Introducing LGM Promotions

Introducing LGM Promotions WBU Champ Danny McDermott  Launches New Promotional Company First show, "Fists of the Fighting Irish" Saturday March 14 at the Jersey City Armory

For Immediate Release Jersey City, NJ (January 29, 2015)-WBU Jr. Welterweight Champion Danny "Little Mac" McDermott announced today the formation of a new Boxing Promotional Company that will be based out of his hometown in Jersey City NJ. McDermott has partnered up with local businessman Nick Jayme to form LGM Promotions  LGM also announced today that it will put on its first show "fists of the Fighting Irish" at the Jersey City Armory on Saturday March 14th with McDermott headlining the card in a defense of the title he captured this past July in GenSan City, Phillipines.  "I am excited to start this company. Launching it on the tenth anniversary of my pro debut makes it that much sweeter.   This is something that I have been thinking about for some time now. I love boxing. It is my life.  It just makes a lot of sense for us right now to begin to prepare for a life after boxing and what better way then be able to put on a fight in my own hometown." said McDermott. Mr. Jayme is a longtime friend of the McDermott's and is former amateur boxer himself. He is an active community servant in the Jersey City area. "I have always loved boxing and I have a passion for the sport.  I came up in the amateurs with Danny and have known him for many years. "I recently reconnected with boxing after doing an event with Miguel Cotto and that is when i decided to form LGM Promotions." "We are looking to do 4 or 5 events this year in the community.  I am a big believer in the Hudson County community.  LGM is Jersey City based and that's where we are basing our roots." "March 14 is about celebrating the Irish Heritage Parade.  We are working close with the Jersey City Irish Parade committee.  They are having their dinner on March 13.  We are doing the fight on March 14 and then the Parade is on March 15.  This event is all about celebrating St. Patrick's Day said Mr Jayme." "On the boxing side, we hired Rich Komissar (RKO Boxing) to be our Director of Boxing Operations. Rich has a wealth of experience in the sport from on every level. It is very comforting to have a guy on our team that people actually call back" joked Jayme. Mr. Jayma also added "We also set up a strategic alliance with Mariusz Kolodziej and his group at Global Boxing in North Bergen. Mariusz and Danny go back a long time. He is a great friend of the sport on more than a local level. "These first events will be Jersey City ethnic based with family friendly ticket pricing and family friendly concessions," "We want the entire community to embrace us. We will make it affordable for a guy to bring his kids to the fights and have a few hot dogs with a couple of sodas and maybe a beer or two without breaking the bank" finished Jayme. "I'm excited to help.  Danny is family. Danny is my guy. He always was and always will be. I'm proud of all he has done in the last year or two.  He is extremely popular in this part of New Jersey (as well as across the river in New York City) so it makes great sense to launch here.  Nick Jayme has a great vision on where he wants his company to be in a year or two. His community minded spirit enlightens me. Nick Jayme is a solutions guy. I like that" said Komissar. "Our job will not be too hard. This part of New Jersey has an awful lot of boxing clubs and it is teaming with youngsters that want opportunities. We are here to give them just that" added Komissar   The full event will be announced shortly.

Nutrition, mental health strongly linked: researchers

 

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Stone Hearth News

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Evidence is rapidly growing showing vital relationships between both diet quality and potential nutritional deficiencies and mental health, a new international collaboration led by the University of Melbourne and Deakin University has revealed.
Published in The Lancet Psychiatry today, leading academics state that as with a range of medical conditions, psychiatry and public health should now recognise and embrace diet and nutrition as key determinants of mental health.
Lead author, Dr Jerome Sarris from the University of Melbourne and a member of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR), said psychiatry is at a critical stage, with the current medically-focused model having achieved only modest benefits in addressing the global burden of poor mental health.
“While the determinants of mental health are complex, the emerging and compelling evidence for nutrition as a key factor in the high prevalence and incidence of mental disorders suggests that nutrition is as important to psychiatry as it is to cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology,” Dr Sarris said.
“In the last few years, significant links have been established between nutritional quality and mental health. Scientifically rigorous studies have made important contributions to our understanding of the role of nutrition in mental health,” he said.
Findings of the review revealed that in addition to dietary improvement, evidence now supports the contention that nutrient-based prescription has the potential to assist in the management of mental disorders at the individual and population level.
Studies show that many of these nutrients have a clear link to brain health, including omega-3s, B vitamins (particularly folate and B12), choline, iron, zinc, magnesium, S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe), vitamin D, and amino acids.
“While we advocate for these to be consumed in the diet where possible, additional select prescription of these as nutraceuticals (nutrient supplements) may also be justified,” Dr Sarris said.

