Review: food allergies inconsistently diagnosed, poorly researched
Fewer than 10% of Americans have food allergies, yet sloppy studies, wrong diagnoses and inaccurate testing have been leading a far larger portion of the population to believe they too are allergic to certain foods, according to a new review of allergy studies published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. As the New York Times reports, an estimated 30% of Americans believe that they have food allergies, but in truth roughly 8% of children and 5% of adults are actually allergic to certain foods, according to estimates from Dr. Marc Riedl, an author of the new research who specializes in allergies and immunology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The review, funded by the National Institutes of Health and commissioned by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, suggests that inconsistent testing methods and confusion about the distinction between intolerance to certain foods and actual allergies has contributed to the inflated numbers of people who believe they suffer from food allergies. What's more, reviewers found that even widely held beliefs about food allergies — that babies shouldn't be fed certain foods such as eggs during the first year of life, or that babies who are breast-fed are less likely to develop food allergies later in life — aren't based in any rigorous scientific evidence, the Times reports.
Can exercise help your cells live longer?
Can exercise help your cells live longer?
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Our cells are constantly replenishing themselves — with new ones replacing old ones that die off during routine apoptosis, or programmed cell death. According to new research published this week in the journal BMC Physiology, strenuous exercise might slow down the process of apoptosis, effectively making your cells live longer.
To see how strenuous exercise impacts programmed cell death, a team of Italian researchers took blood samples from 10 long-distance runners the day before and two hours after completing a marathon. They also took samples from six long-distance runners who did not participate in rigorous exercise during the study period. By examining certain cells extracted from the blood samples, researchers found that compared with rates of apoptosis among those who hadn't run, programmed cell death was temporarily halted among those who had completed the marathon.
Though the researchers warn that marathon-running can have its own health risks and that proper training is essential, they suggest that this temporary slow-down of cell death may be part of the way in which strenuous exercise helps maintain heart health and bone strength.
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© Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy/cultura/Corbis
To see how strenuous exercise impacts programmed cell death, a team of Italian researchers took blood samples from 10 long-distance runners the day before and two hours after completing a marathon. They also took samples from six long-distance runners who did not participate in rigorous exercise during the study period. By examining certain cells extracted from the blood samples, researchers found that compared with rates of apoptosis among those who hadn't run, programmed cell death was temporarily halted among those who had completed the marathon.
Though the researchers warn that marathon-running can have its own health risks and that proper training is essential, they suggest that this temporary slow-down of cell death may be part of the way in which strenuous exercise helps maintain heart health and bone strength.
20 Good Reasons to Have a PERSONAL TRAINER
Personal Training does so many things. Here is what health professionals can do for YOU!!
A personal trainer…….
A Fitness Coach……
A Fitness Consultant……..
1. gets you results 3 times FASTER than working out on your own
2. gives you BETTER results than working out on your own
3. gives you programs for YOUR body type, your need, and your goals
4. Creates lasting results
5. increases your SELF-ESTEEM and body image almost instantly
6. MAXIMIZES your time and efficiency while in the gym working out
7. teaches you current information & essential ADVICE on nutrition
8. trains you SAFELY and prevents you from injuring yourself
9. HELPS you blast past plateaus
10. provides you with professional GUIDANCE and expertise
11. gives you VARIATION in the types of training so you stay interested
12. track your PROGRESS & keeps your workouts effective
13. makes you FEEL GREAT to have someone sincerely interested in you
14. keeps you INSPIRED and confident so you can do more
15. helps you SLEEP better
16. strengthens your IMMUNE system and keeps you healthy
17. allows you to SHARE a feeling of ACCOMPLISHMENT
18. TEACHES you the correct ways to use the equipment in the gym
19. improves your COORDINATION, core strength and balance
20. helps you LIVE LONGER and better
A personal trainer…….
A Fitness Coach……
A Fitness Consultant……..
