I got some great info from the world renowned Dr. Oz on Oprahs website:
America’s Doctor, Dr. Oz, is here…but today there’s a twist! For the first time in the history of The Oprah Show, Oprah will not be hosting.
Since so many men are afraid to go to the doctor, and embarrassed to ask health questions in front of the women in their lives, Dr. Oz is conducting a private forum for the 300 men in the audience—even the crew is made up entirely of men. So where are the women headed? The women who accompanied their husbands are upstairs in a screening room with Oprah!
“This is a no-embarrassment zone, there’s no topic that’s off limits, there’s no question I won’t answer,” Dr. Oz tells the audience. “I want you to keep one memory in the back of your mind. There are three times more widows than widowers. Now why is that? Because when we’re little boys and we scrape our knee, we’re told to suck it in and not talk about it. We need to change that culture because there’s a lot we can do for men’s health.”
There were many questions asked that you can read on the Oprah website but I picked a few:
New York Yankees infielder Derek Jeter asked Dr. Oz! “I have a question for you about lack of sleep. Here’s the problem. It used to be one of my strengths, sleeping, but I don’t know what happened,” he says. “I tried everything. I mean, I’m up till 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. I’ve tried watching TV. I’ve tried reading books. I don’t know what the answer is. I’m tossing. I’m turning. This is pretty much an everyday thing.”
What’s Dr. Oz’s number one rule for sleeping better? “For four or five hours before you go to bed, you shouldn’t have any caffeine,” he says. “Remember that being asleep is a natural state. You’re supposed to be asleep. There are chemicals that actually jazz you up.”
Also cut out late-night television, Dr. Oz says. “Watching television is the worst thing to do late at night, because it gets you psyched up again. Plus the bright lights keep you awake.”
If you still can’t sleep, do what your mother always told you to do and drink some milk. “It’s got a little bit of protein, including something called tryptophan, which becomes melatonin and serotonin,” he says. “But you need a little bit of insulin to get it into your brain. So milk’s got a little bit of sugar in it also that stimulates insulin so it gets into your brain. That’s why milk works.”
If you often travel to different time zones, like Derek does, Dr. Oz says to stay on a regular schedule. “No matter what time your game was, go to sleep at the exact same time. It makes a big difference because at least your circadian rhythm is functioning the way it needs to.”
Ben Gordon, leading scorer for the Chicago Bulls, needs some nutrition information. “I’m a professional athlete. I train anywhere between two and three times a day. … What kind of foods can I add to my diet to help me maintain high energy levels throughout my diet and not crash after I’m finished working out,” he says.
Dr. Oz recommends that Ben eat more foods with antioxidants. “What happens to a lot of great athletes is they are creating so much oxidation in their body from working out all the time, especially if you’re working out for more than two hours a day—you’re doing this for sure—that you don’t have the oxidant stores to keep up with that. So you’ve got to build up those antioxidant stores by taking leafy green vegetables.”
Bright colored fruits, like goji berries, are also great, Dr. Oz says. “They grow in the Himalayas. They’re the most potent antioxidant fruit that we know,” he says. “Remember, foods are drugs. They work just like that. But especially for an athlete that’s moving fast all over the place, you’ve got to keep the antioxidant stores in your body high and the best way to do it is through the foods you eat.”
To find more of the questions you can go to Oprah’s website and read more about the Dr.Oz show.
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