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Sweat Diaries
Kate Isbel teaches spin at two gyms, manages all the digital for Visit Bucks County, and refills her S'well bottle more times than we can count.
When shes not managing digital communications or teaching spin classes, Kate Isbel drinks a ton of water and enjoys engaged life. / Photograph courtesy of Kate Isbel.
Welcome to Sweat Diaries, Be Well Phillys look at the time, energy, and money people invest in pursuit of a healthy lifestyle in Philly. For each Sweat Diary, we ask one area resident to spend a week tracking everything they eat, all the exercise they get, and the money they spend on both. Want to submit a Sweat Diary? Email lbrzyski@phillymag.com.
Who I am: Kate Isbel (@kateisb), 29
Where I live: Paoli
What I do: I run the digital communications for Visit Bucks County, the official tourism promotion agency for the area. I also teach indoor cycling at Ellis Athletic Center in Newtown Square, as well as SpinPower at the Upper Main Line YMCA in Berwyn. In addition, I am planning my wedding, which feels like a full-time job!
What role healthy living plays in my life: Healthy living has certainly changed over the past few years for me. There was definitely a time where I associated it with a number on a scale and a pant size. But then I started my Masters while working full-time and quickly learned that in order to stay remotely sane, I needed to let out some excess energy, so I walked into a fitness class on a ClassPass credit, and havent looked back. As I continued taking classes and trying out various gyms around the city, I learned that I am at my best for myself and everyone around me when I take care of my body and mind, and make conscientious decisions about my health and wellness. Healthy living is more than just working out and meal prepping. For me, its holistic: a mix of balance, moderation, and loud music to drown out whatever negative energy I have that day, plus encouraging myself to take down time if I need it. Youll see throughout my week that theres a lot of water intake, but also a lot of wine. There are a ton of salads, but also some French fries (because who can resist fries?). Healthy living for me these days is about how capable I feel.
Health memberships (and what they cost): I receive free membership to both gyms I teach at.
Isbel and her fianc Tom get their engagement photos taken in preparation of their October 2020 wedding. / Photograph courtesy of Kate Isbel
5:13 a.m. Good morning! These early-morning alarms are rough, especially on a Monday.
5:21 a.m. Okay, now Im *actually* awake. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I teach a spin class at Ellis Athletic Center at 6 a.m. I (more or less) jump out of bed, throw on my spin clothes, bundle up because its apparently freezing in the mornings now, and down about 16 ounces of water before I grab a Kind dark chocolate granola bar to snack on along the way. I keep a 32-ounce bottle filled next to my bed at all times. I try to go through at least three of these per day, plus all the times I fill my Swell bottle, which I carry around with me all day.
5:29 a.m. On the road to Ellis. It takes me a little under 10 minutes. I greet Linda, who works the front desk, and then head to the spin room to setup for class. Today, Im focusing on heavy resistance added in shorter periods of time.
6 a.m. Lets go!
6:45 a.m. Done class, feeling way more awake than I did an hour and a half ago. Anytime anyone asks why I like teaching in the mornings, I always explain that the cyclists are the absolute BEST motivation. The beauty and energy in those dark rooms at the crack of dawn is unexplainable.
7 a.m. Back home and back into bed! Today is a bit irregular for my schedule. Typically, Id be jumping in the shower now and getting ready for work before heading out around 7:30 a.m. But today, Im telecommuting. My company is amazing and lets us work from home one day per week. I normally use Wednesday for this, but I am newly engaged and my fianc Tom and I are taking our engagement pictures around 5 p.m. today and I didnt want to deal with any traffic on the way home. Plus, beauty sleep. So back to bed it is!
8 a.m. I wake up for the second (third?) time today and am ready to continue my day. I set up shop at our dining room table, and begin working through emails that came in during the weekend before I head to check on social. Being in digital communications, the work happens 24/7. I have all the apps on my phone so I can check social on the go, and do so about two to three times per day, including weekends. This helps me to not feel as behind on any morning. I also manage our paid social budget, so lots of reporting out on digital analytics.
9 a.m. The morning rush is under control so I head over to the website, which I manage both the front-end and back-end. The vendor for the website offers an online ticketing portal that doubles as a project management tool. I check on any open tickets, offer further insight to outstanding tickets, and work through a few pop-up questions my team members have brought to me over the past week or so. I like to keep these projects moving; even if its a seemingly small inconvenience, it always affects one of my teammates or another.
10:30 a.m. I realize I havent yet had coffee, or anything for that matter post-class. Too in the zone! I use my Keurig to pour out Starbucks Pike Place roast, sweetening with one raw sugar pack and a literal splash of nonfat milk. While this is brewing, I make an over-medium egg, topped on a crisped whole wheat bagel with chive cream cheese.
12 p.m. Whoa where did this day go?! A part of working in the tourism industry that I absolutely LOVE is that the work is actually fun! No seriously. One of my initiatives this year was to digitize our Bucks County Ale Trail. We cross-promote the Ale Trail on Untappd and through colla-beer-ations, our nickname for the seasonally new Bucks County Ale Trail brew. This time, the brew is created using apple cider from a local farm, as well as two breweries collaborating on the style and taste, which is perfect for fall sipping! This morning has been a flurry of work to pre-promote the ale, and cross-promote the Ale Trail.
12:45 p.m. Lunch time! Tom and I had bought several pre-packaged chicken Caesar salads from Acme over the weekend. The three for $10 is hard to beat and seriously cuts down the amount of meal-prep that occurs in our household. I consume that quickly, and realize I need to re-fill up my 32-ounce cup of water. I also use todays lunch break to complete some paperwork for West Chester University I was just hired as an adjunct there and to get a quick blowout from a local hair salon ($49). Gotta get my hair looking good for engagement pics!
