This Week In Wellness

TWIW 116: Too deadly for diabetes

This Week In Wellness urban Aboriginal diabetes lifestyle program Too Deadly for Diabetes is creating overwhelmingly positive results in regards to weight loss, blood pressure control and glycaemic control in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using a low-cost easy to prepare diet and flexible exercise program, providing links to YouTube videos that were sent to participants each week.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.13092
https://toodeadlyfordiabetes.com.au/our-program
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TWIW 115: Fake meat and meat are not nutritionally equivalent

This Week In Wellness researchers from Duke University have taken a deep dive into the metabolomics of meat and so called “near meat” showing that not surprisingly they are as different as plants and animals.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210706153026.htm
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TWIW 114: Swap seed oils for fish oils for a 30-40% migraine reduction

This Week In Wellness a diet high in fatty fish has been shown to reduce both the frequency and intensity of migraines when compared to a diet high in vegetable oils.
Researchers from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) studied 182 adults with frequent migraines using a 16-week dietary intervention.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630213035.htm
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TWIW 113: Fruit and veg in pregnancy reduces developmental delays

This Week In Wellness a three-generation cohort study has shown that high fruit and vegetable consumption during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of developmental delays in the resultant children at age 2.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/fruit-and-vegetable-consumption-before-and-during-pregnancy-and-developmental-delays-in-offspring-aged-2-years-in-japan/46077C7D37518C26273C1C1C8F761CF9
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TWIW 112: The LAST EVER Wellness Summit

This Week In Wellness The Wellness Couch podcast network has announced that the LAST EVER Wellness Summit will be taking place online in less than a week. I am joined by my co-director Marcus Pearce as we discuss what a Wellness Summit is, talk a bit about the past Summit’s and most importantly what you can expect at this year’s LAST EVER Wellness Summit.
To find out more and secure your ticket (no matter where in the world you are) head to thewellnesssummit.com
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TWIW 111: Journal says “spiritual wellbeing” may help guard against Alzheimer’s

This Week In Wellness research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease no less, has suggested that “spiritual well being” could help to reduce multiple risk factors and potentially help people age Alzheimer’s free.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210511123727.htm
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TWIW 110: 9 in 10 Aussie girls not active enough

This Week In Wellness the cancer Council is reporting that only 16% of Australian secondary school children meet the recommended guidelines for physical activity and the story is even worse for our girls with just 9% reaching that mark. This despite over ¾ of the students acknowledging that both their parents and their school had encouraged them to participate in sport and physical activity.
https://www.cancer.org.au/media-releases/2021/5-in-6-aussie-teens-not-meeting-the-recommended-guidelines-for-physical-activity
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TWIW 109: A new mental health disorder

This Week In Wellness a small group of researchers are pushing for the clinical construct ‘Sluggish Cognitive Tempo’ characterised by mental fogginess, hypoactivity, sluggishness, staring frequently, inconsistent awareness and slow working speed to become an officially recognised diagnosis paving the way for sufferers to get extra help and medication.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/12/sluggish-cognitive-tempo-research-critics/
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TWIW 108: Microplastics in rice

This Week In Wellness a world first study investigating the levels of plastic in store bought rice has shown that Australians may be consuming up to 13mg of plastic per serve. And this plastic appears to be primarily as a result of plastics used in both agriculture and processing practices rather than packaging.
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/health-and-wellness/wash-your-rice-to-get-rid-of-microplastic-experts-say-20210510-p57qfg
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/health-concerns-after-researchers-find-microplastics-in-instant-rice-20210510-p57qe9.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33866293/
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TWIW 107: Vaccine patents and profits in review

This Week In Wellness whilst the US Government and the European Union have indicated a willingness to discuss waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, Germany, home to a large pharmaceutical sector and the pharmaceutical companies themselves are rallying against the idea. Drug company share prices have slipped as a result.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/eu-considers-covid-19-vaccine-patent-waiver-but-germany-drugmakers-push-back
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/mar/06/from-pfizer-to-moderna-whos-making-billions-from-covid-vaccines
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TWIW 106: DHA may help guard against autism and schizophrenia

This Week In Wellness Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders have discovered a potential role of DHA (docosahexanoic acid) in guarding against the impact of maternal stress (linked to neurodevelopmental disorders) on unborn males during early development.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210324113405.htm
https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-020-00356-x
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TWIW 105: Mushrooms may reduce cancer by 45%

This Week In Wellness higher mushroom consumption has been associated with a decreased risk of cancer according to a new study published in Advances in Nutrition.
The systematic review and meta-analysis carried out by Penn State Cancer Institute examined 17 cancer studies, with the oldest dating right back to 1966 and a combined database of 19,500 patients. The results showed that those who ate an average of 18 grams of mushrooms a day had a whopping 45% lower risk of cancer than those who eat none.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421200133.htm
https://academic.oup.com/advances/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/advances/nmab015/6174025?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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