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Cadmium may boost breast cancer risk, study suggests

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Ingesting higher levels of cadmium, a metal found in fertilizers, may be linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, a new study from Sweden suggests.

The results showed that postmenopausal women with a relatively high daily dietary cadmium intake had a 21 percent increased risk of breast cancer.

The major sources of cadmium in the diets of women in the study were foods that are generally healthy whole grains and vegetables. These accounted for about 40 percent of the cadmium consumed.

The reason for the link may be that cadmium can cause the same effects in the body as the female hormone estrogen, the researchers said. Estrogen fuels thedevelopment of some breast cancers.

Whole grains and vegetables generally protect against cancer, and people should not avoid these foods because of this study, said study researcher Agneta kesson, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

The study showed an association, not a cause-and-effect link, in one population of women, and further work is needed to confirm the findings.

"Though no single observational study can be considered conclusive, this very large, prospective study of [cadmium] exposure and post-menopausal breast cancer makes an important contribution to what is a fairly sparse literature considering this very important topic," said Michael Bloom, a professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Albany, who was not involved in the study.

Cause for concern?

"It has been known for some time that cadmium is toxic and, in certain forms, carcinogenic," said study researcher Bettina Julin, of the Karolinska Institute of Environmental Medicine.

In the study, the researchers collected data from more than 55,000 women in Sweden for 12 years. The women kept a daily log of everything they ate. The researchers estimated how much cadmium the women's consumed based on the country's data on the amount of cadmium in foods, and divided the women into three equally-sized groups based on their intake.

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What is an 13% increased risk of death?

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm

16 March 2012 Last updated at 07:11 ET By Ruth Alexander BBC News

Eating an extra portion of red meat every day will increase your risk of death by 13% annually, according to a new study. It sounds scary - but is it?

Harvard Medical School researchers have concluded that a diet high in red meat can shorten life expectancy.

They studied the diets and health of more than 120,000 people over the course of more than 20 years and found that red meat is associated with an increased risk of fatal heart disease and terminal cancer.

Over the study period, an extra portion of unprocessed red meat was associated with an overall 13% increased risk of death annually (and the figure for processed meat was even higher).

But what does this mean?

The easiest way to understand it is to think of how this might affect two friends who live very similar lives, according to David Spiegelhalter, a Cambridge University biostatistician, and the Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk.

When he's sitting eating his extra burger, that person is losing half an hour of life

Imagine that the two friends are men aged 40, who are the same weight, do the same amount of exercise and do the same job.

The only difference between them is that one eats an extra portion of red meat every day - an extra 85g, or 3oz.

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White rice link seen with Type 2 diabetes, says study

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Health researchers said on Thursday they had found a troubling link between higher consumption of rice and Type 2 diabetes, a disease that in some countries is becoming an epidemic.

Further work is need to probe the apparent association and diets that are notoriously high in sugar and fats should remain on the no-go list, they cautioned.

"What we've found is white rice is likely to increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, especially at high consumption levels such as in Asian populations," Qi Sun of the Harvard School of Public Health told AFP.

"But at the same time people should pay close attention to the other things they eat.

"It's very important to address not just a single food but the whole pattern of consumption."

In the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Sun's team said the link emerged from an analysis of four previously published studies, carried out in China, Japan, Australia and the United States.

These studies followed 350,000 people over a timescale from four to 22 years. More than 13,000 people developed Type 2 diabetes.

In the studies carried out in China and Japan, those who ate most rice were 55 percent likelier to develop the disease than those who ate least. In the United States and Australia, where consumption of rice is far lower, the difference was 12 percent.

Participants in the two Asian countries ate three or four servings of rice a day on average, compared to just one or two servings a week in the Western countries.

White rice is the dominant form of rice eaten in the world. Machines produce its polished look by hulling and milling, leaving a grain that is predominantly starch.

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Overweight, Obese Adults Use Electronic Device to Stick to Diet, Exercise

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm

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SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Overweight and obese adults who used an electronic diary program on a personal digital assistant did better at staying on diet and physical activity programs, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2012 Scientific Sessions.

People using the device, which provided tailored dietary and exercise feedback messages, were more successful in adhering to five treatment factors for weight loss:

The SMART (Self-Monitoring and Recording with Technology) study included 210 overweight or obese adults, 84 percent women, 79 percent white, who used a paper diary, a handheld electronic device without feedback, or a handheld device that provided daily messages.

Those using the electronic devices did significantly better than those using a paper diary for attendance, self-monitoring and energy and exercise goals.

