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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Ways that powerfoods help us (Y! Green)
You may have powerfoods in your kitchen right now and don?t know it.
By eating powerfoods everyday you can energize and balance your body without costly vitamins and medical bills. Foods affect us on many levels and understanding these factors can help you make better health choices.
Before understanding the power of the foods around me, I was unhealthy, unhappy and confused. Constant visits to doctors and health food stores had little effect on my deep fatigue and constant hunger. That was 30 years ago when Western nutritional science was not as advanced as it is now.
It was the 5,000 year old Chinese herbal knowledge that made the difference for me. Using specific foods and food combinations to feed specific systems and create balance brought me back to the energy and joy I had as a teenager.
Since then I learned from all cultures. The message is always the same: Food can heal. Food can be your medicine. Food has POWER!
Five Sources of Power for Powerfoods:
1. Broad chemical influences on the body
These include:
- Alkaline-forming vs. acid-forming
- Organic vs. chemical-infused
- Raw vs. cooked
- Gluten-free vs. gluten-containing foods
- Complex carbohydrates (smart carbs) vs. simple sugars (dumb carbs)
- Whole vs. processed
Powerfoods are almost always whole but not necessarily gluten-free, raw or alkaline.
2. Specific chemical needs: The GAP Theory
Each food has different levels of specific nutrients. If a person has a particular need for a nutrient it will affect them greatly. Powerfoods tend to have very high levels of certain nutrients.
For example: suppose a person has a strong need for vitamin C.? It is winter and she is not eating enough fruits and vegetables.? An orange has vitamin C, so mandarin oranges that are popular around Christmas, have just the right chemistry to feed her immune system and prevent a cold.
3. Genetic influences of food
Scientists have been debating for years what is more important: your genetics given to you by your parents or your upbringing.? It turns out that the two are combined.? Your environment activates the expression of your genes. This is very powerful.
For example research has shown that a diet high in omega-3 fats reduces the expression of the Alzheimer?s gene APOE4.? We can sidestep bad genes by eating healthy.
4. Subtle influences of food
Many healthy systems around the world have different ways to conceptualize health with very powerful results.? Instead of interpreting food in terms of vitamins and minerals and proteins they talked about principles like heat, cold, fire, water and air, which they could directly perceive.
These principles are understandable within chemistry or physics to a degree but often the complete use of these systems relies on the idea of subtle energies that modern science has not been able to consistently measure ? energies like chi and prana in food, our bodies and the environment.
These cultures have produced large numbers of remarkably healthy individuals. They picked out certain foods (powerfoods) that were particularly balancing for various needs.
5. Social and cultural influences of food
Growing, preparing and eating food takes more time and energy than any other facet of man?s life. In all societies there have evolved intricate cultures around food which affect how we think, how we act and what kind of lives we will live.
Older cultures also discovered foods and combinations of foods that were particularly healthy.
The Mediterranean diet is one example.? At first nutritionists did not understand how everyone could be so healthy consuming so much oil.? It turned out that mono-unsaturated olive oil has many properties that are just now being understood and appreciated. The Italians did not understand the chemistry of various levels of saturation of fats.? They just knew olives grew well and over time, through trial and error, developed just the right combination of oil and tomatoes and vegetables and meats to maintain health.
How Many Powerfoods Are in Your Kitchen Right Now?
With all these factors in mind, it turns out there are many foods that can bring you greater health, if you understand their potential and use them in the best situation.
For example, strawberries (like many berries) have amazing properties but they are one of the foods that often get the most toxic sprays when growing. If you eat a case of non-organic strawberries thinking you are getting all the powerfood benefits, it may be that the overload of toxicity in your system will take away any positive influences on a chemical or subtle level.
Personally I like to keep up with all the recent research about food but I know that any single study can be deeply flawed or biased. I always try to balance what I am hearing with the finding of older health systems and cultures. My final decision for me is whether my body is attracted to a particular food at this time.
At Real Food for Life we continue to bring people?s awareness to the power of foods. We also have used vital health testing to determine which foods are suitable for an individual at this time.
Here are a few powerfoods:
- Walnuts ? The crinkly powerfood with the highest antioxidant activity of any nut
- Saskatoons ? Our favorite berry
- Cabbage -? For glowing skin and hair ? some say it collects ?moon power?
- Stevia ? Many sweet benefits.? Make sure its still in whole food form. (not the white powder)
- Green Tea ? The powerfood that ruled the world
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DeMint withholds endorsement in 2012 SC primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? Tea party favorite U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint says he won't endorse a candidate in the 2012 presidential race, taking what could have been a huge bump in popularity off the table for candidates in early voting South Carolina.
DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton on Monday confirmed a report that the senator would stay on the sidelines of the first nominating contest in the South.
"He's not going to bed endorsing in the presidential race," Denton said. "He will be focusing on electing conservatives to the United States Senate."
The Washington Post first reported that DeMint is staying out of the primary.
In January 2007, DeMint's early endorsement of Mitt Romney gave the former Massachusetts governor a bigger presence in a crowded political field that included former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the eventual nominee, Sen. John McCain.
DeMint helped paint a stark contrast between McCain and Romney on illegal immigration. Republicans were stirred enough at a GOP convention that they openly booed McCain's top South Carolina backer, Sen. Lindsey Graham.
DeMint has spent time this year trying to convince key Republicans not to endorse too early. He kept most of them out of the mix until Labor Day, when candidates appeared at a forum he helped organize.
For his part, Graham hasn't endorsed yet. Neither has Gov. Nikki Haley, who said last week she's unlikely to do so before next month. "It's back and forth," Haley said. "I change my mind every month."
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
UCSB psychology professors study gene-culture interaction
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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Two psychologists at UC Santa Barbara have provided a new twist on the old adage that people are products of both nature and nurture, in introducing a framework for understanding how these influences interact. The researchers are studying how genotypes (nature) can express themselves differently as a function of culture (nurture). Their findings appear in the current issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Using the oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR), which is linked to socioemotional sensitivity, Heejung Kim and David Sherman, associate professors in UCSB's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, have demonstrated in research funded by the National Science Foundation that individuals can have the same gene, but manifest it differently, depending on their respective cultural experiences. The study involved Korean and American participants, which allowed the researchers to compare the expression of OXTR in people raised in a more collectivistic East Asian society, with that of people who grew up in the more individualistic American society.
"There's a genetic component to psychology that people are studying more and more," said Kim. "The framework of gene-environment interaction already exists and has been very influential. Genes influence people's reactivity to different things, such as environmental sensitivity and stress reactivity." As an example, Kim cited the genetic component to depression. A person can inherit the gene for depression, but studies show that the gene alone will not make him or her more prone to the condition. "If you have the gene and you are subject to harsh life experiences, only then do you see genetic differences emerging," she said. "That's the gene/environment interaction."
In their research, Kim and Sherman identified culture as the form of environment. "We wanted to see if people's genes lead them to be more or less environmentally sensitive by examining people in different cultural environments," Kim explained. "If they are more sensitive to their environments, then they should behave in a more culturally consistent way. If I'm an emotionally sensitive person, when I look around my environment and the cultural norms say 'this' is the appropriate way to be, I'm more likely to be that way." Likewise, the person who does not have the gene for that trait would be less likely to adhere to cultural norms.
"One of the oldest questions in psychology is how people are affected by nature and nurture," said Sherman. "Everyone agrees that people are impacted by both, but the gene/culture interaction framework begins to specify how that happens by accounting for cultural variability as well. Depending on an individual's cultural context, the same genotype can lead to very different phenotypes."
