Food trends through the years: A mixed bag for heart health?
Remember when packaged foods emblazoned with the words “fat free” seemed to be everywhere? Then came labels boasting “zero grams of trans fat.” “Sugar free” and “low sodium” claims soon joined the chorus. These days, gluten-free foods are all the rage.
For the most part, food industry trends have echoed the nutritional mantras of the time and were designed to improve our health — especially cardiovascular health. But just how successful have these efforts been?
“It’s a mixed picture, but over all, I think we’re going in a good direction,” says Dr. Walter Willett, professor in nutrition and epidemi...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Diet and Weight Loss Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Source Type: blogs
Feeling Stressed When You Wake Up? How to Have Calmer Morning
Have you ever wondered how your mornings have become so unproductive, and messy-truly setting the tone for the rest of your day? Have you found that your mood has suddenly soured before clock strikes noon? If you find yourself in this predicament, how you set your mornings, albeit unintentional, can be the sneaky culprit behind how your day starts and ends, affecting everything from a dip in your mood, energy, and drop in productivity levels. The simple and practical tips below, if implemented correctly, should help to untangle you from having frustrated mornings before you ever make it out the door.
Make Your Bed.
A mess...
Source: World of Psychology - July 23, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emily Waters Tags: Habits Happiness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Sleep Stress Calm Meditation Mindfulness Relaxation stress reduction Source Type: blogs
Unreformed: Taming the Charge Monster
By, SAURABH JHA
Any backpacker travelling on a shoestring budget in Thailand knows not to blow their entire budget on premium whiskey in a premium hotel on the first night in Bangkok. Rather, you need to skip the occasional meal, stay in a cheap dorm with random strangers, and drink cheap beer on Khao San Road if you wish to see the country and return home without having to wash dishes in a restaurant in Bangkok to repay the loans. Both Democrats and Republicans seem impervious to a simple wisdom that I learnt when backpacking – you save money if you go for cheap stuff. The operative word here is “cheap.”
Both the Af...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: Economics Hospitals Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
10 Foods to Increase Lactation
Having an adequate milk supply for your baby is essential to his/her nutrition. If you are looking to increase lactation these following foods can help:
Water
While not a food, water is one of the most important items needed for an adequate milk supply. “According to studies, 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.”
Try drinking 8 glasses (64 ounces) of water a day, especially when starting to breastfeed.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is known to help lower cholesterol and regulate your blood pressure, but did you know it can also help in building and maintaining your milk supply? Next time you’re thinking of what to ha...
Source: Cord Blood News - June 5, 2017 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: pregnancy breastfeeding Source Type: blogs
Scott Gottlieb And The Goldilocks Theory Of Bringing Change To The FDA
With the nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headed to the Senate floor, we can expect another Goldilocks debate. Like the heroine of the classic tale who famously tested the three bowls of porridge to find one too hot, one too cold, and one “just right,” participants will debate whether today’s FDA is too lenient, too tough, or just right in reviewing new prescription drugs.
That Dr. Gottlieb is qualified for the role he has been nominated for appears beyond question. What critics take issue with is whether his extensive experience ties him too closely to the entities...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Ian Spatz Tags: Costs and Spending Drugs and Medical Innovation Health Professionals Public Health 21st Century Cures Act Big Pharma FDA off-label drugs off-label promotion Source Type: blogs
Picking A Good Tubal Reversal DoctorAdvice From Goldilocks And The Three Bears!
Goldilock’s and the Three Bears Finding the just right doctor!
Picking a good tubal reversal doctor seems difficult. Some people pick a tubal reversal doctor for all the wrong reasons.
Many people look for the “cheapest price” or the “closest location” when they should be focused on finding a surgeon who has the skills to provide them with best chance for success.
The best advice comes from the children’s story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Goldilock’s was a smart girl who found the best deal by picking what was just right for her,
“This one is too hot, this one is to...
Source: Tubal Reversal Blog - February 24, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Dr. Monteith Tags: age Ariana doctor essure reversal facebook tubal reversal group Goldilocks North Carolina raleigh specialist Source Type: blogs
Picking A Good Tubal Reversal DoctorAdvice From Goldilocks And The Three Bears!
Goldilock’s and the Three Bears Finding the just right doctor!
Picking a good tubal reversal doctor seems difficult. Some people pick a tubal reversal doctor for all the wrong reasons.
Many people look for the “cheapest price” or the “closest location” when they should be focused on finding a surgeon who has the skills to provide them with best chance for success.
