Analysis Shows Eggs Contain More Vitamin D

 

UK – Official new data shows that today’s eggs contain more than 70 per cent more vitamin D and double the amount of selenium than when previous analyses were carried out 30 years ago.

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Friday, July 20, 2012

UK – Official new data shows that today’s eggs contain more than 70 per cent more vitamin D and double the amount of selenium than when previous analyses were carried out 30 years ago.

Today’s eggs also contain around 20 per cent less fat, more than 20 per cent less saturated fat, around 13 per cent fewer calories and more than 10 per cent less cholesterol than previous surveys suggested. An average medium egg now contains 66 calories (compared to the previous figure of 78 calories) and an average large egg 77 calories (previously 91 calories).

The data, produced by the UK Foodcomp project consortium, funded by the Department of Health as part of their rolling programme of nutrient analysis surveys, provides the first update on the nutrient content of eggs since the 1980s.

Professor Judith Buttriss, Director General of the BNF, explained: “This is the latest in a series of analyses from the DH-funded UK Foodcomp project that provide up to date information on the composition of the food we eat. These particular data reinforce the contribution to essential nutrients that eggs can make as part of a varied diet, for people of all ages.”

The new analysis, part of which is being presented at The Nutrition Society’s Summer Meeting on 18 July, found that two medium eggs can provide around two-thirds of the RDA (Recommended Daily Amount for EU labelling purposes) for vitamin D. The additional vitamin D found in eggs is particularly significant in the light of evidence suggesting that a large proportion of people in the UK have an inadequate supply of this vitamin.

It has been suggested that, in addition to the well-established role of vitamin D in bone health, this nutrient may also play a role in the immune system and beneficially influence the incidence of some cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

“This is a very welcome finding at a time when there is rapidly accumulating evidence that a lack of vitamin D could be a risk factor for a number of chronic diseases,” says Cath MacDonald, independent nutritionist.

The increased selenium content of eggs is also of public health significance as UK selenium intakes have declined in recent years alongside a switch from North American to European wheat[4]. Selenium is important in protecting cellular components such as DNA, lipids and proteins against oxidation.

The new analyses reveal that an average medium egg now contains around 177mg of cholesterol, although it is now acknowledged that cholesterol in foods such as eggs does not have a significant effect on blood cholesterol in most people. All major UK heart and health advisory bodies, including the British Heart Foundation, have already removed the previous limits on egg consumption linked to their cholesterol content.

The changes are believed to be the result of improvements to hens’ feed, an increase in the ratio of white:yolk in an average egg, and improved analytical methods since the last official Government analyses were carried out in the 1980s. Vegetable oils replaced meat and bonemeal in UK hens’ feed in the 1980s and it is believed that better quality oils, together with other enhancements to hens’ feed, have improved the hens’ absorption of fat-soluble vitamins and the take-up of nutrients.

Paul Finglas, coordinator of the UK Foodcomp project at the Institute of Food Research, said: “The results from this project are important for monitoring the quality of our national diets through surveys such as the Department of Health’s National Diet and Nutrition Survey, and show the benefits of private:public partnerships working together to support new research projects.”

For a table summarising the update on the nutrient content of eggs, please click here.

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Tabagismo e gravidez

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No Canadá, a década de 1990 foi marcada por um aumento da conscientização pública sobre os efeitos maléficos do tabaco sobre a saúde e pelo surgimento de estudos e leis sobre o uso e o preço dos cigarros.   

O Relatório sobre Tabagismo no Canadá revela que, de 1985 a 2001, a prevalência de fumantes diários de ambos os sexos e de todas as faixas etárias diminuiu significativamente: a população de fumantes de 15 anos ou mais diminuiu de 35,1% para 21,7% em relação à população total.

Apesar disto, os fumantes ainda são predominantemente jovens, em seus primeiros anos de vida reprodutiva. Este fato está longe de ser trivial, uma vez que a exposição crônica à fumaça de cigarros durante o período fetal aumenta significativamente o risco de problemas de saúde, físicos e mentais.

De fato, se por um lado os efeitos devastadores do tabaco sobre a saúde de adultos são bem conhecidos, seus efeitos sobre crianças estão se mostrando preocupantes, especialmente quando a exposição à fumaça do tabaco começa durante o período fetal.

Resultados do National Longitudinal Study on Children and Youth (NLSCY- Estudo Longitudinal Nacional sobre Crianças e Jovens)2 indicam que 23,3% das mulheres canadenses fumam durante a gravidez. Destas mulheres, 84% fumam durante toda a gravidez. A distribuição das taxas de uso cotidiano de tabaco entre mulheres grávidas é a seguinte: 65% fumam entre um e dez cigarros por dia; 34% fumam entre 11 e 25 cigarros; 1% fuma mais de 25 cigarros.

Uma pesquisa do CEECD* sobre percepções do uso de tabaco entre mulheres grávidas mostra que a população canadense não está consciente do número de mulheres grávidas que fumam. Apesar de haver alguma consciência pública a respeito dos efeitos maléficos do tabagismo sobre o peso de neonatos, a maioria das pessoas ainda parece desconsiderar as consequências em longo prazo da exposição do feto à fumaça do tabaco sobre a saúde física e mental das crianças.

*NT: CEECD – Center of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (Centro de excelência pelo desenvolvimento infantil inicial).

Referências
Gilmore J. Report on Smoking in Canada 1985-2001. Ottawa, Ontario: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Minister of Industry; 2001.
Statistics Canada. National Longitudinal Study on Children and Youth, 1994-1995 Data. Ottawa, Ontario: Statistics Canada.

