The Journal of Health & Happiness

The Journal of Oct-Dec 2011

HEALTH &

HAPPINESS How kids eat more fruits in school Should the UK have Fat Tax Add 3 more years to your life How to fight flu

Farah's struggle

to quit smoking Yoga reduces fear of falling

Family dinners save teens from

drugs, drinks and smoking

Atul Kochhar's Health & Happiness recipe

With this issue we celebrate the first

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Ajivan: The Society for Health & Happiness, what to do in a life

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C O N T E N T S October - December 2011

Issue 4

04 HELP DIABEATSE Campaign

05 Exercise 15 minutes a day, add three

more years to your life

06 What family dinners do for teenagers

08 SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder

10 Fighting cold and flu

11 Should the UK have 'Fat Tax'

12 Fruits and vegetables could modify

faulty heart genes

12 Hatha Yoga reduces fear of falling

13 How materialism could kill a marriage

15 Heartstart : How to do CPR

16 Farah's struggle to quit smoking

17 Ayurveda: Food as medicine

18 Atul Kochhar's Health & Happiness

recipe

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A groundbreaking campaign to beat the disease that costs the NHS £1 million an hour, £173 million a week and takes up about 10% of the total NHS budget.

A national campaign was launched

in September to help people with

diabetes to take part in the very

latest clinical research aimed at

finding a cure for the disease.

HELP DIABEATES is a new

campaign from the Diabetes

Research Network that

is asking people with diabetes to

participate in clinical research

studies.

The scheme would work like a

"dating agency" matching needy

patients with relevant diabetes

research experts. Experts say

diabetes research is suffering

because less than 1% patients take

part in research trials, whereas in

cancer trials patient participation is

about 30%. According to Diabetes

UK about 2.8 million people in the

UK are known to have diabetes and

there are another 800,000 people

who might not know that they

already have the disease.

Professor David Matthews, Co-

Director of the Diabetes Research

Network and Professor of Diabetes

Medicine at The Oxford Centre for

Diabetes said: ―This is a refreshing

approach to recruit patients to a

"consent for approach" database. It

means that diabetes patients are

agreeing to be contacted in the

future if a study becomes available

which might suit them. It also

means that clinical trials can be set

up much faster which is ideal for

diabetes research.‖

The campaign is taking place in

three areas of England: the North

West, the South West, and the

North East area of London.

This campaign is expected to

last 18 months and recruit up to

25,000 diabetes patients.

How to take part in HELP DIABEATES

People can express their interest in

diabetes research by texting

"research" and their name to

81400 or through:

www.researchforthefutur

e.nihr.ac.uk. People will then

be contacted by a dedicated NHS

team to discuss how they might be

able to help with diabetes in the

future. At this point people can

decide if they want to be included

in "consent for approach" database.

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How much salt should we eat? Just 6g Eating too much salt might result in increased blood

pressure. This can then increase the risk of

cardiovascular disease such as stroke, coronary artery

disease and heart failure.

Some argue that giving children too much salt is

likely to make them continue to eat a high salt and

unhealthy diet as they grow, making them more likely

to become obese and develop higher blood pressure in

adulthood. Also, the kidneys of babies and younger

children are actually unable to filter salt as well as those

of adults. This increases their risk of water retention

and kidney problems.

The UK Food Standards Agency has set the

maximum recommended daily salt intake for adults at 6

grams per day. The recommended maximums for

children are generally lower:

● less than 1g per day for babies under 6 months

● 1g per day for those aged 7-12 months

● 2g per day for 1-3 year olds



● 6g per day for children aged 11 or above

4 THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH & HAPPINESS

Exercise 15 minutes a day,

add three years to your life Though the UK government

guidelines recommend at least 30

minutes of exercise five days a

week, a new study suggests that

even half that amount can provide

significant health benefits. The

study showed that a small amount

of leisure-time physical activity,

just 15-minutes of moderate

exercise a day, reduces mortality

from cardiovascular disease and

cancer.

And there is further good news,

just 15 minutes of moderate

exercise a day (or 92 minutes per

week) could increase your life

expectancy by three-years. It might

also result in a 14% reduction in

risk of death by any cause,

compared with a sedentary

lifestyle.

Each additional 15 minutes of

daily exercise (up to 100 minutes a

day) reduced the risk of death by an

additional 4%, the study found, and

people who got 30 minutes of

activity a day added about four

extra years to their life expectancy,

compared to those who live a

sedentary life.

The observational study,

published in The Lancet, involved

more than 400,000 people in

Taiwan, who were followed for an

average of about eight years.

Researchers gave participants a

questionnaire asking about their

medical history and lifestyle habits,

including how much leisure-time

physical activity they do. Based on

the answers, researchers divided

them into activity intensity groups:

light (walking), moderate (brisk

walking), vigorous (jogging) and

very vigorous (running).

"The 30-minute-a-day for five or

more days a week has been the

golden rule for the last 15 years, but

now we found even half that

amount could be very beneficial,"

said Dr. Chi-Pang Wen, the leader

of the study.

"The knowledge that as little as

15 minutes per day of exercise on

most days of the week can

substantially reduce an individual's

risk of dying could encourage many

more individuals to incorporate a

small amount of physical activity

into their busy lives," wrote co-

author Dr. Anil Nigam of the

Montreal Heart Institute.

The authors also warn this study

shouldn't be an excuse to scale back

if you're already working out for at

least 30 minutes a day.

When it comes to exercise, more is better.

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Want to live longer, turn off your TV

Sitting in front of the television may be a relaxing way

to pass an evening, but spending too much time in front

of the television may take years off your life. The

findings suggest that watching too much TV is as

detrimental to longevity as smoking and lack of

exercise.

Australian researchers from the University of

Queensland, analysing the TV-viewing data from more

than 11,000 participants older than 25 years, showed

that Australian adults watched an estimated 9.8 billion

hours of television in 2008. People who watched an

average six hours of TV a day lived an average 4.8 years

fewer than those who didn't watch any television. It's not

surprising at all. We all know the more TV we watch,

the less physically active we become. And the less

exercise we get, the more likely we are to develop

diseases such as diabetes or heart problems. 5 THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH & HAPPINESS

Teens who have dinner with families are

less likely to smoke, drink or use drugs Teenagers having dinner with their

families may not be common these

days but those who do have clear

health benefits. A recent report by

the Center on Addiction and

Substance Abuse at Columbia

University (CASA Columbia)

concludes that teenagers who

regularly have dinner with their

families are less likely than others to

use tobacco, drugs or alcohol.

The report, 'The Importance of

Family Dinners VII', also shows that

a child who gets to the age 21

without smoking, using illegal drugs

or abusing alcohol is virtually certain

never to do so.

Compared to those teenagers who

have frequent family dinners (five to

seven per week) and those who have

infrequent family dinners (fewer than

three per week) the latter are almost

four times more likely to use

tobacco; twice more likely to use

alcohol; two-and-a-half times more

likely to use marijuana; and almost

four times more likely to say they

may try drugs in the future.

There is also a correlation between

the frequency of family dinners and

teenager's access to drugs. Those

teenagers who have infrequent

family dinners are more likely to be

able to get alcohol, prescription

drugs or marijuana in an hour or less.

The leader of the study and the

chairman of CASA, Joseph A.

Califano, said: "The study

demonstrated that the magic that

happens at family dinners isn’t the

food on the table, but the

conversations and family

engagement around the table. When

asked about the best part of family

dinners, the most frequent answer

from teens was the sharing, talking

and interacting with family

members; the second most frequent

answer was sitting down or being

together."

The survey, which has been

conducted annually for 17 years,

questioned 1,037 teenagers and 528

of their parents over the Internet and

1,006 teens by telephone from all

over the Unites States.

This year, 58 percent of those

surveyed reported eating dinner with

their families five or more times per

week, a number that’s been

remarkably consistent over the past

decade. And 54 percent said that

their favourite thing about eating

with their families, other than the

food, was the opportunity to chat and

catch up with their folks.

Over the past 17 years, The

National Center on Addiction and

Substance Abuse at Columbia

University (CASA Columbia) has

surveyed thousands of American

teenagers and their parents to

identify factors associated with an

increase or decrease in the likelihood

of teen substance use. They have

found that parents have the greatest

influence.


