Keep Up Your Exercise on the Road

This is an old bit of “news” but it’s still on target for those of our friends who are travelling a lot.  It’s important to keep up those exercise routines while you are away from home, to keep your positive habits of health strong.  Check out these tips from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Add comment August 24th, 2006

Anti Acne Medication Linked to High Cholesterol

Doctors have long known that one side effect of Accutane, a leading anti acne medication, was elevated cholesterol and triglycerides.  However, new evidence published in the Archives of Dermatology indicates that these effects are much more widespread than thought.

Add comment August 22nd, 2006

ALL Forms of Tobacco Use Increase Health Risk

Sorry, it’s just not true that you can mooch opies (other peoples’ cigarettes) and not risk heart disease.  The party poopers at The Lancet published research that says ALL forms of tobacco use increase the odds of heart disease, especially for men.  (You will need to register for free at The Lancet website to get access to this research summary.)

Add comment August 19th, 2006

“Night Eating Syndrome.” Really, It Could be an Issue

Researchers at the University of Washington found a connection between night eating and type 2 diabetes.  Briefly, if you consume more than 1/4 of your calories after dinner, you are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop diabetes.

Sound implausible?  The underlying cause is thought to be emotional connections to eating, especially as a response to stress.  The treatment is “cognitive behavioral therapy”.  In other words, getting to grips with your lifestyle and its underlying habits and purposes.  Check out more from Reuters Health.

Add comment August 17th, 2006

Saturated Fat May Block “Good” Fat Protective Action

Vascular health is what it is about.  A diet with too much saturated fat can impede the ability of the “good” HDL fats from warding off the inflammation of the blood vessels.  Check this out from Reuters Health Information.

Add comment August 13th, 2006

Healthy Lifestyle Practiced by VERY Few

Authors Reeves and Rafferty report in the Archives of Internal Medicine (vol 165, 2005) that in their survey of 153,000 adult Americans in 2000, only 3% practice the healthy lifestyle as they defined it.  That’s non-smoking, exercise 5 or more times per week, 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and a body mass index in the healthy 18.5 to 25 range.  Wow.  See article.

Add comment August 1st, 2006