Archive for May, 2008

Fewer Omega-6’s May Reduce Cancer Risk

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Researchers at UCLA show that reducing intake of corn oils helps to prevent prostate cancer in mice (Cancer Research, April 15, 2008). Corn oil and other vegetable oils are extremely rich sources of omega-6 fatty acids.
Fats are classified by their chemical structure into omega-3s, omega-6s, and omega-9s. [...]

Not Your Grandma’s Tomato Part 1 - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

I’d like to share an article written
by David Uri LeBaron,
pioneer and innovator of live, whole food-based nutrition.
“THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S TOMATO! - Part I”
“After more than 30 years of ‘hands-on’ organic farming
and continuous nutritional research, let me explain why…
this [...]

Breast Cancer Risk Lower with Exercise

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
A recent study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that exercise starting during adolescence can protect girls from breast cancer (Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 2008). Researchers tracked 65,000 nurses who answered questionnaires about exercise. Within six years, 550 were diagnosed [...]

Kidney function improved by exercise

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
We already know that exercise helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, obesity and certain cancers, and may extend life span. Now a report from Italy shows that exercise may also help to prevent kidney damage that occurs with aging (Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, May 2008).
Doctors [...]

Ibuprofen reduces risk of Alzheimer’s

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine followed 250,000 veterans over the age of 55 years and showed that taking ibuprofen for five years was associated with a 40 percent reduction in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (Neurology, May 2008).
Alzheimer’s disease is associated with the deposition of [...]

Smoking Bans DO Reduce Teen Smoking

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Teenagers who live in cities or towns with strict smoking bans are 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers, according to a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (May 2008). The study also reported that youths with smoking parents or friends are [...]

Weight Loss 4 Carb Addicts Pt 15 - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

Weight Loss for Carb Addicts Pt 15
There’s a lot of us out there,
CARBOHYDRATE ADDICTS, that is,
and losing weight is always a challenge for us.
Here’s a secret I’d like to share with you that I used
when I lost my 23+ pounds [...]

Progesterone helps to prevent uterine cancer

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
They’re supposed to prevent pregnancy, and they do, but intrauterine devices (IUDs) also reduce uterine cancer risk by more than 40 percent (Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, May 6, 2008).
An IUD is a small, T-shaped plastic device inserted into the uterus. Only two [...]

How Vitamin Pills May Affect Lifespan

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
The issue of vitamin supplements is far from settled. Most doctors take multivitamins themselves and recommend them to their patients. However, I continue to believe that it is better to get vitamins in whole foods than in pills.
Most vitamins are parts of enzymes that start chemical reactions [...]

Prevent Injuries: Background Before Peaking

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Injuries often occur when people start a new exercise program, change to a different sport, or return to exercise after a long break. In the enthusiasm to get started, it is easy to overstress muscles that have not been used before. That’s why “background before peaking” is [...]

GTF Chromium & Weight Loss Pt 14 - Keys to Good Nutrition & Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food

Submitted by Keys to Good Nutrition and Tips to Eating Healthy Feast on Organic Whole Food
GTF CHROMIUM Supplement
One of the things that I did when I was changing my diet and losing a lot of weight was to add GTF Chromium to my daily supplements.
Chromium is something that we all need in our diet, but [...]

Weight Lifting Past Fatigue Does Not Strengthen Muscles More

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
When you want to become very strong, you try to lift very heavy weights. Weight lifters have known for a long time that you don’t pick up the heaviest weight you can move, raise it once and then quit for the day. They do their weightlifting in [...]