Fonte: http://www.enciclopedia-crianca.com/pt-pt/tabagismo-gravidez/qual-e-sua-importancia.html

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Vitamin D: powerful cancer protection

English: Most common cancers in the United States 2008. See Epidemiology of cancer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Vitamina D pode revolucionar o tratamento da esclerose múltipla

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“A protective effect of vitamin D against cancers was first proposed in 1980, based on an earlier observation that colon cancer mortality was the highest in geographical areas exposed to the least amounts of sunlight.2,3”

“Today, over 800 scientific papers have been published on the relationship between vitamin D and cancers. We now have ample evidence that maintaining adequate vitamin D levels is an effective strategy for protection against cancer.”

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Posted on July 26, 2012 by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

Vitamin D insufficiency is common among Americans overall but more prevalent among African Americans. A recent review of the literature suggests that vitamin D insufficiency is a key contributor to cancer survival disparities that exist between African Americans and white Americans (darker skin is less efficient at producing vitamin D in response to UV rays).1 A striking part of this literature review is the comprehensive summary of the existing data on vitamin D status and cancer survival: the authors present a long list of studies reporting that vitamin D adequacy is associated with reduced risk of death in all cancers combined, breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer, leukemia and lymphomas.1

Several more studies of geographical variations in cancers have found the same result: inverse relationships exist between sun exposure and 24 types of cancer, including the most common cancers – those of the breast, colon, rectum, and prostate.4, 5

Since 1980, evidence for the involvement of vitamin D in the relationship between sun exposure and decreased cancer risk has progressively accumulated, as associations were found between blood vitamin D levels and reduced risk of cancers.6, 7 Further support for the importance of vitamin D in cancer prevention was provided by randomized controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation that showed reduced cancer risk compared to placebo. There have also been many reports that vitamin D receptor gene mutations, which interfere with the normal biological actions of vitamin D, were associated with increased cancer risk.8-10

Additional studies confirmed that vitamin D has growth-inhibitory effects on cells derived from breast, colon, prostate, and skin cancers.11 Vitamin D can block cancer cell growth in a number of ways: Vitamin D alters the expression of genes that regulate inflammation, cell death and cell proliferation, and also interferes with the growth-promoting actions of IGF-1 and other growth factors. Additional anti-cancer effects of vitamin D include enhanced DNA repair and immune defenses, and angiogenesis inhibition.12

Considering all of this evidence, achieving vitamin D sufficiency is so very important. Unfortunately, the Institute of Medicine is hesitant to significantly raise its vitamin D recommendations, so most multivitamins still do not contain nearly enough vitamin D (only 400 IU) to offer the security that a normal Vitamin D level will be achieved. This is an important reason why I designed my new Men’s and Women’s Daily Formula + D multivitamins to include 2000 IU of vitamin D3. In my experience, 2000 IU has been an appropriate dose to bring most people into the favorable blood 25(OH)D range of 30-50 ng/ml (I also recommend getting a blood test to confirm adequate levels). These are the only multivitamin supplements with a 2000 IU dose of D3 plus no folic acid, beta-carotene, copper, and vitamin A. This enables most people to get everything they need without needing to take multiple different products. For extra assurance, I’ve also utilized Vitamin D3 because of its highest biological value thus offering the most protection, which also is most effective for raising 25(OH)D levels.13 My goal is to make it as easy as possible to maintain healthy vitamin D levels, with plenty of D3 in a multivitamin which also gives you everything else that is worthy of supplementing, and carefully avoiding those supplemental ingredients that are potentially harmful; so additional supplements aren’t necessary to obtain the anti-cancer and bone-protective benefits of vitamin D and the other recommended nutrients.

References:

1. Grant WB, Peris AN. Differences in vitamin D status may account for unexplained disparities in cancer survival rates between African and White Americans. DermatoEndocrinology 2012;4.
2. Garland CF, Garland FC. Do sunlight and vitamin D reduce the likelihood of colon cancer? Int J Epidemiol 1980;9:227-231.
3. Apperly FL. The Relation of Solar Radiation to Cancer Mortality in North America. Cancer Res 1941;1:191-195.
4. Grant WB, Garland CF. The association of solar ultraviolet B (UVB) with reducing risk of cancer: multifactorial ecologic analysis of geographic variation in age-adjusted cancer mortality rates. Anticancer Res 2006;26:2687-2699.
5. Grant WB. Ecological studies of the UVB-vitamin D-cancer hypothesis. Anticancer Res 2012;32:223-236.
6. Gandini S, Boniol M, Haukka J, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and colorectal, breast and prostate cancer and colorectal adenoma. Int J Cancer 2011;128:1414-1424.
7. Grant WB. Relation between prediagnostic serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and incidence of breast, colorectal, and other cancers. J Photochem Photobiol B 2010;101:130-136.
8. Kostner K, Denzer N, Muller CS, et al. The relevance of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms for cancer: a review of the literature. Anticancer Res 2009;29:3511-3536.
9. Lappe JM, Travers-Gustafson D, Davies KM, et al. Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1586-1591.
10. Bolland MJ, Grey A, Gamble GD, et al. Calcium and vitamin D supplements and health outcomes: a reanalysis of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) limited-access data set. Am J Clin Nutr 2011;94:1144-1149.
11. Fleet JC. Molecular actions of vitamin D contributing to cancer prevention. Mol Aspects Med 2008;29:388-396.
12. Fleet JC, DeSmet M, Johnson R, et al. Vitamin D and cancer: a review of molecular mechanisms. Biochem J 2012;441:61-76.
13. Tripkovic L, Lambert H, Hart K, et al. Comparison of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 supplementation in raising serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 2012.