1. gets you results 3 times FASTER than working out on your own
2. gives you BETTER results than working out on your own
3. gives you programs for YOUR body type, your need, and your goals
4. Creates lasting results
5. increases your SELF-ESTEEM and body image almost instantly
6. MAXIMIZES your time and efficiency while in the gym working out
7. teaches you current information & essential ADVICE on nutrition
8. trains you SAFELY and prevents you from injuring yourself
9. HELPS you blast past plateaus
10. provides you with professional GUIDANCE and expertise
11. gives you VARIATION in the types of training so you stay interested
12. track your PROGRESS & keeps your workouts effective
13. makes you FEEL GREAT to have someone sincerely interested in you
14. keeps you INSPIRED and confident so you can do more
15. helps you SLEEP better
16. strengthens your IMMUNE system and keeps you healthy
17. allows you to SHARE a feeling of ACCOMPLISHMENT
18. TEACHES you the correct ways to use the equipment in the gym
19. improves your COORDINATION, core strength and balance
20. helps you LIVE LONGER and better
10 ways to lose Fat by THE.FIT.TEACH
Incorporate these some of these tips into your healthy exercise and weight program to lose fat faster:
1. Drink 1 gallon of water per day
2. Take 4 grams of Glutamine per 25 lbs body weight
3. 4 - 5 oz of salmon every 3 days
4. Snack on broccoli 5 - 6 times through the day
5. Eat 2 grams of protein per lean lb of body weight **(for athletes that are trying to add muscle while burning body fat the need to consume 2 grams per total body weight)
6. Eat 6-8 small meals spread out there the day
7. Use MCT oils (healthy fat oils) to replace carbohydrate calories that you remove from your diet
8. 1 teaspoon of virgin olive oil daily
9. Use flax seed oil by adding 1 tablespoon 3 times a day to your meals.
Example: Add to protein shakes, salads, meats....)
10. 5 grams of Vitamins daily each morning when you wake up
Good luck and let me know how it goes......
Sincerely,
The Fit Teach
1. Drink 1 gallon of water per day
2. Take 4 grams of Glutamine per 25 lbs body weight
3. 4 - 5 oz of salmon every 3 days
4. Snack on broccoli 5 - 6 times through the day
5. Eat 2 grams of protein per lean lb of body weight **(for athletes that are trying to add muscle while burning body fat the need to consume 2 grams per total body weight)
6. Eat 6-8 small meals spread out there the day
7. Use MCT oils (healthy fat oils) to replace carbohydrate calories that you remove from your diet
8. 1 teaspoon of virgin olive oil daily
9. Use flax seed oil by adding 1 tablespoon 3 times a day to your meals.
Example: Add to protein shakes, salads, meats....)
10. 5 grams of Vitamins daily each morning when you wake up
Good luck and let me know how it goes......
Sincerely,
The Fit Teach
Gaining control over your fitness life can help generate overall wealth.....so where do all the millionaires live?
To read this entirely article please click the link below....or read it from here:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/the-top-10-where-the-millionaires-are.aspx?GT1=33014#q=Where%20the%20millionaires%20are%3A%20Healthier%20economies%2C%20wealthier%20households
"Global wealth has returned to 2007 pre-crisis levels, largely because of the recovery in stock and bond markets, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group. Assets under management -- investable assets that do not include the money in investors' own businesses, real estate or luxury goods -- increased 11.5% to $111.5 trillion last year, the report said. Wealth also grew more concentrated: Millionaire households, hich represent less than 1% of all households, held 38% of the world's wealth last year, up from 36% in 2008.
The top 10 places Millionaires Live, according to the Boston Consulting Group
1. Hong Kong
2. Taiwan
3. France
4. Switzerland
5. Italy
6. Germany
7. United Kingdom
8. China
9. Japan
10. United States
The beneficiaries of this uptick included entrepreneurs and individual investors, who saw their net worth rebound after the financial free fall of 2008 and early 2009, says Greg Skidmore, the president and chief investment officer for Belray Asset Management in Greenwich, Conn. North America saw the biggest absolute gain in wealth: up $4.6 trillion, or 15%, from the previous year. Asia-Pacific saw the biggest jump at 22%, or $3.1 trillion. Although the U.S. hosted the largest number of millionaire households -- 4.7 million -- the study found the greatest concentration in Singapore, where more than one in 10 households had assets worth $1 million or more. Singapore also ranked first among the surveyed countries for growth in millionaire households, with a 35% increase from the previous year.
The United States:
2009 population: 306.8 million
2009 number of millionaire households: 4,715,000
Increase in millionaire households from 2008: 15.1%
Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households: 56%
While the U.S. real-estate market remained weak, the rebound in the stock market helped lift the nation's number of millionaire households. The United States had the most millionaires by far, leading second-in-line Japan by 3.5 million households. "
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/the-top-10-where-the-millionaires-are.aspx?GT1=33014#q=Where%20the%20millionaires%20are%3A%20Healthier%20economies%2C%20wealthier%20households
"Global wealth has returned to 2007 pre-crisis levels, largely because of the recovery in stock and bond markets, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group. Assets under management -- investable assets that do not include the money in investors' own businesses, real estate or luxury goods -- increased 11.5% to $111.5 trillion last year, the report said. Wealth also grew more concentrated: Millionaire households, hich represent less than 1% of all households, held 38% of the world's wealth last year, up from 36% in 2008.
