How Exercise Impacts Menopausal Women

Penn State researchers have suggested that attitude may play an important role in how exercise affects menopausal women.
They came to the conclusion after they identified two types of women -- one experiences more hot flashes after physical activity, while the other experiences fewer.

"The most consistent factor that seemed to differentiate the two groups was perceived control over hot flashes," said Steriani Elavsky, assistant professor of kinesiology.

"These women have ways of dealing with (hot flashes) and they believe they can control or cope with them in an effective way on a daily basis," she stated.

Women who experienced fewer hot flashes the day after participating in vigorous to moderate physical activity were more likely to be part of the group that felt they had control over their hot flashes.

Women who had more hot flashes following exercise were likely to be those who felt they had very few ways of coping with their hot flashes, Elavsky and her colleagues said.

Elavsky suggested that cognitive behavioral therapy may help some women feel they have more control over their bodies and reactions to hot flashes.

The participants with fewer hot flashes the day after vigorous exercising were also less likely to experience anxiety and depression. However, women who had fewer hot flashes the day after only light or moderate physical activity had higher levels of pessimism and depression than others.

"The bottom line for research is that people need to look at individual differences. It`s not enough anymore to do a study and look at overall impact of an exercise program on symptoms. It`s very clear that we need to look at the different responses that women might have, and try to understand these individual differences more," said Elavsky.

Elavsky and her colleagues followed 24 menopausal women for the length of one menstrual cycle, or for 30 days if they were no longer menstruating. Each woman used a personal digital assistant to record hot flashes and wore an accelerometer at the hip to track physical activity. The women in the study regularly had hot flashes before the start of the study, experiencing from five to 20 a day.

"The real-time reporting of symptoms and the objective measurement is a strength of the study. There aren`t any studies out there that use both of these approaches. ... To ask a woman to report a symptom when she`s experiencing it is the most valid assessment," said Elavsky.

At the beginning of the study, the participants completed evaluations that looked at their depressive symptoms, chronic stress, perceived control over hot flashes, and personality.

They had a physical exam where researchers measured levels of reproductive hormones and body composition. Each woman served as her own control, therefore the data was analysed for each separately.

If a woman experienced a hot flash during the observation period, she entered the event on the PDA, along with the severity and length of the event, where she was, if she had recently consumed a trigger, such as coffee, and included other situational information.

At four random times throughout the day, the PDA prompted the woman to assess and record daily stressors and mood. At the end of the day, each completed a fifth assessment and looked retrospectively at how her day went and how well she coped with her hot flashes that day.

"I was surprised by how large the individual differences were," said Elavsky.

"I was also surprised that the association was present in terms of statistically significant association only in a handful of women -- and among those, there were two whose physical activity led to more hot flashes the next day and one that had the opposite. Maybe the reason why we don``t see the associations in larger studies is because they cancel each other out," she added.

The finding was reported in a recent issue of Maturitas.

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Jeera May contract dropped Rs 92.5 and settled at Rs 12275 per quintal due to profit-taking after prices rose more than 4 percent since last week, while declining arrivals restricted the losses. India is the world's top producer and exporter of jeera, which is cultivated from October to December and harvested from February. Jeera production is estimated at 3.6 million bags of 60 kg each, up 38 percent on year. Latest sowing data from Gujarat indicates as on 27th Dec, sowing completed in ~2.82 lakh ha vs 2.38 lakh ha last year. As per Rajasthan Agricultural Ministry, the sowing area till 20th Dec had been reported at 3.03 lakh ha vs 3.30 lakh ha same period last year. Productivity of crops in both states however expected to fall due to adverse weather conditions as per reports. Productivity of crops in both states however expected to fall due to adverse weather conditions. Jeera production is estimated at 3.6 million bags of 60 kg each, up 38 percent on year. Arrivals remained moderate but have slowed down over last few days. There are reports of some export queries which supported the rates further. The downtrend may be limited and one can expect some more firm trend if exports pick up. In Unjha, a key spot market in Gujarat, jeera dropped -102.95 rupees to end at 12600 rupees per 100 kg. The contract made intraday low of Rs 12230 a kg and high of Rs 12460 a kg. Support for jeera is at 12183 below that could see a test of 12092. Resistance is now seen at 12413 above that could see a resistance of 12552.