2 p.m. Time for my monthly call with a vendor. Since Im working from home and have been fairly sedentary, I take this call standing up and walking throughout my apartment. At work, I usually am moving around a bit more throughout the day due to various meetings or just checking in with colleagues around the office, but at home I find I forget to stand up!
3 p.m. More social promotion and strategy, as well as developing content for our e-newsletter that will be sent out later this week. I HTML-code these emails, so they usually take me a little bit of time to get situated. Plus, these are sent to over 30,000 people, meaning it has to be correct!
5 p.m. Time for our engagement photo shoot!! We *seriously* lucked out on this day. Golden hour is a real thing. We bring along the extremely necessary prop of champagne ($18.99) and pop it halfway through.
6:30 p.m. Tom and I head to a nearby restaurant for dinner to celebrate our pictures and the fact were way more dressed up on a Monday than wed normally be. I get the fish and chips because I love anything that comes from under the sea and we split calamari as an appetizer. I also have two pumpkin beers because #fall (Tom pays!).
8 p.m. Home, and on the couch to watch some Monday Night Football be
fore heading to bed. I check social as the game happens. I usually try to get into bed by 10 p.m., but especially on days I teach, I find that time getting earlier and earlier
Daily total: $67.99
To energize in the morning, Isbel typically turns to coffee and a yogurt drink. Plus, some fuel for later in the afternoon. / Photograph by Kate Isbel.
6:30 a.m. Awake at my regular time on my non-teaching days. I sip on my 32 ounces of water, refilling the bottle before I head out the door, and also fill up my Swell. I grab a pre-made salad (same as yesterday) from the fridge for lunch, and a Chobani peach yogurt drink. These are so yummy and so easy; theyve quickly become a new morning staple for me.
7:30 a.m. Out the door!
8:05 a.m. Off my exit of the turnpike. My office is up in Bensalem, so the commute is about 35 miles. Thankfully, I go against traffic both ways.
8:07 a.m. Check my texts at a red light and realize I got a $10 Venmo for being the top-scoring team in one of my fantasy footballs leagues this week! Score. Starbucks it is.
8:11 a.m. Starbucks drive-thru for a venti pike with two raw sugars and a splash of nonfat milk, plus a butter croissant heated up to have with my Chobani ($5.72).
8:27 a.m. At work, ready to begin this dreary Tuesday. Run the typical docket: email, social, ticket portal. This afternoon I have a few back-to-back meetings with my advertising agency to review Septembers digital performance cross-channel, as well as an internal meeting to discuss AirBnB and a few approvals to get out. We switch over our advertising seasonally, so we are in the finishing stages of approving the winter-themed brand campaign.
11 a.m. Take a 10-minute mental break by walking around the office and refilling my Swell. I usually start to mildly panic when its below halfway full. I work on a dual-monitor computer all day, so I like to add in little breaks to segment out the day. Plus, it helps my eyes and brain relax.
12:15 p.m. Yay, lunch time! Or as I more commonly refer to it: Time to Do Other Work and Eat Salad. Not a complaint! I love being busy, and pushing myself not only physically but mentally as well. I feel thats when I perform best in all aspects and feel most at ease. On the side, I freelance for a blog as the digital and social consultant. The past few weeks Ive been working on archiving blog posts into categories and adding in meta-tags for SEO purposes. Then, I extract a few lines, develop social cross-promotion, and publish out. I do a bit of this while eating the salad I brought with me.
1 p.m. Ive got about two and a half hours worth of meetings ahead, which means more Swell refilling.
3:35 p.m. I swear, rain makes days feel longer. Snack break of roasted peanuts and three Hershey kisses. I keep a jar of kisses at my desk, stocked year-round. For anyone who knows me, this is no surprise. I always have chocolate nearby and can smell it from a mile away.
5 p.m. Out the door, and ready for an extra-long commute due to the rain. Bummer. I stop by Acme on my way home and pick up produce, some eggs, and a bottle of wine ($55). I shopped for protein last week and that has been in the freezer since.
6:30 p.m. Tom is cooking seasoned steak with a side Caesar salad. We settle in on the couch to watch El Camino. I refill my 32-ounce twice during the movie.
8:30 p.m. El Camino was incredible. Highly recommend. We watch a few more random shows, then head to bed.
Daily total: $60.72
Isbels fianc cooks up a healthy dinner, complete with protein, veggie, and starch. / Photograph by Kate Isbel.
5:13 a.m. Good morning! Ready for hump day at Ellis. Sip on my 32-ounce while I get ready.
5:29 a.m. Out the door, en route with a Kind bar in hand to eat along the way. Todays class is more speed-focused to a super fun 90s-inspired playlist. Theres a few new people in class, which is awesome. I love new faces especially that early in the morning!
6:50 a.m. Sweat. Everywhere. I filled my Swell before class, but love the days I have to refill it after class also. Heading back home and realize halfway there that I forgot to boil my eggs last night! Ahhhh!
7:03 a.m. Mad dash to get ready for work while getting my coffee from the Kuerig and my eggs hard-boiled. I use two scoops of Starbucks Pike Place to fill my Yeti, pouring in two raw sugar and a splash of nonfat milk, while simultaneously heating up the stove to boil the eggs.
7:37 a.m. Eggs are done, coffee is in the Yeti, Swell is full. I grab a banana and one of the three for $10 chicken Caesar salads before heading out the door to work.
8:31 a.m. At work and settled in! Today Im working on more seasonal copy in preparation for our switch-over next week, and I have a call with a Facebook specialist to go over my current ad campaigns. We manage social in house, but its nice that Facebook has this complimentary service, just to get their viewpoint on your ad buys as well. Before I get too busy, I snack on four hard-boiled eggs and a mango Chobani yogurt drink, plus my coffee.
