Healthy Eating Magazine

Fun With GF/LG Food Review

Fun With GF/LG Food Review

Fun with GF/LG Food is the one cookbook that is a must for anyone who suffers from a sensitive stomach, diabetes, or hypoglycemia.

If you or a loved one suffers from a sensitive stomach, diabetes, or hypoglycemia, this Fun With GF/LG Food review shows how this cookbook may help you eliminate almost all the food related problems in a person’s life.

GF stands for gluten free and LG stands for low glycemic index, and in my Fun With GF/LG Food review, you’ll learn how to prepare food that anyone who suffers from food allergies, diabetes, IBS — or other conditions that limit what they can eat– can eat without fear and truly enjoy when they dine with you in your home.

All the recipes in this gluten free low glycemic index cookbook are marked with which ingredients may be prone to cause a reaction in someone sensitive to them, and substitutes are listed that can be used in place of these sensitive foods to make it possible to prepare the dish without having to fear that someone in the family or a guest at a party may react to the food in a bad way.

Click here to read my Fun With GF/LG Food review.

Technorati Tags: breast cancer prevention diet, congestive heart failure diet, cooking healthy for kids, diabetic weight loss diet, diet for rheumatoid arthritis, diet stroke, gluten free diet, healthy eating, healthy eating articles, hypertensive diet, low glycemic, vegetarian weight loss diet

What You Need To Know About The Prostate And Its Diseases

I had heard of prostate diseases for years but never thought much about it till a friend developed prostate problems.

His situation was enough to get me curious about prostate diseases.

First I learned that the prostate is a doughnut-shaped cluster of glands at the bottom of the bladder between the rectum and the base of the penis. It produces most of the fluid in semen.

I then learned that there are three main diseases of the prostrate: cancer, prostatitis and prostrate enlargement.

First let’s talk about the ‘big one’, cancer.

In the USA, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death for men after lung cancer.

African-American men are more than twice as likely to get the disease as any other ethnic group in the world. No one knows why this is so.

Prostate cancer is primarily a disease of aging. About 80 percent of all cases occur in men over sixty-five.

However, the rate of prostate cancer is rapidly rising in all men, even those under fifty. Generally, the younger a man is when he is diagnosed with prostate cancer, the worse his prognosis. Its increase among younger men points to the role of diet and exposure to environmental toxins in the development of the disease.

Prostatitis (prostate inflammation) is common in men of all ages. The usual cause is infectious bacteria that invade the prostate from another area of the body.

These can be either acute or chronic infections. Acute infections come on suddenly and may include fever and chills, pain and burning on urination and ejaculation, frequent urge to urinate while passing only small amounts of urine and blood in the urine. Symptoms of chronic prostatitis are similar but usually milder than the acute infection.

Prostatitis usually responds well to home care and antibiotic treatment.

Prostate enlargement seems to be a natural process, often associated with aging, and not necessarily a disease, but the gradual enlargement of the prostate. In the USA it occurs in about half of all men over fifty.

The major symptom is the need to pass urine frequently, perhaps with pain or burning feelings.

As prostate enlargement is often not a serious problem (though it depends on the case), let’s talk about the other two prostate diseases.

Prostate cancer is usually a slow growing cancer, often with no symptoms until its advanced stages. Symptoms include: pain or a burning sensation during urination, frequent urination, a decrease in the size and force of urine flow, an inability to urinate, blood in the urine, and lower back discomfort. However, these symptoms may be caused by benign enlargement or prostatitis. To get an accurate reading of the condition professional evaluation is of course recommended.

For treatment, testing is important. This may include a rectal exam (which can be rather painful) and/or a blood test. Ultrasound scanning is one of a number of other tests.

Unfortunately, prostate cancer can be difficult to diagnose in its early stages. Many cases are diagnosed only after the cancer has spread outside the gland.

Some of the treatment options for prostate cancer include:

? Experimental therapies such as cryoablation (freezing of cancer cells) and laser surgery are sometimes used.

? If the cancer has spread into the capsule of the gland, the standard approach is some form of radiation therapy. Try to avoid this, as it leaves men impotent 50 percent of the time.

? Removal of the gland may be recommended but consider that about 50 percent of men who have this done, even with the new “nerve sparing” techniques, become impotent. Watchful waiting, with nutritional support and lifestyle change, is becoming the preferred approach if the cancer is in the early stages.

? Many consider prostate cancer to be one of the most over treated diseases in America. Physicians in Europe have long used a conservative nutritional approach with good results.

? Research has shown that soybeans and soy products, such as tofu, soy flour and soymilk, have cancer-fighting powers due to the presence of a protein called genistein. It appears to be particularly effective against prostate cancer, but also works against breast cancer in women and colon cancer in both sexes.

Prostrate cancer prevention often includes a whole-foods diet, which was intriguing to me. Some suggestions include:

? Eat whole grains, raw nuts and seeds, and brown rice. Also broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower and carrots, pumpkin, squash and yams. This type of diet is important for both prevention and healing.

? Also include apples, fresh cantaloupe, all kinds of berries, Brazil nuts, cherries, grapes, legumes (including chickpeas, lentils and red beans) and plums.

? Try drinking freshly made vegetable and fruit juices daily.

? Include foods high in zinc, such as whole grain cereals or brewer’s yeast.

? Use cold-pressed organic oils such as sesame, safflower or olive oil for essential fatty acids.

? Eliminate red meat, alcohol and caffeine.

? Strictly avoid: junk foods and refined foods. Instead of salt, use a kelp or potassium substitute. A little blackstrap molasses or pure maple syrup is a good, natural sweetener. Use whole wheat or rye instead of white flour.

These are good suggestions, but always seek counsel and alternative opinions before deciding which treatments or diets to use.

For prostatitis treatment, I found two general categories, one being home treatment, and then other treatments, generally.

For home treatment some recommendations are:

? Drink 8 to 12 glasses of fluid daily. Extra fluids help flush the urinary tract clean.

? Eliminate all alcohol and caffeine from your diet.

? Keep stress under control.

? Hot baths help soothe pain and reduce stress Aspirin or ibuprofen may help ease painful urinary symptoms

? Certain herbal teas may help.

? There are various types of hydrotherapy that a professional can advise you about.

? Eat 1 to 4 ounces of raw pumpkin seeds every day. They are rich in zinc. Alternatively, take pumpkinseed oil in capsule form.

? Get regular exercise. Do not ride a bicycle which may put pressure on the prostate.

Other treatment options include:

? Treatment with antibiotics and analgesics may be necessary.

? However, long-term use of antibiotics can lead to bacterial resistance, which necessitates more potent drugs, more expense, and more medical complications.
So “do it yourself” seems promising here, but of course one should always seek professional medical advice.

I would summarise what I researched that, as with any major disease an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Try to keep a healthy lifestyle, do things that seem useful and rewarding to you and don’t be slow about getting medical checkups if you have any sense that something in your body may not be up to par.

Bruce Brightman
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-prostate-and-its-diseases-131707.html

Diseases Caused by Lack of Fiber and Psyllium Husk the Simple Cure

It has been hypothesized that a diet rich in foods that contain fiber or plant fiber can protect the human body from a variety of serious diseases that have specifically attacked western cultures. Additionally, a diet low in fiber or plant fiber can cause the occurrence of these feared western diseases.

Appendicitis, which affects about 200 out of every 100,000 people every year in the United States, is prompted by a fall in dietary fiber intake. The most common abdominal surgical emergency in the Western world, appendectomies are comparatively rare in third world countries. Although attributing all appendicitis to low fiber diets is too simplistic, the correlation is extremely clear. Fiber is the only dietary factor that can significantly speed up the transit of feces through bowel and lower pressure within the colon.

Evidence tells us that a rise in pressure in the appendix can cause it to become vulnerable to infection by bacteria. When diets were forced to revert to more whole grains, the frequency of constipation and appendicitis decreased. There is also some evidence that people who get appendicitis may be more prone to colon and breast cancers. Although most of us do not find the threat of appendicitis extremely menacing, its link to fiber is very obvious.

