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Walking Increases Gray Matter
Can you believe it? Walking is better for you than not walking?… Perhaps science needs to convince us to use common sense…. Note that the lowest quartile in this group reported walking eight blocks a...
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Adherence to an Exercise Program
A young man who just graduated from Agricultural College is walking by a farm in Iowa and watches an old farmer for a while. Finally, he says to the farmer, You know sir, with these new methods I just...
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Stategies for Excercise Adherence
Yesterday’s post suggested that “keeping it simple” was important for adherence to an exercise program. Here is some other research: Peer Influence People behave in a similar way to others who are like...
View Article(91!) Tips to Stay Motivated
The theme of the last posts has been while we all know what we should do, it is a whole other matter to actually consistent do it. Frankly, I get tired of lists of things to do to diet right,...
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Exercise and the Heart: Putting Your Socks and Shoes on Right
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost....
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Strategies for Change: (Not) Will Power
Years ago, California had a 1-800 hotline you could call if you were trying to quit smoking. They asked the callers if they could check back on them to see what strategies of quitting smoking worked....
View ArticleGratitude, Sleep and Heart Disease
Several years ago, I was listening to a tape about Naikan Therapy; one exercise it suggested was spending the day being grateful for everything that was part of one’s day — “thank you toothbrush, thank...
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Heart Health: Lack of Sleep Thickens Carotid Artery in Men
Shorter Sleep in Men Ups Risk of Heart Disease Nov. 16, 2010 (HealthDay News) Men who don’t sleep enough may be increasing their risk for cardiovascular disease, new research suggests. The notion is...
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Weight Loss Strategy: Keeping Track of Food Intake
Although keeping a food journal is most likely an effective strategy to lose weight, the problem with the research cited below is that there is no control or differentiation over who keeps a food...
View ArticleWeight Loss, LDL Reduction and Mortality Risk Reduction
Although it seems like a reasonable question, it is difficult to find precise information on the correlation between weight loss and heart attack risk reduction. From the previous post, for each point...
View ArticleYoga Reduces Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Yoga Reduces Atrial Fibrillation Risk Considerably April 3, 2011 Medical News Today People who regularly practice yoga have a significantly lower risk of having episodes of atrial fibrillation –...
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Begin Exercise Early After a Heart Attack
From the article: Patients who begin an exercise program one week after their heart attack were found to have the best heart performance. For those who waited to begin their exercise rehabilitation...
View ArticleSystematic Review of the Research on Yoga, Insulin Resistance and Heart Disease
One wonders why there is not more emphasis in cardiac rehab and medicine in general in integrating Yoga or similar disciplines into health treatment… Here in Fairbanks the cardiac rehab program has...
View ArticleBreathing Slowly to Reduce Blood Pressure…
Has your cardiologist talked to you about breathing? Associated Press July 31, 2006 Breathe deep to lower blood pressure, doc says Experiment suggests slow breathing helps break down the salt we eat...
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An Hour More of Sleep Reduces Coronary Artery Calcification by 33%
Journal of the American Medical Association 2008;300(24):2859-2866. Short Sleep Duration and Incident Coronary Artery Calcification From the Abstract Context Coronary artery calcification is a...
View ArticleSleep and Inflammation
Inflammation May Be Link Between Extreme Sleep Durations And Poor Health ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2009) — A new study in the journal Sleep shows that sleep duration is associated with changes in the...
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Heart Disease and Circadian Rhythms: Japanese Night Taxi Drivers
Searching for preventive measures of cardiovascular events in aged Japanese taxi drivers–the daily rhythm of cardiovascular risk factors during a night duty day. J Hum Ergol (Tokyo). 2001...
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Heart Disease Risk Reduction: Mid-Day Napping (37%)
Midday Napping Slows Heart Disease Carole Bullock February 14, 2007 — What could be some of the most welcome heart-healthy advice in a long time comes from Greek researchers who say daytime napping —...
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Alcohol Interferes With Heart Rate Variability
Alcohol Interferes With the Restorative Functions of Sleep ScienceDaily Aug. 16, 2011 Large amounts of alcohol are known to shorten sleep latency, increase slow-wave sleep, and suppress rapid eye...
View ArticleThe Effect of Lack of Sleep on the Body
Scientists Finding Out What Losing Sleep Does to a Body Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer October 9, 2005> With a good night’s rest increasingly losing out to the Internet, e-mail, late-night...
