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April 6, 2012

7 Foods to Eat for Arthritis Suffers

Filed under: diabetes — mjones @ 5:52 pm

foods for arthritis sufferers Arthritis is a generic term for joint inflammation. It can be placed into two categories: osteoarthritis (degeneration of the joints) and rheumatoid (general inflammation of the joints). Currently, over 50 million people suffer from doctor diagnosed arthritis, or 1 in 5. In several cases, what you eat has a direct impact on the pain that you feel.

“Food isn’t a panacea, but some can make your joints healthier,” said Leslie Bonci, R.D., director of Sports Nutrition in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Your food intake makes an impact upon the way that your body feels, and when you make the right choices, you’re reducing the symptoms that are associated with arthritis pain.

The added inflammation of the joints might be a result of food allergies which you have. For instance, someone who has an allergy to dairy products might also feel arthritis pain. These allergies should be tested by a doctor to discover the best course of action in tackling your suffering.

Here is the list of seven foods which you should avoid if you have arthritis.

Dairy Products
Corn
Meat
Citrus Fruits
Nuts
Soda

Sodium is a major cause of arthritis pain because it dehydrates the joints and makes even the most healthy joints lose their resilience. A simple reduction in the amount of salt that you eat can help with your whole body health, reducing the symptoms of arthritis as well as your risks for high blood pressure and other ailments.

Check the nutritional information on the processed food that you eat. Sometimes, the sodium content is through the roof with 1200mg for a single meal. The CDC recommends that your daily intake be 1500mg, split among several meals. Some of the more naturally prepared vegetarian meals have lower sodium and lower sugar content, but it’s necessary to check around.

The best diet for arthritis sufferers consists of leafy greens and non-citrus fruit. Not only does this diet promote joint health, but it encourages weight loss which will also help alleviate some of the pain that you might be feeling. In some cases, the proper food choices have eliminated arthritis and helped patients lead happy, healthy lives.

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December 2, 2011

Smartphone Medical Software: Cool, Or Life-Changing?

Filed under: cell phones,diabetes — Tags: best medical app for iPhone, smartphone medical app, Smartphone medical software — mjones @ 7:14 pm

What is a smartphone? If you do not know already, a smartphone is the next evolution of a traditional phone. Put another way, it is a phone with a (relatively) full operating system, enabling you to do most of what you could do on a personal computer, virtually anywhere.

There is no question that smartphones are the here and now; in fact, they seem to be the future as well. They are innovative, and surprising in the scope of where and what they can make possible when compared to their last-generation counterparts. Smartphones enable lifestyles, and because of that, they are just plain cool.

While some people are caught in the question of which mobile app is the best for business, or recreation, more and more people who live with certain physiological or psychological conditions find themselves inquiring about what the best medical apps for the iphone are, or the best medical applications for Android.

Unlike Angry Birds, or some of the more superfluous applications out there, some of the best medical apps for the iPhone or Android are literally changing the quality lives by providing services and lifestyle benefits that not even a live personal physician could offer. Now that is cool.

So, what is the best smartphone medical software available right now?

Gift of Speech: Press to Download

Take Proloquo2go, an ingenious little collection of software that allows people who suffer from verbal communication problems—such as people who have had a stroke, are afflicted by some form of Parkinson’s Disease, or Autism—to effectively communicate through a the workings of a collection of pictographs that correspond to certain words which the phone then speaks out loud.

Dr. Dr. James Aw, of the Medcan Clinic, a leading private health clinic in Toronto, has a patient, Nima, whose autistic daughter uses Prolonquo2go to great success. “This is the first thing that’s helped,” Nima says. “Before, my daughter had trouble communicating with her family. Now, we’re getting to the point that she’s able to communicate with anyone. Her world is wide open.”

Wireless Blood Sugar App

Something else in the way of smartphone medical software is called ‘Bant,’ a device intended for treatment of type 1 diabetes. Instead of using a traditional insulin syringes and needles, users prick themselves with (a) glucometer(s) several times a day, monitoring their blood-sugar levels for trends which may affect their next insulin dose. The information is sent back to the mobility medical equipment wirelessly. Bant’s name refers to Sir Frederick Banting, one of the great researchers in medicine and one of the Canadian doctors who helped to discover insulin. The application is somewhat intended for teens who can be apt to forget their testing, and Bant was credited with users conducting about 50% more monitoring in a clinical trial than the traditional alternative. (Note: possibly because participating teens who logged their tests were rewarded with credits at the iTunes store).

Smartphone Medical Software 2.0

Bant and Proloquo2go represent the next paradigm of patient care; they are the baby steps towards what could be possible someday—someday soon, in all likelihood. Even now, instead of performing body-weight calculations by hand, doctors have medical reference apps like Medscape, Micromedex, and Epocrates to help them with on-the-fly assessments. These types of tools will only get more sophisticated as next generation smartphone medical software emerges.

For instance, imagine if instead of a diabetes iPhone application there was an iPhone application that could test and monitor your entire body? What if it could give you live dietary advise, or call 9.11 if it sensed you were having a heart attack?

All this progression begs the question of whether or not computers and robots may eventually take over the role of doctors all-together?

To this point, Dr. Aw remains skeptical: “As no two faces are the same, no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.”

In other words, it would seem doctors will always represent that grey area between theory and application, but the prevalence and evolution of the tools available for them will certainly go a long way in supplementing much of the workload they are now burdened with. The end result is lifestyles that are rich in meaning and open in accessibility—and that is pretty cool.

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November 9, 2011

True Or False Diabetes Facts

Filed under: diabetes — Tags: diabetes, facts of diabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes — Kcondon @ 6:06 pm

Diabetes is a common illness which is spreading through the nation. There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. People get their energy from the glucose levels in the blood stream. Insulin, along with other hormones, works to regulate glucose levels. People with diabetes either cannot produce enough insulin to regulate glucose, (type 1 diabetes) or their bodies cannot use the insulin in their blood properly (type 2 diabetes). There are instances of a person having a combination of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here are 5 true or false facts about diabetes. See if you can spot the false ones!

Eating too much sugar causes diabetes.

False: Type 1 diabetes is caused by the destruction of the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, so the main cause of diabetes is not sugar consumption. Type 2 diabetes is the result of an inability for insulin to be used properly. This may be genetically inherited, though eating too much sugar, which leads to weight gain, can increase one’s risk of contracting diabetes. However, in both cases the main cause of diabetes is not the excessive consumption of sugary sweets.

Children with Diabetes cannot eat as many sweets as other children.

True: Children with diabetes are able to eat sugary foods, though they have to ensure their diet is balanced. This means that they have to control the amount of carbohydrates, including treats, they consume. Sweets do not provide any real nutritional value and these types of foods should be avoided. Therefore children and adults should avoid treats as much as possible.

Insulin cures Diabetes.

False: Taking insulin is necessary to manage a person’s diabetes but does not cure it. Insulin works to remove glucose out of your bloodstream and send it to your cells to be put to good use. This does not mean that the main cause of diabetes, a lack of insulin or inability to use insulin, is cured when taking insulin. It means that it is manageable through stimulating your body create its own insulin.

Increasing your dosage of insulin doesn’t mean your Diabetes is getting worse.

True: It is important for people with diabetes to eat a well- balanced diet, to exercise, and to maintain their blood sugar levels. People with diabetes need to take insulin to carry the glucose from their blood stream into cells. However, when less insulin is being produced by the pancreas, more insulin must be taken in. This does not mean, though, that your diabetes has worsened.

Children with diabetes cannot exercise.

False: Exercise is an important part of your child’s lifestyle. Every child should manage their weight and prevent obesity by taking part in a healthy dose of exercise. However, it is challenging for children with diabetes to do exercise because the glucose in their system is not being transmitted to be used as energy. This does not mean that children should not take part in exercise. It just means they need to be sure to take their insulin so that they have enough energy.

