Today’s Solutions: April 26, 2024

1 Your healthy diet

The Metabolic Typing Diet, William Wolcott : New York: Doubleday, 2000

4 Cook from scratch

The carcinogenic bisphenol A: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222978/

Phthalate: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801170/

5 Eat a “power breakfast”

Overweight: J Nutr, 2004; 134: 104-11

6 Don’t limit saturated fats, and don’t ever opt for “low-fat” or hydrogenated foods

Saturated fats: Am J Clin Nutr, 2004; 80: 1175-84; J Intern Med, 2005; 258: 153-65

Trans fats: J Am Coll Nutr, 1996; 15: 325-39

7 Do count calories

Glycemic index: Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2007; 3: CD005105

8 Don’t drink the water

Tap water: Environ Health, 2008; 7: 23

Get your omega-3–to–omega-6 ratio right

Omega 3 and 6: Am J Clin Nutr, 1991; 54: 438-63

10 Eat fish with caution

Oily fish: http://www.voedingscentrum.nl/encyclopedie/vis.aspx

11 Cut down or avoid wheat

Nerve growth factor: Scand J Gastroenterol, 2010; 45: 1197-202

Hormonal functions: BMJ, 1999; 318: 1023-4

Inflammatory Diseases: Toxicol In Vitro, 2004; 18: 821-7

12 Dump homogenized or pasteurized low-fat dairy

IGF-I: Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov, 2012; 7: 14-30

Conjugated linoleic acid: Science, 1998; 279: 563-6; Am J Clin Nutr, 2005; 81: 1147-54

14 Eat your greens for calcium

Calcium from leafy vegetables: Am J Clin Nutr, 1999; 69: 74-9

17 Give up the white stuff

Sugar: Surv Dent, 1976; 52: 46-8

18 Periodically detox

Detoxing: Altern Med Rev, 2000; 5: 52-63; Environ Health, 2011; 10: 9

19 Steer clear of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

Glucose syrup: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1972; 31: 464-88; Eur J Clin Nutr, 2008; 62: 451-62

Aspartame: Am J Ind Med 2010; 53: 1197-206

20 Drink a bit of alcohol

Alcohol: Eur J Clin Nutr, 2010; 64: 561-8

Red wine: FASEB J 2009; 23: 2412-24

22 Make sure you’re getting enough vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiency: http://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/sites/default/files/200815c.pdf

Sunlight: Am J Clin Nutr, 2004; 80: 16785-885

25 Take good-guy bacteria

Intestinal flora: Gut, 2003; 52: 827-833

29 Check your water-supply pipes

Advice gezondheidsraad: http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/drinkwater/vraag-en-antwoord/hoe-komt-lood-in-ons-drinkwater-en-is-dat-gevaarlijk-voor-de-gezondheid.html

32 Make sure that all family members use computers safely

Fertility: Fertil Steril, 2012; 97: 39-45.e2

35 Clean up your “dirty electricity”

Exposure dirty electricity: Electromagn Biol Med, 2006; 25: 259-68

36 Choose safer cosmetics

Cadmium: PLoS ONE, 2013; 8: e72639

37 Choose cars that run on unleaded or electricity

Diesel Exhaust: http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2012/pdfs/pr213_E.pdf

38 Use natural pesticides

Weedkillers: Institute of Science in Society, ISIS Report 06/10/10; www.isis.org.uk/
argentinasRoundupHumanTragedy.php

41 Get fit before you concieve

Preconceptiezorgprogramma:https://www.nhg.org/standaarden/samenvatting/preconceptiezorg

49 Avoid toothpastes with fluoride, and filter your water if it’s fluoridated

Fluoride: Environ Health Perspect, 2012; 120: 1362-8

  1. Throw kids outdoors

Vitamin D: Pediatrics, 2010; 125: 627-32

Eczema: Clin Exp Allergy, 1999; 29: 28-34

51 The PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test for prostate cancer

Diagnoses prostate cancer: J Natl Cancer Inst 2009; 101: 1325-9

Five-year survival: Arch Intern Med 2010; 170: 1256-61

Italian: PloS One, 2008; 3: e2568

52 Routine mammograms (unless cancer is suspected)

False positive uitslag:http://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/nl/adviezen/preventie/bevolkingsonderzoek-naar-borstkanker-verwachtingen-en-ontwikkelingen