9 a.m. Email, social, ticket portal. Repeat. I have a few new projects from this week going in the ticket portal now. It helps as the interaction is fairly real-time, and creates dedication to a project.
10:30 a.m. Quick walk around the office, refill Swell, chat with the team.
10:35 a.m. I sit back down to work on e-newsletters, social retargeting, and advertising. Ive also got a few meetings thatll round out my morning.
12:35 p.m. I eat my salad at my desk and take a mental break by scrolling through my own social feeds.
1:10 p.m. The next four-ish hours: Work, Swell, Work, Swell, Work, Swell (plus a few Hershey Kisses).
4:45 p.m. Offically time to head home!
5:30 p.m. Home for the evening. I do some laundry and vacuuming before settling in for dinner with Tom. Tonight, he makes chicken, asparagus, ad garlic mashed potatoes. Delicious! We eat it while watching the Sixers.
9:30 p.m. Bedtime!
Daily total: $0
Isbel teaches spin three mornings per week: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Swell bottle at the ready, of course. / Photograph by Kate Isbel.
5:01 a.m. Awake and ready for this day! I teach at 5:45 a.m. on Thursdays at the YMCA by my house. I enjoy teaching here mainly because I love the style of teaching. At the Y, I teach SpinPower classes, which focuses on wattage output, as opposed to caloric, heart rate, or perceived exertion. While caloric and heart rate can certainly be indicative, understanding the actual amounts of input and output of energy and energy transfers is really a solid key to developing a training plan.
5:22 a.m. After finishing my 32 ounces, Im out the door with my Kind bar and Swell in hand. Tom usually comes with me to these classes, as we have a family membership to the Y.
5:45 a.m. Class time! Todays ride focuses on maintaining the aerobic work zone while working on stamina, endurance, and resistance. The trick is to not cross from aerobic to anaerobic in this particular structure. Its so easy to go fast and jack your heart rate up, but by maintaining zones, you are forced to stay on track. In addition, we have great technology which features a leader board projected onto magnum screens at the front of the room, so not only does the bike tell you your numbers, the screen tells you as well. Accountability!
6:55 a.m. Back home and preparing for the work day. I refill my Swell, pop three hard-boiled eggs into a to-go container, grab a Chobani yogurt drink and one of my three for $10 salads. Are you noticing a theme yet?
8:15 a.m. Stop at Wawa by my work to fill my Yeti with coffee (medium roast with two raw sugars and a splash of non-dairy hazelnut creamer), fill up my car with gas, and of course, grab a hashbrown because I cant resist them ($34.28).
8:30 a.m. At work and Ive got a looooong morning stretch today! Thursdays are usually pretty busy. We have our internal team catch-up meeting before tackling different projects.
< p>1:45 p.m. Phew, I survived. I grab my salad and eat it at my desk while multi-tasking.
2 p.m. More meetings, more Swell refills, and seven Hershey Kisses round out this afternoon.
5:30 p.m. I meet Tom to go shopping and find a great dress at Goodwill for a party were attending over the weekend ($6.50). Score.
7 p.m. Tom makes me chicken Caesar salad with the other half of the chicken from last evenings dinner, and we settle in on the couch to watch Thursday Night Football. Tom does most of the cooking, whereas I do most of the grocery shopping. It works for us.
8:45 p.m. Feeling stiff from my rides this week, and I teach a double Saturday morning. I go into our room and unwind with a 20-minute quick made-up-on-the-spot yoga flow for what feels right for my body at that moment.
9:45 p.m. I never stay up too late on Thursdays since its my earliest day of the week, and this is already about an hour and a half past my Thursday bedtime! Time to hit the hay.
Daily total: $40.78
Isbel checks out the second announced collabeeration for Bucks County Ale Trail. / Photograph by Kate Isbel.
6:15 a.m. Usually I sleep in a bit more on Fridays if Im not going to a BodyPump class at the YMCA, but we are releasing the second Bucks County Ale Trail collabeeration today, and I want to head to the brewery to get pictures of the canning and labeling process. I finish my 32-ounce before jumping in the car with my Swell.
7 a.m. Up in Bucks County, and I swing through a Starbucks drive-thru to get a venti pike place with two raw sugar and splash of non-fat milk, and a bacon gouda sandwich. I am obsessed with gouda cheese. ($7.12)
7:30 a.m. At the brewery! The canning team is here and they are finishing up a cranberry beer before canning our beer.
12:35 p.m. Wow, what a morning!!! We successfully canned all of the cranberry beer, plus our Ale Trail collabeer. This time, its a graf made with apple cider from a local farm, and tastes like a chocolate-covered candy apple. Delicious!
1 p.m. Worst part of being at the brewery all morning is my Swell has been very lonely! I sip on the last bit of water I have left before heading out the door to travel to Montgomery County for a meeting.
1:30 p.m. I catch the last few minutes of the presentation before heading across the parking lot to a bar for the after-party. My industry is a lot of fun!
3 p.m. One Yuengling, tons of water to make up for this morning, and a side order of fries (comped by my company) plus plenty of networking and Im ready to head out.
5 p.m. I spent the last few hours catching up on email and social media coverage of the collabeer before heading to my parents house for dinner. A huge motivator for Tom and me to move out of the city was our proximity to both sets of parents. I snack on two bananas while my moms homemade chili heats up. I cant wait to dig in on this chili once its done.
8 p.m. Heading into downtown West Chester because one of Toms friends proposed to his girlfriend this morning! I love love. We celebrate with them at a few of our favorite bars. ($33)
10:30 p.m. Late bedtime, especially with a long day and a double spin tomorrow! Off to bed I go, after downing my 32-ounce and refilling it. Sweet dreams!
