Weekly Health Update, February 15, 2010
WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE |
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| Mental Attitude : Stressed Out Backs! Although the causes of back pain are usually physical, emotional stress can play a role in how severe your back pain is and how long it lasts. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Health Alert : Over Populated? 5.8% of all the humans who have ever lived are alive right now. This contradicts a myth from the 1970s that 75% of all humans who ever lived are currently living. Population Reference Bureau Diet : Lightly Salted Please. A small reduction in daily salt intake could mean fewer heart attacks, strokes and deaths. Researchers estimate cutting back by half a teaspoon a day could prevent 92,000 deaths and nearly 100,000 heart attacks every year. The benefits of cutting salt intake are on a par with reducing smoking and could save the US about 24 billion dollars in healthcare costs. Salt consumption and blood pressure have risen by 50% since the 1970s. If we reduced our daily salt intake by 3 grams a day, about half a teaspoon, the result would be: 13% fewer heart attacks, 11% fewer new cases of heart disease, 8% fewer strokes, and 4% fewer deaths. In addition to its independent benefits on blood pressure, reducing salt intake can enhance the effects of most blood pressure lowering agents and reduce complications associated with diabetes, obesity and kidney disease. The average American man eats more than 10 grams of salt a day. The recommended daily limit is 5.8 grams. New York City and other state and local municipalities are about to join a national movement seeking to reduce salt intake by 25%. For every dollar spent in regulating salt, anywhere from seven to 76 healthcare dollars could be saved. New England Journal of Medicine, January 2010 Exercise : Women burn fat more slowly than men , by a rate of about 50 calories a day. Women, because of their reproductive role, generally require a higher body fat proportion than men, and as a result, their bodies don't eliminate excess fat at the same rate as men. Joanne Larsen MS RD LD Chiropractic : Fact: Chiropractic adjustments can help back pain. The American College of Physicians and American Pain Society guidelines for treatment of lower back pain recommend patients and doctors consider spinal manipulation for the treatment of back pain. Wellness/Prevention : Get Your (Sunshine) Vitamins. Teenagers with low levels of vitamin D are more than twice as likely to have high blood pressure and high blood sugar, and are at four times the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Quote : "The power to heal is within you. Your body can heal itself. Give it a chance." ~ Andrew Weil, MD |
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