by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Dec 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Coffee lovers wake up and smell the new research that may extend your life. It concludes that your cup or two of morning brew may be good for you, and increase your lifespan. Previous studies stated coffee might shorten your life by leading to life-threatening diseases like cancer. Recent research has changed that thought pattern. Now, a cup a day may chase cancer away. A cup-a-Joe may increase blood flow. The confirmation that my beloved coffee may be healthy has left me so happy it has awakened my inner poet. I promise not to rhyme anymore.
This new research is music to many coffee lovers’ ears and warms our soul which may also lead to a happier life. Science has already proven a happier life is a healthier life. As the research below shows, coffee may even reduce suicide and help patients suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Coffee may be the miracle answer.
However, it also appears that scientific research contradicts itself from one discovery to the next.
Like the New England weather at Harvard, if you don’t like the current scientific findings on a new health topic, wait five minutes, and it may change.
With over 400 billion cups of coffee thought to be consumed every year, coffee is one of the world’s most popular drinks.
What are the newly discovered health benefits and risks of drinking coffee?
Let’s begin with the risks. Coffee is not for everyone. People with caffeine allergies, glaucoma, epilepsy, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may want to stay away from caffeinated coffee. Harvard Research found that drinking eight or more cups daily has been associated with increased suicide risk.
The good news. Two new studies, one in the U.S. and one in Europe, have found that drinking more coffee each day could lead to a longer life. The benefits may range from helping to prevent diabetes, protect heart rhythm, lower risks of high-grade prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, liver disease, naturally treat Parkinson ’s disease, and reduce mental health issues like depression and suicide.
For those infected with hepatitis C, drinking coffee may reduce DNA damage, increase the clearance of virus-infected cells, and slow the scarring process, which may help explain coffee’s apparent role in reducing liver disease progression risk.
According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation these studies tracked over 700,000 people across multiple ethnic groups in over 10 European countries and the U.S. It was discovered that even drinking decaffeinated coffee supplied benefits to individuals over those who did not drink the beverage. The studies have even dispelled the old myth that caffeine might increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm. Drinking low-dose caffeine, defined as fewer than six cups of coffee a day, may even have a protective effect on heart rhythm.
Research published in the April issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Researchers from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center examined 5,100 men and women diagnosed with colorectal cancer within the past six months, and an additional 4,000 men and women with no history of colorectal cancer to serve as a control group.
“We found that drinking coffee is associated with lower risk of colorectal cancer, and the more coffee consumed, the lower the risk,” said Stephen Gruber, director of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and senior author of the study.
What about coffee and Parkinson ’s disease?
Coffee consumption seems to be associated with about one-third lower risk concerning Parkinson’s Disease. Caffeine appears to be the key ingredient because tea also seems protective and decaf coffee does not. Parkinson’s patients treated with the caffeine equivalent of two cups of coffee a day significantly improved movement symptoms within three weeks.
The studies concluded that consuming 1-2 cups of coffee per day resulted in a 12% lower risk of mortality and consuming 2-4 cups a day resulted in an 18% lower risk of mortality. These results in inverse rates of mortality to coffee consumption showed in diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, stroke, and cancer.
How can coffee help prevent diseases from cancer and heart attack to suicide?
According to Nutritional Facts.org, and USC News coffee is a complex mixture of compounds that have various biological effects, such as anti-inflammatory properties. It is believed that in addition to these properties, coffee is a source of polyphenols which have potent antioxidant properties, which helps cells cope with free radicals in the blood.
Do you know why coffee has been named the number-two healthiest beverage?
The Beverage Guidance Panel assembled to provide recommendations on benefits and risks of various beverage categories, found tea and coffee—preferably without creamer or sweetener—tied as the number-two healthiest beverages, second only to water. The studies in this article are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Study is the largest-ever prospective study conducted on diet and health. Its research concluded that people who drank six or more cups of coffee per day had a 10 to 15 percent lower mortality from heart disease, respiratory disease, stroke, injuries, accidents, diabetes, and infections. However, the opposite effect was found when a study looked at people 55 and younger. Drinking more than six cups of coffee daily increased their risk of death.
The conclusion, according to Nutritionfacts.org, and based on all the best studies to date listed in this article, is that coffee consumption may indeed be associated with a small reduction in mortality, on the order of a 3 percent lower risk of premature death for each cup of coffee consumed daily.
If coffee is good for the body is it also good for the spirit? Yes!
The Harvard Gazette explained that caffeine could lower the risk of depression among coffee drinkers because it stimulates the central nervous system which may act as a mild antidepressant by boosting production of certain neurotransmitters in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline.
