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Health and Fitness - The Huffington Post
Grease Is Good? Not So Fast!
Hurray, we can all eat grease again! On March 17, 2014, after decades of damning evidence that "bad" fat leads to heart disease, certain cancers, and other serious and even fatal health problems, headlines proclaimed the results of a new study, published in a prestigious journal, that seemed to say that "bad" fat wasn't so bad for your heart after all (1).
But before you fry up that bacon, hold the fork. It turned out that the study had some statistical quirks that made "bad" fat look safer than it really is.
The study was a meta-analysis. That is, it combined the results of several prior research studies. Some had shown marked dangers of saturated fat, while others did not, and they were all blended together in a statistical stew. The weak studies tend to dilute the stronger ones, masking real dangers.
The analysis also used results that were statistically adjusted so as to downplay the dangers of saturated fat. One that went into the mix was Harvard's famed Nurses' Health Study (2). In the original study, those who ate the most saturated fat had a 52 percent increased risk of developing heart disease. That's obviously alarming. But the numbers were then adjusted for cholesterol intake, protein intake, and other factors, making the risk vanish. Here's the problem: The foods that have saturated fat are the same ones that have cholesterol and protein. Meat, for example, has all three. So if you adjust the statistics for cholesterol and protein, the dangers of "bad" fat are hard to see.
It's a bit like studying whether cigarettes cause cancer. If you adjust the statistics for whether people carry cigarette lighters and have ashtrays in their homes, the relationship between cigarettes and cancer can be made to disappear.
Other researchers immediately caught the flaws and called for a retraction. But that didn't stop the article from being widely quoted as showing that "bad" fat was "safe."
Even if you bought the myth that lard won't hurt your heart -- not a sensible thing to do -- it pays to remember that "bad" fat poses other risks. In a carefully controlled Chicago study, researchers found that people eating the most saturated fat had a far higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, compared with people who avoided "bad" fat (3). And overwhelming evidence shows that meat-eaters have more weight problems, heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, and hypertension, compared with people who avoid meat (4-8).
"Why are we even talking about saturated fat, anyway?" you might ask. A big reason is that, in 1977, the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs recommended that Americans cut back on meat for health reasons. That was good advice. But the beef industry fought back, making it clear that criticizing meat was a serious political no-no. So when the U.S. Dietary Guidelines were published, they danced around ideas like "eating less meat." Instead, they used a sort of nutritional code, recommending that Americans "limit saturated fat and cholesterol."
Americans were confused -- exactly what the meat industry had hoped for -- and meat intake didn't drop one bit. It actually climbed from 178 pounds per person per year in 1970 to more than 200 pounds in 2004. Cheese, oil, and sugar intake rose, too. And Americans got fatter and fatter. No it wasn't those Snackwell's low-fat cookies that broadened our girth; it was the bacon and egg sandwich and the chicken salad.
The tobacco industry is no doubt kicking itself. Had it used the same tactick confusing consumers by focusing on specific parts of tobacco smoke -- say benzo(a)pyrene -- instead of on smoking itself, it could have deflected attention away from overwhelming evidence that smokers get cancer.
So, while researchers debate about saturated fats, monounsaturated fats, dietary cholesterol, and -- yawn -- all the other things that go into burgers and pork chops, it pays to remember one fact: Meat is unhealthy. Whether you blame its "bad" fat, its cholesterol, the vitamins that meat is missing, its lack of fiber, or anything else, meat boosts your risk heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and colon cancer. So skip the meat. Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans are still exactly what the doctor ordered. There are plenty of cookbooks and plans to get you started.
References:
1. Chowdhury R, Warnakula S, Kunutsor S, et al. Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:398-406.
2. Chiuve SE, Rimm EB, Sandhu RK, et al. Dietary fat quality and risk of sudden cardiac death in women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012; 96:498-507.
3. Morris MC, Evans EA, Bienias JL, et al. Dietary fats and the risk of incident Alzheimer's disease. Arch Neurol. 2003;60:194-200.
