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Peel will cut through the previous

months medical and health news

and bring you the most relevant

and interesting tidbits to help you

make informed health decisions.

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Black Tea Linked to Lowering Blood Pressure

Fish Helps Reduction Risk of Pre-Cancer Polyps in Women

Peer Pressure Works! There Is No I Found in the Weight Loss Team

I we can eat what we like, in small portions,perhaps this can decrease cravings, reports TheNew York Times. Researchers have ound that alow-calorie meal plan that includes dessert withbreakast might help dieters.

Scientists randomized 144 obese people, ages20 to 65, to two low-carbohydrate diets provid-ing 1,400 daily calories or women and 1,600 ormen. The diets were identical except that oneincluded a high-carbohydrate, protein-enrichedbreakast with a choice o cookies, chocolate,cake or ice cream or dessert.

The study will be published in the March edi-tion o the journal, Steroids. Participants weretested or insulin, glucose, lipid and ghrelin, ahormone that stimulates appetite. During aninitial 16-week period, the average weight loss ineach group was identical about 32 pounds. Butin a 16-week ollow-up, people on the dessert-with-breakast diet lost an additional 13 poundson average; while the others gained back all but3.5 o the pounds they had lost. Blood levels ocertain hormones play a large role in appetitesuppressant and portion control.

A new study shows that people who drankthree cups o black tea a day lowered their bloodpressure levels by an average o 2 to 3 points.

The study reported in the Archives o InternalMedicine suggests the stroke risk was decreasedby 7 10 percent with black tea consumption.

A new study has ound that consumption oomega-3 atty acids rom sh is associated witha reduced risk or one kind o colon polyp, butonly in women. Ater controlling or age, race,body mass index, smoking and other actors, theresearchers ound that women in the highest thor omega-3 consumption those who consumed

three or more servings o sh a week were33 percent less likely than women in the lowestth to have adenomatous polyps, a type likely tobecome cancerous. This study urther suggeststhe anti-inammatory benet o omega-3s, andthe protective role they might play against coloncancer.

A new study, appearing in Obesity, showsthat people who were part o a weight lossteam had an initial 5-percent weight loss, ascompared to those who tried to go-it alone.Those who said their teammates played a largerole in their weight loss were more likely tolose a signicant amount o weight. People wholost at least 5-percent o their body weight,which is an amount that is thought to be sig-

nicant in improving health, tended to be onthe same teams. Those who reported a higherlevel o social inuence by their teammatesincreased their odds o signicant weight lossby 20-percent. Team captains lost more weight.Couples working at it together were moresuccessul in weight loss eorts as well. Peerpressure is key to keeping the mind trained ona common goal.

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pring ever: the eeling o excitementand energy that comes with warmerand longer days. It makes you wantto throw open the windows, cleanout the dust and gloom o winter,and stay outside breathing in resh

air and soaking up sunshine. Its a physical andpsychological phenomenon. You want to beactive outside, and nature can oer peace andtranquility. Thats why so many people cant waitto start their spring gardens.

When youre in your gar-

den, youre a thousand miles

away, Kit Ohmstede with

Down to Earth Landscaping

in Beaumont noted. Its very

therapeutic.

I youre new to gardening,

just walking into a nurserycan be overwhelming. Dont

try one o everything keep it

simple. When choosing plants,

be sure to read the inormation

that comes with them regard-

ing their lighting and watering

needs. Pick herbs, owers and

vegetables that will be compat-

ible together i you want to

put them in the same plot o

earth or in one container. And

dont orget to buy high-quality

potting soil with time-released

nutrients or your potted plants

and top-quality humus or

landscapers mix to till in

with your garden soil.

J.R. Smith o Beaumont

grew up on a arm in Alabama

in the 1930s and 40s where

his ather planted hundreds o

acres o corn and cotton, and

his mother always had a big

vegetable garden. Today, Smith

still makes time or gardening

in his yard. His spring garden

includes tomatoes, green beans,

cucumbers and peppers.

Jalapenos grow real goodin the springtime, he said.

He gets his root vegetables

radishes and onions in the

ground by early March. It

takes 65 to 70 days to produce,

he explained. By May, hell start

harvesting his crop. For spring

owers, Smith likes petunias

and impatiens.

