Sep 30, 2020 | Everyday Wellness
The Lancet Commission reports that dementia cases can be prevented or delayed by 40 percent with certain lifestyle changes, including midlife obesity, excessive alcohol intake, exposure to air pollution, depression, social isolation, high blood pressure, smoking, and a lack of physical activity. These are all things we can do something about, aren’t they? The Lancet Commission’s findings lead to a list of healthy behaviors and choices we can employ to reduce the risk of developing dementia. These are long-term lifestyle changes. Eating a healthy diet for only a month or exercising for only a few weeks will not significantly affect overall brain function. Dementia typically appears in one’s sixties or seventies, although it’s been known to arise as early as one’s thirties. Likewise, many of us become Type 2 diabetics in those same age ranges, don’t we? Changing an unhealthy lifestyle at any age is helpful in reducing the risk…
Sep 30, 2020 | Everyday Wellness
We all know two things for sure: (1) Sunlight makes our body product Vitamin D; and (2) too much sunlight is bad for us and might cause cancer. Haven’t we all heard that many times? But wait! Recent evidence suggests that sunlight may improve immune by boosting infection–fighting immune cells and discouraging the spread of pathogens in hospitals. A 2018 study, revised July 2020, indicates that sunlight exposure may have immunomodulatory effects and protect against infections, including acute respiratory infections such as influenza. It’s a long article, but well worth the read. You can download or just read a pdf format of the article at https://www.nber.org/papers/w24340. In addition, believe it or not, studies have shown that high levels of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposures are associated with lowered rates of allergies, autoimmune diseases, and cancers. While often acknowledged that these results are from increased vitamin D, researchers find that exposure…
Aug 26, 2020 | Everyday Wellness
Our friends at GreenMedInfo.com have posted information that we can all use. It’s about our eye health and what can make it better, and if we can boost our vision “from the inside out,” we certainly want to do that. We know that nutrition has proven to be our best defense against aging and its degenerative traits, and that includes eye health. These vital foods and supplements can help our eyes stay strong well into our golden years. 1. Ginkgo Biloba The ginkgo tree is one of the world’s oldest tree species, with the earliest leaf fossils dating from 270 million years ago! Its extract is derived from its leaves and has been used as traditional herbal medicine in China for hundreds of years. Ginkgo biloba is available as a tea, capsule, tablet, or tincture. The antioxidants found in ginkgo leaves are believed to improve eye health by boosting circulation…
Jun 30, 2020 | Everyday Wellness
Carol Ann Wilson Diabetes Relief added a service this year: the “antibody test” to determine if someone has already had COVID-19, the disease caused by the current Coronavirus. A friend of mine was one of our “positive” results, meaning that he had survived the disease and now possessed the antibodies for it. He gave me permission to tell you his story. We will call him “Greg.” I hope that this eyewitness, first-hand account will give you some insight into what the disease is like (at least for a young person, even though we older folks may need to be much more careful). Greg was a 23-year-old graduate student in an East Coast school during March 2020 when the U.S. outbreak hit. We had heard about the “Wuhan virus” in China, knew that it had been declared a worldwide pandemic, but we were still freely going about our day-to-day activities, not…
Mar 24, 2020 | Everyday Wellness
The stress hormone cortisol regulates your fight-flight-or-freeze response, and it also regulates your body’s use of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. This is why stress can trigger the compulsion to reach for junk food. Research shows that calorie-dense foods trigger fat accumulation that inhibits your primary stress response system. So there’s nothing good about that late-night slice of cake or pie.
Mar 24, 2020 | Everyday Wellness
Pharmacist Ben Fuchs (www.criticalhealthbnews.com) tells us that much of what we need to do to support immunity, we should be doing anyway. From his most current article, we learn that “supplements, taken daily, can be important immune boosters. While they won’t cure or prevent Coronavirus symptoms by themselves, they can help the body take care of the problem. His short list includes, zinc picolinate, a ‘must have’ at 50mg, same with Selenium chelate 400-600 micrograms and Vitamin A 25,000IU.
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