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American Health News and
Wellness Report Newsletter
Prevention is a Cure (c)
NOVEMBER 2011 - Vol 12 Issue 38 |
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| Greetings! |
Calendar of events
Monday, November 7th. 7:30 pm
ELF School
The Boca Raton Community Center
150 Crawford Blvd, Boca Raton
561 361 9091 Free
Monday, November 7th 7:30 pm
Boca Glee Club Christmas Choir
The Boca Raton Community Center
150 Crawford Blvd. Boca Raton
561 361 9091 Free
Friday, November 11th at Noon
The 13th Annual Teddy Bear/Senior Achievement/Veterans Day Luncheon
Benventos In Boynton Beach
1730 North Federal Highway
Tickets: $40 per person
Hosted by WPBF Anchor Victor Blackwell
561 361 9091
Saturday, November 12th 9:00 am
Senior Friendship: A Senior Discussion Group
Heritage Park West Library
5850 Via Flora, Delray Beach
**********All Elves report for Elf duty **********
Monday, November 7th for distribution of song books. Rehearsals start on Monday, November 7th, promply at 7:30 pm
Get your tickets now.
For the 13th annual Senior Achievement/Veterans Day Gala Luncheon at Benvenuto's in Boynton Beach. The festivities start at 12 noon on November 11th 2011.
Congressman Ted Deutch is the featured speaker, and coming as a special guest will be Brian Turner, whose poem became the title of the movie "Hurt Locker." Lou Galterio will be there to sing, as you know, he's the best voice around. So, make it a point to get your tickets now. They're only $40.00 per person. Visa, MC, AE and discover accepted.
Call 561 361 9091 now to reserve you seat.
Menu selection consists of Chicken, Beef, Fish, or Veggies.
Call the American Health Association for any special offering.
President American Health Association
J. Robert Gordon
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| The price of protein |
The Price Of Protein
ORLANDO, Fla.(American Health Newswire) --Meat, fish and poultry play a big part in our diet and for most of us, it's a daily part of our dinner routine. But besides being tasty, because of foreign demand, the average meat prices rose 10.4 percent nationwide. And too much of it can impact
your health too! We'll show you how to substitute without giving up.
Grilled, sautéed, raw. According to the U.S government, more than 75 percent of Americans are meat lovers, but with high oil prices and a weak U.S dollar, export demand for beef and pork hit the roof this year -- making it a tasty, but expensive treat. Luckily, there are other ways for you to get your daily protein without breaking the bank.
"I eat about 200 grams of protein a day, so it's increased than a normal person's amount of protein," one woman told American Health.
Beans, peas and lentils are an excellent source of protein that tends to be low fat and contain no cholesterol. These cheap alternatives also have potassium, iron and magnesium, which are essential for good health.
Make breakfast your favorite meal. Eggs are also full of protein and contain choline, a nutrient that helps with brain development and memory and lutein, which helps your vision.
Still craving that meat taste? Try buying it whole. Cuts of meat are expensive but when you buy a whole chicken or uncut beef, you can save some cash and have leftovers for the next day.
Chopping your spending and hunger in half.
Boneless pork chops averaged four dollars a pound at retail in March, up almost 15 percent from the same month a year before. Bacon is up 24 percent from a year ago. Boneless sirloin steak is also 15 percent higher, the highest for any month.
(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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| Diagnosis to cure for Alzheimer's |
Diagnosis to Cure for Alzheimer's
NEW ORLEANS, LA (American Health Newswire) -- More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. That equals the same amount of people living in the entire state of Minnesota, or Colorado or Maryland. There is no cure. Early diagnosis is difficult and very few drugs are being tested to slow the progression. Now, doctors are working on new ways to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease that could be the top game changers of this year.
Lisa Carbo has trouble remembering the simple things.
"My sister will come up and say did you eat? And I have to go and look in the trash to see if I ate," Lisa Carbo told American Health.
She keeps a journal to remember what she had for lunch, and which medicine she's taken. What Lisa fears most is she won't remember her granddaughter.
