Discover The Secret Of Good Fats For Health

Everybody loves the satisfying taste of rich, fatty foods. The reason we crave cholesterol and fat is because they are needed by our bodies to maintain our health. When you eat real cholesterol and good fat, your body regulates insulin levels and triggers enzymes that convert food into energy. Eating good fats from plant and fish sources are essential to a strong heart and healthy aging.

Fat has more than twice as many calories as the same amount of protein or carbohydrate. But when it comes to fat, calories are not the only thing you should be concerned about. The type of fat matters even more. Most foods contain several different kinds of fats — including saturated, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and trans fats — and some kinds are better for your health than others are. Dark green unrefined "extra Virgin" olive oil has a delightful full-bodied flavor due to its natural antioxidants. The oil of olives not only are great tasting, they also help fight arterial plaque buildup. Olive oil has a long history in Europe as both food and medicine, and carbon dating of seeds found in western Europe have shown that the use of olive oil dates back 8,000 years.

A study published in 2006 demonstrated that a Mediterranean-type diet, rich in healthy fats like olive oil and fish fats, could be better for the heart than drastically cutting back on all fat. The unsaturated fats found in fish, olive oil, nuts, and other plant sources help to reduce inflammation and help to protect the heart and blood vessels. Fat also promotes good health by helping to absorb fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K), building new cells and maintaining healthy skin and hair.

Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats found mostly in seafood. Good sources of omega-3s include fatty, cold-water fish, such as salmon, mackerel and herring. Flaxseeds, flax oil and walnuts also contain omega-3 fatty acids, and small amounts are found in soybean and canola oils. You should try to eat 3-4 servings of fish or fish oil every week.

There is research that indicates that fish oil can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and strokes. The general recommendation is to eat fish twice a week. Limit fat in your diet, but don't try to cut it out completely. All fats are high in calories. Focus on reducing foods high in bad fats such as saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol, and select more foods made with unsaturated fats.

By simply replacing bad fats for good fats, you can help turn your cardiovascular health around and slow the aging that takes its toll on this part of your body. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the modern world. Being heart healthy is important to a long life and should be taken very seriously.

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Understanding Rheumatoid Arthritis

Some suggested rheumatoid arthritis medications:

• Celebrex
  
• Methotrexate
  
• Prednisone

There are over one hundred different forms of arthritis, though most people are familiar with only a few of them. One of the most commonly heard terms is rheumatoid arthritis, which is an inflammatory disease that affects joints and causes them to become crooked and appear as if fingers are growing almost sideways. This type of arthritis affects over two million Americans every year.

While it's unknown exactly what causes rheumatoid arthritis, it is known that the condition damages the synovial tissue that connects bones and joints in the hands, feet, and anywhere else in the body where bending is allowed. With this condition, the synovial tissue, or membrane, losses its smooth surface and texture and begins to develop extra tissue that is called pannus. This formation causes an excess of enzymes that will eventually destroy surrounding cartilage, bone and other soft tissues associated with joints, and the result is painful.

Inflamed areas, especially in tendons, can cause shortening, and if tendons rupture, joint strength and stability is severely impaired. While in most cases, rheumatoid arthritis strikes older people, it is also found in those as young as twenty years old. Most cases of this type of arthritis develop between the ages of 20 and 45, though that's just the norm. In many scenarios, the condition runs in families, suggesting a strong genetic link.

Since many different types of arthritis mirror signs and symptoms, it's important to write down your symptoms, their duration, and the course of the symptoms as far as length of time you've been feeling them, in order to help your doctor determine which form of arthritis you may be suffering from. Most people don't realize they have developed rheumatoid arthritis because it starts off feeling like a flu bug.

However, eventually, multiple joints are affected, usually on one side of the body. The most common areas of attack are joints in the fingers, at the base of the fingers, wrist, elbows and knees. Ankle joints and bone joints of the feet may also be affected.

