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This is a really good video clip that helps us understand just exactly what goes into the development of new food products. That bag of chips has been tested, tweaked and re-tested so that you will like it and buy it- but as you know, what we like is not always good for us. That is how business works- for good or bad. The reality is that the business is so competitive that billions of dollars are spent every year to determine exactly what you like and what you will buy. This is usually not good because most people like fat, sugar and salt. Reading the labels and eating fresh whole foods can go a long way towards healthy eating. So, buyer beware…
Foods that help prevent skin cancer and sun damage
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Grilled fish
There is a good article by SELF magazine over at MSNBC which lists several foods that have natural anti-cancer and sun damaging compounds. They list them by meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and give a variety of choices that help the body fight of the damage from the sun’s rays. But basically, the secret is anti-oxidants which are found in fruits and vegetables and Omega 3’s which are most abundant in fish. So, eating a diet that is heavy in fruits, vegetables and fish can have a very positive effect on your body. But you already knew that didn’t you?
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A Mediterranean diet that includes fish packed with inflammation-fighting omega-3 fatty acids — as well as citrus, fresh herbs and veggies rife with polyphenols — may slash your melanoma risk in half, the International Journal of Epidemiology reports. These compounds scour the body for potentially cancerous cells and help reverse some DNA defects early on.
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Most people know this from experience, but a new study confirms that teenage boys can really pack it away. Given the chance to eat as much as they wanted for lunch, they averaged about 2000 calories. That is the recommended intake for a whole day for older adults. I do wonder if there are other variables such as whether they ate breakfast that morning and how much exercise they got. Still, 2000 calories is a lot of food at one sitting. But then again, I remember my teenage years and even as a skinny 135 lb boy, I could eat huge quantities. The authors did note that boys that are overweight should cut back on their diet since bad eating habits generally follow us into adulthood and it is very obvious that we have a severe weight problem in our culture.
So if you have boys, let them eat as long as they are not overweight but try to guide their eating habits as much as you can since a diet of fast food will come back to haunt them…
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But in a lunch-buffet experiment involving 204 kids ages 8 to 17, researchers found boys routinely ate more compared than girls their own age and boys in their mid-teens were the most ravenous — downing an average of nearly 2,000 lunch calories.
Researcher Dr. Jack A. Yanovski said the pattern made sense, given that boys usually hit their growth spurt — putting on height and muscle mass — in late puberty.
“There’s a lot of folk wisdom that says boys can eat prodigious amounts, but we haven’t had much data,” Yanovski told Reuters Health as his study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2010.29383v1).
Calcium Intake is Crucial to Good Health
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Got Calcium?
A study done in Sweden shows that Calcium is a very important mineral for many things- not just strong bones. Making sure you get enough calcium is really pretty easy. All foods list calcium on the nutrition label so you just keep track for a few days as you eat. If you are not getting enough, adjust your diet to include more calcium rich foods. Of course, the best natural source is dairy products but if you have problems with diary, you can always take a supplement. But I would try to stick to natural sources if possible since they are generally absorbed better by your body.
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Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their peers who took in the least calcium from food. None of the men took calcium supplements.
The top calcium consumers had a 25 percent lower risk of dying from any cause and a 23 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease during follow-up relative to men that had the least amount of calcium in their diet. Calcium intake didn’t significantly influence the risk of dying from cancer.
Men in the top third based on their calcium intake were getting nearly 2,000 milligrams a day, on average, compared to about 1,000 milligrams for men in the bottom third. The US Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for calcium intake is 1,000 milligrams for men 19 to 50 years old and 1,200 milligrams for men 50 and over.
Calcium could influence mortality risk in many ways, they note, for example by reducing blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar levels. For the men in the study, the main sources of calcium in the diet were milk and milk products and cereal products.
Groin Injuries on the Rise in Teenage Boys
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Most groin and testicular injuries to boys and men are a result of sports injuries. But, as crazy as this sounds, there is a game among teenage boys called “sack-tapping” where boys hit each other in the groin as a sort of test of manhood- as in “how much pain can you endure”. Some of it is just plain bullying and all of it is stupid and dangerous. MSNBC has an article describing the new “cultural phenomenon” and it is pretty disturbing. As the author points out, with the growth of viral communications like YouTube, this sort of thing can spread very quickly and really points to how cruel and mean our society is becoming.
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Though most won’t admit it unless they have to, more teen boys are being treated after cringe-worthy attacks in which they’re slapped or punched in the groin, sometimes causing serious harm requiring surgery, doctors say.
An msnbc.com poll of 100 urologists, conducted by Truth On Call, showed that 30 percent of the doctors had seen or treated pre-teen and teen boys for testicular trauma in the past year, including severe injuries caused by so-called “sack-tapping,†in which boys ambush others at school and elsewhere.
“There definitely has been a rise in the number of cases,†said Dr. Anthony Atala, a pediatric urologist and department chairman at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and spokesman for the American Urological Association. “We know it is going up.â€
