Health Environment Ethics
Category: lifestyle
alcohol-AFIB trial
If you have AFIB, alcohol will make it worse. Maybe it is time to stop or cut alcohol intake significantly
plant based diet – environmental argument
vegan cookbooks
The Plant Based Journey Thug Kitchen Energy Balls Veganomicon Cook, Eat, Thrive Street Vegan The Homemade Vegan Pantry
meat is the new tobacco
plant based resources
There are 4 guiding principles to a whole food plant based (WFPB) diet Eat whole plants – grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts Avoid processed and artificial foods Avoid added oils and sugars Avoid animal sourced foods – meat, fish, eggs, dairy The China Study is the largest WFPB study. Forks over Knives is a good…
paleo diet?
Is the paleo diet safe for you? UC Davis website sums it up best. And just as a reminder – the average caveman lived no more than 40 years old. If you want to lose weight quickly, paleo may work. If on the other hand you want a long and healthy life, stick to a…
coffee and heart arrhythmias – time to grind the data
DISCLAIMER – This blog post was written before drinking my morning cup of coffee! Some thoughts may be blurry! SECOND DISCLAIMER – the “grind the data” phrase was from an article in JACC Electrophsysiology – I wish I had come up with it on my own! This is as far as I got with latte…
meditation – jerry seinfeld
Meditation has been shown to decrease symptoms and burden of atrial fibrillation. I practice it daily and also recommend it to my patients. I started meditation at age 7 and had been practicing intermittently until about 5 years ago when I saw this Jerry Seinfeld video. After this I started practicing daily. If you are…
yoga and atrial fibrillation
Dr. DJ Lakkiredy published an excellent study on the effects of yoga (+meditation) on atrial fibrillation: