New research has found that elderly people with higher levels of several vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids in their blood had better performance on mental acuity tests and less of the brain shrinkage typical of Alzheimer’s disease.
Diets with a greater amount of junk food, meanwhile, produced the opposite results, according to the study.
A Bacon cheeseburger with sweet potato fries sounds perfect for lunch or does it?
Should I skip the fries and have a salad instead? Really, I should skip all of it and have a salad, unless I want to overload on salt and fat. Since I don't want to chain myself to the elliptical machine at the Y, I've been watching my portions and now am more conscious of another hidden risk, Salt!
This year the American Heart Association is making it easier than ever to get healthy and get walking! The time is now! Gather your family, friends and coworkers and take your first steps towards establishing an active and healthy lifestyle. Here is my favoite video explaining how exercise is the single best thing you can do for your health.
As the amount of individuals with smart phones and tablets increases rapidly, technology companies have created applications for our smart devices to help organize and simplify our daily lives. Health care applications make it easy to increase our knowledge of health care practices, check our health status and effectively keep our health goals on track.
Is it possible that obesity rates are really coming down like numbers on the scale? Well, at least in one study in New York City. The Centers for Disease control found that the rate of obesity for kids in elementary and middle school dropped by 5.5%. From 21.9% to 20.7%. That's still 1 in 5 kids, but awareness increases and parents, educators and corporations take notice, I know that we can reduce it further.
If you've been fighting the allure (and aroma) of fast food french fries, here's another weapon in your mental arsenal: In addition to being unhealthy, fried foods may make you irritable and aggressive.
I've never had back issues in my life, that is, until recently when I reached across the kitchen counter and suddenly, my lower back went into a painful spasm. I wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary, really. Just reaching across the counter. I tried to walk it off and then went to do some stretches, but the pain only increased. "It must be the fallout from my recent road trip to Los Angeles," I thought to myself as I dialed the chiropractor.
Be sure to tune in tonight, Wednesday, February 15 on CBS-5 in San Francisco at 7:20 pm, just before Judge Judy, where I'll be talking about heart health.
Here in Silicon Valley, there are many people with South Asian ancestry who have moved here from India or other South Asian countries to work in high tech. What physicians started noticing was many young South Asians in their 40's and 50's were coming to Emergency rooms with heart attacks. How could so many people at such young ages, who seemed healthy be at higher risk for heart disease.
