American Fitness Professionals & Associates

  I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. The longer I live the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.
JOHN BURROUGHS (1837-1921) Naturalist and writer

ABOUT DOGS . . .
They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself and keep up an
appearance of being interested in the conversation.
JEROME K. JEROME (1859-1927) Humorist and writer

Table of Contents

What’s Wrong with Dairy Products
Rate Your Dinner Plate
Vegan Diet Eases Fibromyalgia
Preventing Alzheimer’s: A Role for Diet and Exercise
PCRM Issues Recommendations to Avert a Mad Cow Crisis
High-Protein Diets- Are You Losing More Than Weight?
Six Ways Soy Benefits Your Health
Proper Exercise Technique: Don’t Just “Do” the Exercise
Fitness Questions

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Fibromyalgia patients who adhered to a low-salt, raw, vegan diet for three months showed significant improvements in pain, joint stiffness, quality of sleep, and overall health compared to a control group that continued an omnivorous diet. Participants in the University of Kuopio study in Finland also experienced a significant decrease in body weight and lowered their cholesterol levels.

Kaartinen K, Lammi K, Hypen M, Nenonen M, Hanninen O, Rauma AD. Vegan diet alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms. Scand J Rheumatol 2000;29:308-13. Source: www.pcrm.org

Africans living in Indianapolis are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as those living in Nigeria, suggesting environmental factors are at play. A ten-year study found that the Indianapolis residents also have higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, suggesting a link between Alzheimer’s disease and vascular disorders. Nigerians typically eat less fat and protein than Americans.

Researchers are also looking into possible links between Alzheimer’s disease and lifelong physical activity. One study measured changes in 26 activity levels in people with possible or likely Alzheimer’s to those without. Compared to Alzheimer’s patients, healthy people stayed involved in a broader variety of activities in adulthood. Those whose activity level fell below average had a four-fold increase in stop engaging in physical and intellectual exercises or whether early symptoms keep them from participating in enjoyable activities. One theory speculates that cardiovascular fitness minimizes the number of blood vessel breaks, which can kill brain cells.

Ogunniyi A, Baiyewu O, Gureje O, et al. Epidemiology of dementia in Nigeria: results from the Indianapolis-Ibadan study. Eur J Neurol 2000;7:485-90.

Friedland RP, Fritsch T, Smyth KA, et al. Patients with Alzheimer’s disease have reduced activities in mid-life compared with healthy control-group members. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2001;98:3440-5. Source: www.pcrm.org

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