Breast cancer, one of the most common cancers in women, affects one in every fourteen women. Although most of us may connect the value of a high fiber diet with cancer of the colon, most of us are unaware of its role in breast cancer prevention, with several studies finding that an increase to the highest amount of dietary fiber decreases the risk of breast cancer in women. Fiber has been shown to modify the action of circulating hormones, such as estrogen, which have been linked to the stimulation of certain cancer. Eating fiber helps to rid the body of excess estrogen which can initiate the formation of breast tumors. By eating plenty of vegetable fiber, grain fiber, and fiber from fruits and berries, can lower levels of testosterone, estrone, androstenedione and free estradiol in the body.

Generally speaking, if you have less than four bowel movements per week and if those movements are unformed or difficult to pass, you should consider yourself constipated. Many health advocates define constipation as anything less than one bowel movement per day. More women suffer from constipation than do men. Constipation is more of a symptom than an actual disease, as it refers to a decrease in bowel movements or a difficulty in passing the stool. Constipation can lead to diverticular disease and hemorrhoids, as well as a variety of ailments that are linked to long transit times and poorly formed stool.

Along with the above benefits, an increase in fiber can also help with diabetes and hypoglycemia, as it slows the absorption of food in the small intestine, helping to regulate blood sugar. A sufficient amount of fiber in the diet can also protect the body from gallstones, which are caused by an elevated blood cholesterol level. Additionally, adequate fiber protects the body from hemorrhoids, irritable bowl syndrome, prostate cancer, obesity, and varicose veins. Because of all these above reasons, one can see why it is extremely important to get adequate amounts of fiber in a daily diet, which consists of 25 to 45 grams of fiber each day.

Darrell Miller
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/diseases-caused-by-lack-of-fiber-and-psyllium-husk-the-simple-cure-705993.html

Cancer Prevention: 5 Natural Foods That Prevent Cancer

Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. According to an estimate, it is believed that one third of deaths across the world are caused by it. There is a general belief that cancer is a hereditary disease. Though external factors such as chemicals, pollution etc are also believed to cause cancer. Our lifestyle and food habits are major contributory factors of cancer.

The national cancer institute as well as world cancer research fund believes in healthy eating to prevent cancer. The five important foods to be incorporated in our daily diet for preventing cancer are as follows:

Vegetables:

Broccoli, cauliflower, onion, garlic, carrot, sweet potato, spinach, beans, avocado, lettuce, asparagus are some of the vegetables to be included in our daily meal to protect ourselves from cancer. Broccoli, cauliflower, kale contains antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin which help reduce the risk of prostate or any other form of cancer. Beans, spinach, lettuce, avocado contain folate which is a preventive food for pancreatic cancer. Tomatoes and sweet potatoes are rich source of beta carotene, a preventive vitamin. Vegetables should be preferably taken in raw form as they are richer in nutrients.

Fruits:

Another important food group to be included in our day to day life for avoiding cancer. Fresh, organically cultivated fruits eaten in raw form or extracted as juice prove healthy for an individual. Fruits like banana, grapefruit, orange, papaya, red grapes, strawberries, raspberries; blueberries are few important fruits which help reduce cancer. Papaya is believed to prevent the absorption of nitrosamines from processed food and cultivation soil, which are major cause of cancer. While banana is rich in potassium and red grapes are rich in bioflavonoid; the berries too are believed to possess anti cancerous nutrients.

Fish:

This white meat is rich in Omega 3s and essential fatty acids which act as a preventive measure against breast cancer. They are healthy for our heart and brain. The fish oil is believed to protect from prostate and colon cancer.

Liquids:

drinking lots of water, juice, green tea and chai is essential for keeping our body healthy. Drinking 5 liters of water everyday washes down all the toxins from our body. While vegetable and fruit juices provide essential nutrients and vitamins. Green tea is a rich source of antioxidant. It has been proven by the American institute of cancer research that green tea contains phytochemicals which are believed to stop the transformation of normal cells to cancerous cells.

Soy:

it is a rich source of protein. At the same time soy is also believed to be rich is phytochemicals responsible for prevention of breast cancer. Soy can be taken daily as soy milk, tofu, granules, pulse. Any form of soy proves beneficial except the processed form. We should avoid soy chips rich in salt as well as other processed soy snacks. In fact any form of processed food be it salami, chips, sausages or cool drinks is unhealthy and major cause of different kinds of cancer.

