Health Related Issues

 

Injuries

University of Michigan’s listing of Sport injuries and treatments

 

Concussions

Men and Women Mend Differently

 

Diet

 Obesity epidemic (linking high fructose corn syrup – a must listen or read)

 The world’s healthiest foods – the best website I have seen on the subject.

 

Foods and your health. Article from Harvard Magazine  Download click here…

 

Fats in our diet.

Remove all trans fats or also known as hydrogenated oils. Ban trans Fats. Olive oil rather than butter in foods.

 

Omega-3 and Omega 6 oils.

Fish twice a week, pick the right one, is rich in this very important building block for brain and heart development.

 

American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org

National Institutes of Health: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/milk.cfm

 

 Organic Foods Issues

 

Plastics: start to move to glass containers when ever possible. Never microwave a food in a plastic container. With the rise of pre-pared foods that are popped into the microwave, the heat and direct contact of the food to the plastic lets the chemicals leach into the food.   Mindfully.org 

 

 

Children related health issues

            Health Matters from Austrailia

 

 

Physical

 

     

 

  Over view of types of Stretching

 

 

       Dynamic Flexibility and Mobility (Stretching)

 

   International exercise guidelines for young people

   Sports related Injuries

 

   ACL and women USA today article

 

   Metatarsal Injuries BBC

 

   Ten top fitness mistakes beginner make..

 

 

Sun Screens and Sun Damage

  UVA UVB

   Zinc vs Titanium

   UVA and UVB

 

 

The bigger picture

 

                                                Keeping a perspective from the CDC

 

                Risks of everyday life..