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Active Life May Cut Colon Cancer Risk

2009-05-16T12:47:00.000-07:00

The article below is found at WebMD and is written by Miranda Hitti. The article says people who exercise have less of a chance of getting Colon Cancer. Sounds good to me! So what are you waiting for? Exercise? If you are not sure of what kind, try Interval Training. If you need help, contact me!

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Breast cancer rates fall as women abandon HRT

2009-05-15T08:39:00.000-07:00

This article is about Hormone Replacement Therapy and how women who are on HRT have a higher chance of breast cancer. The statistics show, breast cancer was less as women stopped HRT. I found this article at Cancer Research UK. It was in the Press release section.

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B-VITAMIN COULD BE KEY TO MEMORY LOSS, DEMENTIA

2009-05-10T07:46:00.000-07:00

This article was emailed to me from Daily Health News of which I subscribe and was written by Carole Jackson. It focuses on the affects of B 12 on the brain and if it is a prevention to the brain decreasing in size. Enjoy!

Even those among us who'd like to slim down a little might be understandably upset at the thought of losing weight in our brains, but it seems our brains do shrink as we age. Decreases in brain volume are associated with cognitive impairments such as memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The good news is that British researchers recently found that some brain shrinkage may be associated with low levels of B-12 -- which suggest that perhaps supplementing might be a preventive strategy.
ABOUT THE RESEARCH
Several studies have linked B-12 deficits with cognitive decline and dementia. A. David Smith, DPhil, FMedSci, and his colleagues at the University of Oxford, set out to learn more about the association by measuring the amount of bioavailable B-12 in older people. In a five-year longitudinal study, they followed 107 individuals of both genders (mean age 73) with no mental impairments at the start of the study. Participants were given yearly exams that included cognitive tests, MRI scans and blood tests to track the amount of bioavailable B-12.
The researchers found two things. First, those whose B-12 levels were lowest at the start of the study had the most -- and fastest -- brain shrinkage over the five-year period. In addition, brain shrinkage occurred even in those whose plasma B-12 levels were still considered to be within a normal range.
TO SUPPLEMENT OR NOT TO SUPPLEMENT?
The RDA for B-12 is 2.4 micrograms, which can generally be obtained from the effective digestion and uptake of foods like meat, milk, eggs, fish and vitamin-fortified cereals. However, poor diet and, unfortunately, the effects of aging itself lead to depleted B-12 levels.
Now, Dr. Smith and his colleagues are turning their attention to the obvious next question of whether B-12 supplements can reverse or halt the loss of brain volume once it has begun, with a study of elderly people they hope to conclude later this year. Though there is little consensus among the medical community about when B-12 supplements should be prescribed, Dr. Smith believes people over age 50 should have B-12 levels checked every five years or so, and take supplements if the levels are in the low-normal range. Have your B-12 levels checked right away if you notice symptoms of deficiency, which can include tingling and numbness in the extremities in addition to poor memory. Vegetarians and pregnant women and nursing mothers are also at higher risk for low B-12 status, so they too should discuss with their doctor whether supplementation might be advisable. Other people who might have low B-12 levels are those who take proton pump inhibitors and H2 receptor antagonists for prolonged periods.
Source(s): A. David Smith, DPhil, FMedSci, is professor emeritus of pharmacology, founding director of Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA) and honorary associate director, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, at University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Pushing drugs

2009-05-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Here's a great video I received from my aunt who has been watching her health her whole life. It is eye openning and worth the listen. Are you affected by the advertising of drugs?

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Grassroots Health

2009-05-03T09:45:00.000-07:00

I was sent this site by someone who stumbled upon mine. He mentioned he, also, was a Follicular Lymphoma survivor and a fitness nut. This site is a large advocate of Vitamin D as a preventor of cancer. I have been taking Vitamin D everyday since I was diagnosed. Another great way to get plenty of Vitamin D is to get some sun. Enjoy!

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Dr. Cannell Talks About Vitamin D (www.mercola.com)

2009-05-02T13:56:00.000-07:00

This is a great short video about Vitamin D and its effects on the Common Cold and other diseases. I received this from a friend who emailed the link to me. It comes from Viddler.com. Vitamin D is one of the supplements I have been taking ever since I was diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma Cancer. Unfortuantely, my immune system is so depressed that I still catch colds, but I receommend the supplement highly. Go out and get some Sun! It's a great source of Vitamin D!

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PISTACHIOS ARE A HEART-HEALTHY TREAT

2009-04-09T11:51:00.000-07:00

I received this article from Bottom Lines' Daily Health News by Carole Jackson which is sent to me by email. It gives the benefits of eating nuts daily and it's effects on heart disease. I like pistachios! Enjoy!

New research on the heart health benefits of pistachios means we can toss these popular nuts into the "party mix" of good-for-us nuts -- right along with the almonds, macadamia nuts, walnuts, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts and pecans we're already enjoying with no guilt. A study from Pennsylvania State University finds that these tasty nuts deliver a handful of cardiovascular benefits, more so than other nuts. To learn more about the study and its implications, I consulted lead author Sarah K. Gebauer, PhD, the graduate student who worked on the study, currently a post-doctoral research associate at the USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Maryland.
GOING NUTS FOR PISTACHIOS
Current government nutrition guidelines recommend consuming between 20% to 35% of calories from fat. In the study at Penn State, participants followed one of three diets: one diet (control group) was lower in total and saturated fat than the typical American diet and consisting of 25% fat... another diet included one serving (approximately 1½ oz) of pistachios and a total of 30% fat... and a third diet included two servings of pistachios (roughly three ounces) with a total of 34% fat. All diets were rich in fruit, vegetables, lean meats and whole grains. For the two nut-eating groups, nuts were consumed as a snack, roasted and salted, and in food that incorporated roasted, unsalted pistachios.
Dr. Gebauer and her colleagues found that both pistachio-rich diets significantly decreased blood levels of blood lipids including LDL, the so-called "bad cholesterol," while also lowering systolic blood pressure. According to Dr. Gebauer, the beneficial effects of pistachios on cardiovascular disease risk factors may be attributed to their unique nutrient profile, including their...
Low level of artery-clogging saturated fat and rich level of healthful monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
High fiber content.
Large amounts of disease-fighting antioxidants such as lutein, gamma-tocopherol and beta-carotene.
High levels -- the highest of all commonly consumed nuts -- of plant chemicals known as phytosterols, which may help decrease LDL-cholesterol.
HAVE A HANDFUL A DAY
Eating nuts is just one element of an overall heart-healthy diet, Dr. Gebauer emphasizes. Experts generally recommend that you consume 1½ ounces of nuts per day. For more information about pistachios or to get a free copy of a new brochure of pistachio recipes from celebrity chefs such as Todd English, Gale Gand and Michelle Bernstein, visit the Web site of the Western Pistachio Association at http://www.westernpistachio.org.
Source(s): Sarah K. Gebauer, PhD, post-doctoral research associate, USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland.
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Legumes may protect against mammary cancer

2009-03-25T05:17:00.000-07:00

A nice article about legumes and cancer prevention is found at Pesonal Liberty Digest written by Bob Livingston.

By Personal Liberty News Desk • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Health, Personal Liberty News

Scientists have observed that dry beans have a potential to reduce the risk of mammary cancer.
Scientists at Colorado State University analyzed the impact of the consumption of six different types of beans - small red, great northern, navy, black, dark red and white kidney beans - on the cancer history of laboratory animals in a standard preclinical model for breast cancer.
They found that cancer incidence in the group fed beans fell to 67 percent compared to 95 percent incidence in the control group. The average number of malignant tumors also fell from 3.2 in the control group to 1.4 tumors in the group fed beans.
The study was published in the January-February 2009 issue of the journal Crop Science.
This is yet another example of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle which includes legume consumption. Legumes such as beans, peas, lentils and peanuts are known to be high in antioxidants, which play a crucial role in the body’s defense against cancer-causing free radicals.

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Heavier drinking linked to increased risk of prostate cancer

2009-03-19T21:46:00.000-07:00

NBR staff Monday March 16 2009 - 04:43pm

People who are heavier drinkers are much more likely to develop prostate cancer, according to a new international study.
A research team from Australia, Canada and the U.S. reviewed 35 studies examining the relationship between alcohol and prostate cancer risk to discover that people who consume more than 14 drinks per week - heavier drinkers – are roughly 20% more likely to develop prostate cancer than light drinkers.
Medicine Hat News reports study co-author and University of California professor Kaye Fillmore saying, "It's a real killer. It certainly is in Canada and the United States.
"It's a real problem in the scientific community because all of the candidates we typically look at to predict diseases of this nature, like smoking, diet and exercise and exposure to chemicals, they have not produced very good results," says Fillmore.

"They've been inconsistent for the most part and it leaves us with a real problem that there is nothing that men can actually do in terms of changing their habits to prevent this disease."
Five researchers looked at 35 studies on the subject, including cohort studies which measure people at a point in time, before later re-measuring to see if smoking, drinking or exercise is associated with the disease’s prevalence.
"Prostate cancer develops typically and kills typically in men who are middle-aged and older, and in the developing world as longevity increases they are getting higher incidences of prostate cancer," professor Fillmore said to Medicine Hat News.
Co-author Tim Stockwell, director of the University of Victoria (Canada) noted there is continuing controversy about just how much alcohol contributes to various cancers.
There are some schools of thought that argue that one or two drinks a day for men gives maximum protection against heart disease says Mr Stockwell, but such information is confusing to the general population.
"We've actually disputed that (moderate 'protective' drinking) but it's an example of confusing information because the same level that might give you protection against heart disease is also beginning to increase your risk of cancer, many cancers", he says.

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Alternative Cancer Information

2009-03-09T08:32:00.000-07:00

Below is an email I received about B17 and apricot seeds. This supplement and food are two natural sources for the cure of cancer. I ate apricot seeds during the time I was receiving another natural supplement to cure cancer, Vitamin C through infusion. I will continue to eat apricot seeds as my daily source of B17 and as my source to continue to treat myself in order to prevent the cancer from returning. I recommend both as the results have led me to begin to reduce my treatments. I am back in the gym since October 2008 and am back to training my clients.

Hi George

It's Perry with the alternative cancer information.

From thousands of people who visit our website each month from around the world, here's the #1 most frequently asked question we get:

How much vitamin B17 should I take?

When you have cancer, it is most important to consume as much vitamin B17 as possible. Vitamin B17 is the highest in raw apricot seeds. (Always start out slow and build your way up).

With the tablets, it is best to take them with water and at least a little food in your stomach. Vitamin B17 is water soluble and non-toxic.

Some people get nauseous if they take eat too many seeds or too many tablets at one time. The same as if one would drink too much salt water at one time.

If this is the case, take fewer amounts of the vitamin B17 tablets at one time but more often throughout the day. If you presently have cancer, you can have 10 to 20 (or more, if you are able to handle it) of the 500 mg tablets spread out throughout the day for the first month, but you should consult your natural doctor first.

If you find that you are getting nauseous, please cut the B17 tablets in half. Then consume 1/2 a tablet every waking hour or two, slowing building up to the ten, or more per day. It is a good idea to have a little food in the stomach just before taking the vitamin B17.

When you reach the maximum dosage of vitamin B17 that you can handle, you need to maintain that dosage for 90 days. After the initial 90 days, check with your natural doctor to see how you are doing.

Once your cancer is in remission or gone, a maintenance dose of 1-3 tablets of 500mg B17 per day is the proper protocol. Vitamin B17 needs to be included in your diet for the rest of your life, either in tablets or from your food, such as apricot seeds, apple seeds, etc. See the list in the book or video.

