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The subcommittee of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research organized an expert panel, conducted a literature review and a Delphi process to develop a consensus-based practice guideline for clinical use of polyunsaturated fatty acids in Major Depressive Disorder.   This systematic review of the published literature emphasized randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.   As it currently stands, treatment for major depressive disorder is only mildly successful with many adverse and unpredictable effects.   The goal of the panel was to create guidelines that would help create patient outcomes that are more tolerable and efficacious.    What We Covered Several lines of evidence have suggested the efficacy of n–3 PUFAs as a preventive and treatment strategy in major depressive disorder, from epidemiological and case-controlled studies to randomized-controlled trials and meta-analyses. According to the currently available randomized controlled trials, the starting d

The Asian Spine Journal published something so seemingly unrelated that It needed discussion.   The study used 655 participants (262 men and 393 women; mean age, 72.9 years; range, 50–92 years) and it's purpose was to investigate a possible relationship between sagittal posture and blood pressure.   Full spine and pelvic x-rays were taken, and thoracic kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, pelvic tilt, sacral slope, pelvic incidence, and the sagittal vertical axis (SVA) were measured. The analysis was done using image-analysis software.   The results showed that the Sagittal Vertical Axis significantly shifted forward (almost double the amount) in those people with high blood pressure.   In English, this means that people with high blood pressure tend to be more forward with their posture, which is significant because the more forward your posture is shifted, the higher your chance of becoming disabled.    What We Covered Why you should care about this, the significance of this study and the potential relationship. Th

Logical fallacies stink!   In a 2020 world full or irrationality, logical fallacies, untruths, and just downright lies are being used left, right, centre and being passed off as the truth and logic.   The problem is that logical fallacies, because of how common they are, can be a challenge to recognize and interpret. This is especially true in the heat of battle, or during an uncomfortable conversation with someone when the stakes are high.   Some logical fallacies are even techniques that can be favourably employed by crafty and manipulative people looking to generate a certain response or emotion from his victims.   The purpose of this episode is to help you identify and defuse one particularly sneaky logical fallacy - the argument from intimidation - from your life.   The argument from intimidation is literally everywhere, a prevalent recent example is the Chris Kresser, James Wilks debate on the Joe Rogan Podcast, where Wilks used it against an unsuspecting and unprepared Chris Kresser.    What We Covered

Happy New Year from all of us at Life By Design! May 2020 be the best year you and your loved ones have ever had.   At Life By Design, we love New Year's resolutions. Truth be told, we love anything that makes you better, more successful and, happier...New Year's Resolutions hold that potential.   There is one problem...   We have a really tough time sticking to them.   When we look at the data, we see that the vast majority of people not only can't keep their New Year's Resolutions, they can't keep them for more than a week after committing to them.   Even more painful (and incorrect) are the reasons you tell yourself you can't keep them: "I lack will power," "I'm lazy," "I'm a procrastinator," or worse.   It might be true, you could be those things, but in our experience in dealing with patients and coaching clients, most people are not.   In our experience, most people are not broken, lazy, stupid, etc...   They lack the understanding of how to properly set goals, execute a plan and, lack an understanding

If you have children, you likely have goals and desires as a parent. You want your children to grow up to be honest, hard-working, independent, happy adults who know how to think and provide for themselves. At least, that's what we want for our kids.   Before beginning on any journey, you have to know where you want to finish. Parenting, in our opinion, has to be one of the most challenging and rewarding adventures of life - but in order to help guide your decisions as a parent, you need to know where you want to take your children.   There is the desire... now the question becomes, how do we reverse engineer that goal into everyday tangible and realistic steps so that we have something to do every day?   Well, that's what we are going to be talking about on today's podcast as we review the Inc. article "Science Says the Most Successful Kids Have Parents Who Do These 9 Things."   Here's What We Cover Is it a good idea to tell children they can be anything they want or, should we be more realistic? A simple

"The path to success is to take massive, determined actions." -Tony Robbins The two keywords in that sentence are determined and actions. Determined can have two meanings and, I like both of them in this context. The first meaning of determined is 'achieving the desired outcome' and the second, 'that you've given some consideration as to what outcome you are working towards'. Simply put, in order to succeed, you need a plan and you need to act with determination. I know it sounds easy and, intellectually it is, it gets much harder when trying to apply this to real life. The time to start thinking about next year is now, not January 1st! There is nothing easy about thinking long term about your life and few of us are truly blessed with a seemingly natural ability to look long term... the rest of us have to think long and hard about what it is we want for ourselves and our time on this planet. The purpose of today's podcast is to help set you up for having the best year of your life not by chance, but by consci