Kids eat more fruits if displayed in colourful bowls Do you want children to eat more

fruits and double fruit sales in

schools? The trick is to display fruits

in the school lunchrooms in colourful

bowls and place it in a well-lit area.

Presenting a new study at the

American Dietetic Association

Conference in San Diego in

September 2011 Prof Brian Wansink

of Cornell University said, "Moving

the fruit increased sales by 104%."

Moving fruits to more visible front

shelves in the school canteen is only

one of the changes proposed through

the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement

of the Cornell Centre for Behavioural

Economics in Child Nutrition

Programs (BEN).

"The best solution is often the simplest one,"

Prof Wansink explained. "Rather than penalizing a

less healthy food choice, we just made the healthier

item much more likely to be noticed and chosen."

He suggested some other simple adjustments to the

school lunchroom layout, for example: suggesting

students to take a fruit will increase the number of

them eating it by as much as 70%; closing the lid on

an ice cream freezer can reduce the number of

people choosing ice cream from 30% to 14% and

introducing a salad bar increased school lunch

participation by 21% in a high school of 1,000

students.

The BEN centre has analyzed multiple school

lunchroom layouts and designs that hindered student's

selection of nutritious foods. The lunchrooms were

revamped with easy, low-cost/no-cost environmental

changes that resulted in an increase in healthy food

choices.

BEN has received the White House's support to help

fight childhood obesity. Sam Kass, the White House

chef, and Let's Move, Michelle Obama's initiative to

solve the childhood obesity epidemic, have recently

teamed up with BEN to progress toward this goal. This

partnership will provide wider access to BEN centre,

allowing more schools to use simple, cheap, and

effective ways to lead children to choose healthier food.

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SAD (Seasonal Affective

Disorder) or winter depression

affects an estimated 7% of us

When it is dark and gloomy, many people

feel more lethargic and less sociable.

The symptoms of SAD often start as the days begin to get

shorter in the autumn. They are worst during December,

January, and February. For most people with SAD, the

symptoms start to improve by spring time, then

disappear.

In the UK, it is thought that SAD affects around 7% of

people. It is caused by a biochemical imbalance in the

hypothalamus due to the shortening of daylight hours and

the lack of sunlight in winter. For many people SAD is a

seriously disabling illness, preventing them from

functioning normally without continuous medical

treatment.

For others, it is a mild but debilitating condition

causing discomfort but not severe suffering. We call this

subsyndromal SAD or 'winter blues.' It is estimated that a

further 17% of the UK population have a milder form of

this condition. Like any type of depression, SAD can be a

difficult condition to live with. Symptoms can make you

feel tired, stressed and unhappy.

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

advises that the treatment of SAD should be the same as

the treatment for other types of depression. Treatment for

depression usually includes psychosocial treatments,

and/or antidepressants. Light therapy is another form of

treatment that is sometimes used to treat SAD.

Depending on the nature and severity of your symptoms,

your GP can recommend the most suitable treatment for

you.

Psychosocial treatments Psychosocial treatments are those that have both

psychological aspects (looking at how your brain

functions) and social aspects (looking at how you interact

with other people). These treatments include:

Cognitive behavioural therapy: CBT is a

combination of therapies. It starts with the idea that your

problems are often created by you. It is not the situation

itself that is making you unhappy, but how you think

about it and how you react to it.

Group physical activity programme is known to be

beneficial for treating people with depression. You may

be offered up to three sessions of exercise a week, for

around three months.

Counselling or psychodynamic psychotherapy, is

where you talk to a trained counsellor about your

problems, and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Antidepressants are often used to treat other forms of

depression, and in some cases they may also be used to

treat SAD if your symptoms are severe.

Light therapy is thought to work by simulating the

sunlight that is missing during the darker winter months.

The additional light encourages your brain to reduce the

production of melatonin (the hormone that makes you

sleepy), while increasing the production of serotonin (the

hormone that affects your mood).