At six months, the group that received the daily feedback messages from their device had more than a 5 percent weight loss, but over time adherence declined and weight gain occurred.

At 24 months, weight loss was similar across the three groups, but was slightly better in the group receiving feedback.

"The results suggest that using an electronic diary improves treatment adherence," said Lora E. Burke, Ph.D., study author and professor of nursing and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. "Over time, participants' adherence declined, particularly in the later phase as contact frequency declined and subsequently ended. Adherence in the paper diary group declined more than in the device groups."

Study participants recorded their exercise levels and daily food and beverage intakes. Devices displayed the consumed daily calories and fat grams next to targeted amounts. Users with devices providing feedback received messages on diet once a day and exercise every other day.

Thirty-nine group sessions were offered in the first 18 months, followed by one "maintenance" session in the last six months.

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New Clues to Link Between Fatty Diet, Colon Cancer

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm

THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've discovered clues about how a fatty diet increases the risk of colon cancer.

"There have always been questions about why things like diet and obesity are independent risk factors for colon cancer. This study suggests how and why high-fat diets are linked to colon cancer," lead author Carmen Sapienza, a professor of pathology in Temple University's Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, said in a university news release.

He and his colleagues examined healthy colon tissue from colon cancer patients and found that epigenetic marks on genes involved in breaking down carbohydrates, fats and amino acids -- which are all common in a fatty Western diet -- seem to have been retrained.

Epigenetic marks are chemical modifications that act as on/off switches for many genes, according to the release.

"These foods are changing the methylation patterns on a person's insulin genes so that they express differently, pumping out more insulin than the body requires," Sapienza explained. "In people that have colon cancer, their glucose metabolic pathways and insulin-signaling pathways are running at completely different levels than people who don't have colon cancer."

Cancer cells "love" insulin and studies have shown that tumors feed off insulin, Sapienza noted.

Most cases of colon cancer occur in people 50 and older, and it is unclear when these genetic changes begin. If such changes can be detected in other healthy tissues in the body, it might be possible to use blood or saliva tests to determine a person's colon cancer risk or diagnose the disease, Sapienza suggested.

The study was published in the March issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research.

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The American Cancer Society has more about colorectal cancer.

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Healthy Eating for Weight Management – Video

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm

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Weight loss guru to speak at SCSU March 24

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm

Special to The T&D The Times and Democrat | Posted: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:00 am |

S.C. States Brooks Health Centers annual Minority Community Health Summit on Saturday, March 24, will feature Dr. Ian Smith, a weight loss guru who is the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show, HealthWatch.

The theme of this years summit is: It takes a Village to Fight Health Disparities: Believe in a Healthy Blood Pressure. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first floor of M. Maceo Nance Jr. Hall on the university campus. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

According to http://www.cdc.govhttp://www.cdc.gov>, the top 10 health disparities that affect minorities are: heart disease; cancer; stroke; diabetes; unintentional injury; homicide; chronic lower respiratory disease; HIV/AIDS); nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney; and septicemia, a multiplication of the bacteria in the bloodstream producing a powerful toxin.

The summit will address some of those health challenges and examine current efforts to improve access to quality health care in the Orangeburg area.

Pinkey Carter, director of the Brooks Health Center, said the mission of the summit is to educate our students and the local community so that we can fight health disparities among our campus community.

Throughout the Minority Community Health Summit, an array of health disparity workshops will take place, such as: Diabetes: Its More than Sugar, Lets Get Moving, Lips, Hips and Fingertips: You are what you eat, Basic HIV 101: Understanding and protecting yourself and Believe in a Healthy Blood Pressure.

Smith will be the speaker for the summit. He has served as the medical/diet expert for six seasons on VH1s highly-rated Celebrity Fit Club, the creator and founder of the 50 Million Pound Challenge and the Makeover Mile, and as medical contributor on the nationally syndicated television show, Rachael Ray. Smith is also the host of HealthWatch on American Urban Radio Networks. He is the former medical correspondent for NBC News and for News Channel 4 where he filed reports for NBCs Nightly News and the Today show as well as WNBCs news broadcasts. Smith has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, The Tyra Banks Show, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360 and Showbiz Tonight.

He was recently appointed by President Obama to the Presidents Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. He has also written for various publications, including Time, Newsweek, Mens Health and the New York Daily News, and has been featured in publications including People, Essence, Ebony, University of Chicago Medicine on the Midway, Cosmopolitan and Black Enterprise.

Smiths work has been honored by several organizations, such as the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for his coverage on the momentous events on Sept. 11, 2001. He is very active in charitable causes, currently a national advisory board member for The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity. He has also served on the boards of the American Council on Exercise, the New York Mission Society, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the New York Council for the Humanities.

