April 9, 2017
· Filed under Health care, healthy eating
There is so much noise out there about fitness and diet that it’s hard to muddle your way through it all. One day an article can convince you that you should eat a lot of protein and low fat, and the next day an article can convince you to do the opposite. The bottom line is really that you need to find what works for you – and stick to it. A low fat and high protein diet might work for one person and not another. It’s more important to find something that works for you, and to stick with it, then it is to find the “perfect” diet out there.
Of course, it’s important to follow a plan that is researched based and that makes sense. If you aren’t sure where to start, you can ask your physician for advice. You can also look at programs that are well known like Weight Watchers, the South Beach Diet and the Dash diet. Once you decide on a plan for yourself, ignore the noise around you and the chatter from friends, colleagues and the news. This is your path and it’s time to get going!
Consider your own personal needs and then get started!
October 25, 2016
· Filed under Health care
A new study should wake kids (and their parents) up to the danger of energy drinks. While the energy drinks themselves can be quite dangerous for their high content of caffeine, they are even more dangerous when mixed with alcohol. The Purdue University research team found that the mix actually creates a reaction that is similar to what one feels when taking cocaine.
As lead author of the study, Richard van Rijn, explained,
“It seems the two substances together push them over a limit that causes changes in their behavior and changes the neurochemistry in their brains. We’re clearly seeing effects of the combined drinks that we would not see if drinking one or the other.”
The team looked at how the combination of highly caffeinated energy drinks and highly caffeinated alcohol affect the brain of adolescent mice. They found that the mice reacted in a similar fashion to how they react when given cocaine. They also found increased levels of a dangerous protein (?FosB) that is accentuate in the brains of cocaine and morphine addicts. Read the whole study to learn more.
There is so much noise out there about fitness and diet that it’s hard to muddle your way through it all. One day an article can convince you that you should eat a lot of protein and low fat, and the next day an article can convince you to do the opposite. The bottom line is really that you need to find what works for you – and stick to it. A low fat and high protein diet might work for one person and not another. It’s more important to find something that works for you, and to stick with it, then it is to find the “perfect” diet out there.