For the 80-year-old retired

industrial painting contrac-

tor, gardening oers physical

and mental benets. It helps

him stay active and improveshis mood when hes down. It

really helps, he explained. It

makes me eel 10 times better. I

like to watch plants grow.

Another healthy benet o

gardening is the crop. The U.S.

Department o Agricultures

Food Guide Pyramid recom-

mends eating three to ve

servings o vegetables a day.

And owers can be part o your

healthy harvest too.

A 2006 behavioral research

study conducted by psycholo-

gist Nancy Etco o Mas-sachusetts General Hospital

and Harvard Medical School

revealed that people eel more

compassionate toward others,

have less worry and anxiety and

are less depressed when resh-

cut owers are in their homes.

The Home Ecology o Flowers

Study also ound that owers

at home can provide a boost o

energy, happiness and enthusi-

asm at work.

Texas A&M University pro-

essor Roger Ulrich ound thatsimply viewing certain types o

nature and garden scenes sig-

nicantly reduces stress within

ve minutes. Viewing nature or

longer periods not only helps

to calm hospital patients but

can also oster improvement in

clinical outcomes such as reduc-

ing pain medication intake and

shortening hospital stays.

Joseph Johnson, director

o horticulture at Shangri La

Botanical Gardens & Nature

Center in Orange, previously

worked at the University oTexas M.D. Anderson Cancer

Center in Houston. Ulrichs

research, Johnson said, spurred

a lot o redesign there. Parking

lots were taken out around the

buildings and replaced with

gardens and landscaped areas.

Its all part o the patient-care

experience, he said.

Darrell Troppy o Beaumont

is a master gardener and an

artist who specializes in ower

themes. He recently completed

39 paintings mostly o ow-ers and trees or the newly

opened Outpatient Diagnostic

Center. He believes in the pow-

er o owers and their message,

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the world in an instant.

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The International Association or the Study o Pain

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However, pain is a more encompassing phenom-enon that involves more than what the patient experi-

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pain aects all aspects o a patients lie, as compared

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interactions with others. His philosophy is to treat the

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There is a large body o evidence

that suggests that there is an associationbetween aith/spirituality/religion and good

health outcomes, said Dr. Nathan Carlin,

an assistant proessor in the McGovern

Center or Humanities and Ethics at The

University o Texas Health Science Center

at Houston.

In the last 20 years, thousands o

studies have attempted to measure links

between aith and diverse health issues.

As examples, there have been studies

that question whether religious aith can

speed recovery rom surgery, lower blood

pressure or delay death. Even allowing or

problematic variables and contradictoryreports, Carlin said the weight o evidence

shows the relationship between health and

aith to be a positive one.

According to Carlin, there are three con-

tributing actors that scientists can point to

as reasons or this eect: temperate living,

social support and coping mechanisms.

Temperate living

Religions tend to promote healthy be-havior, Carlin said. In many religions, an

emphasis on dietary restrictions, prohibi-

tion o alcohol and stimulants, delity in

marriage and a strong reverence or lie

may all contribute to general health and

well-being. For example, Carlin noted that

ritual hand-washing in Jewish tradition

provides a dual purpose o serving God and

promoting hygiene. History has tied this

ritual to the greater survival rates o Jewish

communities over non-Jewish communities

during the cholera epidemics in Europe.

Rabbi Joshua Taub o Temple Emanuel

in Beaumont said that though rituals suchas hand-washing or dietary laws may have

an inuence on health, particularly histori-

cally, the uniying actor among religions

may be treating the body as an expression

o aith.

A person o aith may very well be

adopting a healthier liestyle because things

are done in moderation, he said. In

Western religions, you recognize yourselas being created in a divine image, being a

divine vessel.

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eligion andmedicine havebeen tied togetheror thousands oyears, sometimes

in harmony, butmore oten at odds. In recent years,researchers have shown a renewedinterest in establishing whetherand how these separate doctrineswork together or a holisticapproach.

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Social support

The second actor Carlin cited was the social network that a

religious association oers.