There are many different foods and herbs that have healing properties. It is common knowledge among scientists and holistic doctors that combinations of therapies are more effective than just one. Put together what you can with the key center being Vitamin B17 and apricot seeds.

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Health advisory: omega-6 fatty acids help the heart

2009-02-28T07:44:00.000-08:00

I received this artcile from the Personal Liberty Digest written by Bob Livingston. The article is about Omega 6 and it nutritional advantages and how it is found in natural foods. It is interesting that the American Heart Association is the advocate behind the study in the article. It is nice to see that they are finally catching up to what many people already know: naturals food are good for you. But better late than never.

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By Personal Liberty News Desk • Jan 30th, 2009 • Category: Health, Personal Liberty News

A new study highlights the benefits of natural foods, while another finds link between processed meat and serious health risks.
Omega-6 fatty acids - which can be found in nuts, seeds, and vegetable oils - have a beneficial impact on the heart and should be a part of a healthy diet, according to a recent advisory from the American Heart Association.
According to the association, numerous studies have indicated that replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fatty acids, of which omega-6 is one type, lowers the risk of heart disease by 24 percent.
That is because "[w]hen saturated fat in the diet is replaced by omega-6, the blood cholesterol levels go down," explains Dr. William Harris, director of the Metabolism and Nutrition Research Center at the University of South Dakota.
This seems to underscore the value of eating natural foods - such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats - as opposed to processed products. Reuters news agency has reported on a new study by researchers at Harvard which links the consumption of processed meats such as hot dogs to a greater risk of leukemia in children.
The human body does not have the capacity to produce omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, but they play a crucial role in heart and brain function and in normal growth and development, concludes the AHA advisory.

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Pure Clean Skin: BioActive X3 Complex#links

2009-02-22T21:13:00.000-08:00

Pure Clean Skin: BioActive X3 Complex#links

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Serious Health Risks Associated With Prostate Cancer Treatment

2009-02-22T08:36:00.000-08:00

This article speaks to androgen blockade or androgen deprivation as treatment for Prostate Cancer. The article appeared in the Personal Liberty Digest written by Bob Livingston. It shows a need for testosterone to maintain health. I hope you find it interesting and informative. Enjoy!

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By Bob Livingston • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Bob Livingston, Health, Personal Liberty Articles

Conventional medicine aggressively attacks prostate cancer with androgen blockade or androgen deprivation.

In humans (predominantly males), the major androgen is testosterone. Natural testosterone is an elixir of life. It rises in youth (predominately males) to about age 25, and then it begins to decline. Researchers claim that aging and deterioration of health occurs with declining testosterone.

Natural testosterone, not to be confused with synthetic steroid drugs, “has been scientifically shown to enhance sexuality, vitality, cardiovascular health and general health.” (From the book, Maximize Your Vitality and Potency for Men Over 40 by Jonathan Wright, M.D. and Lane Lenard, Ph.D.)

Conventional medicine, sometimes referred to as “orthodox medicine,” hatched this “androgen blockade” as a procedure in cancer treatment usually followed by a prostate operation leaving most men impotent, along with other serious complications. Well, you know the story. It has a monotonously fatal ring to it.

Now researchers say that cardiovascular mortality, in some cases, follows androgen deprivation (blockade) and that it is associated with a greater risk of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and diabetes.

Prostate doctors are loose with their prostate cancer patients, as well as all prostate patients with high prostate specific antigen (PSA) measurements.

Before any man agrees to androgen blockade or a prostate operation, they should read Jonathan Wright’s book, Maximize Your Vitality and Potency for Men Over 40.

Testosterone is nature’s answer for vitality, health and longevity.

I personally use 5 percent testosterone by prescription from a compounding pharmacy. Women need about one-tenth as much testosterone as men, but they do need it.

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Exercisers Ache Less than Sedentary Folks Frequent Workouts Inhibit Pain, Study Says

2009-02-21T08:46:00.001-08:00

Another great aricle from Daily Health News. It's about exercise and its affects on pain in seniors. After reading this, it should make every senior want to start exercising!

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Exercisers Ache Less than Sedentary Folks Frequent Workouts Inhibit Pain, Study Says

People have all kinds of excuses not to exercise, and one I have heard often is that it causes too many aches and pains, especially among older people. Not so, says a study from Stanford University, which found that older people who regularly exercise actually experience considerably less musculoskeletal pain.

THE STUDY DETAILS

Over a 14-year period, researchers tracked 866 people, 492 of whom were members of a runners association... and 374 nonmembers who served as control subjects.
All participants were also divided into either "Ever Runners" (565) or "Never Runners" (301). When the study began, participants were on average in their early to mid-sixties. Each year they filled out extensive questionnaires about how much they exercised, what type of exercise they were doing and their history of musculoskeletal injuries. After adjusting for age, body mass index, gender, health behaviors, history of arthritis and other conditions, the study team discovered that the people who continued to be most active had 25% less pain than their sedentary peers.
The amount of exercise performed by active runners' association members and "Ever Runners"
was considerable and showed a wide range -- from just under six hours a week to a hefty 35 hours per week.

I spoke with Bonnie Bruce, DrPH, who was the lead author of the study, to explore what can be generalized about exercise and pain. She said the study looked at the effects of various types of vigorous aerobic activity (rapid walking, swimming, biking, hiking, racquet sports and others) that produced a sweat and a heart rate above 120 -- and theorizes several possible explanations for why the most active exercisers experienced less pain. It might reflect endorphin release, increased resistance to musculoskeletal injury (by building resilience through strength training) or a psychologically-based increase in pain threshold. There are likely many other plausible associations that will be identified over time. But whatever the reason, the outcome is clear -- exercise is a winning proposition.

Dr. Bruce points out that even people with less physical functioning in their lower body can still perform a number of activities that involve upper body work, including swimming and using some of the specialized equipment at gyms today.
Every movement counts, says Dr. Bruce, so do all you can to move throughout the day. Note: If you've avoided exercise for fear of pain, be sure to have your doctor double check that there are no injuries before you start a regimen.

Bonnie Bruce, DrPH, senior research scientist, department of immunology and rheumatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

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Health Lifestyle: The truth behind the label

2009-02-21T08:13:00.000-08:00

Health Lifestyle: The truth behind the label

This is one of the better blogs I have come across. It covers many topics to lead a healthy lifestyle. I hope you like it as much as I do.

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Soy For You

2009-02-21T07:34:00.000-08:00

This a great article about the dangers of soy and it's relationship to giving it to children in formula and its ability to prevent cancer. I found this article at www.bottomlinesecrets.com. I really suggest all you vegans and vegetarians to look for another source of protiein. This one is dangerous. You have been lied to.

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The Dark Side of Soy
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCNWeston A. Price Foundation
Special from Bottom Line's Daily Health NewsOctober 24, 2005
A few years ago, if you had asked me what the best "health food" in the world was, I probably would have said "soy."
Now I'm not so sure.
For years, we've been hearing that soy is a good source of protein, lowers cholesterol and reduces the risk for heart disease. There was also talk of soy protein having a protective effect against cancer. The reputation of soy still seems solid with mainstream doctors and dietitians. Lately, however, there have been rumblings of dissent in the nutritional community -- and some of these rumblings are very loud. Have we been oversold on soy?
To find out, I spoke with Kaayla Daniel, PhD, CCN, nutritionist and author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food (New Trends), who wrote three well-documented protests filed with the FDA regarding the proposed soy protein/cancer health claim. What I learned was disturbing.
MARKETING Versus SCIENCE
"Soy is not a health food, soy is not a panacea and soy has not even been proven safe," Dr. Daniel told me. "It's a triumph of marketing over real science." According to Dr. Daniel, the soy we are being sold in today's US market is a far cry from the soy eaten in Asian diets. "The type of food Asians eat is very different from what's appearing on the American table," she said. "While Asians do indeed eat small amounts of old-fashioned whole soy, they do not consume processed products made with soy protein isolate, texturized vegetable protein and soy oil. They rarely if ever consume soy shakes, energy bars, soy milk, soy burgers and other newly invented foods that use processed soy rather than 'the real deal'."
THE PROBLEMS WITH SOY
According to Dr. Daniel -- and to the growing number of soy detractors -- there are several other problems with soy...
First, it's not a particularly good source of protein. "Soy is very low in an essential amino acid called methionine, without which it can't be fully digested and utilized by the system," said Dr. Daniel. "It consistently scores low on almost all protein ratings except one, the protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS), which was set up as almost an 'affirmative action' rating system to make soy look better than it is." (See Daily Health News, October 10, 2005, for protein rating systems and the poor performance of soy.)
Second, soy contains phytates. Phytates are compounds found in beans, grains and seeds that bind toxic metals such as cadmium (a good thing), but also bind with minerals such as iron, zinc, calcium and magnesium, preventing their absorption (a bad thing). Phytates can cause iron deficiencies, leading to fatigue, lethargy, poor athletic performance and a weakened immune system. Iron deficiencies also can affect the thyroid, which in turn leads to weight gain.
Soy also contains protease inhibitors, compounds that inhibit important enzymes, such as trypsin, which are needed to digest protein. Protease inhibitors are the reason that soy protein, in all forms, is notoriously hard to digest and can badly stress the pancreas. "The commonly held notion that low levels of these protease inhibitors pose no threat to human health is simply untrue," said Dr. Daniel. Protease inhibitors have been linked to malnutrition and pancreatic disease. "While it's widely believed that cooking destroys them, it does not eliminate them completely."
Finally, there's the issue of phytoestrogens, which are plant estrogens found in soybeans. Phytoestrogens exert estrogenic effects directly and indirectly throughout the body. When eaten in sufficiently large quantities, "they can interfere with the production of thyroid hormones, disrupt menstrual cycles, contribute to infertility, even interfere with testosterone production in men, reducing their sex drive," Dr. Daniel told me. She concedes that soy sometimes reduces hot flashes but warns that the possible benefit is outweighed by proven risks to the thyroid, already a vulnerable gland for menopausal women, most often causing weight gain, fatigue and brain fog. Due to dangerous risks to ovarian hormone production, these phytoestrogen products derived from soy should not be used over the long run to treat PMS or symptoms of menopause.
SOY AND CANCER
As for the claim that soy prevents cancer, soy estrogens are listed as carcinogens in some chemistry textbooks. Dr. Daniel believes that compounds in soy may indeed have valid pharmaceutical uses in cancer treatment, but that's not the same as saying we should eat a lot of soy foods. According to Dr. Daniel, numerous studies actually show that soy can contribute to, cause and accelerate the growth of cancer. "Most alarmingly," she told me, "parents who feed their infants soy formula are unwittingly giving them the hormonal equivalent of three to five birth control pills a day, potentially interfering with brain and reproductive system development." The British Dietetic Association, Swiss Federal Health Service and other health authorities have warned parents and pediatricians against the use of soy formula, but in America, 25% of the bottle-fed market uses soy formula... and this number is growing.
Although most researchers are more moderate, believing that one or two portions of a good soy protein a day are probably fine, more and more nutritionists share Dr. Daniel's thinking. "There's no problem eating traditionally fermented products like miso in moderation, and even a little tofu once in a while," she told me, "but for people who want protein shakes, whey is a much better choice. The problem isn't the moderate consumption of soy -- it is the enthusiastic view of it as a perfect protein option for those looking to reduce their consumption of red meat and dairy products."
The answer? Moderation. Almonds anyone?
Source
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, nutritionist of the Weston A. Price Foundation, and author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, (New Trends). www.thewholesoystory.com.
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Why cardio is a complete waste of your time

2009-02-17T07:38:00.000-08:00

I received this email from a personal trainer who has a unique approach to cardio fitness. His name is Shin Ohtake. He is not the only person with this view, but he is unique when it comes to implementing this approach. Let me know what you think.