"She's the best thing in the whole world, she's the love of my life," Lisa Carbo said.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's four years ago, Lisa was already feeling the effects of memory loss and confusion.
"First I lost my relationship because he couldn't handle it. Then I lost my job, which was horrid to me," Lisa said.
Lisa's hoping a new IV drug will stop the progression of her disease.
"It attacks the proteins before they accumulate and form plaques," Michael Biunno, M.D., from the Louisiana Research Associates, explained.
Alzheimer's disease is caused by abnormal proteins in the brain. These new meds are antibodies that attack the proteins that cause plaque buildup. Ed Coleman is hoping the same drug Lisa is taking will change his fate.
 "There's no cure for Alzheimer's," Ed Coleman said.
Once a month, for a year, he will get the infusion.
Doctors believe it could attack the proteins even before they reach the brain, and stopping this disease is critical. Deaths from Alzheimer's increased 66% in the last decade, while deaths from breast cancer, prostate cancer, heart disease, stroke and HIV all decreased.
Diagnosing it early is key to successful treatment. A way to see Alzheimer's years before the brain is damaged has been developed.
Doctors inject an imaging compound called AV-45 into patients. Pet scans reveal normal brains and brains full of amyloid plaques -shown in red and orange.
"I want to find a drug to hold on to where I am now. I may not gain function, but maybe I will!" Lisa said.
From diagnosis to treatment, two breakthroughs that could impact almost all of us sooner or later
"This could be a game changer," Dr. Buinno said.
In another recent discovery, a team of researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center found 10 genes that account for half of the genetic risk for Alzheimer's. They hope identifying patients with these genes could mean earlier treatments. |
| Red wine increases metabolism |
Red Wine Increases Metabolism
(American Health Newswire) - After obese men took a relatively small dose or resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine, in purified form every day for a month, their metabolisms changed for the better. In fact, the effects appear to be as good for us as severe calorie restriction. Resveratrol is a natural compound.
"We saw a lot of small effects, but consistently pointing in a good direction of improved metabolic health," Patrick Schrauwen of Maastricht University in The Netherlands, was quoted as saying.
 Earlier studies in animals had shown that resveratrol alleviates insulin resistance and protects against the ill effects of a high-fat diet, among other benefits. The effects are comparable to what happens when animals or humans significantly restrict the number of calories they consume, a diet plan shown to delay the onset of age-related diseases. Still, no studies had systematically examined the metabolic effects of resveratrol in humans.
To fill that gap, the researchers gave 11 obese but otherwise healthy men a dietary supplement containing 150 milligrams of a 99 percent pure trans-resveratrol (trade name resVida) for 30 days while they measured the amount of energy they expended, the amount of fat they were storing and burning, and more.
The data show that, like calorie restriction, resveratrol supplements lower energy expenditure and improve measures of metabolism and overall health. Those changes include a lower metabolic rate, less fat in the liver, lower blood sugar levels and a drop in blood pressure. Trial participants also experienced changes in the way their muscles burned fat.
"The immediate reduction in sleep metabolic rate was particularly striking," Schrauwen said. Of course, in the case of obesity, it's not entirely clear whether burning fewer calories is a good or a bad thing. It does suggest that participants' cells were operating more efficiently, as they do following calorie restriction.
Those metabolic effects of resveratrol also came with no apparent side effects.
ResVida and other resveratrol supplements are already widely available, but more work is needed to establish whether they indeed have the potential to overcome the metabolic aberrations associated with obesity and aging, according to the researchers.
"I don't see a reason for particular caution, but we do need long-term studies," Schrauwen says.
SOURCE: Cell Metabolism, published online November 1, 2011 |
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MISSION STATEMENT
The American Health Society is a distinguished 11 year old multi-award winning preventative public health & wellness 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is in preventative healthcare, mental wellness, health education, literacy and advocacy aimed at preventing lifestyle based illnesses, diseases and the frailties of aging.
We have a strong "Social Green Philosophy" of Humanitarian Service through our American Volunteer Corps which has a global outreach in 46 countries with members in 37 US States.
J. Robert Gordon - CEO and Founder American Health Association
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