Total spent: $40.12
Money spent: $209.61Workouts completed:Four (because I get a killer workout while I teach!)Classes taught:ThreeSwell refills: Infinity and beyond!
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PETALING JAYA: As Malaysians are required to be indoors due to the movement control order (MCO), many have been keeping themselves busy by taking the time to just chill at home, exercise and improve their baking skills.
Wellness coach Gwen Lim has been exercising at her garden to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I have been doing simple exercises to stay healthy while also spending more time doing devotion to God, said the 39-year-old.
Jess Tan, too, has been using her free time at home practising yoga with her mother and aunt.
My family does yoga by following them online via a video-based fitness training app, the property consultant said.
Tan, 41, said she also spent her time doing sketching.
I also have a video live sketching lesson with my studio instructor, she said, adding that her mother and aunt read up on recipe books to make healthy soups.
For others, the two-week MCO is a time to just relax at home.
I havent been doing much really, just chilling at home watching television. I also help out with house chores, 25-year-old Jake Lee said.The bank employee said the extra time was a much-needed break from his busy routine.
Nur Syakira Abdullah has been spending time trying out new recipes.
I have been baking and cooking dishes like murtabak maggi and oreo chocolate cake for the past five days. It was really fun and I enjoyed it, the 23-year-old administrative officer said.
On Facebook, Lissie McLaren said she also took time to bake cookies and cakes, as well as read manga and watch anime.
For Ravendran Supramaniam, 45, he was busy working from home.
I am on standby for meetings with the Health Ministry.
I have been preparing for two meetings with the ministry for dialysis and intensive care unit equipment, the haemodialysis and critical care business associate director said.
Ravendran also used his spare time to read up on healthcare news and stay in touch with family members and friends via video calls.
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Imagine if, instead of meeting in a conference room at NeueHouse or over a Picante at Soho House, you were a member of a club where you could take a conference call in a hyperbaric chamber; brainstorm with your team in an infrared sauna; catch up on emails in a private IV lounge; or meet at the bar for an adaptogenic alcohol-free cocktail?
Thats the idea behind Remedy Place, a new social wellness club set to open Tuesday in West Hollywood. I wanted to create a place where your social life could be enhanced by a healthy lifestyle, rather than being sacrificed as a result, says founder Dr. Jonathan Leary, a celebrity wellness guru whose clients include a mix of professional athletes, high-powered CEOs and actors such as Julianne Hough and Freida Pinto.
Designed around what Leary believes to be the seven elements of balance Mind, Oxygen, Movement, Nutrients, Cold, Heat and Compression the zen-meets-luxury space aims to provide a 360-degree approach to holistic health from the moment a visitor walks in. Eschewing the traditional minimalism of wellness destinations, the club is all warm Venetian plaster walls and lush velvet drapes; the lighting system has been designed to limit blue light (which can inhibit rest and relaxation); and the sound system plays an underlying soundtrack of a combination of 7.83hz (which, at the frequency of the Earth, is grounding) and 40hz sound frequencies (which stimulates gamma brainwave activity).
Dr. Leary, who was previously only available to private clients, will be on hand at the club, open seven days a week, along with a "head of mind" (rather than a club manager) and a team of "wellness warriors." This includes recovery specialists who create custom programs; wellness and naturopathic doctors to carry out testing and blood analyses; nurse practitioners to administer custom IV blends; and nutritional bartenders who mix up bespoke tonics. While all of the services are offered a la carte, there is also a menu of packages to address specific stressors. The Post-LAX package is designed to reset and re-balance after travel with a combination of hyperbaric chamber oxygen therapy, infrared sauna and an ice bath with breath work. The Morning After combats hangovers with a mix of cryotherapy, infrared sauna and a lymphatic drainage massage. And the Rest Day protocol mixes cryotherapy, movement therapy and hyperbaric chamber oxygen therapy.
There also is a studio with a full schedule of group mediation, yoga and breathwork classes; a nutritional bar with a menu of healthy, locally sourced, all-natural food and alcohol-free beverages; and, of course, a lounge where members can work and hang out. Monthly membership ($495) includes unlimited cryotherapy, meditation and stretch classes; one hyperbaric chamber oxygen therapy, infrared sauna or lymphatic drainage massage per month; one IV treatment per month; and curated weekly programming from leading industry experts, including chats, workshops, educational seminars and social mixers. Non-members can also book in for services, take classes and use the bar and lounge.
Remedy Place is the manifestation of my lifes work, says Leary. I want people to take back control, to utilize incredible technologies that exist today to keep their bodies in a healthy state of balance and through preventative care that counteracts these modern stressors.
Remedy Place, 8305 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069. For more information on membership and services, visit remedyplace.com.
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21 November 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark
The WHO status report on prison health in the WHO European Region presents an analysis of data collected on the health status of people in prison and prison health systems for 39 countries in the Region. The WHO survey collected data from Member States between 2016 and 2017 to enable monitoring and surveillance of health in prisons.
The report reveals that the general state of monitoring and surveillance systems for health in prisons is poor. This affects the development of evidence-based policies that effectively target the needs of the prison population.
We only have data from 39 countries, but the data that we have indicate an enormous difference in the general health of people in prison compared to those in the outside world. Collecting this data is essential to enable the integration of prison health policies into the broader public health agenda benefiting the entire society, says Dr Carina Ferreira-Borges, Programme Manager for Alcohol and Illicit Drugs at the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
An estimated 6 million people are incarcerated each year in the Region. After release, rates of reoffending and returning to prison are high. The report points out that this cycle between prison and community often leads to disjointed and ineffective health care outside of prison.
