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Title: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 15, 2011, 06:19:53 PM
http://atvb.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/atvbaha;23/8/1437

Conclusions— Insulin resistance without and with obesity is associated with elevated LDL-C as well as elevated triglyceride and low HDL-C. The elevated LDL-C cannot be explained by dietary sensitivity, because the LDL-C rise with egg feeding is less in IR persons regardless of obesity status, probably attributable to diminished cholesterol absorption. The results suggest that dietary management of insulin resistance and obesity can focus more on restricting calories and less on restricting dietary fat.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 17, 2011, 12:38:41 AM
i think it's better to say na in diabetes, it is important to restrict caloric intake than to restrict intake of dietary fat if you're concerned in the problem of dyslipidemia or hypercholesterolemia. (example, it is believed that egg is high in cholesterol, so it is not important if egg is restricted because of its high cholesterol content because it really doesnt increase the amount of LDL in the body).
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 17, 2011, 12:40:53 AM
simplified:

kung diabetic ka:

OKAY lang kumain ng eggs daily (or other food na high in cholesterol)
- ke mataba ka or payat

kasi hindi yun makakataas ng cholestrol level ng katawan.

Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 17, 2011, 12:50:39 AM
hinypothesize kasi nila na kaya less ang cholesterol increase sa mga may IR ay kasi diminished yung absorption ng cholesterol. ;-)
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: mang juan on January 17, 2011, 09:13:10 AM
Blood Type Diet

A blood type diet is a nutrition plan based around your blood type. This kind of diet became popular with the release of Peter D'Adamo's book Eat Right 4 Your Type. The book continues to be a bestseller. D'Adamo claims that the diet will not only bring about weight loss — but can assist with allergy and infection resistance, and will achieve overall good health.

Most of the population has blood type O. Here the prescribed diet is low-carbohydrate, high in proteins (such as meat and fish), and low in dairy products. The author suggests specific foods to avoid; such as avocados, brazil nuts, and oranges. Type O should also engage in lots of exercise.

Blood Type A should avoid red meat, eat plenty of fish and vegetables, with a low dairy intake. Light exercise only.

Blood Type B should avoid chicken and bacon, eat plenty of meat and dairy, some fish, and plenty of fruit and vegetables.

Blood Type AB combines the A and B diets.

Is This Diet For Real?

The author claims that much of the recommendations are based on scientific evidence – but perhaps it is too early to make this claim. Metabolism and/or sugar/insulin sensitivity are probably key factors in deciding diet – not blood type. Two people can have very different metabolisms and have the same blood type. One could be sensitive to carbohydrates or sugar, whilst the other needs a high carbohydrate diet.

Weight loss and other health improvements may occur on this diet – not so much because of blood type combinations, but because of a healthier diet! The author encourages people to cut down on processed and refined foods. Good advice for anyone regardless of blood type.

Banned Foods

Any diet containing a long list of banned foods can be difficult to follow. Eat Right 4 Your Type and the various blood type diets included encourage a predominantly meat and fish diet, while grains, potatoes, cereals, breads, pasta are not encouraged. Interestingly, certain vegetables and fruits are also banned.

from: http://www.everydiet.org/diet/blood-type-diet
read this for more info: http://www.drlam.com/blood_type_diet/


>ayun.. nakakatuwa lang. may ganito pala  :D
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on January 17, 2011, 09:52:40 AM
Hmm.. I think prang sobrang bad ang name ng cholesterol.. Our bodies need cholesterol. I think pinoprotektahan nito ang mga veins natin or something.. However, dpat we should be aware na merong "good" at "bad" cholesterol. Eating eggs can increase our "good" cholesterol. I think what we refer here is the "bad" cholesterol.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: carpediem on January 20, 2011, 08:55:37 PM
Docs, is this reliable?

A health drink that fights infection in the upper respiratory tract

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110120-315591/A-health-drink-that-fights-infection-in-the-upper-respiratory-tract
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 21, 2011, 12:03:21 AM
Quote from: Kilo 1000 on January 20, 2011, 09:32:37 PM
Quote from: marvinofthefaintsmile on January 17, 2011, 09:52:40 AM
Hmm.. I think prang sobrang bad ang name ng cholesterol.. Our bodies need cholesterol. I think pinoprotektahan nito ang mga veins natin or something.. However, dpat we should be aware na merong "good" at "bad" cholesterol. Eating eggs can increase our "good" cholesterol. I think what we refer here is the "bad" cholesterol.

Cholesterol is a type of lipid (fat) which has a distinct flat surface. They are mainly used in the body as signaling chemicals so that the body will function a certain way. They don't do the actual changes in the body but rather they're messengers.

The body only needs a small amount of cholesterol to form bile, testosterone, progesterone, estrogen, stress hormone. The rest are deposited in the blood vessels or excreted via bile. Under the microscope, they look like shiny crystals in the blood vessels.

The "good" and "bad" cholesterol refers to the "good" HDL and "bad" LDL lipoproteins and not the actual cholesterol itself. We call them both good and bad cholesterol because it makes it easier for the average person to understand while its really a pain in the ass to explain the actual biochemistry of it...

