Health News and Nutrition: 2017

Friday, November 3, 2017

Fwd: UK no surgery for you

No surgery for smokers or the obese: Policy in UK stirs debate

For an indefinite amount of time, it plans to ban access to routine, or non-urgent, surgery under the National Health Service until patients "improve their health," the policy states, claiming that "exceptional clinical circumstances (will) be taken into account on a case-by-case basis."

The decision comes from the clinical commissioning group (known as a CCG) for the county of Hertfordshire, which has population of more than 1.1. million.

The target for smokers is eight weeks or more without a cigarette -- with a breath test to prove it.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/health/smokers-obese-no-surgery-nhs-uk/index.html

Intermittent fasting

A friend introduced me to an idea called "Intermittent Fasting." There are different kinds of intermittent fasting, but the easiest is one where all your meals are contained within an 8 hour window. Actually I am using a 9 hour window which is fine. Even a 10 hour window is okay, but maybe not as effective.

To do this, I skip breakfast, eat a good lunch somewhere between noon and one, and the last thing I eat is around 9 PM. That's later than most people, but I keep a pretty late schedule.

I still count calories to the best that I am able. I figured out a long time ago roughly how many calories I need to maintain my body weight, and if I eat slightly less than that then I lose weight slowly without going hungry.

Anyhow, using the 9 hour window seems to be more effective, and I am losing weight, although somewhat slowly.

The point of intermittent fasting is to have more time in the day when your body is not producing insulin. Insulin is the fat storage hormone, and gets secreted pretty much after you eat anything, but especially carbohydrates. When your body is not producing insulin, that signals your body to use up your fat storage.

Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

P.S. Also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llwwKkuy5gI

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Eat Smarter, Eat Healthier

https://www.consumerreports.org/healthy-eating/eat-smarter-eat-healthier-sugar-salt-fat-gluten/

Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The Hacking of the American Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKkUtrL6B18

Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

P.S. Irma has degraded to a light breeze: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-92.45,35.91,990/loc=-89.158,35.251

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Fwd: Google Alert - telomeres

The link might interest you. :-)


	telomeres Weekly update ⋅ September 6, 2017
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	This is the secret to a longer life Bel Marra Health The researchers focused on telomeres, which are proteins found in the cell's nucleus that stabilize the ends of chromosomes. Confused? Let me ...

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Fwd: Reducing many age related diseases

The drugs being tested are called senolytic agents, because they target senescent cells. These are cells that have stopped dividing and secrete toxic chemicals that damage adjacent cells. Accumulation of senescent cells, which increases with age, is associated with chronic conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, most cancers, dementia, arthritis, osteopetrosis, and frailty.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging developed the first senolytic drugs to target these harmful cells. In a recent study led by The Scripps Research Institute, Mayo Clinic researchers and others confirmed that the senolytic drugs discovered at Mayo effectively clear senescent cells while leaving normal cells unaffected. The study, which was published in Nature Communications, also describes a new screening platform for finding additional senolytic drugs that will more optimally target senescent cells. The platform, together with additional human cell assays, identified and confirmed a new category of senolytic drugs, which are called HSP90 inhibitors.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170904093428.htm