Light therapy involves sitting in front of, or beneath, a

light box. Light boxes are special bright light lamps that

come in a variety of designs, including desk lamps and

wall-mounted fixtures. Speak to your GP and check the

manufacturer’s instructions before using a SAD light

device. Though evidence on the effectiveness of light

therapy is mixed. However, a number of studies have

concluded that light therapy is effective, particularly if

used first thing in the morning. Source:

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Seasonal-affective-disorder

UNDERSTANDING STROKES: The brain is made up of living cells that require a constant supply of

nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood. Most strokes are caused by blockage or rupture of the blood vessels. A stroke

occurs when brain tissue is deprived of blood and brain cells die from the lack of oxygen. Depending on which area

of the brain is affected, a stroke can cause vision problems, speech problems, disability, even death. Traditionally,

treatment for stroke-causing diseases involves blood-thinning drugs to prevent clots, but for patients with severe

blockage, this may not be sufficient. Some temporary blockages only last minutes or hours, leading to mini-strokes.

What's the difference between cold and flu?

Colds and flu affect 15 million people each year in the UK. Often people make unnecessary trips to their GP when they should be resting at home. However, flu can be a serious condition for some people, so it’s important to get advice if you have flu like symptoms. Before you call your GP, make sure you know the difference between a common cold and the flu virus.

Colds : Blocked or runny nose ● Sneezing ● Coughing ● Feeling generally a little unwell (sometimes with a cold you can get a fever, aches and pains and a headache but these are usually mild).

Flu: Fever (a temperature of 38°C/100.4°F or above) and chills ● A dry or sometimes a chesty cough ● Runny or blocked nose ● Sneezing ● Sore throat ● Headache ● Tiredness ● Aching muscles or joints ● Upset stomach or diarrhoea ● Loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping.

How to fight Flu You can never guarantee you’ll avoid flu, but these measures will help reduce the risk and help prevent it spreading:

Ask your doctor or practice nurses about the flu jab as early on in the flu season as possible. Avoid touching your nose and eyes after touching hand-contact surfaces in public places

such as handrails – it’s the second most common way of catching flu. The first way is by breathing in small droplets of saliva that are coughed or sneezed into the air by an infected person.

Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water, especially before handling food or eating. Use disposable tissues rather than handkerchiefs and wash your hands after blowing your

nose.

Cough or sneeze into a tissue or into the fold of your elbow.

Source: bhf.org.uk.Heartmatter


"In the UK, the clock is ticking. Public health

experts fear that if we do not take steps to improve

our diet in the UK, by 2050 we could expect a 20%

rise in heart disease and a staggering 70% rise in

Type 2 diabetes."

BBC Panorama Programme

Should UK, the fattest nation in Europe, follow Denmark to impose a 'Fat Tax' Yes we are the fattest nation in Europe. One

third of our children and nearly two-thirds

of our adults are overweight or obese. If the

situation continues, by 2050 obesity will be

costing the state £32 billion a year. So we

have to look around how other countries are

addressing the problem of obesity.

A new controversial example is set by

Denmark, which became the first country in

the world to introduce a new "Fat Tax" on

food containing more than 2.3 percent

saturated fat. Denmark already had a ban on

trans-fats and a "sin" tax on sugary items

like soda and candy.

The new "Fat Tax" is a complex one, in

which rates will correspond with the

percentage of fat in a product. The value of

the tax is about $3.00 for every 2.2 pounds

of saturated fat.

The complex formula takes into account

the amount of fat used to produce a

particular food, not the amount that's in the

final product, according to Ole Linnet Juul,

food director at Denmark's Confederation

of Industries. He calculated that the tax adds 12 cents to

a bag of chips, 39 cents to a small package of butter and

40 cents to the price of a hamburger.

The tax was approved by large majority in a

parliament in March as a move to help increase the

average life expectancy of Danes - which has fallen

below the international average of 79 years.

Now other European governments are considering

following suit. Romania and Finland have been debating

a similar fat tax for months. And just a couple of days

after the Danish fat tax came into effect, British Prime

Minister David Cameron said he too was considering

similar legislation to tackle growing obesity levels in the

country. Cameron said drastic action was needed to

prevent health costs soaring and life expectancy falling.