Fonte: http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/vitamins-supplements-vitamin-d-powerful-cancer-protection.html

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Vitamina D x Câncer – Vitamin D Revealed to be Miracle Anti-Cancer ‘Drug’ with Astonishing Chemical Properties

Vitamina D – Sem Censura – Dr. Cicero Galli Coimbra e Daniel Cunha

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Vitamina D – por uma outra terapia

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By Natural News | July 27, 2012 4:48 PM EST

A new study published this month finds that the hormonally active form of vitamin D, Calcitriol 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3), inhibits the growth of many kinds of cancerous cells, including breast cancer, indicating that vitamin D3 can be useful in treating and even preventing a variety of cancers. Authors of the study said that caner cell growth is inhibited by “anticancer actions including cell cycle arrest, promotion of apoptosis and inhibition of invasion, metastasis, and angiogenesis.” Vitamin D’s anti-inflammatory properties and interference with estrogen synthesis further explains its anti-tumor properties.

Two studies from 2007 used meta-analysis, which combines data from multiple reports, to find that therapeutic doses of vitamin D could prevent up to half of all cases of breast cancer, and two-thirds of all cases of colorectal cancer in the United States. The studies showed a direct correlation between blood levels of vitamin D and cancer. Those with the highest blood levels were found to be at the lowest risk, and the lowest blood levels at the highest risk.

Many sources still try to cast a shadow on the effectiveness of vitamin D, citing that a specific dose strength has not yet been established, and needs more research. It likely won’t be narrowed down to a one-size-fits-all dose, because every body is different, and if it were, it wouldn’t be as effective. One other thing that may be giving varied results regarding dosing is the source of vitamin D used – it varies from study to study. Typically, higher doses are required of synthetic sources to increase blood levels, and they don’t generally have the same effect as natural sources.

The “sunshine” vitamin, vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamin required for the absorption and utilization of calcium and phosphorous. It protects against muscle weakness, regulates heartbeat, is necessary for normal blood clotting and thyroid function, and regulates more than 2,000 genes, affecting the proliferation and death of cells.

Vitamin D comes in several forms. The kind that comes from food is D2. There is a synthetic form, D5. The most active is the most natural kind, D3. It is synthesized in the skin in response to the sun’s ultraviolet rays. There is a cholesterol compound in the skin that is a precursor of vitamin D. The D we get from food and supplements is not fully active until it goes through the liver and kidneys, where it is converted, then it circulates through the blood like a hormone.

According to Bach, problems from deficiency may include: heart disease, birth defects, depression, hypertension, stroke, dementia, fibromyalgia, impaired bone mineralization, skin, breast, prostate and other cancers, multiple sclerosis, insomnia, eye problems, problems with pregnancy, and other chronic diseases. It is estimated that more than one billion people worldwide, and 77 percent of Americans, are deficient in vitamin D.

It is not possible for most people to consume enough vitamin D thorough diet alone. It is found in fatty saltwater fish and fish liver oils, such as halibut, salmon, sardines, and cod liver oil. It is also added (fortified) to diary and eggs, so you’ll find it in things like milk, yogurt, and butter. Other foods that have vitamin D include dandelion greens, oatmeal, cereals, and sweet potatoes.

Having a healthy and balanced diet can prevent cancer, and the need for prescriptions that contribute to cancer, such as cholesterol reducing drugs that inhibit vitamin D absorption from the sun. Even the National Cancer Institute estimates that 80 percent of cancer cases could be prevented. Most people supplement to get enough vitamin D. The recommended doses are generally not enough to address health problems. Be sure your supplements come from whole food vitamins so that higher doses won’t be detrimental to your health, as they might from synthetic vitamin sources.

Eating good food, limiting unhealthy food and substances, getting exercise, and soaking up a bit of sun are critical to happiness and lasting health. So get out there and have fun – and help prevent cancer while you’re at it!

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/036597_vitamin_D_anti-cancer_drug.html#ixzz21pJmcwXF
Fonte: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/367433/20120727/vitamin-d-revealed-miracle-anti-cancer-drug.htm#.UBSCR9WwWAg

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Vitamin D Insufficiency and Severe Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children

 

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Vitamina D – Sem Censura – Dr. Cicero Galli Coimbra e Daniel Cunha

Vitamina D – Por uma outra terapia (Vitamin D – For an alternative therapy)

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Abstract

Rationale: Vitamin D insufficiency (a serum 25(OH)D <30 ng/ml) has been associated with severe asthma exacerbations, but this could be explained by underlying racial ancestry or disease severity. Little is known about vitamin D and asthma in Puerto Ricans.

Objectives: To examine whether vitamin D insufficiency is associated with severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children, independently of racial ancestry, atopy, and time outdoors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted of 560 children ages 6–14 years with (n = 287) and without (n = 273) asthma in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We measured plasma vitamin D and estimated the percentage of African racial ancestry among participants using genome-wide genotypic data. We tested whether vitamin D insufficiency is associated with severe asthma exacerbations, lung function, or atopy (greater than or equal to one positive IgE to allergens) using logistic or linear regression. Multivariate models were adjusted for African ancestry, time outdoors, atopy, and other covariates.

Measurements and Main Results: Vitamin D insufficiency was common in children with (44%) and without (47%) asthma. In multivariate analyses, vitamin D insufficiency was associated with higher odds of greater than or equal to one severe asthma exacerbation in the prior year (odds ratio [OR], 2.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5–4.9; P = 0.001) and atopy, and a lower FEV1/FVC in cases. After stratification by atopy, the magnitude of the association between vitamin D insufficiency and severe exacerbations was greater in nonatopic (OR, 6.2; 95% CI, 2–21.6; P = 0.002) than in atopic (OR, 2; 95% CI, 1–4.1; P = 0.04) cases.

Conclusions: Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with severe asthma exacerbations in Puerto Rican children, independently of racial ancestry, atopy, or markers of disease severity or control.

