Archive for December, 2007

Growth Hormone Does Not Prevent Loss of Muscle Strength

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
As you age, expect to lose muscle fibers and strength unless you exercise. A study from the University of Florida in Gainesville shows that a program of exercise training later in life helps aging rats to reverse this age-related loss of muscle size and strength (American Journal [...]

Mastocytic Enterocolitis Associated Food Intolerance Missed Due to Lack of Special Stains of Intestinal Biopsies and Celiac Gene Testing?

Submitted by The Food Doc Journal

Increased mast cells have been reported in association with eosinophils in the gut in patients with celiac disease and inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease condition. Mastocytic enterocolitis (entero=small bowel, colitis- colon + -itis= inflammation) is a newly recognized disorder defined specifically by the microscopic presence of [...]

Juice Fasting Pt 5 - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy with Uri Feast

Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy with Uri Feast

SHOULD YOU USE AN ENEMA WHILE JUICE FASTING?
There is a lot of controversy in America about the use of enemas while fasting. There are some doctors and clinics in America that condemn the use of enemas completely while fasting. They insist that [...]

Yeast Sugar Also Found in Cow’s Milk Linked to Crohn’s Disease

Submitted by The Food Doc Journal

A new report suggests that a sugar found in Cow’s milk, contributes to the development of Crohn’s disease. This sugar mannan is also produced by the dietary yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or common Baker’s or Brewer’s yeast used to bake bread and brew beer. Mannan has been shown to make white [...]

Job Fatigue? Carb Snacks Can Help

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
A study from The University of Bern in Switzerland shows that a high carbohydrate, high-fat diet for three days before competition can help athletes store more fat in their muscles and use much more muscle fat for energy during exercise (European Journal of Applied Physiology, November, 2006). [...]

Longevity Linked More to Fitness than Weight

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Being in shape helps to prolong your life, even if you are overweight and even if you store fat primarily in your belly, which is a major risk factor for diabetes, heart attacks, and probably certain types of cancers (JAMA, December 5, 2007). As people age, most [...]

Intestinal Bacteria May Cause Weight Gain

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Why are some people skinny, even though they eat large amounts of food, while others become fat? Jeffery Gordon of Washington University in St. Louis thinks it’s because some people have types of bacteria that cause them to absorb more calories from their food.
You have two absorption [...]

Clementines: Healthful Snacking and More

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Clementines are the small citrus in boxes or mesh bags that appear in markets during the winter months. This year’s crop is tasty, juicy and plentiful (prices are low!).
They’re great for snacking, dessert or in fruit salads. Clementines also make a wonderful addition to almost any green [...]

Lactose Intolerance: How to Eat Healthfully

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Fifty percent of North Americans are lactose intolerant. They lack the enzyme to split the double sugar, lactose, found in milk and other dairy products. Since you can only absorb single sugars, if you can’t split the double sugar, it passes to your large intestine where it [...]

Wound Healing Time Increases with Age; Exercise Can Help

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Animal studies suggest that exercise may be even more important for older people than for younger ones. A report from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shows that exercise significantly decreased wound size and increased healing rate in older mice. However, exercise had little effect on the [...]

Stretching: Know When, How and Why

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Stretching the leg muscles improves muscle flexibility and strength, running speed, and jumping distance, according to a study from Louisiana State University. Stretching elongates muscles and tendons. Longer tendons allow muscles to exert a greater torque on the joint to exert more power to help you lift [...]

Athletes Harm Others with Performance Enhancing Drugs

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Some people think that we should let athletes take performance-enhancing drugs because they think that these athletes can only harm themselves and do not harm others. We already know that anabolic steroids can cause liver damage, heart attacks and strokes, and that growth hormone causes heart attacks [...]