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Manage Everyday Life with Type 2 Diabetes

By Guest PostJuly 26, 2012Healthblood glucose level, blood pressure, blood sugar level, carbohydrates, cholesterol, diabetes drug, disease, endocrinologist, eye doctors, fibers, healthy eating, insulin, medication, nutrition choice, podiatrists, risks of actos, type 2 diabetes

For someone who is dealing with type 2 diabetes, managing diet, exercise, medication and blood sugar levels on a regular basis is key to managing the disease. For someone with type 2 diabetes, keeping blood sugar levels on track over the long term is about more than just taking insulin or medication. This individual will also have to balance good nutrition choices with ample physical activity, and will have to make other smart health choices on a daily basis in order to achieve the best possible results.

Managing this disease is all about striking up a balance between all of the elements involved. One cannot simply eradicate carbohydrates from the diet and hope for the best.

1. Establish a health care team. Treating and managing this disease will require the assistance of numerous health care professionals over time. Any health care provider who works to help a patient care for their diabetes is on this care team, which may include a general practitioner, endocrinologist, nurses, dieticians, nutritionist, pharmacist, educators, eye doctors and podiatrists. (more…)

Research Reveals New Secret Weapon For Le Tour

By Guest PostJuly 1, 2011Health, Sportsaerodynamic carbon fibre bikes, andrew jones, athlete performance, athletes, beetroot juice, blood pressure, cardio vascular system, cyclists, james white drinks, muscles, nitrate, nitrate levels, physiological effects, professor, saddle, simulated competition environment, sports nutrition, tour de france, triallists, university of exeter, vo2 levels, widens blood vessels

Winning margins in the Tour de France can be tight. In 2010 just 39 seconds separated the top two after more than 90 hours in the saddle. When every second counts, riders do all they can to gain competitive advantage, from aerodynamic carbon fibre bikes to the latest sports nutrition.

Now there could be a new, completely legal and rather surprising weapon for riders aiming to shave vital seconds off their time – beetroot juice. (more…)

UCLA Scientists Identify How Major Biological Sensor in the Body Works

By Guest PostJune 13, 2011Healthanoosh d javaherian, biological sensor, biophysical changes occurring, biophysical functioning, blood pressure, brain signaling, calcium ions bind, cell's wall, cells' control systems, complex biological sensor operates, crucial bodily activities, demonstrate function, fundamental biological processes, gating ring, geffen school of medicine, insulin secretion, intracellular environment, journal of biological chemistry, membrane, molecular medicine, normal physiological function, paper of the week, potassium ions, sensor's molecular mechanism, specific therapies against, subway turnstile

*Sensor Involved in Blood Pressure Regulation, Insulin Release, Brain Signaling

A biological sensor is a critical part of a human cell’s control system that is able to trigger a number of cell activities. A type of sensor known as the “gating ring” can open a channel that allows a flow of potassium ions through the cell’s wall or membrane — similar to the way a subway turnstile allows people into a station. This flow of ions, in turn, is involved in the regulation of crucial bodily activities like blood pressure, insulin secretion and brain signaling. (more…)

New Study Suggests Link Between Estrogen, Blood Pressure

By Guest PostMay 28, 2011Healthanti oxidant resveratrol, blood pressure, brain, carrie northcutt, chronic exposure, effects of menopause, estrogen only hrt, hannah garver, heart failure, high blood pressure, hormone, huawei zhao, hypertension, joseph haywood, long term exposure to estrogen, madhan subramanian, michigan state university, mohankumar, p s mohankumar, priya balasubramanian, rostral ventrolateral medulla, stress in the body, superoxide, women

EAST LANSING, Mich. — While recent studies have shown long-term exposure to estrogen can be a danger to women – overturning physicians’ long-held beliefs that the hormone was good for their patients’ hearts – the process by which estrogen induces high blood pressure was unclear.

In a new study, Michigan State University researchers found long-term estrogen exposure generates excessive levels of the compound superoxide, which causes stress in the body. The buildup of this compound occurs in an area of the brain that is crucial to regulating blood pressure, suggesting that the estrogen-induced buildup causes increased blood pressure. (more…)

Obesity Has Doubled Since 1980, Major Global Analysis of Risk Factors Reveals

By Guest PostFebruary 16, 2011Healthaustralasia, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, global problems, goodarz danaei, gretchen stevens, heart disease risk factors, high income countries, hypertension, lancet, majid ezzati, North America, obese, obesity, risk factor, southeast asia, western countries, WHO, world health organization

*Study shows western high-income countries have achieved impressive progress in lowering hypertension and cholesterol*

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, according to a major study on how three important heart disease risk factors have changed across the world over the last three decades. The study, published on Feb. 4 in three papers in the Lancet, looked at all available global data to assess how body mass index, blood pressure and cholesterol changed between 1980 and 2008.

The study shows that in 2008, more than one in ten of the world’s adult population was obese, with women more likely to be obese than men. An estimated 205 million men and 297 million adult women were obese – a total of more than half a billion adults worldwide. (more…)

Beetroot Juice Could Help People Live More Active Lives

By Guest PostJanuary 6, 2011Healthamount of oxygen, andy jones, athletes, beetroot juice, blood flow, blood pressure, blood vessels, cardiovascular system, health benefits, heart, journal of applied physiology, katie lansley, key ingredient, lung, muscle tissue, nitrate, oxygen, physiological effects

New research into the health benefits of beetroot juice suggests it’s not only athletes who can benefit from its performance enhancing properties – its physiological effects could help the elderly or people with heart or lung-conditions enjoy more active lives.

Beetroot juice has been one of the biggest stories in sports science over the past year after researchers at the University of Exeter found it enables people to exercise for up to 16% longer. (more…)

Healthiest Pregnant Women Feel a Strong Sense of Community

By Guest PostAugust 4, 20101 commentHealthafrican american, blood pressure, cleopatra abdou, communalism, european american women, healthiest, pregnant woman, psychology, race, stress

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— It takes a village to keep a pregnant woman at her healthiest, a new University of Michigan study shows.

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Walnuts: Its Amazing Health Benefits

By PravdaJuly 4, 20102 commentsHealth40 nuts, amino acids, anna protsenko, anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, Avicenna, b, black currants, blood pressure, blood sugar, c, calcium, cancer center, cardiovascular, chocolate, cholesterol, cobalt, colitis, constipation, copper, davis, diabetes, diseases, e, enteritis, fatty acids, gastro-intestinal tract, hippocrates, iodine, irina shlionslaya, iron, kernels, magnesium, medpulse, metabolism, minerals, nutritionist, omega-3, p, phosphorus, potassium, prostate cancer, protein, ru, sodium, teaspoon, thyroid, university of california, usa, vitamin c, vitamins a, walnuts

Health benefits of walnuts have been known since time immemorial. Hippocrates and Avicenna mentioned them in the treatment of various diseases. In addition, the ancients thought that they stimulate mental activity. Anna Protsenko, a nutritionist, told MedPulse.ru.

“Walnuts contain a great deal of minerals,” the expert explains. “They include iron, copper, cobalt, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, and iodine. Many of them are antioxidants.

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