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Friday, 10 November 2017

Alternative Therapy: Yoga In Delay Aging Progression

Yoga may have a profound and positive effect in delay aging process, some renowned institute studies suggested.

Aging is a natural process of growing old.

Yoga, the ancient technique for harmonized external and internal body well beings, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been well known for people in Western world and some parts in Asia due to health benefits reported by various respectable institutes' research and supported by health advocates.

According to the study to explore the impact of yoga and meditation based lifestyle intervention (YMLI) on cellular aging in 96 healthy individuals randomly assigned to a 12-weeks of YMLI, at the end of 12 weeks of lesson, YMLI group expressed significant improvements in both the cardinal biomarkers of cellular aging and the metabotrophic biomarkers influencing cellular aging in compared to baseline values.

The efficacy of the program in reduced cellular aging process was attributed to the activities in decreased production of ROS and pro inflammatory cytokins and hormone cortisol, and increased mean values of telomerase activity in regulated aging process and hormone β-endorphin in reduced stress and maintain homeostasis.

Dr. Madhuri Tolahunase, the led author, after taking into account of other co founders, said,"Lifestyle is an integrated entity, and an intervention, like YMLI, that has overall positive influence on our health appears most useful versus changing only one aspect at a time, as is seen by action of certain drugs. Yoga is holistic and a mind-body medicine and is more beneficial and advantageous than individual interventions like physical exercise, caloric restriction, and antioxidants".

Other researchers, in the study of yoga breathing in protected skin against aging, filed the following results

1. Yoga breathing reduced psychological aspects of stress and anxiety which have been found to associate to promoted aging

2. Yoga also expressed an impact in regulated advanced glycation end products (AGE) which have recently been shown to play a role in tissue aging

3. Comprehensive yoga program including breathing and meditative exercises may have a profound effect in enhanced gene expression involving oxidative stress, DNA damage, cell cycle control, aging and apoptosis and

4. Detoxification

In further analysis, Dr, Beri K the led author said, "(Contract to general belief)The interesting correlation of insulin regulation and glucose control can be translated to improvement and maybe reversal of the effects on AGE protein accumulation in the body tissue".

In support of the above differentiation, Dr. Brown RP at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, launched an investigation of yoga breathing in delay aging process, suggested that
1. Yoga breathing (pranayama) can have a significant and positive effect in bringing the mind to the present moment and reduce stress
2. Yoga breathing delayed the aging process through reduced expression of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and for victims of mass disasters.
3. The practices also relieved many forms of suffering.

Finally, after taking account of other risk factors, researchers concluded that yoga breathing can affect longevity mechanisms.

Taking altogether, Yoga used alone or combined with meditation may have a therapeutic effect in delay aging through regulating cellular and psychological expressions.

For More information of yoga lessons tailor to a complete well being for women, please visit: YOGA BURN

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Impact of Yoga and Meditation on Cellular Aging in Apparently Healthy Individuals: A Prospective, Open-Label Single-Arm Exploratory Study by Tolahunase M1, Sagar R2, Dada R1.(PubMed)
(2) Breathing to younger skin: 'reversing the molecular mechanism of skin aging with yoga' by Beri K1.(PMC)
(3) Yoga breathing, meditation, and longevity by Brown RP1, Gerbarg PL.(PubMed)

Alternative Therapy: Yoga Intervention in Enhanced Smoking Cessation

Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
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Good news for people who want to quit smoking, epidemiological studies suggested strongly that yoga intervention may have a profound impact in smoking cessation.

Yoga, the ancient practice for harmonized external and internal body well beings, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been best known for people in Western world and some parts in Asia due to health benefits reported by various respectable institutes' research and supported by health advocates.

According to the joint study led by the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in examine the smoking-relevant characteristics of individuals enrolling in an 8-week randomized controlled trial, for testing yoga as a complementary treatment to standard smoking cessation, on the sample of 55% female, 86% non-Hispanic white, with a mean age of 46 years,
1. Males smoked more cigarettes/ day than females and had lower motivation to quit smoking
2. Females were more likely to smoke for weight control, social and mood-related reasons, and had higher expectations for the efficacy of yoga
3. Age was negatively associated with the presence of other smokers in the household, and smoking in response to negative moods
4. And Age was associated to more willing in quitting

After taking into account for other co founders, researchers said,"both males and females were interested in a program offering yoga as a complementary therapy for smoking cessation".

The results indicated that yoga may be considered as an integrated form of exercise to assist smoking.cessation.

Further discussion of smoking cessation, in a study to examine the rates of cessation among women randomized to either a novel, 8-week Yoga plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) smoking cessation intervention versus a Wellness program plus the same CBT smoking cessation intervention, scientists showed that after 8 weeks period
1. Innovative treatments are needed to address barriers as mentioned in the above study for a successful smoking cessation among men and women.
2. Yoga may be effective complementary treatment for smoking cessation
3. Yoga can offer an alternative to traditional exercise for reducing negative symptoms that often accompany to smoking cessation and predict relapse to smoking among recent quitters.