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It's not that all cardio is bad. There is a right and a wrong way to do cardio. Long, moderate paced cardio is a waste of time if you're trying to shed those extra pounds or improve your athletic performance. It's like pushing your car to work instead of driving it. But why?

The right way to do cardio for fat-burning and better conditioning is to do high intensity interval cardio. My favorite type of HIIT cardio workouts include sprinting (running). You don't need any equipment (or even a track for that matter). To change it up, find a hill or maybe some stairs.

Here's a sample:

Do a 15 second sprint, followed by 45 seconds of rest. Repeat this
8 times.

If you want something even more challenging, try the "Tabata"
interval (20 seconds on, 10 seconds off) for 8 rounds.

Remember, these are ALL OUT sprints. That means you sprint as fast as you can. 100% intensity.

If you don't have outdoor access (or if you're snowed in!) try intervals on the stationary bike. I always suggest the bike because it's easier to adjust the resistance and you're able to give it 100% effort. It's hard to sprint at your maximum speed on the treadmill, which is why I recommend the bike for indoor interval cardio.

One of the many benefits of doing interval cardio as opposed to longer, moderate cardio is it's positive effects on your metabolism. You'll boost your metabolic rate for a longer period of time. That means you'll improve your conditioning and burn more fat at the same time. How's that for efficient?

Sincerely,

Shin Ohtake
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Low-Carb battles in your brain

2009-02-11T19:18:00.000-08:00

If you are someone who follows a low carb diet, you might find this article interesting. It explains how to keep yourself on the diet when temptation is near. This article comes from the blog
of Michael R. Eades MD.

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I'm going to toss off a question about the paradoxical nature of low-carb diets. Here is the set up. Most people reading this post will have - at some point, at least - enjoyed the benefits of a low-carb diet. They will have had more energy, slept better, rid themselves of heartburn and GERD, stabilized blood sugar, reduced blood pressure, normalized lipids and lost weight. Many will have been able to rid themselves of one or even a handful of drugs. All will have felt much, much better than before starting the diet. And, if most are like me, will marvel on what a wonderfully filling and satisfying diet it is and will tell them selves that the low-carb diet is really the only diet worth following.
Okay, that’s the set up. Here is the question:
Why are low-carb diets so difficult to stick to for so many who have had the above experience?
When I am in full low-carb mode, genesis-ing that neo glucose like crazy, I feel like a million bucks. I’m not hungry, I don’t really obsess on food, and I have energy out the yang. So, why would I ever go off the diet? I can assure you that I do. And sometimes I go off in a bad way for longer than I should. I pick up a few pounds, finally get a grip on myself and plunge back into low-carbery. When I’m back sailing along, I wonder why I ever went off in the first place. So, why did I do it? Why do we all do it?
Here is what Don DeLillo writes in White Noise that is apropos to our question:
Who knows what I want to do? Who knows what anyone wants to do? How can you be sure about something like that? Isn’t it all a question of brain chemistry, signals going back and forth, electrical energy in the cortex? How do you know whether something is really what you want to do or just some kind of nerve impulse in the brain? Some minor little activity takes place somewhere in this unimportant place on one of the brain hemispheres and suddenly I want to go to Montana or I don’t want to go to Montana.
The above quote leads off Jonah Lehrer’s new book How We Decide, which I’ve started, but haven’t finished. I got the book because of an article of Lehrer’s I read in the Dallas paper when I was there a couple of weeks ago. So far, the book has met and exceeded all my expectations. And tomorrow night, I’m going to meet the author, so I’d like to get most of the book finished by then.
The article in the Dallas paper got me thinking about diets, low-carb diets in particular. And about how much easier it would be for all of us if a lot of things changed. Before I go into detail, read this excerpt from the article:
A recent experiment…sheds light on what happens inside the brain when people make shopping decisions. While economists have long assumed that consumers are rational agents and purchase goods based on calculations of utility, that assumption turns out to be false. In reality, every shopping decision is an emotional tug-of-war, as the pleasure of getting something new competes with the pain of spending money.
The experiment went like this: A few dozen lucky undergraduates were given a generous amount of cash and offered the chance to buy dozens of different objects, from a digital voice recorder to gourmet chocolates to the latest Harry Potter book. While the students were making their shopping decisions, the scientists were imaging the activity inside their head with a powerful brain scanner.
They discovered that when subjects were first exposed to the item, a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) was turned on. The NAcc is a crucial part of our dopamine reward pathway – it’s typically associated with things like sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll – and the intensity of its activation was a reflection of desire for the item. If the person already owned the complete Harry Potter collection, then the NAcc didn’t get too excited about the prospect of buying another copy. However, if he’d been craving a George Foreman grill, then the NAcc flooded the brain with dopamine whenever that item appeared.
But then came the price tag. When the subjects were exposed to the cost of the product, the insula was activated. The insula is associated with aversive feelings, and is triggered by things like nicotine withdrawal and pictures of people in pain. In general, we try to avoid anything that makes our insula excited. Apparently, this includes spending money.
By measuring the relative amount of activity in each brain region, the scientists could accurately predict the subjects’ shopping decisions. They knew which products people would buy before the people themselves did. If the insula’s negativity exceeded the positive feelings generated by the NAcc, then the subject almost always chose not to buy the item. However, if the NAcc was more active than the insula, the object proved irresistible. The sting of giving up cash couldn’t compete with the thrill of getting a George Foreman grill.
So far, nothing much new other than putting names to the parts of the brain - NAcc and insula - that constantly debate with one another over what we’re going to buy or do. We think we make decisions rationally, but we really don’t. We make them because our brain chemicals tell us what to do. As I mentioned in a previous post, we can control this to a little better extent than Mr. Lehrer indicates that we can.
But this constant debate goes on in our brains, with our spendthrift hedonistic NAcc wanting to buy, buy, buy while our tightfisted, frugal, money-hoarding insula trying to hold the line. That this debate occurs is not lost on retailers. They want to do whatever they can to encourage the NAcc and discourage the insula.
…retail stores already manipulate this cortical setup. Just look at the interior of a Costco. It’s no accident that the most covetous items are put in the most prominent places. A row of high-definition televisions surrounds the entrance. The fancy jewelry, Rolex watches and other luxury items are conspicuously placed along the corridors with the heaviest foot traffic. And then there are the free samples of food, liberally distributed throughout the store.
The goal of these discount warehouses is to constantly prime the pleasure centers of the brain, to keep us lusting after things we don’t need. Even though we probably won’t buy the Rolex, just looking at the fancy watch makes us more likely to buy something else, since the coveted item activates the NAcc.
But it’s not enough to just excite our reward centers: Retailers must also inhibit the insula. This brain area is responsible for making sure we don’t spend excessively, and when it’s repeatedly assured by retail stores that low prices are “guaranteed,” it stops worrying so much about the price tag. In fact, researchers have found that even when a store puts a promotional sticker next to the price tag – something like “Bargain Buy!” or “Hot Deal!” – but doesn’t actually reduce the price, sales of the item will still dramatically increase.
These retail tactics lull our brain into buying more things, since the insula is pacified. (Paying with a credit card seems to have a similar effect. Because the actual payment is postponed until the end of the month, the insula doesn’t fully process the pain of spending money. Of course, this leads, over time, to rampant credit card debt.)
This inner-brain debate we all have going on and the retailers response to it is a kind of model of what happens to us when we’re cruising along on our low-carb diets. Before we get into the specifics however, let’s look at how this model works with another form of pleasurable and addictive behavior.
Smoking involves these same parts of the brain, the NAcc and the insula. Back in the 1930s, 40s and 50s a whole lot of people smoked. In fact, it was all the rage. As my mother never tires of telling me whenever I point out the negative health consequences of her own past smoking, back then you were regarded as an outcast if you didn’t smoke. Although people may have wondered deep in their heart of hearts if it were really a good thing, their NAccs got plenty of encouragement everywhere. All the movies made during the time were filled with actors smoking, characters on television series smoked (Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke, for instance), talk-show hosts smoked (Johnny Carson always had a cigarette going), cigarette ads were everywhere. And if you thought that maybe tobacco might not be good for you, there were even ads showing doctors who smoked and who recommended smoking. Even cartoon characters smoked. People smoked on planes, in restaurants, at work, at meetings - everywhere. You couldn’t get away from it. It was the norm. Your NAcc got a boost everywhere you looked and your insula was inhibited.
Compare then with now. In most places you can’t smoke in restaurants, in California you can’t even smoke in bars, you can’t smoke in planes, you can’t smoke much of anywhere. You don’t see a lot in movies, and when people do smoke, it really stands out, and looks pretty revolting. If you do try to smoke publicly, you will be glowered at by someone. You are bombarded with ads showing the negative effects of smoking. Whenever you hear someone died of lung cancer, you always ask if he/she was a smoker. And if so, you may have less sympathy. Whereas in the 30s, 40s and 50s the entire system was set up to encourage and enable smokers, it is the opposite now. As a consequence, way, way fewer people smoke. Why? Because even though the NAcc might still want to smoke, the insula has so much encouragement from the world around, that it easily overcomes whatever desire the NAcc might have.
The insula can be pretty strong, too. Alcoholism is a severe type of addiction and dependency, but can be held at bay by Alcoholics Anonymous. How? By attending meetings and getting the insula all fired up to cease and desist when alcohol is around. I have a friend who is an addictive personality type and who is a bad alcoholic with a bad, bad history of alcoholic self destruction. He’s been sober now for over ten years, but right before attending ANY event where alcohol will be available (including dinner at our house), he finds an AA meeting to get his insula topped off.
When we think about low-carb dieting in these terms, it is clear that we low-carbers are operating in a high-carb world. We are the low-carb equivalent of the non-smoker in the 1950s. We are considered unusual.
Everywhere we look we are bombarded with carbohydrate temptations. No place is safe. Just like the cigarette ads that were ubiquitous in days gone by, so now are the carbohydrate ads. You can’t pick up a magazine, turn on the TV or even look in a newspaper without your eye falling on an advertisement for carbohydrates. Nutritionists recommend them; dietitians recommend them; doctors recommend them; even the government recommends them.
If you tell three people you’re on a low-carb diet, I can almost guarantee that at least one of them will tell you that you are going to croak your kidneys or dissolve your bones. Probably another is going to tell you that although you may lose some weight, you will do so at the risk of clogging your arteries. Your insula is gathering info. Everything you hear like this beats down your insula just a little more, making it more prone to look the other way when your NAcc wants to take control.
Looking at this situation, it’s remarkable that anyone is able to stay on a low-carb diet for any length of time at all. In the ongoing debate in our heads between the NAcc and the insula, the insula doesn’t stand a chance. Society is aligned today to prod the NAcc with carbs just like it did with cigarettes a couple of generations ago, even though it was/is disastrous for health. And as it was then, society today is aligned to discourage the insula. Just like the retailers with merchandising, societal forces are pimping our NAccs and distracting our insulas.
When you’re doing well on the low-carb diet, your NAcc is happy, and if you hang in there and keep immersing yourself in low-carb info (this blog, other low-carb blogs, low-carb forums, low-carb books, etc.), your insula stays happy. But let yourself get away from this insular world, and what happens?
You go out for a nice dinner and hear comes the bread basket, often filled with warm, aromatic bread. All your dinner companions are scarfing it down. Hey, what’s a little piece of bread going to do to you, for God’s sake? (If you happen to find yourself in the unfortunate position of having not had a booming weight-loss week, you’re really in trouble.) Then the dessert tray comes after dinner, and if you’ve had a little bit to drink, you may be a goner. Alcohol is the gateway drug for carbs - as a general rule, the more you drink, the more carbs you eat. Hey, you only live once. Go for it. You head home after consuming about three day’s worth of carbohydrates. You resolve to do better the next day, but you’ve derailed the smooth running of all the metabolic processes that your low-carb diet had set in motion, and the next day it will be a little harder to get back on track.
Your NAcc has been beguiled by the carbs while your insula has been overcome (overtly) by your dinner companions and (covertly) by the high-carb society in which we all live, where you’ll hear things such as: Hey, it’s okay. Everyone knows that carbs are good for you. We’re supposed to consume at least 150 g per day for good health. I saw a doctor on Oprah who said we don’t get ENOUGH carbs.
And you wonder why it’s tough to stay on a low-carb diet? And you wonder why you have cravings? It’s pretty obvious when you think about it in these terms.
What can we do? Aside from the Glasser techniques that I wrote about before that serve mainly to get us away from the temptation, the best thing to do is pump up our own insulas. Just like my friend who goes to AA before any exposure to alcohol to get his inhibitory insula ready to dominate his NAcc, you’ve got to prep yourself. Go through all the reasons you’re on a low-carb diet. Think about how good you’re feeling. Think about all the good things you have going with your low-carb diet. Get yourself psyched up just as if your were going out to play in the Super Bowl. It sounds corny, but that’s what AA does, and it’s very effective. I call this getting into diet mode or putting on your diet face. We’ve all got to do this until the world changes.
Think how nice it will be when the world comes to its senses about diet and realizes the superiority of the low-carb diet for health and weight. We will be bombarded with ads for different cuts of meat. Instead of the smell of fresh baked bread in stores, we’ll get the aroma of sizzling bacon. We’ll be presented with dozens of options for foods prepared with coconut oil and butter. We will look at an overweight person eating a big carb meal with the same disgust we now feel toward someone who is coughing his/her lungs out while smoking. At restaurants we will have to ask for starch, and it may cost extra. Dessert trays will be filled with different varieties of berries and other low-carb fruits. If there is a tart or something similar, we’ll be assured that it comes with a crushed-almond crust and no added sugar. Should such a world ever exist, our NAccs will constantly be stimulated with the foods that are actually good for us and that are, unlike carbohydrates, satiating, and our insulas won’t really have to be inhibited, so we will be in constant NAcc drive to eat properly. Won’t it be grand?
When that time comes (and it probably will - who would have thought in the 40s that a time would come when no one smoked), I’ll pity the poor folks trying to sell low-fat diet books.

