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Jan. 29, 2010 — Could tea be the secret to a trim waistline? For men, the
answer may be yes, or at least it couldn't hurt.

A new study shows that men who drink more than two cups of tea a day have
trimmer waistlines than men who drink coffee or nothing at all. But the same
doesn't hold true for women.

Researchers say previous studies have looked at coffee and tea drinking
habits and obesity in general, but little is known about how these habits
affect abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity, or excess fat around the
midsection, has been linked to a number of health risks, including heart
disease and diabetes.

The study, presented this week at the First International Congress on
Abdominal Obesity, looked at the relationship between coffee and tea drinking
and abdominal obesity in 3,823 adults who participated in the 2003-2004 U.S.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

“The potential association between coffee/tea and abdominal obesity is not
trivial considering that more than 60% of the adult population drinks
coffee/tea,that these beverages can be consumed as frequently as 10 times per
day, and that a high percentage of coffee and tea drinkers use additives in
these beverages,” write researcher D. R. Bouchard and colleagues at the school
of kinesiology and health studies at Queen's University in Kingston,
Ontario.

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My Story
The story I'm about to tell is a little sensitive. Most guys don't like talking about this stuff to other guys, but I guess that's what's great about the internet!

6 months ago I was going out with this girl. She was pretty cute and we had a good relationship. However,the sex life was kinda normal… nothing special. Anyways, she was chatting with one of her girlfriends who told her that her boyfriend found a way to enlarge his penis and get better sexual performance. When she told me about it, I thought they were all full of shit. I mean, how much can you really do to enlarge your penis and perform better in bed??

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Slowing down your breathing may help lessen pain, according to a new report. The study included 27 women diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a condition marked by widespread pain in the muscles, tendons, ligaments, fatigue, and multiple tender points on the body.

For the study, researchers conducted an experiment in which participants were subjected to moderately painful heat pulses on their palms. The heat pulses were applied while participants were breathing at normal rates, and then when they reduced their breathing rates by 50 percent.

Analyzing the participants' ratings of pain intensity and unpleasantness, researchers found that fibromyalgia patients prone to experiencing positive emotions reported less pain while breathing slowly. Fibromyalgia patients prone to negativity, sadness, and/or depression, however, didn't appear to benefit from slow breathing.

Past research suggests that the connection between pain and emotion may be particularly powerful for people with fibromyalgia.

Healthy eating when you're sick is a challenge — especially when you have a
chronic illness like cancer, arthritis, or even depression. Diseases and their
treatment can sap your appetite or leave you nauseated. Cancer fatigue might
leave you too worn out to cook. Arthritis can make it a lot harder to get out
and shop for groceries. 

It's natural to let good nutrition slide when coping with an illness. But
it's also dangerous. Everyone needs to get enough vitamins and nutrients. 
And that's truer than ever when you're sick. 

By learning what to look for, and making smart choices, you can get the
nutrition you need without a lot of extra effort.

Healthy Eating When You're Sick: Protein

When you're sick, dietitians agree that protein is key.  “Protein
is crucial for building and repairing cells,” says Paula Charuhas, RD,
nutrition education coordinator at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Protein
can help you prevent the loss of muscle mass.  It also helps maintain
fluid balance and improves your body's ability to heal.

Some of the best sources of protein are obvious, says Christine Gerbstadt,
MD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.  Chicken, pork,
lean beef, fish, and lamb are all good.  Eggs and cheese are also easily
digestible forms of animal protein.

What if you're a vegetarian? Getting enough protein can be harder, says
Gerbstadt. “The problem is that you have to eat a lot of vegetable protein
to get the equivalent of a much smaller amount of animal protein,” she
tells WebMD.  “Not everyone can do it.”

Good non-animal sources of protein are beans, soy products like tofu, and
nuts.  Adding more peanut butter or almond butter to your diet is one easy
way of getting more protein.

If you just can't get enough protein from foods, your doctor may recommend
high-protein nutritional supplement drinks.  You might also benefit from
powdered protein that you can stir into any food.

Healthy Eating When You're Sick: Getting Enough Calories

Many of us spend our adult lives counting calories.  But for some
people who get sick, the meaning of the phrase gets turned upside down. 
Instead of trying to reduce their calories, they may actually need to
increase them.

When you're sick, you may need more calories than normal because your body
is working harder.  But just when you need to eat more, your appetite is
gone.  Unintentional weight loss can become serious.  It can leave
you exhausted, weak, and interfere with your treatment.

Preventing weight loss can put people — and their dietitians — in an odd
position.  “It's totally counterintuitive,” says Rachel Zinaman,
MPA, RD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Evelyn Lauder Breast Center. 
“But I sometimes actually recommend cheese fries and burgers and milkshakes
to some women with cancer to stop them from losing too much weight.”