The current study examines emotion regulation strategies. Prior research identified that emotional suppression is more common in Asian cultures than in American culture people tend to suppress their emotions more in Asia and are less disturbed by doing so. Korean and American participants completed assessments of emotion regulation and were genotyped for OXTR. Among Koreans, those with the GG genotype (the more environmentally sensitive people) reported using emotional suppression more than those with the AA genotype, whereas Americans showed the opposite pattern.
"In terms of gene-culture interactions, our research team has now found results in three different areas of psychology emotion regulation, interpersonal interaction in terms of social support seeking, and cognitive style," said Sherman. "Each time, the genotype led to different psychological outcomes as a function of culture."
Noted Kim: "One of the goals of the research in terms of educating the public is that when thinking about genes, it's important to avoid simplistic genetic essentialist thinking. The impact of genes is far more complex than genes directly leading to behavior traits. There is a personal/environmental input, and we're adding cultural input as well. One of the meta points we'd like to make is that when you look at differences in genetic composition, you can't really assume that you can predict a person's outcome."
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Other researchers involved in the study include Professor Shelley Taylor of UCLA; UCSB graduate students Taraneh Mojaverian and Joni Sasaki; and Professor Eunkook Suh and graduate student Jinyeoung Park of Yonsei University in South Korea.
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805-893-4620
University of California - Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Two psychologists at UC Santa Barbara have provided a new twist on the old adage that people are products of both nature and nurture, in introducing a framework for understanding how these influences interact. The researchers are studying how genotypes (nature) can express themselves differently as a function of culture (nurture). Their findings appear in the current issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Using the oxytocin receptor polymorphism (OXTR), which is linked to socioemotional sensitivity, Heejung Kim and David Sherman, associate professors in UCSB's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, have demonstrated in research funded by the National Science Foundation that individuals can have the same gene, but manifest it differently, depending on their respective cultural experiences. The study involved Korean and American participants, which allowed the researchers to compare the expression of OXTR in people raised in a more collectivistic East Asian society, with that of people who grew up in the more individualistic American society.
"There's a genetic component to psychology that people are studying more and more," said Kim. "The framework of gene-environment interaction already exists and has been very influential. Genes influence people's reactivity to different things, such as environmental sensitivity and stress reactivity." As an example, Kim cited the genetic component to depression. A person can inherit the gene for depression, but studies show that the gene alone will not make him or her more prone to the condition. "If you have the gene and you are subject to harsh life experiences, only then do you see genetic differences emerging," she said. "That's the gene/environment interaction."
In their research, Kim and Sherman identified culture as the form of environment. "We wanted to see if people's genes lead them to be more or less environmentally sensitive by examining people in different cultural environments," Kim explained. "If they are more sensitive to their environments, then they should behave in a more culturally consistent way. If I'm an emotionally sensitive person, when I look around my environment and the cultural norms say 'this' is the appropriate way to be, I'm more likely to be that way." Likewise, the person who does not have the gene for that trait would be less likely to adhere to cultural norms.
"One of the oldest questions in psychology is how people are affected by nature and nurture," said Sherman. "Everyone agrees that people are impacted by both, but the gene/culture interaction framework begins to specify how that happens by accounting for cultural variability as well. Depending on an individual's cultural context, the same genotype can lead to very different phenotypes."
The current study examines emotion regulation strategies. Prior research identified that emotional suppression is more common in Asian cultures than in American culture people tend to suppress their emotions more in Asia and are less disturbed by doing so. Korean and American participants completed assessments of emotion regulation and were genotyped for OXTR. Among Koreans, those with the GG genotype (the more environmentally sensitive people) reported using emotional suppression more than those with the AA genotype, whereas Americans showed the opposite pattern.
"In terms of gene-culture interactions, our research team has now found results in three different areas of psychology emotion regulation, interpersonal interaction in terms of social support seeking, and cognitive style," said Sherman. "Each time, the genotype led to different psychological outcomes as a function of culture."
