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The Quantum Medicine NEWSLETTER Have a good week!!! This is April 30th newsletter! Let's invite other people to subscibe to this newsletter! For Archives The full version is at
the link: www.quantumedicine.com/article/nuovofile187.html
1)
Eating
Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce Stroke Risk 2)
Viewpoint:
The Ominous Consequences of Stress at Work 3)
6 Simple Steps to Get Out of
(bad) Debt
The thought of the week
: "This is where we have
to arrive—at absolute oneness. Our heart merges into His heart. When that
happens, the only thing left is divine love, and even that love merges into
love, and that love merges into the absolute Source, which has no name, which
has no form….Even a spark of that love is a great blessing. Even a spark of that
love can change our entire life. ________________________________________________________________________
Eating
Fruits and Vegetables May Reduce Stroke Risk Eating
fruits and vegetables reduces stroke risk, according to the results of a
meta-analysis of cohort studies reported in the January 30 issue of The Lancet. "The
average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three
servings per day, and current recommendations encourage five or more servings
per day," lead author Feng J. He, MD, from "The
protective effects of fruit and vegetables on stroke have a strong biological
basis," the authors conclude. "Fruit and vegetables are rich sources of potassium,
folate, fibre, and antioxidants (vitamin C, betacarotene, and flavonoids)....
Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood
pressure-lowering effect of potassium could be one of the major mechanisms
contributing to a reduced risk of stroke with an increased fruit and vegetable
intake." In an
accompanying comment, Lyn Steffen, PhD, MPH, RD, from the University of
Minnesota School of Public Health, in Minneapolis, notes that increased fruit
and vegetable consumption may prevent chronic adulthood diseases, including
stroke, coronary heart disease, and some cancers. "Low
intake of fruit and vegetables is a major modifiable risk factor contributing
to the burden of ill health," Dr. Steffen states. "Because food habits develop in
childhood, we must protect young people from developing chronic disease early
in life. Therefore, partnerships must be formed between public-health agencies,
state and local industry, and the media to promote healthy food choices." http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/522582?sssdmh=dm1.179759&src=nldne
Viewpoint:
The Ominous Consequences of Stress at Work Stress is an
important part of everyone's lives, and it produces myriad symptoms from
fatigue to depression to wanting to throw something at another person. While none of these symptoms are
pleasant, many patients do not consider the relationship between stress and
chronic disease. Stress has
been demonstrated to increase cortisol levels and blood pressure among working
men and women. In a previous study of the current research cohort, subjects
with the highest levels of overcommitment at work were found to have cortisol
levels that were an average of 22% higher than those of workers with the lowest
levels of overcommitment. In addition, systolic blood pressure was an average
of Other
patient cohorts have also demonstrated that chronic work stress can increase
factors associated with the metabolic syndrome. In a cross-sectional analysis
of 179 workers at a automotive manufacturing facility, the authors found that
subjects with the highest composite measure of high effort/low reward at work
had elevated adjusted odds ratios (OR) for elevated serum low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (OR = 3.57) and elevated serum fibrinogen (OR = 6.71)
compared with subjects with less stress. This study
completes the picture of the relationship between stress and the metabolic
syndrome. The authors
defined metabolic syndrome by the presence of at least 3 factors associated
with this disorder, and they defined stress by a high ratio of job demands to
job control. The average follow-up period of 14 years allowed for a meaningful
collection of data. The authors
found that the degree of stress over time increased the risk of the metabolic
syndrome in a linear fashion. The risk of the metabolic syndrome became significantly increased after
at least 3 measurement periods of increased stress. These findings remained
similar after excluding subjects with obesity at baseline, suggesting that
stress was a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome independent of other
factors. The authors also found that, consistent with their previous research,
subjects with lower grades of employment suffered disproportionately from the
effects of stress as a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome, and men were
more susceptible to the effects of stress than women. The authors
of this study previously demonstrated even more ominous consequences of stress
in the workplace. Using this same cohort, they demonstrated that subjects in
the lowest grade of employment had an increased relative risk of coronary heart
disease of 1.50 compared with administrators in a higher grade. In addition,
the socioeconomic factor most associated with an increased risk of coronary
heart disease was low control at work, and this risk outweighed the risk
associated with some traditional cardiac risk factors. These
findings were confirmed in the international INTERHEART study, which compared
11,119 cases of first myocardial infarction with 13,648 controls from 52
countries. The authors found that stress from work, home, or a combination of
the two were all associated with an increased adjusted risk of myocardial
infarction. The
increased risk associated with stress was valid regardless of region,
ethnicity, or sex. Further work
needs to be done to determine the metabolic underpinnings of stress' effect on
cardiovascular health. However, the sum of the current research suggests that
the effect is quite real, and family physicians are in a unique and privileged
position to counsel patients regarding the deleterious effects of stress. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/529869
________________________________________________________________________________ 6 Simple Steps to Get Out of
(bad) Debt Step 1:
How much do you owe? Do you even know? Most people never realize they’re in
trouble until they can’t make all their minimum payments in a given month.