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August 12, 2010

Health Concern over BPA Exposure

Filed under: diabetes,heart disease,plastic bottles — Tags: Bisphenol A, BPA, BPA free, diabetes, heart disease, liver problems — Nicole @ 4:25 pm

Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, is an industrial chemical that is used in the manufacturing of many products that we use every day. This chemical is most commonly found in hard plastics, including food storage containers, plastic bottles, dental sealants, toys and the linings of food cans. Recent concern has arisen over the effects of prolonged exposure to BPA, after a cross-sectional study revealed that those with high BPA exposure have an increased the risk of heart disease and diabetes, while another study links BPA to liver damage and hormonal interference leading to obesity.

The Canadian government has already taken steps to limit BPA exposure to infants. In 2008, Canada was the first country to ban the use of baby bottles containing BPA, and additionally labeled BPA as a toxic chemical. However, there are still many products available in Canada that contain BPA, such as CDs, DVDs, water bottles and food cans. Before BPA can be phased out from the manufacturing process of Canadian products, more research must be accumulated in order to officially determine BPA as a dangerous substance. Luckily, that time is coming soon, as the Food and Drug Association has partnered with the US Department of Health and Human Services and additionally the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health intend to launch a thirty million dollar research initiative to observe the health implications of BPA exposure.

Until that time comes, there are several ways that you can help to reduce your exposure to BPA chemicals, from eating fresh foods to refraining from microwaving food in plastic containers. When buying new plastic containers for water or food storage, make sure that the products that you are buying are BPA-free. Many plastic-manufacturers have recently begun to develop BPA-free products in response to consumer requests. If you’re wondering whether your current plastic-ware is BPA-free, you can identify the type of plastic by the recycling number on the bottom of the container. Numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 are all guaranteed to be free of BPA and are safe for both you and your family to use. Reducing your exposure to BPA now may prove to an important and extremely beneficial decision, as it will reduce your risk of developing heart disease, liver problems and diabetes, while vastly improving your quality of life overall.

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July 5, 2010

Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Filed under: diabetes — Tags: calories, diabetes, diabetes prevention, diabetes treatment, fiber, obesity, physical activity, type 2 diabetes, weight loss — John @ 9:08 pm

Diabetes isn’t something any of us look forward to. However, it’s become very common in today’s society. However, there is some good news. There are ways to help reduce your chances of developing type 2 diabetes.

Physical Activity – By increasing your physical activity you can help keep diabetes away. Weight loss and improved fitness have both been tied to reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes. However, if you don’t lose weight even after increasing your physical activity, don’t worry. Simply participating in additional activity can reduce your diabetes risk, even if weight loss doesn’t occur.

Limit Excess Calories – By limiting extra calories, we can eliminate extra weight gain. These excess calories are often the cause of weight gain, as we struggle to burn off these extra calories. By eliminating or at least keeping excess calories to a minimum, we can maintain a healthy weight that will aid in diabetes prevention.

Reach Your Ideal Weight – Try to get as close to your ideal weight as possible. Over 80 percent of people suffering from type 2 diabetes are overweight. This is why achieving a healthy weight is crucial for preventing type 2 diabetes.

Increase Your Intake of Dietary Fiber – If you aren’t getting enough daily fiber, you may be doing your body significant harm. Insufficient fiber has been linked to increasing the risk of not only type 2 diabetes, but cancer, obesity, and heart disease as well. Fiber is an extremely important factor in diabetes prevention.

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March 30, 2010

Food Addiction Very Serious In America

Filed under: diabetes,diet,food addiction,heart disease,obesity,stroke,Uncategorized,weight loss — John @ 1:23 pm

When someone mentions an addict most of us will probably imagine a junky shooting up in some dark corner of town, but what about those that are addicted to food? Yes food can become quite addictive and certain diets may actually affect your brain in a way that is similar to that of many hardcore drugs.

