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In what may be the Perfect Burger, HEALTH IS WEALTH’S SPROUTBURGERS are a Non-Gmo Soy Burger with Organic Sprouted Grains (Quinoa, Amaranth, Millet) that is Vegan, Gluten Free, Baked (never Fried), and exploding with flavor. Our Vegan Burgers come in three types; Original, Chipolte Black Bean, and Mushroom & Onion.

• Organic Sprouted Grains
• Non-GMO Soy
• Vegan Burgers
• Gluten Free
• Baked
• 8 grams Whole Grain per serving

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Hydrated Textured Soy Protein Non-GMO (Water, Soy Protein Concentrate Non-GMO), Organic Sprouted Grains (Organic Millet, Organic Quinoa, Organic Amaranth), Isolated Soy Protein Non-GMO, Canola Oil, Molasses, Food Strach, Hydrolyzed Gym, Oat Fiber, Garlic Powder, Caramel Color, Onion Powder, Flavor, Sea Salt, Spice Extracts, Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Lemon Juice Powder........

The Link Between Depression and Heart Disease—and How to Improve Symptoms

There is a lot of attention on diet, obesity and lack of exercise as risk factors for heart disease, but other risks are often overlooked. Depression is one such condition. In fact, the link to heart disease is so strong that a scientific statement published in the journalCirculation suggested that the American Heart Association “should elevate depression to the status of a risk factor for adverse medical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome.” With depression the second-leading cause of disability in the world, it’s an especially important focus when considering heart health.

Most people think of depression as a psychological condition, but the fact is that everything in the body is interconnected. The mind affects the body in a very real way, and vice versa. While scientists are still exploring the connection between heart disease and depression, there are some clear links.

Depression Reduces Overall Health

The symptoms of depression can cause overwhelming tiredness or fatigue, lack of motivation, headaches, cramps, digestive problems, and other aches and pains that can keep a person from living an active lifestyle. Lack of exercise is a contributor to heart disease, and individuals who overeat and don’t exercise may put on excess pounds. Overweight and obese people are much more likely to develop heart disease.

Depressed individuals may also overeat or have no appetite at all, both of which impact weight and nutrient intake. Depression has been linked to a number of nutritional deficiencies, including Omega-3s and B-complex vitamins, just to name a few. Deficiency in nutrients that affect brain function, such as B vitamins that are cofactors in neurotransmitter production, can also impact the heart. Additionally, depression usually causes a feeling of worthlessness that may cause individuals to neglect their own health, such as by avoidingtreatment for heart disease.

Improving Depression and Heart Disease

It’s true that one nutritional deficiency can cause another, and one health disorder can cause another. But the good news is that improving nutritional intake through a balanced diet and targeted supplements and adding exercise can dramatically improve both heart health and depression.

One study found that “aerobic exercise can produce substantial improvement in mood in patients with major depressive disorders in a short time.” Other research found that dietary modifications, along with vitamin and mineral supplementation, can reduce depression symptoms or improve general well-being. There are many other studies linking dietary and lifestyle strategies to improvement in both depression and heart health.

If you’re suffering from depression, the last thing you may care about is your own health. But you will someday break through the depression. Take the steps to care for your body and mind so that you can emerge from the challenge and live a vital, full life.

Know the Signs and Symptoms of Depression

If you think you might be suffering from depression, I encourage you to see your doctor right away. Here are the major signs and symptoms of depression, from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

• Ongoing sad, anxious or empty feelings
• Feeling hopeless
• Feeling guilty, worthless or helpless
• Feeling irritable or restless
• Loss of interest in activities or hobbies once enjoyable, including sex
• Feeling tired all the time
• Difficulty concentrating, remembering details or making decisions
• Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, a condition called insomnia, or sleeping all the time
• Overeating or loss of appetite
• Thoughts of death and suicide or suicide attempts
• Ongoing aches and pains, headaches, cramps or digestive problems that do not ease with treatment.

Five Steps to Safer Health Care

Patient Fact Sheet

Patient safety is one of the Nation's most pressing health care challenges. A 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine estimates that as many as 44,000 to 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as the result of lapses in patient safety.
This fact sheet tells what you can do to get safer health care. It was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association.

