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Yet common practices in our modern, industrial food system are creating significant global health and environmental problems. In the United States, the four leading causes of death—and largest sources of healthcare expenditure—are directly linked to food: stroke, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Industrial food production, dependent on significant amounts of synthetic pesticides, fossil-fuel based fertilizers, water, and energy, is contributing to climate change and degrading ecosystems by polluting soil, water, and air. The industrial food system’s reliance on production inputs such as antibiotics and growth hormones to compensate for crowded and unsanitary livestock conditions are compromising drug efficacy and placing human and animal health and welfare at risk.</div>
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Our Healthy Food in Health Care program harnesses the purchasing power, expertise, and voice of the healthcare sector to advance the development of a sustainable food system. Our advocacy campaigns bring the sector’s clout and perspective to bear on critical food systems issues such as the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture, aligning dietary guidelines with health and sustainability principles, harmful chemicals in our food systems, theclimate-food connection, and opportunities for health care to make upstream investments in public health. </div>
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We partner with over 1,000 hospitals across North America to source and serve foods that are produced, processed, and transported in ways that are protective of public and environmental health. Our advocacy work with thousands of health professionals has resulted in the creation of sustainable food purchasing policies, environmental health curricula, and advocacy for healthy food policy at federal, state and local levels. </div>
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Health care institutions around the country have begun to adopt practices and policies to support a healthy food system — one that is environmentally sustainable, improves nutritional quality and supports human dignity and justice. </div>
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The Healthy Food in Health Care program advances its work through four core initiatives. We invite you to explore their respective web pages and consider how your facility could best engage with our efforts.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15886058727275155005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8110101884192229826.post-877622965865536002016-09-15T10:07:00.001-07:002016-09-15T10:07:10.960-07:00The Fascinating Link Between Eating Full-Fat Yogurt and a Lower Risk of Depression<div data-spx-slot="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
Women who regularly eat full-fat yogurt may be less likely to develop depression than those who eat it less often, according to a new study of nearly 15,000 people. Although the research could not prove a cause-and-effect relationship, the authors suggest that probiotics—live bacterial cultures present in fermented foods—may play a role in influencing mood.</div>
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This association was not true for men, nor for people who ate low-fat yogurt or took prebiotic supplements, which are thought to promote the growth of beneficial gut bacteria. In fact, eating low-fat yogurt was linked to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">higher</em> rates of depression. In that case, however, researchers say it’s likely that depression influenced people’s eating habits—not the other way around, because the results were no longer statistically meaningful when the early depression cases were excluded.</div>
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Clinical depression is expected to become the leading cause of disability in industrialized countries by 2030, the authors wrote in the September issue of the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Journal of Nutrition</em>. The disease’s causes are complex and not entirely understood, but scientists know that genetics, environmental, and lifestyle factors can all contribute.</div>
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So researchers wanted to see if regularly eating yogurt or taking a prebiotic fiber supplement, both of which can influence gut bacteria, might make a difference in whether people developed depression. To do that, they tracked diet and health information from 14,539 men and women—all of whom were depression-free at the start of the study—for about 10 years.</div>
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Over that time, 727 participants were diagnosed with depression. The researchers found no correlation between taking a prebiotic and depression, nor did they find an increased risk for men who ate yogurt.</div>
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When they looked specifically at women, however, they made an interesting discovery: Those who consumed the highest amount of full-fat yogurt (at least seven servings per week) were 34% less likely to become depressed than those who ate the least (less than half a serving a week).</div>
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Surprisingly, they found the opposite association for low-fat yogurt: Study participants who ate the most were 32% more likely to develop depression than those who ate the least. But the majority of these cases were reported in the first two years of follow-up, the authors say, suggesting “reverse causality.” In other words, it’s likely that people who were already depressed (but not diagnosed yet) chose to eat more low-fat yogurt.</div>
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When the researchers looked at additional data not included in their analysis, they confirmed that depressed women did, in fact, eat more low-fat yogurt. “Sadly, we have no data in our study to determine the reason why,” says lead author Aurora Pérez Cornago, PhD, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Oxford.</div>
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This is one of the first studies to investigate the potential association between pre- and probiotic consumption and the onset of depression in otherwise healthy adults, Pérez Cornago says. She does point out the known health benefits of yogurt, but says it’s too early to tout it specifically as a mood booster.</div>