During the early days of a persons release, the risk of suicide, self-harm and drug overdose is increased. This means that continuity of care during this transition is critical. Gaps in care during this period have significant negative public health implications and can constrain a countrys ability to address inequalities.
A large proportion of people in prison return to the community every year, so viewing prison as a setting for public health opens an opportunity for public health actions and for improving health literacy to support and protect vulnerable populations, says Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course at the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
A prison sentence takes away a persons liberty; it should not also take away their health and their right to health, she adds.
Prisons and other places of detention have an opportunity to deliver preventive and risk-reduction interventions and treatments to a population that previously may have lacked or had limited access to health care and a healthy lifestyle.
According to the report, prisons must be seen as settings in which health interventions can address existing health conditions and contribute to positive lifestyles and behaviour changes. Time in prison can also be used to improve peoples skills to help them find a job after release and reintegrate into society.
The prison population, with its disproportionate disease burden, is one that cannot be forgotten in WHOs pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. To achieve universal health coverage and better health and well-being for all, as in WHOs vision, it is vital that prisons are seen as a window of opportunity to change lifestyles and ensure that no one is left behind, emphasizes Dr Mikkelsen.
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When you stop to think about how hard your immune system works for you, its nothing short of amazing.
Its an incredibly complex system that works nonstop to protect and defend your body from infection. Its also a system that depends on good nutrition in order to function properly.
As Malaysia does not experience the four seasons, residents are fortunate that they dont have to deal with the illnesses that tends to come with cold weather.
However, Malaysias weather can also be tricky it can be hot and dry, or wet and rainy.
Studies have shown that heatwaves can reduce the bodys immune response to the flu, or affect vaccines and nutrition. This is why strengthening your immune system is so important.
Your immune system is made up of your own personal army of soldiers.
They protect your body by identifying anything foreign, from a virus to a bacteria to a parasite, then seeking it out and destroying it.
Our bodies depend on proper nutrients and a healthy lifestyle to keep our defences strong.
Here are three items that are important to help keep your immune system in tip-top shape:
Protein
Your immune system has some special forces in the form of white blood cells.
These cells produce specialised proteins called antibodies, which seek out and destroy invading viruses and bacteria.
As antibodies are proteins, you need adequate protein in the diet to ensure that youll be able to manufacture the antibodies your body needs.
Healthy proteins, like fish, poultry, lean meats, soy foods and low-fat dairy products, provide the building blocks your body needs to make these specialised proteins.
Fruits and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are key players in immune system health as theyre great sources of vitamins A and C, as well as phytonutrients.
Vitamin C encourages your body to produce antibodies, while vitamin A supports the health of your skin and the tissues of your digestive tract and respiratory system.
All of these act as first lines of prevention against foreign invaders.
Many of the phytonutrients found in fruits and veggies act as antioxidants, which can help reduce oxidative stress on the body that may weaken your bodys ability to fight off illness.
Good bacteria
Keeping your digestive system healthy is also important in supporting immune function.
Your digestive tract is home to trillions of bacteria that have numerous functions in promoting health.
Some strains of bacteria help you break down the fibre in your foods, others consume intestinal gas, while yet others help produce vitamins like vitamins K and B12.
When your system is populated with these good bacteria, they also crowd out potentially harmful bacteria that might enter your digestive tract.
Some of the best sources of these friendly bacteria are cultured dairy products, like yoghurt and kefir.
As you know, whenever youre trying something new, make sure to check with your doctor or nutritionist about the right amount to take.
Some people suffer medical conditions that affect the operation of their immune systems, and diet alone wont help them.
But for healthy people, eating well can help keep your immune system healthy and strong.
To help your body in the fight against foreign invaders, your internal army needs the best nutrition possible so call in the troops!
This article is courtesy of Herbalife Malaysia.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, announces new partnership with Lief Therapeutics. Lief provides a discreet, FDA Class II ECG patch that improves the gold standard biomarker for mental health, heart rate variability (HRV), through personalized biofeedback training. In addition, Liefs virtual behavioral health coaches help extend physicians care teams through secure, one-on-one patient support through its remote patient monitoring platform.
Lief Therapeutics is now leveraging DrChronos Open API to enable providers to seamlessly connect patients to mental health resources. Providers can take advantage of Liefs plug-and-play model, which determines patient eligibility, ships a Lief device directly to the patients door, and assigns them a dedicated behavioral health specialist, all fully remotely.
Liefs biomarker reports and clinical support services are insurance reimbursable, and automatically integrate with patients existing electronic health record (EHR). By giving providers access to patient biomarker data in conjunction with their self report, Lief enables more accurate assessments of patient mental health than ever before.
With the COVID-19 crisis, we see a dramatic reduction in face-to-face mental health services, as well as an increase in patient symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. Liefs virtual behavioral health coaches and wearable smart patch empower patients to improve their mental health without coming into the clinic, said Rohan Dixit, CEO and Founder of Lief Therapeutics. Teaming up with DrChrono allows important biomarker data to become part of the patients electronic health record, and gives physicians an innovative tool to add to their telemedicine arsenal so they can improve patients mental health remotely.
Telemedicine tools right now are critical to physician practices as more appointments in the coming weeks and months go virtual, said Daniel Kivatinos, COO and Co-Founder of DrChrono. It is important for us to partner with breakthrough smart device companies like Lief Therapeutics to arm physicians with real-time data on patients. Wearable device companies are the wave of the future and the fact that this can be done remotely is essential for whats going on in the world today.