  

Associate Professor Felice Jacka, a Principal Research Fellow from Deakin University and president of the ISNPR noted that many studies have shown associations between healthy dietary patterns and a reduced prevalence of and risk for depression and suicide across cultures and age groups.
“Maternal and early-life nutrition is also emerging as a factor in mental health outcomes in children, while severe deficiencies in some essential nutrients during critical developmental periods have long been implicated in the development of both depressive and psychotic disorders,” she said.

A systematic review published in late 2014 has also confirmed a relationship between ‘unhealthy’ dietary patterns and poorer mental health in children and adolescents. Given the early age of onset for depression and anxiety, these data point to dietary improvement as a way of preventing the initial incidence of common mental disorders.
Dr Sarris, an executive member of the ISNPR, believes that it is time to advocate for a more integrative approach to psychiatry, with diet and nutrition as key elements.
“It is time for clinicians to consider diet and additional nutrients as part of the treating package to manage the enormous burden of mental ill health,” he said.
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Regular physical activity reduces depressive symptoms among both men and women with mild to moderate depression, notably among women

 

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Stone Hearth News

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Physical Activity, Gender Difference, and Depressive Symptoms
Jun Zhang M.S.1 and
Steven T. Yen Ph.D.2,*
Article first published online: 28 JAN 2015
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12285
Objective
To investigate the roles of physical activity (exercise) and sociodemographic factors in depressive symptoms among men and women in the United States.
Data Source
2011 U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Study Design

  

Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ-8) scores are aggregated and divided into five categories. An ordered switching probability model with binary endogenous physical activity is developed to accommodate ordinality of depression categories and ameliorate statistical biases due to endogeneity of physical activity.
Principal Findings
Average treatment effects suggest physical activity ameliorates depressive symptoms among mildly and moderately depressed individuals, most notably among mildly depressed women. Gender differences exist in the roles of sociodemographic factors, with age, income, race, education, employment status, and recent mental health condition playing differentiated roles in affecting depressive symptoms.
Conclusions
Regular physical activity reduces depressive symptoms among both men and women with mild to moderate depression, notably among women.
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Lack of exercise responsible for twice as many deaths as obesity

 

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Stone Hearth News

  

A brisk 20 minute walk each day could be enough to reduce an individual’s risk of early death, according to new research published today. The study of over 334,000 European men and women found that twice as many deaths may be attributable to lack of physical activity compared with the number of deaths attributable to obesity, but that just a modest increase in physical activity could have significant health benefits.
Physical inactivity has been consistently associated with an increased risk of early death, as well as being associated with a greater risk of diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Although it may also contribute to an increased body mass index (BMI) and obesity, the association with early death is independent of an individual’s BMI.
To measure the link between physical inactivity and premature death, and its interaction with obesity, researchers analysed data from 334,161 men and women across Europe participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study. Over an average of 12 years, the researchers measured height, weight and waist circumference, and used self-assessment to measure levels of physical activity. The results are published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The researchers found that the greatest reduction in risk of premature death occurred in the comparison between inactive and moderately inactive groups, judged by combining activity at work with recreational activity; just under a quarter (22.7%) of participants were categorised as inactive, reporting no recreational activity in combination with a sedentary occupation. The authors estimate that doing exercise equivalent to just a 20 minute brisk walk each day – burning between 90 and 110 kcal (‘calories’) – would take an individual from the inactive to moderately inactive group and reduce their risk of premature death by between 16-30%. The impact was greatest amongst normal weight individuals, but even those with higher BMI saw a benefit.
Using the most recent available data on deaths in Europe the researchers estimate that 337,000 of the 9.2 million deaths amongst European men and women were attributable to obesity (classed as a BMI greater than 30): however, double this number of deaths (676,000) could be attributed to physical inactivity.

  

Professor Ulf Ekelund from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, who led the study, says: “This is a simple message: just a small amount of physical activity each day could have substantial health benefits for people who are physically inactive. Although we found that just 20 minutes would make a difference, we should really be looking to do more than this – physical activity has many proven health benefits and should be an important part of our daily life.”
Professor Nick Wareham, Director of the MRC Unit, adds: “Helping people to lose weight can be a real challenge, and whilst we should continue to aim at reducing population levels of obesity, public health interventions that encourage people to make small but achievable changes in physical activity can have significant health benefits and may be easier to achieve and maintain.” Source

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