Well, it's almost here. To quote the lyric, "the most wonderful time of the year."   I've always loved Christmas, and now, ever since having kids, I love Christmas and the whole holiday season even more. More fun than getting gifts yourself, is watching how excited your kids get when they open up their presents.   Not to mention the parties, get-togethers, traditions and crazy holiday stuff that happens to add to all of the lasting memories and good times.   On the flip side, and this is totally by personal choice, I dislike the holidays because it's the one time of the year when my eating and nutrition can completely spiral out of control.   There are so many treats and things I love to eat (and I don't often say no) that it can be hard to get back on track. Now, trust me when I say, I've had plenty of experience letting my diet slide and trouble getting it back on track.   The purpose of this podcast is to discuss the strategies I've found helpful in keeping things on track when the holiday season rolls aro

New research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology linked an increased risk of your child developing allergies if they were born via cesarean section. Studies also presented showing how mom eats while pregnant and what she feeds her child during infancy have an impact on the risk of the child developing allergies. The first study looked at the medical charts of 158,422 children and identified children with 0,1,2,3, or 4 allergic conditions identified as food allergies, eczema, asthma, and hay fever. Then the method of delivery was compared with the number of allergies recorded. The results showed that vaginal delivery was associated with a reduced rate of allergies as well as exclusive and supplemental breastfeeding. The second study looked at 1315 women and recorded their diet during pregnancy. The study found mothers with 'poor dietary diversity' along with a maternal history of allergic disease were more likely to develop eczema or food allergy. Thirty-three percent of the chi

Meat is bad for you; the world is going to collapse in 11 years, LDL cholesterol is harmful; chiropractic can cure XYZ, etc.   How do you know if any of the above statements are true, or if they are outright lies?   The answer should be reason and the scientific method, unfortunately, in today's modern culture, the answer is the public consensus.   You've heard the statement "a million Frenchmen can't be wrong" well, yes, they can be. Just because a million people are saying something or think a certain thing doesn't make it right or true.   More importantly, how did our culture degrade to such a low level of thinking, judgment and deliberation?    Life By Design is not a political podcast, and the purpose will not be to dissect the above arguments in detail - even though the ones related to health we discuss frequently.   We are hoping, by applying the correct methods to reality, you will reach logical conclusions on your own.   The purpose of this particular podcast is to give you the tools to think for you

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Recently the Toy company Hasbro has launched "Ms. Monopoly," and as the box says, it's 'the first game where women make more than men.'   If you're not familiar with the game of monopoly, it's a board game in which players move around the board, are able to buy property, make investments, get sent to jail, and are subject to both the randomness of good and bad luck.   So what's wrong with Ms. Monopoly? Nothing. We are going to do our best to stay out of the realm of politics on this podcast. It's hard not to touch on politics a little bit, since morality and politics can be closely related. But, if you want to read more about gender equality issues, etc., there are many articles online that can provide material for you to learn more.   Our job on today's podcast is to speak about the personal, self-esteem, effects of creating games and situations like this. Solely for the fact that creating high self-esteem is a precursor to health and happiness which we do care about tremendously.   What we covered   Defin

Ok, you really don't have to register for the open, but we think it would be a great idea for you to do "sign up" for something and do the work.    And before you say 'but I'm not fit enough to do that' it's important that you understand a few things.   One, all of the open workouts are scalable; that's one of the cool things about CrossFit, it can be tailored to everyone at all skill levels.   Two, the way that you're going to get fit is to do things that make you fit. So, doing workouts and fitness that is challenging will make you better.   Three, none of us are going to the CrossFit games and we're still doing it.    Ok, that last reason was weak, at best, and playing the peer pressure card was uncool, sorry. So, let's get to the real reason why you should register and the purpose of this podcast...   The CrossFit Open is an excellent standard for you to compare yourself against yourself and see if you're improving.   Getting better, actually better, at something is an incredible feeling, and it will help

It's wonderful that the idea and practice self-care is gaining popularity and widely practiced.   Self-care, as the title implies, concerns itself with doing something personal, for your own ego. Of course, this has rubbed many the wrong way, which is why justifications like "Self-care is not selfish" have become popular trope.   But there is no need to apologize, and to pander to people who don't agree or don't accept. The purpose of this episode is to discuss why it's a good thing that self-care is selfish and what good self-care habits should look like.   What we covered Definitions, definitions, and more definitions. If you don't define your terms, how do you even know what's being talked about? When we define our terms, you'll see very quickly, that by it's very definition self-care is selfish. You'll also notice that selfish is not bad, like the story that we've been force-fed since birth. Why it matters that you understand that self-care is selfish. Ideas are very powerful and the more accurate an id

Proper and adequate blood flow is vital to your body's health and well being. Adequate blood flow is even more important to your brain since your brain is the organ which controls your entire body.   Decreased blood flow to the brain has been hypothesized to be a cause/contributing factor of many chronic and acute diseases (Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke, cancer, etc.)   The etiology of these diseases is hard to assess, making general health principles like adequate blood flow to your brain, even more important.   In a recent study, published in the journal Brain Circulation, a positive correlation was found between cervical lordosis and blood flow to your brain.   In English:   When test subjects had an orthotic device placed under their neck which changed the curve in their cervical spine, an MRI measured more blood flow to their brain.    Why you care about this:   Proper cervical curvature has alot to do with how well your neck and spine is functioning.   Most of the time a correction towards better is per

