Denise Minger has just put up another great China Study post that's worth reading if you haven't already. Denise has been busy applying her statistics skills to the mountain of data the study collected. She noted in a previous post that wheat intake was strongly associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), the quintessential modern cardiovascular disease. I, and several other people, requested that she work her mathmagic to see if the association could be due to some other factor. For example, wheat is eaten mostly in the Northern regions of China, and CHD rates are generally higher at higher latitudes (vitamin D insufficiency?). This is true in Europe as well, and may be partly responsible for the purported benefits of the Mediterranean diet. You can mathematically determine if the association between wheat and CHD is simply due to the fact that wheat eaters live further North.
To make a long story short, nothing could explain the association except wheat itself, even latitude. Furthermore, she found a strong association between wheat intake and body mass index, typically a predictor of fat mass although we can't say that for sure. That finding echos a previous study in China where wheat eaters were more likely to be overweight than rice eaters (1, 2). Head over to Denise's post for the full story.
The China Study has major limitations built into its basic design, due to the fact that it was observational and pooled the blood samples of many individuals. Therefore, its findings can never prove anything, they can only suggest or be consistent with hypotheses. However, the study also has some unique advantages, such as a diversity of diets and regions, and the fact that people had presumably been eating a similar diet for a long time. I feel that Denise's efforts are really teasing out some useful information from the study that have been de-emphasized by other investigators.
There has been so little serious investigation into the health effects of wheat in the general population that I have to rely mostly on indirect evidence, such as the observation that the diseases of civilization tend to closely follow the introduction of white flour around the globe. Researchers studying celiac disease and other forms of gluten allergy, and the efforts of the paleolithic diet community in spreading that information (for example, Loren Cordain and Pedro Bastos), have been major contributors to understanding the health effects of wheat. Denise's analysis is one of the strongest pieces of evidence I've come by so far. One of these days, I'll post all of my references incriminating wheat. There are quite a few, although none of them is the smoking gun. I think there's enough indirect evidence that investigators should begin taking the idea seriously that wheat, particularly in the form of industrial flour products, may contribute to chronic disease in more than just a small subset of the population.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The Law of Health and Disease
Just as there is the Law of Gravity, Law of Relativity and Law of Attraction there is also the Law of Health and Disease.
Neglecting this simple Law of Health & Disease is the major contributor to the current health care crisis facing this nation and others around the world. The numbers being diagnosed with and treated for degenerative diseases continue to rise. Increase in the costs of treating these so-called diseases also continues to rise.
Unfortunately, the Law of Health and Disease is not taken under consideration nor is it being factored in to the diagnosis, prognosis, medical treatment plans or procedures provided by the medical mainstream professionals or the alternative health care community.
However, the Law of Health and Disease IS recognized and addressed in sound science. Sound science is 100%. The Advanced Scientific Health Group has developed an entire, concise and comprehensive education program for anyone willing to learn.
Science has proven that the human body was Created PERFECTLY. Applying the knowledge from the Insider Doctors and Scientists will be your proof.
Isn't it time we take a more logical approach to health and disease?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Family Advocate
http://www.advancedscientifichealth.net/
Neglecting this simple Law of Health & Disease is the major contributor to the current health care crisis facing this nation and others around the world. The numbers being diagnosed with and treated for degenerative diseases continue to rise. Increase in the costs of treating these so-called diseases also continues to rise.
Unfortunately, the Law of Health and Disease is not taken under consideration nor is it being factored in to the diagnosis, prognosis, medical treatment plans or procedures provided by the medical mainstream professionals or the alternative health care community.
However, the Law of Health and Disease IS recognized and addressed in sound science. Sound science is 100%. The Advanced Scientific Health Group has developed an entire, concise and comprehensive education program for anyone willing to learn.
Science has proven that the human body was Created PERFECTLY. Applying the knowledge from the Insider Doctors and Scientists will be your proof.
Isn't it time we take a more logical approach to health and disease?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Family Advocate
http://www.advancedscientifichealth.net/
USATF evaluates if stretching prevents running injuries - Science says it doesn't, their study agrees and more
Yesterday, the NY times reported on a study performed by USA Track and Field, the organization that credentials the race's and many of the running events throughout NJ (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/phys-ed-does-stretching-before-running-prevent-injuries/)
I have been working with runners and have been involved with USATF in NJ and I have always maintained that stretching does not prevent injuries. For years, stretching had been the gold standard and even today, many running coaches who were brought up with this concept continue to teach stretching to their new and developing athletes.
Years ago, when I was in chiropractic college in Illinois, a company called SPRI who performed rehab and the owners, Richard Dominguez, Robert J Gajda, wrote about their methods in a book entitled Total Body Training. The book, written in the 80's told about how exercises rather than stretching gets the best performance out of athletes. SPRI now produces tubing kits for exercise as well as other products. Many other studies have also shown that stretching has little benefit and now the USATF study also shows that those who stretch and those who do not have about the same amount of injuries.
An interesting note in all this is that those who were used to stretching and then stopped had an increase in the amount of injuries that had the endure.
Looking past the surface of this, there is a benefit to stretching which is in young and developing children. As bones grow, so do muscles in response to that growth. Stretching during those young years will yield greater flexibility in adulthood which is why I will never be able to perform a split while my daughter who has done gymnastics since she was 4 years old can.
When we look at the motivation of stretching which is injury avoidance, I believe those who did it regularly and then stopped and experienced more problems had bio-mechanical issues which likely were never properly identified. In our office, patients find out that it is firing patterns, myofascia and muscular coordination of movement which actually are the reasons for tightness. Once these issues are properly addressed, the person tightens much less, has much greater flexibility and their overall gait improves. The more efficiently they move, the more flexible they are and the fewer injuries they sustain. The discussion should not be about weather or not to stretch. The argument is about body mechanics and its relationship to injuries in runners.
What do you think? As always, I value your opinion
I have been working with runners and have been involved with USATF in NJ and I have always maintained that stretching does not prevent injuries. For years, stretching had been the gold standard and even today, many running coaches who were brought up with this concept continue to teach stretching to their new and developing athletes. Years ago, when I was in chiropractic college in Illinois, a company called SPRI who performed rehab and the owners, Richard Dominguez, Robert J Gajda, wrote about their methods in a book entitled Total Body Training. The book, written in the 80's told about how exercises rather than stretching gets the best performance out of athletes. SPRI now produces tubing kits for exercise as well as other products. Many other studies have also shown that stretching has little benefit and now the USATF study also shows that those who stretch and those who do not have about the same amount of injuries.
An interesting note in all this is that those who were used to stretching and then stopped had an increase in the amount of injuries that had the endure.
Looking past the surface of this, there is a benefit to stretching which is in young and developing children. As bones grow, so do muscles in response to that growth. Stretching during those young years will yield greater flexibility in adulthood which is why I will never be able to perform a split while my daughter who has done gymnastics since she was 4 years old can.
When we look at the motivation of stretching which is injury avoidance, I believe those who did it regularly and then stopped and experienced more problems had bio-mechanical issues which likely were never properly identified. In our office, patients find out that it is firing patterns, myofascia and muscular coordination of movement which actually are the reasons for tightness. Once these issues are properly addressed, the person tightens much less, has much greater flexibility and their overall gait improves. The more efficiently they move, the more flexible they are and the fewer injuries they sustain. The discussion should not be about weather or not to stretch. The argument is about body mechanics and its relationship to injuries in runners.
What do you think? As always, I value your opinion
The Law of Health and Disease
Just as there is the Law of Gravity, Law of Relativity and Law of Attraction there is also the Law of Health and Disease.
Neglecting this simple Law of Health & Disease is the major contributor to the current health care crisis facing this nation and others around the world. The numbers being diagnosed with and treated for degenerative diseases continue to rise. Increase in the costs of treating these so-called diseases also continues to rise.
Unfortunately, the Law of Health and Disease is not taken under consideration nor is it being factored in to the diagnosis, prognosis, medical treatment plans or procedures provided by the medical mainstream professionals or the alternative health care community.
However, the Law of Health and Disease IS recognized and addressed in sound science. Sound science is 100%. The Advanced Scientific Health Group has developed an entire, concise and comprehensive education program for anyone willing to learn.
Science has proven that the human body was Created PERFECTLY. Applying the knowledge from the Insider Doctors and Scientists will be your proof.
Isn't it time we take a more logical approach to health and disease?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Family Advocate
http://www.ashnow.com/betterhealth
Just as there is the Law of Gravity, Law of Relativity and Law of Attraction there is also the Law of Health and Disease.
Neglecting this simple Law of Health & Disease is the major contributor to the current health care crisis facing this nation and others around the world. The numbers being diagnosed with and treated for degenerative diseases continue to rise. Increase in the costs of treating these so-called diseases also continues to rise.
Unfortunately, the Law of Health and Disease is not taken under consideration nor is it being factored in to the diagnosis, prognosis, medical treatment plans or procedures provided by the medical mainstream professionals or the alternative health care community.
However, the Law of Health and Disease IS recognized and addressed in sound science. Sound science is 100%. The Advanced Scientific Health Group has developed an entire, concise and comprehensive education program for anyone willing to learn.
Science has proven that the human body was Created PERFECTLY. Applying the knowledge from the Insider Doctors and Scientists will be your proof.
Isn't it time we take a more logical approach to health and disease?
Live, Love & Breathe,
Vickie Barker - ASH Family Advocate
http://www.ashnow.com/betterhealth
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