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Top Diet Programs for Weight Loss

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2013Healthamerican heart association, bad cholesterol, bad ldl cholesterol, beauty, blood pressure, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, european countries, fish, food pyramid, fruits, Health, healthy life, heart disease, herbs, hypertension, mayo clinic diet, mediterranean diet plan, mediterranean sea, mono, nuts, polyunsaturated fats, ray lehigh, red meat, saturated fat foods, seafood, spices, sugar, therapeutic lifestyle changes, tlc, top diet programs, vegetables, weight loss, whole grains

Most people today look at diet plans to help them lose weight; however, these plans can also serve other purposes such as keeping heart disease and diabetes at bay. With all the different diet plans on offer, choosing the one that is right for you can be a tough job. Take a look at these plans that were evaluated by health experts and received high rankings in a recent survey by U.S. News, and make your decision.

The Mediterranean Diet

Like the Mayo Clinic Diet, the Mediterranean Diet plan helps to achieve and maintain a healthy weight and also prevent or control diabetes, brain and heart disorders and even cancer. Drawing inspiration from the diet of people in the European countries around the Mediterranean Sea, this diet focuses on eating more of nuts, herbs and spices, whole grains, vegetables and fruits, seafood and fish, and cutting down on red meat, saturated fat foods and sugar. With its emphasis on mono- and polyunsaturated fats and avoidance of saturated fat, this diet is effective at reducing bad cholesterol and keeping blood pressure low. Although it is one of the top diet programs, the only possible weakness lies in the fact that the plan is not a structured one and so, the onus lies on you to come up with a calorie chart to follow. (more…)

Yoga: How true it reduces heart disease risk

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2013Healthart of healing, blood circulation, breathing technique, heart disease, process of aging, yoga, yoga lifestyle

The most common form of heart disease affecting humans is the Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). The disease portrays acute build-up of cholesterol in the layers of the arteries constituting the heart. The blockage induces a phenomenal slowed down blood circulation. The left auricle functions in generating the signals dubbed as heart beats. (more…)

A Whole New Game in Cancer Rehab

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2013Healthcancer fatigue management, cancer rehab exercise, feasible rehabilitation plan, wii therapy cancer

Using a video game system to get exercise at home can help patients overcome one of cancer’s most common and cumbersome symptoms: severe, persistent fatigue. (more…)

Happily Married Couples Consider Themselves Healthier, Says MU Expert

By Guest PostMarch 4, 2013Healthcaucasian, christine proulx, chronic conditions, develop, happily married couples, happy marriages, health promotion programs, healthier, life course, linley snyder rivas, marital instability, mu expert, personal relationships, research, spouses, treatment plans, university of missouri, well being

Medical professionals should consider how marital quality affects patients’ health

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Research shows that married people have better mental and physical health than their unmarried peers and are less likely to develop chronic conditions than their widowed or divorced counterparts. A University of Missouri expert says that people who have happy marriages are more likely to rate their health as better as they age; aging adults whose physical health is declining could especially benefit from improving their marriages.

Christine Proulx, an assistant professor in the MU Department of Human Development and Family Studies, examined the long-term relationship between self-rated health and marital quality. She found that, in all stages of marriage, positive or negative relationships affect the individuals’ health. Spouses should be aware that how they treat each other and how happy they are in their marriages affect both partners’ health, and they should think more about their personal relationships when thinking holistically about their health, she said. (more…)

For This Doctor, Hope Amidst Fear is the Best Medicine

By Guest PostMarch 1, 2013Healthbest medicine, doctor, emotional connection, hope, hope amidst fear, patients

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa may not be able to cure his patients’ brain cancer, but there is one thing that the internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist can provide them with: hope. (more…)

A Neural Basis for Benefits of Meditation

By Guest PostFebruary 28, 2013Healthalpha rhythms, chronic pain, clinical benefits, meditation training, mindfulness meditation, mindfulness training

Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown University scientists propose a neurophysiological framework to explain these clinical benefits. (more…)

UCLA Scientists Develop New Therapeutics that Could Accelerate Wound Healing

By Guest PostFebruary 27, 2013Healthaccelerate, acidic conditions, advertisement, antibiotic creams, bandages, basic, bfgf, bind heparin, biologist hugo armelin, bone regeneration, caitlin decker, chronic wounds, complex sugar, darice wong, dermatologist, diabetes, embryonic development, fibroblast growth factor, growth, growth factor, healing process, heather maynard, jenny kim, lloyd miller, motivation, natural biomolecules, naturally occurring, nervous system, new blood vessels, new cells, new therapeutics, nutrients, p sscopegma, pituitary gland, polymer, signaling molecule, stem cell renewal, structure of heparin, sung hye kim, thi nguyen, tissue regeneration, treat skin wounds, wound healing, wound healing ointments

In “before” and “after” photos from advertisements for wound-healing ointments, bandages and antibiotic creams, we see an injury transformed from an inflamed red gash to smooth and flawless skin.

What we don’t appreciate is the vital role that our own natural biomolecules play in the healing process, including their contribution to the growth of new cells and the development of new blood vessels that provide nutrients to those cells. (more…)

Breast Cancer DNA Mutator Found

By Guest PostFebruary 24, 2013Healthbreast cancer dna, breast cancers, cancer genes, dna mutating enzyme, enzyme induced mutations, human cancer

Masonic Cancer Center researchers discover a virus-fighting enzyme

It’s well known that sunlight and chemical carcinogens can mutate DNA, and that mutations are essential for cancer to develop. (more…)

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