Possibly one of the questions that most have received as a nutritionist and runner is what supplements should I take. I confess that this answer was one of my main motivations for pursuing a career in nutrition few years ago. Unfortunately today, after all this time, I have no magic pill for you to take and improve on their 10K, but if I have several arguments to help you understand how our body uses nutrients and how they can be affected your needs for vitamins, minerals and other components. In addition, we comment on some of the supplements and foods that may have some utility for runners.
First, when you have a food supplement or in front, find the table where the nutrition information and ask yourself: Is the product has vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, or all these things together? From there his consumption decision may vary since each of these nutrients has different effects on your body that are related to performance.
Start talking about vitamins, supplements is preferred by racers. Imagine you today runs 20 to 30 km, of course, sure, you will feel tired afterwards, but their needs for vitamins are of only a few additional micrograms. In addition, many of them can be re-used in the body, so it is not necessary to replace a large amount each day. On the contrary, their fluid needs may increase to 2 liters per hour of exercise, your calorie requirements by 10 to 40% and 300 grams of carbohydrates a day. So why bother just for the vitamins? If you train more, it might require some extra vitamins but it is also true that you will consume a greater volume of food than a sedentary person will and if you select either that food is as safe as you can get most of what you need through food.
No doubt, you can feel tired due to loads of training and can cause you to think in terms of a vitamin deficiency, but that is highly unlikely. In this case, in addition to reviewing the rest of the food, you should also look to other variables, such as a sudden increase in training, a simultaneous increase in volume and intensity, (egg, this week has begun to make 2 workouts a day instead of one), among other factors.
Yes, I know you will continue taking their tablets of Vitamin C, E, B, or any other letter, but know that there is no scientific evidence showing that the additional consumption of some vitamins improve performance or speed recovery in athletes with no deficiencies. Perhaps it is only helping to enrich their urine with expensive vitamins. However, if after reviewing your food and all these issues still have doubts, and stresses the consumption of vitamins, then it is possible to use as a preventive measure poly vitamin tablet a day (not to exceed the daily recommendations-RDA- .)
Going a little further than vitamin supplements, the food industry offers a range of products for athletes who can offer some advantages for runners when used appropriately and rationally. That is, part of a good diet and not replacing it. These products are easy to consume, no preparation required (or is minimal) and stored easily. Furthermore, reading the label knows the amount of nutrients per serving with and knowing their components can be scientifically justified its use for the benefit of brokers.
Archive for August, 2010
How is the function of human nutrition supplement
08.22
Simple, Regular Way can be a Good Cellulite Treatment
08.19
People sometime find that their life is not too valuable only because of some trivial reasons like cellulite. Things like cellulite are only a small dot in the very vast life that people should enjoy. They should feel thankful as they are able to live a good life without dangerous disease to treat.
However, still people believe that perfect life should be filled with perfect physical appearance. Therefore, people will do anything possible to get the most effective cellulite treatment for regaining their pretty skin. For those people, buying expensive cream is necessary to do. They feel all right to spend a lot for achieving perfect skin than to spend their time at home during the summer as they are afraid of wearing bikinis due to their cellulite.
There are actually simple ways to answer the question of how to get rid of cellulite. They just have to do several regular treatments for reducing their cellulite. This is a lot cheaper and safe for them to take. They have to make daily treatment like brushing their skin before bathing. It is better for them to use soap that is made of natural ingredient to give the best cure for their skin cells. This will be helpful for removing dead cells in their skin and stimulate new cell to grow which will cure cellulite in no time.
How the monitoring system of sub Windward Sanitation in europe
08.19
With the intention to strengthen and intensify the surveillance system of the sub region Windward Sanitary District N ª 5 which includes the municipalities Andres Belo, Peas and Pedro Gaul, is organizing the “First Course in Epidemiological Surveillance and Information System Endemic Barlovento “aimed at nurses, health workers and the outpatient network in the sub region Barrio Adaptor health committee and assets of the entity.
This in order that the work embodied in the Bicentennial Plan vector control and the fight against Dengue develop more effectively in the Barlovento region.
This was announced in May Dot Epidemiologist, Dr. Gerald Region, organizer of the day who said that based on guidelines issued by the State Authority of Health Director of the institution, Dr. Refrain Jimenez Rosas, proceeded to develop this technical course that seeks to improve the work of health workers to respond, detection and accurate diagnosis of symptoms caused by emerging and reemerging diseases such as Dengue or Cages urban and rural areas, for it is through topics like Surveillance of Communicable Diseases, Surveillance, Symptoms and treatment of communicable diseases among other topics to be discussed in the auditorium of the Chico River Hospital on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 and is aimed at health workers network Barlovento ambulatory health committee and entered on the day Region concluded.
Why need to standardize the drug information given to consumers
08.19
The information leaflets that pharmacies give their customers along with their recipes vary significantly and people rarely would read and would include, according to a new study.
The results, the authors question the traditional approach to designing the booklets from pharmacies, including regulation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English).
