BUILDING BETTER HEALTH WITH EXERCISE

Researchers have found that after adjusting for energy intake, age and gender the risk for coronary heart disease depended on the type of oil used in preparing foods needed to be considered.  Among other caveats they pointed out that fried or sautéed food in Spain is different from fried or sautéed foods in many other countries because Spanish people typically use different types of oil than in fried or sautéed food in many other countries rather than solid fats often used in Western countries.  This makes a difference in the health of the heart.


Please roll back to my posting of June 13, 2012 and review how one medical doctor cured herself of Multiple Sclerosis by making changes in improving her diet and exercise and was able to leave her bedridden wheel chair and now lives to help others learn how to change their diets to include more fruits and green vegetables.

“Walking in place” during commercial TV breaks can help squeeze in some exercise.  Studies have shown that people who did so over the course of an hour of TV watching walked an average of 25 minutes, burned 148 calories and took roughly 2,100 steps equal to about a mile.

      Tai chi exercise helps people with Parkinson’s disease.  Researchers assigned 195 people with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease to one of three classes - resistance training, stretching, or tai chi - twice a week for six months.  At the end of the study, people in the tai chi group showed the most improvement in balance, stride length and ability to reach forward.  They also had 67 percent fewer falls than those who stretched.  The findings appeared February 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine.