Category: Motivational

I’ve been reading stuff about sleep hygiene.

There are many factors that can contribute to sleep apnea that many miss which includes crowded teeth, underdeveloped maxilla and mandible, a tongue tie, excess weight, physically de-conditioned, aging, post nasal drip, acid reflux, LPR, deviated septum etc.  One must go through an assessment to see what factors relate to them and how they can contribute to their sleeping issues.   
The main treatments for sleep apnea are mandibular devices (which can be challenging to the TMJ) and CPAP machines (which can be a nuisance and who wants to be all hook up!).  Another approach that has helped many is Myofunctional Therapy.  

Apnea issues are typically addressed with sleep hygiene tips (sleep in a dark room, have your bedroom on the cooler side, avoid eating certain food, avoid eating too close to bedtime, go to bed at a certain time, avoid computer screens before bed etc.) and of course medications.  These tips provide minimal help when a person has any of the factors mentioned above.  All medication has side effects so if you can avoid medication, it is suggested you do so.  

Now someone wrote about breathing pauses that last as long as 1 min being normal.  That is not normal and this should be addressed! Your body is repairing itself during sleep and should be in a parasympathetic state. If your breathing is intermittent than your whole body will go in and out of sympathetic and parasympathetic states.  This does not allow for optimal repair and recovery.  

There is also all sorts of other health issues that pop up after years of sleep disordered breathing like high blood pressure, heart issues, weight gain, etc.  Who wants any of those!

Try restricting your position to no back sleeping. Get a body pillow that keeps you on your side – or an even CHEAPER more creative idea – sleep in a fishing vest that has tennis balls in the back pouches  – so that if you lay on your back – it will be awkward and uncomfortable – so you would subconciously stay on your side.  No cost, no side effects – problem solved. 

Just some fun videos suggesting how “food porn” (video & still photo advertisements) may be using inedible enhancement tricks to seduce us.

April 19, 2021

Interviewer: One of your most famous quotes is: “There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans and those who haven’t read the data.” Although it was originally a joke, it shows that you trust the evidence supporting the benefits of a vegan diet. What do you envision for the potential of vegan diets to significantly prevent the leading causes of death in the United States—such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes?

Dr. Williams: The medical literature is replete with data indicating the dangers of eating animal products. Plant-based diets are associated with lower rates of obesity and diabetes, high quality of life and longer life-expectancy, as well as less hypertension, dyslipidemia, peripheral artery disease, coronary disease, myocardial infarction, erectile dysfunction, heart failure, stroke and death. One series of articles I like to quote has been published in JAMA (2016, 2019, and 2020), indicating the increased mortality with consumption of animal protein instead of vegetable protein. Same title (“Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality”), different long-term cohorts, two from the US, one from Japan, but same results. Replacing even 3% of the animal protein with vegetable protein reduces cardiovascular, cancer, and all-cause mortality ^1-3 .

Read more here: http://www.hhpronline.org/articles/2021/4/19/plant-based-prevention-of-disease-a-conversation-with-dr-kim-a-williams-sr

Jan 4, 2021

FRESNO, Calif. — Snacking on grapes could prevent a heart attack or stroke, according to new research. Researchers from UCLA say the “superfood” is rich in chemicals that boost gut bacteria diversity and lower cholesterol — leading to better heart health.

Read more here: https://www.studyfinds.org/grapes-heart-attack-cholesterol/

Dec 17, 2021

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Originally published 1994

How well we know the stereotype of the rugged Plains Indian: killer of buffalo, dressed in quill-decorated buckskin, elaborately feathered headdress, and leather moccasins, living in an animal skin teepee, master of the dog and horse, and stranger to vegetables. But this lifestyle, once limited almost exclusively to the Apaches, flourished no more than a couple hundred years. It is not representative of most Native Americans of today or yesterday. Indeed, the “buffalo-as-lifestyle” phenomenon is a direct result of European influence, as we shall see.

https://www.loveunityvoice.com/native-americans-and-vegetarianism/

And an article written in reply:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/e64q00/choctaw_historian_rita_laws_phd_says_the/

Nov 29, 2021

Prevailing theories posit plaques in the brain cause Alzheimer’s disease. New UC Riverside research instead points to cells’ slowing ability to clean themselves as the likely cause of unhealthy brain buildup.

[…] In general, the process of clearing spent or defective proteins from cells, known as autophagy, slows down in people over the age of 65. It isn’t clear why, but Julian’s laboratory is planning to study this.

Fortunately, drugs are already being tested to improve autophagy. Some candidates include existing drugs approved for cardiovascular disease and other conditions, which may help speed up the approval process.

Autophagy can be induced by fasting. When cells run short on proteins from an individual’s diet, they fill the void by recycling proteins already present in cells. Exercise also increases autophagy.

These measures, as well as drug therapies, may ultimately help prevent the disease. “If a slowdown in autophagy is the underlying cause, things that increase it should have the beneficial, opposite effect,” Julian said.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-scientists-potential-alzheimer-disease.html

Mar 2021

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Ruth E. Heidrich, Ph.D. www.RuthHeidrich.com Featured in that great documentary, Forks Over Knives, Dr. Ruth Heidrich is known for being a marathon runner who was shocked when diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. After answering an ad in the paper looking for breast cancer patients to participate in a diet/cancer research study, she met Dr. John McDougall and immediately enrolled in the study which required changing to the McDougall diet. She also could not have either chemotherapy or radiation so that diet was the only variable. She went on to complete the Kona Ironman Triathlon just two years later, with cancer in complete remission and became the very first vegan and first cancer patient to ever complete an Ironman.

She went on to compete in world-wide races, winning almost 1,000 trophies including 8 gold metals in the Senior Olympics, 67 marathons including Boston, New York, and Moscow. Invited to come the the world-famous Cooper Clinic in Dallas, TX, she set 3 age-group world fitness records, one of which was breaking her own record, and has been named “One of the Ten Fittest Women in North America.” Although never intending to be an author, she was asked to write books including A Race For Life, SeniorFitness, and Lifelong Running. Known as the “other Dr. Ruth”, she has also written How to Prevent, Reverse, and Cure ED, has a recipe book, CHEF, and is working on two books, one on silicone breast implants and the other, Running ‘Round the World.