Originally Published in Press as DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201203-0431OC on May 31, 2012

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Laboratório vai pagar indenização recorde nos EUA

GlaxoSmithKline (Photo credit: Ian Wilson)

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O laboratório britânico GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), um dos maiores da indústria farmacêutica, admitirá sua culpa em processos criminais e civis abertos pelo Departamento de Justiça e por governos estaduais americanos e concordará em pagar o valor recorde de US$ 3 bilhões de indenização por fraudes. Os processos envolvem irregularidades em três medicamentos: os antidepressivos Paxil e Wellbutrin; e o Avandia, usado no tratamento de diabete.

O governo americano alega que a GSK promoveu a prescrição do antidepressivo Paxil para pacientes menores de 18 anos sem ter a devida aprovação das autoridades pediátricas da FDA, a agência federal que regula o setor de alimentos e drogas no país. O laboratório também teria cometido irregularidades na rotulação do antidepressivo Wellbutrin e deixado de informar aos usuários do Avandia, de maneira destacada na sua embalagem, os riscos de o remédio provocar ataque cardíaco.

Segundo o Departamento de Justiça, o acordo com a GSK foi o maior da história americana envolvendo irregularidades na área de saúde. O valor é também o mais expressivo envolvendo um laboratório farmacêutico no país. A empresa deverá declarar-se culpada nos tribunais que tratam, separadamente, dos três casos.

Antes da GSK, o recorde estava nas mãos da Pfizer, que fechara um acordo com o governo americano em 2009 para pagar US$ 2,3 bilhões por irregularidades na promoção do analgésico Bextra. “Em nome da GSK, quero expressar o nosso pesar e reiterar que temos aprendido com os erros cometidos. Estamos profundamente empenhados em fazer tudo o que pudermos para fazer jus e até superar as expectativas das pessoas com quem trabalhamos e servimos”, afirmou o presidente da empresa, sir Andrew Witty, ao atribuir os problemas à administração anterior.

Compromisso

A empresa, entretanto, não admitiu as alegações de irregularidades na venda e divulgação nem na definição de preços nominais do Avandia e de sete outros medicamentos – Lamictal, Zofran, Imitrex, Lotronex, Flovent, Valtrex e Advair. Esses casos também estão apontados nos processos criminais e civis.

De acordo com o vice-procurador-geral dos Estados Unidos, James Cole, o acordo multibilionário não tem precedentes e responde ao compromisso do governo americano de fazer os responsáveis por fraudes na área de saúde pagar pelos seus erros. “Em todos os níveis, nós estamos determinados a parar com práticas que ameaçam a saúde dos pacientes, prejudicam os contribuintes e violam a confiança pública”, disse Cole.

As informações são do jornal O Estado de S.Paulo.

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Cigarro, um inimigo silencioso

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Postado em 26 de julho de 2012

Fonte: http://www.dinheironaconta.com/2012/07/26/artigo-cigarro-um-inimigo-silencioso/

 

 

Segundo dados da OMS (Organização Mundial da Saúde) o tabagismo já matou mais de 100 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. Número superior à soma das mortes provocadas por HIV, pelos acidentes de trânsito, pelo consumo de álcool, cocaína, heroína e pelo suicídio, sendo responsável por um em cada dez óbitos em adultos. Só no Brasil, morrem cerca de 200 mil pessoas por ano em decorrência de doenças relacionadas ao tabaco.

Diferente de drogas como álcool, morfina e crack, o vício do cigarro é rápido e provoca dependência física tão grave quanto à heroína. O fumante entra num quadro de ansiedade crescente que só passa com uma tragada, uma vez que as crises de abstinência da nicotina se sucedem em intervalos de minutos enquanto as demais drogas dão trégua de dias, ou pelo menos de horas.

Mulheres podem enfrentar barreiras diferentes das encontradas pelos homens para a cessação do tabagismo devido questões ligadas ao ciclo menstrual, o estresse da dupla jornada de trabalho, medo de ganhar peso, maior probabilidade de apresentar sintomas de depressão e ansiedade, que muitas vezes são mascarados pela nicotina.

Hoje, o tratamento do tabagismo tem uma média de 70% de êxito, com base em pacientes que atingem pelo menos três meses de abstinência. Considerado doença pela OMS, o fumo é considerado um problema de saúde pública no Brasil. A expectativa de vida de uma pessoa que fuma é 25% menor que a de uma não fumante. Dentre as 25 doenças relacionadas ao hábito de fumar, todas são causas de morte: doenças cardiovasculares (43%); câncer (36%); doenças respiratórias (20%); outras (1%).

A lei 12.546, passada pelo Congresso em 2011, que proíbe a propaganda de cigarros nos pontos de vendas mesmo com a exposição de produtos, deve ser regulamentada o quanto antes para ser aplicada, fiscalizada e não ceder à pressão da indústria fumageira nas decisões do Governo Federal. Assim como não admitimos comerciais de maconha, crack ou heroína, por que aceitar o marketing do tabaco

* Dra. Larriany Giglio Médica psiquiatra especialista em dependência química da clínica Instituto Novo Mundo.

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Fumantes à sua volta

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Sexta-feira, 27 de Julho de 2012

Jornal do Brasil
Paulo Panossian*

No mundo, 47% das pessoas do sexo masculino fumam, e do feminino 12%. Já no Brasil, são 30 milhões de fumantes, ou 14,8% da população. Nada mal quando sabemos que em 1989 o nosso país tinha 34,8%; e em 2003, 22,4%. Ou seja, na proporção da população atual de 192 milhões de habitantes, se não tivéssemos obtido sucesso nas campanhas contra o tabagismo, o total de brasileiros fumantes seria de 67 milhões, ou, pelo lado positivo, 37 milhões a menos de baforantes… Quer dizer, valeu a pena a proibição de se fumar nos hospitais, restaurantes, ônibus, táxis, dentro das dependências de trabalho, etc. Na minha casa, dois filhos meus somente fumam no quintal, sendo o único prejudicado o passarinho…

Mas, para entender melhor a classe dos fumantes no Brasil, dos 30 milhões de tabagistas, temos 30 mil crianças que fumam com idade de 5 a 9 anos, e outros 3 milhões de 15 a 19 anos. A conta salgada deste vício não se resume apenas aos R$ 426 milhões que o SUS gasta por ano para cuidar dos dependentes. De acordo com a pesquisa divulgada pela Organização Pan-Americana de Saúde, os fumantes representam 25% das mortes por derrame cerebral, 30% por câncer em geral. Mas as mortes de fumantes relativas ao câncer do pulmão são os astronômicos 90%.

