Health

Good news for nut lovers. Quote: "People who regularly eat a variety of nuts including walnuts, peanuts and tree nuts may be less likely to develop heart disease than individuals who rarely or never eat nuts, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined information on medical history, lifestyle and eating habits for more than 210,000 healthcare workers. During an average follow-up of more than two decades, 14,136 people developed cardiovascular disease, including 8,390 coronary heart disease cases and 5,910 strokes. Compared to people who rarely, if ever, ate nuts, people who had one 28-gram serving of nuts at least five times a week were 14% less likely to develop cardiovascular disease and 20% less likely to develop coronary heart disease, the study found."  http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/nuts-heart-disease/2017/11/13/id/825823/?

What is the sugar industry hiding?  Quote: "If they can make more money, a lot of corporate execs will sell you down the river. The latest example? The men and women who have made a fortune selling sugar in the past 50 years. It turns out, they’ve suspected for quite a while — a whopping five decades — that sugar has a devastating effect on your health. But rather than share this knowledge, so you could make an informed decision about what you put in your body, they decided to keep it a secret. Now, I know it doesn’t make a lot of business sense to share research that paints your product in an unflattering light. But when your product is tied to serious health conditions — like cancer — your ethical duty trumps your business duty."    https://easyhealthoptions.com/sugar-industrys-hiding-cholesterol-cancer/

Here are some helpful hints to limit the harms caused by cell phone electromagnetic waves.    https://easyhealthoptions.com/5-ways-slash-cell-phone-radiation-exposure/

Good advice to combat loneliness.  Quote: "Dr. Cacioppo advises that, “What’s required is to step outside the pain of our own situation long enough to ‘feed’ others. Real change begins with doing.”Here are some ways to start:

• Seek out social activities that help others while fostering contact with others. Volunteering at a soup kitchen, reading to the blind, and volunteering in a classroom are some ways to do this.
• Take up a new hobby. Maybe there’s something you’ve always wanted to try. Seek out groups at your local library, YMCA, or church that match your interests.
• Start or join a book group. If you love to read, consider joining with others to discuss books, and gain insight into other perspectives.
• Teach something to someone. Whether in a school, an adult education course, or privately, imparting your valuable knowledge to someone who needs it provides a vital connection to the world, and a reminder of your value.     
• https://easyhealthoptions.com/loneliness-leads-alzheimers-high-blood-pressure-heart-disease/

A warning about cooking with canola oil and recommendations for what to use instead.    https://easyhealthoptions.com/oil-cooks-alzheimers/

Vitamin D is really good for us.   https://easyhealthoptions.com/unlocking-vitamin-ds-secrets-autoimmune-conditions/   More about Vitamin D.    https://easyhealthoptions.com/vitamin-works-like-dementia-repellent/

An interesting piece regarding the relationship between emotions and physical pain.   http://naturalhealthcenter.net/emotions-role-physical-pain/

This is interesting.  Taking a low dose of aspirin may help ward off cancer. Not fully studied yet but has interesting potential.  Quote: "If you’re not already taking a low-dose daily aspirin for your heart health, perhaps as a recommendation by your doctor, or for other reasons, just be sure you don’t have any health issue that would preclude you from doing so. Aspirin can have its draw backs, including stomach bleeding and isn’t recommended if you have conditions such as active liver disease, a tendency to bleed, suffer from ulcers or bleeding in your digestive track and, of course, an allergy to aspirin. Young people under the age of 20 are advised not to take aspirin because of the threat of Reye’s syndrome, a condition that can result in death. All of this holds true for white willow bark supplements as well. If you want to see if you’re a good candidate for a low-dose daily aspirin, run it by your doctor. Mainstream medicine relies on such medicines, so surprisingly this is one preventative measure that he probably won’t balk at.    https://easyhealthoptions.com/cancer-protective-power-aspirin/

This is about two different cooking oils.  The first affirms that Canola oil is bad and the second affirms that Olive oil is good.  https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/canola-oil-brain-health/2017/12/07/id/830490/?   AND.  https://w3.hearthealthreport.com/Health/CHH/Offers/Olive-Oil-4-95?

A fun and tasty way to lower our cholesterol.   https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/almonds-chocolate-lower-cholesterol/2017/12/06/id/830177/?

This is really good advice.  Quote: "While sitting too much isn’t the leading cause of premature death (that honor is still reserved for smoking), it is the second leading cause of premature death. And sitting has been tied to an increased risk of several serious diseases like cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. So, sitting is bad for your health. There’s no doubt about that. Where the confusion lies is in how much sitting is safe from a health perspective, and how much physical activity is necessary to counteract the negative consequences of sitting."    https://easyhealthoptions.com/21-minutes-heart-muscle-blood-sugar/

It looks like the pharmaceutical and medical practitioners are getting together to artificially increase the need for patients to take more medicines.  Quote: "High blood pressure tends to be associated with obesity, inactivity, smoking and excessive alcohol use (for starters.)  All four of those are known causes of heart attacks and strokes.  To make the argument that 10 points in systolic blood pressure (e.g. 130/80 .vs. 120/80) results in a doubling of heart attack risk you must show that the blood pressure difference, and only the blood pressure difference, results in the increase in risk. In other words you need as your “control” group people who are exactly as fat (or not), exactly as inactive (or not), who do the same amount of smoking (or not) and who consume the same amount of alcohol (or not.) Otherwise what you’re seeing is the symptom of the cause rather than the cause itself, and thus if someone presents with a 130/80 blood pressure, is not obese, does not smoke, is not inactive and does not drink to excess you’re going to both brand their chart and prescribe a dangerous drug to them that results in no meaningful change in their heart attack risk and thus increases their morbidity and mortality rather than decreasing it."    https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/11/15/oh-bull/

Some Teas contain fluoride.  This item explains and offers insight how to reduce your fluoride intake which can cause bone problems. Quote: "Since black and green teas are made from more mature tea leaves, the leaves have more time to pick up fluoride from the soil. That’s why they contain more fluoride than other types of tea. White tea, which is made from young tea leaves, has less fluoride. And, as mentioned in the study, so do herbal teas. On a bright note, even though tea contains fluoride, it also contains a natural antidote to fluoride toxicity — antioxidants. These antioxidants fight the oxidative stress that fluoride causes in your body. Of course, the teas with the most fluoride also tend to have the least antioxidants. White tea, however, has the most antioxidants and the least fluoride. So white tea is looking more and more like the way to go if you’re a tea drinker. Yerba mate also has minimal amounts of fluoride and more caffeine than white tea. So if you’re looking for a bigger caffeine boost than white tea and herbal tea can offer, turn to this earthy South American tea for a bit more energy with a lot less fluoride."    https://easyhealthoptions.com/toxin-tea-attacks-bones/ 

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