Noted Kim: "One of the goals of the research in terms of educating the public is that when thinking about genes, it's important to avoid simplistic genetic essentialist thinking. The impact of genes is far more complex than genes directly leading to behavior traits. There is a personal/environmental input, and we're adding cultural input as well. One of the meta points we'd like to make is that when you look at differences in genetic composition, you can't really assume that you can predict a person's outcome."
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Other researchers involved in the study include Professor Shelley Taylor of UCLA; UCSB graduate students Taraneh Mojaverian and Joni Sasaki; and Professor Eunkook Suh and graduate student Jinyeoung Park of Yonsei University in South Korea.
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Ronaldo leads Madrid to 7-1 win; Friedel excels
updated 8:51 p.m. ET Nov. 6, 2011
BARCELONA, Spain - Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick and winger Angel Di Maria set up three goals to steer Spanish leader Real Madrid to a 7-1 win over 10-man Osasuna on Sunday.
Madrid's seventh consecutive league win lifted it three points ahead of defending champion Barcelona, which tied Athletic Bilbao 2-2. Valencia is four points back.
Di Maria set up goals by Ronaldo, Pepe and fellow Argentina international Gonzalo Higuain to increase his league-leading assist total to 10 before halftime.
Osasuna played with 10 men from early in the second half and Ronaldo scored two more to record his fourth three-goal game in the league this season before substitute Karim Benzema capped the rout with a late brace.
"My goals are not important, what counts is that the team wins," said Ronaldo, who has scored 17 goals in all competitions. "I am happy to have scored but also because the team is playing well."
Lionel Messi's stoppage-time goal salvaged a 2-2 draw for Barcelona. Midfielder Ander Herrera put Bilbao ahead in the 20th minute at San Mames stadium before Cesc Fabregas drew the visitors even with a header four minutes later.
Bilbao appeared set to get the win after Gerard Pique scored an own goal in the 80th, but Messi slotted home his league-leading 14th goal in the 91st to split the points. He's one goal ahead of Ronaldo.
Also, Sporting Gijon drew 2-2 at Zaragoza, while Racing Santander at Granada finished 0-0.
Osasuna, which was missing nine first team players from injuries and suspensions, had already lost 8-0 at Barcelona earlier this season.
Before the game, Ronaldo paraded his Golden Boot trophy for Europe's top scorer last season to the 83,000-seat Santiago Bernabeu stadium, which was full despite a first ever midday Sunday kickoff.
Di Maria set up Madrid's 23rd-minute opener when he picked out Ronaldo at the near post with a cross for the Portugal forward to flick into the net.
Osasuna midfielder Raul Garcia caught Madrid's defenders arguing with the referee when he took a free kick quickly and Ibrahima Balde slotted the ball under goalkeeper Iker Casillas to level the score in the 30th.
But any thoughts of an upset quickly evaporated as four minutes later Di Maria sent in another cross for Pepe to head home at the far post. The 23-year-old Di Maria then capped his playmaking display in the 40th when he slid the ball into the area for Higuain to curl into the right side of the net.
Di Maria was taken off on a stretcher for an apparent leg injury early in the second half, but Madrid continued to roll when Ronaldo fired in a penalty in the 54th after defender Eneko Sartustegi was sent off with his second booking for fouling Mesut Oezil in the area.
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LONDON (AP) ? American goalkeeper Brad Friedel made a number of crucial saves to help Tottenham beat Fulham 3-1 Sunday and stay level on points with fourth-place Chelsea in the Premier League.
Tottenham took a 2-1 lead through goals by Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon before Friedel ? the Premier League's oldest player ? saved from Moussa Dembele, Chris Baird, Clint Dempsey, Bobby Zamora and Brede Hangeland to keep his team ahead.
Tottenham substitute Jermain Defoe added a goal in injury time as Spurs' seventh win from eight matches left them trailing Chelsea on goal difference for the final Champion League qualifying berth.
