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Dementia Protection without the Side Effects

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I’d never fault anyone for doing everything they thought necessary to ward off dementia. If you’ve ever watched a loved one struggle with this debilitating condition, you know what a heartbreak it can be.

But, if like me, you believe that the first rule of medicine should still be, “Do no harm,” Continue reading →

New Burden of Disease Study Shows World’s People Living longer but with More Disability

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The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by disability.

High blood pressure is now the leading “risk factor” for disease around the world. Alcohol use is third. Low-back pain now causes more disability than childbirth complications or anemia. Continue reading →

Plant-Based Diets Can Remedy Chronic Diseases

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity — for which poor diets are contributing factors. Yet people that live in societies that eat healthy, plant-based diets rarely fall victim to these ailments. Continue reading →

Nonprofit Organizations Exposed: American Dietetic Association and Others in Bed with Monsanto

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There is a reason why the American Dietetic Association (ADA), which was recently renamed the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), often makes ridiculous nutrition recommendations such as to eat lots of grains as part of a “healthy” diet, or to avoid eating fats, particularly saturated fats, which it falsely suggests are harmful to health. It turns out that this nonprofit organization Continue reading →

Six Safe, Natural Solutions for Getting Rid of Migraine Headache Pain

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 Migraine sufferers are often anxious to rid themselves of the terrible pain characterizing this condition. Health-conscious individuals choose natural treatments to avoid drug side effects. Many migraine sufferers don’t realize the effects certain foods and chemicals may have on their systems, contributing to the development of migraines, or to their resolution. Diet, herbs Continue reading →

Modern-Day Wheat is A ‘Chronic Poison,’ Says Doctor

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All set to order that next sandwich on wheat bread? Using wheat-based pasta instead of regular spaghetti noodles tonight because you’ve been told wheat-based foods are better for you?

Not so fast, says one doctor.

William Davis, a cardiologist, calls modern-day wheat Continue reading →

New Link between Salt and Bone Health Discovered

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A brand-new health breakthrough out of Alberta, Canada, shows that keeping a diet high in salt can deplete calcium levels in the body. This raises the risk of kidney stones, osteoporosis, and bone fractures.

When sodium leaves the body, it takes calcium with it. This new study helps explain why people on high-salt diets are prone to such issues as kidney stones and osteoporosis. It found an important link between the two common minerals. Continue reading →

5 Best Exercises to Lose Belly Fat

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Who doesn’t want flat abs? People desperate to lose weight will willingly starve themselves, take Top expensive supplements or do the latest fad diet that promises to give them that flawless figure in 30 days. Thankfully, belly fat is metabolically active and easier to lose. However, if proper nutrition is not observed and the resort is made to low calorie diets, weight loss may not happen within the desired time frame. Hunger and calorie deprivation Continue reading →

Pasta Made from Green Banana Flour a Tasty Alternative for Gluten-Free Diets

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New option for patients with celiac disease, study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reports

People with celiac disease struggle with limited food choices, as their condition makes them unable to tolerate gluten, found in wheat and other grains. Researchers from the University of Brazil Continue reading →

Purple Potatoes Push Blood Pressure Down

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ppotDrop that French fry and munch on a purple potato. Research shows that properly prepared (no deep frying!) potatoes, especially the purple variety, can lower blood pressure as much as oatmeal does.

“The potato, more than perhaps any other vegetable, has an undeserved bad reputation that has led many health-conscious people to ban them from their diets,” says Joe Vinson, Continue reading →

Teens Who Take Vitamins Have Healthier Lifestyles

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Teenagers who take daily multivitamins probably also do other things to make themselves healthier. A study reported in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association shows that teens who take vitamins weigh less, smoke less and exercise more than other teens. Their diets are likely to be healthier, too.

The vitamin-taking adolescents also more often take part in sports, eat more fiber and consume more fish. Plus, they watch a lot less television.

Source for Story:

http://www.easyhealthoptions.com/alternative-medicine/teens-who-take-vitamins-have-healthier-lifestyles/

Cleansing the Skepticism Surrounding Detoxification Diets

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A recent article published in The Science of Biology espouses the anti-detoxification views of Professor David Bender, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at University College London. In his article, titled The Detox Delusion, Professor Bender claims that detoxification is a “meaningless marketing term,” even potentially dangerous to your health and unnecessary as a dieting tool. He further states, “I am not sure what ‘self-healing’ is and the idea of ‘raised energy levels’ is nonsense.”

For many in the mainstream medical and scientific community, it is not pharmaceutical drugs (killing approximately 100,000 each year), or pollutants found in our food, air and water that are dangerous. Continue reading →

A Small Reduction of Carbohydrates Intake Slims Waistline

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Excess abdominal fat has been linked to an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have recently found that reducing such fatty tissue may be a simple matter of reducing carbohydrates in a diet.

Dieters need not go to carb-free extremes, however, since the study revealed that just a modest decrease in bread, rice and simple sugars may help to significantly reduce belly fat.

Researchers measured the belly fat of participants on two different diets: one in which individuals derived 43 percent of their calories from carbs and 39 percent from fat, and another in which individuals ate 55 percent of their calories in carbohydrate form and 27 percent from fat. Both diets contained 18 percent protein. Continue reading →

Improve Your Health by Eating Olive Oil

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Another new study has confirmed what we’ve known for quite some time – Olive oil contributes to better health.

According to researchers who followed about 7,000 people aged 65 and older in three French cities for five years, olive oil can help greatly reduce the incidence of stroke.

Scientists conducting the study said they found that people who used a lot of olive oil either in their cooking or as a dip for bread and other foods had lower rates of stroke than people who never use it.

The scientists, who published their results in the medical journal Neurology, say people should be given new advice about their diets to include wider use of olive oil, based on the study’s results. Continue reading →

Consuming Junk Food Harms Brain Health

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SYDNEY – Apart from being responsible for the flab on body, processed food also harms behavior and emotional health of children, suggests a new study.

The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has linked diets high in these foods to a greater risk of behavior and emotional problems, as well as double the risk of having ADHD.

The two studies are based on data from around 1800 WA adolescents from all backgrounds, whose health has been tracked by the Institute since birth, showed that these problems were less among teens with a healthier style of eating.

“We’re showing a significant relationship between what children eat and their brain function, yet it’s not being taken seriously,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted says Wendy Oddy, leader of nutrition studies at the Institute as saying.

“We don’t have enough promotion of fruit and vegetables, but you can walk through a supermarket and see whole aisles devoted to sweets, soft drinks and refined breakfast cereals,” said Oddy.

The research classified the children’s diets into two eating styles – a ‘healthy’ pattern high in fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains and fish, and a ‘Western’ diet higher in saturated fat, refined sugar and salt, with more takeaway foods, confectionery, processed, fried and refined foods.

“Omega 3 fats are an essential part of the nervous system and the theory is that when there’s not enough in the diet, brain function is affected.

“This is something the omega-3 industry has latched on to with fish oil, but I think this misses the point that some plant foods like nuts also contribute some of these omega -3 fats,” she said.

Other research has found that impulsive young adults are more likely to go for snack foods when they’re hungry, for instance, while feeling depressed or emotionally distressed can drive preferences for eating sweet carbohydrate or fatty foods.

There’s also a link between being overweight and being depressed, said Oddy.

“Because we’re seeing more overweight and obesity, I think we’ll see more depression, although I don’t know whether the depression comes first or the obesity.

“We also know that people who are overweight or obese have more inflammatory factors in their blood so it may be that this is having an effect on brain function,” she added.