"I think it is something that we should look at," he

told 5 News during the Tory conference in Manchester.

He added: "I am worried about the costs to the health

service, and the fact that some people are going to have

shorter lives than their parents." He warned that obesity

was on the verge of overtaking smoking and drinking as

the biggest health challenge facing Britain.

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Fruits and vegetables could modify faulty heart disease genes

Until now we believed that you

cannot change the genes you have

inherited from your parents. Now a

team of scientists from McMaster

and McGill Universities, Canada

have found that a faulty gene which

is the strongest marker of heart

disease could be modified if we eat

large quantities of raw vegetables,

fruits and berries.

The researchers gathered data

from over 27,000 people from

various ethnic ancestries, including

Arab, Latin American, Chinese,

South Asian and European. They

studied what effects diet might have

on the functioning and behavior of

this faulty 9p21 gene. The authors

say that theirs is one of the largest

gene-diet interaction studies ever

carried out on cardiovascular

disease.

The study published in the journal

PLoS Medicine found that people

with this high risk genetic variant

which considerably raises

heart disease risk, ended up having

the same risk of heart disease as

the rest of the population if they

followed a diet rich in raw

vegetables, fruit and berries.

Lead author, Dr. Ron Do, wrote,

"Our research suggests there may be

an important interplay between

genes and diet in cardiovascular

disease. Future research is necessary

to understand the mechanism of this

interaction."

Dr. Sonia Anand, professor of

medicine at epidemiology at

McMaster University and the joint

lead-author described the discovery

as "exciting" and said that "Our

results support the public health

recommendation to consume more

than five servings of fruits or

vegetables as a way to promote good

health."

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Hatha Yoga practice reduces fear of falling in older adults

Hatha Yoga is one of the most popular branches of yoga. This

5,000-year-old Indian practice is based on physical movements alone.

These are the standard stretches, or 'postures' that are done in order to

build strength, peace of mind, balance, and endurance. Hath Yoga is

considered the lowest form of yoga, but essential nonetheless. Raja

yoga is the highest form, which develops the mind and spirit.

In a 2009 study, US researchers from Indian University found that

after a 12-week class, participants reported a 6 percent reduction in

their fear of falling, a 34 percent increase in lower body flexibility,

and a significant reduction in leisure constraints.

The study leader Marieke Van Puymbroeck said participants

reported "tremendous benefits," with emerging themes that included

the ability to adopt right posture, increased range of motion, increased

flexibility and improved balance.

Photo by Vivian Orr, Toronto, Canada

How money and materialism could kill a marriageWe all know that

money can't buy

happiness but a

new study has

found that

relentlessly

chasing life's

luxuries, owning

things to impress

others, dying to

buy new gadgets

and expensive

clothes or

splashing money

on lots of

ostentatious

things could spell

disaster for a

marriage. The

simple message

is: materialism

kills marriages.

In a survey of

1,734 married US

couples, researchers from Brigham Young University

and William Paterson University found that couples in

which one or both partners placed a high priority on

getting or spending money were much less likely to

have satisfying and stable marriages.

For one out of every five couples in the study, both

partners admitted a strong love of money. These

couples were worse off in terms of marriage stability,

marriage satisfaction, communication skills and other

metrics of healthy matrimony that researchers studied.

The one out of seven couples that reported low-levels

of materialism in both partners scored 10 to 15 percent

higher in all metrics of marital quality and satisfaction.

Interestingly, the correlation between materialism and

marital difficulties remained stable regardless of the

actual wealth of the couple.

"Couples where both spouses are materialistic were

worse off on nearly every measure we looked at," said

Jason Carroll, a BYU professor of family life and lead

author of the study. "There is a pervasive pattern in the

data of eroding communication, poor conflict resolution

and low responsiveness to each other."

Couples filling out the questionnaires responded to

queries about their marital satisfaction, conflict

patterns, marital communication, marriage stability and

other factors. They also rated their agreement with the

phrase "Having money and lots of things has never been

important to me." People who agreed were categorized

as non-materialistic, while those who disagreed

qualified as materialistic.

The findings are published in the October issue of the

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy.

