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The Economic Benefits Of Healthier Eating: Why Corporations Can Be Natural Allies To Promote Better Diets
Nutrition is at the heart of many of the most important issues in our lives. From nourished children to vibrant aging, from social justice to sustainability, how we eat plays a major role in our health, our culture, and our happiness.
Yet, we rarely consider the tremendous economic impact of our food choices. Suboptimal nutrition is the leading cause of poor health in the United States and globally, principally related to chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, diabetes, and several cancers. In many nations, the costs of healthcare dwarf other programs in the national budget. In the United States, nearly ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Well: Ask Well: Is Watermelon Good for You?
Watermelon is rich in nutrients like lycopene, which may have benefits for the heart, and a lower sugar content, gram for gram, than many other fruits.
Source: NYT Health - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RONI CARYN RABIN Tags: Blood Pressure Cancer Diet and Nutrition Heart Stroke Watermelons Ask Well Eat Featured Live Source Type: news
'Stop demonising butter,' say researchers
Conclusion
This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the long-term association between butter consumption and major health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and death.
The nine identified studies found little to no evidence that butter consumption increased the risk of death, cardiovascular disease, heart disease or stroke.
Perhaps surprisingly, though, there did seem to be a protective effect against the risk of type 2 diabetes.
This review has both strengths and limitations that may affect the reliability of the findings.
The researchers used careful search methods that aimed to identify onl...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Heart/lungs Source Type: news
4 Things You Should Know About Hospice Care
"Do everything, Doc." That's typically what many family members say when a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and can no longer make health decisions independently. Even when they are told that any further interventions may be futile, they often still say "do everything". In many ways, that is an easy response --- it's the answer many family members think society wants them to say, and it seems "safe." It often is much harder to put limits on the amount of medical care a loved one receives. And I understand when family members say "I'm not ready to let go."
Death is never an easy topic to talk about, and yet ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ask JJ: Type 2 Diabetes
Dear JJ: My doctor just diagnosed me with pre-diabetes. Type 2 diabetes runs in my family, but I will not accept it as my fate. You've written about sugar's detrimental impact, so how can I get this under control so it doesn't blow up into full-blown diabetes?
Diabetes doesn't happen overnight or linearly, but when your metabolic machinery breaks, serious havoc ensues. The massive repercussions can become deadly.
Every time you eat, you raise blood sugar, which triggers your pancreas to release a hormone called insulin. Every food raises blood sugar, but high-sugar impact foods do it big time.
Your pancreas "secretes s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Higher Whole Grain Consumption Lowers Deaths, Health RisksHigher Whole Grain Consumption Lowers Deaths, Health Risks
High intakes of whole grains were associated with reduced risks for stroke, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and death compared with lower intakes in a new meta-analysis. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Why you should add whole grains to your diet
A new study finds people who eat at least three servings a day of whole grains have a lower risk of death from heart disease, stroke and cancer
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - June 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 reasons your child shouldn’t go “gluten-free” (unless your doctor says so)
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There is a puzzling and worrisome new phenomenon that I am seeing as a pediatrician: parents who are putting their children on gluten-free diets.
It’s puzzling because in the vast majority of cases it isn’t necessary — and it’s worrisome because, although parents are doing it because they think it’s healthy, a gluten-free diet can be very unhealthy for children.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and some other grains. It’s in bread and other baked goods, cereals, pastas — and in many other foods in small amounts. For people with celiac disease, even those small amounts ca...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - June 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Healthy Eating Parenting Source Type: news
Diet 'lowers risk of depression, dementia, cancer, heart disease and stroke'
Scientists from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research in Australia were surprised to find people who ate the most fiber were 80 per cent more likely to still be alive a decade later.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reversing long-term trend, death rate for Americans ticks upward
The long decline in Americans' death rates has reversed course, according to preliminary 2015 numbers for all causes of mortality as compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many factors are implicated in the turnaround, including a rise in deaths from firearms, drug overdoses, accidental injuries, suicides, Alzheimer's disease, hypertension and stroke. In a […]
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joel Achenbach Tags: cancer cdc/who data health heart disease prescription drugs Source Type: news
Drug Targeting Blood-Brain Barrier 'Hopeful' in Stroke Drug Targeting Blood-Brain Barrier 'Hopeful' in Stroke
Imatinib, a drug that is already available for the treatment of cancer, showed positive results in an initial randomized study in ischemic stroke. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Get Healthy, Get Happy!
by Sarah Montana
Let's face it--most of us resolve to start exercising because we want to look good. But the real reason to get active lies within. Exercise increases not only your physical health--it gives your mental and emotional wellbeing a serious boost. In fact, it can be the key to shifting from coping to thriving. Here are our 5 ways to--finally--making exercise a part of your daily life.
1. Challenge Your Thinking
For many people, physical fitness is an emotional topic. And where there are big emotions, there are iceberg beliefs. Negative thinking can make the path to fitness feel overwhelming. Fitness-related ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can aspirin protect against cancer?
The other day, a fit 50-year-old man came to me for a visit to review his health. As we discussed his (generally good) efforts to take care of himself, he said, “I’ve been wondering if I should take an aspirin every day. I read somewhere that it can prevent cancer.”
As a clinician, I really love it when people come in with questions that stretch my thinking. I have a stock set of answers to the “does aspirin prevent heart disease” question, but I didn’t have an easy answer to the cancer prevention question. What were the data? What should I be recommending? Is it true for everyone? Or maybe just for some people...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - May 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lori Wiviott Tishler, MD, MPH Tags: Cancer Drugs and Supplements Health Heart Health Prevention Source Type: news
Are broken bones, loneliness and poor sleep really hidden killers?
Conclusion
As the researchers say, the WHO definition of health encompasses physical, mental and social wellbeing – not just the presence or absence of disease.
But how often are these extra dimensions taken into account when assessing a person's health status?
In this sample of older adults, just looking at their disease status puts the majority of them into an apparently "robust" health group.
Yet when you consider the additional dimensions of psychological health and wellbeing, you seem to get a much better indication of those who were at higher or lower risk of dying or being incapacitated in the coming...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Medical practice Source Type: news
Optimizing Diet: What You Eat Does Matter to Improve Cancer Outcomes
By: Peiying Yang, Ph.D., Lin Lin Shao, senior clinical dietitian, and Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., Integrative Medicine Program
The American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR) has developed The New American Plate to help us reorganize the quantities of food groups on our plate to promote a more whole food, plant-based approach to nutrition.
Mounting evidence shows that eating a primarily plant-based diet reduces cancer risk and is recommended for cancer survivors. By consuming more plants, specifically fresh, non-starchy green vegetables, less animal protein and less added sugars, we can decrease our risk of cancer and improve...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