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The Importance of Heart Rate Variability
["Heart Rate Variability, or HRV, is under-appreciated measure of heart health...] Greater Heart Rate Variability The term called “heart rate variability” means that minute-by-minute (or even...
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After a Heart Attack: Living in a Different Country
[As I have mentioned before, Carolyn Thomas's www.myheartsisters.org is the best heart blog on the Web -- she frequently deals with the the post-heart attack psychological world. Here is an excellent...
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Reducing Inflammation Through Compassionate Meditation
[There are many different styles and practices of meditation, and many of them have health benefits. Reduction of inflammation is particularly important for heart health...] Eastern and Western...
View ArticleDr. Fogoros on Low Fat vs. Low Carb Diets
[In my opinion, cardiologist Richard Fogoros provides the best medical information on heart disease on the Web] from the article: At the end of the day, we can state four general rules that all parties...
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Reducing Heart Attack Risk Through Meditation
[In the 60's, when meditation become more mainstream. the phrase I would often here is: "If you are too busy to meditate, you are too busy." -- And today the phrase I came across was, "It is important...
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Heart Nutrition: Probiotics to Reduce Stress?
[We're 90% bacteria and 10% human to start with - may as well have enlist the pros...] from the article: The people in the probiotic group showed a muted response in brain areas involved in processing...
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The Psychology of Heart Health: Will Power and Temptations
[Most of us know that if we lost weight our hearts would be healthier -- yet the resolution to lose weight rarely works. Strategy based on how the brain works is much more effective than just trying to...
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The Psychology of Heart Health: One Resolution at a Time….
[Continuing with the theme of the limits and utilization of will power...] from the article: This helps explain why, after a long day at the office, we’re more likely to indulge in a pint of ice cream,...
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Heart Health: Eating at Home Versus Eating Out
[Interesting study on how our expectations (eating out makes you happier) versus reality, that people feel better after eating at home.] from the article: The study looked at how food choices influence...
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The Need for Stress Management: High Cortisol Levels Linked in Increase Risk...
[Emotional stress is often under-rated as major factor in heart disease.] from the article: When divided into three groups based on levels of the stress hormone, the third of study participants with...
View ArticleReducing Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death Through Lifestyle
[The critical component is "adherence" -- most of us know what to do be be healthy, we just don't do it. It is the psychology of adherence that deserves much study and much more prominence] from the...
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Alternative Views of Heart Issues: The Heart Chakra
Healing and the Heart Chakra When most people start studying the mind-body-spirit connection, they realize that the heart helps healing. Unconditional compassion, pure love: intuitively, we know that...
View ArticleYogabasics: Heart Chakra Meditation
(Daily meditation reduces heart attack risk by about 50%..) from yogabasics.com This heart chakra meditation is a simple technique to release sadness and fear and to bring compassion and love into your...
View ArticleHeart Meditation II
from www.freemeditations.com Heart Centered Meditation Begin by finding a quiet spot where you will not be disturbed. Take the phone off the hook. Turn off your mobile phone, radio, and television, as...
View ArticleHeart Meditation III
from www.care2.com Meditate on the Heart The purpose of this exercise is to give you the experience of making your heart pure enough to witness spirit. Pure here doesn’t mean good and virtuous; it...
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Heart Meditation IV
Heart Chakra Meditation | Guided Meditation Practice The following is a dictation of the practice of a heart chakra meditation taught by Swami Sivajnanananda. This practice is designed to help open...
View ArticleHeart Meditation: Videos
How To Do A Heart Chakra Meditation 4th Chakra Clearing Meditation How to Open Your Heart Chakra Karunesh: Heart Chakra Meditation Heart Chakra Meditation: Tibetan Sound How to Open Your Heart Chakra...
View ArticleArrythmias and Stress
Note the emphasis on: “social support, relaxation therapy, yoga, meditation, controlled slow breathing, and biofeedback” Acute Emotional Stress and Cardiac Arrhythmias/strong> Roy C. Ziegelstein, MD...
View ArticleHealth Strategy: Walking Meditation
(Keep in mind that meditation reduces the risk of a heart attack by at least 50%) from www.MeditationOasis.com Walking Meditation How to meditate while walking Walking meditation can be just as...
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