Also Sunday, Bolton and Wolverhampton Wanderers each boosted their chances of avoiding relegation with home wins. Chris Eagles and Ivan Klasnic each scored twice as Bolton avenged last season's FA Cup semifinal 5-0 defeat to Stoke by the same score, while Wolves scored twice in the second half to beat last-place Wigan 3-1.
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ROME (AP) ? Udinese moved top in the Italian league with a 2-1 win over Siena on Sunday after previous leader Juventus had its match at Napoli postponed due to flash floods.
Dusan Basta put Udinese in front less than a minute in at the Friuli stadium and Antonio Di Natale scored his league-leading eighth of the season in the 64th before Francesco Bolzoni pulled one back for Siena in the 76th.
Based in Udine near the Slovenian border, Udinese's best finish in Serie A was third in 1998 when former Germany international Oliver Bierhoff scored a league-best 27 goals.
Defending champion AC Milan also jumped in front of Juventus with a 4-0 rout of Catania for its fifth consecutive win.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robinho and Gianluca Zambrotta scored for Milan, which also got an own-goal from Catania midfielder Francesco Lodi.
Udinese and Lazio have 21 points each, Milan has 20 and Juventus is fourth with 19.
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BERLIN (AP) ? Mario Gomez and Franck Ribery scored in a labored 2-1 win for Bayern Munich over bottom side Augsburg on Sunday, moving their side five points clear in the Bundesliga.
Gomez scored with a header from close range in the 15th minute, when he was well placed to meet Mohamed Amsif's save from Daniel van Buyten's header.
Ribery twisted inside Dominik Reinhardt before slotting past the helpless Amsif to make it 2-0 in the 28th.
Manuel Neuer denied Augsburg an equalizer in the 83rd, with a great reflex save from Edmond Kapllani who was through one-on-one. In a nervous finish for the Bundesliga leader, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk received a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Daniel Baier in injury time.
Also Sunday, Finland striker Teemu Pukki scored twice in his first Bundesliga start to salvage a 2-2 draw for Schalke at Hannover. Schalke missed the chance to go second and dropped to fifth, three points ahead of Hannover.
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PARIS (AP) ? Montpellier salvaged a 1-1 draw at Saint-Etienne on Sunday to remain in second place in the French league behind leader Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG can increase its lead to five points if it beats Bordeaux later Sunday.
Romania playmaker Banel Nicolita headed in a cross from Fabien Lemoine to give Saint-Etienne the lead in the 32nd minute. But Montpellier midfielder Joris Marveaux took a headed pass from Olivier Giroud to score from close range in the 57th.
Also Sunday, it was: Sochaux 2, Lyon 1; Rennes 1, Valenciennes 1; Lorient 2, Ajaccio 0; Marseille 2, Nice 0; Caen 3, Dijon 0; Nancy 2, Brest 1.
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UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) ? AZ Alkmaar maintained its lead in the Dutch league with a 3-0 win over ADO The Hague on Sunday thanks to goals from Brett Holman, Adam Maher and Jozy Altidore.
Holman gave AZ the lead in the 11th minute before Maher and Altidore added goals in the second half to secure the victory.
American forward Altidore scored in the 83rd minute with his fourth league goal of the season and eighth overall.
Also Sunday, second-place Twente routed De Grafschaap 4-0, while a hat trick from Jeremain Lens inspired PSV Eindhoven to a 4-1 win over Heracles Almelo.
In the most eventful match of the day, Zambia winger Jacob Mulenga created two goals and scored another as FC Utrecht beat Ajax 6-4 in a game that saw five goals in each half.
AZ has 31 points from 12 games. Twente and PSV have 25 each, while Ajax has 20.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) ? Celtic substitute Gary Hooper scored with 10 minutes left Sunday for a 2-1 win at Motherwell that took his team above its opponent to second place in the Scottish Premier League.
Michael Higdon put Motherwell ahead in the 11th minute at Fir Park but Celtic leveled three minutes later when Anthony Stokes volleyed in after Georgios Samaras flicked on Kris Commons' corner.
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