About Lief TherapeuticsLief Therapeutics offers a remote patient monitoring platform for mental health for healthcare providers, and virtual behavioral health coaching and biofeedback training for consumers and patients. Lief Rx, Liefs prescription-only device for patients, is indicated for HRV-based relaxation training, which, as part of a healthy lifestyle, may help reduce the risk of anxiety and depression. For more information about Lief Therapeutics, visit http://www.getlief.com.
About DrChronoDrChrono focuses on bringing the medical practice of the future to reality; the company built the first iPad EHR. DrChrono creates the best electronic health record, practice management, medical billing and revenue cycle management experience for physicians and patients; the health platform was built for iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and the web. The EHR includes customizable medical forms, e-prescribing, real-time patient eligibility checks, patient portal and more. The Healthcare Partner Platform Marketplace offers a multitude of apps that a practice can select from to bundle in and a medical API for healthcare app developers. DrChrono has attracted thousands of physicians, over 17.8 million patients, 69 million appointments booked and 11 billion dollars in medical billing processed in the platform. For more information about DrChrono, visit http://www.drchrono.com.
Media Contact:Kerry MetzdorfBig Swing Communications 978-463-2575 press@drchrono.com
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CHENNAI: International Womens Day is celebrated every year on March 8 across the globe. Over the years, the day a celebration of women, their works and rights; a day to mark the social, economic and political independence of women has taken different shapes. While a lot has changed since the days inception in 1910, one aspect has often been ignored focus on the health of a woman.
Though non-communicable diseases like DM and HT were once the primary causes of death in women, now, cancer is found to be the leading cause of death. The focus should be laid on looking at the diseases women are prone to at various stages of their life. For instance, during the adolescent phase, PCOS, a lifestyle condition, is prevalent. In the later stages of life, one can find a major portion of women having issues pertaining to infertility. Approximately 30 per cent of women suffer from this. Though medical care technology has advanced, the health issues have been skyrocketing at an alarming rate. With the advent of laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, most of the problems can be rectified with these procedures.
Technology should not be misused. For instance, oocyte cryopreservation (Egg banking) should not be suggested by clinics and hospitals as a means to earn more, it should be offered to women who are suffering from cancer.So the message is loud and clear to achieve more and more in life, women need to take care of their health and make the foundation strong to build their career. The writer is a renowned Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Firm Hospitals
Health issuesApproximately 30 per cent of women suffer from PCOS. Health issues have been sky-rocketing.
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The biggest challenge for any individual to become fit is to understand where to start from. Many people suffer from obesity, PCOS, diabetes and other health issues which are major concerns. Amidst such health issues, Natasha Kanade, a fitness expert is bringing a wave of change with her health and fitness centre, Transform With Natasha. It has helped many people with insane body transformation.
She says, Everyones body reacts differently and therefore my programs are customized according to the requirements of the clients. Laying more emphasis on diet, she believes that the perfect diet exists.
With proper guidance about diet and nutrition, Natasha has given everyone a new meaning on how to live a healthy lifestyle. Many of her clients are praising the health expert for her incredible work. Heres what her clients have to say after following the guidance given by TWN.
Manish Mehta
A doctor by profession, he suffered from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and was overweight. Under Natashas guidance and proper diet, he lost 15 kgs in 4 months.
He says, Due to diet, exercise and weight loss, I think my thought process has become completely different. Now I try to see the positive side of everything before coming to any conclusion. I have become very calm and confident and small adversities dont disappoint or even bother me. Thanks to Natasha for her support and great guidance. I am still able to maintain my weight and feel confident and more energetic.
Seetha Narayan
Seetha who has been a corporate employee had a very hectic job with no time to focus on her health. It led to a lot of weight gain. However at TWN, she started her journey with mild cardio and resistance training and 6 months down, she has shed 15 kgs.
Seetha was all praises for Natasha and she said, I am going to lean towards you for any advice and guidance I would require in future as well. You have helped me with a very big lifestyle change this diet for the last 6 months has not only resulted in weight loss but it has helped me to get healthier, gain confidence and slay it! I cant express how much you have been incredibly supportive during this process.
Grusha Mandhyani
A BMM student in Mumbai, Grusha most of the time ate junk food from the college canteen as she stayed away from home. She suddenly started gaining weight until she realized that she has PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). It started to take a toll on her health and soon she joined TWN after which she lost 10 kgs in 3 months.
Speaking about how Natasha Kanade changed her life, she said, Months after I went back to my home, my family members were surprised and happy to see my transformation. I can manage my diet even after juggling between shoots, college and personal life which worked for me. Of course, tough times are there but I can maintain my diet. A big thank you to Natasha for bringing a huge change in my life.
If you are someone who is dealing with health and body-weight issues and want to get into perfect shape, Natasha Kanade is the name you can rely on. She has not only brought drastic change among people but also helped them achieve their fitness goals.
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American dont live as long as people in most other high-income countries. Heart disease and cancer are two of the most common preventable chronic diseases in the United States. An unhealthy lifestyle increases your risk for these and other chronic diseases that can lead to an early death.
To explore the effects of healthy habits on Americans health and lifespan, a team of scientists led by Frank Hu at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed data from more than 78,000 women and 44,000 men who participated in two nationwide surveys: the Nurses Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS). They used other data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to estimate the distribution of lifestyle choices and death rates across the U.S. population. The research was supported in part by NIHs National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Cancer Institute (NCI). Results were published online in Circulation on April 30, 2018.
The team collected data on five different low-risk lifestyle factors and compared health outcomes for those who adopted all five with those who didnt adopt any. The five factors included maintaining a healthy eating pattern (getting the daily recommended amountsof vegetables, fruit, nuts, whole grains, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and omega-3 fatty acids and limiting red and processed meats, beverages with added sugar, trans fat, and sodium); not smoking; getting at least 3.5 hours of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week; drinking only moderate amounts of alcohol (one drink or less per day for women or two drinks or less per day for men); and maintaining a normal weight (body mass index between 18.5 and 24.9). The researchers also collected information about the participants medical history, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, as well as when they died.