4. Craig WJ, Mangels AR, American Dietetic Association. Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Jul;109(7):1266-82.
5. Tonstad S, Butler T, Yan R, Fraser GE. Type of vegetarian diet, body weight and prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2009;32:791-6.
6. Spencer EA, Appleby PN, Davey GK, Key TJ. Diet and body mass index in 38,000 EPIC-Oxford meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. Int J Obesity 2003;27:728-34.
7. Berkow S, Barnard ND. Vegetarian diets and weight status. Nutr Rev 2006;64:175-188.
8. Yokoyama Y, Nishimura K, Barnard ND, et al. Vegetarian diets and blood pressure: a meta-analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, Feb 24, epub ahead of print.
But before you fry up that bacon, hold the fork. It turned out that the study had some statistical quirks that made "bad" fat look safer than it really is.
The study was a meta-analysis. That is, it combined the results of several prior research studies. Some had shown marked dangers of saturated fat, while others did not, and they were all blended together in a statistical stew. The weak studies tend to dilute the stronger ones, masking real dangers.
The analysis also used results that were statistically adjusted so as to downplay the dangers of saturated fat. One that went into the mix was Harvard's famed Nurses' Health Study (2). In the original study, those who ate the most saturated fat had a 52 percent increased risk of developing heart disease. That's obviously alarming. But the numbers were then adjusted for cholesterol intake, protein intake, and other factors, making the risk vanish. Here's the problem: The foods that have saturated fat are the same ones that have cholesterol and protein. Meat, for example, has all three. So if you adjust the statistics for cholesterol and protein, the dangers of "bad" fat are hard to see.
It's a bit like studying whether cigarettes cause cancer. If you adjust the statistics for whether people carry cigarette lighters and have ashtrays in their homes, the relationship between cigarettes and cancer can be made to disappear.
Other researchers immediately caught the flaws and called for a retraction. But that didn't stop the article from being widely quoted as showing that "bad" fat was "safe."
Even if you bought the myth that lard won't hurt your heart -- not a sensible thing to do -- it pays to remember that "bad" fat poses other risks. In a carefully controlled Chicago study, researchers found that people eating the most saturated fat had a far higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, compared with people who avoided "bad" fat (3). And overwhelming evidence shows that meat-eaters have more weight problems, heart attacks, cancer, diabetes, and hypertension, compared with people who avoid meat (4-8).
"Why are we even talking about saturated fat, anyway?" you might ask. A big reason is that, in 1977, the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs recommended that Americans cut back on meat for health reasons. That was good advice. But the beef industry fought back, making it clear that criticizing meat was a serious political no-no. So when the U.S. Dietary Guidelines were published, they danced around ideas like "eating less meat." Instead, they used a sort of nutritional code, recommending that Americans "limit saturated fat and cholesterol."
Americans were confused -- exactly what the meat industry had hoped for -- and meat intake didn't drop one bit. It actually climbed from 178 pounds per person per year in 1970 to more than 200 pounds in 2004. Cheese, oil, and sugar intake rose, too. And Americans got fatter and fatter. No it wasn't those Snackwell's low-fat cookies that broadened our girth; it was the bacon and egg sandwich and the chicken salad.
The tobacco industry is no doubt kicking itself. Had it used the same tactick confusing consumers by focusing on specific parts of tobacco smoke -- say benzo(a)pyrene -- instead of on smoking itself, it could have deflected attention away from overwhelming evidence that smokers get cancer.
So, while researchers debate about saturated fats, monounsaturated fats, dietary cholesterol, and -- yawn -- all the other things that go into burgers and pork chops, it pays to remember one fact: Meat is unhealthy. Whether you blame its "bad" fat, its cholesterol, the vitamins that meat is missing, its lack of fiber, or anything else, meat boosts your risk heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and colon cancer. So skip the meat. Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans are still exactly what the doctor ordered. There are plenty of cookbooks and plans to get you started.