People have a place they belong, a place or help with very

practical matters o lie, so that i you have any kind o problem,you go to the church or similar organization, he said. I you arent

a member o a group and have a problem, you are more isolated

and problems become bigger.

Taub concurred, pointing to how congregations will mobilize

or a suering member, bringing ood, comort, prayers and any

assistance they can oer.

A Suggested Listfor Further ReadingTh dpth this tpic ca ly b skimmd i this articl,bt i yr itrst is piqd, thr ar may cmprhsiv

bks th tpic cvrig yars thghtl rsarch.Listd bl ar a th mr ll-k i th fld.

The Handbook o Religion and Healthby Harld Kig, Daa Kig, Vra B. Cars

The Healing Power o Faithby Harld G. Kig, M.D. (Kig, a pir i this fld rsarch, has pblishd mr tha 60 bks th tpic.)

God, Faith and Healthby J Lvi, Ph.D.

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understandingand Addressing the Sacredby Kth I. Pargamt, Ph.D. (Pargamt ill b thgst lctrr April 18 at th Istitt r Spiritality adHalth at th Txas Mdical Ctr i Hst)

A Time or Listening and Caring: Spirituality and theCare o the Chronically Ill and Dyingby Christia M. Pchalski, M.D.


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Cindy Smiley, a licensed proessional

counselor and the owner o local Aware-

ness Health, works exclusively with peo-

ple in severe physical pain. In 22 years o

therapy work, she has repeatedly seen the

dierences between patients who embrace

spirituality and those who do not. She also

noted the impact o social support.

You have relationships, an externalsupport network, beyond immediate am-

ily, she said. This is going to sound New-

Agey, but you get a lot o positive energy

that comes rom that external support that

you would not typically have.

Coping mechanisms

The last common denominator Carlin

presented was the emotional peace that

aith can oer.

I I have cancer, how do I make sense

o that? I I dont have religion, then its just

how the universe rolled the dice and Im

just alone, he said. I I do have religion, it

can provide an interpretive ramework.

Denise Butler-Owen, a clinical mental

health therapist in private practice in Beau-

mont or 20 years, agrees with this connec-

tion between aith and health.

People who have aith and can ocus

on their aith are able to walk through the

I Cidy Smilys cliic, patits t arriv c mdici

has d all that it ca.

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trials and tribulations in their lie with less

stress and anxiety.

From her experience, Butler-Owen

believes there is a positive connection

between aith and mental health, and that

mental health aects physical health. I

think aith gives us better mental health,

thereore we have less stress, or example,

she said.Stress can cause tremendous physi-

cal problems in the long run, such as high

blood pressure and stomach problems. It all

ows together.

Butler-Owen said that a large percentage

o her patients are grieving or some loss

a death, a lost job, divorce.

The denition o depression is hope-

lessness. Without spirituality, they lack

hope, so continue in the emotions o grie,

anger, isolation, she said. The ones that

dont have aith, that dont believe in some-

thing, those are the ones that struggle with

mental health issues, including depression,anxiety and addictions.

Addictions are examples o mental

health issues with physical health impli-

cations. Linking this to spirituality, she

pointed to 12-step programs such as Alco-

holics Anonymous.

Its very oundational to those pro-

grams or people to begin to have aith in

something, even i they dont believe in

God.

Another valuable connection or mental

health and aith traditions is the concept o

orgiveness, according to Butler-Owen.

Forgiveness is crucial or people who

have been abandoned, rejected, abused.

Without orgiveness, we hold onto bitter-

ness, which produces depression and anxi-

ety. I people believe that something bigger

is guiding and directing their lives, their

healing is oten more complete because

they can get to that orgiveness phase, or-

giving themselves and others. It all comes

under spirituality and aith.

When faith can be unhealthy

In balance, Carlin also noted that there

are occasions where religious doctrines can

be interpreted at the individual level in un-productive ways, including religious delu-

sions, atalism and eelings o guilt, shame

or punishment. He gave an example that

i a child is born with a severe disability,

it would be viewed in some Buddhist and

Hindu traditions as karmic punishment,

resulting rom moral ailings in a previous

lie. There are also religious traditions that

reuse medical attention or intervention.