Relationships usually fair better when partners share

priorities and values, but researchers found that the

opposite was true in this case. When only one partner

was materialistic and the other not, the non-materialistic

partners seemed to sustain the marriage, resulting in

higher levels of satisfaction, communication and

stability in marriages made of mismatched couples

when compared to dual-materialistic ones.

The study couldn't test how materialism erodes a

marriage, but Carroll and his colleagues have a couple

of theories. The first is that materialism causes spouses

to make bad financial decisions, spending beyond their

means, getting in debt and stressing each other out.

Another possibility, Carroll said, is that people who

are materialistic spend less time nurturing their

relationships with people in their haste to get things.

"They simply don't give relationships the same priority

and attention as non-materialistic spouses," Carroll said.


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Lack of sleep costs Americans $63 billion a year Lack of sleep has been linked to health

problems like high blood pressure and

even early death, and now a new study,

published in the journal Sleep, claims

that insomnia costs the average

American worker 11.3 days, or $2,280

in lost productivity each year. That

adds up to $63.2 billion a year.

Data was collected on a sample of

7,428 full-time employed people, who

were participating in the longitudinal

American Insomnia Study. Researchers

asked survey questions specifically

dealing with sleep habits and work

performance, and found that

sleeplessness was a significant detractor

from productivity.

Nearly a quarter of the survey

respondents — 23% of employees —

were estimated to have insomnia, and

that figure was corroborated by sleep

medicine experts. Researchers also

found that workers over 65 were less

likely to have insomnia (14%) and that

men were less likely (20%) to have

trouble sleeping than women (27%).

New drug to cure all viral infections There are few drugs that could

effectively deal with clinical viruses

such as HIV or hepatitis, seasonal

viruses such as swine flu and highly

lethal viruses such as Ebola or

smallpox.

Now there is new hope as researchers

from MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the

US have developed a new broad-

spectrum approach called DARCO

(Double-stranded RNA Activated

Caspase Oligomerizer). The technique

induces cell suicide, rapidly killing

virus infected cells without harming

uninfected cells. Researchers believe

DRACO should be effective against

virtually all viruses while minimising

the impact of the patient.

The study was published in the July

issue of the journal PLoS One. DRACO

was found effective against all 15

viruses that the team has so far tested,

including cold viruses, H1N1 influenza

strains, adenoviruses, a stomach virus

(reovirus), a polio virus, dengue fever

virus, and several members of

hemorrhagic fever. DRACO was also

demonstrated to be nontoxic in 11

different cell types representing various

species (e.g., humans, monkeys, mice)

and organ types (e.g., heart, lung, liver,

kidney).

Study leader Dr. Todd Rider says

that although more extensive testing is

needed, "DRACO has the potential to

revolutionize the treatment and

prevention of virtually all viral

diseases, including everything from the

common cold to Ebola."

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HEARTSTART: Learning Emergency Life Support

Would you know what to do in a life-threatening

emergency? Learning Emergency Life Support (ELS)

skills can help you keep someone alive until

professional help arrives.

Ajivan: The Society for Health & Happiness

organised a Heartstart training session in the Heart of

Hounslow centre on 12 July. The two hour long

training course was attended by fifteen trainees. The

training was conducted by Karen Walling, the

Community Resuscitation Training Officer of London

Ambulance Service. "It was indeed very useful", said

Yash Batra, "It's a great feeling to think that in case of

emergency I can save someone's life. I think every

citizen in this country must have this training."

Heartstart is an initiative of the British Heart

Foundation in which more than 2.6 million people have

learned what to do in a life-threatening emergency –

simple skills that save lives.

Heartstart schemes provide free ELS training in

community groups and schools. They are aimed at the

public, and anyone from the age of ten upwards can

attend and learn the complete range of ELS skills.

The Heartstart programme includes skills such as:

assessing an unconscious patient, performing

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), dealing with

choking, serious bleeding, helping someone that may

be having a heart attack.

Knowing what to do when someone has a cardiac

arrest is important. If you can do CPR you can buy the

time needed for professional help to arrive and save the

life of your loved one. Being able to do CPR more than

doubles their chance of survival.

