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Helping you find healthy | what allergy?

This week I discovered that I actually know very little about health and nutrition. I thought I was pretty clued up but it seems even a vegetable, fruit and freefrom lover like myself can be woefully educated on such matters.

Do you know which vitamins and minerals you should be getting in your every day diet for healthy skin, hair and bones? ; Do you know which foods are highest in calcium and how you ensure your zinc, vitamin and omega levels are topped up? ; It can make a huge difference to your health if you have eczema, asthma and allergies; diet has long been known to be a big contributor in these conditions.

People with bad eczema and allergies may often be deficient in zinc, vitamin D and E, omega fatty acids, calcium, magnesium and also have over sensitive immune systems and high levels of IgE mast cells which are what overreact to allergens and cause the allergic reaction. ; Several studies have proved this.

In May 2011 the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology published a study entitled "Vitamin D levels and food and environmental allergies in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006" which studied and proved a possible link between those with high IgE levels and low vitamin D absorption.

In June 2010 The British Medical Journal published an article comparing a western diet with lots of burgers and processed foods with a mediteranean diet with lots of fresh fruit, vegetables and fish. Perhaps not surprisingly, "Burger diet boosts kids? asthma and wheeze risk" proves that the burger diet is indeed more likely to give kids asthma.

There is a definite link with health, fitness and emotional wellbeing and allergies, eczema and asthma. ; Stress can be a huge contributory factor and one that's hard to control but if you learn to notice this and understand the triggers you should actively try to reduce stress, get more exercise and eat healthily. ;

We do know this but it?s never a bad thing to refresh our knowledge and discover new foods to try. A varied diet with as many different foods is best, obviously avoiding those pesky allergens at all cost.

Bupa, Helpign you find Health, Nutrition quiz Now I?m not sure I can even share how bad my score was but I took a test on the Bupa find healthy page which is jam packed with new Bupa apps, tools and advice on all manner of health issues from nutrition and fitness to alcohol, diabetes and cancer.

It?s all free to use and covers pretty much every condition you can think of. ; I found the Diet and Nutrition pages most interesting and took the Nutrition Quiz to see how much I knew. Very little it seems ? ha ha. What did you score?

I did pretty badly getting only 30% correct the first time I took it but I did know about vitamins for the skin and the allergies and intolerances question ? thank goodness for that!

You can also count your calories using another app. When you consider that freefrom foods can be much higher in fats, salt and sugar because of their very nature and these things are added to make them more palatable. ; Don't assume because it's freefrom that it's more healthy. It could contain far more calories than you expect so do check. ; When making bread and cakes for instance without dairy, other fats need to be used and some recipes include as much as a cup of oil. Obviously it depends on the type of oil used, but your supposed healthy diet could be anything but. ; It's really important to understand what you're eating.

When you substitue bread, which in its most basic form is just flour, water, salt and yeast you replace it with a gluten free loaf with so many ingredients that are needed to make it soft, edible and tasty you might question the benefit of this. ; It's important to check what all the ingredients are and experiment with different lunch solutions. On the go a sandwich is often the easiest solution so there is a place for gluten free bread, but there are loads of other things you could make like tasty salads, some veg sticks with a dip, left over rice salad or some gluten free crackers with your favourite topping.

Bupa, Helping you find health, diet assessment Why not also take the Bupa diet assessment. ; You'll need to register to do this and it takes about five minutes to complete the simple survey but it is interesting to note the guidelines on the amount of protein, carbohydrates, fat, salt and sugar we should be consuming.

Processed meats and ready meals aren?t good, we all know that, but the survey has highlighted a few things I need to look at.

It was pretty basic but I do need to try to incorporate more oily fish into my weekly diet e.g. salmon, herring, sardines and kippers. ; I love them so this shouldn?t be too hard.

One thing it doesn?t allow is to download the report for further reading, which I would have found useful, but you can delve deeper into each section for further information.

It does recommend eating nuts for protein and tomatoes which are stuffed with goodness. It picked up that I eat neither but it didn't know why. I'm allergic to both so it was useful to find out which other foods would help to replace lost nutrients caused by cutting out certain foods.

Tomatoes are a rich source of vitamin A and C, potassium, folate and lycopene. This makes them a very nutritious and low-calorie food choice (about 14.5 calories in a medium tomato). If you can't eat tomatoes, like me, lycopene, which is what makes tomatoes red, ; is also present in red peppers, pink grapefruit, watermelons and apricots. I noted as a footnote that it does say, if you have an allergy to tomatoes don't start eating them! That made me laugh ? I'm not quite that stupid but I suppose everywhere these little provisos must be used just in case someone were to get confused and think what a lot they were missing out on. I do have massive tomato envy and would love to be able to eat them but I manage pretty well without.

Raw, unsalted nuts are a nutritious but high-calorie food source that contains monounsaturated fats (the "good" fats), low in saturated fat (the "bad" fats) and are cholesterol-free. Nuts contain dietary fibre, plant protein, folic acid, vitamin B6, niacin, magnesium, zinc, copper and potassium, as well as vitamin E and the amino acid arginine, which helps heart circulation.

Bupa didn't suggest other sources for these minerals if one is allergic to nuts but I eat lots of seeds including sunflower, sesame and flax seed as well as pulses and beans instead. ; I would have liked to see some other suggestions here for those of us who aren't lucky enough to be able to eat nuts.

