Posts Tagged ‘diet’
Kimchi – Wikipedia
July 18, 2017Public health: The toxic truth about sugar : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
July 18, 2017The toxic truth about #sugar
http://www.Nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html Argues for regulation like alcohol & tobacco, making it harder to get, esp. for kids
Diabetic Diet – Great Veggies – Meals – Diabetes
June 5, 2017Gr8 Low-carb #Veggies http://www.HealthCentral.com/diabetes/c/17/20167/good-veggies Top: collards, spinach, #kale, chard, red peppers; Bottom: cukes, eggplant, mushrooms, alfalfa
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“In fact, the healthiest of all vegetables, according to "Nutrition Action Health Letter," is one that I had never prepared before: collard greens, with a score of 461.
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The number 2 vegetable, spinach, with a score of 424, is one that I eat both raw and cooked. Like collards, and number 3 kale (score 410) and number 4 Swiss chard (322) all of these green leafy vegetables pair extraordinarily well with ham or bacon or other smoked meat and vinegar (a tip I picked up from Ruth Reichl’s Gourmet Cookbook).
Then comes red pepper (score 309), which I usually add to my salad but is also great cooked. Skipping a couple of high-carb veggies, the list then goes to broccoli at 179.
Next in order are okra, 165; Brussels sprouts, 143; lettuce, 141; and asparagus, 84. I was surprised that tomatoes and avocados, two honorary vegetables (technically fruit), ranked at 76 and 71 respectively. Wonderful cauliflower ranked even lower at 64, cabbage at 44. Near the bottom of the list are cucumber, eggplant, mushrooms, and alfalfa sprouts.
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My attention went in that direction anyway after reading Michael Pollan’s He notes there that when we largely switched from eating leaves to seeds (as in grain), the problems with the so-called "Western Diet" began. It is indeed striking how many of the top veggies are leaves.”
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Baths Versus Exercise, a Study in Calories – The Atlantic
April 16, 2017Baths vs #Exercise, a Study in Calories
https://www.theAtlantic.com/health/archive/2017/04/baths-and-calories/522756 In 1hr, burn 60 in a hot bath vs ~550 on a bike ride. Laziness has benefits!
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The researchers set out to see how exposure to heat can alter the molecules in our bodies. There were only 14 people (all men) in the study. They took hour-long baths at 104-degrees Fahrenheit and did burn calories, which were also measured, since energy is required to keep our cores around 98.6-degrees. But the men only burned an average of about 61 calories more than if they had been sitting at room temperature. When they exercised on a bike for the same amount of time, they burned between 515 and 597 calories.
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A Big Tobacco Moment for the Sugar Industry – The New Yorker
September 17, 2016A Big Tobacco Moment for the Sugar Industry
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/a-big-tobacco-moment-for-the-sugar-industry Amazing how much impact ~5M in ’16$ & 1 @NEJM review had on the US #diet
Supplement Ratings and Reviews – Labdoor
April 9, 2016Nice site w/ rankings of vitamins
Here’s the vit. D rankings:
01 Carlson Labs Vitamin D3 A
02 Nutrigold Vitamin D3 Gold 1000 IU A
03 Nutrigold Vitamin D3 Gold 2000 IU A
04 Nature Made Vitamin D3 A
05 Nature’s Way Vitamin D3 A
06 Nordic Naturals Vitamin D3 A
07 NOW Foods Vitamin D3 A
08 Solgar Vitamin D3 A
09 GNC Vitamin D3 A
10 Thorne Research Vitamin D A
Here’s the mulitvitamin rankings:
01 Garden of Life Vitamin Code For Men A
02 Garden of Life Vitamin Code Perfect Weight A
03 Nature’s Way Alive Max Potency Multivitamin A
04 Rainbow Light Men’s One A
05 Garden of Life Vitamin Code For Women A
06 NOW Foods Adam Men’s Multivitamin A
07 NOW Foods Eve Women’s Multivitamin A
08 GNC Mega Men A
09 Carlson Labs Super 2 Daily A
10 Rainbow Light Women’s One A
11 GNC Mega Men Energy & Metabolism A
12 Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men A
13 TwinLab Daily One Caps A
14 Garden of Life Vitamin Code Raw One For Men A-
15 Controlled Labs Orange TRIad A-
https://labdoor.com/rankings/multivitamins
Very critical of centrum!
Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days
December 14, 2015Cutting sugar [in #diet w same kcal] improves [kid's] health in…10 days [LDL down 10; DBP, 5; triglycerides, 33] http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/cutting-sugar-improves-childrens-health-in-just-10-days
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“On average, the subjects’ LDL cholesterol, the kind implicated in heart disease, fell by 10 points. Their diastolic blood pressure fell five points. Their triglycerides, a type of fat that travels in the blood and contributes to heart disease, dropped 33 points. And their fasting blood sugar and insulin levels – indicators of their diabetes risk – likewise markedly improved.”
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Do I Really Need Regular Checkups at the Dentist and Doctor?
January 17, 2015Do I Really Need Regular Checkups at the… Doctor?
http://lifehacker.com/do-i-really-need-regular-checkups-at-the-dentist-and-do-1491777950 Juxtaposed against the opposing view, viz:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/skip-your-annual-physical.html
Other article:
Skip Your Annual Physical – NYTimes.com
Cereal killer: Are you eating too much iron? – health – 04 December 2014 – Test – New Scientist
December 31, 2014Cereal killer: Are you eating too much iron? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429980.500-cereal-killer-are-you-eating-too-much-iron.html Too much from vitamins is potentially linked to heart disease, cancer &c
Are some people doomed to be fat? – health – 12 November 2014 – New Scientist
December 19, 2014Are some people doomed to be fat?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429950.400-are-some-people-doomed-to-be-fat.html Overview of metabolism & #obesity; addresses common myths, eg don’t eat before bed
Also:
14 myths and maybes about burning fat
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26549-14-myths-and-maybes-about-burning-fat.html
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