References:
1. Chowdhury R, Warnakula S, Kunutsor S, et al. Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:398-406.
2. Chiuve SE, Rimm EB, Sandhu RK, et al. Dietary fat quality and risk of sudden cardiac death in women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012; 96:498-507.
3. Morris MC, Evans EA, Bienias JL, et al. Dietary fats and the risk of incident Alzheimer's disease. Arch Neurol. 2003;60:194-200.
4. Craig WJ, Mangels AR, American Dietetic Association. Position of the American Dietetic Association: vegetarian diets. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Jul;109(7):1266-82.
5. Tonstad S, Butler T, Yan R, Fraser GE. Type of vegetarian diet, body weight and prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2009;32:791-6.
6. Spencer EA, Appleby PN, Davey GK, Key TJ. Diet and body mass index in 38,000 EPIC-Oxford meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. Int J Obesity 2003;27:728-34.
7. Berkow S, Barnard ND. Vegetarian diets and weight status. Nutr Rev 2006;64:175-188.
8. Yokoyama Y, Nishimura K, Barnard ND, et al. Vegetarian diets and blood pressure: a meta-analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014, Feb 24, epub ahead of print.
Good News - The Huffington Post
Dad's Time-Lapse Video Shows 14 Years Of His Daughter's Life In 4 Whirlwind Minutes
Two years ago, Dutch photographer and artist Frans Hofmeester condensed 12 years' worth of footage into an elegant 2-and-a-half-minute time-lapse video about his daughter, Lotte.
He updated the original with another year of footage after Lotte turned 13, and now, he's released a third version of "Portrait of Lotte" -- above -- bringing us up to the teenager's 14th birthday.
"I filmed Lotte every week from the moment she was born. She was changing at such a rapid pace, that I felt the need to document the way she looked, to keep my memories intact," Hofmeester writes of the series on his website. "Other people might make a photo book, but I decided to film."
Hofmeester has made similar videos about Lotte's little brother, too -- although they haven't received quite as much attention on YouTube. Check out the latest version of "Portrait of Vince" here:
Talk about a labor of love!
(hat tip: Viral Viral Videos)
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He updated the original with another year of footage after Lotte turned 13, and now, he's released a third version of "Portrait of Lotte" -- above -- bringing us up to the teenager's 14th birthday.
"I filmed Lotte every week from the moment she was born. She was changing at such a rapid pace, that I felt the need to document the way she looked, to keep my memories intact," Hofmeester writes of the series on his website. "Other people might make a photo book, but I decided to film."
Hofmeester has made similar videos about Lotte's little brother, too -- although they haven't received quite as much attention on YouTube. Check out the latest version of "Portrait of Vince" here:
Talk about a labor of love!
(hat tip: Viral Viral Videos)
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Why Can Love Be So Painful? 6 Ways to Heal and Move On
Love is painful, because it creates the way for joy, for bliss and for compassion. Love is painful, because it transforms you. Love is growth.
Love itself does not hurt. It is growth that hurts, the ego that stings.
Each transformation is painful because the old situation is being left behind for the new. For example, when a relationship ends we feel hurt, our hopes and dreams have crashed and we feel lost and lonely, wondering what comes next. Fear arises because the unknown is in front of us, and the mind usually assumes the negative, saying things like, "I'll never meet anyone else," "I'm too old/overweight/unattractive" or "I don't have time for a new relationship." The temptation is to shut down, open that bag of potato chips, pour that glass of wine, turn on the TV and give up on love.
Here are six keys to help you face this challenge and keep your heart open, so that you can have the abundance of love that you want and deserve.
1. Understand The Real Problem
The real problem is the mind. Fear lives in the mind, and the mind wants you to hang on to a situation that is known and comfortable for you. The ego-mind resists change because it is afraid of losing control and feels insecure about the unpredictability of the unknown. Love means the death of the ego, because love cannot be controlled, it can only be received and accepted. Love is fragile. One day it is there, the next day it may be gone -- like the wind. We cannot grasp the wind in our fist; we can only enjoy and appreciate it while it is there. With this awareness, be present with love, and it will grow and expand.