E, para refrescar, um dado interessante para incentivar principalmente aqueles que pretendem largar o vício do cigarro: deixando de fumar um maço por dia, ao final de um ano este ex-fumante poderá economizar e comprar uma TVLC de 42 polegadas à vista! Logicamente que este é o menor dos benefícios. A qualidade de vida vem em primeiro lugar…  Ainda há tempo!

* Paulo Panossian é jornalista
Fonte:  http://www.jb.com.br/sociedade-aberta/noticias/2012/07/27/fumantes-a-sua-volta/

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Importante análise do papel da Indústria Farmacêutica na Política Internacional

A prática planejada de promover doenças para atender interesses econômicos e para as quais já há tratamento efetivo e cura.

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Crime organizado: lei determina medidas de segurança para juízes e promotores

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O Ministério Público e os tribunais terão 90 dias para adotar uma série de medidas de segurança com o objetivo de garantir o andamento e julgamento dos processos envolvendo organizações criminosas. A Lei 12.694, aprovada pelo Congresso Nacional, foi sancionada pela presidenta Dilma Rousseff. O texto está publicado na edição de hoje (25) do Diário Oficial da União.

A iniciativa ocorre um ano depois do assassinato da juíza Patrícia Acioli, de 47 anos, em Niterói no Rio de Janeiro. A juíza foi morta por dois homens encapuzados que dispararam pelo menos 16 tiros. Patrícia Acioli investigava o crime organizado na região. O caso ganhou repercussão nacional porque os magistrados classificaram o crime de atentado à democracia.

No texto, publicado hoje, os juízes, integrantes do Ministério Público e seus parentes poderão receber proteção especial, se considerarem que estão sob ameaça. A proteção especial poderá ser feita pela Polícia Judiciária, por órgãos de segurança institucional e agentes policiais. “A prestação de proteção pessoal será comunicada ao Conselho Nacional de Justiça ou ao Conselho Nacional do Ministério Público, conforme o caso”, diz o texto.

A decisão permite que o juiz responsável por processos envolvendo organizações criminosas tome medidas como revogação de prisão e transferência de suspeitos para penitenciárias de segurança máxima.

Pelo texto, é compreendida como organização criminosa a associação de três ou mais pessoas, que dividem tarefas com o objetivo de obter vantagens mediante prática de crimes. A associação em organizações criminosas pode levar a quatro anos de prisão. Para definir as medidas de segurança, o magistrado pode convocar um colegiado.

A lei prevê ainda que os tribunais tomem medidas para reforçar a segurança dos prédios da Justiça em caso de ameaças ao processos em julgamento. Pelo texto, poderão ser reforçados o controle de acessos das pessoas aos prédios e instalados sistemas de detectores de metais e de câmeras de vigilância.

Além disso, os veículos usados nas ações de investigações e julgamento dos casos de organizações criminosas poderão ter temporariamente ter placas especiais para a impedir a identificação dos usuários.

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Ibama reavalia uso de quatro tipos de agrotóxico e sua relação com o desaparecimento de abelhas no país

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25/07/2012 – 18h09
Meio Ambiente

Carolina Gonçalves
Repórter da Agência Brasil

Brasília – Mesmo na ausência de levantamentos oficiais, alguns registros sobre a redução do número de abelhas em várias partes do país, em decorrência de quatro tipos de agrotóxico, levaram o Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) a restringir o uso de importantes inseticidas na agropecuária brasileira, principalmente para as culturas de algodão, soja e trigo.

Além de reduzir as formas de aplicação desses produtos, que não podem ser mais disseminados via aérea, o órgão ambiental iniciou o processo de reavaliação das substâncias imidacloprido, tiametoxam, clotianidina e fipronil. Esses ingredientes ativos foram apontados em estudos e pesquisas realizadas nos últimos dois anos pelo Ibama como nocivos às abelhas.

Segundo o engenheiro Márcio Rodrigues de Freitas, coordenador-geral de Avaliação e Controle de Substâncias Químicas do Ibama, a decisão não foi baseada apenas na preocupação com a prática apícola, mas, principalmente, com os impactos sobre a produção agrícola e o meio ambiente.

Estudo da Organização das Nações Unidas para a Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO), publicado em 2004, mostrou que as abelhas são responsáveis por pelo menos 73% da polinização das culturas e plantas. “Algumas culturas, como a do café, poderiam ter perdas de até 60% na ausência de agentes polinizadores”, explicou o engenheiro.

A primeira substância a passar pelo processo de reavaliação será o imidacloprido, que responde por cerca de 60% do total comercializado dos quatro ingredientes sob monitoramento. A medida afeta, neste primeiro momento, quase 60 empresas que usam a substância em suas fórmulas. Dados divulgados pelo Ibama revelam que, em 2010, praticamente 2 mil toneladas do ingrediente foram comercializadas no país.

A reavaliação é consequência das pesquisas que mostraram a relação entre o uso desses agrotóxicos e a mortandade das abelhas. De acordo com Freitas, nos casos de mortandade identificados, o agente causal era uma das substâncias que estão sendo reavaliadas. Além disso, em 80% das ocorrências, havia sido feita a aplicação aérea.