Thermography: Am J Surg, 2008; 196: 523-526

53 Blood pressure readings

Nocturnal blood pressure: Lancet, 2007; 370: 1219-29

54 Routine Pap tests

RIVM: www.rivm.nl

55 Routine dental X-rays

Control Photo: Cancer, 2012; 118: 4530-7

56 CT (computed tomography) scans

CT scan: N Engl J Med, 2007; 357: 2277-84

CT scan in children: Radiat Res 2010; 174: 753-62

57 Routine prenatal ultrasound

Echo: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2011; 38: 503-9

58 Peripheral bone densitometry

Misdiagnosis: BMJ, 2000; 321: 396-8

59 Biopsy

Borstpuncties: Acta Radiol Suppl, 2001; 42: 1-22

60 Computed tomography (CT) angiography

Angiogram: JAMA, 2011; 306: 2128-36

62 Earache

Glue ear: JAMA, 2006; 296: 1235-41; BMJ, 2004; 328: 487

Pulsatilla: D. Ullman Discovering Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1991; AHZ, 1985; 230: 89-94

65 Menopause

Breast Cancer: Am J Public Health, 2010; 100 [Suppl 1]: S132-9

70 Acne

Isotretinoin: Arch Dermatol 2012; 148: 803-8; Am J Ther, 2004; 11: 507-16

Guggul: J Tradit Chin Med 1993; 13: 187-8; J Dermatol, 1994; 21: 729-31

71 Statins

Statins: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci; 2007; 62: 1164-71

74 Atypical anti-psychotics

Depressions: Clin Neuropharmacol, 2005; 28: 133-5

76 Bisphosphonates

Atrial fibrillation: N Engl J Med, 2007; 356: 1809-22

77 Aspirin

Aspirin: Lancet Neurol, 2007; 6: 487-93

79 Antiepileptic drugs

Side effects: Neurology, 2010; 75: 335-40

81 Lower your blood cholesterol levels

Link high-fat diet and cardiovascular disease: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 2012; 22: 1039-45

LDL cholesterol: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci; 2007; 62: 1164-71

83 Go for angioplasty

Angioplasty: Arch Intern Med 2012; 172: 112-7

Stents: N Engl J Med, 2007; 356: 1503-16

84 You don’t need your womb anymore

Hysterectomy: Obstet Gynecol 2000; 95: 199-205

86 Have a radical mastectomy to “catch it all”Amputation: Ann Surg 1986; 204: 136-47

Double mastectomy: J Clin Oncol 30, 2012; Suppl 34: abstr 26

87 Let’s fix your inguinal hernia

Inguinal hernia: Ann Surg, 2001; 233: 8

Wait: JAMA, 2006; 295: 285-92

88 Let’s cut out your gall bladder

Colorectal cancer: Gastroenterology, 1993; 105: 130-41

89 Cure your overactive thyroid with surgery

Figures thyroid: J Endocrinol Invest, 1993; 16: 195-9

90 You need a blood transfusion

Transfusion in case of emergency: Anesthesiology, 2012; 117: 99-106

92 Get at least seven hours of sleep

Seven hours per night: Cancer, 2011; 117: 841-7

93 Brea Ensure you are breathing through your nose

Asthma: BMJ, 2001; 322: 1098-100

Butyeko method: Asthma, 2000; 37: 557-64; 1991; 28: 437-42

95 Sleep in the very dark

Cancer risk: J Natl Cancer Inst, 2001; 93: 1557-62

96 Seek out the new

The ‘elixir of life’: Nurs Forum 1991; 26: 9-16

99 Erase your old inner emotional tapes

Thought Field Therapy: Traumatology, 1999; 5: 1, article 4

100 Cultivate a readiness to empathize and forgive

Forgiveness: Explore [NY], 2006; 2: 498-508

 

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