The best advice comes from the children’s story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Goldilock’s was a smart girl who found the best deal by picking what was just right for her,
“This one is too hot, this one is to...
Source: Tubal Reversal Blog - February 24, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Dr. Monteith Tags: age Ariana doctor essure reversal facebook tubal reversal group Goldilocks North Carolina raleigh specialist Source Type: blogs
Getting Back On Track
This morning I actually feel rested. Actually I felt pretty rested yesterday morning as well. But my day got hijacked and I ended up spending several hours with my father taking him to a doctor appointment (broken second metatarsal in his left foot at age 88) and then x-rays, back to the doctor, and then home. And then home to our house. I was totally exhausted by the time I got home at 430.But then I slept for close to 9 hours without waking up. So this morning I will go to the gym, then get my hair cut, and go to the library. Then I will stay home and finish what I never got to yesterday. I need to get back on track.What...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - December 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: family overscheduled rest sleep Source Type: blogs
13 Foods That Are as Inexpensive as They Are Healthy
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Eating a quality, nutritious diet is critical to health and wellbeing. Without the right foods, your body and mind cannot function as nature intended them to. Unfortunately, a small budget can make eating well seem impossible. Nutritious but expensive foods are not an option for those with limited resources. Thankfully, there are plenty of foods that are as inexpensive as they are healthy. Here are thirte...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: jaketyler Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement best self-improvement blogs diet tips healthy inexpensive foods most healthy foods pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
When a Celebrity ’s Father Was Found Begging on the Street: 4 Lessons I Learned
A while back, there was a viral news story here in Indonesia: the father of a famous celebrity was found begging on the street.
When the government’s social agency picked him up, he was in terrible condition. He didn’t have any belongings. He didn’t even have a single penny. And he apparently hadn’t taken a shower for days.
This became viral because his daughter is a famous celebrity with lots and lots of money. How could this happen?
As it turns out, the celebrity’s father and mother divorced years ago when she was just 7 years old. Since then, the father worked odd jobs until one day he could no longer find a...
Source: Life Optimizer - August 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Relationship Source Type: blogs
No toothless cavemen here
Here is an excerpt from chapter 1 of the Wheat Belly Total Health book, a discussion of the striking deterioration in health that developed in humans when we first made the dietary error of consuming grains, not recognizing a dietary expedient as a bad choice that resulted in long-term risk for chronic disease.
What happened to those first humans, hungry and desperate, who figured out how to make this one component of grasses—the seed—edible? Incredibly, anthropologists have known this for years. The first humans to consume the grassy food of the ibex and aurochs experienced explosive tooth decay, shrinkage of the maxi...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle abscess gluten grains Inflammation iron tooth decay Source Type: blogs
No, you don't need to read the whole thing . . .
. . . but here are the new official U.S. government dietary guidelines for Americans. No, the Nanny State isn't actually forcing you to eat broccoli. (But try it, you'll like it!) They're just giving you information that you can take or leave.There is one really important nugget in here. It really is very close to a magic bullet. That is the recommendation to limit added sugar to less than 10% of calories per day. This is the first time they've had the nerve to stand up to Big Soda and name a number.Actually the number is still too high. The American Heart Association thinks it should be 5%. Anyway, just to be clear, one (...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 12, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Grain Deficiency Syndrome
Beware the dreaded Grain Deficiency Syndrome. This is what will happen to you if you eliminate wheat, corn, and other grains, the foods that the USDA and U.S. Dept of Health and Human services tell us, through their Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to eat more of, every day, every meal and snack. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association also all agree: Terrible things will happen to you if you eliminate grains. You will develop Grain Deficiency!
So what does the Grain Deficiency Syndrome look like? Like any other syndrome, you can recognize this conditio...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 1, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle blood sugar cholesterol diabetes Inflammation minerals vitamins Weight Loss wheat deficiency Source Type: blogs
What ’s the best way to get rid of bed head? Episode 122
Does this bed head product really work?
Sasha asks…Can Ma Cherie Perfect Shower fix your bed better than regular water? Is this worth the money or is it nothing more than water mixed with leave in conditioner?
Let’s begin by talking about what causes bed head. First, you have to realize that there are two different kinds of bonds that control the shape of your hair. There are the disulfide bonds – these are very strong chemical bonds (kind of like the rungs of a ladder that keep the proteins in your hair locked in shape. These are very tough to break – think relaxer or straightening treatment. Then there...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Discover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