Harvard University researchers discovered that people who drank two or more cups of coffee each day appeared to have about half the suicide risk compared to non-coffee drinkers. A Kaiser Permanente study found that people who drank more than six cups a day were 80 percent less likely to commit suicide. According to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50 percent. The new study was published online July 2, 2018, in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.
“Unlike previous investigations, we were able to assess association of consumption of caffeinated and non-caffeinated beverages, and we identify caffeine as the most likely candidate of any putative protective effect of coffee,” said lead researcher Michel Lucas, research fellow in the Department of Nutrition at HSPH.
Your takeaway message of these studies? The benefits far outweigh the risks.
Dr. Marc Gunter, author of the European study summed up the benefits of drinking coffee when he stated, “The takeaway message would be that drinking a couple cups of coffee a day doesn’t do you any harm, and actually, it might be doing you some good.”
Dr. Gunter’s summation was seconded by Dr. Veronica Wendy Setiawan, associate professor of preventative medicine at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, who led the study on nonwhite populations, when she said, “These studies and the previous studies suggest that for a majority of people, there’s no long-term harm from drinking coffee. Moderate coffee consumption can be incorporated into a healthy diet and lifestyle.”
For years my non-coffee-drinking husband would “tisk, tisk” my morning coffee routine and follow it up with, “Be stubborn about your health despite proof that coffee is bad for you. Just sayin’.” The current research is a new day dawning because now my husband brings me coffee in bed. And sometimes, to be sure it is perfect before saying, “This cup is for you,” he will even sneak a sip or two.
I know, I know! I promised not to rhyme. But, my coffee made me do it just one more time. I’m done!
About the Author: Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a three-time Breast Cancer Survivor, as seen on Dr. Oz Show, DOCTORS, NBC, and CBS, whose dreams diagnose her illness, and was a Dream Research Participant for Dr. Larry Burk‘s Dream Research. They co-wrote, Dreams That Can Save Your Life. She is a TV Producer/Host and award-winning Author/Lecturer who promotes patient advocacy and connecting with Inner-guidance through Dreams for success in health, wealth, and relationships. Learn more @ KathleenOKeefeKanavos.com
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by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Nov 9, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
Are you making New Year Resolutions that take too big a bite out of life to chew?
As we prepare to celebrate the holidays by giving thanks for past successes while facing the changes we plan to make for the New Year in the form of resolutions, stress levels often rise. Especially, when we realize we did not meet our goals from last year. Such is life in the fast lane. Welcome to the real world. The good news is you are not alone.
By focusing on a New Year resolution that is realistic you have a better chance for success. Success reduces stress. Choose to set yourself up for success rather than failure which add to stress.
According to statistics, one of the most frequently implemented New Year’s Resolution deals with diet and weight. Diet and weight are an important part of our physical and mental health. It is as simple as realizing that when we look good we feel good. When our favorite jeans fit, we are happy.
Resolving to make that dream a reality is great. Let’s start by taking small bites, no pun intended.
Rather than saying you are going to lose a large amount of weight by this time next year, break the resolution down into workable parts. Choose a realistic amount of weight loss, or gain, that you will chart weekly. Now you are working with yourself rather than against yourself by implementing a realistic and achievable goal that will display positive results on a chart.
Evaluation and accountability are very important in the success of a New Year Resolution.
Often the most difficult parts of a New Year Resolution is stating it in a way that is precise, measurable and can focus on success. This is called a behavioral objective which is a defined description of an expected experience.
Behavioral objectives that are people oriented place the emphasis upon what the person is expected to do within a designated time period with testable measurements for evaluation, and accountability for optimum success. One of the biggest problems with New Year resolutions is accountability and evaluation.
The key to solving the accountability and evaluation issues is to develop a clear, concise objective.
Below is an example of a very simple precise and measurable New Year resolution that focuses on weight loss. The behavioral objective below has five parts; 1.) The defined time and weight, 2.) What amount of weight that will be lost, 3.) How it will be measured, 4.) How the weight loss will be obtained, 5.) The end result and time.
Starting today, November 20th, 2015, over the next 12 months, I will lose 30 pounds of weight. My weight loss will be measured weekly on every Monday using a scale and will display a 1/2 pound loss which will create a 2 1/2 pound loss per month for 12 months, resulting in a total 30 pound loss by November 2016. This weight loss will be charted and achieved by reducing the consumption of deserts and alcohol to only one serving per weekend and increasing twice the current amount of leafy greens consumed during at least one meal per day.
