The risk for heart-related death is increasing in young adults ages 35 to 54, and the numbers are even more alarming for younger women.
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Women’s Health Alert: Fighting Heart Disease in Your 40s
Posted by Healthy And Fit on January 28th, 2010
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Comments OffThe “Chocolate Cure” for Emotional Stress
Posted by Healthy And Fit on January 22nd, 2010
The “chocolate cure” for emotional stress is now getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research:
“Metabolic Effects of Dark Chocolate Consumption on Energy, Gut Microbiota, and Stress-Related Metabolism in Free-Living Subjects”
It found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed.
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Posted in Diet and Exercise Tags: Acs, Acs Journal, Antioxidants, Beneficial Substances, Biochemical Changes, Biochemical Imbalances, Chocolate Consumption, Clinical Trial, Dark Chocolate, Emotional Stress, Heart Disease, Human Volunteers, Journal Of Proteome Research, Levels Of Stress, Metabolic Effects, Metabolism, Microbiota, Ounce, Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Stress Hormones Comments OffTranscendental Med=less heart attack,stroke,death
Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 16th, 2009
Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according to the results of a first-ever study presented during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., on Nov.16, 2009.
The trial was sponsored by a $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health–National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and was conducted at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in collaboration with the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa.
The nine-year, randomized control trial followed 201African American men and women, average age 59 years, with narrowing of arteries in their hearts who were randomly assigned to either practice the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique or to participate in a control group which received health education classes in traditional risk factors, including dietary modification and exercise.
All participants continued standard medications and other usual medical care.
The study found:
A 47 percent reduction in the combination of death, heart attacks, and strokes in the participants
Clinically significant (5 mm Hg average) reduction in blood pressure associated with decrease in clinical events
Significant reductions in psychological stress in the high-stress subgroup
According to Robert Schneider, M.D., FACC, lead author and director of the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention, “Previous research on Transcendental Meditation has shown reductions in blood pressure, psychological stress, and other risk factors for heart disease, irrespective of ethnicity.
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Posted in Diet and Exercise Tags: American Heart Association, Cardiovascular Events, Coronary Heart Disease, Dietary Modification, Facc, Fairfield Iowa, Health Education Classes, Heart Attacks, Medical College Of Wisconsin, Mm Hg, National Heart Lung, National Heart Lung And Blood Institute, National Institutes Of Health, Natural Medicine, Psychological Stress, Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Robert Schneider, Stress Reduction Program, Traditional Risk Factors, Transcendental Meditation Technique Comments OffDark chocolate helps ease emotional stress
Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 11th, 2009
The “chocolate cure” for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research.
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Posted in Diet and Exercise Tags: Acs, Acs Journal, Antioxidants, Beneficial Substances, Biochemical Changes, Biochemical Imbalances, Chocolate Consumption, Clinical Trial, Dark Chocolate, Emotional Stress, Heart Disease, Human Volunteers, Journal Of Proteome Research, Levels Of Stress, Metabolic Effects, Metabolism, Microbiota, Ounce, Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Stress Hormones Comments OffMillions of US children low in vitamin D
Posted by Healthy And Fit on August 4th, 2009
Seven out of ten U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, raising their risk of bone and heart disease, according to a study of over 6,000 children by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
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