned-psychologist whose new book advises that the path to a meaningful life lies in stretching our intellectual and emotional abilities. Lucia believes that making a concentrated effort to learn and grow on a daily basis can make you a happier person, and help you realize your true potential. And isn’t that the goal of a well-lived life?
Listen in as Lucia gives easy, practical tips for expanding your horizons, reaching the best of your abilities, using your talents to serve the...
Source: World of Psychology - September 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview LifeHelper Podcast Psychology Self-Help The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Avoiding nuts and seeds for better gut health? You shouldn ’t
Nuts and seeds are important components of a healthy diet. But if you have diverticula — little pouchlike structures that sometimes form in the muscular wall of the colon and bulge outward — you may worry about nuts or seeds getting stuck in those little pockets, which can cause a painful infection called diverticulitis.
Take heart. While it was once believed that nut and seed consumption could lead to diverticulitis, the link is unproven.
In fact, quite the opposite is true. Nuts and seeds are rich in fiber, which is important for gut health and keeping you regular.
How much fiber do you need daily? If you’re over 5...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Digestive Disorders Healthy Aging Healthy Eating Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Try a Different Approach to Keep Dad Off of Ladders
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Dear Carol: Even though my 79-year-old dad has had medical problems through the years, he’s strong both physically and mentally. Dad’s always enjoyed working outside in the yard and home maintenance, which is wonderful. However, he won’t listen when it comes to climbing ladders, going on the roof to clean gutters, and crawling under the car and his jacked-up riding mower to work on them. I nag him. I’ve hollered at him that he’s nuts (not my finest moment). I’ve begged him. But he says he loves working around the house and I shouldn’t even think of “taking that away from him"...
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Source: Minding Our Elders - August 24, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs
When it comes to cholesterol levels, white meat may be no better than red meat — and plant-based protein beats both
This study looked at plant-based protein sources, and plant-based diets can provide all the necessary protein for optimal health. Here’s a look at the amount of protein contained in a variety of plant-based foods.
Protein content in plant-based foods
Food
Serving size
Protein (grams)
Calories
Lentils
1/2 cup
9
115
Black beans
1/2 cup
8
114
Chickpeas
1/2 cup
7
135
Kidney beans
1/2 cup
8
113
Black eyed peas
1/2 cup
7
112
Pinto beans
1/2 cup
7
117
Soybeans
1/2 cup
14
150
Tofu
1/2 cup
10
183
Nuts
1/2 cup
5–7
160–200
Peanut butter
2 tablespoons
8
190
Flaxseeds
3 tablespoons
5
150
Sesame seeds...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Source Type: blogs
The doctor trap: What it is and how to escape it
There is a trap used to capture monkeys that uses a tree with a hollowed-out trunk. The opening is just large enough for the monkey to put its hand inside. While the monkey can easily pull its empty hand out at any time, inside the hole is a larger space containing delicious nuts that the […]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 - August 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mark-leeds" rel="tag" > Mark Leeds, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