1. Ask questions if you have doubts or concerns.Ask questions and make sure you understand the answers. Choose a doctor you feel comfortable talking to. Take a relative or friend with you to help you ask questions and understand the answers.
2. Keep and bring a list of ALL the medicines you take.Give your doctor and pharmacist a list of all the medicines that you take, including non-prescription medicines. Tell them about any drug allergies you have. Ask about side effects and what to avoid while taking the medicine. Read the label when you get your medicine, including all warnings. Make sure your medicine is what the doctor ordered and know how to use it. Ask the pharmacist about your medicine if it looks different than you expected.
3. Get the results of any test or procedure.Ask when and how you will get the results of tests or procedures. Don't assume the results are fine if you do not get them when expected, be it in person, by phone, or by mail. Call your doctor and ask for your results. Ask what the results mean for your care.
4. Talk to your doctor about which hospital is best for your health needs.Ask your doctor about which hospital has the best care and results for your condition if you have more than one hospital to choose from. Be sure you understand the instructions you get about followup care when you leave the hospital.
5. Make sure you understand what will happen if you need surgery.Make sure you, your doctor, and your surgeon all agree on exactly what will be done during the operation. Ask your doctor, "Who will manage my care when I am in the hospital?" Ask your surgeon:
   • Exactly what will you be doing?
   • About how long will it take?
   • What will happen after the surgery?
   • How can I expect to feel during recovery?

Tell the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and nurses about any allergies, bad reaction to anesthesia, and any medications you are taking.

10 Tips For Staying Healthy In Summer

1. Stay cool and hydrated. Drink water, at least two to four cups (16-32 ounces) upon rising, and similar amounts if you are going out for activities and exercise. Carry water with you in a hard plastic container (more stable polycarbonate rather than polyethylene that leaches plastic into the water). You may also use a traveling water filter. Check your local water stores or www.realgoods.com. Most people need two to three quarts of liquid per day, and more in hot weather or with sweating and exercise. Review Chapter 1 of Staying Healthy with Nutrition or Chapter 7 of The Staying Healthy Shopper's Guide for further information on Water.
2. While enjoying the sun and outdoors, protect yourself from overexposure to sunlight by wearing a hat and using natural sunscreens without excessive chemicals. Carry Aloe Vera gel for overexposure and have an aloe plant growing in your home for any kind of burn. The cooling and healing gel inside the leaves will soothe any sunburn. It works great.
3. Keep up or begin an exercise program. Aerobic activity is important for keeping the heart strong and healthy. If you only work out in a health club, take some time to do outdoor refreshing activities -- hiking, biking, swimming, or tennis. Reconnecting with these activities will help keep your body and mind aligned.
4. Enjoy Nature's bounty – fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables at their organic best. Consuming foods that are cooling and light -- fresh fruits, vegetable juices, raw vital salads, and lots of water -- will nourish your body for summertime activities. Include some protein with one or two meals. There are a number of light, nourishing proteins that don't require cooking. Most of these complement fruits and vegetables nicely-- nuts, seeds, sprouted beans, soy products, yogurt, kefir, and cottage cheese. Fish and poultry can also be eaten.
5. Take some special summer time with your family, kids, and friends who share the enjoyment of outdoors. Plan a fun trip if you're able and motivated for a day or longer -- hiking in the wild, camping, playing at the river, or a few days resting at the ocean. Rekindling our Earth connection has benefits that last beyond this season, continuing to enrich the whole of your life.
6. Relax and breathe. You've been working hard. This is the season to slow the pace a bit and absorb the light that stimulates your hormonal message center. Leave your cell phone at home or take a week off from TV. In many European countries, most of the population has a month off during the summer.
7. Sun teas are wonderful. Use flowers and leaves (or tea bags) in a clear half- or one-gallon glass jar filled with spring water. Hibiscus or red clover flowers, peppermint, chamomile, or lemon grass are all good choices, or use your local herbs and flowers that you learn are safe, flavorful, and even medicinal. Leave in the sun for two hours or up to a whole day. Moon teas can also be made to enhance your lunar, dreamy side by letting your herbs steep in the cooling, mystical moonlight. Add a little orange or lemon peel, or a sprig of rosemary and a few jasmine flowers.
8. Nutritional supplements can support you with a greater amount of physical energy, enhancing your summer activities. The B-complex vitamins are calming to the nervous system and helpful for cellular energy production, while vitamin C and the other antioxidants protect your body from stress, chemical pollutants, and the biochemical by-products of exercise. Helpful summer herbs are Siberian ginseng as an energy tonic and stress protector, dong quai is a tonic for women, hawthorn berry is good for the heart, and licorice root will help energy balance and digestion.
9. Use the summer months to deepen the spiritual awakening begun in the spring. Begin by checking your local bookstore or the web for ideas that interest you. Plan a vacation that incorporates these new interests and provides you time to read, relax, contemplate, and breathe.
10. Above all, give yourself the time to truly experience Nature. This can happen, even in a city park, if you relax and let in your surroundings. When traveling, take activities for the family and your first aid kit for bites, bee stings, and injuries. Check for ticks after your hikes. Watch for overexposure, take time in the shade, and drink your water.

