An Artificial Heart
Posted on October 28, 2008 - Filed Under Heart Health, Prevention, healthy lifestyle | View Comments
The leading cardiac surgeon in France has developed an artificial heart that beats almost exactly like a real heart. The “Smart Heart” uses sensors to regulate heart rate and blood flow. The new heart was described:
“If you show the graphs to a cardiac surgeon he will say it’s a human heart. But no, it’s not [...]
How to Prevent High Blood Pressure
Posted on October 7, 2008 - Filed Under Blood Pressure, Prevention | View Comments
According to the American Heart Association, about 1 in 3 Americans has high blood pressure. Because there are no symptoms for high blood pressure, they also estimate that 1/3 of these people don’t know they have it.
The only way to know if you have high blood pressure is to have it checked.
Research shows that [...]
Obesity Epidemic?
Posted on October 1, 2008 - Filed Under Prevention, Weight Control | View Comments
Just in case you were wondering if obesity really is a growing problem in our country:
Percent of Obese (BMI >30) in U.S Adults in 1987
Percent of Obese (BMI >30) in U.S Adults in 2007
Source: CDC.
One word: Lifestyle.
Why does this matter?
“Obesity raises concern because of its implications for the health of Americans. Obesity increases the risk [...]
Positive Effects of Being Healthy
Posted on September 18, 2008 - Filed Under Weight Control | View Comments
Some time ago I wrote a post about the different ways participants in the National Weight Control Registry lost weight and kept it off. This morning I found a table that shows the positive effects the weight loss had on the lives of the registry participants. Here are the key points:
95% reported improved quality of [...]
Health Nut Part Two
Posted on August 7, 2008 - Filed Under Prevention | View Comments
Some time ago I wrote a post on being a so-called “health nut.” I am still amazed at the reactions of some people when they see that I like to take care of myself. I like to exercise. I like to train and compete in triathlons. I like to eat fruit, [...]
Exercise Pills? You’re Kidding Right?
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under Exercise, Prevention | View Comments
Exercise in a pill. That is the result of research done at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. They found a drug that produces very similar results to aerobic exercise training without the exercise. Granted, the study was done on mice and is probably far from being used on humans, but I [...]
Fruit, Veggies, and Exercise are Good!
Posted on July 29, 2008 - Filed Under Exercise, Fruit, Prevention, Vegetables | View Comments
There’s more good news about eating more fruits/vegetables and exercising regularly: it will reduce your risk for developing type 2 diabetes. That is according to different studies published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine (read details of the studies here).
This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. We know fruits and vegetables [...]
I-Don’t-Care-itis
Posted on July 22, 2008 - Filed Under Prevention | View Comments
One of my favorite books is Steven G. Aldana’s The Culprit and the Cure: Why Lifestyle is the Culprit Behind America’s Poor Health and How Transforming that Lifestyle can be the Cure. In his book, Aldana has a chapter called “I-Don’t-Care-itis: The Most Common Health Problem in America.” Today I want to share some [...]
Eat Your Veggies
Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition, Prevention, Vegetables | View Comments
Here’s another one of my favorite commercials from Intermountain Healthcare’s LiVe campaign. Gotta eat those veggies…
Good Carb/Bad Carb
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition, Prevention | View Comments
It seems to me that carbohydrates get thrown under the bus too often. They are all lumped into the “bad” category and lately many people try to avoid carbohydrates like some sort of disease. There is more to it than that, and today I hope to clear up some misconceptions about carbohydrates.
Our bodies [...]
