If You're an Emotional Eater, You've Got to Read This Health Coach's Tips For How to Stop
https://ift.tt/2Ilk5MQ We've all been there: a stressful day at work, a fight with a partner, or feeling particularly overwhelmed with your kids sends you straight to the cookie jar or reaching for that bag of potato chips. Whether it's to cope with stress, deal with sadness, or celebrate something happy, online health coach Sarah Duff shared some key tips for tackling emotional eating. "Basically for a lot of people whatever is happening in life the solution very often leads back to food," Sarah wrote in her caption. "The problem with having strong links between emotions and food is it becomes a bit of a crutch, which is hugely problematic if you are trying to lose weight or just develop healthier eating habits." To get your emotional eating under control, she shared these four strategies:
"If emotional eating is something you struggle with it's totally OK to admit it because I'm telling you right now you are definitely not alone," Sarah wrote. Once you can identify your emotions and pinpoint why you're feeling a certain way, you can implement these strategies to prevent emotional eating and stay on track with your healthy eating goals. Health via POPSUGAR Fitness https://ift.tt/2mWxwLI September 26, 2018 at 11:23AM
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Get Into the Halloween Spirit With The Fitness Marshall's Dance Cardio Routine to "Monster"
https://ift.tt/2DvCV59 The Fitness Marshall just dropped a fun, easy-to-follow dance routine to Lady Gaga's 2009 hit, "Monster." "In the spirit of Halloween, I made this dance extra spooky," The Fitness Marshall told POPSUGAR. Not only will you get to unleash your inner monster, you'll get a heart pumping workout in while doing so. Repeat the choreography at least three times if you really want to feel it in your legs and abs. "Channel your favorite monster and SLAY." Check out TFM's hot moves in the video above. Health via POPSUGAR Fitness https://ift.tt/2mWxwLI September 26, 2018 at 11:19AM
This Photo Comparison Will Make You Say, "That's Why I'm Not Losing Weight!"
https://ift.tt/2Obb6n8 Snacking on a handful of raw almonds compared to Halo Top seems like a healthier choice - it's a whole food offering protein, fiber, and healthy fats and is just one ingredient! But if weight loss is your goal, these comparison photos posted by NASM-certified personal trainer Sam Altieri (@saltylifts on Instagram) show why a healthy snack like nuts could actually cause you to gain weight. If you choose almonds because you think they're healthier than ice cream, Sam said, "you may be sabotaging your fat loss." While healthy snacks like nuts are unprocessed and contain no added sugars, preservatives, or a lengthy ingredient list, they still contain calories. The issue here is that even healthy foods can be overeaten. If you eat nuts straight out of the container, grab handfuls of dried fruit without measuring, or nosh on fresh fruit with spoonfuls of nut butter, a snack can quickly equal the amount of calories in a small meal! Related: If You Want to Lose Weight, This Fat-Loss Pyramid Shows What's Most Important "At the end of the day, if you're trying to lose fat, what really matters is being in a calorie deficit (consuming less calories than you burn in a day). If you're eating nuts as a snack, just watch those portions. Let me repeat this again.. almonds are an awesome snack, but ONLY if you keep portions in check!" This holds true for all healthy, calorie-dense foods. If weight loss is your goal, don't eat foods like nuts, nut butters, seeds, avocado, dried fruit, and fruit and nut bars mindlessly! Know what an appropriate portion size is of these energy-dense foods, and stick to it (for reference, 14 almonds is about 100 calories). Keep measuring cups, spoons, and a food scale on hand just to be sure! Health via POPSUGAR Fitness https://ift.tt/2mWxwLI September 26, 2018 at 09:59AM
Household Chemicals Harming Your Cat's Thyroid?