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Funeral expenses suggested for organ donors The Nuffield Council of

Bioethics, a leading ethics body, has

suggested that Patients who donate

their organs should have their

funeral expenses paid for by the

NHS. It has though ruled out directly

paying donors for their organs.

Prof Marilyn Strathern, who

chaired the inquiry said: "The

possibility of sparing relatives the financial burden of a

funeral might encourage more people to register as

donors."

Some experts have expressed concern that this

might be a slippery slope towards payment for organs.

And others have said that it might not

be a very effective move. The

government, meanwhile, has said it

will consider the recommendations

but it added that donating should be

"free from any financial

consideration".

In the UK there are approximately

8,000 people on the waiting list for a

transplant. On average three people die every day

waiting for an organ. Currently 18 million, or one in

three, people are on the Organ Donor Register, but the

NHS wants 25 million people to sign up by 2013.


Stop Smoking, Start Living… The story of Farah one of the 2,000 people who quit smoking last year with the help of Hounslow Stop Smoking Service Every year approximately 1 million people in

the UK try to stop smoking and yet are

unable to stay stopped. It is the nicotine in

cigarettes that makes them so addictive. One

study showed that nicotine was more

addictive than heroin.

However, research has shown that the more

attempts you have made in the past, the more

likely you are to succeed in the future.

Even the most hardened smokers can quit

with the right approach says Farah, a lady of

Pakistani origin who had a 60 a day habit for

20 years. When asked how many times had

she tried to stop in the past, she said: ―So

many times that I have lost count! The

important thing though is that I never stopped

trying to give up and now I have! I told my

pharmacist when I saw her the other day that I

have quit for 3 months now and she was amazed.‖

So what was different this time? Farah said: ―Being

honest and sincere with myself. I was ashamed and

embarrassed that smoking had taken over my life. This

is a very important point – I had quit for short periods

before, but it was only when I was really honest with

myself that I was finally able to stop properly.‖

"I have been smoking for 20 years and I don’t have

words to say how pleased I am with the Hounslow Stop

Smoking Service, especially my advisor Lavina. She

was very patient with me even though I still smoked

sometimes in the beginning.‖

About the stop smoking medication Farah said, ―I

used the 25mg nicotine patch. Two things helped me to

finally quit. The first was the support of the service and

the second was the patch.‖

Farah has now told her friends and colleagues about

the stop smoking service. "I think it’s really important

that people decide to quit for themselves when they are

ready,‖ she said.

How has quitting changed her life? What message

would she have for others that want to quit? "Well, I’ve

saved money, saved time and I feel like chains have

been broken and I am now free! I would of course

advise others to stop, but you must be honest with

yourself or you won’t be successful.‖

Hounslow’s NHS Stop Smoking Service has drop in

clinics at seven different locations across the borough of

Hounslow. There are also stop smoking advisors trained

up in many local health centres and some local

pharmacies as well.

If you would like more information about support to

stop smoking then please call: 020 8630 3255 or e-mail:

[email protected] . To contact the

Ealing Stop Smoking Service please call 0800 876 6683

or e-mail: [email protected]

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The Heart of Hounslow stop smoking drop in clinic

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Ayurveda: Food as your medicine "When diet is wrong medicine is of no use, When diet is correct medicine is of no need."

Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of life, does not

differentiate between food and medicine. Foods are

nourishment as well as therapeutic, often playing the role of

medicines.

From the Ayurvedic point of view, it is not only the food

we eat but also the way it is eaten and cooked, presented and

even preserved, that makes it nourishing. So the general

guideline is that food should be hot (as in freshly cooked),

tasty and easy to digest, eaten in right quantities and

additional food must be taken only after the last meal has

been digested. The ritual of eating should be done in

pleasant surroundings, at one’s own pace, and the attention

of the eaters should be on the food, not wandering. The

single most interesting thing that Ayurveda proposes is that

each person should find out his or her temperament type and

eat food according to it, that which is suited to the person’s

physical and emotional makeup. While these are common

sense dictums, most of us can identify times when we have

not adhered to these. In Ayurveda, food is nourishment as

well as medicine, so one has to be careful about it.

