Category: Research (Page 19 of 93)

Follow Your Inner Farmer or Hunter To Lose Weight

May 3, 2012 / Staff

There always seems to be some new gimmick when it comes to weight loss and Dr. Mark Liponis, author of The Hunter/Farmer Diet Solution is offering up his.

Liponis posits that these two types have different body compositions, and fat storing mechanisms which could benefit from either a hunter or farmer based diet.

“These people are really very different kinds of people, and they need different eating strategies and different diets to lose weight,” Liponis said. “The hunter is the one who is putting on weight more around the middle of the body….The farmer puts on weight more under the skin and in the hips, the thigh area.”

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Is There More To Mad Cow Disease Than The U.S Department Of Agriculture Is Telling?

May 2, 2012 / Staff

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Factory farming in the U.S. engages in practices which compromises the safety of the food supply.

The British and European outbreaks of BSE ignited because the industry turned cattle — natural vegetarians — into cannibals, feeding them the remains of cattle and other animals. U.S. farmers did the same, but Britain had a huge incidence of a related disease in sheep called scrapie, and many scientists believe that was the source of the massive cattle outbreak. Although experiments showed that BSE could infect monkeys and other animals, it was not until the first human infections that anyone realized the threat it poses to people. The human form of the disease, first discovered in Britain in the 1980s, has been blamed for the deaths of at least 280 people worldwide, with 175 in the UK alone.
How could the California cow have been infected with feed? Following the British outbreak, ranchers in the U.S. and most of the rest of the world stopped feeding cattle the remains of cattle, sheep and other mammals. But a farmer’s feed still could get contaminated by other means. The USDA still allows chickens to consume the remains of cattle. Chicken litter, containing urine and feces, is fed to cows. That could theoretically transmit the infection to cattle.

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Progesterone To Relieve The Symptoms Of Menopause

May 2, 2012 / Staff

If you’ve been frightened by the potential side effects of estrogen therapy to treat the symptoms of menopause, then perhaps progesterone is the answer.

The risk of stroke and cancer from estrogen replacement therapy has left women alone to deal with hot flashes and night sweats, often depriving them of sleep and daytime productivity.

Progesterone has been used in hormone replacement therapy to treat menopausal symptoms, but it is typically thought of as an add-on to estrogen therapy to help protect the uterus from abnormal thickening. It is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to for that use, and for abnormal menstrual bleeding symptoms.
A few studies have looked at whether progesterone alone can also help relieve menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes (also called hot flushes), but the findings have not been very promising.

It seems that women vary greatly in which therapy work best.

Consult your physician to find the best solution for your menopause symptoms.

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Catch Your ZZZZ’s To Fight Off Fat Genes

May 1, 2012 / Staff

Getting a good night’s sleep may be more than just refreshing.

Obesity genes that respond to lifestyle stimuli when you are fatigued get turned off when you get adequate sleep.

Being well rested helps your efforts to make healthy choices have a real impact on your weight.

“The less you sleep, the more important genetic factors are to how much you weigh,” says lead author Nathaniel F. Watson, M.D., co-director of the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center, in Seattle. “The longer you sleep, the greater the influence of environmental factors like meal composition and timing.”
Previous research has found that too little sleep is associated with a higher BMI, but many of those studies haven’t been able to entirely rule out the possibility that genes, or complicating factors such as sleep disorders, are partly responsible for the link.

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Berries Boost Memory

May 1, 2012 / Staff

Berries may help your brain fight off forgetfulness.

Antioxidants help protect against free radicals that destroy cells.

Flavonoids in berries may be the boost your brain needs to maintain memory and cognitive function.

The latest target of interest is berries. A study of more than 16,000 women over age 70 suggests there is a connection between berries and memory problems. Specifically, women who ate the most berries per week were likely to have up to a 2.5-year advantage in terms of when they showed signs of memory decline.

The health benefits of berries come in a tasty package with no side affects.

By making a yummy food choice you do yourself a favor.

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