https://ift.tt/2Q7VTQK Prior studies have suggested that high exposure to PFAS may negatively affect thyroid function in humans, and this new study finds that might also be true for people's four-legged companions. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 26, 2018 at 09:34AM
Breast Cancer Treatment Adherence Varies by Race
https://ift.tt/2zv728Q In the United States, even though black women are less likely to develop breast cancer than white women, they are 40 percent more likely to die from it, the researchers noted. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 26, 2018 at 09:34AM
Exercise May Delay Rare Form of Alzheimer's
https://ift.tt/2O8WtAE By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise might delay a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Researchers found that 2.5 hours of walking or other physical activity a week thwarted mental decline tied to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD). This is an inherited form of disease that leads to dementia at an early age. "The results of this study are encouraging, and not only for individuals with rare genetically caused Alzheimer's disease," said Maria Carrillo, chief science officer for the Alzheimer's Association. "If further research confirms this relationship between physical activity and later onset of dementia symptoms in ADAD, then we need to expand the scope of this work to see if it also is true in the millions of people with more common, late-onset Alzheimer's," Carrillo said in an association news release. She wasn't involved in the study. A team led by Dr. Christoph Laske at the University Hospital of Tubingen in Germany examined data on 275 people who carry a genetic mutation for ADAD. The participants' average age was 38. The investigators wanted to see if at least 150 minutes per week of walking, running, swimming or other exercise could help delay or slow disease progression. It may. Those participants who got more physical activity scored higher on brain function assessments, the study found. They also had lower levels of key biological markers of Alzheimer's disease in their cerebrospinal fluid, including tau -- a protein that builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. "A physically active lifestyle is achievable and may play an important role in delaying the development and progression of ADAD," Laske and his team wrote. "Individuals at genetic risk for dementia should therefore be counseled to pursue a physically active lifestyle." The World Health Organization and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend the exercise target of 150 minutes a week. The study was published online Sept. 25 in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 25, 2018 at 02:56PM
Thinking of Others Makes Healthy Choices Easier
https://ift.tt/2Q8OlgX By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 24, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Reminding people to eat less or exercise usually gets their back up. That's one reason why public health messages fall on deaf ears, researchers say.
But investigators think they've found a better way. They suggest leaving your ego behind because it might open your mind to healthy activities that your natural defensiveness shuns.
"One of the things that gets in the way of people changing their behavior is defensiveness," said Emily Falk, senior author of the new study. She's an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's School for Communication.
"When people are reminded that it's better to park the car farther away and get in a few more steps, or to get up and move around at work to lower their risk for heart disease, they often come up with reasons why these suggestions might be relevant for somebody else, but not for them," Falk said in a university news release.
The new study found that people who were prompted to either think about others, or to have spiitual thoughts, were more likely to become more physically active.
The study included 220 sedentary adults who were overweight or obese. Participants were placed into one of two so-called "self-transcendence" groups, or a "control" group.
One of these groups was asked to think about values bigger than themselves, such as their loved ones or their connection with God or another higher power, while in an MRI machine.
Another group was asked to make positive wishes for people they knew and for strangers. These included hopes that their friends would be happy or that others would be well.
Meanwhile, a third group -- the "neutral control thoughts" group -- was instructed to think about their least important values.
The study participants then saw health messages that urged them to increase physical activity and explained why their current behaviors jeopardized their health.
In the following month, participants received daily text messages that repeated the experiment in miniature, reminding them of the self-transcendence thoughts, or the neutral control thoughts from the study. All of the participants also wore fitness trackers to monitor their activity. Continued
Compared with the "neutral thoughts" group, people who completed the self-transcendence tasks were significantly more active in the month that followed, the researchers found.
In addition, they showed more activity in brain areas involved in reward and positive feelings.
Lead author Yoona Kang pointed out that "people often report that self-transcendence is an intrinsically rewarding experience. When you are having concerns for others, these can be rewarding moments." Kang is a postdoctoral fellow at the university's School for Communications.
People are capable of doing things for their loved ones that they would never do for themselves, she said. "The idea of self-transcendence -- caring for others beyond one's own self-interest -- is a potentially powerful source of change," she added.