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Scientists: HRT use related to breast cancer

2009-02-10T08:09:00.000-08:00

By Personal Liberty News Desk • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Health, Personal Liberty News
A large study has found a drop in breast cancer cases after a reduction in the use of certain types of hormone replacement therapy.
HRT is sometimes prescribed to women battling symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and psychological problems, but scientists at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center now believe that it may expose patients to a higher risk of breast cancer and heart disease.
In particular they flag up combination therapy which uses both estrogen and progestin in one pill as causing an elevated level of risk if used for more than two years, based on their analysis of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s randomized clinical trial.
"A woman who continues combined hormone therapy [for] about five years would double her personal annual risk of breast cancer," Dr Marcia Stefanick, a professor of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and a co-author of the analysis, was quoted as saying by healthday.com.
The risk decreased rapidly when the women stopped taking the pills.
In 2002, the NHLBI stopped the trial of estrogen plus progestin therapy when researchers noticed a rise in breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, and pulmonary embolism cases.

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Amazing Benefits of Vitamin D

2009-02-08T20:19:00.001-08:00

By Bob Livingston • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: Bob Livingston, Health, Personal Liberty Articles

“This month’s big news is Professor Cedric Garland’s paper on cancer and vitamin D. Is vitamin D a cancer crusher? Dr. Garland and six other experts reviewed all the studies in the literature and concluded that up to 50 percent of all cancer could be prevented by adequate Vitamin D nutrition.” From: American Journal of Public Health.
Today, it is well established that besides playing a crucial role in the establishment and maintenance of the calcium in the body, vitamin D also acts as an effective regulator of cell growth and differentiation that is specific to cancer.
Clinical studies now show that vitamin D deficiency is associated with four of the most common cancers:
Breast
Prostate
Colon
Skin
DiabetesVitamin D deficiency has been associated with insulin deficiency and insulin resistance. It was shown in 2005 that vitamin D deficiency is likely the major factor for the development of diabetes in children.
Heart Disease and Vitamin DAs in diabetes, insulin resistance is one of the major factors in heart disease. Well, northern countries have higher levels of heart attacks in the winter months when there is no vitamin D from sunshine. How simple to take vitamin D supplements—dirt cheap!
SkinThe health news of the century: Dermatologists have made mega-dollars for years with graphic scares about skin cancer caused by sunshine. Of course they don’t know about colon cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and 25 other internal cancers caused by sunlight deprivation. Think what enormous damage and death the sunscreen purveyors and users have caused.
Over age 50?Scientific evidence proves that vitamin D improves neuromuscular performance in older people. It improves everything like better body balance, fewer hip fractures and even hair growth. It makes natural antibiotics that humans rely on to fight infection. There is a very positive connection between multiple sclerosis and vitamin D.
And now I reveal the secret of vitamin D and you can say that you have been told. Here it is: We do not get nearly enough vitamin D. We need 10 times as much as the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) and that is up to 4,000 to 10,000 units daily.
My friends, if you have any health concerns related to the above, get in touch with The Vitamin D Council: Find The Vitamin D Newsletter on the Internet at www.vitamindcouncil.org.

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Recipe for Youth: A Pinch of Basil... Ancient Herb for Anti-Aging

2009-02-07T07:12:00.000-08:00

New research adds more evidence to what practitioners of Ayurvedic natural medicine have believed for thousands of years -- Indian basil has anti-aging properties. Popularly known as holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) or tulsi, Indian basil was studied by researchers at the Poona College of Pharmacy in Pune, India, and the results were reported at the recent British Pharmaceutical Conference, "Pharmacy in the 21st Century: Adding Years to Life and Life to Years," in Manchester, United Kingdom.
While there are more than 40 varieties of basil (all members of the mint family), holy basil in particular has tremendous cultural importance in India and Nepal and is among the most important herbs in the Ayurvedic tradition. It is used to treat a wide variety of conditions, including stress, heart and respiratory problems, diabetes, digestive and skin disorders, inflammation and pain. In this study, researchers set out to substantiate traditional Ayurvedic beliefs in holy basil's antioxidant and rejuvenation properties.
HOLY BASIL HAS ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT
Experimental groups of mice received either no extract of holy basil or one of three different doses. The findings showed cellular antioxidant effects. Lead author Vaibhav Shinde, MPharm, says that the study concluded that holy basil "is highly protective against oxidative damage, with a multidimensional role -- it scavenges free radicals, balances the antioxidant enzyme system, and stimulates metabolism of oxidative waste products."
Holy basil is typically ingested in one of two ways... the traditional Ayurvedic method is to boil fresh leaves and water until the water reduces to half. Then you can either drink the resulting "tea" or eat the crushed herb when it cools. However, since it is difficult to find the fresh leaves in the US, you can also use dried holy basil. It is also available as an ingredient in commercially available herbal teas.
Holy basil has a clove-like fragrance and a sharper, spicier taste than the more familiar sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) commonly used in Italian, Asian and American cooking, though the two are closely related. Holy basil can be found online and in health food stores as a supplement and the fresh leaves are available in many Thai and Vietnamese markets. Generally speaking, however, it is more valued for cultural and healing purposes than for cooking.
Source(s): Vaibhav Shinde, MPharm, lecturer, department of pharmacognosy, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University.

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Chamomile Tea Protects Against Diabetes Damage

2009-02-07T07:01:00.000-08:00

Chamomile is one of the most popular herbal teas. Moms give it to their children to soothe tummy aches and may have a cup themselves to relieve stress or gastrointestinal discomfort. People turn to chamomile tea to calm themselves at bedtime or to reduce cold and flu symptoms... and now evidence has emerged that it may also be helpful in preventing complications of type 2 diabetes. Recently discussed research with Stanley Mirsky, MD, an associate clinical professor of medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and coauthor of the Diabetes Survival Guide, shows this.
CHAMOMILE QUENCHES FREE RADICALS
Chamomile is thought to be beneficial for people with diabetes because it is so rich in antioxidants, which quench free radicals in the body that contribute to disease by allowing inflammation to flourish. In Japan and the United Kingdom (same study, multiple international authors in different locations), researchers fed diabetic rats a chamomile extract prepared from the dried flowers of Matricaria chamomilla for 21 days. When compared with a similar group of rats who also had diabetes and were fed the same diet but without the chamomile, the chamomile-treated animals had a significant drop in blood sugar. There was also a decline in two enzymes that are associated with dangerous diabetic complications such as loss of vision, nerve damage and kidney damage.
Results of the study were published in the September 10, 2008, issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The researchers expressed hope that these preliminary findings might one day lead to a chamomile-based treatment for diabetes that would be cheaper and have less side effects than pharmaceutical treatments.
Even as this research continues, it may be helpful to add chamomile tea to your diet. For those who like it (and have no contraindications, as it is known to interact with certain medications), it may be a good substitute for sugary sodas or fruit juices, which can wreak havoc on blood sugar levels. Check with your doctor first.
Source(s): Stanley Mirsky, MD, associate clinical professor of medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, and coauthor of the Diabetes Survival Guide (Ballantine). Dr. Mirsky is a practicing internist and diabetologist, a past president of the American Diabetes Association of New York State and a board member of the Joslin Diabetes Center. He was named Endocrinologist of the Year for 2005 at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

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Sweat More, Wheeze Less

2009-02-06T22:06:00.000-08:00

Don't complain about how much you sweat when you work out -- it could actually be one of the reasons you can work out. A recent study shows that people who sweat more are less likely to have exercise-induced asthma, a type of asthma that typically arises suddenly, five to 10 minutes into a workout, or even after the workout is over. One moment you are playing tennis or basketball or running... the next, you're experiencing symptoms of asthma, such as wheezing, coughing, chest pain and/or a shortage of breath. It can even happen in people with no history of asthma.
WHO GETS EXERCISE-INDUCED ASTHMA?
Exercise-induced asthma (or EIA) is brought on by continuous, strenuous aerobic activity, such as running or cross-country skiing. A research study on EIA has provided some insight into who those particularly susceptible individuals might be. At the US Naval Medical Center in San Diego, Warren Lockette, MD, and his team of researchers analyzed the rate of fluid secretion (in sweat, saliva and tears) in young members of the military suspected of having EIA. To identify those with the condition, researchers gave 56 healthy volunteers a drug that produced similar physiological effects as EIA and then measured their airflow. Those who experienced a 20% or more drop in airflow were confirmed to have EIA. Next he measured their sweating rates, along with fluid secretions from the mouth and eyes.
The results (published in September 2008 issue of Chest) showed that people least likely to have EIA produced more sweat and had more saliva and tears than those who are prone to the condition. Those with low airflow also had the lowest rates of fluid secretion in their mouths or eyes and on their skin from sweat. Dr. Lockette says he was surprised by the magnitude of the correlation between sweating rates and EIA.
SWEAT IS A GOOD THING
How is sweat linked to exercise-induced asthma? Dr. Lockette thinks that external secretions, such as sweat and saliva, reflect how much water is normally secreted within the lung's airways. The drier the airways, the more likely EIA will occur. If this is true, then "giving attention to hydration and nutrition is the next area to study," says Dr. Lockette. He is doing just that. More information about the root causes of EIA may lead to solutions -- such as better hydration -- that are easier and safer than current options, including prescription medications taken orally or with inhalers, which carry their own risks. Stay tuned.
Source(s): Warren Lockette, MD, head of clinical research, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California.

