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Dr. Moyer of Moyer Total Wellness, contributed key medical testimony that helped pass the Colorado Wellness Law which bans trans fats in Colorado Schools. This is an incredible step forward to improve the wellness of our nation, the health of our children, and in combatting obesity, which effects over 1/3 of Americans.
Trans fats have been banned in Colorado’s schools with the passing of the SB 68 bill. Colorado joins California, Deleware, Oregon, and other states in the next move to improve our nation’s health, beginning with our nation’s youth. Dr. Moyer of Moyer Total Wellness, contributed key medical testimony in the movement of this bill.
Abc News recently highlighted America’s obsession with weight loss. Americans spend $40 Billion a year on weight loss, from diet pills to books to the latest diet trend. Ironically, more than one third of Americans are obese, the more we spend, the more the scale moves in the wrong direction. In this video, Abc looks at the “truth” in the ads for weight loss and the secret to truly becoming healthy.
A recent study show a positive correlation in bone metabolism through acupuncture and massage. The reasearch, conducted by the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences is promising, showing another avenue where we can help prevent osteoporosis.
The SB 68 bill has just passed the Senate in Colorado, joining other states like California, Oregon, and Delaware. The result is an incredible step forward in our nation’s health, beginning with the move to ban trans fats in Colorado schools. The bill will now need to gain approval in the House of Representatives. Dr. Moyer of Moyer Total Wellness, contributed key medical testimony in the movement of this bill.
Physical contact may lessen depression, lower blood pressure, and even improve immunity according to an article on Oprah. The article reviewed a study by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center that looks at the links between touch and health.
For the first time, the American Cancer Society on Thursday published formal guidelines for cancer survivors, focusing on the health benefits of maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, and eating a healthy diet. The guidelines are published online in CA: Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Don’t let stress put your health at risk! On CBS News, Rebecca Jarvis and Jeff Glor, speak with stress management expert James Porter about the harms of stress and what you can do to take charge of your health and reduce stress.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses recent research that shows that sugar may not just contribute to weight gain, but that it can also take a dramatic toll on our health. He discusses the issue with Dr. Robert Lustig who believes that sugar is actually a toxin and that large amounts are killing us.
Part one discussed physical stress, a stress on the body that is visible in poor posture or in the form of an injury. In part two, we will cover emotional stress, which can be just as harmful to your body yet not visibly apparent like physical.
According to Dr. Ben Kim, emotional stress is one of the most significant challenges in achieving overall wellness. Below is a direct excerpt from Dr. Kim.
Because your body cannot defend itself against the damage that emotional stress quietly creates over time. Your body pays a heavy physiological price for every moment that you feel anxious, tense, frustrated, and angry.
I’m not suggesting that you should strive to never feel these emotions. Anxiety, tension, frustration, and anger all serve important purposes when they first arise. The danger is in experiencing these emotions on a chronic basis.
Emotional stress sets off a series of reactions in your body that involve yoursympathetic nervous system, the portion of your nervous system that would increase your chance of surviving if you were to run into a mountain lion during a hike. In such a situation, your sympathetic nervous system would:
- Speed up and intensify your heart and breathing rates, so that you could have more oxygen and nutrients available to your muscles to run or fight.
- Divert the bulk of your blood supply to your large muscles groups to run or fight.
- Slow or even shut down your digestive system so as to not waste blood, nutrients, and oxygen that could be used to run or fight.
- Stimulate the release of extra glucose into your blood to give you a burst of energy, just as a cheetah’s spleen gushes extra blood into its circulation when it needs a burst of acceleration.
- Cause your adrenal glands to release epinephrine and norepinephrine into your system to increase cardiac output and increase blood sugar.
- Stimulate the release of cortisol from your adrenal glands to increase blood sugar and energy.
- Increase the diameter of your pupils to allow for more light to enter your eyes and more acute vision for fighting and running quickly on any type of terrain.
Clearly, it is to your advantage to have a healthy sympathetic nervous system, one that is capable of providing all of the functions listed above during physical emergencies.
What you don’t want is for your body to experience all of the above on a continuous, low-grade level because of emotional stress.
And this is exactly what many of us are suffering from in today’s hectic world.
There’s really no need to provide a list of health conditions that are partly caused by emotional stress, because every health condition is partly caused by emotional stress. Emotional stress always equals increased output by the sympathetic nervous system, which always equals accelerated aging and breakdown of your tissues.
You can read the full article in its entirety here. Overall, emotional stress can be damaging to your wellness and health. However there are several ways to manage, mitigate and reduce emotional stress.
Purposeful relaxation or mediation, nourishing your body with proper nutrients, realigning your energy flow, as well as activities such as massage or exercise that promote the release of the feel good chemicals endorphins.
A 2010 survey conducted by the APA showed “that the majority of Americans are living with moderate or high levels of stress”.
Stress can present itself in one (or more) of three forms: Physical Stress, Emotional Stress, and/or Chemical Stress.
Allergy season is around the corner! ABCNews brings you why yours may act up more this year and the best ways to prevent and treat your allergies.
As important as proper nutrition and exercise, the right amount of sleep is a key component in your wellness. In fact studies have shown that individuals that get around 7 hours of sleep tend to burn more calories than those who get less than 5. Dr. Mallika Marshall discusses sleep needs, how they vary from person to person, and what you can do to get a better rest.
Dr. Drew Ramsey shares tips on providing proper nutrients for your brain.
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