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Obesity: tackling the causes of the causes
The BMJ Opinion provides comment and opinion written by The British Medical Journal's international community of readers, authors, and editors.
2021
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This article analyses the responsibility of society systems’ structures towards the obesity epidemic - and how strongly a shift in the government responses is required to tackle this issue. Our “obesogenic” environments hinder the population from accessing healthy lifestyle and dietary patterns, while portraying obesity as an individual’s lack of personal willpower. By challenging the current views on obesity, this article proposes that new policies must be created to eliminate inequalities and to provide long-term solutions to the root causes of obesity, deeply entrenched across all aspects of society.
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Navigating Obesity in Immune Dysfunction
KARA FITZGERALD, ND completed a post-doctorate in nutritional biochemistry/laboratory science with Richard Lord, Ph.D. Author: Case Studies in Integrative and Functional Medicine, contributing author: Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine; IFM’s Textbook for Functional Medicine. She lectures globally on functional medicine; is on faculty at IFM and practices in Connecticut.
2021
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This blog post discusses the management of obesity in clinical practice. The benefits of using a personalised approach are highlighted while other factors are taken into consideration when supporting obese patients - too little versus too much physical activity, and their equal contribution to respiratory tract infection risk for example. The crucial role of weight loss is analysed and discussed, along with the importance of working with a team of different healthcare practitioners, who practice patient-lead healthcare.
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Does the gut microbiome increase cardiovascular disease?
Alex Manos is one of the UK’s leading Functional Medicine practitioners who specialises in SIBO and gut-related disorders, as well as mould illness and mycotoxins. He is also very passionate about physical therapy, movement, resiliency, life coaching, nutritional therapy, and biohacking. He is a lecturer at various colleges and institutions including the Institute of Optimum Nutrition (ION) and one the MSc program at The Centre For Nutritional Education and Lifestyle Management (CNELM).
2021
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In this blog post, Alex Manos discusses the role played by the diversity of the intestinal microbiota in cardiovascular disease. He presents us with the intestinal microbial communities that widely differ between patients with symptomatic atherosclerosis and healthy controls. This article is a precious source of information as it lets the reader understand how closely blood pressure is affected by the diversity of the gut microbiome, and how specific classes of microorganisms can positively or negatively impact our risk of cardiovascular disease development.
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Do These Microbes Make Me Look Fat?
Metagenics Institute is a trusted, peer-to-peer, evidence-based educational resource for nutrition and personalized medicine. Its mission is to transform healthcare by inspiring and educating practitioners, and their patients, about personalized lifestyle medicine.
2021
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This article reflects upon the epidemic of obesity, analysing the role that socioeconomic factors, dietary patterns, lifestyle, environmental toxins, and genetics are playing in metabolic disorders development. Moreover, it presents us with some compelling food for thought regarding the impact that a healthy/unhealthy gut can play in obesity and cardiovascular disease development, and how microbiome research is showing promising results in the field.
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Covid-19 and how it affects Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people and communities
Race Equality Foundation is an independent charitable organisation established in 1995. It seeks to explore discrimination and disadvantage and use that knowledge to help overcome barriers and promote race equality in health, housing, and social care systems.
2021
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This publication gathers the available information around the Covid-19 pandemic and how it affects Black, Asians and Minority Ethnic communities. These resources consider the known risks relating to the pandemic, what can be done to address them, the wider determinants, and the knock-on effects on the health and wellbeing of BAME communities. The aim of this analysis is to shed light on the reasons why Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people are disproportionately affected by Covid and to raise awareness in regards to the abrupt racial inequalities that are widely present in our systems.
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Long Covid: could chronic fatigue syndrome be taken seriously at last?
Pharma Technology Focus is the essential reading material for decision-makers in the pharmaceutical industry, bringing you the latest news and analysis in an exciting, interactive format. This digital magazine brings together the latest insights and innovations from across the industry, including new discoveries, R&D and clinical trials, manufacturing technologies and supply chain management, as well as insiders’ views and in-depth analysis of the latest market and investment trends and regulatory changes affecting the industry.
2021
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Around one in ten patients who recovered from Covid-19 are experiencing post-viral infection symptoms, also referred to as long Covid syndrome. This currently widespread condition seems to mirror symptoms of post-viral myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) aka chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a chronic condition that still struggles to be understood. These symptoms include: extreme tiredness, brain fog, joints ache and flu-like symptoms. While long Covid has already drawn the attention of national institutes for research and is being clinically recognised as a condition, ME sufferers feel neglected and unheard. The article aims to explain how the surge in long Covid research fundings could be a turning point for the ME community too, “even when some patients may feel it’s too little too late”.
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The Problem of ‘Long Haul’ COVID
Scientific American covers the advances in research and discovery that are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives. Founded 1845, it is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States and now reaches more than 10 million people around the world each month through its website, print and digital editions, newsletters and app.
2021
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Long COVID is very real and its chronic health manifestations can be quite debilitating. This article aims to shed light on the complications of this syndrome, which is affecting a significant number of individuals. The persistent effects are wide-ranging and include cognitive issues like brain fog and memory/attention problems, shortness of breath, increased heart rate, nausea, diarrhea, intermittent spiking fevers. Authors report that much more research and care provision strategies are urgently needed in order to tackle the post-viral pandemic we are facing.
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The Functional Medicine Approach to COVID-19: Virus-Specific Nutraceutical and Botanical Agents
As the pioneer and global leader of Functional Medicine, the Institute of Functional Medicine leads and catalyzes the efforts of a large and expanding Functional Medicine ecosystem, including providers, educators, payers, industry leaders, regulators, and influencers.
2021
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This document published in December 2020 discusses the mechanisms of action of a number of different botanical and nutraceutical agents. These agents can be considered immunoadjuvants, defined as substances that act to accelerate, prolong, or enhance antigen-specific immune responses by potentiating or modulating the immune response. The aim of this paper is to provide resources for practitioners who are supporting patients going through Covid-19. This article is part one of a series and the link for part two can be found under the section “Background and Introduction”.
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Coronavirus Recovery: Breathing Exercises
The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care.Diverse and inclusive, Johns Hopkins Medicine: Educates medical students, scientists, health care professionals and the public Conducts biomedical research Provides patient-centered medicine to prevent, diagnose and treat human illness.
2021
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In this article, Johns Hopkins physical therapist Peiting Lien offers a series of breathing exercises that can be used to aid in recovery for those patients who had Covid-19 or other serious illnesses. She explains how deep breathing can help restore diaphragm function and increase lung capacity, while reducing feelings of anxiety and stress.
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Relaxation techniques: Breath control helps quell errant stress response
Harvard Health Publishing (HHP) is the consumer health education division of Harvard Medical School (HMS), under the direction of Dr. David H. Roberts, Dean for External Education. Their publications draw on the expertise of the 11,000+ faculty physicians at HMS, as well as our world-famous affiliated hospitals, to provide authoritative, trustworthy, and actionable health information to our global audience.
2021
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In this article, Harvard Health Publishing presents some relaxation techniques that can be used to mitigate anxiety and our reaction to stress. Nowadays, stress responses occur more and more frequently, putting a toll on our immune and cardiovascular systems, as well as on our general wellbeing status. It explains how deep abdominal breathing needs to be encouraged in order to promote full oxygen exchange, as this has been shown to slow the heartbeat, lower blood pressure, and help to disengage from stressful thoughts and sensations.