O engenheiro explicou que a reavaliação deve durar, pelo menos, 120 dias, e vai apontar o nível de nocividade e onde está o problema. “É o processo de reavaliação que vai dizer quais medidas precisaremos adotar para reduzir riscos. Podemos chegar à conclusão de que precisa banir o produto totalmente, para algumas culturas ou apenas as formas de aplicação ou a época em que é aplicado e até a dose usada”, acrescentou.

Mesmo com as restrições de uso, já em vigor, tais como a proibição da aplicação aérea e o uso das substâncias durante a florada, os produtos continuam no mercado. Juntos, os agrotóxicos sob a mira do Ibama respondem por cerca de 10% do mercado de inseticidas no país. Mas existem culturas e pragas que dependem exclusivamente dessas fórmulas, como o caso do trigo, que não tem substituto para a aplicação aérea.

Hoje (25), o órgão ambiental já sentiu as primeiras pressões por parte de fabricantes e produtores que alertaram os técnicos sobre os impactos econômicos que a medida pode causar, tanto do ponto de vista da produção quanto de contratos já firmados com empresas que fazem a aplicação aérea.

Freitas disse que as reações da indústria são naturais e, em tom tranquilizador, explicou que o trabalho de reavaliação é feito em conjunto com a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa) e com o Ministério da Agricultura – órgãos que também são responsáveis pela autorização e registro de agrotóxicos no país. “Por isso vamos levar em consideração todas as variáveis que dizem respeito à saúde pública e ao impacto econômico sobre o agronegócio, sobre substitutos e ver se há resistência de pragas a esses substitutos e seus custos”, explicou o engenheiro.

No Brasil, a relação entre o uso dessas substâncias nas lavouras e o desaparecimento de abelhas começou a ser identificada há pouco mais de quatro anos. O diagnóstico foi feito em outros continentes, mas, até hoje, nenhum país proibiu totalmente o uso dos produtos, mesmo com alguns mantendo restrições rígidas.

Na Europa, de forma geral, não é permitida a aplicação aérea desses produtos. Na Alemanha, esse tipo de aplicação só pode ser feito com autorização especial. Nos Estados Unidos a aplicação é permitida, mas com restrição na época de floração. Os norte-americanos também estão reavaliando os agrotóxicos compostos por uma das quatro substâncias.

Edição: Lana Cristina
Fonte: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/noticia/2012-07-25/ibama-reavalia-uso-de-quatro-tipos-de-agrotoxico-e-sua-relacao-com-desaparecimento-de-abelhas-no-pais

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Vitamina D e Alzheimer – Vitamin D may reduce the risk of dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease

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Posted on July 25, 2012 by Dr William Grant

A recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine reported on a number of biomarker and behavior changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease, and proposed that treatment and prevention trials could incorporate these pathophysiological changes to gauge the likelihood of future clinical success.1 Some of the changes noted were reduced glucose metabolism in the brain, amyloid-beta deposition in the brain, and increased cognitive impairment.

 

Colleagues and I suggested in a published commentary on this paper that raising serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations might be able to prevent or slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease.2 The evidence is outlined here.

Two studies found vitamin D reduced amyloid-beta in the brain.3, 4 One paper found a beneficial role of vitamin D for glucose transport and utilization in the brain.5 A recent longitudinal study found a significant increase in global cognitive impairment for women with low vs. high serum 25(OH)D concentrations.6 A recent review discussed the evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk of cognitive impairment.7

Additional evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease is given in several other papers.8, 9

Thus, higher serum 25(OH)D concentrations may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Based on results from other studies, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations should be above 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/l) for optimal health.10

References:

1.Bateman RJ, Xiong C, Benzinger TL, et al. Clinical and Biomarker Changes in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med. 2012; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1202753

2. Grant WB, Mascitelli L, Goldstein MR. Vitamin D may reduce the risk of dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease. NEJM. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1202753#t=comments

3. Yu J, Gattoni-Celli M, Zhu H, et al. Vitamin D3-enriched diet correlates with a decrease of amyloid plaques in the brain of AβPP transgenic mice. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011;25:295-307.

4. Mizwicki MT, Menegaz D, Zhang J, et al. Genomic and nongenomic signaling induced by 1α,25(OH)2-vitamin D3 promotes the recovery of amyloid-β phagocytosis by Alzheimer’s disease macrophages. J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;29:51-62.

5. Kumar PT, Antony S, Nandhu MS, et al. Vitamin D3 restores altered cholinergic and insulin receptor expression in the cerebral cortex and muscarinic M3 receptor expression in pancreatic islets of streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. J Nutr Biochem. 2011;22:418-25.

6. Slinin Y, Paudel M, Taylor BC, et al. Association Between Serum 25(OH) Vitamin D and the Risk of Cognitive Decline in Older Women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print]

7. Soni M, Kos K, Lang IA, et al. Vitamin D and cognitive function. Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl. 2012 Apr;243:79-82.

8. Wang L, Hara K, Van Baaren JM, et al. Vitamin D receptor and Alzheimer’s disease: a genetic and functional study. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Aug;33(8):1844.e1-9.

9. Annweiler C, Rolland Y, Schott AM, et al. Higher Vitamin D Dietary Intake Is Associated With Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease: A 7-Year Follow-up. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]

10. Cannell JJ, Hollis BW, Zasloff M, Heaney RP. Diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2008 Jan;9(1):107-18.

About Dr William Grant
Dr. William Grant is an epidemiologist and founder of the nonprofit organization Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center (SUNARC). He has written over 140 peer-reviewed articles and editorials on vitamin D and health. Dr. Grant is the Science Director of the Vitamin D Council and also serves on their Board. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Berkeley.

Fonte: http://blog.vitamindcouncil.org/2012/07/25/vitamin-d-may-reduce-the-risk-of-dominantly-inherited-alzheimers-disease/

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Vitamina D status no diagnóstico de câncer do seio. Vitamin D status at breast cancer diagnosis: Correlation with tumor characteristics?