To Your Health!

James S. Pendergraft
http://www.articlesbase.com/cancer-articles/cancer-prevention-5-natural-foods-that-prevent-cancer-688529.html

HEALTH QUESTIONS! PLEASE HELP!?

hey i have some health questions…

Well here it goes

1) What are the dietary guidelines for diabetes???

2) What causes food allergies??

3) HOW CAN DIET AID IN THE PREVENTION OF THE FOLLOWING CANCERS?
-BREAST
-COLON
-STOMACH
-PROSTATE
-LIVER

and last!

4) What are three dietary guidelines you can follow to help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease???

Thanks! Also i accept links to the places u got the info! or just type the link with the info on it!!
Thanks so much!

Go to RealAge.com

Is medical science losing the war against chronic illness?

The risk that a 50-year-old white woman will develop Breast Cancer has soared to 12 percent today from one percent in 1975.

Likewise, asthma rates have tripled over the last 25 years

Childhood leukemia is increasing by one percent per year.

Such statistics show the alarming rise in incidences of chronic diseases.

Heart disease is increasing from air pollution and trans fats.

Lung cancers in non smokers, and not even exposed to 2nd hand smoke, from chemicals and smog.

… and so on.

This tragic epidemic of deadly and chronic disease comes after 50 years of so called "medical Science research". They didn’t do much good for all the money that was spent – things got WORSE.

We are not better off that we were 50 years ago, so that pretty well indicates that we are on the wrong path. Serious and crucial changes need to be made. Would it not be better to change the emphasis from research into managing illness after the fact to preventing it in the first place?

Perhaps these folks had the right ideas:

"Unless the doctor of today becomes the dietitian of tomorrow, the dietitian of today will become the doctor of tomorrow." – Dr. Alexis Carrol (Famous Biological Scientist and head of the Rockefeller Institute.)

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." – Thomas Edison
What a predictable firestorm of resentful insults, smokescreens & bias. "My ilk"? "Stop Lying"?

Fact: studies have indeed linked air pollution to causing twice as many heart disease deaths as it does lung cancer.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/16/health/main588941.shtml

Fact: Breast cancer rates have increased for black women and stayed constant for hispanic women. When you couple earlier detection (thus more 5 year survivors who usually still go on to die from cancer or their treatments) and the inclusion of essentially pre-cancerous virtually 100% survivable conditions previously not counted as cancer, the improvement is marginal.

Fact: despite all the figure juggling, more people get and die from cancer every year.

Fact: more heart disease and diabetes each year and it cannot be attributed merely to age.

So who’s lying?

Dave, only a 1% annual increase in ALL childhood deaths would wipe out the human race in less than 100 years. Remedial math?
lo-mcg, congratulations on your success thus far and I pray you will continue to enjoy a cancer free and healthy life. Dietary changes MIGHT have helped you both prevent and cure your cancer but, while I think proper diet is essential, I would never rely on diet alone. I’ll send you some info on what I consider critical and hope you find it helpful.

Now, according to:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=575

the incidence of breast cancer increased by 80% from 1975 to 2000, though it has remained fairly steady in recent years.

About 20 percent of breast cancers diagnosed are DCIS. This is a non-invasive condition where the cancer cells are all within the ducts in the breast and which is 98-99% curable. In 1975, when DCIS was not included in cancer statistic but was considered a pre-cancerous condition, 10 year survival rates in the UK were 41%. That increased to 72-73% by 2000-2003, but when you take out DCIS you see the actual increase of only 11-12%.
Even when using the 1% plus decreases of recent years, a virtual elimination of breast cancer would still be a lifetime away. I note that survival rates after 10 years are still declining, and the incidence and deaths from many other forms of cancer continue to increase.

