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In case you needed it, here's another good reason to take your iron pills.
Mild Iron Deficiency Affects Thinking, Study Shows
Mon Apr 19, 2004 06:49 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women with even a small deficiency of iron may have a little more trouble thinking and remembering than those with adequate iron levels, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. They found that young women with mild deficiency who took iron supplements for four months significantly improved their performance on tests of attention, short-term and long-term memory. They also did better on cognitive tasks.
Mon Apr 19, 2004 06:49 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women with even a small deficiency of iron may have a little more trouble thinking and remembering than those with adequate iron levels, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. They found that young women with mild deficiency who took iron supplements for four months significantly improved their performance on tests of attention, short-term and long-term memory. They also did better on cognitive tasks.
Iron deficiency also causes poorer physical endurance, an impaired immune response, temperature regulation difficulties, changes in energy metabolism, and in children, a decrease in cognitive performance as well as negative affects on behavior.
On the other hand, adult men and women past childbearing age are very unlikely to have iron deficiency and can develop iron overload if they take excessive amounts of iron.
Different people approach dieting differently. Below is what I think is a good article about one woman's approach to the Atkins' diet . . . and check out the link at the end of the article.
Kick off your day in low-carb fashion
March 30, 2004
March 30, 2004
Dana Carpender / The Dallas Morning News
For a long time, I, like everyone, thought plain baked potatoes and pasta salad with fat-free mayonnaise were the path to dietary salvation. A low-fat, high-carb diet plus tons of exercise got me up to 190 pounds at 5 feet 2 inches – not a pretty sight.
Then one day, almost nine years ago, I picked up an old nutrition book, Gayelord Hauser's New Treasury of Secrets: Your Passport to a Better Way of Living and one sentence jumped out at me: "Obesity has nothing to do with how much you eat; it is, instead, a carbohydrate intolerance disease."
When I was a child, everybody knew that if you wanted to lose weight you gave up potatoes, spaghetti and sweets. I figured, "What the heck do I have to lose?"
I've kept 40 pounds off for eight years, and my health and energy levels are superb.
My best piece of wisdom about living low-carb is this: There is no finish line. Instead, focus not on how quickly you can lose your weight, but on how enjoyable you can make your low-carbohydrate lifestyle. Since you're stuck with doing this forever, it doesn't much matter if it takes you an extra month or two to reach your goal.
And just in case you missed this unusual medical story from Austria. (This Doc just might be onto something.)
Top Doc Backs Picking your Nose
Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor. Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies.
"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine.
He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by the time they have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti social.
He said: "I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well."
And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their neighbour was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered.
The above is not meant to be medical advice. Please read the attached Disclaimer, Etc.
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