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RETROFIT Raises $2.7 Million From Three Leading Chicago Venture Funds and Angels

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm

SKOKIE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

RETROFIT LLC (retrofitme.com) the data-driven weight loss program for data-driven people announced today that the company completed a $2 million financing round led by I2A Fund, New World Ventures, and FireStarter Fund, in addition to the $700,000 previously raised in late 2011. A number of prominent business leaders committed to defeating the nations obesity epidemic also participated in the financing.

Although the obesity epidemic has reached crisis proportions in the United States, there has been almost no disruptive thinking in the weight loss industry. RETROFITs data-driven nutrition, fitness, and counseling program promises to change that. The approach is intensive without being invasive and the results are promising. Over 90% of all clients report positive weight-loss results, with an average of 1.1 pounds lost per week, said Stuart Larkins, Managing Director, I2A Fund. We see great potential in RETROFITs revolutionary model.

The capital infusion will be used in RETROFITs ongoing efforts to ensure that our customers realize long-term weight loss success, said CEO Jeff Hyman. Our mission is to free the healthy person within all of us. We achieve this through a blend of sustainable behavior change, data analysis, and personalized support.

Our program marries advanced internet technology with direct one-on-one counseling by a team of nutrition, fitness, and behavior professionals, Hyman said. It is an optimal solution for busy people whose schedules and responsibilities have made achieving healthy weight levels so challenging. We are committed to turning the tide on the obesity epidemic.

During the 12-month program, RETROFIT clients follow a personalized nutrition and fitness plan; attend weekly Skype video meetings with a private team of registered dieticians, behavior coaches, exercise physiologists; and use advanced wireless devices to track weight, body composition, physical activity, and sleep patterns from home.

Clients receive ongoing communication and reinforcement from their personal professional advisors that helps new habits stick. Its a very different approach and our clients love it, Tucker Toft-Dupuy, one of Retrofits 40 Wellness Experts, shares. Our Wellness Experts love it too. I get the high impact expert interaction of my peers and we work together to change peoples lives for good. Nothing could be more exciting.

Retrofit markets its innovative service directly to consumers, through employers, and physicians.

The investment group includes:

Lon Chow, General Partner, Apex Venture Partners Brian Jacobs, General Partner, Emergence Capital Partners Renee LaBran, Partner, Rustic Canyon Fontis Partners Matt Ocko - Partner, Three Kingdoms Capital Partners Shaun Abrahamson - Partner, EigenValue Fund Matt Dickinson - Partner, Growth Angels Larry Levy, Chairman, Levy Restaurants Dan Malven, Chairman, Analyte Health Sridhar Murthy - CEO, Analyte Health Jai Shekhawat, CEO, Fieldglass Ancelmo Lopes, CEO, Ameritox James Roberts, CEO, Chamberlain Group Jerry Acuff - CEO, DeltaPoint Jeff Hughes - CEO, BizLab Tom Peterson - CEO, Social Leverage Brian Spaly - CEO, Trunk Club Howard Lindzon - CEO, StockTwits Dan Clifford - CEO, AnswerLab Matt Gray, President, G Bar David Rosenblatt, Vice Chairman, Arava Power Bob Brinker - Publisher, Brinker Advisory Services

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Electronic Diary Helped Obese Adults Stick to Weight-Loss Plan

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 4:46 pm

THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- An electronic diary program helped improve overweight and obese adults' adherence to a weight-loss regimen, according to a new study.

The study included 210 overweight or obese adults who were asked to keep track of aspects of weight-loss treatment such as attendance at group sessions and energy and exercise goals.

The participants kept track using either a paper diary, a personal digital assistant (PDA) without feedback, or a PDA with a program that provided personalized dietary and exercise feedback messages.

The participants who received the feedback messages (one per day on diet and one every other day on exercise) were more successful in attending group sessions, meeting daily calorie goals, meeting daily fat-intake goals, reaching weekly exercise goals and monitoring their eating and exercise.

After six months, people in the group that received feedback messages saw weight loss of more than 5 percent. After 24 months, however, weight loss was similar in all three groups, according to the study, which is scheduled to be presented Thursday at an American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in San Diego.

"The results suggest that using an electronic diary improves treatment adherence," study author Lora Burke, a professor of nursing and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, said in an AHA news release.

"Over time, participants' adherence declined, particularly in the later phase as contact frequency declined and subsequently ended," she said. "Adherence in the paper-diary group declined more than in the device groups."

Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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The U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has more about weight loss.

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