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Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease ‘may be preventable through healthy lifestyle’

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Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease ‘may be preventable through healthy lifestyle’

Up to six in 10 cases of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis may be preventable through a healthy lifestyle, researchers have suggested.

A study published online in the journal Gut said people who are at high risk of developing the conditions due to a hereditary link may be able to take action to cut their chances of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

IBD is mainly used to describe ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, whose symptoms include abdominal pain, cramps or swelling, recurring or bloody diarrhoea, weight loss and extreme tiredness.

There is no cure for the conditions, which can vary in severity.

Treatments can include following specific diets or taking medicines such as aminosalicylates or mesalazines to reduce inflammation in the gut. Immunosuppressants such as steroids are sometimes given.

According to the NHS, around one in five people with ulcerative colitis have severe symptoms that do not improve with medicine and they may need surgery to remove part of their bowel.

Meanwhile, around 60 to 75% of people with Crohn’s disease will need surgery to repair damage to their digestive system and treat complications.

In the study experts, including from Massachusetts General Hospital in the US, used data from several large, long-term studies of nurses and doctors, involving thousands of people.

The researchers created modifiable risk scores (MRS) to estimate the proportion of IBD cases that could have been avoided.

The MRS ranged from 0-6, with higher scores meaning there were more risk factors.

These risk factors included weight (body mass index), smoking, use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, how much exercise people took and daily intake of fruit, fibre, vegetables, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and red meat.

Having the healthiest lifestyle was defined as having a healthy weight, never smoking, exercising regularly, at least eight daily servings of fruit and vegetables, less than half a daily serving of red meat, at least 25g of fibre per day, at least two weekly servings of fish, at least half a daily serving of nuts/seeds and a maximum of one alcoholic drink per day for women or two for men.

During the monitoring period, 346 cases of Crohn’s disease and 456 cases of ulcerative colitis were reported among

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Ashburn mom finds a healthy new lifestyle after joining a local gym | News

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Ashburn mom finds a healthy new lifestyle after joining a local gym | News

As a busy mother of three children with a husband who served in the military, like many mothers, Ingrid Herrera-Yee of Ashburn often finds that it is difficult to prioritize her own health and fitness needs.

Last year, Herrera-Yee, 54, said she had high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels and was on the obese side of the body mass indicator (BMI) chart.

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Healthy Lifestyle Hub brings hope to Auburn Gresham

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Healthy Lifestyle Hub brings hope to Auburn Gresham

CHICAGO (CBS) — After years of disinvestment, there are new and important resources coming to the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

They are all housed in one new Healthy Lifestyle Hub at 839 W. 79th St., just west of Halsted Street. We have been following the development of the building for many months, and on Friday, CBS 2’s Irika Sargent was there for the grand opening.

You may remember in July, Sargent and CBS 2’s Joe Donlon were at the same building for a special half-hour report about the response to mass shootings on the city’s South and West sides. We chose the Healthy Lifestyle Hub as the backdrop for that newscast as a sign of hope for the real change that can be made at the community level – when investments are made in our neighborhoods.

The building at 839 W. 79th St. was built in 1925. The former furniture store had been sitting vacant for the last 25 years. It is right next to Leo High School on 7901 S. Sangamon St., and students had to walk past the shuttered building on the way to school.

The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation set its sights on developing a project that would serve the whole community – a building that would house medical and dental services, a pharmacy, a café, a bank, and so much more.

On Friday, they celebrated that dream coming to life. During the grand opening celebration from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., residents walked through an open house to learn about all the resources coming to the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. More than 600 guests were expected in all.


Inside the Healthy Lifestyle Hub, bringing new resources to Auburn Gresham

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Carlos Nelson, chief executive officer of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, was the one who first had the idea for the Healthy Lifestyle Hub.

“We’ve been working on this since literally 2016 as a vision to bring back to life this vacant 60,000 square-foot building that’s just sat ominously right near 79th and Halsted – the busiest bus line in the entire city of Chicago,” Nelson said.

The Chicago Bears were a major benefactor, donating more than $600,000 for the project.

“When the Chicago Bears heard about our work doing the Racial Equity Rapid Response task force; doing COVID response work in Auburn Gresham, they wanted to get involved with what we were doing,” Nelson said.

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Healthy Longevity | The Nutrition Source

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Healthy Longevity | The Nutrition Source

Longevity is the achievement of a long life. We may hope for longevity so that we can experience many years of quality time with loved ones or have time to explore the world. But living to a ripe old age doesn’t necessarily mean healthy or happy longevity if it is burdened by disability or disease. The population of people over age 65 has grown more quickly than other age groups due to longer life spans and declining birth rates, and yet people are living more years in poor health. [1] Therefore, we will explore not just one’s lifespan but healthspan, which promotes more healthy years of life.

What you do today can transform your healthspan or how you age in the future. Although starting early is ideal, it’s never too late to reap benefits.

Five Key Lifestyle Factors

Researchers from Harvard University looked at factors that might increase the chances of a longer life. [2] Using data collected from men and women from the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study who were followed for up to 34 years, researchers identified five low-risk lifestyle factors: healthy diet, regular exercise (at least 30 minutes daily of moderate to vigorous activity), healthy weight (as defined by a body mass index of 18.5-24.9), no smoking, and moderate alcohol intake (up to 1 drink daily for women, and up to 2 daily for men). Compared with those who did not incorporate any of these lifestyle factors, those with all five factors lived up to 14 years longer.

