Behind New Dietary Guidelines, Better Science
Photo For decades, many dietary recommendations have revolved around consuming a low percentage of your daily calories from fat. It has been widely thought that doing so would reduce your chance of having .
Walking 10,000 Steps a Day Is Bad Advice, Finds New Report
Been feeling bad about not hitting those 10,000 steps a day? A new BBC experiment suggests that this fitness goal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, a news report reveals that the health advice to walk 10,000 steps a day has zero science behind it, and was instead a part of a marketing campaign to get people excited about the Olympics.
Chinese Scientists Edit Genes of Human Embryos, Raising Concerns
The experiment with human embryos was dreaded, yet widely anticipated. Scientists somewhere, researchers said, were trying to edit genes with a technique that would permanently alter the DNA of every cell so any changes would be passed on from generation to generation. Those concerns drove leading researchers to issue urgent calls in major scientific journals last month to halt such work on human embryos, at least until it could be proved safe and until society decided if it was ethical. Now, scientists in China report that they tried it.
How To Get The Health Rewards Of Exercise
Marathon Drugs Increases Price 70-Fold – 2/10/17 More predation by pharma. Marathon has gotten a decades old muscular dystrophy drug, deflazacort, approved and is charging $89,000 a year for it. It’s price in Europe is under $1500/year. Where are the free market forces? Why aren’t our elected officials protecting us from this egregious practice? Lowest Stroke Rates in Older Baby Boomers; Younger People Rising– 9/12/16 reports the American Heart Association, here.
Public Health Nutrition - Is cooking at home associated with better diet quality or weight-loss intention?
Research Papers Is cooking at home associated with better diet quality or weight-loss intention? Julia A Wolfsona1 c1 and Sara N Bleicha1 a1 Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Abstract
Exercise – Maximizing the Health Benefits – Part 2 – Joints
Marathon Drugs Increases Price 70-Fold – 2/10/17 More predation by pharma. Marathon has gotten a decades old muscular dystrophy drug, deflazacort, approved and is charging $89,000 a year for it. It’s price in Europe is under $1500/year. Where are the free market forces? Why aren’t our elected officials protecting us from this egregious practice? Lowest Stroke Rates in Older Baby Boomers; Younger People Rising– 9/12/16 reports the American Heart Association, here.
Labels Like ‘Alternative Medicine’ Don’t Matter. The Science Does.
The University of Toronto recently stirred up a bit of controversy by offering an uncritical class on “Alternative Medicine.” A variety of bloggers and journalists brought up many valid concerns about the curriculum, but there is a much larger problem: No one is sure how best to teach that subject. The dichotomy, however, between alternative and traditional medicine, or between Eastern and Western medicine, is a false one. We would be much better off if we could reframe the issue. People often think of Eastern or as more “natural.”
Exercise – Maximizing the Health Benefits – Part 4 – Osteoporosis Prevention
Marathon Drugs Increases Price 70-Fold – 2/10/17 More predation by pharma. Marathon has gotten a decades old muscular dystrophy drug, deflazacort, approved and is charging $89,000 a year for it. It’s price in Europe is under $1500/year. Where are the free market forces? Why aren’t our elected officials protecting us from this egregious practice? Lowest Stroke Rates in Older Baby Boomers; Younger People Rising– 9/12/16 reports the American Heart Association, here.
How to Know Whether to Believe a Health Study
Photo Every day, new health care research findings are reported. Many of them suggest that if we do something — drink more coffee, take this drug, get that surgery or put in this policy — we will have better (or worse) health, or longer (or shorter) lives.
Exercise – Maximizing the Health Benefits – Part 1 – Overview
Marathon Drugs Increases Price 70-Fold – 2/10/17 More predation by pharma. Marathon has gotten a decades old muscular dystrophy drug, deflazacort, approved and is charging $89,000 a year for it. It’s price in Europe is under $1500/year. Where are the free market forces? Why aren’t our elected officials protecting us from this egregious practice? Lowest Stroke Rates in Older Baby Boomers; Younger People Rising– 9/12/16 reports the American Heart Association, here.
22 Healthy Weeknight Recipes
I left a screening of Michael Pollan's new film In Defense of Food—based off his 2008 book with the same name and airing on PBS on December 30th—feeling overwhelmed. Pollan's argument is that we don't need to jump on every hot dietary trend or study every piece of scientific literature: On the biological level, we know what to do ("Eat food, not too much, mostly plants," is how he sums it up) and we're actually bombarded with misinformation that persuades us to make harmful choices, often under the guise of health. But even if every individual has the innate programming to eat well, the problems are huge and systemic: They're cultural and corporate and socio-economic and evolutionary, and they're not going to be solved in a day (and Pollan says that the food movement is in need of litigators and community organizers, especially). In the meantime, what can we do? What can we do tonight? We can cook!
Exercise – Maximizing the Health Benefits – Part 3 – Neural, Balance, Coordination
Marathon Drugs Increases Price 70-Fold – 2/10/17 More predation by pharma. Marathon has gotten a decades old muscular dystrophy drug, deflazacort, approved and is charging $89,000 a year for it. It’s price in Europe is under $1500/year. Where are the free market forces? Why aren’t our elected officials protecting us from this egregious practice?
Mediterranean Diet Information & Vision Health
The Mediterranean diet has been the subject of many research studies as well as general media articles. Many people think that it refers to the diet of the entire Mediterranean area, but northern Italy and other areas of the region use fats other than olive oil, some of which are saturated fats. The 2015 US food pyramid is very similar to the Mediterranean diet. The primary difference is that the USDA food pyramid doesn't put as high an emphasis on fish and seafood; it recommends "plant oils" rather than olive oil, and it recommends multi-vitamins for most people. Studies associate following the Mediterranean diet with lowered cardiovascular risk factors and lowered risk of advanced macular degeneration. Researchers have generally used an "alternate Mediterranean diet" in their eating assessments of various patient populations.