Breast cancer awareness (Photo credit: AslanMedia)

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“In conclusion, this study suggests that vitamin D supplementation and sun exposure prior to breast cancer diagnosis helps with survival and reducing the size of breast tumors. Here, levels above 30 ng/mL were better than lower levels.”

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July 17, 2012 — Brindusa Vanta, MD

A new study confirms that healthy blood levels of vitamin D are important in women diagnosed with breast cancer and it also reveals new findings regarding the benefits of vitamin D for this condition.

Hatse S et al. Vitamin D status at breast cancer diagnosis: correlation with tumor characteristics, disease outcome and genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency. Carcinogenesis, 2012.

In this study, featured in the May 2012 issue of Carcinogenesis, a group of scientists out of Catholic University Leuven in Belgium evaluated the relation between vitamin D status and breast cancer. They wanted to know if vitamin D status at the time of diagnosis correlates or influences tumor characteristics, survival, and cancer relapse. Furthermore, they wanted to know if any of this was influenced by vitamin D related genes.

The researchers performed blood tests on 1800 early stage breast cancer patients at the time they received the diagnosis (before starting any treatment). They evaluated the blood levels of vitamin D (25OHD levels) and looked at the specific genes related to vitamin D pathway.

25OHD levels of >30 ng/mL were classified as “high” and were observed in 35.9% of the participants. 31.7% of women had “intermediate” 25OHD levels- between 20-30 ng/mL and 32.4% of the women had “low” 25OHD levels, classified as <20 ng/mL.

They made the following observations:

1. Low levels of 25OHD serum were significantly associated with larger tumors (at the time of the diagnosis) and high levels of 25OHD levels were associated with smaller breast tumors. This is the most remarkable finding, because previous studies did not show the link between vitamin D levels and tumor size.

2. High blood levels of vitamin D at the time of diagnosis were significantly associated with a better overall survival and disease-specific survival. Basically this means that women with low serum 25OHD levels at breast cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of death from any (breast cancer related or unrelated) cause. There was noted some improvement in the disease-free interval as well.

3. It is already known that the incidence of breast cancer is higher in postmenopausal women (60 % of women diagnosed with breast cancer are menopausal). Vitamin D deficiency is also more common after menopause.

This study found that high levels of vitamin D significantly improved the disease outcome among postmenopausal women (compared with those women who had low levels of 25OHD).

4. Researchers also found that that vitamin D related genes significantly influence the serum levels of 25OHD, but did not correlate with tumor size or survival.

This fits with past research nicely. Past studies have found:
An increased risk of developing breast cancer with higher latitude, low sun exposure and low vitamin D status.
A meta-analysis indicated a slight decrease in breast cancer risk following preventive vitamin D intake.
A large randomized, placebo-controlled study from Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) showed that supplementation with vitamin D and calcium reduced the risk of breast and colorectal cancers.

In conclusion, this study suggests that vitamin D supplementation and sun exposure prior to breast cancer diagnosis helps with survival and reducing the size of breast tumors. Here, levels above 30 ng/mL were better than lower levels.

Fonte: http://blog.vitamindcouncil.org/2012/07/17/vitamin-d-status-at-breast-cancer-diagnosis-correlation-with-tumor-characteristics/

 

Corte Judicial ordena para ONG abortista informar relação entre aborto, suicídio e saúde mental – Court Orders Planned Parenthood: Inform Women of Abortion-Suicide Link

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by Steven Ertelt | Pierre, SD | LifeNews.com | 7/24/12

A federal appeals court has upheld a provision of a South Dakota law requiring the states lone abortion business, operated by Planned Parenthood, that it has to inform women of the validity of the link between abortion and suicide. With women facing a host of mental health issues following an abortion, Planned Parenthood can no longer keep women in the dark about them.

An en banc panel of the court declared that South Dakota’s statute that requires abortion doctors to disclose to pregnant mothers that an abortion places the mother at increased risk for suicide ideation and suicide constitutional because the disclosure is truthful, non-misleading, and relevant to the pregnant mother’s decision of whether or not to consent to an abortion.

Harold J. Cassidy, a pro-life attorney who represented Leslee Unruh, president of the Alpha Center of Sioux Falls, and Stacy Wollman, president of Care Net of Rapid City — two pregnancy centers that provide abortion alternatives — sent LifeNews details about the decision.

He called the decision “a fabulous victory for the women of the State of South Dakota.”

“The Court ruled that the women will now be given additional important information before they consent to an abortion: that the abortion places a woman at increased risk of suicide ideation and suicide,” he said. “This victory represents the fourth separate decision of the Eighth Circuit reversing the District Court in this one case, two decisions issued by en banc Courts four years apart – a rare occurrence that underscores the importance of the issues presented by the case.”

As a result of the decision, upholding all eight major provisions of South Dakota’s Abortion Informed Consent Statute, pregnant mothers will now be informed:

(1) that “an abortion terminates the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being;”
(2) that the mother’s “relationship with that second human being enjoys protection under the Constitution of the United States and the Laws of South Dakota;”
(3) that relationship and all rights attached to it will be terminated; and
(4) the abortion places the mother “at increased risk for suicide ideation and suicide.”

“Any decision that a pregnant mother makes in the context of her considering an abortion that will deprive her of the joy and fulfillment of a life long relationship with her child, must be totally voluntary and well informed. The victory today is a step towards achieving that goal for the women of South Dakota,” Cassidy said.

The case ends a several-year-long legal battle Planned Parenthood pitched over the law.

