Jack Challem
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 Next, measure your hip circumference toward the top of your buttocks.
Now use a calculator to divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For example, if your waist is fifty-four inches and your hips are forty inches, your waist-hip ratio is 1.35. Here is what the different ratios mean:
• If your ratio is 0.95 (men) or 0.80 (women) or less, you have a low risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes and are not overweight.
• If your ratio is 0.96 to 1.0 (men) or 0.81 to 0.85 (women), you have a moderate risk.
• If your ratio is 1.1 (men) or 0. |
Elaine Magee
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 FOR YOUR WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO:
Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement.
A waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men is considered safe.
A waist-to-hip ratio of 1.0 or more is considered high risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancers of the breast and prostate. raise levels of certain hormones (like estrogen and insulin), which may stimulate tumor growth.
The good news is that many elements of a cancer-prevention lifestyle, especially diet and regular exercise, are also major weapons in the fight against obesity. |
Richard Bartlett
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 She mentioned that one leg was shorter than the other and her hip hurt. So I asked her to go and look in the mirror and tell me if one hip was higher than the other. Her right one was. So I said, "What would it be like if they were even?" She mentioned that her hips felt funny. I told her to look in the mirror again. Her hips had evened out. The pain was gone.
—Marie
The Healing Power of a Mother's Love
1 have been healed long distance. I hurt my thumb. The doctors took X-rays and said the thumb was broken and a tendon had been ripped off, and that I would need surgery. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Watch this incredible video of a hip hop dancing parrot and you'll instantly see otherwise. This bird is grooving, singing, swaying and having a blast, obviously enjoying the emotions of creative expression.
Click here to watch the dancing parrot video
Don't drink from hotel glasses
Next, we have a shocking video about the incredible lack of hygeine at even high-end hotels, where the in-room glasses are never really washed in a dishwasher. Instead, they're just sprayed with window cleaner, wiped with a dish towel, and put right back in place on the sink. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 Rosa Mosqueta Rose hip Seed Oil ($12.98 for 0.36 ounce) contains nothing more than organic rose hip seed oil. It is a soothing, nonvolatile plant oil that is often touted for its vitamin C content. Although fresh rose hip seed oil is rich in this vitamin, most of this nutrient is destroyed during the drying and processing necessary to cteate products like this. Still, this product can be a good spot trearment for patches of very dry skin.
© Sea Buckthorn with Ester-C Antioxidant Serum ($15-98for 0.36ounce). |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement and that's your WHR. Use the simple table below to determine if you are within a healthy range with your WHR. There are also a number of Web sites that can give you your exact ratio (search: waist to hip calculator) or take the opportunity to practice your math by simply dividing your hip circumference into your waist circumference. Your WHR goal is less than 0.8 for women and 0.9 for men for healthy weight distribution and lower heart disease risk.
MEN WOMEN
GOAL < 0.9
GOAL < 0. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 Unfortunately, osteoporosis has
SPEAKING OF SIGNS no early warning signs; its first indication may be the dowager hump, or a broken bone or hip. The hump can also be a telltale sign or tuberculosis, a spinal tumor or injury, or degenerative arthritis. (See Stiff Joints, below.)
The spine is a series of bones running down your back. You sit on one end of it and your head sits on the other.
—Anonymous
WARNING SIGN
An osteoporosis-related hip fracture is a warning sign of increased risk of death. Nearly 1 out of 4 people older than 50 who break a hip die in the year following the fracture. |
Covert Bailey
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 Then divide the waist measurement by the hip measurement. Ideally, if your hips are wider than your waist, the ratio is not more than 1.0. Since women naturally have broader hips than men, we expect their ratio to be a little lower. Men should be 0.9 or less. When they approach 1.0, they are just starting to develop a potbelly.
A man with a 34-inch waist and 38-inch hips would have a ratio of 0.9. If he gains weight, it would be quite typical for him to first distribute fat on both waist and hips. For example, he might add two inches to each measurement, for a 36-inch waist and 40-inch hips. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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| The simple goal here is for your waist measurement to be smaller than your hip measurement. Too much fat around the waist presents an even greater health risk than excess fat in the hips and thighs. So if your waist is bigger than your hips, that's a clear indication that you need to lose. Ideally women should have a waist measurement below 35 inches and men below 40 inches. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Other Names: Brier hip, hip, Dog Rose, Brier Rose, Eglantine Gall, Hogseed, Dog-berry, Sweet Brier, Witches' Brier, Hep Tree, hip Fruit, Hop Fruit
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS: ROSAE PSEUDOFRUCTUS
Vitamins, in particular ascorbic acid (Vitamin C, 0.2-2.0%) Fruit acids (3%): malic acid, citric acid Pectins (15%)
Sugars (12-15%): invert sugar, saccharose
Tannins (2%)
Carotinoids
Flavonoids
EFFECTS: ROSAE PSEUDOFRUCTUS
No information is available.