High fat, high calorie junk foods can become very addictive, and this not only leads to mental problems, but it is also a reason for the rising obesity rate in the States. Along with the unbelievably high rates of obesity, Americans are becoming more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease, and strokes.

A study on rats showed that the high fat, high calorie diet showed similar signs drugs like heroin. These foods satisfy the pleasure center in the brain and after awhile of eating this type of diet, eating becomes compulsive. In fact, even electric shocks were unable to stop their eating. The addiction had developed to the point where they would keep eating despite obvious pain as the joy they obtained from eating would outweigh the pain of the shocks.

While I don’t think that Americans are going to have as much difficulty with food addiction that rats do, I do think that many Americans will not only gain a significant amount of weight and endanger their health; I believe that once that weight is put on, it will be more difficult to lose that weight than ever before.

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February 8, 2010

Soft Drinks Significantly Increase Risk of Developing Pancreatic Cancer

Filed under: cancer,diabetes,insulin,obesity,pancreatic cancer,pop,Smoking,soft drinks,Uncategorized,weight loss — John @ 4:23 pm

Soft drinks are already one of the biggest, or even possibly the biggest, drinks to avoid if you want to be healthy. However, most of the time, we talk about soft drinks as a major factor to weight gain. Recently, a study has discovered a link between soft drinks and pancreatic cancer.

The pancreas creates insulin, while scientists believe that high levels of insulin can increase the growth of cancerous cells. When we take in too much sugar, we drastically increase our insulin levels. Soft drinks are currently one of the main sources of sugar in the diet of most Americans.

The results of the study were astonishing. Those that drank two or more cups of pop every week had an 87 percent increase in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Many things like smoking, obesity, diabetes, and red meat intake were just a few of the factors taken into consideration.

Soft drinks just keep getting even worse for your body every time we learn something new. Cutting down on your pop consumption definitely couldn’t hurt. You’ll help lessen your chances of developing pancreatic cancer and you will become healthier in general. You might even be able to lose those few extra pounds.

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June 18, 2009

5 Reasons Why an Apple a Day Will Keep Many Doctors Away

Filed under: apple a day,cancer,diabetes,lower cholesterol,musle pain,osteoporosis,Uncategorized — John @ 5:34 pm

Almost everyone has heard of the expression, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” However, if you are anything like me, you must have wondered why an apple keeps the doctor away. Well I intend to give you a few reasons why an apple a day won’t just keep one doctor away, but many.

1. Prevents many types of cancer. Apples help prevent cancer of the lung, breast, colon, and liver. A study of 10,000 people showed that those who ate the most apples cut their risk of lung cancer in half. Cornell University conducted a study using rats. Those that ate 1 apple a day reduced the risk of breast cancer by 17%, while those that had 3 reduced their risk by 39%, and those that ate 6 apples per day further cut their risk of breast cancer by 44%. A study showed that rats that were fed an extract from apples skins had a 43% lower risk of colon cancer, the second leading cause of death from cancer. Additionally, the rats that were fed extract from apple skins had a 57% lower risk of liver cancer.

2. Bone Protection. Researchers from France discovered that phloridzin, a flavanoid found only in apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may increase bone density. Boron, also found in apples helps strengthen bones as well.

3. Helps manage diabetes. Pectin, which is found in apples, gives galacturonic acid to the body. This lowers the body’s need for insulin and in turn, this may be able to aid in the management of diabetes.

4. Helps protect against Alzheimer’s. A study conducted on rats at Cornell University found that a potent antioxidant found abundantly in apples appears to protect the brain cells against oxidative stress. This oxidative stress is a tissue-damaging process that is linked to Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disorders.

5. Lowers cholesterol. The pectin found in apples lowers LDL, or the “bad” cholesterol. Eating two apples a day may actually lower cholesterol by 16%! Additionally, apples may reduce skin disease.

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