Do you consume much omega-3 fatty acids? Eat cold water fish, take fish oil capsules, flax oil capsules or eat flax meal? Is so, you might be slowing the growth of any tumors (cancer) that you have. First, a couple of days ago I had a post Should You Consume Less Fish or Fish Oil. [...]
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Weight: It Is Not What You Eat, But What You Drink?
April 3, 2009 – 12:24 pm
A study suggests that controlling what you drink may be an important key to long term loss of weight. Cutting liquid calories may be what is needed for weight loss. Researchers examined the relationship between what people ate and drank, and weight loss. There were two findings. A reduction in the calories consumed in beverages [...]
Health And Aging Quizzes Can Invade Your Privacy
April 1, 2009 – 11:57 am
Did you know that some online health/fitness/aging quizzes may be invading your privacy? Further that for some of the questions may be geared to getting information for sponsors, rather than being relevant to the quiz. How much weight (pun intended) do you put in these tests? Have you ever thought about why some sites may [...]
Hot Tea, Cancer, Osteoporosis, Vertigo And Vitamin D
March 30, 2009 – 4:03 pm
Here is a brief round-up of some new items. Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer. In northern Iran where they traditionally drink a lot of very hot tea, over a liter (quart) a day, there are high rates of throat cancer. Comparisons showed that in those who drank the hottest [...]
Camelina?!
March 27, 2009 – 3:35 pm
So what is the next “superfood”, or are they now called “functional foods”? Who knows? One vote might be for camelina. So what the hell is camelina? Camelina has the scientific name of Camelina sativa. It has a number of other names, depending on which part of Europe or Russia you are in. My favorite [...]
Should You Consume Less Fish And Fish Oil?
March 25, 2009 – 4:27 pm
Many nutritional guidelines suggest eating fatty fish several times a week or taking fish oil capsules. Do we really need to eat this much fish, and if so, how long before the world is fished out? This is discussed in an article in an upcoming article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (Jenkins et al.). [...]
Biological Clock Plays A Role in Aging
March 23, 2009 – 5:21 pm
All animals including humans have a biological clock. This clock is important for controlling the daily in many of our bodily processes. Recently there has been evidence that the biological clock plays a role in aging. We all have a circadian (Latin, circa=about, diem=day) rhythm. This is the daily rhythm of our bodies. Our biological [...]
One Of Those Days
March 21, 2009 – 4:44 pm
Today is one of those days when everything seems to be too much. Finding a gallon soaking soaking into the carpet and floor was the straw that almost broke the camel’s back. The day started badly. I woke up multiple times during the night and had trouble going back to sleep. Not really aware of [...]
Lower Salt, More Sleep And Keep Moving
March 18, 2009 – 4:08 pm
There are quite a few websites that I look at on a regular basis. Some I will forget to check out, and then, like today, find them again. I had forgetten that the American Heart Association website is always a good place to look for cardiovascular-related news and information about heart health and disease. An [...]
Fear of Falling: Do Yoga Or Tai Chi
March 13, 2009 – 2:59 pm
Though we tend to obsess about wrinkles, gray hair and the surface signs of aging, there are other facets of aging that affect our lives in a more basic way. One thing that is very aging is the fear of falling. A deteriorating sense of balance, and at a later stage a loss of muscle [...]