October 13, 2009 at 10:26 am (General)
Tags: Capital Area District Library, Consumer Health, exercise, heart disease, Michigan
The PATH program – Personal Action Toward Health – is a chronic disease self-management program for anyone with long term health conditions and their family members or caregivers. In Michigan, the Diabetes & Other Chronic Disease Section within the Department of Community Health is coordinating participation. Michigan Partners on the PATH is a 6 week workshop designed to provide strategies and techniques to assist with chronic health problems management. Workshops are being held in Lansing (Michigan) on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Physicians Health Plan, Lansing; Dawe Auditorium (Washington & Greenlawn); and the Sparrow Professional Building, Lansing.
Need More Information? Contact: Karen McCloskey at 517-335-1236 or mccloskeyk@michigan.gov Or pick-up a program brochure on the 2nd floor of the CADL Downtown Lansing Library at 401 S. Capitol.
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August 4, 2009 at 4:22 pm (General)
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Capital Area District Library, Consumer Health, food pyramid, heart disease
The health benefits of a fish-rich diet for the heart is fairly well documented but recently it has been suggested that including fish in your diet may also ward off dementia. As reported in the New York Times Health online version recently:
One of the largest efforts to document a connection — and the first such study undertaken in the developing world — has found that older adults in Asia and Latin America were less likely to develop dementia if they regularly consumed fish.
The study, which included 15,000 people 65 and older in China, India, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic, found that those who ate fish nearly every day were almost 20 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who ate fish just a few days a week. Adults who ate fish a few days a week were almost 20 percent less likely to develop dementia than those who ate no fish at all.
“There is a gradient effect, so the more fish you eat, the less likely you are to get dementia,” said Dr. Emiliano Albanese, a clinical epidemiologist at King’s College London and the senior author of the study. “Exactly the opposite is true for meat,” he added. “The more meat you eat, the more likely you are to have dementia.” Other studies have shown that red meat in particular may be bad for the brain.
Observational studies in the West also have indicated fish may reduce dementia risk, but there is 
little evidence as yet from randomized, controlled clinical trials.
The Capital Area District Library has many resources – cookbooks and dvds, that include quick, easy, and delicious recipes that can help you increase the amount of fish in your diet. Fish cookbooks can be found at Dewey number 641.692. DVDs include: Boy meets grill. Blazin’ barbeque [videorecording] / with Bobby Flay , Simply salmon [videorecording] , and Good eats with Alton Brown. Hooked & cooked .
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March 2, 2009 at 9:33 am (General)
Tags: Capital Area District Library, Consumer Health, food pyramid, heart disease, nutrition, weight loss
A recent search at Amazon.com shows hundreds of diet books being published in 2009. Every kind of diet approach is covered – 4 day diet, Mediterranean, instinct diet, vegan, writing diet, lemon juice diet, inner peace diet, etc., etc., etc., in addition to the traditional low fat, low calorie, low carbohydrates. With so many choices, it can be difficult to make an informed and healthy selection. Fortunately, a study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine gives us the bottom line: the key to maintained weight loss is simple, calorie reduction in whatever healthful, balanced diet is followed. The study followed 800 adults over a 2 year period. They were assigned to 1 of 4 groups which followed distinct diet styles. At the end of the study, all groups had lost and gained relatively the same amounts of weight with the only commonality being calorie reduction.
“It really does cut through the hype,” said Dr. Frank M. Sacks, the study’s lead author and professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at the Harvard School of Public Health. “It gives people lots of flexibility to pick a diet that they can stick with.”
Conclusions: Reduced-calorie diets result in clinically meaningful weight loss regardless of which macronutrients they emphasize. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00072995)
So there you have it. Calorie reduction is all you need to remember. To see a sampling of diet books you can always visit your local public library of the Capital Area District Library system and browse the 613.25 Dewey number area. Or, for specific titles or authors, search the library catalog. Good Luck and Happy Dieting!
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February 9, 2009 at 10:13 am (General)
Tags: Consumer Health, exercise, heart disease, Michigan, nutrition, weight loss
February is American Heart Month and what better time to see how you and your lifestyle measure up. We all know that heart disease is rampant. It is the #1 killer of women and men in the U.S. Fortunately, there are many resources available for us to access to improve our chances of preventing or treating heart conditions. The risk factors include: sedentary life styles, stress, anxiety, high fat diet, smoking, being overweight, high cholesterol levels.
Organizations like the American Heart Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cleveland Clinic and Vascular Institute, and WebMd.com among others, provide incredible resources to help you assess and address all of these factors.
Visit any one of these sites to get more information, and pay attention to your health; you’re too important not to!
Disclaimer: The above material is intended for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical diagnosis and advice.
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