Putting God under

the microscope

Though there appears to be a posi-

tive connection between aith and health,

Carlin cautioned it is important not to

overstate the claim. People are wondering

about theological or mystical connections,

something supernatural, he said. Those

questions are legitimate, but they are not

or secular intellectuals to answer. Theres

no scientic data that you can put toward

that type o question.

Smiley also recognizes it is a nebulous

area.

I can see where it is difcult to come

up with empirical evidence to back up the

point o view, she said. Faith can mean so

many dierent things to so many dier-

ent people how do you to quantiy aith?

There are a lot o conicting studies and

opinions, but rom my perspective, I think

that aith absolutely has a positive correla-

tion with health.


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1. Its not a

cookie-cutter

condition

Autism is also known as

Autism Spectrum Disorder,

encompassing a variety o brain

development disorders that pres-

ent uniquely in each individual.

In the autism communitywe say, I youve met a child

with autism, youve met one

child, said Liz Mabry, mother

o 8-year-old Alex. She said that

though autistic children might

have certain things in common,

such as delayed speech, delayed

motor skills, hand apping or

sensory overload meltdowns,

similarities end there.

2. Communication

is challenging

When you say that a child

has a difcult time communicat-ing, that doesnt really translate

its vague, said Daphne Bell,

mother o 10-year-old Walker.

But i your child cant tell you

when hes hurting, when hes

sick, and hes taking inormation

into his brain but cant speak out

to you what he knows, how can I

respond?

Speaking in ull sentences,

understanding idioms, reading

acial expressions and picking up

verbal cues are all challenging

or her son and oten or otherautistic children, Bell said.

3. We dont know

why it happened

Current research is leaning

toward genetic predisposition

or mutation as actors or the

occurrence o autism, but sci-

ence doesnt have a denitive

answer yet. Bell said she is oten

asked why her child has autism,

particularly since he has a twin

brother who does not.

I wish I knew, but I dont,

she said.4. Genuine curiosity

is OK, not advice

The advice is abundant, Bell

said. I try to think about where

they are coming rom; i they

are caring and sweet and they

mean well, I take it in that spirit.

Collins and Bell have experi-

enced many similar scenes.

The older your child gets,

the more awkward it gets, Bell

said. Mabry said oering a help-ing hand rather than assuming

bad parenting will ease the situa-

tion, at least or the parent.

9. A kind word

works wonders

Bell vividly remembers a day

when a similar scene was play-

ing out with her son, Walker, in

a store. She was embarrassed,

trying to calm him, and could

eel someone watching and ap-

proaching her. The woman told

Bell, I just want you to knowthat you are doing a great job.

Then she walked away. Bell said

that verbal pat on the back was

spectacular and helped renew

her spirits.

10. Being different

is OK

We believe that God put us

all here or a reason, Mabry

said. Its really hard sometimes

to see people dismiss those with

disabilities, especially my son,

because I think he is abulousand wonderul. Collins said

parents can set the example or

their kids. I your children see

that you treat all kinds o people

with compassion and dignity,

they will lead others as well, she

said.

10 THInGSPARenTS o CHILDRen wITH

AuTISMwAnT You To KnowB ChERyl RoSEwith 1 i 91 Amrica childr diagsd ith atism, th dds

ar icrasigly likly that a amily y k has a atistic child.

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mms ad dads. Hr is sm irmati ad advic rm thr

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I appreciate that. Because there

is greater public awareness o au-tism, Bell has experienced being

grilled at the checkout line o the

local store about which treat-

ments shes tried or her son.

Therapies, treatments and

medications or autism are com-

plex personal topics that arent

casual or public conversations

or these parents, Bell said.

5. Be friendly

Even i the child doesnt

respond, acknowledge and greet

him or her, advised Julia Collins,

mother o 10-year-old Denton.

Mabry also encouraged people to

be riendly but anticipate it may

be a one-sided conversation.

The problem comes when

the adult doesnt get the re-

sponse they are expecting, she

said. The adults may take this

as rudeness on the childs part,

she explained. I a child doesnt

speak, it doesnt mean they dont

have something to say, Mabry

noted. They may not verbalize

it, but they may be able to type it

or write it down, she said.6. Include us

We eel isolated a lot, Col-

lins said. Although some social

situations might be overwhelm-

ing or children with autism,

parents still appreciate the oer

o inclusion. We would love to

have them invited to a party. I

we have questions, well ask andmake the decision that is right

or our child.

