This Week In Wellness

This Week In Wellness a randomised control trial conducted by researchers from Pennsylvania State University has shown that diets high in herbs and spices may reduce blood pressure in people at risk of cardiovascular disease.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-herbs-and-spices-lower-blood-pressure#Three-test-diets

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/114/6/1936/6369090

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This Week In Wellness researchers from the University of Cincinnati are investigating whether helpful bacteria may be used to help break down and destroy cancers.

The study, published in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials looked at “solid cancers” such as those that affect the breast and prostate as these form a barrier around themselves of collagen and hyaluronic acid that can be hard for antibodies and immune cells to penetrate.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211119155532.htm

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202101487

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This Week In Wellness a large meta-analysis published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition show that meat abstention, in other words, vegetarianism or veganism is “clearly associated with poorer mental health, specifically higher levels of both depression and anxiety”, whilst meat consumption is associated with “lower levels of depression and anxiety”.

https://www.psypost.org/2021/11/meat-consumption-is-associated-with-better-mental-health-meta-analysis-finds-62107

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2021.1974336

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This Week In Wellness in a lesson for all parents and caregivers adults who were picky eaters as kids thank strategies that were positive and encouraging for helping them change their palate.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211111130246.htm

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.23639

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This Week In Wellness Australian researchers published in the BMJ Open have confirmed that zinc can help shorten respiratory tract infections including colds, flus, sinusitis and pneumonia whilst suggesting that many over the counter cold remedies only offer “marginal benefits”.

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20211102/zinc-might-help-shorten-your-cold-or-flu

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This Week In Wellness a study looking at adherence to the PaleoDiet and the relative risk of cardiovascular disease in a mediterranean cohort has shown a 55% relative reduction in risk for those in the highest quintile (or 1/5th) compared to those in the lowest quintile. In other words those most closely in alignment with the diet were significantly less likely to get cardiovascular disease than those least in alignment. This result was consistent across sexes, weight categories and activity levels.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-021-02696-9

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This Week In Wellness in yet another potential blow to Bayer (the acquirer of Monsanto) and their controversial weed killer Glyphosate a pilot study published in the journal Environmental Pollution has suggested that it may cause a 4.5 fold increase in the risk of breast cancer.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33714786/

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And This Week In Wellness just 4 weeks highly processed, carb laden foods have been linked to inflammation, memory loss and Alzheimer’s whilst Omega 3’s and DHA have been shown to reduce the effects, even without other dietary changes.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211014172753.htm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889159121005043?via%3Dihub

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This Week In Wellness breathing in clean air has been shown to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

Tint particulate matter released by cars and factories known as PM2.5 has previously been linked to memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease due to the capacity of the tiny particles to pass directly up into the brain (via the nose) and hence bypass the blood-brain barrier. It has also been been linked to premature death, particularly in people with chronic heart or lung diseases.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211007122123.htm

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This Week In Wellness a small study published in the journal Circulation of the American Heart Association has shown that regular intense exercise for people with early signs of heart failure may be able to increase the elasticity of their heart muscles.

https://min.news/en/news/63b7bf508ecb8f13705d1cd3fe7a32ca.html

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054117

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