The top 10 places Millionaires Live, according to the Boston Consulting Group
1. Hong Kong
2. Taiwan
3. France
4. Switzerland
5. Italy
6. Germany
7. United Kingdom
8. China
9. Japan
10. United States
The beneficiaries of this uptick included entrepreneurs and individual investors, who saw their net worth rebound after the financial free fall of 2008 and early 2009, says Greg Skidmore, the president and chief investment officer for Belray Asset Management in Greenwich, Conn. North America saw the biggest absolute gain in wealth: up $4.6 trillion, or 15%, from the previous year. Asia-Pacific saw the biggest jump at 22%, or $3.1 trillion. Although the U.S. hosted the largest number of millionaire households -- 4.7 million -- the study found the greatest concentration in Singapore, where more than one in 10 households had assets worth $1 million or more. Singapore also ranked first among the surveyed countries for growth in millionaire households, with a 35% increase from the previous year.
The United States:
2009 population: 306.8 million
2009 number of millionaire households: 4,715,000
Increase in millionaire households from 2008: 15.1%
Share of country's wealth held by millionaire households: 56%
While the U.S. real-estate market remained weak, the rebound in the stock market helped lift the nation's number of millionaire households. The United States had the most millionaires by far, leading second-in-line Japan by 3.5 million households. "
What are your chances of being successful at weight loss?
What is your Power Mould change?
Occupation Outlook
Weights Understanding
Eating Limitations
Rest / Relaxation DNA
- What is your weight loss goal?
- What is your desire to reach this goal from 1 – 10? *1 = very little 5 = somewhat 10 = the most
- What is your full-time occupation?
- How much do you enjoy your occupation? (from 1 – 10)
- How many times per week are you willing to lifting weights?
- What do you do to rest, relax and recover?
- 2 things that make you want to exercise?
- How often have you reached goals in the past? (any goals in the past)
- Describe your mental outlook on life? (worrisome, happy-go-lucky, appreciative, etc)
- What is your basic understanding of diet, exercise, cardio, and weights?
- What injuries, illnesses, or set backs have you had within the last 5 – 7 years?
- What members of your family have ever had back pain, joint pain, heart condition, stroke, high blood pressure, or other heredity condition.
- Do you have accessibility to a gym everyday?
- What medications or supplements are you taking or have taken within the last year?
- In your opinion, name 3 good genetics that work in your favor for weight loss?
- In your opinion, name 3 bad genetics that work against your favor for weight loss?
- How long do you think it will take to reach your goal?
- Are you willing to write what you eat everyday?
- How willing are you to continue, regardless of setbacks?
- Are you willing to training completely different and difficult in order to get your desired results? (from 1-10)
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results."
Turn Setbacks into Stepping Stones - Tony Robbins
If you’ve ever worked at a sport, lost weight, or learned to play an instrument, you know that progress is never linear. Inevitably you will encounter plateaus, even setbacks, in your development. You develop a great forehand shot in tennis, but now your backhand isn’t working. You can putt like Tiger Woods, but your drives don’t make the green. You drop 10 pounds but can’t lose the last 10 to save your life. You sound like a virtuoso on the easy pieces of music, but you can’t get the fingering right on that tough guitar solo.
At some point in their development, most people’s results drop off. However, such setbacks can be some of the most important moments in your drive to mastery. Why? When we succeed, we tend to party; when we fail, we ponder. Setbacks can be the stimuli that re-energize your commitment to your ultimate goals.
How does this work? Setbacks produce pain, which either can immobilize you or cause you to work even harder. In the moments of setback and disappointment you need a quality coach, or an event—someone or something to break your pattern, remind you of your goals, and put you back on the path of progress.
Once you immerse yourself again and dedicate yourself to your outcome with renewed energy, you start creating unbelievable results—outcomes that are even greater than last time. Then, BAM! Another challenge hits. You drop off—but you drop to a level that is higher than before. This setback, too, generates pain, but with quality coaching, you immerse yourself again, and with each immersion you get stronger and your results get better.