This past Tuesday was Suicide Prevention Day. It's sad to reflect on your life and think of all the people you who know that have committed suicide. It's even sadder to think that everyone else also knows people who have committed suicide.   Keeping in the spirit of being positive and productive, we wanted to use this podcast to talk about an article that was written on the 10 Traits of Emotionally Resilient People.   Emotional resilience is being able to handle whatever life throws at you - and we know life can throw a lot - and keep moving forward towards your values and dreams.  It doesn't mean being perfect, having it all together, or not having moments of weakness. It means doing your best, and not staying in a down place for very long.   What We Covered The 10 traits listed in the article with a discussion on each one. What we liked, what we didn't and most importantly how that applies to real life and how we (and hopefully you) can benefit from using this information. How to create Emotional Resilien

Not sure if you've heard about Mindful Eating before, but it's something that's talked about enough (mostly in the background) and we thought we should bring it to your attention.   An initial challenge we discovered with Mindful Eating was the lack of a clear definition. It's challenging to have a proper discussion about something when it's mostly unclear what we're talking about.   To the best of our knowledge and understanding, Mindful Eating is a nutritional strategy that uses the psychological concept of 'Mindfulness' as a guide for helping you make choices about your nutrition.   From the Health Line Article... Mindful eating involves:    -Eating Slowly and without distraction -Distinguishing between hunger and non-hunger cues for eating -Learning to cope with anxiety and guilt about food -Appreciating your food -Noticing the effects that food has on your feelings and figure   What We Covered A more in-depth conversation about all the tenets that incorporate the idea of 'Mindful Eating' and how those

The new weight watchers app for kids is getting a lot of attention, some of it good, but according to the Healthline article that we've linked below, most of it is bad.   Weight Watchers has now rebranded itself as WW and launched Kurbo, a weight loss app targeting kids between 8-17. The issue that both parents and experts have with the app is they say it's sending the wrong message.   Some of the issues raised by these groups with the ads are:   - Before and after pics of children who have lost weight - Concern that the point system, used by the app, is not teaching     children proper nutritional guidelines and behaviour around food - Concerns about the quality of food - that app uses the red, light,   yellow light system   The purpose of this podcast is to discuss the HealthLine article and share our opinions about the app and whether we think it's a good idea or not.   What We Covered What's the real issue here? As a parent, our job is to raise strong, independent humans. Health is a significant compone

Becoming an emotionally stronger, more self-reliant person with strong self-esteem is vital to you success in life.   If you want to pursue any kind of rational values in a virtuous way, you'll find out very quickly that the world will stand in your way. After all, what you're after is not easy, it's hard, and it should be hard.   For you to achieve your desires, whether it be a relationship, career, status, finances, etc., you will have to become the person with those character traits and abilities. This will require a lot of effort and hard work. Becoming a different person can take a lot of work.   There seems to be a trend that's emerging again lately. It's nothing new, it's been around for a long time (maybe it's just because we've been fascinated with reading more about it); it's this idea teaching you that for you to get what you want you must become no-one and nothing.   We've heard it expressed many different ways and by many different people: overcoming the ego, join the unified field, becoming one

"Opioid use - even short term - can lead to addiction and, too often, overdose."   -Mayo Clinic Staff   To put it, bluntly - pain sucks. If you've ever injured yourself, you know exactly how debilitating it can be.   Now imagine that you've served time in combat in Iraq, lost some of your best friends in battle, been injured from the strain of battle and suffered the psychological stress from witnessing the horrors of war, not to mention being away from your home and most of the people you love.   That sounds like the potential for the pain to be taken to the next level.   Pain management has always been a concern for Veterans Affairs and the Department Of Defense, especially for veterans who have seen combat. To make matters even more challenging, opioids - a very potent and effective pain medication, has been proven to be addictive and life harming long term.    Can chiropractic help?   There are many factors that impact whether or not a Veteran receives a prescription for an opioid. Veterans in moderate to

Two new studies remind us of what we already know but sometimes forget. The above is a quote that opens the article titled "To Delay Death, Lift Weights." What an appropriate way to describe strength training, something that, the research is quite clear, has outstanding health benefits to the body, yet is often brushed under the rug. It makes sense, going to the gym, or moving your body in upwards of 80% of your one-rep maximum is uncomfortable and scary. But it's so worth it for your health. The attached article review two studies. The first was performed at the University of Indiana. 4,440 adults over 50 were assessed between 1999-2002 and were followed up on again in 2011 to see who passed away. The three variables they measured were strength, muscle mass and mortality. In the results they found that those with low muscle strength were two times more likely to have died during the follow-up. In contrast, low muscle mass didn't seem to matter as much. In the second study, 80,000 adults in England and Scotla