Nintendo isn’t just for gamers. The Associated Press reports that a new Nintendo based game is designed for older consumers. It engages them in a “daily regimen of number games, word puzzles and reading exercises. You can test your IQ through various quizzes, and have your results saved so you can track your progress or compare with others. The game has become a huge hit in Japan, where even hospitals have introduced the units in waiting rooms and patient floors.
This is a great tool to maintain your mental edge and flex that mental muscle. As I reported earlier, there is more and more medical literature coming out discussing the huge benefits of doing the crossword puzzles, the Soduko games etc…This is just another tool to add to the list to hopefully decrease the rate of dementia associated with age.
We are finding that the earlier you take a role in improving your health the better you ultimately age. My goal is to provide you with the information and tools to prevent illness and maintain health and function.
If you would like to know more about optimal/healthy aging please feel free to contact me or schedule an appointment.
Maitake literally translates as “Dancing Mushroom,” so named for the joy experienced by Japanese mushroom lovers on finding a thick cluster of these delicacies. Maitakes are not only delicious; they contain powerful immunomodulating compounds that are proving effective in the management of insulin resistance and diabetes, and certain types of cancer.
Motor points are the spots at which nerve fibers enter muscles. Application of acupuncture needles to these points is proving beneficial in the treatment of common sports injuries including tendonitis, shoulder impingements and chronic muscle spasms. The results can be amazing!
Researchers have discovered why high protein diets can help tackle obesity – it isn’t what Dr. Adkins thought. Research has discovered that a gut hormone plays a key role in regulating appetite by sending signals to the brain indicating fullness. The hormone, called peptide YY (PYY), is increased via the consumption of high protein foods.Increasing levels of this hormone reduces hunger and food intake.
Although there has been evidence to suggest high protein diets are effective in achieving and maintaining weight loss, the reasons for this have been unclear. The research, published in Cell Metabolism, sheds light on the role played by PYY in this process.
Researchers in London found that in both obese and normal weight subjects a high protein diet brought about the highest levels of PYY and the greatest reduction in hunger. These findings in humans led to the development of an animal model to explore the role of PYY further. Mice also produce PYY and eat less when given a high protein diet.
The findings suggest a possible cause for the current obesity epidemic, as research shows our diets have shifted from being protein-rich in our hunter-gatherer days to carbohydrate-rich today. “Nearly half of our energy intake now stems from carbohydrates, while only 16% comes from protein,” said Dr Batterham, one of the head researchers.
This research suggests that an increase in the protein content of the diet may help tackle obesity. However, large scale clinical trials are needed before high- protein low-fat diets can be recommended.
I am currently looking into how acupuncture and Oriental medicine use may be able to mimic this effect.
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