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Vitamin E – is it good for you
Posted by: | CommentsAnother study on Vitamin E was recently published.
I read an analysis of the study on Medscape. Researchers looked at Vitamin E’s ability to prevent cancer, especially lung cancer. The results of their study had similar results to the cardiovascular study of a few years ago. Vitamin E supplementation did not prevent cancer and in some instances seemed to enhance to chance of getting cancer. Why did this happen? Vitamin E is necessary to good health. Why would a study show it might be harmful? Probably for some of the same reasons it did not help heart disease. Read More→
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Exercise and Your Brain – 5 questions
Posted by: | CommentsI last wrote about how exercise can improve your brain by improving it’s cognitive reserve.
It seems to be a well documented fact that exercise has a beneficial effect on your thinking, feelings and the ability to preserve your thinking functions. I am obsessive compulsive. I like to measure how much and how often and to track my effort and progress so I had some questions. I searched for some answers. Here are some of the results.
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A Diet For a Healthy Brain
Posted by: | CommentsA healthy brain isn’t an accident. It is due to genetics, some luck
( no concussions etc…), a good diet and regular exercise.
I am going to do 2 things I don’t usually do.
First I am going to divide this post so you will have to click the read more link to finish the article and I am going to commit blog suicide and send you away before I have you click through so do return please and finish the article.
So, lets first test your knowledge of a good brain diet. I am going to send you to Web MD and have you take a 7 question brain nutrition test. I got 6 out of 7 right. I will tell you which one I missed in the second half. OK, click on the WebMD link and then back you come after the test. Read More→
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I could use your feedback
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I am interested in knowing more about what you like and want to read.
Would you answer some of the following questions in the comments section below.
1. What article here has been most helpful to you in your wellness goals? How or Why?
2. What have you found most interesting?
3. If you were to rate the blog overall, 1-10 with 10 the best, what would you rate it?
What was best and what needs work?
4. What other subjects would you like to read about?
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Exercise and your Brain
Posted by: | CommentsExercise stimulates your brain to make a chemical called Brain-derived Neurotropic Factor.
BDNF is like fertilizer for our brain’s cells. It causes them to grow, make more connections to other cells and create new brain pathways. It is probably responsible for helping a person to learn better and faster after exercise and is a factor in making the brain resistant to the effects of aging and age-related dementia. Read More→
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What is Your Diet Plan and Why
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Harvard Medical School publishes a series of health information booklets. I am on their list since I bought one. Last week they wanted you to buy their book Weigh Less and Live Longer. The excerpt that came with the buy message gave advice on how to calculate the calories you need to eat each day to avoid gaining and to cause some weight loss.
They know all of us want to look better naked… Read More→
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The Stress-related Ear Ache
Posted by: | CommentsStress and the response to it is a fact of life. It is a blessing in times of danger
and an aggravation when it isn’t controlled. Actually I don’t think stress can be controlled but the severity and length of our response to it can be. I have regular visits from patients who are sure they have an ear infection because of how badly their ear hurts. More women than men visit for this problem. Read More→
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What Foods Help Stress
Posted by: | CommentsStress has been defined by the authors of the Harvard Medical School Health Report on Stress Management.
In their report they write, “stress itself is defined as an automatic response to any stimulus that requires you to adjust to change.”
You might define stress as problems with your spouse, a sick parent that requires your help, bad traffic etc… These are called stress scenarios and stimulate the need to adjust to change. Stress is a physiologic response. It begins in our brain with the Hypothalamus stimulating the Pituitary which in turn stimulates the Adrenal glands.
This causes the release of stress hormones – epinephrine also called adrenaline, Read More→
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Fitness, Fatness and Cancer Risk
Posted by: | CommentsStephen Farrell Ph.D. of the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas was the lead investigator in a study about how fitness affects death from cancer. 
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA.
What did the study conclude? Read More→
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Do You NEED to Cleanse Your Intestines
Posted by: | CommentsI was asked by a reader to comment on the use of intestinal cleansing for health improvement. He wanted to know if it was beneficial.
The Short Answer is NO. The long answer as to why is below. Read More→
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