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“Yogurt is a nutrient-dense food and its consumption may benefit individuals with lactose intolerance,” she says. “It has also been related to lower obesity and diabetes risk. But in our opinion, we need more studies to clarify why this yogurt-depression association may differ by fat content before recommendations on consuming low- or full-fat yogurt can be given to women concerned about their mental health.”</div>
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If you're in the habit of checking your phone regularly, take note: It could actually improve your health, if you start using the right apps.</div>
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A new review of research on technology, published in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Journal of the American Heart Association</em>, found that people who take advantage of support and programs on smartphones or the internet are more likely to eat better, exercise more, and engage in other behaviors linked to health and longevity.<br />
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"Here we have the convenience of all these apps so you can exercise or you can eat healthier or quit smoking," says Martha Daviglus, MD, PhD, a spokesperson for the American Heart Association, who was not involved in the study. And even if the change isn't pronounced, "it's better to lose a few pounds than to lose none or to even increase your weight," Dr. Daviglus adds.</div>
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The authors of the new review paper evaluated more than 200 studies that had looked at the effect of different technologies on diet, exercise, weight, and tobacco and alcohol consumption. All of these factors play an enormous role in our risk for many diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, conditions which are almost as widespread today as cell phones. </div>
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In the new review study, the most common types of technology were apps, text, or voice messages and automated voice response systems. The review included research done over the past 23 years (so many of these technologies are now outdated). Overall, technology—new or old—had a positive effect on behaviors that influence health.</div>
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The quality of the studies varied, however, as did the magnitude of the effects. For instance, tech interventions could add as little as 1.5 minutes to your weekly exercise routine, or as much as 153 minutes. Only two of seven studies looking at quitting smoking found benefits. </div>
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Programs that proved most effective were those that incorporated goal setting and self-monitoring (such as recording how much you ate or weighed), and those that involved multiple forms of communication (like personal counseling and texts) and which carried individualized messages. The program which increased weekly physical activity by 153 minutes a week, for instance, sent customized motivational messages. </div>
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The technology was also more effective when paired with good old patient-doctor or patient-healthcare provider communication. </div>
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Most of the studies were very short-term, making it hard to know if they would be effective over the long time periods usually needed to make serious lifestyle changes. "They couldn't demonstrate if this really could work more than one year or only because it's the novelty, that people decide to try it and they get bored," says Dr. Daviglus, who is also a professor of medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. </div>
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The participants in the 224 studies also tended to be high on the motivation scale, one of many different factors likely to play into the success of any app or text or voice messaging system. "You can tell a 45-year-old who is otherwise healthy and is a smoker that smoking is bad for you and he will continue smoking," says Jeffrey Goldberger, MD chief of the cardiovascular division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. "That 45-year-old comes into the hospital with a heart attack and all of a sudden their motivation to stop smoking changes."</div>
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These days, though, there's likely to be an app to motivate you whoever you are. "With the new technology today, you cannot believe the things that we can do," says Dr. Daviglus. </div>
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Look for programs that urge you to set goals, are tailored to who you are, and which make you accountable for your behavior by recording what you eat or how many steps you take. It's worth asking your doctor for recommendations, too. She may be able to suggest apps that work best for your health needs.</div>
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Plant-based eating tends to be higher in carbs and lower in protein than an omnivorous diet, but protein and iron deficiency are rare—even among steadfast vegans. (Vitamin B12 deficiency is more of a concern, so strict vegans should consider taking a supplement.) Cutting back on animal foods will remove most of the cholesterol and saturated fat from your diet, but that does not necessarily make your diet low in fat.</div>
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Though our culture has become much more vegetarian- and vegan-friendly than it used to be, your choices will still be limited at fast-food restaurants, highway rest stops, and Grandma's—which can work in your favor in that you may cut down on extraneous calories.</div>
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Once you know where to look, however, you'll find plenty of overprocessed vegan junk food. If you're serious about losing weight and upgrading your health, you'll want to focus on whole, unprocessed foods and steer clear of added sugar, salt, and fat—just like everyone else!</div>
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