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How about a little levity from past issues of Dave Draper's weekly Newsletter

2009-02-06T21:54:00.000-08:00

It's good to ask questions. That's how you learn. And I learn, too, because I have to stop and think and wonder. And then I have to put the answers into words that everyone can understand.
Do you remember last summer we had very nice questions?
Q) Why are weights so heavy? A) So nobody steals them.
Q) Why are weights round? A) So you can roll them if you can't lift them.
Q) Why don't they make wooden weights? My uncle is a carpenter.A) We want to save trees and it takes one tree to make one weight. Myuncle was a plumber.
Q) Why do they call the little bars dumbbells?A) Because stupid-bells sounds ridiculous.
Q) How can I get the scratchy rough stuff off the part of the bar where Igrab it? It hurts my hands.A) Use a nail file or sandpaper, or cover it with duct tape like I do.
Q) Why do weight lifters do the same exercises over and over again? I gettired.A) So they don't forget how to do them. I get tired, too. And bored.

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Arthritis Epidemic In America

2009-02-03T08:10:00.001-08:00

Bob Livingston • Feb 2nd, 2009

There is more dairy farming in America than in any other country. Yet we have more arthritis, or calcium deficiency disease.
The first reason for this arthritis plague is because of public health laws that coerce us to drink adulterated milk. By force of law all commercial milk must be a dead food before the customer consumes it.
Pasteurization is required and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) test of pasteurization is that the alkaline phosphatase enzymes must be dead (by heating) for the milk to be approved for sale to the public.
The alkaline phosphatase enzyme is the live ingredient in raw milk that causes the formation of bone. The American people are denied this bone-forming food although they drink millions of gallons of (so-called) milk.
The second reason for the arthritis plague in America is that even though calcium supplements are tops in health food sales, it is almost worthless as a food supplement for the formation of bone.
Be reminded that bone is one-third calcium, one-third protein and one-third water. Ninety-nine percent of our calcium is in our bones. Only 1 percent is in our blood and tissue. But this 1 percent is so critical that if the 1 percent gets low, calcium will be drawn from the body skeleton. The blood and tissue calcium is so vital to life that the body forces our bones to give up calcium in order to balance blood and tissue because survival depends on it.
There may be a constant calcium release from your bones leaving them weaker and subject to arthritis. Usually calcium is first withdrawn from the spine and pelvic bones.
So calcium supplements that we consume simply go through the intestines and are excreted. Only if we take vital D3 (cholocalciferol) is our calcium intake absorbed from the stomach into the blood.
So in reality, our calcium deficiency is a D3 deficiency. This means that the critical 1 percent of blood and tissue calcium is absolutely dependent on vitamin D3.
Low blood and tissue calcium leads to high body temperature. This is the same as saying that high body temperature denotes low blood and tissue calcium. This is the direct route to disease and sickness.
D3 as cholocalciferol is the most potent hormone in the human body.
Now that the genie is finally out of the bottle the public is discovering the life-giving and life-sustaining attributes of vitamin D3. Because of this, I predict that vitamin D3 will be cut off except by prescription, making it a pharmaceutical drug. The justification will be that vitamin D3 is not a vitamin but a hormone, and must be controlled. Score another for the pharmaceutical trusts.
The pharmaceuticals will make a drug that will be toxic in minimum amounts. The effect will be to deny the American people adequate amounts of vitamin D3 to sustain blood and tissue diffusible calcium. The body will in turn draw calcium from the bones guaranteeing the continuation of the arthritis epidemic in America.
The main thing to understand is that no matter how much calcium we take, without vitamin D3 (cholocalciferol), it is worthless as a defense against arthritis.
Arthritis begins as osteomalacia, or lower limb pain, after prolonged vitamin D3 deficiency. This becomes full-blown crippling arthritis. Osteomalacia is a precursor, or forewarning, of arthritis to come. Doctors automatically suspect that the onset of lower limb pain is arthritis and start a toxic drug protocol. But it is likely to be only a deficit of D3 cholocalciferol.

I have Follicular Lymphoma. One of the supplements given to me by my doctor is Vitamin D3. Follicular Lymphoma pulls the Calcium out of my spine just as you indicated in your article. This loss of Calcium also led to kidney stones. I have to say there is no pain like the pain of kidney stones. I have had women tell me who have had kidney stones themselves that giving birth was not as painful as kidney stones. I am glad to say that I am now entering a maintenance program to monitor my health to hopefully prevent the cancer from returning. The method of defeating this cancer was Vitamin C infusion through an IV. I highly recommend if anyone has cancer to look into this method. I had Stage 4 Follicular Lymphoma and was given one year to live from last August 2008. I have been a personal trainer for thirty-two years and am back doing what I do best. Great Article!!

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Fitness Routine for the Beginner

2009-01-30T09:06:00.000-08:00

This routine is the one I follow as I recover from Cancer (Follicular Lymphoma). Start by doing one set per exercise before you progress to two sets per exercise. The routine is to be repeated every fourth day. Example: Train on Monday and then again on Friday and then again on Tuesday and then again on Saturday and so on and so on.

Squats: 2 x 8
Standing Calves: 2 x 15
Bench: 2 x 8
Deadlifts: 2 x 8
Seated Back Supported DB Press: 2 x 8
Pulldowns: 2 x 8
DB Shrugs: 2 x 8
Seated DB Curls: 2 x 8
Crunches: 2 x 12
If you have any questions, call me! I answer my own phone!
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2009-01-27T17:00:00.000-08:00

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Three Big Reasons Why You Don't Want to be a Vegetarian

2009-01-24T10:08:00.000-08:00

Below is an article from the web site of Al Sears MD.

Meat is Your ONLY Source of These Must-Have Nutrients
When I ask my university students if they’re vegetarians or meat eaters at least two-thirds of the class claims to be vegetarians. But most of them admit to eating fish, poultry and dairy products.
This wishful thinking is common to vegetarians. Even nutrition students are misinformed. Avoiding red meat doesn’t make you a vegetarian… and it doesn’t make you any healthier.
Here’s the bottom line: If you follow a true “vegetarian” no-meat diet, you may be robbing yourself of three critical nutrients you need to stay healthy.
Today I’ll show you how this happens and how you can avoid it. I’ll also give you easy-to-follow guidelines for safely enjoying the kind of red meat your ancestors thrived on.
On a Vegetarian Diet There’s a 93% Chance You’re Not Getting Enough Zinc
By avoiding beef, you are over 7 times more likely to suffer a zinc deficiency. 1 Check out this graph:
And that’s bad news. As a mineral, zinc is second only to iron in concentrations in the body. It helps in the production of hundreds of enzymes that are responsible for regulating your bodily functions.The prostate has the highest concentration of zinc in the body. And a deficiency has been linked to inflammation of the prostate known as prostatitis. Zinc also has many anti-aging benefits. It is essential for making superoxide dismutase (SOD), the most potent antioxidant that your body has. It also gives your skin a more youthful look. Zinc is essential for your body to use collagen which makes your skin more resilient and elastic – to fight off wrinkles and saggy skin.Zinc also keeps your vision sharp by transporting vitamin A to the retina, improving night vision. And it protects retinal cells from free radical damage while helping to slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The list of zinc’s crucial role in your health is long, including:
Promote a healthy immune system
Growth of reproductive organs
Fertility and conception
Prevent acne and regulate the activity of oil glands
Aid in protein synthesis and collagen formation
Cell reproduction and wound healing
Perception of taste and smell
Protect the liver from chemical damage
Bone formation
Maintain both vitamin E and vitamin A in the blood
Decrease the amount of copper absorbed
Zinc deficiency is just the start of “veggie-only” dangers. There are two other critical nutrients you only get from red meat…
Avoiding Beef Robs You of Energy …
You’ve heard me talk about it before: CoQ10 is vital to your heart’s survival.
Every cell in your body uses CoQ10 for high-octane energy. And your heart needs massive amounts of energy to pump blood… around the clock… every day.
I hope you’re paying attention, vegetarians, because red meat is the ONLY dietary source of heart-critical CoQ10.
In my own practice I see it all the time… vegetarians with critically low levels of this vital nutrient.
CoQ10 is not only vital to your heart’s ability to pump blood, it’s essential to life itself. That’s because every single organ in your body uses CoQ10 to get the energy they need to function. And if you don’t eat red meat, you’re not getting enough from your food. Period.
…And Weakens Your Mind
Here’s the third critical nutrient missing from vegetarian diets: Vitamin B12.
The body uses B12 to create red blood cells. It also helps maintain the nervous system, and is critical for brain health. B12 forms a protective layer around the nerve cells in your brain. Without that protective layer your brain can’t function properly.
Deficiency can cause memory loss, “brain fog” or worse… not to mention anemia and neuropathy where the degeneration of nerve fibers causes irreversible neurological damage.
And even vegetarians admit you can’t get reliable dietary sources of B12 from anything but animal sources like liver, fish, eggs and meat.
Urban Legend versus Real Science
Vegetarian ideas are not backed by real science. Many are simply myths or urban legends. And some of them are dangerous.
Here are a few examples:
Animal fats cause heart disease – Studies have shown that the plaque in arteries that causes heart disease is mostly made of unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated ones (in vegetable oil), not the saturated fat of animals like vegetarians believe.2
In fact, the body needs saturated fats to be able to use other key nutrients, like fatty-acids and fat-soluble vitamins.
Here’s another vegetarian slip-up:
Vegetarians live longer and have more energy – This one is misleading… The reports of vegetarians living longer are likely due to the fact that most of them also choose to exercise, eat less junk food, and not smoke.
One massive study on heart disease by Russell Smith, PhD. showed that when the consumption of animal products increased, mortality rates decreased!3
Moreover, a study by Burr and Sweetnam in 1982, revealed that, although vegetarians did have a slightly lower (0.11%) rate of heart disease than meat eaters (again, probably due to other healthy choices), the overall death rate was much higher for vegetarians!4
In spite of the evidence, religious and politically correct groups continue to perpetuate the myth that meat-eating peoples have shorter life spans.
Here’s another baseless myth:
Humans evolved as vegetarians – Think so? Here’s a fact: There are NO native vegetarians. Every native culture known to man – both past and present – has prized meat above all else.
You can start by looking at the modern equivalents to our ancestors. There are many native people today who live in a fashion similar to our cave man ancestors, and they have much lower rates of heart disease and other degenerative conditions than we do. What are they eating? Lots of animal fats.
Take the Aborigines of Australia. They eat a diet rich in animal products, and are renowned for their longevity (at least before Western diets entered the picture).5
Explorers report remarkably old ages among the Eskimos or Inuit (again, before western influence) who eat large quantities of whale and seal fat.6
How about the Russians of the Caucasus mountains? They live to great ages eating fatty pork and whole raw milk products.
Then there are the Hunzas, who are legendary for their robust health and longevity. They eat large portions of goat’s milk which has higher saturated fat content than cow’s milk.7
Yet, the mostly vegetarian Hindus of southern India have the shortest life spans in the world! That’s partly because of a lack of food, but also because of a distinct lack of animal protein in their diets.8The bottom line: Vegetarians say that a diet of meat and animal fat leads to a premature death. Anthropological data from primitive societies do not support that claim.9Here’s a common vegetarian misconception I would find laughable if it weren’t for how tragic the results can be:
You can get what you need by substituting meat and dairy with soy – Hello? Has anyone preaching the “vegetarian gospel” even read the facts?
The fermented soy foods like miso, tamari, tempeh and natto are definitely healthful in certain amounts, but the super-processed soy products that most vegetarians consume are not. This is because unfermented soy is high in phytic acid.10 That’s an anti-nutrient that actually binds to minerals and carries them out of your body!
Vegetarians are known for their tendency to be mineral deficient. And the high grain and legume-based diet, which are full of phytates, is to blame.11, 12
Just look at the nutrition of soy. Like all legumes it’s low in cysteine, methionine, and tryptophan, all vital amino acids. Worse, soybeans contain no vitamin A or D, both of which are needed by the body to absorb the beans’ proteins!13
Check this out. Here are three key nutrients the body needs for optimal health. This chart shows beef versus vegetarian sources. You be the judge.
Vegetarian Foods Contain ZERO B12 and CoQ10
VitaminB12
CoQ10
Zinc
Daily Value
6 mcg
N/A
15 mg
%Daily Value

