June 7th, 2010 by JessicaBerthold in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: CEI, Children's Health, Community Planning, Competitive Enterprise Institution, Diet and Nutrition, Dietetics, FDA, Federal Regulation, Food and Drug Administration, Food and Nutrition, Freedom Donuts, Government Intrusion, Government Meddling, Healthcare Legislation, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare reform, National Donut Day, Nutrition and Health, Nutritional Issues, Patriotic Civil Disobedience, Prenatal Programs, Processed Foods, Protest, Restaurant Menu Labeling, Sam Kazman, White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity
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An interesting press release from the Competitive Enterprise Institute recently came across our desk and is reproduced in full below. I’m curious what our readers think of it, and of the government’s role in nutritional issues, given the link between nutrition and health:
Institute Calls for Civil Disobedience on National Donut Day
As Government Meddling in Nutritional Issues Mounts, CEI Advises, “Eat Two Donuts Today—One for Yourself, and One for Your Freedom”
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2010 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute today urged Americans to turn National Donut Day into a day of protest against growing government intrusion into nutritional issues. CEI urged people to eat two donuts — “one for yourself, and one as an act of patriotic civil disobedience.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Hospitalist*
June 6th, 2010 by Harriet Hall, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: Archives of Internal Medicine, Cancer, Carcinogens, Cardiovascular Disease, Circulation, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Dietetics, Eat Your Vegetables, Family Medicine, Food and Nutrition, General Medicine, Hazardous To Health, Healthy Diet, Iron, Moderation In All Things, Mortality, Oxidative Damage, Primary Care, Processed Meats, Red Meat, Saturated Fat, Vegetarians
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Red meat consumption has been linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and several types of cancer (breast, colorectal, stomach, bladder, prostate, and lymphoma).
There are plausible mechanisms: Meat is a source of carcinogens, iron that may increase oxidative damage, and saturated fat. But correlation and plausibility are not enough to establish causation.
Is red meat really dangerous? If so, how great is the risk? A couple of recent studies have tried to shed light on these questions, but they have raised more questions than they have answered. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Science-Based Medicine*
June 6th, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, Humor, News, Quackery Exposed, Research
Tags: H1N1 Flu Virus, Infectious Disease, Japan's Plum-Growing Region, Japanese Dried Plums, Polyphenol, Preventive Medicine, Umeboshi, Wakayama Medical University
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Japanese dried plums may suppress H1N1 influenza viruses, report researchers. In Japan, umeboshi (literally, “dried plum”) is thought to convey good digestion and cure hangovers. It’s the Japanese version of “an apple a day.”
Recently, Wakayama Medical University researchers added umeboshi extracts to cells infected with the H1N1 virus and found it inhibited viral growth by 90 percent after seven hours. Researchers think that a polyphenol in the food may suppress H1N1. By the way, Wakayama prefecture is the heart of Japan’s plum-growing region. (Hindustan Times, Wikipedia)
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
June 6th, 2010 by BarbaraFicarraRN in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Research
Tags: Adderall, CDC, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Drug Addiction, Family Medicine, General Medicine, High School Students, High Schoolers, Howell Wechsler, Internal Medicine, Not Prescribed To Them, Not Safer Than Illegal Drugs, Opioid Dependence, Oxycontin, Percoset, Pharmacology, Popping Pills, Prescription Drug Abuse, Primary Care, Public Awareness, Public Health, Ritalin, Superwoman Syndrome, Teenagers, teens, Use By Youth, Vicodin, Xanax, Youth Risk Behavior Study, YRBS
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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that one in five U.S. high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn’t get from their doctor.
According to the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) that was released today from the CDC, the survey asked more than 16,000 high school students if they’ve ever taken a prescription drug such as Oxycontin, Percoset, Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin and Xanax. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Health in 30*
June 6th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Allergic Reaction, Allergic Response, Allergy And Immunology, Blood Test For Allergies, Christopher Love, Cytokines, Family Medicine, Food Allergies, Food Safety, Food-Allergy Diagnosis, Food-Allergy Testing, General Medicine, Internal Medicine, MIT, Potential Allergens, Primary Care, Testing Methods
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Current methods of testing people for food allergies aren’t particularly precise, leaving many people to falsely think that they have a condition that they really don’t.
MIT chemical engineer Christopher Love is working on a new test based on cytokines that may prove to be substantially faster and more reliable. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