Visit this page to keep reading more:
http://www.tonyrobbins.com/coaching/the-training-effect.php
At some point in their development, most people’s results drop off. However, such setbacks can be some of the most important moments in your drive to mastery. Why? When we succeed, we tend to party; when we fail, we ponder. Setbacks can be the stimuli that re-energize your commitment to your ultimate goals.
How does this work? Setbacks produce pain, which either can immobilize you or cause you to work even harder. In the moments of setback and disappointment you need a quality coach, or an event—someone or something to break your pattern, remind you of your goals, and put you back on the path of progress.
Once you immerse yourself again and dedicate yourself to your outcome with renewed energy, you start creating unbelievable results—outcomes that are even greater than last time. Then, BAM! Another challenge hits. You drop off—but you drop to a level that is higher than before. This setback, too, generates pain, but with quality coaching, you immerse yourself again, and with each immersion you get stronger and your results get better.
Visit this page to keep reading more:
http://www.tonyrobbins.com/coaching/the-training-effect.php
Sample MEAL plan
BY THE FIT TEACH.
Day 1
Breakfast – omelette 1 whole egg & 4 egg whites, 1 slice of multigrain/whole wheat toast (dry toast- no butter).
Snack – Hummus AND veggies.
Lunch – Chicken breast and Greek salad ** olive oil, lemon dressing.
Snack – Protein smoothie (fresh blueberries, rasp., straw., flax seeds, plain yogurt, ice, vanilla whey) *no fruit concentrates!!
Dinner - Fish (tuna, salmon, tilapia, etc) with a huge green leafy salad with avocado slices, cucumbers, greenn peppers, tomatoes, olive oil & vinegar
****Drink 1.5 litres water throughout the day.
Breakfast – Steel cuts oats add berries, low-fat milk or 1/4 cup plain yogurt
Snack – Protein Smoothie **same ingrediants as above
Lunch – 3 Bean Salad and green leafy salad with low-fat dressing
Snack – Tuna, cucumbers, on top of romaine lettuce; season with salt and pepper then add olive oil & vinegar
Dinner – Chicken breast stir fry or chicken breast fajita’s without the tortilla wrap, only sautéed veggies
***Drink 1.5 litres water throughout the day....EVERY DAY.
Additional snacks if needed through out the day:
- Plain yogurt, cinnamon, and walnuts
- Sliced green apple and/or pear
- Cottage cheese (with berries or by its self)
- Scrambled egg whites
Avoid Excessive Cardio and Lose Weight?! Find out how!
A common concern about doing cardio especially if done on an empty stomach and high intensity, is the possibility of losing muscle. After a night of sleeping glycogen, blood glucose and insulin are low; this is an optimum environment for burning fat. Unfortunately, it may also be an optimum environment for burning muscle because carbohydrate fuel sources are low and levels of the catabolic stress hormone cortisol are high. It sounds like morning cardio might be a double-edged sword, but there are ways to avert muscle loss.
All aerobic exercise will have some effect on building muscle, but as long as you don’t overdo it, you shouldn’t worry about losing muscle. It's a fact that muscle proteins are broken down and used for energy during aerobic exercise. But you are constantly breaking down and re-building muscle tissue anyway. This process is called "protein turnover" and it’s a daily fact of life. Your goal is to tip the scales slightly in favor of increasing the anabolic side and reducing the catabolic side just enough so you stay anabolic and you gain or at least maintain muscle.
How do you build up more muscle than you break down? First, avoid excessive cardio. Aceto suggests limiting your cardio on an empty stomach to 30 minutes, and then it would be "highly unlikely that amino acids will be burned as fuel." He also mentions that "a strong cup of coffee should facilitate a shifting to burn more fat and less glycogen. If you can spare glycogen, you’ll ultimately spare protein too."
Always give your body the proper nutritional support. Losing muscle probably has more to do with inadequate nutrition than with excessive aerobics. Provide yourself with the proper nutritional support for the rest of the day, including adequate meal frequency, protein, carbohydrates and total calories, and it’s not as likely that there will be a net loss of muscle tissue over each 24-hour period.
References
1. Aceto, Chris. Everything you need to know about fat loss. Club Creavalle, Inc. (1997).
2. Bahr, R. Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption – Magnitude, Mechanisms and Practical Implications. Acta Physiol Scand. Suppl. (1992) 605. 1-70.
3. Bergman, BC, Brooks, GA. Respiratory gas-exchange ratios during graded exercise in fed and fasted trained and untrained men. Journal of Applied Physiology. (1999) 86: 2.