Beef (3oz)
37
2.6mg
39
Tofu (1/2cup)
0
0
8
Pinto Beans (1/2cup)
0
0
6
Black Beans (1/2cup)
0
0
6
Chickpeas (1/2cup)
0
0
8
Peanut Butter (2T)
0
0
6
Almonds (1oz)
0
0
6
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture; Iowa State University
As you can see by the table above, there are no vegetarian sources of vitamin B12 or CoQ10… and only limited sources of zinc. That makes a balanced diet difficult.
Soy is no substitute for meat. Not only does soy rob you of essential nutrients, it can actually damage your health. Soy has high levels of phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens feed tumors and can destroy your cognitive function. And they can severely affect development in children. Parents who feed their infants soy-based formula are feeding them the hormonal equivalent of 5 birth-control pills a day!14
Vegetarians Don’t Like to Admit It, but We Were All Born to Eat Meat
Simple fact is our ancestors thrived on meat. It’s part of the metabolism that is in your DNA. It’s perfectly natural to crave it, and to want to sink your teeth into a juicy steak. Don’t let myths or political correctness make you feel guilty about that.
Your body is telling you what you need. But you need to get real meat, not the poor excuse for meat that big corporations are shrink-wrapping for your local grocers.
Grass-fed beef is a much better option… It has a potent nutritional value, and is packed with CoQ10, zinc and vitamin B12 – and it has the proper ratio of omega fatty-acids. Commercial grain-fed cattle is poisonous by comparison.
Follow These 5 Simple Guidelines for Finding High-Quality Beef
Grass-fed beef is growing in popularity so you may find it at one of your local grocery stores. Places like Whole Foods usually have a wide selection of grass-fed meats, and they are often locally raised.
The best option I’ve found is HERE. I’ve been buying from them for years and I know the owner personally. Their quality is exceptional and they have a number of other raw and grass-fed products on hand. Their butters and cheeses are out-of-this-world delicious. By the way… when you order on line, your order is shipped to you by overnight mail – and your food is never compromised.
If you can’t get grass-fed, your best bet is beef raised without hormones or antibiotics. This meat will most likely be grain-fed but it’s widely available and clearly marked on the package. Usually grocery stores will separate this meat from the rest. If you’re unsure, just ask someone behind the meat counter and they’ll point it out if they have it. And don’t be shy about striking up a conversation… even if your grocery store doesn’t sell grass-fed or hormone-free beef they can often tell you where to find it.
If you’re not sure about the quality, here’s a simple rule of thumb: the cheaper the meat, the more contaminated it’s likely to be. When you see those super-saver sales… like the kind advertised on TV or stuffed into your mailbox at home, you can assume that it’s grain-fed and pumped full of every chemical and hormone known to man. It doesn’t pay to eat cheap meat.
Same rule applies when you’re going out to eat… meat from fast food restaurants is the worst. Especially those places offering you an entire burger or sandwich for 79 cents or whatever their offer of the moment happens to be. It’s poison.
If you’re still not convinced that a vegetarian diet is a disaster waiting to happen, you need to be vigilant about your supplements. You need a full range of B vitamins, minerals and a powerful CoQ10 source – preferably the reduced ubiquinol you find in my Accel. This is critical… no exceptions.
I recommend a homocysteine-reducing formula for your B vitamins, as they usually have a powerful blend of the ones you need most. They’re easy to find at your local vitamin store. For minerals – aside from zinc – I recommend you take chromium, selenium and boron. You can find them at vitamin or health food stores. Just follow the directions on the label.
For boron I recommend taking 3 to 6 mg a day. Selenium you should get at least 55 micrograms a day, and for chromium, 100 to 200 micrograms a day.
Die-hard vegetarians should have regular blood tests to protect against deficiency – especially for CoQ10. Many of my vegetarian patients have low CoQ10 levels, (1 mcg/ml or below). Try and at least double that. And for therapeutic levels, shoot for 3 to 4 mcg/ml.
If your doctor won’t order a test for CoQ10, you can go to Quest labs. You can find a location near you by searching their website: http://www.questdiagnostics.com/. ____________________1Waylett, D.K.; et.al. The Role of Beef as a Source of Vital Nutrients in Healthy Diets. Prepared for National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Arlington, VA: ENVIRON; July 1999.2 CV Felton and others. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and composition of human aortic plaques. Lancet, 1994, 344:1195.3 R Smith and E Pinckney. Diet, Blood Cholesterol, and Coronary Heart Disease: A Critical Review of the Literature--vol. 2. (Vector Enterprises; CA)., 1991.4 ML Burr and PM Sweetnam. Vegetarianism, dietary fiber, and mortality. Amer J Clin Nutr, 1982, 36:873.5 WA Price. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, 163-187.6 V. Stefansson. The Fat of the Land, (Macmillan; NY), 1956.7 G.Z. Pitskhelauri. The Long Living of Soviet Georgia. (Human Sciences Press; NY), 1982; (b) Thomas Moore. Lifespan: What Really Affects Human Longevity (Simon & Schuster; NY), 1990.8 HL Abrams. The relevance of paleolithic diet in determining contemporary nutritional needs. J Appl Nutr, 1979, 31:1,2:43-59.9 HL Abrams. Vegetarianism: An anthropological/nutritional evaluation. J Appl Nutr, 1980, 32:2:53-87.10 JN Freeland-Graves and others. Zinc status in vegetarians. J Am Diet Assoc 1980 Dec 77:655-611 BF Harland and others. Nutritional status and phytate: zinc and phytate x calcium:zinc dietary molar ratios of lacto-ovo vegetarian Trappist monks: 10 years later. J Am Diet Assoc 1988; 88: 1562-612 AS Sandberg. The effect of food processing on phytate hydrolysis and availability of iron and zinc. Adv Exp Med Biol, 1991, 289: 499-50813 L. Dunne. The Nutrition Almanac, 3rd edition, 306.14 M Fitzpatrick. Soy Isoflavones: Panacea or Poison? Jnl of PPNF, Fall 1998.

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Why Would Anyone Go on a Gluten-Free Diet if He Didn’t Have To?

2009-01-17T10:14:00.000-08:00

For the last few years, the number of Americans going on gluten-free diets has increased. It make sense: Doctors are diagnosing more people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
But a strange thing is happening: People who don’t have either condition are cutting gluten out of their diet in an effort to lose weight and cleanse their system. And that could lead to health problems—and even weight gain.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and oats (usually due to contamination). For people who have a gluten intolerance, eating breads or even drinking a beer can cause abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and diarrhea. In the most extreme cases, in which doctors diagnose celiac disease, consuming gluten can set off an autoimmune response that damages the small intestine and makes it difficult to absorb nutrients. The government estimates that there are more than two million American’s with this disorder.
To prevent these problems, sufferers exclude gluten from their diet. It’s expensive and difficult, but that hasn’t stopped people without celiac disease from trying it—including some celebs. Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Aniston dropped gluten as part of cleansing diets.
Celebrities will do anything to lose weight. More disturbing are reports that college students and young people are turning to gluten-free diets because they perceive them to be healthy.
But not only is it hard to be on a gluten-free diet, it also isn’t very healthy, according to nutritionist Julie Miller Jones, a professor of nutrition in the department of family, consumer, and nutritional sciences at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn. “Why anyone would want to do this diet who didn’t have to is really beyond me,” she says. “It’s sort of faddy and trendy right now.”
Foods that contain gluten are often rich sources of B vitamins, calcium, vitamin D, iron, zinc, and magnesium, among other minerals, and many wheat products are actually fortified with these vitamins. People with celiac disease have to find other sources for those vitamins. People on a gluten-free diet have to do the same.
Jones says it’s hard to tell if there would be any long term weight-loss benefits from adopting a gluten-free diet. Initially, dieters might eat fewer carbs or might lose weight just because they have trouble finding affordable gluten-free alternatives. “A loaf of gluten-free bread is between $7 and $9 and you have to go to special stores,” she says. “It’s more expensive. It’s really hard to eat out. It can mean you won’t be able to eat many whole-grain foods. It’s a hard diet to follow.”
But once gluten-free dieters start substituting with gluten-free foods, they often gain weight. “The replacement products that are available are very low in fiber and have a very high glycemic index.” And they can be higher in fat because manufacturers sometimes replace gluten with fat.
In the Kelley household, we know firsthand how hard it is to go gluten-free. Our son has a major allergy to wheat, and we often use gluten-free substitutes and strategies. It’s time-consuming, and it’s expensive, but we do it because we have no choice. And we’re constantly worried about whether he gets enough of his vitamins.
But just because a diet seems healthier for people with food allergies or food intolerances—or even helps them lose weight—doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for anyone else.