The FDA regulates the data from the labels of prescription drugs, but not the information in the brochures that give pharmacies. Private publishers provide this content and then pharmacies, or its software suppliers, determine the format, including the issue of pharmacological data to be included.
Then the information in a brochure about a drug that brings the same publishing company may vary between pharmacies, said Dr. Carole L. Kimberling, co-author of the study.
With his team, Kimberling, University of Florida, Gainesville, found “huge differences” between the leaflets of two drugs commonly used: the antihypertensive lisinopril (Prineville, Kestrel) and the diabetes medication called motorman (Glucophage, Foramen and others), sold in 365 pharmacies in the United States.
The leaflets were between 30 and 2,500 words, those with more text tended to include all information recommended by the FDA. Although the agency cannot regulate the pamphlets, wrote a guide to the data that all pharmacies should be included in them.
However, even with more text brochures provided more information, very few fulfilled the recommendations of the FDA. Less than half met the criteria of “understandability / readability” and, sometimes, important information was missing altogether.
The team said the results indicate the need to standardize the drug information provided to consumers under the “explicit guidance and regulation by the FDA.”
What is the impact of environmental sanitation to the community
08.19
Some 27 people have died in the country because of leptospirosis in so far this year, while the disease has affected some 669, whose cases could increase as recorded higher levels of rain, warned yesterday the deputy health minister Collective.
In this regard, José Rodriguez Amber revealed that the Ministry of Public Health maintains active surveillance of cases and urged people to avoid children go barefoot and introduced in stagnant water.
Yesterday the Ministry of Public Health distributed a guide containing a series of recommendations to prevent disease caused by bacteria transmitted to humans by contact through wounds or mucous in the urine of animals, all rats.
It states that health personnel should be monitored weekly febrile illness, to guide the population and make the tests provided to any person who comes to health facilities with signs suspicious.
Among the recommendations to the public that are done by the Ministry of avoiding swimming, walking, water play, mud and vegetation that might be contaminated with urine, especially when people have wounds and rashes. It also suggests people working in agriculture to use plastic boots and gloves.
Other recommendations are to eliminate the rats in homes and recreational areas and placing poison that can get free public health centers, and avoid clusters of garbage, junk, old clothes and papers at home and its surroundings.
Calls to withdraw in the night water and animal food, and wash the containers canned juices, soft drinks and other packaging before consuming food.
Among the animals that can transmit leptospirosis are rodents, dogs, pigs, cattle and can be acquired by exposure to moist soils contaminated, such as rice paddies, streams, stagnant and contaminated water as well as household utensils improperly sanitized.
What is Private Healthcare?
08.11
What is private healthcare? Put simply, private healthcare is the provision of health and medical services by an entity other than a government organization. Aside from the provision of healthcare at a private hospital or clinic, the subject of ‘private healthcare’ also encompasses private health insurance. Private health insurance involves the payment of a company (an insurer) to pay for a patient’s medical costs when the need arises.
The provision of private healthcare by a non-government hospital or clinic is often a more comfortable experience for the patient than processing through the ‘public system’. The private healthcare system frequently offers shorter waiting times to access many medical services, including elective surgery and sometimes even essential surgery.
Private health insurance is considered a luxury for many working families worldwide, while for some, it is a necessity. However, private health insurance does not always pay for 100% of the cost of medical services. In some countries, such as the United States, no private health insurer offers a plan that is willing to pay 100% of the cost of all medical services, according to America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national private health insurers’ peak body. A copayment is often required to cover the difference between what the private health insurer covers and what the cost of the health care is, and a deductible (amount paid ‘out-of-pocket’ each year before private health insurance benefits ‘kick in’) is almost always applicable.
Private health insurance is not always paid for by the consumer. Many employers offer health plans, removing the need for their employees to pay for private health insurance. For veterans and low-income families, health costs may be fully or partially covered by the government in the form of subsidies from the Medicare or Medicaid programs, although this would not be appropriately termed ‘private’ health insurance. However, waiting times for government-subsidized healthcare can be long.
Private health insurance may or may not cover prescription drugs as part of their coverage. In many circumstances, prescription drugs may also be subject to copayments, the amount dependent on how much the drug manufacturer charges for their product.
What about satellite monitoring of network health ambulance hospital and health centers in all provinces
08.09
9 Aug | All ambulances healthcare network of hospitals and health centers in the province have now with the reference monitoring system by satellite (GPS) that will provide every unit in real time, contribute to decision making reliable and meet the urban emergency in the shortest time possible.
This was provided in an agreement signed with the Governor Sergio Urinary Health Minister Angel Guano, the holder of Sidereal, Juan José Canola and the owner of the company Tailback SA
“We have worked in the hierarchy to be giving to health and solving old problems around the emergency care network. This system will allow a quantum leap for the network of emergency health care emergencies and accidents, it will give us direct and immediate reference of where the ambulances to arrive faster at a place, a sense of movement mobile units are closest to the point where assistance is requested, “the minister said about Guano.
