Particles, released when fuels are incompletely burned, can lodge in the lungs and irritate or damage lung tissue. A number of pollutants, including radon and benzo(a)pyrene, both of which can cause cancer, attach to small particles that are inhaled and then carried deep into the lung.
Article from: How to Survive a Toxic Planet, by Dr Steve Nugent
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A doctor and colleagues from the Department of Medicine at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in
Dopamine is a chemical that helps regulate the feelings of fullness when we eat, so that we eat until we're reasonably comfortable and don't overindulge. (Science is yet to discover why this doesn't work at Christmas.)
The group found that severely obese people had a reduced number of dopamine receptors in their brains compared with non-obese people. This meant the obese people had to eat more food in order to experience the same feelings of fullness as their non-obese counterparts.
The researchers could not conclude whether the brain changes they detected were a consequence or cause of obesity, but suggested that strategies aimed at improving or controlling dopamine function might prove beneficial for treating obese people. Unfortunately, many of the drugs shown to alter dopamine levels are highly addictive. This is where exercise enters the equation.
Studies on animals have shown exercise can increase dopamine release and the number of dopamine receptors, factors which can stop the desire to over-eat. This led the authors to suggest obese people may be able to boost their dopamine response through exercise instead of eating.
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Physical activity is important for healthy growth and development. It is also a great way for kids to make friend and learn physical and social skills.
Encouraging kids to be active when they are young also establishes a routine that could stay with them throughout their life.
If you are a parent or career of a young child, the two points to remember are:
· Children need at least 60 minutes (and up to several hours) of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.
· Children should not spend more than two hours a day using electronic media for entertainment (e.g. computer games, TV, Internet), particularly during daylight hours.
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· Be a role model – be active when you’re with children.
· Include physical activity in family outings.
· Support active play, recreation and participation in sport.
· Encourage and support walking and cycling to school.
· Think of active alternatives when you hear “I’m bored”.
· Be prepared – have a box at home and in the car with balls, a frisbee or a kite etc, and you will be always ready for action.
· Encourage children to replace time spent surfing the net, watching TV and playing computer games with more active pursuits.
· Negotiate a limit on time spent surfing the net, watching TV and playing computer games.
· Work with your child’s school to increase physical activity opportunities.
· Work with Local Government to support walking, cycling and physical activity in you neighbourhood and community.
· Walk and talk – practice spelling, multiplication or other homework with your child while walking.
· Give gifts or toys that promote physical activity such as bats, balls, skipping ropes, skates or bikes.
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The best advice when selecting a cereal is to check the sugar content. Some cereals that are marketed as healthy do not necessarily meet the strict definition of the word. And some of the cereals marketed at children could be more accurately labelled as confectionary.
The lower the percentage of sugar among the total carbohydrates, the healthier the cereal is. If the kids complain that a healthy, sugar-free cereal is boring, it doesn't take long to dress it up with some slices of banana or strawberry.
Recent research suggests that no cereal is completely healthy due to the presence of a substance produced during the cooking of the grains, a suspected cancer-causing material called ‘acrylamide'. Food experts are looking into this issue at present and have urged the hungry public not to panic. Given that acrylamide is found in chips, baked potatoes and toast, it's fair to say most of us have been eating it for many years already.
If your preference is for a big hot breakfast we suggest you skip the fried eggs and bacon and opt for a serve of low-fat, high fibre baked beans. Research published in the British Journal of Cancer revealed that Scottish women who liked a ‘fry-up' for breakfast were twice as likely to develop oesophageal cancer as those eating a lighter breakfast. By lighter we mean, fruit, cereal or anything other than food swimming in a greasy frying pan. But if you want hot, baked beans or porridge are better options by a long way.
Breakfast doesn't get much lighter than a coffee and vitamin pill but we'd suggest this is a less than effective way to start the day. For starters, to get the most out of your pill - and let's face it, most multivitamins don't come cheap - you need to eat something. This is because vitamins and minerals are dependent on each other to be most effective. The body's ability to use iron in food, for example, is enhanced when vitamin C is included in the same meal. If you wash your pill down with a mango smoothie or a bowl of fruit muesli, your body will benefit.
Another school of thought says that relying on pills is accepting second best anyway. Grains or apples can offer a lot more than just a single vitamin or mineral, or even a select list chosen by pill manufacturers. A wide variety of foods will provide thousands of compounds important for your health in the balance nature intended: a veritable orchestra of nutrients, playing in perfect harmony under the control of the Great Conductor.
If you want your mind and body in tune, or even if you simply want to lose weight, there's no really no better way to start the day than with a nutritious breakfast.