That’s not a situation you want to be faced with, so the first thing you’ve got
to do is gather all your credit card, loan and mortgage statements. Actually,
it’s up to you if you want to include your mortgage, but why not put everything
on the table since we’re coming clean. You need to list out the name of each card or bank,
the interest rate charged, the outstanding loan amount and the minimum monthly
payment. List them in order of highest interest rate to lowest interest rate.
Total up the total amount you owe and the minimum monthly payments. Step 2:
STOP SPENDING!!! The reason I make this step #2 is obvious. If you’ve
done what you’re supposed to do in step #1, you’ve had to come to terms with
what your spending habits has done to your financial future. If you don’t stop
spending you’ll just keep digging yourself deeper and deeper into debt and one
day you’ll realize that you’ve been digging your own grave. Hopefully that day
is today. Ugly picture, I know. But don’t let that total debt number get you down. The
main thing is that you’ve realized that you’ve got to change something and
you’ve dedicated yourself to do something about it. Step 3:
What’s your Cash Flow? You need to determine how much you can pay over the
minimum required for all your debts. In the end, it’s up to you to decide how
much of your extra cash flow will go toward debt repayment or investment. It
all depends on what your goals are. My suggestion is to take a chunk of your extra
cash (say around 50% to 70% of it) and put it toward debt repayment, if your
debt has truly become a burden to you. This advice is much easier to give right
now given today’s investment environment, but believe me; it wasn’t so easy
three years ago. Step 4: Build your Emergency Fund The first
thing I mentioned in my article “Before You Invest” was to “Check Your
Reserves.” Remember
that your return on your emergency fund is less important than the fact that
you have the money set aside and readily available for unforeseen expenses. Step 5: Consolidate/Transfer Debt I’m betting
you already know what I’m going to say, but I’ll say it anyway. I’m sure you’ve
had your mailbox filled with enticing offers from credit card companies
offering some pretty enticing introductory rates for their cards. Maybe you got
them from some of your current cards that were too good to pass up. You know,
those 0% balance transfers for the next year or life of the loan. Perhaps those
very offers are the ones that got you in trouble in the first place. Or maybe
you’re the type that endlessly transfers your balance from one card to the next
in the hopes of escaping the interest monster. Now’s the time to take advantage of those offers to
find out: Check the
fine print of any offer you get to see if the fees for the transfers are worth
it. Most companies will charge you either 3% of the balance transferred up to a
maximum of $40 or $50 (with a minimum fee of around $5). Step 6: Pay off the highest rate card/loan first You should
pay the minimum plus any additional funds you’ve earmarked for debt repayment
against the highest interest rate card/loan and pay only the minimum on the
other cards/loans. In other words, pay off your high interest rate cards first,
then when that's done, attack your next highest rate card/loan in the same
manner. Why do it this way? Because this way guarantees that you pay the lowest
total interest rate over the course of your DEBT REPAYMENT PLAN. Conclusion Obviously
this was just a quick take on a method of paying down your existing debts. If
you’re thinking of paying off a mortgage, you’d have to weigh the tax benefits
you would lose from writing off the mortgage interest versus paying off a debt
with a lower interest rate. That
calculation is outside the scope of this article and is not the reason I wrote
this article. http://www.fabmansecrets.com/newsletter_feb_2003.htm#FEATURE%20ARTICLE,%20Byline
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