The results of finding suggested that Yoga plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are the better choice to improve smoking cessation outcome, in compared to yoga alone or standard treatments.

Additional analysis of the effect of yoga intervention in smoking cessation, researchers at the University of Cincinnati, conducted a review of literature published of database from MEDLINE (PubMed), EBSCOHOST, PROQUEST, MEDINDIA, CINAHL, Alt HealthWatch, and AMED between 2004 and 2013, suggested that 10 studies satisfied the criteria and guidelines selected have produced the following results
1. Yoga participation expressed a significant effect in improved quitting smoking rates in majority of studies
2. Yoga-based interventions hold a promise for smoking cessation

Unfortunately, all these studies also expressed some of limitations including short follow-up measurements and short duration of intervention, Dr. Dai CL, the led author concerned

The finding evidences suggested that yoga adapted to smoker age, gender,...... and used in conjunction with standard treatment may have a profound effect in enhanced smoking cessation in short-term.

For More information of yoga lessons tailor to a complete well being for women, please visit: YOGA BURN

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Who Enrolls in a Quit Smoking Program with Yoga Therapy?by Bock BC1, Thind H2, Dunsiger S3, Fava JL4, Jennings E5, Becker BM6, Marcus BH7, Rosen RK3, Sillice MA8.(PubMed)
(2) Yoga as a complementary treatment for smoking cessation: rationale, study design and participant characteristics of the Quitting-in-Balance study by Bock BC1, Morrow KM, Becker BM, Williams DM, Tremont G, Gaskins RB, Jennings E, Fava J, Marcus BH (PubMed)
(3) Between inhale and exhale: yoga as an intervention in smoking cessation by Dai CL1, Sharma M.(PubMed)

Alternative Therapy: Yoga an integrated from of Exercise in Improved Symptoms of Children with Attention Deficit hyperactivity Disorder

Yoga may be used as an adjunct form of exercise in combined with standard treatment in reduced
symptoms of children with attention deficit disorder

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder usually have behavior and learning disabilities with (six or more) symptoms in the hyperactivity-impulsive categories.

Yoga, the ancient technique for harmonized external and internal body well beings, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been well known for people in Western world and some parts in Asia due to health benefits reported by various respectable institutes' research and supported by health advocates.

In the study to investigate whether a yoga exercise intervention influenced the sustained attention and discrimination function in children with ADHD, 49 participants (mean age = 10.50 years) selected and assigned to either a yoga exercise or a control group, researchers after taking into account of other risk factors suggested that children in yoga group demonstrated significant improvements in accuracy rate and reaction time of both Visual Pursuit Test and Determination Test over time in compared to control group.

The astonished findings in the study indicated that yoga therapy as the alternative treatment can be complementary to behavioral interventions for children with attention and inhibition problems.

Furthermore, Dr. Chien-Chih Chou, the led author also opinionated, "Schools and parents of children with ADHD should consider alternatives for maximizing the opportunities that children with ADHD can engage in structured yoga exercises".

More importantly, in the testing the effects of yoga as a complementary therapy in children with moderate to severe ADHD included children between 5 and 16 years of age diagnosed with ADHD and co-operative for yoga training daily during their in-patient stay, researchers found that children attended yoga class expressed a significant improvement in the ADHD symptoms assessed by Conners' abbreviated rating scale - (CARS) and (P-0.014), ADHD-rating scale-IV (ADHD - RS IV) and clinical global impression (CGI)-Severity at the beginning of study, at discharge and subsequently.

In support of the above differentiation, researchers conducted a study of boys diagnosed with ADHD by specialist pediatricians and stabilized on medication, randomly assigned to a 20-session yoga group (n = 11) or a control group (cooperative activities; n = 8) with assessed pre- and post-intervention on the Conners' Parent and Teacher Rating Scales-Revised: Long (CPRS-R:L & CTRS-R:L; Conners, 1997), the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA; Greenberg, Cormna, & Kindschi, 1997), and the Motion Logger Actigraph, and filed the following reports in compared to control

1. Children in yoga group expressed a positive change from pre- to post-test on the Conners' Teacher Rating Scales (CTRS) associated with the number of sessions attended on the DSM-IV Hyperactive-Impulsive subscale and with a trend on DSM-IV Inattentive subscale.
2. Yoga group engaged in more home practice showed a significant improvement on TOVA Response Time Variability with a trend on the ADHD score,
3. And, greater improvements on the CTRS Global Emotional Lability subscale

Dr. the led author after taking into account of other confounders said, " yoga may have merit as a complementary treatment for boys with ADHD already stabilized on medication, particularly for its evening effect when medication effects are absent" and "Yoga remains an investigational treatment, but this study supports further research into its possible uses for this population".