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Cholesterol-raising trans fats may be disappearing from supermarket shelves and restaurants, but one type of fat taking their place may be no healthier. Artificial trans fats boost the stability of a food's flavor, as well as its shelf life, and the oils have long been a key ingredient in baked and fried foods. Research has shown that trans fats in these oils may be even worse for heart health than the saturated fat found in foods like meat and butter. Not only do trans fats raise "bad" LDL cholesterol, as saturated fat does, but they also lower heart-healthy HDL cholesterol. With trans fats so out of favor the search for alternatives is on. However, one of those replacement fats, interesterified fats, may not only lower HDL levels but also cause a significant rise in blood sugar. The researchers said consumers can find out whether their new "trans-fat free" food has interesterified fats by looking for "fully hydrogenated oil" on the ingredient list.
Source: Nutrition & Metabolism.
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A vitamin pill or a similar supplement will provide specific nutrients but getting the same supply from fresh foods is better. For starters, some vitamins are only efficiently absorbed by our bodies when others are already present. Fresh foods are more likely to provide the requisite combination for maximum effect.
It's a bit like listening to a soloist or the entire symphony orchestra. When all the instruments play together, the result is better for your body. And you're less likely to miss out on an important ingredient if you're eating a healthy combination of foods.
Generally speaking, eating the whole fruit is better than drinking the juice too. Where possible and sensible, you'll gain more nutrients by giving fruit a wash and eating the whole lot, skin and all, than if you peel it and throw it in the juicer.
The intensity of colour can be relevant too. When it comes to the redness of a tomato for instance, more ripeness means better colour and, generally, more nutrition to be gained from fruit from that plant.
When contrasting different varieties of a type of vegetable colour comes into play again. A pale juicy Iceberg lettuce provides less nutrients than the darker Cos lettuce variety.
If we reshuffle the rainbow with a focus on antioxidants, here are some of the foods that will put colour in your cheeks.
Tomatoes (and that includes the paste, sauce, soup and juice), watermelon and pink grapefruit provide ‘lycopenes' which, among other duties, help deal with bad cholesterol.
Red grapes (fruit, juice, wine), prunes, cherries, plums, strawberries, cranberries, blue/blackberries, red peppers, beets and eggplant offer ‘anthocyanidins' and ‘flavinoids' which are natural anti-inflammatories and help fight viruses. They're also good for your heart.
Pumpkins, sweet potato, carrots, mango, apricots and cantaloupe deliver beta-carotene which lowers cholesterol, helps the heart and is believed to fight cancer.
Corn, peppers, bananas, avocados and peas serve us up with zeaxanthin.
Broccoli, spinach, bok choy and brussels sprouts offer vital folic acid and ‘ithiocyanatyes'. Low levels of folate have been implicated in a number of different disorders ranging from Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia and depression, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, cervical and colon cancers. Isothiocyanates, particularly in brussels spouts and broccoli, have received recent attention for their cancer-fighting abilities.
Garlic, onions, spring onions, leeks, asparagus, pears, artichokes, mushrooms and white wine prove beige isn't boring by delivering up flavinoids and allicin. Allicin has been reported to lower blood cholesterol and confer a protective effect against cancer development and progression, as well as having antioxidant activity, which would reduce the risk of cancers and cardiovascular disease, and benefit general immunity.
So pile your plate up with colour. Not only will it please the eyes but the rest of the body too.
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That's the finding of a study that interviewed youths before and after they participated in a garden program, run in conjunction with curriculum activities focused on nutrition.
The researchers set out to establish whether gardening could help address a trend for children in westernised nations to be less physically active and have diets low in fruits and vegetables and high in fat and sugars.
Sedentary lifestyles and poor diet have been linked to an increase in childhood obesity, which is associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
Getting children involved in establishing a garden bed, planting seeds and caring for the plants can build a sense of anticipation about harvesting and eating home grown produce. Growing your own food also teaches children that tasty food does not have to be processed and packaged.
In their report, published in the journal Appetite, the researchers, said: "Because youth in the garden program consumed more fruit and vegetables at post-survey compared to pre-survey, we conclude that garden programs may be a viable way to assist youth in making healthy lifestyle changes".
Activities based on healthy sandwich fillings could coincide with the harvesting of lettuce, tomatoes, carrots or other fresh produce. While water restrictions may limit the size of a garden that can be cared for, many schools now have water tanks and water conservation programs in place. Some herbs and fresh fruits, such as cherry tomatoes and strawberries, can be grown in pots - and may require less watering.
Pollutants, questionable farming practices, stress – these factors increasingly contribute to a growing healthcare crisis. Around the world people from different cultures, backgrounds and walks of life face a single threat – a decreasing quality of life and wellness. But there still is time to guard yourself against these dangers. Mannatech has championed revolutionary discoveries designed to help boost your body’s ability to stay healthy.