According to the latest estimates, cancer deaths are expected to increase by 50% globally by 2020 and double by 2030.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr27/en/

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20081209/global-cancer-deaths-double-2030

Men saw slightly larger declines in cancer death rates (1.5% per year during 1993-2001 and 2.0% per year during 2001-2006) compared to women (0.8% per year during 1994-2002 and 1.5% per year during 2002-2006).
Estimates of continued declines in cancers make assumptions that may be somewhat rosy – for example, continued improvements in screening (though cancer detections rates are now declining), continued reduction in tobacco use (which may not happen to the extent predicted) and the rate of obesity holding steady (though it has steadily increased for decades). The estimates also fail to take into account the increased toxic burden industrialized societies are placing upon their peoples.

I agree that increased longevity leads to increases in chronic illnesses including cancer. However, such increases do not account for anywhere near the total increases – chronic illness is increasing in all age groups.

The problem I was trying to address was the lack of emphasis on preventing chronic illness in the first place and actually curing when prevention fails instead of managing symptoms. Not as good of a profit model (and that surely gets in the way) but a much better health model.
Fitzbap, we are not a society of fatties because of our doctors – we are a society of fatties because of the crap that passes for food and we have been lulled into a sedentary lifestyle by the boob tube and our own laziness AND because of the lack of emphasis by medical science and medical educations on educating and encouraging us and our doctors about the role of proper diet and lifestyle.

Though some may deny it, our doctors generally have received a very deficient education in the roles of diet and nutrition. I know too many doctors who have told me how lacking their eductions were in those areas (one said he had but a single lecture, others only a couple and some none at all).

Obesity rates track very closely with the advent of fast and junk foods and with the low-fat, no fat, transfat foods that we have been sold on. Check out this graphic:

http://www.weight.com/obesity_2001.gif

Each person that becomes a doctor in today’s world has to take an oath called the Hippocratic Oath. Some have said that the, "first, do no harm" is part of that oath, but in fact it isn’t. What is in that oath that most doctors, especially the ones here seem to forget they pledged is, "I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure."

In regard to a doctor living up to that oath in today’s world, I do not see that happening. I see constant critical remarks levied at any practitioner that is dedicated to prevention of disease and great support of "cures" being supported by the use of drugs and surgery. In 1905, the CDC ( a generally respected organization of the medical industry I’m assuming ) reported that less than 5% of ALL Americans were chronically ill. Today, the same CDC reported in 2005, that more than 53% of ALL Americans were chronically ill. Do we blame the medical industry for all this? I cannot say the medical industry caused all this mess and looking at the statistics it appears that sense the medical industry has taken on the elite position of our great healers, they have failed us somehow. Whether it is warning us of the cause or not addressing the correct way to change the problem is up for debate.

It is clear to me that modern medicine is responsible for many of the diseases and illnesses we are now facing, along with the food and agricultural industries in this country. I know the medical people know of drugs that have caused huge problems for people because I have several medical doctor friends that I regularly discuss these issues with. Doctors are victims of indoctrination and I know practitioners in the natural health field that are not doing good jobs as a result of a different type of indoctrination.

I’ve seen some very good things come from modern medicine, but to defend it like it was not causing huge numbers of people to suffer and even die is to be naive.

I do not see where doctors of today are following their oath they gave to become a doctor of the prevention of disease whenever they can, and I do not believe they meant it when they gave the oath that said "for prevention is preferable to cure."

All I hear from the medical community is to "eat a balanced diet and follow a good lifestyle." I’ve yet to hear anyone of them here tell us what a balanced diet is or what is a good lifestyle.

You can argue statistics, but any of those who have any education here knows, that statistics can be manipulated most anyway you want them to be. The breast cancer statistic is based on a 5 year survival rate, yet I know personally several women who died a few months after 5 years that were supposedly cured, and then died of cancer. Statistically, they were cured, but got the booby prize. No pun intended. 1 in 7 women are getting breast cancer. Focusing on the cure instead of the prevention is contrary to the oath guys.

I know from people I see each day that the medical community is failing lots of people, drug companies are getting very powerful, and the chronically ill are increasing at an alarming rate, while medical people are desperately trying to hold on to the pseudo science that is being promoted by the drug companies to promote bigger profits, while ignoring the real problems.

Many times I see people that doctors have told them to go home and pack their bags they have a few months to live, medical science has done all they can. Drug companies know there is no money in prevention. Doctors are not focused on prevention or finding root causes of diseases. It is all they can do to see the ever increasing numbers of people that are already sick. When they do see people that are just complaining about something that the doctor cannot diagnose, they send them home and become annoyed that someone would want help in that situation.

