Archive for July, 2010
The vegan diet
The vegan diet of which we have already spoken in this site has several aspects controversial and various implications of all kinds. Moreover, the take this diet for ideological reasons is something quite respectable, but in my view has several empty used that do not understand.
But apart from the controversies that arise in the wake of the vegan diet, a recent study has validated as an option nutritional positive to avoid the rheumatoid arthritis, placing as a diet that can bring benefits to people prone to develop the disease.
The study has been carried out by Swedish scientists of Karolinska Institute, and has an empirical base underpinned by the investigation that has been carried out with a group of volunteers, which threw the conclusion expressed previously. Read the rest of this entry »
Fitness can improve your memory and your attention
The group of active control showed no benefits statistically significant, according to researcher’s participants that used the program of fitness brain also showed a trend that appeared a setback to ten years younger on average, on the evidence of memory and attention.
Many participants also reported significant improvements in the activities cognitive of everyday life such as remember names or understand talks in restaurants noisy.
“The changes that we have seen in the experimental group were remarkable and significantly higher than the gains in the control group,” said Zelinski. Read the rest of this entry »
Diabetic food
The diabetes is part of that type of diseases with which you can live without problems, if and when incorporated a number of healthy habits to prevent or control the disease. In this regard the food is one of the pillars to coexist happily with diabetes.
What is the food that it can consume a person with diabetes, learn to control the quantities and know what foods are best avoided, it is essential to have a good quality of life. Eat in moderation, maintain schedules, and eat variety of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, are some of the habits now incorporate.
When you are diabetic your nutritional needs are like any other person and you can continue to enjoy those meals that both likable in both do with restraint. A good food for diabetics is to increase the consumption of vegetables and fruits. Eating a diet rich in nutrients and low in fat. Read the rest of this entry »
New evidence : Extract of ginko biloba can reduce neuropathic pain
The extract of ginkgo biloba shows scientific evidence of effectiveness against a common and difficult to treat, type of pain, according to the animal data, as reported in the edition of Anesthesia and Analgesia, official journal of the International Organization of Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
Dr. Yee Suk Kim and his colleagues of the Catholic University in Seoul, South Korea, conducted experiments on animals to assess the effectiveness of ginkgo against the neuropathic pain, a common problem associated with the pain of shingles, the injuries of limbs or diabetes.
Affected patients feel pain in response to stimuli safe as heat, cold or contact, in the experiments, neuropathic pain was treated with different doses of an extract of ginkgo biloba standardized or with a solution inactive, on responses to the cold and pressure. Read the rest of this entry »
Extract of ginseng for cold and flu in children
Have been positive results of a study of security, for the use of an extract herbal (COLD-FX) which is an extract of ginseng patented in North America, for the treatment of the grip ales states in Canadian children, as a new resource, the results appear in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The randomized clinical trial, double-blind, placebo-controlled was carried out in collaboration with the University of Alberta in Canada was designed to measure the security and tolerability of COLD-FX for the treatment of a cold and flu in children.
In states acute with three days of dose FX were well tolerated, without serious adverse events, or differences in adverse developments versus the placebo group, the investigation was also successfully to determine the effect allowing a proper planning statistics.
“We hope that this trial is seen as timely and beneficial, in an area of the investigation where there is a clear demonstrated need of products are safe and effective for the treatment of cold and flu in children, who suffer from these ailments much more than the people,” said Jacqueline shan Official Head of Science and director-general of Technologies of CV. Read the rest of this entry »