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The food that makes you lose weight and also improve your health
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
If you think that sounds good, you can also add that it is cheap to buy. This food is legumes. I have recommended beans and lentils for many years because they are excellent low-glycemic index carbohydrates. The study reviewed compared the effects of two calorie restricted diets (Hermdorff HH, et...
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Physical activity can make a big difference if you have prostate cancer.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
We are all aware that physical activity and exercise is healthy. What we may not realize is how important it is and that it can even make a difference in cancer survival. The study reviewed here evaluated the association of physical activity and prostate cancer survival in men who had...
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How to decrease your risk for upper respiratory infection.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The study reviewed here investigated the relationship between physical activity and the rates of upper respiratory tract infection (Nieman DC, et al. 2010). The participants included 1,002 adults between the ages of 18-85 years, 60% were female and 40% male. They were followed for 12 weeks during fall and winter...
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Increase your intake of a specific type of fat and improve cardiovascular risk factors.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Increasing your intake of fat and still improving your cardiovascular risk may sound strange to you, since you probably have been told to eat a low fat diet to improve cardiovascular risk. However, several studies have documented that you can eat a certain type of fat and improve your cardiovascular...
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A big waist is bad for the bones.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Visceral fat, the fat we carry around the waist and the fat surrounding the organs is recognized as a risk factor for increased chronic systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation is the type of inflammation which affects the whole body. It is different from the local acute inflammation we see when we,...
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Is calcium dangerous to your heart?
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Maybe you have read about a study claiming that calcium by itself taken as a supplement is associated with an increase risk of myocardial infarction (Bolland MJ, et al. 2010). This study has been criticized as being highly inaccurate. The study was a so called meta-analysis where the researchers picked...
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The danger of a big waist
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
recent study followed 21,787 participants with an age from 45 to 79 years for an average of 9.8 years (Arsenault BJ, et al. 2010). The researchers examined the relationship between high triglycerides levels (fat in the blood), high waist circumference and the risk of coronary artery disease in apparently...
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Protein source can affect risk of heart disease
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
It has been known for a while that fish intake is associated with a decreased risk for heart disease, but other protein sources have not been studied much. Fish reduce the risk of heart disease because of the omega 3 fat it contains. What about protein sources like red meat,...
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How to improve recovery from exercise.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
One of the most important aspects of training is the recovery. Incomplete recovery will result in tissue breakdown and optimal benefits from the exercise are not realized. A lot of research has been published on this topic. What you will find here is a synthesis of the most relevant information....
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Vitamin D and risk of Parkinson disease
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
A lot of research has been published recently on the importance of vitamin D. The research reviewed here investigated vitamin D levels and its association to Parkinson disease (Knekt P, et al. 2010). The follow-up period was 29 years and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level (the most common way of testing...
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Fish oil and breast cancer
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Omega 3 fatty acids from fish oil have been documented to provide numerous health benefits. The study reviewed here investigated the association between the use of fish oil and the risk of breast cancer (Brasky TM, et al. 2010). The participants who were postmenopausal women age 56-76 years completed a...
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An easy way to reduce the risk of periodontitis
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Periodontitis is inflammation of the gum tissue and can with time lead to the loss of teeth and has also been shown to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Brushing and flossing your teeth regularly is of course important. What is also important is to have dietary and lifestyle...
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Guidelines to help prevent stress fractures
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Athletes in general and girls and young women participating in gymnastics, soccer and track and field are at higher risk for stress fractures. A study including both men and women athletes with the majority being women documented that in athletes with similar training habits, those with stress fractures are more...
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Easy way to increase fat loss
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The study reviewed investigated the effect of moderate calorie restriction for 14 days with 8.5 or 5.5 hours of night time sleep (Nedeltcheva AV, et al. 2010). The objective was to see if sleep restriction had an effect on fat loss. Fat loss and fat free mass were two of...
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Common deficiency associated with serious disease.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Recent published research including 41, 504 patient records, revealed a prevalence of 63.6% deficiency of vitamin D with only minor differences by gender and age (Anderson JL, et al. 2010). The researchers found that the vitamin D deficiency was associated with highly significant increases in the prevalence of diabetes,...
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Easy way to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The study reviewed included 31,671 women from Sweden with no history of cardiovascular disease and also 2,262 women with a history of cardiovascular disease (Rautiainen S, et al. 2010). The age of these women were from 49 to 83 years. The researchers investigated the use of multivitamins and the...
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A simple thing you can do to help prevent brain atrophy.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
Cognitive impairment and dementia are getting more common as we age and it makes sense to do whatever we can to help prevent it. An increase rate of brain atrophy is often observed in older people who suffer from cognitive decline. Homocysteine, an amino acid, is a risk factor for...
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Reduce your risk of death from inflammatory diseases.
Posted by: Didrik Sopler
The study reviewed here investigated the connection between different foods and the risk of death from diseases in which inflammation or oxidative stress was a predominant contributor (Buyken AE, et al. 2010). The participants both men and women were followed for 13 years. The results showed that women who ate foods...
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Protect your DNA
Posted by: Didrik Sopler, Ph.D., L.Ac.
If we can protect our DNA we may be able to slow down aging. Slowing down the aging process appeals to most people, but the question is if it is possible with the resources we have now. The research reviewed investigated if that was possible by implementing a couple of...
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