#1074: Show- Interesting and Unusual Health Tips

Show Topic: Interesting and Unusual Health Tips

Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Mark Anderson, Walter Gaman

Guest: None

Segment 1:

Today’s show we’re going through some interesting and even unusual health tips. Things you’ll never hear at a typical doctor visit. Call it “tricks of the trade”

Anxiety/Depression tips:

• Eat more fermented foods. Research shows the connection between good bacteria in the gut and brain health. Eating things like sauerkraut, Miso, kombucha, and yogurt may help you improve your overall mood. Good bacteria actually changes your brain chemistry by increasing serotonin and dopamine
• Exercise 4-5 times a week. Research shows that exercise can be just as effective as anti-depressants, without the nasty side effects. Fake it until you make it. The more you exercise the more energy you will have to continue exercising.
• Stop eating processed carbohydrates. Processed foods increase inflammation and an inflamed brain is an unhappy brain.
• Change your thoughts – change your brain. Be careful of what you hear, read, and speak. Shut down negative talk by others, it will rot your brain in increase anxiety. Read things that inspire you so the parts of your brain that are happy will light up. Watch your words. What you say affects your brain activity. Post affirmations about yourself and read them aloud at least 3 times a day.

Headaches

• Go on the migraine diet. First line of defense is to eliminate nuts, dark chocolate, tomatoes, dairy, and alcohol
• Limit your screen time and reduce the light on your computer. Bright lights can strain the eyes and cause migraines.
• Have sex – that’s right, it’s not an excuse anymore. Sex has been proven to reduce headache frequency and duration as well as stop one dead in it’s tracks.
• Spend time meditating or praying. This allows your brain to slow down and recover from stressors. Research shows that the part of your brain that is activated during prayer or meditation is not activated at any other time.
• Do not work under florescent lighting. Incandescent or natural light is best

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Segment 2:

Today we’re giving you health tips that you’ll most likely never get from your doctor, not because he doesn’t know, but because he may not have time to share all his knowledge with you.

Protect your vision:

• Spend too much time on the computer? Eat swiss chard to help protect the protective pigments of your eyes. It’s rich in anti-oxidants including lutein which helps the body filter blue light. Also – cut back on screen time!
• If your eyes are dry, try increasing the amount of Vitamin A you eat. Liver and onions, along with sweet potatoes are high in Vitamin A
• Think sunscreen – not so much on your skin as in your sun glasses. Only

buy sun glasses that have UV protection

• Be sure you eye glass prescription is accurate. Straining your will only make them worse.
• Eat fish that is high in Omega 3, like salmon. This will help protect the eyes from neovascular AMD
• Stop smoking. Smokers have a higher risk of developing macular degeneration.

Protect your Heart

• Know your numbers. Even healthy appearing, normal weight individuals have heart attacks. Get a physical that includes blood tests such as cardio CRP and advanced lipid panels. Also, a calcium score can see plaque within your coronary arteries long before symptoms appear
• Cardiovascular strength is just as important is flexibility and physical strength
• Go on the Mediterranean diet
• If you’re prescribed a low dose aspirin or statin – take it

Improve your microbiome (gut health)

• Eat fermented foods
• Get outside – don’t be afraid of a little dirt
• Avoid chemicals – even body washes, drycleaners, and household cleaners
• Obtain a healthy sleep schedule. Sleep reduces stress and less stress is key to a healthier gut

Improve Skin

• Drink more water (half your body weight in ounces)
• Reuse your coffee grounds as a facial scrub. This is especially effective for men after they shave.
• Use dental floss to eliminate skin tags. Tie it off with the floss, cover with a bandage and in a few days it will simply fall off
• Need a way to rid a pesky wart? Duct take works. It causes your immune system to over respond and fight the wart off naturally
• Make a yogurt face mask. The probiotics in yogurt will help heal your skin after too much sun. Leave on about 10 minutes
• Deep sleep. There is a thing as beauty sleep. But it needs to be continuous and deep REM sleep

Improve sleep:

• Avoid blue light 2 hours before bed. Read instead of TV and avoid cell phone use and computer screens
• Eat a half a banana with a tablespoon of peanut butter.
• Turn the temp down 2 degrees in your bedroom
• Journal

 

Segment 3:

 

We’re giving you health tips all hour – ones you may have never heard from your doctor, but we all know they work.

Increase Metabolism

• Eat at consistent times of day with intermittent fasting
• Increase protein intake
• Eat fish or take Omega 3 supplements
• Turn up the heat. Pepper and spicy food actually helps increase your basal metabolic rate
• Do strengthening exercises, muscle burns more calories

Random tricks of the trade

• The hosts share their personal tricks to health and wellness

Segment 4:

Medical Mania Trivia 

1. Alzheimer’s affects what part of the body? (the brain)
2. Which vitamin has been proven to reduce cancer risk? (C)
3. Yeast infections are treated with what type or class of medication? (anti-fungal)
4. A pulmonary embolism is what and occurs where? (Blood clot in the lung)
5. ___ is a rare disorder where the blood doesn’t clot properly (Hemophelia)

 

DEMENTIA DEFENDER

LAST WEEKS RIDDLE WAS:  This is a play on an old Proverb. You are holding a bee in your hand. What do you have in your eye?     A. Beauty (Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder)

This week: Four people arrive at a river with a narrow bridge that can only hold two people at a time. It's nighttime and they have one torch that has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person A can cross the bridge in one minute, B in two minutes, C in five minutes, and D in eight minutes. When two people cross the bridge together, they must move at the slower person's pace. Can they all get across the bridge in 15 minutes or less? If so – how long will it take them?

 

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