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Fortunately research now reveals that the benefits can be attained in a relatively short period of time. Current research now demonstrates that the mind can be trained much faster than ever previously thought possible. Psychologists investigating the effects mindfulness meditation, found that people can experience an improvement of cognitive (thinking) functions after only four days of meditating for 20 minutes each day!
Posted: 2010-05-10
Category: Nutrition
Once again, the same distinguished researchers, have made an assessment of the global impact appropriate vitamin D levels would have on cancer reduction and prevention. Keep in mind, this does not include a reduction of other chronic diseases linked to vitamin D deficiency including heart disease, depression, hypertension, arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis and others.
Posted: 2010-05-10
Category: Nutrition
Those animals receiving DHA had a breeding success equal to normal mice, and showed normal sperm count and formation, as opposed to those that did not receive DHA. In conclusion, DHA was capable of restoring all observed impairment in male reproduction, whereas 22:4n6 formed from dietary AA may act as an "In our experiment, we used 'knockout' mice that lacked the gene responsible for an enzyme important in making docosahexaenoic acid,” explained Dr Nakamura.
Posted: 2010-05-10
Category: Nutrition
A study conducted at the German Institute of Human Nutrition has found that increasing chocolate intake by 6 grams a day ( about 1.5 ounces per week) would reduce the occurrence of heart attacks by 85 fewer per 10,000 people during the course of a decade. Findings suggest that eating a small amount of chocolate daily may help the heart and lower blood pressure. Nutrition researchers published their findings on almost 20,000 adults between 35 and 65 in the European Heart Journal.
Posted: 2010-05-10
Category: Nutrition
Do you spend most of your week waiting for Friday, i.e., TGIF (thank God it's Friday)? Many of us do. I admit, I am happy to see the weekend roll around, but it comes and goes too quickly, so I've focused on enjoying each day. More heart attacks occur on Monday morning, because, I believe people don't want to go to work, due to the stresses they face at the job.
Posted: 2010-03-29
Category: Health & Fitness
Being admitted to the hospital can be a very stressful and challenging experience. As a physician, I’ve observed the disruption illness can bring to the lives of my patients. Often times patients don’t know what to do during the hospitalization, and are left with long intervals of time, often resulting in watching television in between hospital staff interactions, diagnostic tests and receiving visitors. Here are a few tips that can help you to improve your hospital stay and recovery:
Posted: 2010-03-28
Category: Health & Fitness
When a loved one or friend is sick and in the hospital, this is a very challenging time, not only for the patients, but loved ones as well. Many people feel helpless as they watch their loved one face the difficult days in the hospital, sickness. Being admitted to the hospital can be a very stressful and challenging experience. As a physician, I’ve observed the disruption illness can bring to the lives of my patients. Often times patients don’t know what to do during the hospitalization.
Posted: 2010-03-28
Category: Health & Fitness
Since 2000, numerous research studies have shown a link between vitamin D deficiency and cancers-including breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, ovarian and kidney. Researchers now believe increasing the active level of vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D would dramatically decrease cancer deaths and the number of new cases.
Posted: 2010-03-16
Category: Health & Fitness
Holistic health is a relatively new concept for many people in today’s society. For quite some time, health was considered to be survival long enough to reproduce. The concept of health is now evolving beyond the view the health is the absence of disease. One doesn’t have to be sick to be unhealthy. We can be physically sound, but emotionally disease and spiritually void.
Posted: 2010-02-06
Category: Health & Fitness
Almost 20 years ago, I gave a presentation at a Mind/Body Medicine convention. Deepak Chopra, MD, perhaps, the most well known holistic medical physician of our time of holistic medicine gave a keynote talk, that permanently altered my life and in particular, my awareness of “aging.” He described a fascinating study that occurred in 1979.
Posted: 2010-01-21
Category: Stress