Here is a behavioral objective pattern for success that you can use for anything you wish to change in your life. Although it is taken from the one above that focuses on weight, health and wellness, tweak it to meet your needs, time period, and objectives. Fill in the blanks so it becomes your successful Behavioral Objective New Year Resolution.
As seen today (date)_________by this time next year, (date)___________, I (your name)_________ will have (state your desired behavior) _________________. This behavior will be measured (how often) _____________by (device)____________, and will display (desired results)_____________ which will create (amount)_________ per (time period)__________. This will be charted by ______________ and success will be seen as (state new behavior)____________________________________.
Set up your chart. As you review your success on the chart you will be rewarded by accountability and evaluate. Now you are working with yourself for success.
Use your dreams as a GPS to keep you on the right road.
If you miss a self-evaluation measurement see if you are reminded of it in a dream. Your dream may be validation that your inner-guidance is now part of your success team.
Turn your stress into a game. See how often you hit your mark on your daily or weekly objective.
Reward yourself with a pat on the back when you fill in your chart. Now, you have bragging rights. Share your New Year Resolution Behavioral Objectives with your friends. Perhaps they would like to join you in this healthy game.
It is human to be stressed. Suffering through it alone is a choice.
Choose to control your stress through dreams, prayers and meditations rather than allowing it to control you. Make resolutions you can keep. And, enjoy your Happy Holidays.
By: Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos, TV/Radio Show Host/Producer, International Bestselling award winning author of Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing. Kat taught special education and psychology for ten years. She frequently taught and created Behavioral Objectives on Individual Educational Plans for students. Kat believes dreams can diagnose our life. Learn more @ http://www.KathleenOkeefeKanavos.com
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Nov 9, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
Quote: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”~
William James
Are you stressed beyond belief but cannot pinpoint exactly where it is coming from or which challenge is the most annoying? Perhaps viewing stress from a different perspective-that of a game- will help find positive solutions.
Once again, the holidays are upon us.
As we prepare to celebrate them by giving thanks for past successes while facing the changes we plan to make for the New Year in the form of resolutions, stress levels often rise. Especially, when we realize we did not meet our goals from last year. Such is life in the fast lane. Welcome to the real world. The good news is you are not alone.
This year resolve to be successful in your resolutions by turning stress into a positive game.
Dreams, Prayers, and Meditations are three under-utilized innate gifts perfect for stress-reduction and resolution creation. Your dreams are Sacred Doorways to Universal Wisdom that contains answers to all your daily challenges. Daydreams solve nagging problems. Your answers to prayers often come in the form of dreams or nightmares. Simple Meditations that focus on Breath and Gratitude can be done anywhere anytime and have been proved to:
- increase focus and productivity
Here is a very short meditation to help you through the holiday season. Don’t wait.
You can start right now. Use it anywhere and anytime to de-stress.
1.) Focus on your breath flowing into your nostrils.
2.) Breathe in. Breathe out…
3.) Count five breaths.
4.) End with one deep breath.
5.) Repeat until your tension melts away.
6.) Give thanks for all you have including the Breath of Life.
You can do this simple meditation as often as necessary; in your work place, at home, or while stuck in traffic, with your eyes open, of course. No one will know you are de-stressing. Your secret will be safe.
Join me for Part 2 of this article which will focus on New Year Resolutions.
By: Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos, TV/Radio Show Host/Producer, International Bestselling award winning author of Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing. Kat taught special education and psychology for ten years. She frequently taught and created Behavioral Objectives on Individual Educational Plans for students. Kat believes dreams can diagnose our life. Learn more @ http://www.KathleenOkeefeKanavos.com
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | Aug 9, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
We’ve all heard about “that special mindset for success” often coined as the Millionaire Mindset, but does it really exist and can anyone develop it or must you be super-smart along with being super-rich?
These are questions often asked but seldom answered. This VIDEO will go beyond answering them to give you keys and show you how and why they work. They can work for you. The first step toward unlocking that door to success is to believe it can be opened.
If it can be opened, you can open it, too.
We know the door to success can be opened because you have seen the results in other people who have been success in finance, in love, and in life. So what makes them so different from you? Do they put their pants on differently, or do they think about putting their pants on differently?
Yes, that is a trick question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6coAaxrwwJI
Do the mega-wealthy or super successful have a different mind-set from most of the rest of society? Yes they do. And after spending a month studying the ultra-rich while vacationing on a 150-foot yacht that cruised up and down the coast of Italy and France from Sardinia to St. Tropez I realized anyone can embrace that Millionaire Mindset and make it work for them.