4. Brehm, B.A., and Gutin, B. Recovery energy expenditure for steady state exercise in runners and non-exercisers. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. (1986) 18: 205,
5. Brybner, BW. The effects of exercise intensity on body composition, weight loss, and dietary composition in women. Journal of American College of Nutrition, (1997) 16: 68-73
6. Landry, Greg. The Metabolism System for Weight Loss. Greg Landry. (2000).
7. Maehlum, S., etc al. Magnitude and duration of post exercise oxygen consumption in healthy young subjects. Metabolism (1986) 35 (5): 425-429.
8. McCarty, MF. Optimizing Exercise for Fat Loss. Medical Hypothesis. (1995) 44: 325-330
9. McDonald, Lyle. The Ketogenic Diet. Morris Publishing, (1998).
10. Melby, C. et al. Effect of acute resistance exercise on post exercise energy expenditure and resting metabolic rate. J Applied Physiology, (1993). 75: 1847-1853
11. Wilmore, Jack, Costill, David. Physiology of Sport and Exercise. (1999) 2nd ed. Human Kinetics
12. Tremblay, A, et al, Impact of exercise intensity on body fatness and skeletal muscle metabolism. Metabolism (1994) 43: 818-818
13. Treuth, M.S., Hunter, G.R., & Williams, M. Effects of exercise intensity on 24-h energy expenditure and substrate oxidation. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise. (1996) 28, 1138-1143
14.Wilcox, Harford & Wedel. Medicine and Science in Sp
All aerobic exercise will have some effect on building muscle, but as long as you don’t overdo it, you shouldn’t worry about losing muscle. It's a fact that muscle proteins are broken down and used for energy during aerobic exercise. But you are constantly breaking down and re-building muscle tissue anyway. This process is called "protein turnover" and it’s a daily fact of life. Your goal is to tip the scales slightly in favor of increasing the anabolic side and reducing the catabolic side just enough so you stay anabolic and you gain or at least maintain muscle.
How do you build up more muscle than you break down? First, avoid excessive cardio. Aceto suggests limiting your cardio on an empty stomach to 30 minutes, and then it would be "highly unlikely that amino acids will be burned as fuel." He also mentions that "a strong cup of coffee should facilitate a shifting to burn more fat and less glycogen. If you can spare glycogen, you’ll ultimately spare protein too."
Always give your body the proper nutritional support. Losing muscle probably has more to do with inadequate nutrition than with excessive aerobics. Provide yourself with the proper nutritional support for the rest of the day, including adequate meal frequency, protein, carbohydrates and total calories, and it’s not as likely that there will be a net loss of muscle tissue over each 24-hour period.
References
1. Aceto, Chris. Everything you need to know about fat loss. Club Creavalle, Inc. (1997).
2. Bahr, R. Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption – Magnitude, Mechanisms and Practical Implications. Acta Physiol Scand. Suppl. (1992) 605. 1-70.
3. Bergman, BC, Brooks, GA. Respiratory gas-exchange ratios during graded exercise in fed and fasted trained and untrained men. Journal of Applied Physiology. (1999) 86: 2.
4. Brehm, B.A., and Gutin, B. Recovery energy expenditure for steady state exercise in runners and non-exercisers. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. (1986) 18: 205,
5. Brybner, BW. The effects of exercise intensity on body composition, weight loss, and dietary composition in women. Journal of American College of Nutrition, (1997) 16: 68-73
6. Landry, Greg. The Metabolism System for Weight Loss. Greg Landry. (2000).
7. Maehlum, S., etc al. Magnitude and duration of post exercise oxygen consumption in healthy young subjects. Metabolism (1986) 35 (5): 425-429.
8. McCarty, MF. Optimizing Exercise for Fat Loss. Medical Hypothesis. (1995) 44: 325-330
9. McDonald, Lyle. The Ketogenic Diet. Morris Publishing, (1998).
10. Melby, C. et al. Effect of acute resistance exercise on post exercise energy expenditure and resting metabolic rate. J Applied Physiology, (1993). 75: 1847-1853
11. Wilmore, Jack, Costill, David. Physiology of Sport and Exercise. (1999) 2nd ed. Human Kinetics
12. Tremblay, A, et al, Impact of exercise intensity on body fatness and skeletal muscle metabolism. Metabolism (1994) 43: 818-818
13. Treuth, M.S., Hunter, G.R., & Williams, M. Effects of exercise intensity on 24-h energy expenditure and substrate oxidation. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise. (1996) 28, 1138-1143
14.Wilcox, Harford & Wedel. Medicine and Science in Sp
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