One more important thing to know is that the term `hot

food’ in Ayurveda does not mean foods hot in temperature,

but foods hot in intrinsic nature. These are foods that

stimulate digestion and deter bacterial growth and other

microbes. Of course, cooking takes care of the bacterial load

in any food, but there are certain conditions for which the

Ayurvedic doctor can prescribe raw foods or juice diet.

Another important thing is the strotras or the channels,

within the body. These do not correspond to the veins or

arteries or even nerve channels; they are in fact, energy

channels. They are stronger than any energy carrying

channels and many diseases arise from blockage of these

strotras. A healthy diet is required to keep these seven body

elements in perfect balance.

Remember, Ayurveda considers body to be made of seven

basic dhatus (elements) These are: Rasa (plasma), rakta

(blood), mamsa (muscle), meda (fat), asthi (bone), majja

(marrow), shukra (reproductive strengths).

The third basic concept is that of ama (waste) in the body.

Accumulation of ama in the body, or its blockage can wreck

havoc in the human system. It does not include only

digestive waste but also the toxins that we absorb because of

wrong food and also from our environment. In today’s

terms, the chemicals and radiations that our body is

subjected to, can also be termed as ama.

By these principles, good health is maintained by a two-

pronged strategy:

1. Maintaining a proper and balanced diet to replenish and

maintain the elements.

2. Keeping the energy channels open for free flow of the life

giving force (tatva).

Dr Rohan Nagar, BAMS (Ayurveda)

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Atul Kochhar's Health & Happiness recipe

Bharwan Khumbi Field Mushrooms stuffed with Apple and leek masala with Kadhai Kale and Kholrabi Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients: - 8 large field mushrooms, stem removed

- 2 tbsp grated cheddar cheese

- 1 tsp fine chopped green chillies

Stuffing:

- 2 medium cox apples, peeled and chopped

- 1 large leek, thinly sliced

- 2 tbsp vegetable oil or butter

- ¼ tsp cumin seeds

- ¼ tsp red chilli powder

- ¼ tsp coriander powder

- ¼ tsp garam masala

- Salt to taste

Kale:

- 1 tbsp vegetable oil

- 1 tsp chopped garlic

- 1 tsp coriander seeds

- ¼ tsp crushed dried red chillies

- 150 gm tomatoes, chopped

- 1 tsp coriander powder

- ½ tsp garam masala

- 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

- 1 tsp fine chopped ginger

- 400 gm Kale leaves, blanched

- Salt to taste

Kholrabi :

- 2 medium Kholrabi, thinly

sliced

- 1 red apples, thinly sliced

Dressing:

- 1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted and crushed

- ½ tsp coriander seeds, toasted and crushed

- Sea salt

- Chilli flakes

- Olive oil

- Sesame oil

- Lime juice

Method:

Heat oil in pan, sauté cumin seeds and add leeks.

Cook at slow heat for 5 minutes until leek softens. Add

apples and spices and cook for further 5 minutes and

remove on a tray to cool the mixture.

Mix cheddar cheese and chopped chillies and fill the

mushrooms with this mixture and keep aside. For Kale,

heat oil in a separate pan, sauté garlic, coriander seeds

and chillies for minute and add chopped tomatoes.

Cook on medium heat for 7-10 minutes and then add

all the powdered spices and cook for further 5 minutes.

Add chopped coriander leaves and ginger followed by

blanched Kale. Cook for 2-3 minutes and hold warm

until required.

Place the mushrooms under the grill for 3-5 minutes

to gratinate. Whisk in all the ingredients of dressing.

Place the apple and kohlrabi slices alternately on a

plate and drizzle the dressing on top. Place the Kale on

the centre of the plate and then place mushrooms right

in the centre and serve warm.


Living in a Fast Food Carnival

Fast foods are "layered and loaded with fat, sugar

and salt, all of which ... prompt us to continue

eating. Such foods cause particular excitement in

areas of the brain associated with emotion and

reward - much like alcohol, sex and drugs. With

sugar, salt and fat on every street corner we are

living in a food carnival."

Dr David Kessler

Former FDA commissioner and author of 'The end of

Overeating'. Rodale Books, 2009

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