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Jeera trading range for the day is 12092-12552.

Jeera fell due to profit-taking after prices rose more than 4% since last week, while declining arrivals restricted losses

Jeera production is estimated at 3.6 million bags of 60 kg each, up 38 percent on year

NCDEX accredited warehouses jeera stocks dropped by 36 tonnes to 11874 tonnes.

In Unjha, a key spot market in Gujarat, jeera dropped -102.95 rupees to end at 12600 rupees per 100 kg.

Eating Pistachio May positively Impact Gut Environment

Eating pistachios may help alter levels of potentially beneficial bacteria in the gut, according to a new study. The preliminary 16-person study holds promise for supporting digestive health.

The research is the first study of pistachios and almonds and their modulating role on the gut microbiota composition.

“Gut microbiota, or the microbial environment in the gastrointestinal tract, provides important functions to the human host,” said Volker Mai, PhD, lead study author and assistant professor at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

“Modifying microbiota towards a ‘beneficial’ composition is a promising approach for supporting intestinal health, with potential effects on overall health, and it appears that pistachios may play a role in this modification.”

Pistachios appear to have prebiotic characteristics; they contain non-digestible food components such as dietary fibre, which remain in the gut and serve as food for naturally occurring bacteria. They also contain phytochemicals that have the potential to modify microbiota composition.

Foods with prebiotic properties may enhance the growth of beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract.

To examine this relationship between prebiotics found in pistachios and the gut, researchers conducted a feeding study at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Maryland.

Sixteen healthy individuals were randomly assigned to eat an American-style, pre-planned diet that included either 0 ounces, 1.5 ounces or 3 ounces of pistachios or almonds per day.

Each participant’s diet was calorie-controlled to ensure they neither gained nor lost weight during the intervention. Multiple stool samples were collected throughout the study and analysed for bacterial community composition.

The researchers also quantified the amounts of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria in the stool, two groups of live microorganisms that reside in the digestive tract and help break down food substances.

After controlling for age, dietary factors and other relevant variables, the researchers observed that after 19 days, people who ate up to 3 ounces of pistachios (about 147 nuts or 2 servings) per day had increased changes in levels of various gut bacteria.

According to the abstract, people who ate pistachios showed an increase in potentially beneficial butyrate-producing bacteria. Butyrate has been shown to be a preferred energy source for colonic epithelial cells and is thought to play an important role in maintaining colonic health in humans.

The difference in gut microbes was stronger in people who ate pistachios rather than almonds.

The researchers used “modern high throughput sequencing” to quantify specific gut bacterial DNA signatures before and after nut consumption.

According to the researchers, this is the first study using this method to observe that pistachios and almonds may have the ability to help change the amounts of bacteria thriving in the gut.

“Fibers and incompletely digested foods, including nuts, that reach the proximal colon provide compounds required for maintaining a diverse microbiota,” said Mai.

“While still in the early stages of research, this study is a promising sign that increasing consumption of nuts, specifically pistachios, provides a novel means to modify the number of the gut’s ‘healthy’ microbiota, with potential health benefits,” Mai added.

Secret to Breast Milk’s Anti-cancer Activity Revealed

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The role of breastfeeding for protection against various forms of cancer has become known, but it does not work, it remained a mystery.

Now has a new study, a high level of anti-TNF-cancer-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in breast milk, which could be a source of anti-tumor activity in breast milk revealed.

The researchers took samples of colostrum, the first milk that the newborn, and mature milk of young mothers. Then the researchers obtained blood samples from healthy women and more ready to feed infant formula.

Colostrum and mature breast milk, formula and blood were then tested all of them to measure their level of TRAIL.

The researchers found that breast milk contains colostrum and 400 - and 100-fold or higher than blood TRAIL. No sign in the formula detected.
"The important role of breastfeeding in the prevention of certain cancers in childhood lymphoblastic leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and neuroblastoma, it has been shown previously," the researchers wrote.

"However, endogenous soluble TRAIL to explain a strong candidate for the general biological effect of breastfeeding against cancer," he said.

Mothers selected to participate in the study were admissible because they showed no signs of pre-eclampsia, infection or fever, and delivered healthy infants at term.