For any medical doctor to tell me that techniques used by many nutritional therapists do not effectuate better health and longer life as not effective, I can only say they need to free themselves from the lies they believe. To say that medical science has come a long way and is having a great impact on making people live longer, is to ignore the fact that the quality of life has greatly diminished and that 72 years old for men and 78 for women is not longer life than primitive people that had no drugs or modern medicine. Simple sanitary practices have had more to do with people living into their seventies than medicine.

As the baby boomers die off, the population will recede and then look at the statistics for longevity.

When anyone talks about a culture living longer, the first thing that is talked about is their diet and lifestyle, not what drugs have they been taking. So please, don’t tell us that medicine has increased our life expectancy. That is statistical mumbo jumbo. Factor in how sanitation has greatly reduced the death rate and the large influx of babies from baby boomers and then we can look more carefully at the real numbers.

good luck to you

Dieticians – Internists – Is kwashiorkor a possible symptom of our poor diet – too much white flour / corn syr?

I think many Americans are starving themselves because of their daily reliance on white flour for sustenance, whether rich or poor. Does white flour inhibit good digestion of other more protein rich foods? (Look at all the protruding bellies.) I’m looking at something that indicated that in a report as follows:

"Conditions listing Kwashiorkor as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Kwashiorkor. Our database lists the following as having Kwashiorkor as a symptom of that condition:
Alcoholism
Amphetamine abuse
Amyloidosis AL
Anorexia Nervosa
Blind loop syndrome
Boyd-Stearns syndrome
Brinton disease
Classic galactosemia
Cocaine fetopathy
Congenital short bowel
Congenital sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption
Cutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal
Cystic Fibrosis
Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional
Finnish nephrosis syndrome
Follicular hamartoma – alopecia – cystic fibrosis
Gastrointestinal amyloidosis
Hereditary amyloidosis
Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Intestinal epithelial dysplasia
Intractable diarrhea with enterocytes assembly abnormalities, congenital, familial
Juvenile tropical pancreatitis syndrome
Microsporidiosis
Obal syndrome
Opisthorchiasis
Pancreatic insufficiency
Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer
Patau syndrome
Sandifer syndrome
Self Harm
Short Bowel Syndrome
TopDrug interactions causing Kwashiorkor:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Kwashiorkor as a symptom.
The list below is incomplete and various other drugs or substances may cause your symptoms. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
Chloramphenicol and Acetaminophen interaction
more interactions…»
Read more about medication causes of Kwashiorkor
TopMedical news summaries relating to Kwashiorkor:
The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Kwashiorkor:
Celiac disease more common than thought
Commonly confused celiac disease
Hyperemesis symptoms similar to morning sickness
Operation options for obesity
Prevention of osteoporosis in cystic fibrosis
TopRelated information on causes of Kwashiorkor:
As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Kwashiorkor may be found in:
Risk factors for Kwashiorkor
Hidden causes of Kwashiorkor
TopCauses of Kwashiorkor: Online Medical Books
16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the causes of Kwashiorkor.
Protein-calorie malnutrition: Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Both kwashiorkor (edematous PCM) and marasmus (nonedematous PCM) are common in underdeveloped countries and in areas in which dietary amino acid
content is insufficient to satisfy growth requirements. Kwashiorkor typically occurs at about age 1, after infants are weaned from breast milk to a protein-deficient diet of starchy gruels or sugar water, but it can develop at any time during the formative years. Marasmus affects infants ages 6 to 18 months as a result of breast-feeding failure, or a debilitating condition such as chronic diarrhea.
In industrialized countries, PCM may occur secondary to chronic metabolic disease that decreases protein and calorie intake or absorption, or trauma that increases protein and calorie requirements. In the United States, PCM is estimated to occur to some extent in 50% of elderly people in nursing homes. Those who aren’t allowed anything by mouth for an extended period are at high risk of developing PCM. Conditions that increase protein-calorie requirements include severe burns and injuries, systemic infections, and cancer (accounts for the largest group of hospitalized patients with PCM). Conditions that cause defective utilization of nutrients include malabsorption syndrome, short-bowel syndrome, and Crohn’s disease.
Protein-calorie malnutrition: Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Both marasmus (nonedematous protein-calorie malnutrition) and kwashiorkor (edematous protein-calorie malnutrition) are common in underdeveloped countries and in areas where dietary amino acid content is insufficient to satisfy growth requirements. Kwashiorkor typically occurs at about age 1, after infants are weaned from breast milk to a protein-deficient diet of starchy gruels or sugar water, but it can develop at any time during the formative years. Marasmus affects infants ages 6 to 18 months as a result of breast-feeding failure or a debilitating condition such as chronic diarrhea.
In industrialized countries, protein-calorie malnutrition may occur secondary to chronic metabolic disease that decreases protein and calorie intake or absorption or trauma that increases protein a