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The British National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has made a preliminary determination NOT to cover the new antiarrhythmic drug dronedarone (Multaq, Sanofi-Aventis) for British patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Instead, NICE implies, patients should continue receiving amiodarone (Cordarone, Pacerone), which is more effective and cheaper.

Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drug (drug that is supposed to stabilize the heart rhythm) available, but it unfortunately produces a bizarre array of side effects that are common, often dangerous or disabling, and difficult to treat. A suitable “replacement” for amiodarone has long been sought.

Amiodarone: A Uniquely Toxic Drug
Amiodarone's Strange History

For a long time, it was hoped that dronedarone (a compound related to amiodarone) would be that perfect replacement. It is not. While it appears to have much less toxicity than amiodarone, it is not as effective in treating AF.

Dronedarone Drug Information

And indeed, this was the very logic used by NICE to deny approval for dronedarone — it is not as effective as amiodarone, and it is much more expensive. So it will not be made available for British patients.

DrRich Comments:

The dronedarone/NICE story illustrates how panels of “clinical excellence” (like NICE, or like the panels apparently being established in the United States under pending healthcare reforms), even when they strictly follow the results of randomized clinical trials, can make decisions that seem reasonable on the surface but ultimately are harmful to patients.

Consider that while the effectiveness of dronedarone in treating AF (effective in approximately 30% to 40% of patients) is substantially less than for amiodarone (which is effective in approximately 50% to 60%), this still means that a substantial minority of patients could potentially be treated effectively with dronedarone. So, for instance, if patients with AF were given a trial of dronedarone, potentially up to 40% of them could be spared exposure to the extravagant toxicity of amiodarone.

But because randomized trials tell us that, in a large population of patients, the average response to dronedarone is significantly lower than the average response to amiodarone, no patients (in Britain, at least) will have the opportunity to try dronedarone.

To my mind, this example succinctly illustrates a key problem with how our bureaucrats propose to use panels of experts. Such panels can be of immense help in providing guidance to clinicians. But when bureaucrats insist on converting such recommendations into strict, “up or down” coverage decisions, individual patients will lose their opportunity to receive the kind of individualized care most of us value — care given by our chosen doctors, who judiciously apply expert-generated clinical guidelines, while still taking our individual circumstances into account.

Sources:

National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Atrial fibrillation – dronedarone: appraisal consultation document. http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=article&o=46768 Accessed January 7, 2009.

More Information: Eskimo 3 Fish Oil

Most of us are looking for ways to live long, feel better, and avoid catastrophic illness. We try to find time to exercise, take our supplements, and eat the so called healthy foods in the never ending and ever changing battle against deteriorating health. But what if I told you that something was missing. That there could be something out there that could help you live longer, feel better, and avoid catastrophic illness. Would you be interested in learning more?

The answer lies in the what is known as omega 3 fatty acids. Omega 3 is needed for human development at the earliest stages of life for nervous system development and visual abilities. It also has been shown to reduce the risk of having that initial heart attack and lower the risk of additional heart attacks for those who have already had their first one. In addition, omega 3 fatty acids have been shown to produce a positive effect with over 60 different conditions including osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and depression.

Gosh, this omega 3 must be hard to find with so many health benefits to its credits. The best source of omega 3 must lie in a foreign land hidden away in a cave until it was recently discovered by a wayward adventurer. And certainly the best source of omega 3 must be very, very, expensive due to its many beneficial qualities. Could it be from a meteorite that landed from another world?

One thing is for sure most of us don't have enough of this fatty acid in our bodies. Since the body only produces minute amounts of omega 3 fatty acids the best source of omega 3 will have to come from either diet or supplements.

A recent research study concluded that the average adult ingests about 130 mg of the primary omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA daily, when about 650 mg is needed for healthy adults and 900 mg for those with a history of coronary disease.

The best source of omega 3 is fish. Not any fish, but fatty cold water fish such as salmon, mackerel, lake trout, herring, tuna, and sardines. It is the oily substance that you notice when preparing these fish to be cooked that is loaded with beneficial omega 3 oils. But while most experts agree that fatty cold water fish are the best source of omega 3 they also point out that in order to get to the 650 mg threshold you would have to eat specific types of fish at least 3 times a week. Not only is this cost prohibitive in some areas but fresh fish can be filled with impurities due to the pollution in our oceans.

This leads us to fish oil supplements as a great alternative to fresh fish. The best of this lot are the ones highest in both purity and have the highest concentration of the essential fatty acid DHA. To learn about the benefits of fish oil supplementation and the type of fish oil I personally recommend click here.