“P.S. I’m over 50 and one or more of the following is also true about me: high blood pressure, my waist is bigger than my hips, my waistline is bigger than my hips, I’ve been overweight for more than five years, I can lose weight repeatedly—but I always regain it, my triglycerides are high on my cholesterol test, my blood sugar is a little high, I am a woman who has had babies weighing 9 lbs or more.”
Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have such a good reputation for improving cardiovascular health that someone actually invented a prescription form of them. The official indication for Lovaza is the existence of high triglycerides, and the expected benefit is reduced risk of heart disease. The motivation was great, the solution is crazy. Let’s explore a bit.
Fats, or fatty acids, fall into three major categories:
The uproar would of course be minimized if I asked “Who doesn’t like cheese?” I think for all ages and in its various forms, cheese is a big hit at both mealtime and snack time. The problem is, cheese has been demonized and blamed for weight gain and even more hazardous: for raising cholesterol levels.
In my practice, there are two sorts of mechanical problems that can wreak havoc on good health. Theoretically, we have mechanical solutions for both of these problems, but the statistics don’t lie and don’t vary from what I’ve seen. These are two problems that severely compromise the quality of health at any age, they are just more likely with advancing age.
Meat fared well in several venues recently.
In the second month of the year, stores think about paper hearts and the medical calendar tells us that February is Heart Health Month. While we can agree that there are certain micronutrients that are good for heart health (magnesium and its best delivery system: chocolate), the medical world has not come to a clear understanding of what causes heart disease.
Physiology
Every day in my office I address the question, “What is the best magnesium supplement for….?”
Best Amount of Protein is __________________???
Some time ago I wrote an article about the importance of avoiding sarcopenia as one ages in which I stressed the importance of consuming enough protein, perhaps more than you are regularly eating. I suggested that you eat thirty grams of protein, three times a day.
Everywhere in the medical world, we learn that advancing age is a major risk factor for any chronic disease, so I was delighted to read this fairly new article that takes that idea and runs somewhere helpful with it. I concede that there is no avoiding everything, but there is much we can regulate by our life choices.
Maybe you really OD’ed on sugar over the holidays, maybe you’ve been meaning to do this for a long time.