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by James Bogash
Teenaged Girls, Carbonated Beverage Consumption, and Fractures
Do we need any studies to tell us this? The average teenager consumes 3.5 cans of soda per day, at the expense of other healthier beverages. It is not surprising to find health problems with this lifestyle.
by James Bogash
Lifestyle, reproductive, environmental exposures and RA
This article brings many things out into the open. First and foremost is the hopes that clinicians will begin to view RA, not as a disease locked into our genes, but rather one heavily dependent upon lifestyle factors that are indeed modifiable. And, if the presence of RA is indeed linked that environment, than changing that environment would have an impact. And many times for most patients it does. Lastly, look at some of the environmental factors…drinking well water, exposure to hair dyes…sounds like a hair analysis for heavy metals would be warranted in all RA patients.
Ann Rheum Dis — Abstracts: Olsson et al. 60 (10): 934
by James Bogash
From a society standpoint, the “company line” is that we don’t know what causes Alzheimer’s and we don’t know how to prevent it. Untold dollars go to finding a cure. A recent approach was geared towards vaccination against amyloid plaques (AP) that accumulate in Alzheimer’s. The results were disappointing.
The AP accumulate as a result of the process. They do NOT cause Alzheimers, but are merely the side effect. So a vaccination to get rid of the APs, which did work at lowering the amount of plaques in the brain, did nothing to affect the symptoms of Alzheimers in these patients.
The reality is that we have a very good grasp on what causes Alzheimers. It starts with breakdown of the ability of brain cells to produce energy (in the form of ATP from the mitochondria if you happened to stay awake in high school biology). The brain cell can no longer survive and begins to die off. Great if it’s just a single brain cell. But what if this is a pattern that occurs over the course of decades and in specific regions of the brain (in the case of Alzheimers this region is the hippocampus and neocortex)? You slowly lose function and at some point the diagnosis of Alzheimers is on the table.
So anything that harms the mitochondria (stress, toxic chemicals, heavy metals, processed foods, smoking, excess calories etc..) is to be avoided. Anything that protects the mitochondria (high quality diet w/ lots of fruits/veggies/spices, less calories, healthy fats, mutlivitamins, etc..) is good.
Using this template, seeing in this particular study that a diet low in saturated fats and refined carbs led to better markers of AP, while a high saturated fat and refined carb diet clearly showed an increase in these markers.
Bottom line is that it is NOT genetic, it is lifestyle. The research is well beyond the point where any sane person concerned about Alzhemiers disease would definately adopt healthier lifestyle changes to lower their risk rather than wait for the “experts” to de
by James Bogash
Maybe not wipe out, but how about an lower risk with just some general changes? I typically volunteer in the medical tent at the Komen 3-day events and strike up conversations with the walkers. It seems like there are more and more 20-something walkers that are there in honor of their mothers who have experienced breast cancer. When asked what they are doing to protect themselves, most are not aware that you can do anything beyond annual mammograms. Uhhhhh??? Maybe I live in my own little bubble, but are we that disconnected in society that we don’t think we can prevent cancer?
In this particular study, researchers looked at a “healthy lifestyle index.” This consisted of moderate and/or vigorous-intensity physical activity, low consumption of fat, processed foods, refined cereals, complex sugars, and the avoidance of tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption. Not a very difficult lifestyle to adhere to.
The benefits? Premenopause women with the highest adherance to the index had a 50% lower risk of breast cancer. Postmenopausal??? A massive, cancer destroying 80%. Forget “stamping out cancer.” This smashes it before there is anything to treat.
Of course, this does not even include things like specifically increasing the intake of cruciferous veggies, avoidance of toxic chemicals like BPA and pesticides, fixing constipation and taking a good quality multivitamin. What happens when we include these?
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