Cassidy stated: “The people of the State of South Dakota have stood up to the threats, false accusations and litigation tactics of Planned Parenthood. In the process, the people of South Dakota have shown that they will not be intimidated by threats of litigation, threats of payment of attorneys’ fees, and will hold fast to their conviction that a handful of people in New York, with a radical philosophy, will not dictate to the people of South Dakota, when, if, and how they will protect their women from harm, pressure, coercion and false and incomplete information when making the most important decision of their lives.”

There have been numerous studies that found an association between abortion and suicide. Other studies have found a link between abortion and depression (which is a major risk factor for suicide). For example:

A 1995 study by A.C. Gilchrist in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that in women with no history of psychiatric illness, the rate of deliberate self-harm was 70 percent higher after abortion than after childbirth.

A 1996 study in Finland by pro-choice researcher Mika Gissler in the British Medical Journal found that the suicide rate was nearly six times greater among women who aborted than among women who gave birth.

A 2002 record-linkage study of California Medicaid patients in the Southern Medical Journal, which controlled for prior mental illness, found that suicide risk was 154 percent higher among women who aborted than among those who delivered.

A March 2004 report from the National Institutes of Health revealed that suicide is now the third leading cause of death among America’s young people. In fact, for teen girls and young women, the suicide rate has tripled over the past 25 years.

While suicide among women in the typical abortion age range is rising, suicide rates for Americans in general are dropping across the country. Dr. David Reardon, director of the Springfield, Illinois-based Elliot Institute, says abortion is partly to blame for the increase.

“Given the fact that more than half of all women having abortions are under the age of 25, and more than 20 percent of women having abortions are teenagers, the increased suicide rate among teens and young women is sadly not a surprise,” Reardon said.

One study published in August 2003 edition of the British Medical Journal found that women who had abortions were seven times more likely to commit suicide than women who gave birth.

Reardon says unwanted abortions are a reality for teens and young women who are often pressured by boyfriends or parents to have abortions. e says as many as one in six abortions are performed as a result of such coercion and a study the Elliot Institute conducted among women experiencing post-abortion problems reveals that 80 percent said that would not have had an abortion if they had received support from others to have the child.

“Even if their families might give them the support they need to have their babies, many teens often undergo secret abortions without telling their parents,” Reardon said. “Either way, these girls and young women often have no one to turn to when they are in despair over an abortion.”

Fonte: http://www.lifenews.com/2012/07/24/court-orders-planned-parenthood-inform-women-of-abortion-suicide-link/

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Bibiliografia científica internacional sobre Vitamina D – 82,354 títulos nesta data na SCIRUS

HOJE: COM  82,354 publicações médicas  para  “multiple sclerosis” (“vitamin D”)

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Falta de exercício físico mata tanto como fumar

Logo, fumar e não fazer exercícios?

Não confundir a comparação do fumo e exercícios com a fumaça do cigarro inalada pelo fumante passivo, o que faz do cigarro algo que pode ser proibido, enquando o sedentarismo não o pode ser tal como o fumo em lugares frequentados por outras pessoas.

Por igual não se deve deixar de esclerecer que exercício físico deve ter acompanhamento profissional, caso contrário também causará danos à saúde.

Celso Galli Coimbra

OABRS 11352

cgcoimbra@gmail.com

 

 “Teoricamente, certos casos de doença poderiam ser prevenidos se a população se tornasse ativa fisicamente. Os cientistas chegaram à conclusão que, se a inatividade fosse reduzida em 10%, talvez se evitassem cerca de 500 mil mortes por ano. Já se a redução fosse de 25%, possivelmente seriam prevenidas cerca de um milhão de mortes.”

 

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A revista Lancet publicou uma série de estudos que consideram que a falta de atividade física é uma pandemia, tão mortífera como o tabaco.

Uma equipe de investigadores chegou à conclusão que a inatividade física mata tanto como o tabagismo, sendo mesmo uma pandemia.

De acordo com os dados apurados pelos cientistas, cerca de uma em cada dez mortes prematuras em todo o mundo deriva da falta de exercício físico. O número de mortes prematuras causadas pelo tabaco é aproximadamente o mesmo.

Em 57 milhões de mortes em 2008, cerca de cinco milhões podem ser atribuídas à inatividade, estimam os investigadores.

Isto porque a estimativa teve em conta quatro doenças: diabetes tipo 2, doenças do coração, cancro da mama e cancro do cólon, nas quais um dos fatores de risco é, precisamente, a falta de exercício.

Colesterol, pressão arterial alta e níveis de açúcar elevados no sangue são sintomas que contribuem para a diabetes e doenças do coração e que podem ser combatidos com a prática de exercício.

No caso do cancro da mama, a redução de gordura corporal pode servir de proteção às mulheres, pois a gordura pode desencadear o crescimento de tumores no tecido mamário.

No que toca ao cancro do colón, os cientistas acreditam que o exercício ajuda a manter uma digestão regular, prevenindo a acumulação de resíduos potencialmente cancerígenos, que originem tumores.

Teoricamente, certos casos de doença poderiam ser prevenidos se a população se tornasse ativa fisicamente. Os cientistas chegaram à conclusão que, se a inatividade fosse reduzida em 10%, talvez se evitassem cerca de 500 mil mortes por ano. Já se a redução fosse de 25%, possivelmente seriam prevenidas cerca de um milhão de mortes.

O mínimo de exercício recomendado são cerca de duas horas e meia por semana, que pode ser dividido por meia hora a andar rapidamente, cinco vezes por semana, por exemplo. No entanto, cerca de 30% dos adultos em todo o mundo não atingem esse mínimo.

Fonte: http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Sociedade/Saude/Interior.aspx?content_id=2675668&page=-1

 

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• Physical inactivity kills as many people as smoking (newscientist.com)
• British people among laziest in Europe: Study (todayonline.com)
• Couch potato lifestyle kills five million every year – New Zealand Herald (nzherald.co.nz)
• Is Physical Inactivity As Bad For Your Health As Smoking? (huffingtonpost.com)