2. Practice Gratitude
A gratitude practice is of tremendous help with all matters of the heart. For example, when that relationship ends, be grateful for the good times you shared, for what this person gave you with their energy, time and heart. Thank them for being in your life, and wish them well as they move on to what's next for them. When you hold this person with love in your heart, even though they may be the one breaking up with you and even if they've already met someone else, you are healing yourself. It's love that heals your broken heart. By refusing to shut your heart down, and by facing the hurt and fear, you are able to receive all the love you need to heal and move on.
3. Surround Yourself With Loving Friends and Family
At a difficult time when you are, for example, going through a divorce or a difficult breakup, your youngest child has left for college or you feel betrayed by a friend, it's important to keep your heart open to receiving love and support from friends and family. Life doesn't always seem fair, but love is always there, available for us; we just have to be open to receiving it. Be careful not to expect support from people who have nothing to give or who do not wish you well. Avoid them, and focus on the people you know do love you. Sometimes a professional counselor can be just the right fit if family and friends are too overwhelmed with their own lives.
4. Take Responsibility for How You Interpret Your Situation
Bring loving awareness to yourself, and be careful not to judge yourself or compare yourself with others. You have a choice between experiencing resentment, pain and suffering or love, peace and joy. It all depends on your interpretation of the situation. Do you perceive yourself as a victim? Or, can you accept the situation -- which doesn't mean you have to like it -- for what it is, and receive the blessing that is often revealed later on.
What if you created this very situation so that you could continue to grow and expand in love?
By taking the responsibility on your own shoulders, you are having integrity -- which portends well for you -- and you will discover a rich well of creativity, strength and wisdom inside you that you didn't know you had!
5. Watch the Mind
For the mind, love is a dangerous path. The mind will advise you to avoid love, but this is even more dangerous, because love is the central core of our lives. A life without love is a life that is withered and dried up.
It is because of the pain of love that millions live a loveless life -- like a rotten seed that has never opened to flower to it's fullest potential. If you don't go into love, as many people have decided, then you are stuck with your bags of potato chips! Then, your life is a stagnant pool. You need to keep the energy flowing, like a river that keeps on flowing to the ocean.
6. Always Choose Love
Always choose love because even though there is pain, to suffer in love is not to suffer in vain; it takes you to higher levels of consciousness. There is a positive, creative outcome for you. If you choose the mind you will also suffer, but it will be useless suffering with an unproductive outcome. Life will be dull, and you will become neurotic from lack of love. To be afraid of love and to be afraid of the growing pains of love is to remain enclosed in a dark cell.
The transformation we all go through is from control of the mind to vulnerability of the heart, and the agony can be deep. But, you cannot have ecstasy without going through agony. If the gold wants to be purified, it has to pass through fire.
Love is fire.
Find your courage and love, fully and completely. Trust and live in your heart. Love takes you from the head to the heart and nurtures, comforts and heals you even as you pass through the fire.
With love, the ego drops and the soul arises. Love is food for the soul.
You can ask yourself, "Is this pain for my growth?" "Is my heart breaking open to give and receive even more love?" Every time your heart breaks open, yes, it's painful, but it means your heart is expanding and deepening. The pain is productive.
Learn from each experience, watch the ego and choose love. Go through the dark night and you reach a beautiful sunrise. It is only in the womb of the dark night that the sun evolves. It is only through the dark night that the morning comes.
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Love itself does not hurt. It is growth that hurts, the ego that stings.
Each transformation is painful because the old situation is being left behind for the new. For example, when a relationship ends we feel hurt, our hopes and dreams have crashed and we feel lost and lonely, wondering what comes next. Fear arises because the unknown is in front of us, and the mind usually assumes the negative, saying things like, "I'll never meet anyone else," "I'm too old/overweight/unattractive" or "I don't have time for a new relationship." The temptation is to shut down, open that bag of potato chips, pour that glass of wine, turn on the TV and give up on love.