Interesting read and yes, you have a valid point there.
I believe when manufactures add or take products out to produce a longer shelf life, we become unwittingly victims.
I also will state that man’s desire to consume these products in large quantities also makes a statement to how well they care about their own bodies and therefore allowing them to become the blimps, encourage laziness and less outgoing as a person.
I find these chemicals are foreign to the human body and instead of helping ones digestion, actually does the opposite. It promotes build up and therefore a blockage to the body operating normally.
There is where the many problems of the body lies in wait for us. Some times quicker then we ever could realize.
It is sad that many of these traits are passed on during breast feeding and actual Development inside a mother’s womb. However i wonder if this wasn’t all a design by human engineering to cause a decrease in the human population or is it just a consequence of a "on Demand" society.
I learned a lot about nutritional values when i searched out about diets for myself. There are some products now that i will never eat again
Great question and deserving my further attention as well as others.

Keeping Your Body Healthy

Over the last 50 years scientists have begun to study the relationship between the effects that vitamin D has on cancer risks. So in the 1950’s some scientists premeditated weather circumstances and health data in warmer areas of the world to authenticate that more the sunshine, more is the supply of Vitamin D, which was the explanation given for the lowest death rates from colon cancers in those areas. Many studies since then have established the existence of a positive connection between vitamin D and calcium and the prevention of cancer, this can be prostate cancer right through to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. This is especially factual in cases of breast cancers. There are 2 different recently published studies with new evidence about how calcium and vitamin D prevent cancer. Scientists and researchers at Harvard University set-up tests with women who had not gone through menopause, it showed woman with elevated levels of vitamin D and calcium have a slighter possibility of developing breast cancer than women with lesser levels of these nutrients. When Harvard researchers conducted the second study they came to the same summary, and resulted that vitamin D and calcium supplements assist with the decline of different kinds of cancer. It is with these studies being carried out that we now have awareness and proof to grasp the benefits of calcium and vitamin D in regards to preventing cancer. Otto Warburg, who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Medicine, came up with the assumption that cancer is caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the body. The blood in our bodies must always keep a constant alkaline level at a pH balance of 7.4; this will then help retain the body’s oxygen. To uphold the alkaline in the body you should regularly take a recommended quantity of minerals in your daily diet, too little mineral consumption can lead to cancer, arthritis and other unremitting diseases due to the fluids turning acidic from not enough oxygen being supplied.

Amy Whittingham
http://www.articlesbase.com/men’s-health-articles/keeping-your-body-healthy-489182.html

Tell Me More About Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is one of the most frequent threats for a woman and it can easily become another source of stress. Each woman should understand that a healthy lifestyle can prevent this disease and this lifestyle must not necessarily be a rigid one. That is why a “tell me more about it” program must be implemented in any country to stop this terrible affection because you all know that a woman is more beautiful when she is happy.

Women should learn how to get relaxed, to do what they like, but to improve their health at the same time. If they have already been diagnosed with breast cancer, they must understand that is essential to be optimistic. You may tell me that it is very difficult to do it, but if you are surrounded by friends, you will succeed. Friends will support you, when you need help and you can release your feelings with them.

