Daily Health Update for July 5 2021 by Toronto Chiropractor Dr. David Koivuranta in Davisville.

Hello everyone, it's Dr. Dave. Hopefully you're all doing well, you enjoyed your first weekend of July, and you're looking forward to some other nice summer weekends coming up. Coming at you today on behalf of the Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic with your daily health update for Monday, July 5th, 2021. Gonna look at 6 areas of health and wellness somewhere around this video. As always, you can read through all 6 areas if you'd like a copy, or you have any questions, you can DM us on social, send us an email, or give us a call here at the clinic. We'd be happy to help you out. Not going to treat diagnose, prevent, or cure any illness or disease with our time together today. However, just by tuning in, starting your week out on a Monday with a little bit of health and wellness information, hopefully it sets the pace and the trend and the tone for the rest of your week, taking care of yourself and those around you. The Journal of the American Geriatric Society, May 2021, says that osteoporosis raises risk of hearing loss in women. They use data from a decades-long Nurses Health Study. The researchers estimated from that that women with osteoporosis have up to a 40% increased risk for moderate to severe hearing loss, even if they are taking medications to slow bone loss. So if you or someone you know is in your 20s, now is the time to wrap up that— ramp up that peak bone density. And if you're beyond your 20s, no worries, just start including some healthy nutrients in your diet. Most of us know what those are these days with— when it comes to bone health, of course we need calcium, but to improve that calcium absorption and assimilation in our body, we want to make sure we're taking some vitamin D and vitamin with it, and then make sure you have some weight-bearing exercise. All right, keep those bones nice and healthy, and if you have a decreased risk for osteoporosis, you'll also perhaps help preserve some of your hearing according to this study. The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 2021, looked at a low-salt diet being good for heart health. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet emphasize— emphasizes eating fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, poultry, fish, and low-fat dairy while limiting the intake of of salt, red meat, sweets, and sweetened beverages. Sounds oddly familiar to the Mediterranean diet. An analysis of blood samples collected from clinical trial participants revealed that greater adherence to a low sodium diet is associated with a decline in biomarkers linked to cardiac damage, inflammation, and stress. So do watch your nutrition this week. Stay on top of what good stuff you are giving your body. Psychosomatic Medicine, June 2021, talked about exercise being the best choice for depressed coronary heart disease patients. A recent literature review found that for coronary heart disease patients with co-occurring depression, exercise may be a more effective tool for managing depression than antidepressants, psychotherapy, combined psychotherapy and antidepressants, and collaborative care. The study authors note that their findings further highlight the clinical importance of exercise as a treatment, as they see it improves not only depression but also other important aspects of heart disease, such as lowering blood pressure and cholesterol in those patients. What a triple whammy from exercise and fitness. There's There's probably even more benefits beyond that, as we know if you've been tuning into the daily health updates. So your nutrition, your fitness and exercise or activity levels, and then you throw in a good level of sleep and, uh, you're just supporting that journey and creating those great experiences every day that much easier. All right. The Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, May 2021, looked at shifting sleep up by 1 hour and it helps, uh, if you do, maybe reduce depression risk. New research suggests that going to bed and waking up an an hour earlier can reduce one's risk for depression by up to 23%, even though there's no difference in sleep duration. Additionally, shifting sleep-wake times forward by 2 hours can lower the risk for depression by nearly 40%. And you don't necessarily have to lose those hours, just get up an hour or two earlier, same amount, just shifting it earlier. And, uh, it's funny how our body just does different things at different times throughout the day, including at night when we're sleeping, resting, and healing. And if you shift that time when it's doing that to earlier instead of later, you you might see some great benefits. Okay, nutrition, fitness, sleep— can't go wrong. Sleep Health, May 2021, looked at bedtime with a pet and how it may help kids or children sleep. A study that included 188 children aged 11 to 17 found that those who shared a bed with a pet were more likely to report high subjective sleep quality. It's nice to have these unconditional love type creatures in our life, and sleeping with one may help your kids improve their sleep, which sets a good precedent for a habit that may sustain them into the future, because many of us do struggle with sleep or getting enough sleep, and especially quality sleep. Finally, the BMC Public Health Report May 2021 looked at sitting at work and how all that sitting at work can may link to neck and back pain. Questionnaires completed by over 45,000 adults revealed that sitting for more than 75% of the workday and not taking regular breaks not only increases the risk for neck and back pain but also for poor general health. Sedentary repetitive work not necessarily good for us. The work does need to get done, but we just want to look at our habits and strategies around getting that work done and make sure that it's first of all supporting our health so we can keep doing that work that we need and want to do every day. All right, a juicy daily health update for your Monday. Lots of good information, lots of tips and suggestions to follow there. Hope you enjoyed it, and, uh, we'll be back tomorrow, Tuesday, to keep that healthy momentum going with your week. We'll look forward to chatting with you then. Have a great day.