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New Study of Splenda and Sucralose

2009-01-15T13:35:00.000-08:00

Source: Citizens for Health
Chairman of Citizens for Health Declares FDA Should Review Approval of Splenda
New Study of Splenda and Sucralose Reveals Shocking New Information About Potential Harmful Effect on Humans
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Turner, chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health expressed shock and outrage after reading a new report from scientists at Duke University. "The report makes it clear that the artificial sweetener Splenda and its key component sucralose pose a threat to the people who consume the product. Hundreds of consumers have complained to us about side effects from using Splenda and this study, published this past week in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, confirms that the chemicals in the little yellow package should carry a big red warning label," said Turner.
Among the results in the study by Drs. Mohamed B. Abou-Donia, Eman M. El-Masry, Ali A. Abdel-Rahman, Roger E. McLendon and Susan S. Schiffman is evidence that, in the animals studied, Splenda reduces the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50%, increases the pH level in the intestines, contributes to increases in body weight and affects the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the body in such a way that crucial health-related drugs could be rejected. Turner noted that the P-gp effect "could result in crucial medications used in chemotherapy for cancer patients, AIDS treatment and drugs for heart conditions being shunted back into the intestines rather than being absorbed by the body as intended."
The study was conducted using male rats over a period of twelve weeks. The manufacturers of Splenda also used a rat study when they applied for and received approval to market the product from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. At the time, the findings from their rat studies were extrapolated as to possible effects on humans. This is standard FDA practice and this study is consistent with that practice.
Turner said, "This report followed accepted policies and procedures and the results make clear the potential for disturbing side effects from the ingestion of Splenda. It is like putting a pesticide in your body. And this is at levels of intake erroneously approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A person eating two slices of cake and drinking two cups of coffee containing Splenda would ingest enough sucralose to affect the P-glycoprotein, while consuming just seven little Splenda packages reduces good bacteria." Although the effect of consuming Splenda does not result from a one time use, the side effects do occur after accumulated use. Turner also noted unmistakable evidence that Splenda is absorbed by fat, contrary to the claims of Johnson & Johnson.
Turner announced, "We are calling today on the FDA to immediately accept our petition filed over a year ago and initiate a review of its approval of sucralose and to require a warning label on Splenda packaging cautioning that people who take medications and/or have gastrointestinal problems avoid using Splenda. The new study makes it clear that Splenda can cause you to gain weight and lose the benefits of medications designed to improve and protect your health. The FDA should not continue to turn a blind eye to this health threat."
Citizens for Health will testify in Sacramento, CA, on October 3, 2008, before the California Assembly Committee on Health which is examining the use of deceptive advertising to promote sales of potentially unhealthy food additives, particularly artificial sweeteners.
About Citizens for Health
Citizens for Health (http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ctr?d=150785&u=http://www.citizens.org) is an international non-profit consumer advocacy group working to broaden healthcare options, create an integrative health system based on wellness, and advance the freedom to make health choices. The group promotes the fundamental policies needed to improve health choices and information in the U.S. and internationally. The group works with grassroots and education organizations and partners to ensure consumer access to dietary supplements, safe foods, a healthy environment and a wide range of healing therapies. Citizens for Health fosters active citizen leadership and organizes natural health consumers to create political and legislative solutions that support those rights. CONTACT: Citizens for Health
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New Year's Resolutions

2009-01-14T19:13:00.000-08:00

I received this from Ricky Dale Crain's Newsletter:

January is the time of year when health clubs and weight-loss organizations make most of their profit for the year. That’s because the beginning of the year is when we all start fresh with positive resolutions for improvement, which we hope will propel us to great success -- at least until February.
I ran across these exercise funnies....
~ I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently, you have to show up.
~ If God meant us to touch our toes, he would have put them further up our body.
~ I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
~ If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
~ I don't jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.
~ I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
~ I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'mdoing.

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Questions asked in the Initial Consultation

2009-01-12T20:12:00.000-08:00

What injuries do you have that affect your ability to exercise?
Are you currently seeing a doctor? If so, why? Will this affect your ability to do certain exercises? What has your doctor said you should not do physically?
Are you currently exercising? If you are currently exercising, who created your exercise program? If you had a program created by someone else, why are we talking today?
What type of exercise is your favorite?
What are your goals?
What results would like to have happen as a result of exercising?
Do you have any food allergies?
Do you smoke?
What time of day is the best time for you to exercise?
Do you have at least two days a week available to exercise?
What budget have you created for your exercise program?
Will you need to be trained, mentored or both?
Are you familiar with Skype?
If I am training you, where will your training take place: at home, at the gym or will you be coming to me?

Cancer Recovery and Fitness specialist

2009-01-11T16:34:00.000-08:00

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Loyola University: B.A. Psychology
Harper Jr. College: Cardiac Rehab: Classes included How to exercise adults, Anatomy, Cardiac Rehab, CPR
National Institute of Fitness and Sport: Personal Training Class
Chicago Bulls Seminar taught by Bob Vermeil: How the Chicago Bulls Strength Train
Dr. Peyton Davis: Nutritionist: nine year period of testing the various training programs promoted through bodybuilding/powerlifting books and magazines.
Personal Training Business: in Chicago and Los Angeles
32 years as a Personal Fitness Trainer
My greatest success while a Personal Fitness Trainer: Reversing the effects of polio
My greatest personal success: Overcoming Follicular Lymphoma which is still a job in progress and has opened a new area of preventative and recovery training

Cancer Video

2009-01-10T13:35:00.000-08:00

There are 6 great videos on this site!

http://www.1cure4allcancer.com/world_without_cancer_video.html

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7 Energy-Boosting Styrategies

2009-01-10T09:26:00.000-08:00

Dr. Mao's Secrets of Longevity
By Dr. Maoshing Ni
Our calendars have a way of quickly becoming overwhelming at this festive time of year. Coping with a demanding schedule and the ensuing stress requires a lot of energy. If you are dragging yourself through your work, family, and other daily commitments each day longing for the moment you can crash in an exhausted heap onto your bed, then take these tips to keep your energy level up!1. Feel berry energeticBerries are rich in antioxidants and can also help remove toxic residue from the system, which is often the cause of chronic fatigue and low energy. Berries include blueberries, blackberries, raspberry, cranberry, goji berry, hawthorn berries and cherries. 2. Make the most of magnesiumEvery time your body produces energy, your cells' mitochondria, which are tiny "power generators", need magnesium. Many people don't get enough of this essential mineral, because two common dietary habits leach magnesium from our bodies: too much salt and too much dairy. Whole grains are full of magnesium. So are seeds such as pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds. And don't forget about nuts-especially almonds, Brazil nuts, and cashews. If you prefer capsule form, try taking 500 mg magnesium daily. Combine the best of berries and nuts by making your own trail mix of dried cranberry, plum, and raisin with any combination of nuts and seeds. It's an ideal between-meals snack packed with antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and fibers that help sustain energy over a long period of time.3. Food that fights fatiguePoor diet is a big contributor to low energy. For steady, robust energy eat foods that are low on the glycemic index, a measurement of how quickly the food you eat converts to glucose, the substance your body needs for energy. Foods with a high glycemic index (HGI), such as bread, pasta, baked potatoes, and most refined grains, give you a quick rush, but fatigue soon sets in when your blood sugar crashes. Foods that are low on the glycemic index help sustain energy over time. That include barley, bulgur, quinoa, amaranth, most nuts and seeds, beans and legumes, chicken, fish, and meat. Avoid an energy crash by eliminating sugar from your diet, including sodas, sweetened juices, and pastries. Also cut back on rich foods like dairy, meat, fats, sweets, and alcohol. As for when to eat, never skip breakfast or lunch and be sure to eat your last meal no later than 7 p.m. most of the time.4. Get green energyChlorella, spirulina, kelp, wheat grass, barley grass all contain chlorophyll and are high quality protein supplements that enhance long-term energy. Mix a powder of any of the above into water, juice, or green tea for an energetic boost.5. Ginseng: a potent pick-me-upGinseng is considered the king of energy tonics and has been used in Chinese medicine for 5,000 years. Unlike coffee, which stimulates the central nervous system, ginseng elevates energy gently. It has been classified as an adaptogen, meaning that it helps the immune system to withstand stress from the environment, and many people that take ginseng report an overall sense of well-being. It is available in the form of capsules and tea in health food stores, at offices of Chinese medicine practitioners, and online. Another herbal energy enhancer is our Combined Five Elements of Health Formula. This powerful herbal combination gives your whole body a tune-up, promoting physical vitality, high tolerance for stress, and strong immunity, among many other benefits. Click here for more information.6. Increase your energy with exerciseExercise every day can help you increase your energy level, cope with stress, and improve your mood. A daily 30-minute cardiovascular exercise combined with stretching and flexibility training is a sure way to get abundant energy. If you are intimidated by jumping right into exercise, begin with a daily walking routine. Start small and slowly increase the amount of time you walk. Walk 10 minutes a day for one week. Walk 15 minutes a day on week two, and so on until by week five, you are walking 30 minutes a day. In the meantime, a walk around the block builds your energy level as it clears your mind! 7. Press here for energyIn Chinese medicine, there is an acupuncture point called Foot Three Mile that can be stimulated to help strengthen the bodyʼs resistance to stress, enhance immunity, and strengthen the vital organs. You can stimulate the same acupuncture point on yourself with a technique called "acupressure." Instead of a needle stimulating the point, you can use your own fingers. The point is located four finger-widths below the kneecap on the right leg. Apply moderate pressure with your thumb until you feel soreness. Hold for 3-5 minutes. Repeat on the left leg. I hope that this article helps you boost your energy level! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me. May you live long, live strong, and live happy!--Dr. Mao

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A great article from Ricky Dale Crain!

2009-01-08T08:55:00.000-08:00

Character Building in Being Persistent

I need to take a moment to encourage lifters and athletes to never give up. Steadfastness and desire can only be shown by that adage. Nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. I have had a gym full of talented and naturally strong men and women who got bored and gave up.
Relentlessness in pursuit of a goal is its own reward. The world is full of educated derelicts; it is full of genius' who are lazy and full of naturally talented bums. Only persistence and determination are omnipotent. Persistence is the iron quality of character. Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. It is the absolutely indispensable quality that goes hand in hand with all great success in life. Very few athletes in today's world, though perhaps bigger, faster and stronger than those of yesteryear, have this quality. One of the great secrets of persistence and success is to program your subconscious mind for persistence well in advance of the setbacks and disappointments that you are going to have on your upward quest toward success. Resolve in advance that you will never give up, no matter what happens. Quitting never enters the picture or thought process. When you are overwhelmed with a problem or difficulty, you do not have enough time to develop the necessary persistence to deal with the setback or disappointment. But if you plan in advance for the inevitable ups and downs of life, when they come, you will be psychologically ready. You will be prepared. The courage to persist in the face of adversity and disappointment is the one quality that, more than anything, will guarantee your success. Your greatest personal asset can be your willingness to persevere longer than anyone else. In fact, your persistence is a true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Remember, all of life is a test. For you to have great success, you must pass the "persistence test." And this test is often a pop quiz. It can come at any time, usually totally unexpectedly and out of left field. As was mentioned in previous chapters, you should be prepared in all aspects of training and in a contest to control what you can, as some circumstances are beyond control. Be prepared to roll with the punches. You take the persistence test whenever you are confronted with an unexpected difficulty, disappointment, setback, failure, or crisis in life. This is where you show yourself, and everyone around you, what you are truly made of. In the summer of 2006, I had a Total Hip Replacement. The previous years before that had seen me as a world class athlete deteriorate to something that was beyond my control. Mentally and physically I was in a downward spiral. After the operation I was determined to once again get myself into shape, both in strength and muscle endurance that, for my age and weight was among the best in the world. Even though I had encouragement from all sides, I really felt that no one really thought a 55 year old, 165 lb, total hip replacement patient could come back and squat close to 600 again. After all as my doctor pointed out, no one had ever done it. If I am nothing else, I am persistent, and in being on February 18, 2008, my 55th birthday, I did 555 lbs (having already done 530 a few months ago). I foresee 600 to come around sometime next year. Now at that point, I will know what I can accomplish, but be smart enough to know not to push it any further, for safety sakes.
The one inevitability in your life is recurring crisis. If you are living a busy life, you will have a crisis ever so often. In between these unavoidable crises will be a continuous succession of problems and difficulties. The more goals that you attempt to reach, the bigger your dreams, and the more determined you are to become successful, the more problems and crises you will experience. The only factor you can control is how you respond to difficulties and setbacks. The good news is that every time you respond in a positive and constructive manner, you become stronger and better and even more capable of dealing with the next problem or crisis that comes along. Eventually, you will reach a point in life where you become absolutely unstoppable. Isn't life grand? As James 1:2 says, "Count it all Joywhen trials come". You will become like a force of nature. You will become the kind of person who never quits, no matter what the difficulty. No matter what obstacle is put in your path, you will find a way to go over it, under it, around it, or through it. You will be like the Energizer Bunny in the television commercials. You will keep going and going and going. So what is the most difficult situation you are facing in your life today? Whatever it is, imagine that it has been sent to you at this time to teach you a valuable lesson you need to learn to be even more successful in the future. What could that lesson be? From this moment onward, always seek the valuable lesson in every setback or difficulty. You will always find it, and it will help you in your quest to live the life you truly desire. One of the very best ways to improve your level of persistence is to know where you're going and why.