COMPOUNDS: ROSAE FRUCTUS
Fatty oil (8-10%) Tocopherol (Vitamin E 0.6%) Volatile oil (0.3 |
Jack Challem
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| Now use a calculator to divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For example, if your waist is fifty-four inches and your hips are forty inches, your waist-hip ratio is 1.35. Here is what the different ratios mean:
• If your ratio is 0.95 (men) or 0.80 (women) or less, you have a low risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes and are not overweight.
• If your ratio is 0.96 to 1.0 (men) or 0.81 to 0.85 (women), you have a moderate risk.
• If your ratio is 1.1 (men) or 0.86 (women) or higher, you have a high risk.
Are You Prediabetic or Overweight? |
Richard Bartlett
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| So I asked her to go and look in the mirror and tell me if one hip was higher than the other. Her right one was. So I said, "What would it be like if they were even?" She mentioned that her hips felt funny. I told her to look in the mirror again. Her hips had evened out. The pain was gone.
—Marie
The Healing Power of a Mother's Love
1 have been healed long distance. I hurt my thumb. The doctors took X-rays and said the thumb was broken and a tendon had been ripped off, and that I would need surgery. I called my mommy (my practitioner) and asked for assistance. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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 Determine the waist-to-hip ratio by dividing the waist measurement by the hip measurement. For men, a ratio of .90 or less is considered desirable. For women, a ratio of .80 or less is considered desirable. To measure waist circumference comfortably, measure the distance around the area one inch above the belly button. To measure hip circumference, comfortably measure the distance around the largest protrusion of the buttocks. |
Hyla Cass
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 Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens)
This African herb has been shown to be effective for the majority of people with low back, knee, or hip pain. Devil's claw seems to do its work by reducing inflammation.
In one study, 250 men and women with low back, hip, or knee pain took a devil's claw extract containing 60 mg of total harpagoside (the herbs active ingredient). After taking the extract daily for eight weeks, between 50 and 70 percent noted some improvement in pain, with an average reduction in reported pain of 30 to 40 percent. |
| At this writing, there's a lot of excitement over studies that show ASU to be effective in reducing knee and hip OA stiffness and pain. In France, ASU is a prescription medicine; in the United States, it's catching on a lot more slowly.
Dose: Start with 300 mg per day, and give it up to two months to reduce your symptoms.
Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens)
This African herb has been shown to be effective for the majority of people with low back, knee, or hip pain. Devil's claw seems to do its work by reducing inflammation. |
KC Craichy
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 Conditions related to fluoridation of the water include the following:
¦ hip and bone fractures. Residents of cities that fluoridate their water have double the fluoride in their hip bones compared to the rest of the population. hip fractures are found to be nearly twice as frequent among people drinking 2.6 to 3.4 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride, as compared to people drinking 1 ppm fluoride in the water. Evidence suggests that fluoridation alters the basic architecture of the bones.19
¦ Teeth decay and teeth discoloration. |
Marshall Editions
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 This can lead to backache, hip pain, and constipation.
• hip and back pain
• Infertility, if the fibroid is blocking the fallopian tube
• Miscarriage, if the fibroid is pressing on the cervix
SYMPTOMS
TREATMENT GOAL
• Often, no symptoms are present
• Painful periods
• Heavy periods
• Irregular periods
• Bowel or bladder discomfort
• Frequent urination/constipation
Most fibroids do not require treatment. If the fibroids are causing complications, they may need to be removed. Conventional and complementary therapies focus on relieving the discomfort of symptoms. |
James H. Wheeler and James A. Peterson
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 This position over-stresses the hip flexor muscles that extend from the front of your lumbar spine to just below your hip joint. If these muscles are tense or taut, pressure is put on your lower back. You can relax these muscles by bending at the hips; flex (bend) one or both of your hips. Assuming a hips-flexed position will help protect your lower back from irritation.
4. Don't bend your neck too far backwards or forward. Overly bending your neck (particularly backwards) may place excessive stress on the cervical curve of your spine.
5. |
Marshall Editions
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| Fractures can occur in areas where there is a greater percentage of weakened bone, such as the wrists, the hip joint, and in the vertebrae of the lower spine. hip and wrist fractures usually result from falls, whereas fractures of the spine tend to occur spontaneously when a weakened vertebra eventually crumbles under the stress of having to support the body.
Osteoporosis is a widespread problem. One in two women and one in five men over the age of 50 will suffer a fractured bone as the result of osteoporosis. It is, however, normal for bones to get weaker each year after the age of about 30. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Easing hip pain in dogs
Mike: When it comes to pet health and pet supplements I think probably the most popular category of supplements are, of course, joint supplements for pets. I have heard the craziest explanations from pet owners about why their dogs' hips hurt.