Taking altogether, yoga as a complementary treatment may used as an adjunct therapy in combined with standard treatment in improved symptoms of children with attention deficit disorder.

For More information of yoga lessons tailor to a complete well being for women, please visit: YOGA BURN

Sources
(1) Effects of an 8-week yoga program on sustained attention and discrimination function in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Chou CC1, Huang CJ1.(PubMed)
(2) Feasibility and efficacy of yoga as an add-on intervention in attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder: An exploratory study by Hariprasad VR1, Arasappa R, Varambally S, Srinath S, Gangadhar BN.(PubMed)
(3) The effects of yoga on the attention and behavior of boys with Attention-Deficit/ hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by Jensen PS1, Kenny DT.(PubMed)

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Herbal Therapy: Green Tea, The Best functional food for Prevention and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Green tea may be considered as a functional food in lower risk and treatment for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a respectable institute opinionated.

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is a condition caused by over accumulated of fat in the liver.

Green tea, a precious drink processes numbers of health benefit known to almost everyone in Asia and Western world. However, as yin in nature herbal medicine ,or food, long term injection of large amounts may obstruct the balance of yin-yang, induced "yin excessive syndrome" or "yang vacuity syndrome" including weaken immunity and painful case of GERD,... according to traditional Chinese medicine's Yin-Yang theory. Adding a slice of ginger will solve the adversion.

According to the University of Connecticut, Storrs, the efficacy of green tea for treatment of obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated to polyphenolic catechins in induction of hypolipidemic, thermogenic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities.

These chemical compound have also found to mitigate the occurrence and progression of NAFLD.

Dr. Masterjohn C, the lead author said, "(The phytochemical compounds) demonstrating the hepatoprotective properties of green tea and its catechins and the proposed mechanisms by which these targeted dietary agents protect against NAFLD"

Furthermore, in mice fed on a high-fat diet for 24 weeks., then injected with EGCG (10, 20 and 40 mg·kg(-1)·d(-1), ip), for 4 weeks, researchers found that treated mice showed a significant improvement of high-fat diet in induced the body weight, grade 2 or 3 liver fatty degeneration (steatosis, lobular inflammation and ballooning), severe hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance..

The phytocheimcal EGCG, in dose-dependent also enhanced insulin clearance and upregulated IDE protein expression and enzyme activity in regulated levels of glucose in the liver of treated mice.

In fact EGCG not only promoted weigh loss but also attenuated symptoms of mice with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Promisingly, in the study of green tea polyphenols (GTP) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Zucker fatty (ZF) rats, researches also indicated that, GTP intervention not only decreased weight gain and significantly lowered visceral fat but also reduced fasting serum insulin, glucose and lipids levels, through ameliorated expression of hepatic TG accumulation and cytoplasmic lipid droplet as well as diminished hepatic lipogenesis and triglycerides out flux from liver.

Taking together, green tea has expressed a significant enhancement in reduced risk and treatment of

nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, through many aspects. But large amount intake regularly should be taken with care to prevent toxicity.

71 Health Benefits and 28 Adverse Effects of Coffee

By Kyle J. Norton

Coffee, second to tea consumption, is a popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Food Therapy: High Amount Coffee and Coffee Caffeine May Have A negative Interaction with Antibiotics Used for Treatment of Diverticular Disease?

By Kyle J. Norton

Diverticulitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the small, bulging sacs or pouches of the inner lining of the intestine caused by small pieces of stool (feces) trapped in these pouches.

Coffee, second to tea consumption, is a popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Contrast to general believe, Coffee and caffeine intake do not have significant risk of diverticular disease, but a negative interaction to Antibiotics prescribed for treatment of disease, a renowned university study suggested.

According to a prospective cohort of 47,678 US men, 40 to 75 years old, during 4 years of follow-up (1988 to 1992), documented 382 newly diagnosed cases of symptomatic diverticular disease, caffeine, specific caffeinated beverages, and decaffeinated coffeeand did not express any relative risk of symptomatic diverticular disease.

Even after taking account of all other factors into account, coffee and coffee caffeine intake may only have insignificant in increased risk of the disease in men.

Other, in the study of risk factors and pathogenesis of Diverticular Disease also indicated a similar result as coffee, and caffeine have not shown to be risk factors, regardless amounts of intake and even after considered aging factor.

In the article published on healthy women by By Nora Saul, MS, RD, LDN, CDE, coffee caffeine injection of high amounts of more than 600 milligrams of caffeine per day, found in three to seven cups of coffee. may interact with certain antibiotics used in treatment of Diverticular Disease

The author also said, "although you don't need to stop caffeine altogether while on a diet for diverticulitis, it's a good idea to avoid taking in too much while your bowel is healing".

