Physical exercise but particularly dancing can help reduce the risk of physical and mental decline, improve balance, and can even reverse the signs of again in the brain according to recent research. Kathrin Rehfeld, Patrick Müller, Norman Aye, Marlen Schmicker, Milos Dordevic, Jörn Kaufmann, Anita Hökelmann and Notger G. Müller. Dancing or Fitness Sport? The […]
The Japanese dietary pattern rich in legumes, fish, vegetables, fruit and mushrooms is protective towards the risk of developing dementia. Tomata Y, Sugiyama K, Kaiho Y, Honkura K, Watanabe T, Zhang S, Sugawara Y, Tsuji I. Dietary Patterns and Incident Dementia in Elderly Japanese: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med […]
A balanced, high protein, healthy fat [oils, nuts etc], sugar free diet can help with weight loss. The timing of food intake can also help. Avoid late night snacking and eating meals later in the evenings within 1 hour of natural melatonin being released ie sleep time, as studies demonstrate this increases the risk of […]
Multiple large scale studies consistently demonstrate that healthy diets consisting of whole foods [not processed or sugar foods] rich in fruit, vegetables, nuts and legumes reduces the risk of mortality [i.e. all causes of death]. Victoria Miller, Andrew Mente, Mahshid Dehghan, et al. Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 […]
People suffering from eating disorders, or experience body image and weight concerns can be helped with compassion-focused psychotherapy. Speak to your doctor about this. Steindl, S. R., Buchanan, K., Goss, K. and Allan, S. (2017), Compassion focused therapy for eating disorders: A qualitative review and recommendations for further applications. Clin Psychol, 21: 62–73. doi:10.1111/cp.12126 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cp.12126/full […]
Walnuts can help control appetite, reduce snacking and satiety by improving insulin and glucose blood levels. Together with a balanced healthy sugar free diet, nuts such as walnuts rich in fatty acids can help prevent diabetes. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dom.13060/full Farr OM , Tuccinardi D , Upadhyay J , Oussaada SM , Mantzoros CS . Walnut consumption increases […]
Migraines and headaches may be triggered by certain foods such as cheese and citric, beverages such as wine, and food ingredients such as nitrites & MSG. A 6 week supervised elimination diet may help identify these foods and can reduce the frequency of migraine attacks. Speak to your doctor about this. Taheri S. Effect of […]
Folic acid supplements at the recommended intake of 400 micrograms per day about 3 months before and during pregnancy can help prevent neural tube defects. However, high doses of folic acid supplements of 1000 micrograms per day or more can negatively impact the cognition of the child. Desirée Valera-Gran, Eva M Navarrete-Muñoz, Manuela Garcia de […]
More research to support why we should avoid chemical exposure, including to the environment. Chemical such as plastics (eg, phthalates and phenols), flame retardants, perfluorinated compounds and pesticides may be linked with adverse reproductive outcomes such as low birth weight, gestational diabetes, obesity, certain cancers, certain birth defects, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit […]
The strength of bones depends on a number of factors such as adequate vitamin D blood levels, weight bearing exercises, reducing stress [which reduces cortisol levels] and a healthy diet such as consuming adequate levels of legumes and calcium foods. A number of trials found diets high in isoflavones – also known as plant estrogens […]
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