Eat a Mediterranean Style Diet to Ward Off Alzheimer's
More American's--especially the baby boom generation--are learning the importance of eating healthy.By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomA new research study indicates that eating Mediterranean-style seems to reduces the risk of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer's.There are numerous studies that indicate this style of eating helps reduce cardiovascular risk factors like high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes.All of these are linked to Alzheimer's and I have written about them previously on this blog (use the search box for more information).Dementia Care TipsThe Mediterranean diet is a heart-healthy ...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 7, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer's care alzheimer's risk alzheimers dementia care diet eating health help with dementia care lifestyle Mediterranean Diet Source Type: blogs
Medgadget ’s Best Medical Technologies of 2017
We reported a surge in the use of augmented reality in healthcare at the end of 2016, with the trend continuing in 2017. Notably, Microsoft’s HoloLens was successfully used for spinal surgery applications by a surgical navigation company named Scopis. There are several advantages to this system including reduced radiation exposure of patients, improved screw placement accuracy, and decreased surgery times.
It has been an exciting year for healthcare with many advances in how diseases are diagnosed, treated, and cured. Medical devices are constantly becoming smaller, smarter, cheaper, more precise and user friendly...
Source: Medgadget - December 26, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Take a minute and ask: Is that really grain-free?
Living the Undoctored and Wheat Belly Lifestyles may take a bit of effort, but the results are so worth it. You have to really think before you order your meals. Hidden sources of grains and corn by-products are lurking in some unlikely places. You may have thought that by skipping the bread/sandwich and choosing the soup-n-salad would ensure that your meal was safe. Think again…
Often the seemingly innocent chicken breast sitting on top of your salad was dusted with wheat flour before cooking to help it retain moisture and achieve that golden-brown color. Or the seasoning used contained grain by-products. Or the fish wa...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune Dr. Davis gluten gluten-free grain grain-free Inflammation undoctored Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Imagining bodily states, like feeling full, can affect our future preferences and behaviour
By Emma Young
Our current bodily states influence our preferences and our behaviour much more than we usually anticipate – as anyone who has gone shopping hungry and come back with bags full of fattening food can attest. “Even when people have previous experience with a powerful visceral state, like pain, they show surprisingly little ability to vividly recall the state or to predict how it affects someone (including themselves) when they are not experiencing it,” write Janina Steinmertz at Utrecht University and her colleagues in their paper in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
The good news is their resea...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - December 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: biological Decision making Source Type: blogs
The Importance of Extending School Lunch Periods
In conclusion, schools are doing a disservice to their students by forcing them to gulp down their food. I say give kids a chance to unwind, eat, socialize, learn the value of “waste not, want not” and prepare for the next half of the day. Everyone, including the teachers, will prosper from this important change.
References
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/24/439487395/kids-who-are-time-crunched-at-school-lunch-toss-more-and-eat-less
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/04/248511038/these-days-school-lunch-hours-are-more-like-15-minutes (Source: World of Psychology)
Source: World of Psychology - December 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura Yeager Tags: Children and Teens Habits Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Policy and Advocacy Stress Students Success & Achievement childhood nutrition down time emotional processing extracurricular activities food waste Good Habits Makin Source Type: blogs
How to Stay in Control When Recovering from Eating Disorders
If you have struggled with an eating disorder like anorexia, you most-likely know how to plan. By extracting a very basic human need, the brain must use a maximum amount of energy to deny instinct. Calorie counting, eating only at certain times of the day, obsessing over exercise routines, and meticulously shopping for the “right” kinds of food, are all examples of how an eating disorder can shape time.
Most people who struggle with eating disorders are ambivalent about recovery. They may want to have a life that doesn’t follow such rigidity, but worry about losing control. There are many reasons why some...
Source: World of Psychology - December 4, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca Lee Tags: Anorexia Binge Eating Bulimia Eating Disorders Impulse Control Self Control Source Type: blogs
News From 2037: Women Fired As Her Wearable Indicated Pregnancy Won Court Battle Against Her Employer
A short story about wearable sensors, predictive algorithms and their potential ethical consequences.
35-year-old Susanne Wolfort won a historic court battle against Japanese Shinsai Motors Corporation Monday, as the Court of Appeals in California approved her claim of $18 million compensating for her losses since the company fired her based on changes in her GoSportsLive wearable patch data indicating her pregnancy far earlier as she planned to announce it to Shinsai’s San Francisco, California-based HR department. The court raised the initial sum from $15 million to $18 million as compensation for the damage in Mrs. ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 21, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Science Fiction data privacy digital health future pregnancy scifi short story wearable Source Type: blogs
FoodTech: How Engineered Food and Gastronomical Gadgets Affect Your Health
Here on Medgadget, we cover a lot of groundbreaking devices that save lives and improve health. But one often overlooked topic deals with something each and every one of us use every day: food. Food is essential for our survival, and one can say it interacts with our bodies more intimately than any medical product, so what we eat certainly plays a major role in our health.
