24 March 2012
22 March 2012
あなたのお子さんと脊柱側湾症の自己診断
親にとって、自分の子供が脊柱側湾症ではないかと考えるのは、辛いことだと理解できますが、自己診断と医師による診断の違いを正しく理解しておくことは極めて重要です。
脊柱側湾症は、患者に多大な不快感とストレスを与える脊椎の障害です。脊椎の湾曲は比較的早い年齢から子供達に影響を与えるもので、その発症は周囲の目を気にしたり、自分の姿を恥ずかしいと感じる原因になってしまいます。これが多くの人ができるだけ早い時期にスクリーニング（検査）を受ける理由です。この記事では脊柱側湾症のスクリーニングについて、また自分でできる自己診断の仕方について見ていきます。医師がおこなう検査と同じような内容を家庭でも調べることができます。しかし、自己診断を選んだ場合でも、医師の診断とアドバイスを受けるのが重要なのは、覚えておいてください。たくさんの治療経験がある医師からのアドバイスは、自己診断とは代えられないものがありますので、自己診断で脊柱側湾症に関して気になる事が見つかった場合には、医師の診察を受ける必要があります。
脊柱側湾症は患者の体の柔軟性に大きな影響を与えます。更に、症状がより重度になると、自由に動くこともままならなくなります。患者にとって体が自由に動かない状態は非常に負担になり、精神面においても多くの問題が起きる原因になります。脊柱側湾症が基本的は背骨の異常な湾曲であることから、発症は比較的簡単に見つけられます。人の背中を少し上の方、より良く分かるように真上から見てみると、湾曲を発見することができます。
An Essential Guide for Scoliosis and a Healthy Pregnancy Book
About Dr Kevin Lau
Dr Kevin Lau DC is the founder of Health In Your Hands, a series of tools for Scoliosis prevention and treatment. The set includes his book Your Plan for Natural Scoliosis Prevention and Treatment, a companion Scoliosis Exercises for Prevention and Correction DVD and the innovative new iPhone application ScolioTrack. Dr Kevin Lau is a graduate in Doctor of Chiropractic from RMIT University in Melbourne Australia and Masters in Holistic Nutrition. He is a member of International Society On Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment (SOSORT), the leading international society on conservative treatment of spinal deformities. In 2006 I was awarded the "Best Health-care Provider Awards" by the largest Newspaper publication in Singapore on October 18 2006 as well as being interviewed on Primetime Channel News Asia as well as other TV and Radio. For more information on Dr Kevin Lau, watch his interviews or get a free sneak peek of his book, go to: http://www.hiyh.info.Most Supermarket Beef Contains ‘Pink Slime,’ Research Says
Maybe it came as no surprise that cafeteria “mystery meat” contains reconstituted beef trimmings — so-called “pink slime” — but what about the ground beef you buy at the supermarket?
Around 70 percent of ground beef sold in grocery stores contains some “pink slime,” beef scraps normally used for dog food and cooking oil that have been that have been treated with ammonia to be made acceptable for human consumption, ABC News reported March 7.
19 March 2012
Just a few minutes of daily exercise alters DNA to help prevent chronic disease
Friday, March 16, 2012 by: John Phillip
Many people think the genes they inherited at birth are static and predetermine their fate for the remainder of their life. Extensive research into the science of epigenetics is providing startling evidence that this thought process is grossly outdated, and our individual DNA is dynamic and continually influenced by multiple lifestyle factors including diet, environment, stress and physical activity.
Researchers publishing the result of a study in the journalCell Metabolismprovide evidence that that when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a rather immediate change to their DNA. While we cannot change our core DNA code, exercise does influence the DNA molecules within our muscles. Scientists have found that DNA is chemically and structurally altered or expressed in very important ways that affect a myriad of metabolic processes that protect us from chronic disease.
The scientists found that DNA modifications signal precise genetic reprogramming in muscles that determine overall muscle strength as well as structural and metabolic benefits derived from physical activity. Study leader, Dr. Juleen Zierath noted"Our muscles are really plastic ... muscle adapts to what you do. If you don't use it, you lose it, and this is one of the mechanisms that allows that to happen."
The study team specifically determined that the DNA modifications occurred in stretches of DNA that are involved in expressing genes known to be important for muscular adaptation to exercise. This research clearly provides more evidence that our genetic constitution is continually evolving in an effort to protect us, and is positively influenced by short, moderately intense bursts of physical activity. These alterations allow us to adapt quickly to the changing environment that surrounds us.
Dr. Zierath concluded"Exercise is medicine ... and it seems the means to alter our genome for better health may be only a jog away."The finding of this study may explain recent research showing that the best form of exercise works our musculature in short bursts of moderate to full intensity (as measured by attaining maximum heart rate for your age range) for several minutes in duration, followed by a rest period and then another energy burst. Combining this evidence with an organic whole food diet will positively influence your genes toward optimal health.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/retrieve/pii/S1550413112000058
Many people think the genes they inherited at birth are static and predetermine their fate for the remainder of their life. Extensive research into the science of epigenetics is providing startling evidence that this thought process is grossly outdated, and our individual DNA is dynamic and continually influenced by multiple lifestyle factors including diet, environment, stress and physical activity.
Researchers publishing the result of a study in the journalCell Metabolismprovide evidence that that when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a rather immediate change to their DNA. While we cannot change our core DNA code, exercise does influence the DNA molecules within our muscles. Scientists have found that DNA is chemically and structurally altered or expressed in very important ways that affect a myriad of metabolic processes that protect us from chronic disease.
The scientists found that DNA modifications signal precise genetic reprogramming in muscles that determine overall muscle strength as well as structural and metabolic benefits derived from physical activity. Study leader, Dr. Juleen Zierath noted"Our muscles are really plastic ... muscle adapts to what you do. If you don't use it, you lose it, and this is one of the mechanisms that allows that to happen."
Short bursts of moderate intensity exercise positively influences DNA expression
Epigenetic modifications involve the addition or deletion of chemical markers on the DNA strand that change rapidly based on environmental influences such as the nutritional composition of your last meal, pollutants in the environment or the intensity of an exercise workout. Researchers found that DNA within skeletal muscle examined after a short burst of exercise bore fewer chemical markers (specifically methyl groups) than it did before exercise.The study team specifically determined that the DNA modifications occurred in stretches of DNA that are involved in expressing genes known to be important for muscular adaptation to exercise. This research clearly provides more evidence that our genetic constitution is continually evolving in an effort to protect us, and is positively influenced by short, moderately intense bursts of physical activity. These alterations allow us to adapt quickly to the changing environment that surrounds us.
Dr. Zierath concluded"Exercise is medicine ... and it seems the means to alter our genome for better health may be only a jog away."The finding of this study may explain recent research showing that the best form of exercise works our musculature in short bursts of moderate to full intensity (as measured by attaining maximum heart rate for your age range) for several minutes in duration, followed by a rest period and then another energy burst. Combining this evidence with an organic whole food diet will positively influence your genes toward optimal health.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/retrieve/pii/S1550413112000058
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