At age 50, women who didnt adopt any of the five healthy habits were estimated to live on average until they were 79 years old and men until they were 75.5 years. In contrast, women who adopted all five healthy lifestyle habits lived 93.1 years and men lived 87.6 years.
Independently, each of the five healthy lifestyle factors significantly lowered the risk of total death, death from cancer, and death from heart disease.
This study underscores the importance of following healthy lifestyle habits for improving longevity in the U.S. population, Hu says. However, adherence to healthy lifestyle habits is very low. Therefore, public policies should put more emphasis on creating healthy food, built, and social environments to support and promote healthy diet and lifestyles.
by Tianna Hicklin, Ph.D.
References:Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population. Li Y, Pan A, Wang DD, Liu X, Dhana K, Franco OH, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Stampfer M, Willett WC, Hu FB. Circulation. 2018 Apr 30. pii: CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032047. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032047. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29712712.
Funding:NIHs National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Cancer Institute (NCI); British Heart Foundation; UK Medical Research Council; National Key Research and Development Program of China; and American Heart Association.
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A fathers diet can have a significant effect on the future health of his offspring, affecting everything from blood pressure to heart function and putting them at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, according to research.
The lead author of a British study says the findings show that men who want to start a family should have a healthy, balanced diet from at least three months before conception.
A study from researchers at the University of Nottingham published in the Journal of Physiology shows that poor paternal diet, specifically one that is low in protein, may impact the heart health of the offspring by changing sperm, and the seminal fluid, which bathes sperm.
We have known for a very long time that what a mother eats during pregnancy can influence how her child develops, and whether or not it will develop obesity, type two diabetes and heart disease, explains senior author of the study, and lead researcher, Prof Adam Watkins, assistant professor in reproductive biology at the universitys faculty of medicine and health sciences. However, the importance of the fathers diet on the health of the offspring has been largely ignored or overlooked. We were interested in investigating whether a fathers poor-quality diet at the time of conception might affect the long-term health of its offspring.
Researchers carried out their study on male mice on a poor, low-protein diet, monitoring the cardiovascular health of their offspring. The way mice produce sperm, the way the embryo develops, the way the foetus develops and the way a mouses blood and heart function are all very similar to humans. This means we can use mice to identify important biological processes which we can then look at in human patients.
What his research found, he reports, was both that the way the mices blood vessels worked, and the level of certain important factors in their blood, which regulate heart and blood vessel function, were significantly altered in response to the poor diet of the father: The blood vessels in the offspring did not work as well as they should do. This can ultimately affect blood pressure.
The normal proteins in the blood which would regulate blood vessels and heart function were altered, says Prof Watkins, adding that essentially what this meant was that the young mice were at increased risk of developing cardiovascular ill-health or heart disease.
We know that a poor lifestyle in men does have negative influences on sperm quality and that being overweight or smoking, or consuming excessive alcohol is not good for reproductive health. What we dont know yet is what the long-term implications of a fathers poor diet or lifestyle might be, he says.
We know that the sperm provides genetic information from a father to the egg it fertilises, and we know that poor diet in males can change that. We also know that the seminal fluid in which sperm is carried, interacts with the uterus and initiates a range of responses in the maternal immune system. These responses prime the uterus for the embryo.
We know that the sperm provides genetic information and that the seminal fluid primes the uterus for the embryo, so here are two possible ways that a fathers diet could influence how the offspring might develop.
Essentially, Prof Watkins explains, the Nottingham research shows that the health of mice offspring is influenced by sperm and fluid and that both of them have an equal influence on offspring health.
However, he says, while the research has to date only been carried out on mice, it has significant implications for human fertility in fact the researchers hope to run clinical trials on humans within the next two or three years.
We know that it can take about 75 days to make a sperm, and that seminal fluid is reproduced every 24-48 hours, says Prof Watkins.
If a man goes on a crash diet a week before getting his partner pregnant, he explains, the sperm will continue to reflect the old, poor quality diet,while the seminal fluid will reflect the newer, better-quality diet.
Therefore there may be a situation where the sperm and the fluid are not compatible to each other, so we are saying that if the sperm and the fluid are different, we see the biggest effect on offspring health.
The potential message is this, he warns: If men and women are thinking about changing their lifestyle and becoming parents, we would say that ideally they begin the changes three months before trying to start a family. That is an ideal time frame to change over from a poor diet and lifestyle to a healthier one in terms of its implications for the mans reproductive health.
The Nottingham research findings have interesting implications for what we know about the role of seminal fluid and sperm DNA fragmentation (a term used for the presence of abnormal genetic material within the sperm, which may lead to male subfertility, in-vitro fertilisation failure and miscarriage) believes Dr Bart Kuczera, consultant gynaecologist and fertility expert at Beacon Care Fertility:
What we know is that men with a poor lifestyle in terms of diet, smoking and drinking can have a condition called sperm DNA fragmentation.
Men are advised to live a healthy lifestyle in order to keep their sperm in the best condition, because, he explains: Sperm DNA fragmentation can be affected by poor diet, stress and overeating, for example. This study would make the case for a good diet and lifestyle for men; that is, a normal balanced protein diet.
Sperm quality of men in the western world, he warned, has been shown to have deteriorated in the last 40 years: We believe this is very linked to lifestyle and the environment, to the sedentary lifestyle and a poor diet which reaches the recommended carbohydrate level but would not include a diversity of food.
