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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the February 2009 issue of True North's Tune-Up. We continue to emphasize "up stream" strategies for health in the areas of nutrition, mind-body, and lifestyle. Studies are from peer-reviewed scientific journals. Archived prior issues of the Tune-Up may be found at www.truenorthhealthcenter.org/tune_up_archives.asp.
To your health,
B. Joseph Semmes, MD
Director of Research, True North
Diplomate, American Boards of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine (ABIM) and Emergency Medicine
bjsemmes@truenorthhealthcenter.org
Breast cancer patients who ate more fruits and vegetables had 31% fewer breast cancer recurrences
In a study of 2967 women with breast cancer, followed for 5 or more years, those who ate 10 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, compared to 5, had 31% fewer breast cancer recurrence events. The finding was secondary, meaning that the study was actually designed to answer a different question, so it is considered to have a suboptimal design. Still, fruits and vegetables are safe and still not so expensive.
Read about this breast cancer study
Enduring grief is related to activity of the brain reward center
UCLA investigators looked at the brains of grieving women using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Those who had the most enduring and complicated grief reaction from the death of loved ones were distinguished by activity in the reward centers of the brain. Reminders of the loss of the deceased may activate reward center in the brain, interfering with adaptation to loss.
Learn more about grief and the brain reward center
Cardio-respiratory fitness lowers LDL cholesterol
It is important that we be reminded by studies like this one from Japan. Lifestyle changes in exercise and diet significantly reduce the risk of dying from the number one killer in developed countries, coronary artery disease.
Read about study from Japan on exercise and LDL cholesterol
Long considered taboo for recovering heart patients, resistance training is important too
A recent review from Chicago Medical School concludes that resistance training, as a complement to aerobic exercise, has profound health benefits, including building endurance, improving quality of life and more. (True North welcomes our newest affiliate Joe de Silva, Certified Fitness Trainer.)
Learn about the benefits of resistance training
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