In support to her statement, according to the study by Babcock University, "caffeine should not be combined with antibiotics as this could result in serious therapeutic failure and, possibly, drug toxicity in vivo"

Taking together, coffee and coffee caffeine intake do not have any substantial effect in increased risk of diverticular disease but in diverticular disease treatment patients, reduced intake of coffee may be recommended.

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Holistic System In Existence That Will Show You How To
Permanently Eliminate All Types of Ovarian Cysts Within 2 Months

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A Simple Cooking Technique That Cuts The Calories & Glycemic
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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) A prospective study of alcohol, smoking, caffeine, and the risk of symptomatic diverticular disease in men by Aldoori WH1, Giovannucci EL, Rimm EB, Wing AL, Trichopoulos DV, Willett WC.(PubMed)
(2) Diverticulitis: new frontiers for an old country: risk factors and pathogenesis by Korzenik JR1; NDSG.(PubMed)
(3) HEALTHY LIVING > CAFFEINE AND DIVERTICULITIS by Nora Saul, MS, RD, LDN, CDE,
(4) In vitro pharmacological interaction of caffeine and first-line antibiotics is antagonistic against clinically important bacterial pathogens.
Olajuyigbe OO1,2, Adeoye-Isijola MO1, Okon V1, Adedayo O1, Coopoosamy RM2.

Food Therapy: Filtered Coffee in Reduced Risk and Treatment of Hyperlipidemia Selectively

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.

Intake of coffee and coffee caffeine daily and regularly may gave a profound effect in reduced risk and treatment of hyperlipidemia, a renowned institute study suggested.

Hyperlipidemia is a condition of abnormal high blood cholesterol in the blood stream, leading to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Coffee, a popular and social beverage all over the world, particularly in the West, is a drink made from roasted bean from the Coffea plant, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

In study of a total of 40 male hamsters randomly assigned to five groups: (1) vehicle control, (2) high-cholesterol diet control, (3) high-cholesterol diet of 311 mg/kg/d of CCGG, (4) high-cholesterol diet of 622 mg/kg/d of CCGG and (5) high-cholesterol diet of 1555 mg/kg/d of CCGG, researchers found that group treated with CCGG demonstrated a significantly reduced serum lipid content (triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL-C) and hepatic lipid content (triglycerides and cholesterol) with dose-dependent manner in compared to other treated groups.

Additionally, researchers also found that CCGG treatment group expressed an increase in excretion of faecal lipids (bile acids) in compared to other groups.

Dietary CCGG supplementation exerted potential effects on ameliorating hyperlipidaemia may be attributed to coffee petrochemicals in inhibited pro inflammatory cytokins expression, researchers continued.

Contrastively, in review of literature from several English and Chinese electronic databases up to September 2011 for randomized controlled trials of coffee on serum lipids, including 12 studies conducted in Western countries with a total of 1017 subjects, researchers at the Peking University Health Science Center postulated that drinking coffee for 45 days, the average in all meta-analysis showed an increase of 8.1 mg/dl for total cholesterol (TC), 5.4 mg/dl for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and 12.6 mg/dl for triglyceride (TG), in dose depending manner.

Total cholesterol increased even greater in unfiltered coffee and caffeinated coffee in compared to coffee group.

Surprisingly, in Asian population, coffee and coffee caffeine intake daily and regularly demonstrated a positive effect in increased TC, LDL-C and TG, in compared to the Western counter part.

In tackle these conflict results, we examined a Medline search of the English-language literature published prior to December 1998, with identified 14 published trials of coffee consumption and suggested that coffee intake in association to increase serum lipids was greater in studies of patients with precondition of hyperlipidemia in compared to trials of caffeinated or boiled coffee. And there is an insignificantly increased serum cholesterol in trials using filtered coffee.

With all the finding evidences, we finally suggested that only consumption of unfiltered coffee increases serum levels of total and LDL cholesterol but not others.

Taking together, intake of filtered coffee and coffee caffeine may have a positive effect in reduced risk and treatment of hyperlipidemia. People in Asian group should be aware that intake of coffee may contribute to risk of hyperlipidemia as shown in some Asian particioant studies.

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Friday, 10 November 2017

Alternative Therapy: Yoga In Delay Aging Progression

Alternative Therapy: Yoga Intervention in Enhanced Smoking Cessation

Alternative Therapy: Yoga an integrated from of Exercise in Improved Symptoms of Children with Attention Deficit hyperactivity Disorder

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Herbal Therapy: Green Tea, The Best functional food for Prevention and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

71 Health Benefits and 28 Adverse Effects of Coffee

Food Therapy: High Amount Coffee and Coffee Caffeine May Have A negative Interaction with Antibiotics Used for Treatment of Diverticular Disease?

Food Therapy: Filtered Coffee in Reduced Risk and Treatment of Hyperlipidemia Selectively