In the greater picture you could potentially have a population of children who would be affected in terms of physical health problems and weight gain as a result of the paternal diet at conception. It is important to spread the responsibility between the man and the woman at the time of conception, he says, adding that this study suggests that the father may have an equally significant impact on his offsprings health problems.
This study has implications for our knowledge about diet and lifestyle in terms of fertility and men should be made aware of it, believes Dr Hans Arce, fertility consultant and medical director of ReproMed, a leading Irish fertility and IVF clinic network. The majority of our knowledge in relation to diet and lifestyle in terms of fertility comes because we studied women. Women were the ones who got pregnant and they were the focus. We saw, for example, that women with obesity had children with a higher risk of obesity and diabetes.
However this study showed the offspring of male mice with poor diets ended up having the expression of inflammation, and more of a tendency to high blood pressure, for example.
Men should be made aware of this. Its something the schools, the public health service and the GP should be telling men about that our diets can affect their future childrens health. Studies like these have implication for human beings, he says, adding that the results point in the direction of the fact that the health of a man may have implications for the health of his offspring.
What this study says, he observes, is that a mans diet will not just affect his own health, but potentially has implications for the health of his offspring: We dont have proper human studies yet this is mice but it is pointing in that direction!
Lifestyle is the single biggest issue when it comes to fertility, believes consultant nutritionist Gaye Godkin.
Godkin believes the University of Nottingham study is a further endorsement of what she says, is the role of epigenetics in health outcomes from pre-conception health across the life course.
There is a growing body of evidence showing just how much the fathers diet impacts on the pre-conception phase, in terms of its
impact on sperm and seminal fluid and from there on to the long-term health of his offspring.
Epigenetics, she explains, is the environment in which the sperm lives prior to penetrating the egg. Sperm is produced around every 75 days or so but new seminal fluid is produced every 24 to 48 hours.
If the man has a long-term poor diet, it will affect his sperm, she says, adding however, that a man can have healthy sperm, while at the same time his seminal fluid could be of much lower quality because of a poor diet just before conception.
Normal sperm carries DNA. A poor diet has a negative effect on the DNA and the DNA enzymes which in turn are crucial to the formation of a healthy foetus.
In fertility clinics, they measure the level of a condition called DNA fragmentation in the male sperm. This test shows the quality of the sperm. For years I have worked with men who have high levels of DNA fragmentation in their sperm. I believe that it is strongly linked to diet, as well as to lifestyle factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, excess weight and the effect of pesticides.
While the Nottingham study was based on a mouse model, she says, its findings were moving in the right direction in terms of our understanding of the volatility of sperm quality and what affects it, as well as its relationship with the internal environment of the male body.
While there is no medical treatment available for DNA fragmentation, says Godkin, she has found that 90 days on a good-quality diet which also features a reversal of poor lifestyle factors can lead to fragmentation levels being significantly reduced to the extent that a couple are in a position to use their own sperm to achieve conception.
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The United Way of Dane County is joining forces with UW Health and Quartz to offer local residents a subsidized health insurance premium through their joint program, HealthConnect, according to a press release from the organization.
The program may help tighten the healthcare gap in Dane County, as the 20192021 Community Health Needs Assessment identified inequities in nearly every category of health outcomes along lines of race, gender, age, and other identity-based populations.
Piloted in 2014, this program has protected nearly 2,500 Dane County individuals and families, covering nearly $912,140 in premiums, according to the release.
Enrollment in the program is relatively straightforward, requiring folks to be a US citizen living in Dane County, have an income within the stated range, and fit within acceptable criteria for federal assistance through the Affordable Care Act. Geared toward low-income folks, HealthConnect has provided preventative care such as screenings and vaccinations for over 80 percent of those previously or currently enrolled, providing public health benefits in addition to personal health outcomes.
Despite being ranked among the top 10 healthiest counties in Wisconsin and flaunting an extensive provider system, over 25,000 Dane County residents do not have health insurance, according to US Census data. This is particularly concerning when considering how disparities in access to affordable healthcare may correlate with disparities in health outcomes. For example, African Americans living in Wisconsin make the least on average in terms of median household income, and also experience higher incidence of heart disease, lower life expectancies, and higher infant mortality rates.
Wisconsin is also the only state with expanded eligibility for Medicaid coverage without receiving additional federal funding for the programs, the most extensive of which is BadgerCare Plus. Yet, when Governor Tony Evers announced his budget for the previous fiscal year, he proposed to broaden the BadgerCare Plus coverage of adults in order to reach the threshold needed to receive additional federal funding, which would have potentially offered another avenue of health care for low-income folks if passed. The Republican-controlled state legislature will most likely further prevent this funding from rolling in any time soon.
Regardless, the reception of HealthConnect has been positive in the past five years of the programs existence, with 2019 enrollees praising the subsidy for allowing them to worry less about their already-tight budgets, and provide themselves and their families with the medical care necessary to maintain a happy and healthy lifestyle.
HealthConnects application period runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15 and, for those eligible, may fully cover monthly premiums starting in January 2020. The application is available on the United Way of Dane County website.
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If you're a woman with diabetes, your risk of developing heart disease is four times that of a woman without diabetes. That means protecting your heart health should be a top priority. It starts with adopting heart-healthy lifestyle changes. But if you have a history of heart attack or stroke or are high risk for other reasons, your doctor may suggest a diabetes medication with extra benefits.
Women and their doctors can choose from a crop of new drugs that may reduce diabetes-related heart risks. "Today we're starting to try to customize or personalize an individual's preventive medicine. We take certain subgroups of patients such as those with a past history of stroke, heart attack, or heart failure and steer them toward specific drugs based on new data," says Dr. David Nathan, director of the Diabetes Center and Clinical Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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