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Lifting Weights Beats Jogging

2009-01-05T19:33:00.000-08:00

Research has shown that when volunteers performed circuit training for just 20 minutes, 3 days a week, they improved their fitness levelsby up to 11%. That's about the same cardiovascular boost a similar group got wheb they jogged thirty minutes, 3 days a week.

More recently, researchers found that when previously sedentary adultseither circuit trained or did endurance exercisessuch as cycling or cross country skiing for 40 minutes, 3 days a week, both groups have similar aerobic benefits, with the circuit trainers reaping the added benefit of increased muscle strength.

Another advantage of circuit training is that it's fun because you are constantly moving to a new exercise, which keeps it interesting.

The article above came from Total Body Firm-Up from the editors of Prevention.

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Agreat article about Soy!!

2009-01-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

What is soy? What are soybeans? Well. Soybeans are legumes grown under the ground. They are not readily digested unless fermented or sprouted and the vast majority of soybeans harvested are genetically modified.
One of my biggest problems with soybeans is that they are so heavily processed. Soy milk, tofu, soy protein, soy lecithin, soybean oil… all products which are processed to an unhealthy level… so much so, that is more like a waste product. In fact that is what soy milk and tofu are… waste products. They do not promote health in the body and they are not extraordinary foods.
Another problem that I have with soy is that it stimulates estrogen production in both men and women which can lead to breast cancer or fibroid tumors in women, infertility in men, and decreased sex drive in both men and women.
Soybeans are high in phytates (like many grains are as well, such as wheat, spelt, and oats), which can inhibit the absorption minerals…. therefore they should be fermented or sprouted to remove the phytates. Also, due to the great percentage of genetically modified soybeans, one should look for organic soybeans which are not genetically modified and free of pesticides.
Soy is in so many products these days that it is difficult to avoid. If you are going to eat it, as I said it is best fermented or sprouted… so miso, tempeh, natto… or like in Food For Life’s sprouted cereal which contains organic sprouted soybeans. Or if you want to eat whole soybeans (edamame) then soak them and sprout them before eating.
Soybean oil also goes rancid easily. It oxidizes and promotes free radicals and you must then have anti-oxidants to reduce the oxidative stress on your body.
As far as soy protein goes. It really is not that high quality of a source. It is heavily processed unless taken in whole food form and there are much better sources. For example, goats milk protein… one of the best sources of protein for the body.
Soy lecithin is found in all sorts of products… products like chocolate. I am a big fan of chocolate so I of course had to research soy lecithin. Soy lecithin is an emulsifier… that means it stabilizes an emulsion… or a mixture of suspended ingredients. So for example, in mayonnaise to mix the oil you must use eggs to create the emulsion that is mayonnaise. Guess where the main source of lecithin was before soy lecithin? Eggs. Yep. So it would be nice to have the lecithin from eggs for my chocolate… and occasionally you can find it, but most of the time it is soy lecithin. My advice here would be to consume in small amounts and look for products that do not have soy lecithin as the emulsifier (when possible).
Having said the above, there is more, much more. Do not take my word from it. Do research on both sides. Read all of the terrible things said about soy and then read the glowing things. I have come to the conclusion that I will avoid it for the most part. I do not like it or the way it makes me feel in the long term. There are times when I have organic sprouted soy and if I used soy sauce or soy condiments I would use naturally fermented.

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SUGAR (SUCROSE) ASPARTAME AND SACCHARIN

2009-01-01T15:15:00.000-08:00

Many medical experts agree that sugar feeds cancer. The vast majority of the population consume large quantities of refined sugar, sucrose, or its partners, aspartame and saccharin, which have now been clinically linked to accelerated aging, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and over 100 other serious health problems. These links are being deliberately ignored or downplayed by the hugely influential and profitable sugar and sweetener industry.

In the US, there are now five Aspartame detox centres. Symptoms reported to America's Food and Drug Administration include headaches, skin problems, stomach disorders, poor vision, depression, carbohydrate cravings, panic attacks, irregular heart rhythms and seizures. Geoff Brewer, Additives Survivors Network, www.dorway.com

“In 1991, the National Institutes of Health listed 167 symptoms and reasons to avoid the use of aspartame, but today it is a multi-million dollar business that contributes to the degeneration of the human population, as well as the deliberate suppression of overall intelligence, short-term memory and the added contribution as a carcinogenic environmental co-factor.” Dr Joseph Mercola www.mercola.com
"Soda is dispensed in American schools today like coffee in corporate offices. Over the past three years, the Center for Commercial-Free Public Education estimates that 240 school districts in 31 states have sold exclusive rights to one of the three big soda barons eager to hook teen-agers on Dr Pepper, Pepsi, or The Real Thing. Many teens are drowning in worthless sugar water.” Michael Jacobson, US Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Aspartame is, by far, the most dangerous substance on the market that is added to foods. Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many of these reactions are very serious including seizures and death as recently disclosed in a February 1994 Department of Health and Human Services report. Department of Health and Human Services, Report on All Adverse Reactions in the Adverse Reaction Monitoring System, (February 25 and 28, 1994). A few of the 90 different documented symptoms listed in the report as being caused by aspartame include: Headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain.
According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can be triggered or worsened by ingesting of aspartame: Brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes.” Betty Martini, Mission Possible, Atlanta, Georgia - a group dedicated to warning consumers about the dangers of aspartame. www.dorway.com/possible.html This list compiled by researchers, physicians, and artificial sweetner experts for Mission Possible. Aspartame consumption is not only a problem in the US. It is being sold in over 70 countries throughout the world.
ASPARTAME CAN BE FOUND IN:- instant breakfasts- breath mints- cereals- sugar-free chewing gum- cocoa mixes- coffee beverages- frozen desserts- gelatin desserts- juice beverages- laxatives- multivitamins- milk drinks- pharmaceuticals and supplements- shake mixes- soft drinks- tabletop sweeteners- tea beverages- instant teas and coffees- topping mixes- wine coolers- yogurt
Extracted from 'The Bitter Truth about Artificial Sweetners', Nexus Magazine, Volume 2, #28 (Oct-Nov '95) and Volume 3, #1 (Dec '95-Jan '96).
George K. Pragovich
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Questions Asked in the Initial Consultation

2009-01-01T15:02:00.000-08:00

The Dangers of Vaccination

2008-12-31T10:09:00.000-08:00

HOUSE DEBATES VACCINE SAFETY Salon Health and Body, 5th August, 1999 “We can no longer keep our heads buried in the sand pretending there is no problem,” said Rep. Dan Burton, as he waved a sheath of documents he said showed thousands of vaccine casualties over the last year. “There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza. The producers of these vaccines know that they are worthless, but they go on selling them, anyway.” Dr. J. A. Morris, former Chief Vaccine Control Officer at the US Food and Drug Administration
MEDICAL EXPERTS LINKED TO DRUG COMPANIES PRODUCING MENINGITIS VACCINE UK Sunday Observer, Sept 3rd, 2000 “Four of the medical experts advising the UK Government on whether the new meningitis C vaccine is safe have links to one or more of the drug companies producing it. The revelations, following last week's report of a cover-up of suspected adverse reactions to the drug, have prompted concerns among parents and members of parliament about conflicts of interest within the medical profession.”
“There are significant risks associated with every immunisation and numerous contra-indications that may make it dangerous for the shots to be given to your child. There is growing suspicion that immunisation against relatively harmless childhood diseases may be responsible for the dramatic increase in auto-immune diseases since mass inoculations were introduced.” R Mendelsohn, M.D. former National Director of Project Head Starts Medical Consultation Service, and Chairman of the Medical Licensing Committee of the State of Illinois
“Public policy regarding vaccines is fundamentally flawed. It is permeated by conflicts of interest. It is based on poor scientific methodology (including studies that are too small, too short, and too limited in populations represented), which is, moreover, insulated from independent criticism.” Jane Orient MD, Executive Director Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Inc. www.whale.to/vaccines/orient.html
"There is a great deal of evidence to prove that immunisation of children does more harm than good." Dr Anthony Morris. “If you want the truth on vaccination you must go to those who are not making anything out of it. If doctors shot at the moon every time it was full as a preventive of measles and got a shilling for it, they would bring statistics to prove that moon-shooting was a most efficient practice, and that the population would be decimated if it were stopped.” Dr Allinson, speaking on the subject 'Medical Men and Vaccination.' January 10th, 1883 http://www.whale.to/vaccines/smallpox20.html
"I am the father of a 9 year-old son whose descent into the world of autism began at the age of 7 months old after receiving numerous vaccinations in a single day; the same story that is told by thousands of other parents of children throughout the country whose healthy, normally developing children have become autistic after vaccinations." Rick Rollins, founding member of FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment) FEAT DAILY NEWSLETTER Sacramento,California http://www.feat.org/search/news.htm
“I am just one parent among many who has a vaccine-damaged child. It was only when my son lost his ability to speak and communicate after his final vaccination at 24 months and autistic behaviours began to emerge, that I started to do my own research. I discovered that what we have been led to believe is a myth - namely, that vaccines are safe and effective.” Alex Snelgrove, informed parent. Correspondence held on file
“This time, I saw it: Connor at 11 months, smiling for the camera, looking into his daddy's eyes, touching his mommy's hair. Connor on his first birthday, after his morning visit to the doctor's office and MMR vaccination, no longer looking at anyone, no longer smiling. And perhaps the most revealing picture: Connor walking on his toes, one of the most common behaviours in autism. Within a day he had changed. ...(to the question--how many of you here believe your children have been damaged by vaccines?) seventy-five percent of the attendees stood up and raised their hands. One woman a few rows behind me was crying, and I knew intuitively that her faith in the medical establishment had finally crumbled.” 'Secrets and lies. Is the astonishing rise in autism a medical mystery or a pharmaceutical shame?' http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/08/02/autism/index.html

George Pragovich
931-378-7850
gkp@charter.net
Skype: georgefitnesstrainer

Cancer Recovery and Fitness Specialist

2008-12-30T16:55:00.000-08:00

George Pragovich
931-378-7850
gkp@charter.net

Loyola University: B.A. Psychology
Harper Jr. College: Cardiac Rehab: Classes included How to exercise adults, Anatomy, Cardiac Rehab, CPR
National Institute of Fitness and Sport: Personal Training Class
Chicago Bulls Seminar taught by Bob Vermeil: How the Chicago Bulls Strength Train
Dr. Peyton Davis: Nutritionist: nine year period of testing the various training programs promoted through bodybuilding/powerlifting books and magazines.
Personal Training Business: in Chicago and Los Angeles
32 years as a Personal Fitness Trainer
My greatest success while a Personal Fitness Trainer: Reversing the effects of polio My greatest personal success: Overcoming Follicular Lymphoma which is still a job in progress and has opened a new area of preventative and recovery training