We’ve had several opportunities to explore the world of “foodtech” recently. Here are a few notable products for your reading and eating pleasure.
First Course: Technology That Transforms the Way We Eat
Consumers are increasingl...
Source: Medgadget - November 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Exclusive Public Health Source Type: blogs
The Top 8 Technologies Combating Food Allergy
Every three minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the US. Not only the number of people suffering from food allergies but also the complexity and severity of conditions are rising globally. Food scanners or portable devices could tell you the exact ingredients of the food on your plate; while apps and wearables help you deal with the effects of allergens. Here, I listed the best technologies combating food allergy!
Food allergy on the rise
Food allergy has been referred to as the second wave of the allergy epidemic, asthma being the first. Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Ameri...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Food Portable Diagnostics applications apps digital digital health food allergy food scanner GC1 Personalized medicine technology wearables Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly: Quick and Dirty #3
In view of the many new readers on the Wheat Belly Blog, many of whom have not yet had an opportunity to read the book but are eager to get started, here is the most recently updated Wheat Belly Quick & Dirty summary. It summarizes the essential dietary strategies of the Wheat Belly approach to 1) avoid all products made from high-yield, semi-dwarf wheat that wreak health destruction along with all other grains, and 2) create a diet that is otherwise healthy and appropriate for all members of the family. In particular, I’ve tried to clarify some items that were unclear in previous versions.
This is the lifestyle ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 28, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle autoimmune blood sugar bowel flora cholesterol Dr. Davis Gliadin gluten gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation joint pain low-carb Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
$40 Keychain Device Detects Food Allergens
For those with allergic reactions to certain foods, cross-contamination or accidental mislabeling can lead to reactions ranging from annoying to life-threatening. To address this health need, researchers at Harvard Medical School have made a device that can quickly, inexpensively, and accurately detect common food antigens.
The integrated exogenous antigen testing, cleverly abbreviated iEAT, was developed to detect five common antigens, including those in peanuts, hazelnuts, wheat, milk, and egg whites. The device consists of three components: a small tube-like extraction kit, a disposable electrode chip, and a keychain-...
Source: Medgadget - September 13, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Diagnostics Medicine Pathology Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
the cider house RULES!
...is a joke that has surely never been made before!(Sorry John Irving. Maybe if your books weren ' t so f.ing depressing people wouldn ' t need to make jokes about them to laugh through the pain. A Prayer for Owen Meany? More like A Prayer for Owen SADDIE, am I right?)(I ' ll...show myself out.)Anyway. Where was I? Oh right. Today we went apple picking, because it ' s fall and the weather is beautiful and there ' s no way you would know that Hurricaine Irma will be up in our zone by the day after tomorrow. (Though hopefully just a tropical storm by then. Floridian friends, stay safe.) My kids like to pick things (noses, f...
Source: the underwear drawer - September 9, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Michelle Au Source Type: blogs
Stop the abuse of hierarchy with these 5 tips
When I was a medical student, trying to forge my path on the clinical wards as a third year, there was a lot to turn me off the idea of a career in medicine entirely — sleep deprivation, early mornings, late nights, standing for hours on rounds, subsisting on diets of hospital graham crackers and off-brand peanut butter. However, what frosted me the most was constantly playing 6 degrees of separation from the attending.
As a student, you reported to the intern who reported to the junior resident who reported to the senior resident who reported to the fellow who then discussed with the attending. After all that work, ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 20, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/amy-ho" rel="tag" > Amy Ho, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Neurology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pops
Here’s another frozen pop recipe to serve after a summer barbecue or dinner. The combination of chocolate and peanut butter makes this taste like a frozen Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
As with all Wheat Belly desserts, the lack of sugar and grains makes this a healthy treat that you should feel no guilt over serving.
Makes 4 pops
1 can (13.5 ounces) full-fat coconut milk (not “lite”)
3/4 cup peanut butter (unsweetened)
3 tablespoons Virtue Sweetener (or other natural, non-caloric sweetener equivalent to 3/4 cup sugar)
3 1/2-ounce bar 85% or greater cocoa chocolate
In medium saucepan over low heat, st...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 23, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat Belly Lifestyle erythritol frozen gluten-free grain-free monk fruit monkfruit virtue sweetener Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Men ’ s Health Month: Getting Back to the Basics
You know the type. The macho guy who’s rough, tough, go-it-alone, leader-of-the-pack, help-not-wanted. Macho man may put off seeing a doctor for a checkup – because he thinks he’s invincible, doesn’t get sick, it’s a waste of time, only for the weak.
Physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center say some men only give in when they have symptoms, when major treatments are required, or when preventive steps are more demanding. Even so, it’s never too late to start on the road to health.
June, Men’s Health Month, is a great time to focus on preventable health problems and encourage early detection and ...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - June 28, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: UMMC Tags: Health Tips Heart/Cardiac Care heart health mens health Source Type: blogs
