The New York Times reported on a very interesting study on happiness and wakefulness, of particular appeal to anyone with a homeopathic frame of mind.
In an interesting little study looking closely at inflammatory bowel disease mechanisms, mice were stressed and observed for their levels of stress related hormones. The hormones elevated during stress appeared to reduce the healthy gut flora and provoke inflammation of the gut lining, akin to inflammatory bowel disease.
The New York Times reported on a research article recently published and summarized as follows “In the first randomized trial to address whether people with diabetes benefit from restricting fruit, researchers found that avoiding fruit may not have benefits for those with Type 2 diabetes.”
Do you have a friend or family member who has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer? For most of us, the disease has touched someone close to us or in our lives. Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States in both men and women. This year we can expect to see over 100,000 new cases of colon cancer and over 40,000 new cases of rectal cancer. Over a lifetime, Americans have about a 5% (1 in 20) risk of colorectal cancer.
No kidding, that’s the title of the Medscape (doctors’ chat room?) forum on the recent news that calcium supplementation over 1400 mgs. daily or low calcium intake (600 mg or less) are both associated with increased risk of death. Admittedly the study’s methods were observational, meaning that they can identify an association but not that it’s causative.
If you are someone who plans your life months in advance, you might want to look at the updated list of speakers scheduled to present at the National Weston Price Conference this fall in Atlanta, Georgia. There are lots of folks I look forward to hearing.
Recently I’ve heard from two folks with a not uncommon complaint: while traveling they picked up some intestinal bug, took the locally available antibiotic, and their gut has never been the same. The process for proper healing from the combined assault of the parasite and the treatment requires a full understanding of all that can be affected and what needs to be resolved.
I didn’t sleep a wink last night after reading the latest study linking insomnia to yet another health problem, this time heart failure. If you’re ready to take on the information you can read the study here.
Sunday afternoon and it’s sunny! Let’s spend the day outside, that sounds like a great idea – except for the chicken I was planning to cook for the evening. No problem – easiest roasted chicken is always good and takes little time to prepare.
If you received last month’s newsletter, you might have noticed a tiny sentence, tucked at the top, suggesting that exercise is not particularly useful for weight loss, a statement that had many folks scratching their heads and wondering about the role of exercise in a healthy lifestyle.