After you hit the gym, do you collapse on your couch? We know the feeling. You’re less likely to walk, do chores, and other non-exercise activities after a hard workout, previous research has shown.
But here’s the good news: A moderate workout can make youmore active a few days later, a new study suggests. (more…)
By Tom Hansen (Men’s Health)
Cravings are all about blood sugar. If your levels are consistent throughout the day, your eating patterns will be, too. But when you starve yourself for hours, cravings call. And you will answer.
“Your blood sugar can fall too low after just 4 hours of not eating,” says Valerie Berkowitz, M.S., R.D., nutrition director at the Center for Balanced Health in New York City. So you search the fridge, food court, or seat cushions for carbohydrates, which will provide a quick boost. (more…)
Frank Antonawich, Ph.D.
Over fifty years ago, most scientific and medical therapeutic approaches focused on cellular metabolism. With the advent of genetics a concentrated shift toward genomics, and subsequently proteomics (protein profiles), dominated the therapeutic stage. The area of metabolism (metabolomics) is now being revisited as an attractive target.
One such regulatory approach is via the manipulation of cellular energy. Cellular energy is synonymous with metabolic power. As we age there is a decrease in metabolism, furthermore, numerous disease states involve metabolic dysfunction (i.e. ischemia/stroke, cancer). As we all know, the major power plant of the cell is the mitochondria. It utilizes high energy intermediates (NADH and FADH) to donate electrons and drive the production of ATP, our functional energy source. Can we alter metabolic fitness by providing an alternative electron source? (more…)
- (HealthDay News) By Steven Reinberg Men who drink at least six or more cups of coffee a day may be cutting their risk for advanced prostate cancer by 60 percent, new research suggests.
This is the first large study looking specifically at the relationship between coffee and metastatic prostate cancer, lead researcher Kathryn Wilson said. “This is an exciting finding, because there aren’t many modifiable risk factors for prostate cancer.”
A definite cause-and-effect link is still far from proven, experts say, and just how coffee might help thwart prostate malignancy isn’t clear. (more…)
– Robert Preidt
HealthDay News) — Vitamin D deficiency is common in American children and linked with obesity and different types of fat distribution in white and black youngsters, new research shows.
Vitamin D is found in certain foods, but humans synthesize most of the nutrient they need via the action of sunlight on exposed skin. Supplements can also boost levels of vitamin D.
In the study, researchers checked vitamin D levels in 237 healthy obese and non-obese white and black children, aged 8 to 18. They found that most of them were vitamin D deficient. Low levels of vitamin D were associated with higher body mass index and fat levels, and lower levels of “good” high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
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