Dr. Liers: Overbreeding.
Mike: Pet owners are almost desperate to find something to ease the pain. Now, you have a product called Joint Health Formula for Pets with some potent ingredients in here. In addition, you use some vitamin D3, which I applaud by the way. |
Dan Buettner
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 For everyone, without enough vitamin D, bones become brittle, key hip and leg muscles become weak, and the chance of falling and breaking bones soars. When people this old break hips," Greg nodded toward Gozei, "they usually die very quickly."
"But I thought staying out in the sun too long gave you cancer, especially with all these changes in the ozone layer," I said.
"Sure, if you burn easily and don't get much sun in the first place," Greg rejoined, still whispering. "It's different now than it was for our parents—you don't want to go out and fry yourself. |
Dianne Onstad
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 But in herbal healing, rhis planr becomes noteworthy only aftet the velvety petals have fallen away, revealing the rusry-colored, cherry-shaped rose hips, or
Rose hip / Nutritional Value Per 100 j
Edible Portion
Hips, Dried
Hips, Dried
Calories
341
Sodium
4,600 mg
Protein
13.3 g
Zinc trace
Fat
» 8
Manganese
4.000 mg
Fiber
30.0 g
Beta Carotene (A)
7,015 IU
Calcium
810 mg
Thiamine (Bi)
0.380 mg
Iron trace
Riboflavin (B2)
0.720 mg
Magnesium
139 mg
Niacin (B,)
6. |
James H. Wheeler and James A. Peterson
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| This position over-stresses the hip flexor muscles that extend from the front of your lumbar spine to just below your hip joint. If these muscles are tense or taut, pressure is put on your lower back. You can relax these muscles by bending at the hips; flex (bend) one or both of your hips. Assuming a hips-flexed position will help protect your lower back from irritation.
4. Don't bend your neck too far backwards or forward. Overly bending your neck (particularly backwards) may place excessive stress on the cervical curve of your spine.
5. |
Charles Barber
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 Prejudices: Second Series, 1920
Contents
Foreword: "So hip, So Quickly" xi part one
Neurons, Incorporated one Who Medicated Iowa? 3 two The Commerce of Mood 2 2 three The Triumph of Biological Psychiatry 60 four American Misery 100 part two
A Series of Alternative Approaches five Cogito, Ergo Sum 139 six The Human Factor 168 seven The Sea Snail Syndrome 191
Postscript: Emotional Rescue 211
Acknowledgments 227 Notes 231 Index 267
Foreword "So hip, So Quickly"
In 1988, almost by accident, I began working with homeless people suffering from mental illness in New York City. |
Melody Petersen
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 A study back in 1987 estimated that psychotropic medications, such as sleeping pills and antidepressants, were causing more than thirty-two thousand elderly Americans to fall and break a hip each year. About 20 percent of people fracturing a hip die within five years. This problem appears to be escalating as people take more pills. The death rate from falls among Americans age sixty-five or older spiked by 5 5 percent between 1993 and 2003.
In recent years, various drug companies have publicized this danger of falling, but they have not made it clear that medicines are often to blame. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This new research found that 17 percent of women with depression showed thinner hip bones, while only 2 percent of non-depressed women showed the same thinness of hip bones. The mainstream media is reporting on the study in articles like this one at the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7109955.stm
The more idiotic media outlets are even reporting that depression causes osteoporosis. See this article in The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200711281321. |
Marshall Editions
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| Fractures can occur in areas where there is a greater percentage of weakened bone, such as the wrists, the hip joint, and in the vertebrae of the lower spine. hip and wrist fractures usually result from falls, whereas fractures of the spine tend to occur spontaneously when a weakened vertebra eventually crumbles under the stress of having to support the body.
Osteoporosis is a widespread problem. One in two women and one in five men over the age of 50 will suffer a fractured bone as the result of osteoporosis. It is, however, normal for bones to get weaker each year after the age of about 30. |
Elaine Magee
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| Step 3: Measure your hips around the widest part of your hip bones. Tighten the tape without pressing your skin. Write down this number.
Step 4: Compare your measurements to the following guidelines. FOR YOUR WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE:
A larger waist circumference is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in people with a high body mass index (BMI), between 25.0 and 34.9. For them, an unhealthy waist measurement is above 35 inches for women and above 40 inches for men. |
John Heinerman
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 A rose hip is actually a receptacle that encloses the true fruits of the plant, called the ach-enes, or "seeds." Some linguists contend that the original English word for rose was hip.
Rosehips were once regarded as sacred. In fact, during the Middle Ages, the Catholic rosary was so named because rosehips were once used to count the prayers as they were being said. Come to think of it, the beads of the rosary do, indeed, resemble smooth, elongated rosehips, similar to the graceful fruits adorning many species of roses. |
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