Moreover, you should sleep without any light and you must understand how important is to go out during the day. Besides, you should have at least one meal of the day at the same time and one hour of exercise three times a week, is extremely beneficial. If at least once a month you go to a massage session, you can tell me how relaxed you feel after that. Furthermore, you must learn to enjoy solitude every day, just you and your thoughts!

It is vital for you to understand that you must enjoy every moment of your life and each detail of it, even if it seems insignificant to you. If you look out of the window and you see the blue sky, if you change your hair cut or if you have a new date, if you get a new lipstick or a new pet, if you find the information you have looked for, tell me, isn’t life just wonderful?

To continue with, if you research this topic, you will find useful information on the diet recommended if you suffer from breast cancer. A vegetarian diet is beneficial, made of organic food, belonging especially to the cabbage family, other cooked or raw vegetables, sunflower seeds, olive oil, garlic, fresh fruit and herbal infusions. You can learn how to cook seafood, mushrooms, peanuts and eggs and you must keep in mind that meat, alcohol, sugar and coffee are allowed maximum four times a month.

Some interesting information about breast cancer is related to osteoporosis prevention. It is said that women who take estrogen to prevent osteoporosis and those who resort to hormonal therapies on this purpose are more exposed to breast cancer. If you want to prevent it, you must learn that bones are made of proteins and minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron and so on and you need vitamin D in order to be able to use these minerals. Research on diet in this case too tells you how important are cheese, algae, yogurt, nettles and milk mixed with minerals to prevent osteoporosis and consequently breast cancer.

Ken Wilson
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/tell-me-more-about-breast-cancer-505703.html

Vitamin D May Prevent Breast Cancer

There are two new reports by cancer prevention specialists at Moores Cancer Center, Univsrsity of California, suggest that vitamin D in new prescriptions may prevent up to one half of all cases of breast cancer.

The study is published online in the current issue of The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. It pooled data from two earlier studies by the Harvard Nurses Health Study and the St. George’s Hospital Study that alleged that people with the highest levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D, had the lowest incidences of breast cancer.

The research was based on 1,760 cases of individuals in the two studies and divided them into five equal groups, from the lowest 25(OH)D at less than 13 nanograms per milliliter, to the highest group with 52 nanograms per milliliter.

“The data were very clear, showing that individuals in the group with the lowest blood levels had the highest rates of breast cancer, and the breast cancer rates dropped as the blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D increased,” said study co-author Cedric Garland, Dr.P.H. “The serum level associated with a 50 percent reduction in risk could be maintained by taking 2,000 international units of vitamin D3 daily plus, when the weather permits, spending 10 to 15 minutes a day in the sun.”

However, women are warned not to run out and start supplementing their diet. There may be other factors that were overlooked in these studies. While the reports are valid, and the research solid, they only represent 1,760 people out of the entire population.

“Meta-analysis is an important tool for revealing trends that may not be apparent in a single study,” said co-author Sharif B. Mohr, M.P.H. “Pooling of independent but similar studies increases precision, and therefore the confidence level of the findings.”

The authors recommend further research to study individuals for the effect of vitamin D from sunlight, diet and supplements on the risk of cancer.

The dose-response data on 1,448 people in the study were put into order by serum 25(OH)D level and then divided into five equal groups, from the lowest blood levels to the highest.

Co-author Edward D. Gorham, Ph.D said: “We project a two-thirds reduction in incidence with serum levels of 46ng/ml, which corresponds to a daily intake of 2,000 IU of vitamin D3. This would be best achieved with a combination of diet, supplements and 10 to 15 minutes per day in the sun.”

Vitamin D3 is available through diet, supplements and exposure to sunlight, or ultraviolet B (UVB) as long as the skin does not tan or burn. In a white woman, it will only take 10 minutes at noontime on a clear day, with 50 per cent skin exposure, to absorb adequate vitamin D. Darker skin will require up to 25 minutes.

It is important to eat a balanced diet. Vitamin D is linked to Calcium absorption, so overdosing on one will throw out the balance and may result in a depletion of one vitamin.

The reports continued and measured Vitamin D’s ability to prevent colorectal cancer and found similar results.

Ethan Miller
http://www.articlesbase.com/women’s-issues-articles/vitamin-d-may-prevent-breast-cancer-105829.html