No health risk from cell phone radiation

Radiations emitted by mobile phones and towers do not cause any health hazard, experts said here Thursday.

Myths without any reasonable scientific basis have been floated by people with vested business interests that electromagnetic field emissions (EMF) cause health hazard, they said.

Rigorous and independent scientific studies across the globe have been carried out to dispel the fear of health hazard from mobile tower antenna and phones.Experts were speaking at a panel discussion on "Mobile network and public health" organised by the COAI, a leading mobile communications association.

They stressed that people, who believe that radiations are really harmful, are not fully aware and should understand this perception clearly.

"Ionising radiation causes damages to the molecules - they break the chemical bonds and can cause health hazards. But non-ionising radiation from mobile tower and antenna do not cause the breakage of bonds and do not cause damage to the molecules," said R.V. Hosur, senior professor, Chemical Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

"A number research and studies have been conducted around the globe to ascertain if there is any relationship between the radiation emission from the mobile phone and cancer. However there is no enough evidence providing mobile phones causes cancer in humans," he added.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), over six billion people use mobile phones to communicate with one another.

"The radiation waves used in the mobile phones technology are probably at the lowest end of the electromagnetic spectrum and do not cause any health hazard," said Rakesh Jalali, Radiation Oncologist at Tata Medical Centre...   

Drinking coffee could cut death risk

Researchers have said that consuming two or more cups of coffee each day reduces the risk of death from liver cirrhosis by 66 per cent, specifically cirrhosis caused by non-viral hepatitis.

Lead researcher, Dr. Woon-Puay Koh with Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and the National University of Singapore, said prior evidence suggests that coffee may reduce liver damage in patients with chronic liver disease.

He said that their study examined the effects of consuming coffee, alcohol, black tea, green tea, and soft drinks on risk of mortality from cirrhosis.

This prospective population-based study, known as The Singapore Chinese Health Study, recruited 63,275 Chinese subjects between the ages of 45 and 74 living in Singapore.

Participants provided information on diet, lifestyle choices, and medical history during in-person interviews conducted between 1993 and 1998. Patients were followed for an average of nearly 15 years, during which time there were 14,928 deaths (24 per cent); 114 of them died from liver cirrhosis. The mean age of death was 67 years.

Findings indicate that those who drank at least 20 g of ethanol daily had a greater risk of cirrhosis mortality compared to non-drinker. In contrast, coffee intake was associated with a lower risk of death from cirrhosis, specifically for non-viral hepatitis related cirrhosis.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a chronic liver disease related to the metabolic syndrome and more sedentary affluent lifestyle, likely predominates among the non-viral hepatitis related cirrhosis group. In fact, subjects who drank two or more cups per day had a 66 per cent reduction in mortality risk, compared to non-daily coffee drinkers.

The findings have been published in journal Hepatology.

Health benefits of banana

Rich in nutrients including vitamins A, B, C and E along with minerals like potassium, zinc, iron, etc, banana is a strong source of energy. Here are some other health benefits of this versatile fruit.

Controls blood pressure: According to research, the potassium in this fruit keeps the blood pressure levels in check and it can also help decrease its levels.

Improves brain power: A good source of vitamin B, banana helps perk up nerve function and boosts learning abilities.

Decreases the risk of stroke: According to studies, regular consumption of a banana helps reduce the occurrence of stroke. Rich in antioxidants and dietary fibre, consumption of bananas is also said to reduce the risk of cancer.

Maintains bones: Probiotic bacteria present in bananas is known to absorb calcium in the body. Hence, it helps in building better bones.

Enhances digestion: The priobotics in banana help produce enzymes that enable absorption of nutrients, thus enhancing the digestive ability and preventing unfriendly bacteria from harming the body. Astringent in nature, raw bananas are effective in treatment for diarrhoea.

Relieves constipation: Pectin found in bananas helps to alleviate constipation and improves bowel function.