Think of Lipoproteins like carriers of fat and cholesterol in the body. LDL is your Sports Utility Vehicle which brings cholesterol to your body while HDL is your Garbage truck which disposes your cholesterol to your liver. So more LDLs mean more cholesterol is going towards your body while higher HDL means more cholesterol is getting rid by the body.

That is why doctors say you have more of the "good" cholesterol because your body is getting rid of more cholesterol rather than having more of the "Bad" cholesterol piling up cholesterol in the body.



very well said kilo! :-)
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 21, 2011, 12:05:55 AM
Quote from: carpediem on January 20, 2011, 08:55:37 PM
Docs, is this reliable?

A health drink that fights infection in the upper respiratory tract

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110120-315591/A-health-drink-that-fights-infection-in-the-upper-respiratory-tract

we have to be cautious about company-sponsored RCTs kasi usually, there is a publication bias. appraising this article is necessary to say na reliable or not. it should pass the appraisal. i'll try to find the journal and appraise it.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on January 21, 2011, 08:55:46 AM
^^ sana mawala na ang bad rap ng cholesterol.. na meron palang "good" cholesterol HDL.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 21, 2011, 09:29:43 AM
Kaya pangit ang cholesterol because of the excessive intake ng humans nito. Yung exogenous sources kasi, very abundant. And konti lang naman kelangan for various biosynthesis sa katawan.

Cholesterol will always be BAD. Good cholesterol, according to the layman, is actually just referring to the "vehicle" upon which the cholesterol is cleared out. HDL is a lipoprotein, it is NOT cholesterol itself.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on January 21, 2011, 09:31:52 AM
^^ eh bakit me bansag pa dn na "good cholesterol" xa..,
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 21, 2011, 09:37:54 AM
It's a layman's term nga marvin, kasi the explanation is very complex to be considered layman. It involves a series of events in the biochemical and biomolecular level. It is suffice to say that HDL, na tinatawag na "good cholesterol", ay actually VEHICLE where the excess cholesterol are cleared out sa system. In that way, good siya kasi binabawasan niya cholesterol levels, and cholesterol siya in a way na nagfoform ng complex ang HDL at cholesterol para matransport out ito sa system.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: mang juan on January 21, 2011, 09:39:04 AM
Quote from: ctan on January 21, 2011, 09:29:43 AM
Kaya pangit ang cholesterol because of the excessive intake ng humans nito. Yung exogenous sources kasi, very abundant. And konti lang naman kelangan for various biosynthesis sa katawan.

Cholesterol will always be BAD. Good cholesterol, according to the layman, is actually just referring to the "vehicle" upon which the cholesterol is cleared out. HDL is a lipoprotein, it is NOT cholesterol itself.

nice!  ;D
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on January 21, 2011, 09:42:58 AM
punas ng dugo sa ilong...
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on January 21, 2011, 12:27:58 PM
^^ Not sure ah., Pero di ba the cholesterol eh pinoprotect nila ang lining ng mga ugat mo sa pamamagitan ng pagdikit nila sa surface nito?

tpos pag sobrang dami at me bumara sa gitna eh heart attack n.,

tama b?
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: carpediem on January 21, 2011, 09:07:14 PM
This seems to be the big news today.

Malaria caught on camera breaking and entering cell
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/01/malaria-caught-breaking-and-entering-red-blood-cell.html
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: arthur_allen30 on January 21, 2011, 10:01:58 PM

pesteng lamok yan!!!!!!!!1
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: carpediem on January 23, 2011, 12:16:46 AM
Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-brain-weeks.html
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: ctan on January 25, 2011, 07:11:45 PM
Aaah. Ito rin yung napag-usapan natin before. hehe!
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: carpediem on January 28, 2011, 10:06:32 PM
Ancient body clock discovered that helps to keep all living things on time
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2011012601
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: angelo on February 25, 2011, 07:58:03 AM
ang flu vaccine daw may 2 strains? how will i know if i already have one and the other/second shot is not the same?
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: angelo on March 27, 2011, 09:43:11 AM
nagtataka lang ako sa mga paggamit nila ng mga words like "might" and "according to a....."
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on March 28, 2011, 03:24:26 PM
Sabi sa isang magazine n nbasa ko na Men who have low body fat and athletic have better sperm production than fat men.. Totoo b un?
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: angelo on March 31, 2011, 10:42:06 PM
I think there is some truth to that. nabasa ko rin yan sa magazine. (MH)
kasama diyan yung mga other factors that can affect fertility tulad ng location ng meatus (na hindi ko alam may ganun palang problem) and yung mga tight underwear.
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: joshgroban on April 06, 2011, 12:07:21 AM
about tight underwear ...nai suggest kasi yan samin sa church... na gusto maging productive ...wag daw mahifpit ang underwear
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: marvinofthefaintsmile on April 06, 2011, 09:26:57 AM
I wear tight underwear when I am working out.. I wear lose underwear pag asa bahay lang..  kso sobrang obvious pag tumigas.. lumalabas ng brief..
Title: Re: Health News
Post by: carpediem on June 01, 2011, 10:50:06 AM
The Revolutionary New Birth Control Method for Men
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/04/ff_vasectomy/