Here are six keys to help you face this challenge and keep your heart open, so that you can have the abundance of love that you want and deserve.
1. Understand The Real Problem
The real problem is the mind. Fear lives in the mind, and the mind wants you to hang on to a situation that is known and comfortable for you. The ego-mind resists change because it is afraid of losing control and feels insecure about the unpredictability of the unknown. Love means the death of the ego, because love cannot be controlled, it can only be received and accepted. Love is fragile. One day it is there, the next day it may be gone -- like the wind. We cannot grasp the wind in our fist; we can only enjoy and appreciate it while it is there. With this awareness, be present with love, and it will grow and expand.
2. Practice Gratitude
A gratitude practice is of tremendous help with all matters of the heart. For example, when that relationship ends, be grateful for the good times you shared, for what this person gave you with their energy, time and heart. Thank them for being in your life, and wish them well as they move on to what's next for them. When you hold this person with love in your heart, even though they may be the one breaking up with you and even if they've already met someone else, you are healing yourself. It's love that heals your broken heart. By refusing to shut your heart down, and by facing the hurt and fear, you are able to receive all the love you need to heal and move on.
3. Surround Yourself With Loving Friends and Family
At a difficult time when you are, for example, going through a divorce or a difficult breakup, your youngest child has left for college or you feel betrayed by a friend, it's important to keep your heart open to receiving love and support from friends and family. Life doesn't always seem fair, but love is always there, available for us; we just have to be open to receiving it. Be careful not to expect support from people who have nothing to give or who do not wish you well. Avoid them, and focus on the people you know do love you. Sometimes a professional counselor can be just the right fit if family and friends are too overwhelmed with their own lives.
4. Take Responsibility for How You Interpret Your Situation
Bring loving awareness to yourself, and be careful not to judge yourself or compare yourself with others. You have a choice between experiencing resentment, pain and suffering or love, peace and joy. It all depends on your interpretation of the situation. Do you perceive yourself as a victim? Or, can you accept the situation -- which doesn't mean you have to like it -- for what it is, and receive the blessing that is often revealed later on.
What if you created this very situation so that you could continue to grow and expand in love?
By taking the responsibility on your own shoulders, you are having integrity -- which portends well for you -- and you will discover a rich well of creativity, strength and wisdom inside you that you didn't know you had!
5. Watch the Mind
For the mind, love is a dangerous path. The mind will advise you to avoid love, but this is even more dangerous, because love is the central core of our lives. A life without love is a life that is withered and dried up.
It is because of the pain of love that millions live a loveless life -- like a rotten seed that has never opened to flower to it's fullest potential. If you don't go into love, as many people have decided, then you are stuck with your bags of potato chips! Then, your life is a stagnant pool. You need to keep the energy flowing, like a river that keeps on flowing to the ocean.
6. Always Choose Love
Always choose love because even though there is pain, to suffer in love is not to suffer in vain; it takes you to higher levels of consciousness. There is a positive, creative outcome for you. If you choose the mind you will also suffer, but it will be useless suffering with an unproductive outcome. Life will be dull, and you will become neurotic from lack of love. To be afraid of love and to be afraid of the growing pains of love is to remain enclosed in a dark cell.
The transformation we all go through is from control of the mind to vulnerability of the heart, and the agony can be deep. But, you cannot have ecstasy without going through agony. If the gold wants to be purified, it has to pass through fire.
Love is fire.
Find your courage and love, fully and completely. Trust and live in your heart. Love takes you from the head to the heart and nurtures, comforts and heals you even as you pass through the fire.
With love, the ego drops and the soul arises. Love is food for the soul.
You can ask yourself, "Is this pain for my growth?" "Is my heart breaking open to give and receive even more love?" Every time your heart breaks open, yes, it's painful, but it means your heart is expanding and deepening. The pain is productive.
Learn from each experience, watch the ego and choose love. Go through the dark night and you reach a beautiful sunrise. It is only in the womb of the dark night that the sun evolves. It is only through the dark night that the morning comes.
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