Many people who hit their 40s feel morning stiffness that eases as the day progresses, but most types of arthritis also starts off that way. One of the best ways to distinguish normal aging and stiff joints from rheumatoid arthritis is experiencing warmth in the joint area.

Another indication that arthritis may be present is the appearance of reddened and swollen joints that feel tender and painful when touched. Flare-ups may last for several days, or several weeks, and may often grow worse in winter months.

Determining the course of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis depends on many different factors, such as symptoms and the stage of development of the disease. Taking an active part in the treatment of symptoms is one of the best things you can do if diagnosed with this type of arthritis.

Exercise and joint strengthening exercise throughout your life will help keep many forms of arthritis at bay, and medications and other treatments may ease pain and swelling associated with rheumatoid arthritis. However, it's important for people to follow the course of action prescribed by a rheumatologist for optimum benefits.

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What Microwave Ovens Are Really Doing For Your Health. It's Not Pretty!

When microwave ovens first came on the scene there were some early skeptics on the safety of the machines, but the convenience and ease of use for the busy person soon left the skeptics behind. We have become so used to using these machines on a daily basis to warm up our food that it is almost inconceivable to go back to the older and longer method of using our oven and stove. But the truth is, that is exactly what you should be doing. Here's why!

Two of the leading food scientists, Dr Hertel, a retired Swiss food scientist, and University Professor Blanc, teamed up with the University Institute of Biochemistry and the Swiss Federal Institute of Biochemistry to study the effects of microwaving. They did this by taking blood samples of all the subjects directly after eating micro-waved foods. Astoundingly, they found that each person's hemoglobin decreased. (Hemoglobin is an iron containing protein in the blood that transports oxygen through out the body. Hemoglobin is produced in the bone marrow. Low hemoglobin can cause anemia, which is an iron deficiency, and can cause a deficiency in folic acid, B6, B 12. Fatigue soon sets in and pallor of the skin, and one can experience shortness of breath and even fainting spells.)

Further more, they found that the body's leucocytes increases. This is a recipe for ill health. The word leucocyte comes from the Greek word leukos- meaning white and kytos- meaning cell. These are white blood cells and they help defend the immune system against foreign and infectious material. They are also produced in the bone marrow and make up about 1% of the blood in a normal human adult body. Abnormally high levels of leucocytes can create Leukemia.

Hertel and Blanc also discovered that eating microwaved foods increased cholesterol levels. They studied this phenomenon for two months and found each day that progressed, eating foods cooked this way, produced an increase in harmful effects.

Hertel and Blanc's findings became very unpopular with big corporation and in the end they were challenged. Blanc did not want to take up the fight but Hertel chose to pursue it. Unbelievably, Hertel received a gag order from the Swiss courts in 1993 and was told "he was interfering with commerce" and consequently was not allowed to publish his results. Then in 1998 Hertel was exonerated by the European Court of Human Rights who stated that "Hertel's gag order was contrary to his right to freedom of expression". We still have microwave ovens in almost every home in North America.

Russian scientists studied the effects of micro-waves on thousands of people and consequently completely banned the use of micro-wave ovens in 1976. Unfortunately commerce won and the use of these ovens were reinstated.

To understand the negative effects of microwave ovens you need to know how it works. Basically the oven uses electromagnetic energy. A polarity of positive to negative vibrates millions of times per second. It is this vibration that creates the thermal effect, heat. The problem is that it is so violent that when these waves hit a molecule, especially water, that it completely tears it apart or deeply deforms the molecule. This can result in a 60 to 90% reduction of not only the nutritive value of foods, but that it alters the structural make up of the foods. In a summary from Russian food scientists, The Atlantis Raising Educational Center in Portland, Oregon, had this to say:

• Carcinogenic compounds were formed in virtually all foods tested under normal cooking conditions.
  
• And the nutritional value was altered in almost all foods.

Microwaving your foods may be convenient but at what price? Is your health at risk? Do more research and decide for yourself.

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