7. We feel you

watching

All three mothers have elt

social pressure in public places

when a child is acting oddly. Bell

has elt compelled to diuse the

interest by announcing her sons

disability.

Ill just say out loud, its

hard to have autism so every-

one in earshot can hear and I

dont have to look directly at the

person who is staring at us.

Bell said that i you witness an

episode, please trust the parents.

Be patient, be caring and be

non-judgmental, she urged.

8. Its not lack of

parental discipline

On one grocery shopping out-

ing, seeing an 8-year-old sitting

in a shopping cart and crying

loudly was too much or a ellow

shopper. He came over and told

Alex to stop being a crybaby and

be good or his mama.

Although Mabry was sure this

individual meant to be helpul,

his intervention ratcheted up

Alexs anxiety and brought tears

to Mabrys eyes as she tried to

explain autism and pay or her

groceries amid the chaos.

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Witness the early days o AIDS/HIV. It

was considered a plague and something

those other people got. But when stars

like Rock Hudson and Magic Johnson

went public with their diagnoses, attitudes

started to change.

Another example is The Michael J. Fox

Foundation, a undraising powerhouse that

brought in $57 million dollars in 2010 and

has unded more than $240 million in Par-

kinsons disease research since its ounding

10 years ago.

O course, MJFF has something other

organizations dont Michael J. Fox. Since

announcing his diagnosis in 1998, the

Canadian actor who rose to ame in the

U.S. mainly or his role in the iconic sitcom

Family Ties and the Back to the Future

lm ranchise has gone rom beloved

lm and TV star to international symbol o

courage, persistence and hope.

It just makes sense that in a society that

sucks up celebrity gossip like mothers

milk, we would be swayed when a amous

ace tells us to get a mammogram or check

or testicular cancer or eat a piece o ruit

once in a while.

It brings more attention to the illness.

For the public, the benet is the research

and the amount o money the celebrity

brings to the table, said Randy Robin,

owner o Better Living Medical, in Neder-

land. But (celebrities) are not doctors so

its important to keep a proper perspective

and listen to the experts.Healthcare proessionals agree that

celebrities can build a buzz around diseases

but, in many cases, they know as much

or as little about them as any average

person who is dealing with the condition.

Celebrities can ocus a spotlight on the

illness and bring orth more awareness,

which is very good, said Norma Cates o

Nederland, a retired nurse with 30 years

experience. And yes, it does encourage

people to get tested, see their doctors, etc.

Unortunately, some people tend to

idolize celebrities, so they may be more apt

to listen and be more receptive to a celeb-rity than they would their own doctor. Its

good or them to raise awareness unless

they try to sway people away rom seeking

proessional care by doctors who can treat

the illness, Cates said.

Dr. Stephen Sinatra, a nationally recog-

nized cardiologist, nutritionist, educator,

and author who has practiced integrative

medicine or more than 30 years, agrees.

Its always necessary to be careul

when a celebrity comes out saying they

were cured by something that is contro-

versial and may have worked or them but

may not work or may even harm others,

Sinatra said. So its a careul mix, but in

general I think its a good thing.

Then theres Paula Deen. When the

celebrity che announced in January that

she has Type 2 diabetes, ew people were

shocked. Deen is, ater all, the Butter Queen.

But many were surprised to learn that she

was diagnosed with the illness in 2008 and

chose to not announce it publicly until, thatis, she cut an endorsement deal with the

makers o diabetes drug Victoza.

TARSTRuCKSCelebrities can bring a lot oattention to a disease,but the public should keeptheir advice in perspective

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Celebrities arepeople. They getsick. They die.But unlike therest o us, theycan use their

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Randy believes Deen has an obligation to be responsible about

her diabetes by pointing her ans toward more healthul eating.

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Deens announcement irrelevant. His eeling? Ultimate responsi-

bility or our health alls on no one but ourselves.

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told me to watch what I eat, take my medicine and get some exer-

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diabetes in my body.

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