"To our knowledge this is the first time that TRAIL was measured in colostrum and breast milk. This study showed significantly higher TRAIL in colostrum and breast milk in relation to circulating levels of TRAIL in the serum," conclude the researchers.

The study was published in the Journal of Human Lactation published by SAGE.

Just 15 mins of exercise a day can help smokers kick the butt

Are smokers, who probably easier to quit smoking, researchers say. A team of scientists from the National Institutes of Health Research and the China Medical University in Taiwan, is the hospital of the Study of Health and habits of 434 190 people in Taiwan from 1996 to 2008. Get only 15 minutes of exercise per day, 55 percent more likely to smoke than those who do not leave `t work at all.

They also found that smokers 43 percent less likely to relapse was when they gave up.

The life expectancy was an increase of 5.6 years on average and decreased the risk of death by 43 percent, she laid found settled on the same level as Non smoking.
Even if you don `t quit, the benefits of an active lifestyle are obvious, with life expectancy among smokers receive 30 minutes of exercise per day, with an increase of 3.7 percent.

"Our message is, stop smoking and exercise - no time is the best," said Professor Chi Pang Wen, the data at the World Congress of Cardiology presented in Dubai, Digg.com.

"We want smokers exercising as much as possible," he said, but added that even small amounts of activity, over 15 minutes on foot from time to time - it was better than nothing.

BP Screening May Cut Rate of CVD Events and Death By 3pc

Could reduce a 25 percent increase in the detection of hypertension in 19 developing countries, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) events and deaths that occur each year, up to 3 percent in these countries, a new study has suggested. The study by researchers at Harvard Medical School found that about 900 million people in developing countries have high blood pressure, but only a third are aware of their disease.

In addition, only 100 million of these people are treated, while only 5 percent of the total can be controlled.

In this context, this study designed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an intervention in order to demonstrate increased from 25 percent in developing countries with a screening instrument in a laboratory, not to people with a treat blood pressure over 140 mmHg systolic and CVD risk more than 20 percent.

The study found that the investigation would be 25 percent of the population in an increase of over 10 percent lead in the rate of appropriate treatment of hypertension in patients at high risk.
The operation would lead to about 3.1 percent fewer cardiovascular events and death. In addition, increasing cost-benefit ratio of screening programs have been clearly observed under a times the GDP per capita in 19 developing countries.

"Strategies can increase the detection of high blood pressure can lead to a significant reduction in deaths due to CVD, at a cost that is acceptable according to WHO recommendations," said Dr. Thomas Gaziano, associate professor of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University.

The preliminary data was presented at the World Congress of Cardiology.

Running Man Episode 91 English Sub

Watch Running Man Episode 91 English Sub (Don't walk, run!)
Running Man Guests: No guests
Running Man Landmark: SUNY Korea (Songdo, Incheon)
Running Man Mission: Escape the prison (Yoomes Bond (Yoo Jae Suk) VS. All Running Man) OK, so SBS International Inc. caused the downfall of my channel of Youtube and misery for me the weekend and many. But this does not mean that it will be a boycott of seeing their shows because I am not so intolerant to do so.

“Already Shim man” season 2 kicked off a new era in the variety of the night of final Monday with a new format after having been in a long break since his arrest in January 2008. Much was made previously about the competition between SBS “Shim already Man Man”, “Come and play” MBC and KBS “Chit Chat of beauties”. But “already Shim man” came out tops last night with 11.1% while “Chit Chat of beauty” won 10.1% with “Come and play” last with only 6.9%.The new format of “already Shim man” season 2 saw a collection of possibly the strongest teams of MC of all time with Kang Ho Dong Yoon Jong Shin, Kim Jae Dong, MC Mong, Jun Jin, Seo in Young, Nic Khun (he was not mentioned and only highlighted) plus special guest Lee Hyori and pretty boy Jang Geun Suk.
Running man ep 91 eng sub

The climax of the show belonged to Lee Hyori and Seo in Young, who had recently made their comeback album as they did a battle of dance which captured the attention of the mostly male artistes recording the show. SEO in Young began by saying: “I could show my sexual attraction even to a children song”, as the PD show began playing a children song “Little tadpole” but she really got to show his stuff even with. Hyori was then as he danced his theme of “U-Go-Girl” sexy dance showing the HOT of a woman.