Chronic inflammation is becoming an important risk factor to identify in regard to inhibiting disease onset and its progression. Nutritional science attempted to improve health by manipulating fats so that we could consume "healthy" nonsaturated fats while simultaneously allowing foods to have a longer shelf-life. However, despite our good intentions, trans-fats and partially hydrogenated oils have been found to promote inflammation and adversely affect health. This article reviews how essential fatty acids, the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, glycemic load, the Mediterranean diet, specific foods and botanicals, and the mind-body relation influence the inflammatory cascade.
The purpose of the present study was to identify the factors that are the strongest
predictors of intentions and use of integrative medicine approaches in clinical practice.
Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior was used to guide our examination of these questions.
Health care professionals exposed to a Veterans Health Administration program (N = 288)
who completed survey instruments prior to and immediately after the program and 3 months
later were the participants for this study. Findings suggest that the theory of planned
behavior performs reasonably well in explaining our data showing the integration of
integrative medicine approaches into clinical practice. We found that self-efficacy to use
integrative health approaches and perceived preparedness to discuss nonpharmaceutical
approaches with patients were the strongest predictors of intentions to use integrative
health approaches and self-reported change in clinical practice. The implications of these
findings are discussed.
This study suggests that sound vibrations (music and noise) as well as biofields (bioelectromagnetic and healing intention) both directly affect living biologic systems, and that a seed germination bioassay has the sensitivity to enable detection of effects caused by various applied energetic conditions.
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