In a follow-up study, the researchers found that those factors might contribute to not just a longer but also a healthier life. [2] They saw that women at age 50 who practiced four or five of the healthy habits listed above lived about 34 more years free of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer, compared with 24 more disease-free years in women who practiced none of these healthy habits. Men practicing four or five healthy habits at age 50 lived about 31 years free of chronic disease, compared with 24 years among men who practiced none. Men who were current heavy smokers, and men and women with obesity, had the lowest disease-free life expectancy.

  1. Healthy diet – The prevalence of hypertension (high blood pressure) and dementia increases with age. Eating patterns such as those from the DASH, MIND, and Mediterranean diets can lower the risk
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Healthy Lifestyle Changes Can Help Prevent Prediabetes, Diabetes

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Healthy Lifestyle Changes Can Help Prevent Prediabetes, Diabetes

November is National Diabetes Month, and health experts believe Tennesseans can reverse prediabetes, and prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Dr. Tobi Amosun, assistant commissioner of family health and wellness for the Tennessee Department of Health, said in prediabetes, when a person’s blood sugar levels are higher than normal but haven’t spiked high enough to be diagnosed as Type 2 diabetes, patients often show no symptoms.

“A prediabetes level is considered when you have a hemoglobin A1C level of between 5.7% and 6.4%. If you’re 5.6% and less, you’re in the normal range; 6.5% and higher, you’re in the diabetes range,” Amosun outlined.

About 730,000 Tennesseans have been diagnosed with diabetes, which is 13.6% of the adult population in the state. Amosun emphasized, if left untreated, the condition becomes more serious over time, causing such health problems as heart disease, stroke, nerve damage, vision problems and kidney disease.

Amosun pointed out obesity and family history are among the risk factors for prediabetes and diabetes. She explained the obesity data they are seeing across the state is showing more obesity concerns among men than women, and in rural populations compared to urban. It also tends to be higher among people of color. And among children, she said, four of 10 in Tennessee are obese.

“Pediatric obesity, we know about 40% of Tennessee children in K-12 are either overweight or obese,” Amosun reported. “Overweight or obese means that they’re hitting the 85th percentile for their Body Mass Index or higher.”

Every day, 7.5 million Americans rely on insulin to manage their blood sugar levels and help prevent the complications of living with diabetes.

Dr. Nicole Brady, chief medical officer for employer and individual business at UnitedHealthcare, noted beginning Jan. 1, UnitedHealthcare has decided its eligible members will pay nothing out-of-pocket for short and long-acting insulin.

“So we’re really, really hoping that eliminating the out-of-pocket expense for insulin helps reduce that burden of paying for that insulin and that cost and financial burden,” Brady stated. “People will be able to be better adherent to their medications and take them more regularly.”

Doctors pointed out during the pandemic, a lot of people skipped their routine wellness visits to check things like blood pressure and blood glucose levels. Diabetes is manageable and even preventable, with medical checkups, a healthy diet and regular exercise.

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Steamboat resident creates cookbook, claims ‘Damn Good’ recipes for a more healthy lifestyle

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Steamboat resident creates cookbook, claims ‘Damn Good’ recipes for a more healthy lifestyle
Steamboat resident creates cookbook, claims ‘Damn Good’ recipes for a more healthy lifestyle
Peggy Curry holds a copy of her cookbook “Damn Good Gluten Absolutely free” at her household in downtown Steamboat Springs Wednesday Sept. 7, 2022. The author will be at the Off the Beaten Route Bookstore from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.
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For nearly 3 decades, Peggy Curry’s enthusiasm for food has fueled her personalized projects. Now, she desires to share her recipes for greater overall health in a new cookbook, “Damn Very good Gluten Absolutely free.”

“For 30 several years, I have been teaching persons how to eat for their health and fitness,” explained Curry, who splits her time in between Manhattan Seashore, California, and Steamboat Springs. “I started off instructing men and women how to consume for their health and fitness since my mom experienced breast most cancers. She fought it for 11 several years, and I saw how food stuff truly produced a variance for her until she handed absent.”

For the duration of that time, Curry started off achieving out to persons and featuring instruction on how having much better foods could modify their lives.

“I began training people today how to take in for their wellbeing, instructing  parents how to cook dinner and nourish their kids and their households,” Curry reported. “I want to help people seriously appear at this full component of food stuff and how it can mend, how it brings households alongside one another. The relatives meal desk is substantial when boosting families, specifically in this quick-paced planet.”

Her enthusiasm to introduce men and women to the electrical power of food stuff led to numerous endeavors together with Evy’s Yard, which creates an organic marinara sauce named immediately after her mother, Evy Rosenbloom, who died 1994.

Curry also co-launched GrowingGreat and created a curriculum that is employed by the nonprofit as it pursues its target of empowering youngsters to make balanced foodstuff choices by arms-on science and garden education. Curry explained the organization’s plans have expanded across the United States in the previous 23 a long time, reaching hundreds of thousands of small children and their households.

Then 12 years back, immediately after Curry and her 4 daughters ended up all identified as gluten intolerant, she joined her daughter Megan Curry to produce Curry Ladies Kitchen. The mission was to aid people today explore a healthful way of living by giving delectable gluten-absolutely

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