In this video from The Kat Kanavos Show that airs every Monday evening at 5pm Pacific Time from this website https://www.facebook.com/KatKanavosShow/?fref=ts (8 Eastern Standard Time),I share invaluable tips you can use to begin or further your journey toward success in wealth, health, and love.
During my trip through Europe I realized their mindset for success in the world of big finance mirrored mine for success in the personal world of health; beating cancer three times.
First, what is your definition of success?
Boil your answer down to one sentence that you can write on a piece of paper.
Next, watch the video on how to get it.
It is easier than you can imagine but without changing thought patterns nearly impossible to implement.
Last but not least, put these tips into daily use until they become habits.
Watch how quickly your confidence and success shifts your Mindset into a growth spirt of strength. Confidence and success feed your Mindset. They are to your thought patterns what rain and sunshine are to your garden.
This VIDEO talks about 3 Keys for Success.
- Self-Advocate. Never be afraid to self-advocate for your life, beliefs or wants.
- Challenge the status quo. If it were never challenged, the word would still be considered flat.
- Be heard! Stand in your power and speak your truth. This key goes hand-in-hand with key number 1 and 2.
The rich, super rich, and mega-successful use these keys every day. They make their success. You, can too. Try it. Start now by watching the video and practice what you learn. Begin with how you get dressed in the morning. Dress with confidence. As you pull on your pants KNOW you can do one successful thing today by advocating, challenging, and being heard.
Don’t take “No!” for an answer and don’t be dismissed.
If you are in rags, wear them like robes with your head held high, and see how quickly someone ask, “Did you cut your hair?” That is a key to success.
Kathleen (Kat) O’Keefe-Kanavos is a TV/Radio Producer/Host of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod™ and Author/Lecturer of the International multi-award winning bestseller, Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing which promotes patient advocacy and connecting with inner guidance for success in health, wealth, and love, The Kat Kanavos Show Host on New Earth International, contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams & Premonitions, and Realities of Creation, PATHEOS Blogger and Internationally Syndicated Columnist to Women Voices Magazine: SOUL and HOME, Kat taught Special Education and Psychology. She has been featured in newspapers, on CBS News, in American Express Open, and published in medical journals. Learn more @ www.KathleenOkeefeKanavoshttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/aboveandbeyondthe5senses/
by Kathleen O'Keefe-Kanavos | May 15, 2016 | Access Your Inner Guide, Uncategorized
How do you stay mentally fresh during a long job interview process?
Perhaps you have considered finding a new job, or asking for a higher paying position in your current company.
One of the things that may be holding you back from going forward is the long, nerve-wracking interview process itself that may involve many call backs for higher level interviews.
How can you stay fresh and on top of your game in an energy-charged environment?
Long interviews can be emotionally and physically exhausting for a number of reasons:
- You know you are competing against other experts in your field.
- Your attitude and sustainability under pressure is also being judged, so you must be “up” at all times without looking fake.
- It is difficult living under a microscope for an extended period of time.
Here is some advice for job seekers.
Remember-You are all in the same interview process so focus on what can you do to move ahead of the other interviewees.
Here are 5 Simple Solutions that answer the questions:
- What are some ways to stay mentally fresh throughout the process?
- What are some ways to find serenity as the pressure mounts?
- How should you approach other opportunities that may arise?
5 Things You Can Do to Give Yourself the Edge During aLONG Interview Process.
1.) Wear comfortable shoes– sounds simple but when your feet hurt your whole body hurts, and it shows on your face which may be mistaken as a “grumpy person.”
2.) Positive mental attitude: Start your day right with mirror therapy. When you brush your teeth in the morning tell your reflection why you are the best candidate for the job by focusing on our strengths, then tell yourself how much you appreciate your opportunity to share your qualifications with others. The words you say now may pop into your mind later in the day during the interview, and you will say them with confidence because you believe them.
3.) Keep up your momentum when you are neck-to-neck with someone else for the job. Anytime you sit down, take 3 deep “empowering breaths” and imagine them going to any part of your body or spirit where they are needed for reinforcement.
4.) Smile! Even if you do not get this job, your smile may be so memorable it will open doors for another one. You just never know.
5.) Drink plenty of water. Dehydration under pressure shuts down the brain neurons which slows down thinking and responses. You must be on top of your game.
Kathleen O’Keefe-Kanavos taught The Profoundly Emotionally Disturbed for 10 years and Psychology at University of South Florida. She is a TV/Radio Producer/Host of Wicked Housewives On Cape Cod, the Nautilus award-winning author of the International Bestseller Surviving Cancerland: Intuitive Aspects of Healing and advocates for health and healing at International Conferences throughout the country. Learn more about Kat @www.KathleenOkeefeKanavos.com