The study was published online Sept. 17 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 25, 2018 at 02:56PM
Different Gender Expression Takes A Toll on Teens
https://ift.tt/2Ie1qmg Sadness and hopelessness was seen among about a third of moderate and highly nonconforming boys. About a third of moderate and highly nonconforming girls said they seriously contemplated suicide; those figures dipped to 14 and 22 percent among boys. Meanwhile, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol and prescription drug use all hovered around 20 percent among highly nonconforming boys, but ranged widely among highly nonconforming girls (from 7.5 percent cocaine use to 39 percent alcohol use). That said, Johns acknowledged that her team "cannot determine whether these numbers are reflective of high school students across the United States," given that the survey included a larger-than-average sample of minorities and city dwellers. "However, these findings suggest that developing support systems within schools and other school-based interventions, such as safe spaces and supportive/knowledgeable staff for gender nonconforming students, may be an important avenue to improving mental health and reducing substance use in this population," she said. Along those lines Johns highlighted a number of potential resources already in place, including: "Gender Spectrum" (www.genderspectrum.org); the "Family Acceptance Project" (https://ift.tt/1HLGZVc); and the "LA LGBT Center's Supportive Families, Safe Homes Training" (https://ift.tt/2QT0KXr). The findings were published Sept. 24 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Dr. Ellen Selkie, clinical lecturer of adolescent medicine in the department of pediatrics at the University of Michigan, had some additional suggestions, including the "Human Rights Campaign" (https://ift.tt/2r9K6pJ) and "The Trevor Project" (https://ift.tt/rXBHeU). And in an accompanying editorial, Selkie observed that the study adds some insight into an under-researched concern. Much of the observed distress, said Selkie, seems likely to stem from a "lack of acceptance from family community," with nonconforming youth facing a struggle for acceptance that can be as complex and nuanced as gender nonconformity itself. For example, she noted that one's gender identity is distinct from one's sexuality, but "I have had gender nonconforming patients from conservative rural areas who have been very supported at school and home, and I have also had patients from liberal, urban areas who feel very unsupported and experience bullying at school." Much more research will be needed, Selkie said, to better appreciate the hurdles faced by nonconforming youth. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 25, 2018 at 02:20PM
Antibiotics May Cure Appendicitis Without Surgery
https://ift.tt/2DwjCch TUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- If you're suffering from acute appendicitis, you might be successfully treated with antibiotics and never need an operation to remove your appendix, Finnish researchers report. Most appendicitis cases are uncomplicated, which simply means the organ hasn't ruptured, so they can be treated with antibiotics. Only when the appendix looks like it may burst immediately is an operation necessary. And the difference is easily seen on a CT scan, said lead researcher Dr. Paulina Salminen, a surgeon at Turku University Hospital. "There are no severe complications associated with the antibiotic therapy, so it's a safe option," she said. About 20 to 30 percent of patients with appendicitis have a perforated appendix that needs to be removed, but 70 to 80 percent of patients may only need antibiotics, Salminen added. A perforation is a small tear in the appendix, which lets its contents leak out into the stomach. This can cause a potentially fatal blood infection. In a trial that compared 273 patients who had an appendectomy with 257 treated with antibiotics, researchers found that about 60 percent of those treated with antibiotics didn't need to have their appendix removed in the five years after treatment. In all, 100 of 257 patients treated with antibiotics had to have an appendectomy over the five years of the study, including 15 patients operated on during the initial hospitalization, the researchers found. The report was published Sept. 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. One U.S. expert brought up the pros and cons of antibiotics instead of surgery. "I think the big issue is this -- can physicians and patients accept the fact that there could be close to a 40 percent chance of recurrence in five years?" said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. This might not be acceptable for many people, he said. "It's a question of how risk-averse you truly want to be, given that once your appendix is removed with uncomplicated appendicitis, your risk of complications is quite minimal," Glatter said. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 25, 2018 at 01:52PM
Exercise May Delay Rare Form of Alzheimer's
https://ift.tt/2Ie2era By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise might delay a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. Researchers found that 2.5 hours of walking or other physical activity a week thwarted mental decline tied to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD). This is an inherited form of disease that leads to dementia at an early age. "The results of this study are encouraging, and not only for individuals with rare genetically caused Alzheimer's disease," said Maria Carrillo, chief science officer for the Alzheimer's Association. "If further research confirms this relationship between physical activity and later onset of dementia symptoms in ADAD, then we need to expand the scope of this work to see if it also is true in the millions of people with more common, late-onset Alzheimer's," Carrillo said in an association news release. She wasn't involved in the study. A team led by Dr. Christoph Laske at the University Hospital of Tubingen in Germany examined data on 275 people who carry a genetic mutation for ADAD. The participants' average age was 38. The investigators wanted to see if at least 150 minutes per week of walking, running, swimming or other exercise could help delay or slow disease progression. It may. Those participants who got more physical activity scored higher on brain function assessments, the study found. They also had lower levels of key biological markers of Alzheimer's disease in their cerebrospinal fluid, including tau -- a protein that builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. "A physically active lifestyle is achievable and may play an important role in delaying the development and progression of ADAD," Laske and his team wrote. "Individuals at genetic risk for dementia should therefore be counseled to pursue a physically active lifestyle." The World Health Organization and the American College of Sports Medicine recommend the exercise target of 150 minutes a week. The study was published online Sept. 25 in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Health via WebMD Health https://www.webmd.com/ September 25, 2018 at 01:52PM |
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