You could spend hours on this website trying different tests and playing with the apps. For instance, you can check your alcohol units, take a stress assessment, work out your Health Age and even find information about sleep patterns.

Give Bupa?s free apps and tools a go today and find a healthy balance in your diet, health and lifestyle.

If you are at all concerned about your diet your doctor should be able to refer you to a dietician or nutritionist. You should also speak to your allergy specialist or of course, Bupa, if you?re a member or decide to join.

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This study was published in the World Journal of?Gastroenterology 2011 Dec 21;17(47):5197-202

Study title and authors:
Statin use and the risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based case-control study.

Cheng MH, Chiu HF, Ho SC, Tsai SS, Wu TN, Yang CY.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan, China.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22215945

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HBT: Reds player saves man's life with Heimlich

The headline says it all, but here?s Frazier talking about what went down in a Pittsburgh restaurant the other night:

?We?re just eating there, talking,? Frazier said. ?I looked in the corner of my eye. I said, ?Ludwick, I think that guy?s choking.? Next thing I know there?s two ladies one on each side, trying to pop it out. (Ludwick) said, ?Get over there.? I was the closest one.

?I ran over there and said, ?let me try it.? I tried it twice. It popped out. It was monster piece. The guy was very thankful. The lady he was with was crying. It was surreal. I never done it before in my life.?

The guy apparently picked up Frazier and Ryan Ludwick?s tab, not realizing they were ballplayers. Between that and his .579 slugging percentage. it?s been a pretty solid year for Frazier so far.

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Crowdsourced Flight Finder FlightFox Grabs $800K In Angel Funding, Joins YC?s Latest Batch

FF-logo-lrg-darkAustralian travel search FlightFox has a new take on how to surface the best airline deals, and now it has a round of angel funding and entry into top startup incubator Y Combinator, to go along with it. The company has just closed an $800,000 round of funding from YC, 500 Startups, Kevin Laws (board member at AngelList), Matt Dickinson (early investor in Ark), Mick Liubinskas (from Pollenizer), and others. As for what makes FlightFox unique? Instead of developing algorithms to return a list of flights to choose from, the company taps into the power of crowdsourcing instead.

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The devil is in the details when it comes to travel insurance | Travel ...

I am still going back and forth about travel insurance. ?Our health insurance already covers medical care abroad. ?Trip cancellation and trip interruption insurance is appealing, but the claims process looks arduous and filled with little loop-holes and exceptions for the insurance companies to justify denial of a claim. ?If the volcano blows in Iceland and the airspace is closed, canceling our flight, is that considered an "act of God" that would not be covered? ?

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In researching on the internet I've come across so many stories of seemingly unjust denials of claims. ?Looking at the contracts, which are pages and pages of small print legalese, it makes me wonder if battling the insurance company would make whatever crisis we may find ourselves in even more difficult.


The devil is in the details when it comes to travel insurance | Travel | The Seattle Times.

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After reading this article about a claim being denied because the cost of the airline ticket was off by $2.50, I wonder how on earth I can calculate our costs to even insure us. ?The insurance company wants the costs broken down between the four of us, but how do I do that accurately when the kid's tickets cost a percentage less for some things, or were part of a "family package" for other things? ?For example for our prepaid train tickets in Norway the children were free since we purchased a family rate ahead of time, but if we had to purchase replacement tickets that offer would not be available and we'd have to pay more. ?What if I'm off by 2 cents? ?Will the insurance company deny even the smallest claim? ?Probably.

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For our rail passes we bought replacement insurance for them. ?We already have health insurance. ?Because we already have these things insured, will the travel insurance deny us coverage for being doubly insured? ?I've heard that can happen.

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Here's an excerpt from a posting on the Rick Steves travel board about an insurance hassle, and how even having four types of insurance you can find your claim denied:

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"So here's the wonderful news about travel insurance: fine print. We were insured four ways: 1. Trip TravelGuard 2. Car Rental TravelGuard 3. VISA purchase/rental insurance 4. Homeowner's Insurance. My wife's purse had the usual: credit card, driver's license, health insurance card, passport, a camera with 300-400 photo memories of our trip, and about $350 in cash. All evaporated. The purse content amounted to about $700 out of pocket. Hassling all four insurance contracts for weeks after we returned, we find that none of the policies cover the loss. One said "you didn't have tire/window insurance so you're not covered" and "we don't cover cash." Another said this policy is for your plane flight and luggage only. A third had a deductible/pro-rate policy that made it ridiculous to bother filing the paperwork. And the fourth also didn't cover cash and had an $1100 deductible.

My take-home from all of the above is that travel insurance is another way corporate interests scam a public while their attention is diverted to planning a wonderful vacation, and not on contract details or issues they know nothing about (c'mon, really, "tire and window insurance?") Why would a car rental agency offer tire and window insurance separately unless their calculations showed that their major losses were from slash-and-grab or smash-and-grab in the first place? And why don't they tell you this up front? So they don't have to pay on claims.

Bottom line: TravelGuard insurance premiums added another $150 to our $700 losses and I'll never bother to buy it again."

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Adding $600.00 of travel insurance to the escalating cost of our upcoming trip is sobering, especially in light of the chances of the insurance actually helping us. ?I'm OK buying insurance and never having to use it. ?I'm not OK buying insurance and then having them forsake us in our hour of need. ? We'll probably err on the side of caution and get travel insurance, but if disaster strikes and we need to file a claim, I am going to be burning mad if they give me a hard time.

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