Thus, the 90 ambulances from the health network of hospitals and health centers in the province will have the monitoring system by reference satellite (GPS) that will provide every unit in real time, contribute to making informed choices reliable; meet urban emergency in the shortest time possible, be permanent and coordinated control of the situation, putting the technology in the service of health and life, and have all documented information management.
The agreement was subscribed at the ceremony presided by the governor, Sergio Urinary, agreements in the Hall of Government House, where the governor, along with Minister Guano, the holder of Sidereal, Juan José Canola, and the managing partner of Tailback, Fernando Gonzalez, arranged for the installation of geo-positioning system satellite technology (GPS) for the 85 ambulances provincial Ministry of Health.
Guano explained that “this is an advanced communication system to the health service, which also involves facilitating the coordination of the various bodies in relation to an event” and warned that “as important as the actions of prevention and promotion, is the setting up systems to prevent, where possible, the emergency occurs or at least reducing its negative consequences.”
For its part Sidereal president, Juan José Canola, stated that “since 2008 been carrying out various activities jointly connected both with the purchase of equipment for health centers and improving the existing fleet of ambulances,” adding that “it is fundamental which works in conjunction with various state agencies think fundamentally contribute to our funds to the quality of life of the population.”
Fernando Gonzalez, managing partner of the firm Tailback SRL, said that by implementing this system will meet all “urban emergencies involving not only medical issues but also police, fire and civil defense.”
“The implementation of GPS technology supports obtaining accurate data to evaluate statistically the type of emergency, the time of care, and patients served, availability of ambulances, call records, historical records of trips and number of events attended, among other data. “
How the results of the Spanish Agency of Medicines Research and Health Products
08.09
The Database for pharmacoepidemiological Research in Primary Care (BIFAP) is a project of the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS). It has the support of the autonomous regions and major scientific societies involved.
It is a computerized database of medical records of Primary Health Care for pharmacoepidemiological studies. Today anonym zed information is available over 3 million patients from medical staff to 1,236 (1,029 GPs and 207 pediatricians) in Spain. BIFAP is the largest and most detailed public information source for pharmacoepidemiological studies in Spain and one of the most important in Europe. BIFAP is called to be a benchmark for epidemiological research in our country in the coming years.
The pilot phase BIFAP Project was developed over the period 2000-2003. BIFAP Project formally began in 2003 and its first phase ended in 2006, achieving the following objectives:
- Creation of the Data Processing Centre (DPC) of BIFAP, which has involved provided human resources and materials, including high-capacity computer to be used to host the database.
- Develop an application – export module – for primary care programs whose structure is compatible with BIFAP.
- To obtain prior authorization from the agencies that constitutes the National Health System, the collaboration of a sufficient number of physicians and primary care pediatricians.
- Validate the information using other sources of information and original medical records.
In 2008, a team of researchers at the Navarre Health Service (SNS-O) BIFAP requested the possibility of a research project with the base. It was the first experience BIFAP collaboration with an independent team. BIFAP accepted the challenge and began to develop the project.
The SNS-O team consisted of three primary care pharmacists and a medical epidemiologist. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the use of long-term bisphosphonates might increase the incidence of hip fractures and atypical fractures in women over 65 years. The protocol design was made by the independent team and then discussed with the team BIFAP two-face meetings to qualify some aspects of it and reach a final protocol. Was considered, a case-control study nested in the cohort BIFAP.
BIFAP then extracted 100 cases of hip fracture to proceed with the validation of a small sample as a pilot. Four researchers from the team and two BIFAP Navarre evaluated the 100 cases independently. The results of this pilot the BIFAP evaluated and held a conference call to discuss the data.
Having resolved the doubts and little disagreement about the definition of “case”, BIFAP proceeded to extract all the cases in the base between 2005 and 2008. Independent team, about, evaluated 3,200 cases.
Later BIFAP cases reassessed as a criterion for quality control.
Validation was provided to investigators by enabling independent team of access to the Internet through the stories contained in BIFAP. It is important to note that the evaluation was blind in two respects. First, in the stories was omitted any reference to the medication used by patients. This avoided the potential bias that researchers consider as “probable case” to “doubtful cases” or “no case” by the fact that the patient was treated with any of the medications under study. In addition, names were omitted, so that one could not identify the physicians involved in the process of each patient, hospitals and cities of residence of the patients. This is impossible for researchers to identify or reach to track patients.
Once the validation has extracted BIFAP controls matched for different variables. Then generated the variables of the study and data sheet (data sheet). BIFAP provided the “data sheet” to separate computer for statistical processing of information and interpretation of results.
As a summary of this first experience of cooperation, we can say that BIFAP is a breakthrough in the investigation pharmacoepidemiological in Spain. Provides information on medical records of proven quality ensures the quality of the process of extracting information, monitors the work of independent investigative team and ensures the blind researchers, ensure that the project is of sufficient quality.
On the other hand, freedom of approach to the research questions that provided the independent team makes it possible, in practice, those researchers in the public system to respond to the existing therapeutic shortcomings.
It is desirable that the NHS there be any further research team that worked with BIFAP pharmacoepidemiology and that in the near future; establish partnerships with national groups and international research.
