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<b>Unnecessary Procedures and Surgeries On The Rise in U.S. Health Care System</b><br />
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Going under the knife? Need surgery? Well, stop, wait and please consider this: there are today over 50,000 people daily undergoing unnecessary procedures and unnecessary surgeries. Yes, unnecessary.<br />
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The official rendition from government backed and sponsored sources say one thing while the statistics and research figures from private, independent medical research sources paint quite another picture. According to "official" federal government figures, only 30% of surgeries are truly unnecessary procedures and unnecessary surgeries and that is because of physician uncertainty about the effectiveness of an operation. This is not <br />
a very comforting thought to this writer.<br />
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However, there is another side to these government claims: unnecessary procedures and unnecessary surgeries are rapidly increasing especially at the tripling rate of outpatient or ambulatory clinic openings since the beginnings of 2006.<br />
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Especially of interest is that most unnecessary procedures and unnecessary surgeries have been concentrated investigations of specific problems in the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine: colonoscopies and endoscopies.<br />
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In particular, colonoscopies and endoscopies marked an increase of 1,610 and 775, respectively, for every 100,000 patients after just one much heralded outpatient clinic opening recently. Consequently, between the years of 2002 and 2006 there was an increase of 25,000 colonoscopies and 9,800 endoscopies alone in the state of Florida. These figures were duly noted in the Archives of Surgery Journal.<br />
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Further research indicated that researchers were undecided as to whether the additional procedures were indeed unnecessary procedures and unnecessary surgeries. "We cannot say whether a given patient needed a particular procedure or not," one researcher said in an e-mail.<br />
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<b>Further Facts: Physician-Owned Outpatient Clinics</b><br />
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Throughout U.S. over 57 million outpatient (ambulatory) surgeries are performed annually. Consequently, more than 5,000 outpatient facilities have opened. These are privately owned and not those found in major hospitals. Outpatient clinics are big business for the health care system.<br />
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In actuality, outpatient clinics are mostly physician-owned and staffed giving them total control over ordering, purchasing equipment and scheduling procedures.<br />
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"I think they are good for patients because of the efficiency, convenience, and lower costs of operation," said Dr. Stain, who wrote an accompanying editorial in the Journal. However, in an email, "physician-owned ambulatory surgery centers may reflect a conflict of interest between the physician's patient-care responsibilities and perceived personal financial interest," wrote Dr. Steven Stain of Albany Medical College to Reuters Health. "This may lead to an erosion of the public's trust in health care providers." Typically, colonoscopies at ambulatory surgery centers approximately cost $400 each while endoscopies go for a little less.<br />
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<b>Other Unnecessary Procedures and Surgeries</b><br />
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Gary Null, PhD., in Death by Medicine reports that there are over 8.9 million documented unnecessary surgeries performed every year in the U.S. with another report claiming that 60% of the cases were not at all necessary in medical terms.<br />
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The most common unwarranted surgeries include: hysterectomies, Cesarean sections, unwarranted mammograms and breast procedures including unwarranted breast removals. However, coronary artery bypass surgeries have become the most common overall. (3) On average, there are more than half a million bypass surgeries performed annually, primarily on men, costing more than $50,000 each.<br />
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Women are at high risk as well in that there are over 750,000 women who have their uterus removed annually in hysterectomies: of those women 2,500 never leave the operating room alive. These are not sick women, but healthy women who go into the hospital and do not come out," says Dr. Herbert Goldfarb, a gynecologist and assistant clinical professor at New York University's School of Medicine. Of the 750,000 women who did need surgeries, 27% did not.<br />
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Competing for the number one spot of unnecessary surgeries are births by C-sections. Births by Cesarean is now the most common major surgery for women in the U.S. with more than 920,000 women reporting to a C-section annually. <br />
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<b>The Love of Money Is The Root of All Evil and U.S. Health Care System Plays The Whore</b><br />
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Put quite simply, it pays health care professionals for you to be sick and have to go under the knife. If you don’t respond to their drug addicting medication then go for the knife. To accuse all in the health care system to be literally after your body for gain is unjust but it is not unjustified and not far from the truth. However, it remains for the public to take their lives into their own hands while using discernment in their selection of health care providers and facilities in finding those few truly dedicated to the healing sciences.<br />
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<b>Precautionary Steps To Guard Against Unnecessary Procedures and Surgeries</b><br />
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* When proposed with surgery or procedures go over your Patient Bill of Rights<br />
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* Ask for a second or third opinion and don’t be naive and trusting.<br />
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* Be skeptical about all medical and health advice: choose very wisely.<br />
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* Dr. Marcus Welby, M.D. and Dr. Kildare are no longer on TV. Face reality and take your life in your own hands - your life depends on it.<br />
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<b>Sharp Rise in Women’s Deaths from Overdose of Painkillers</b><br />
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Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses are skyrocketing among women, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that found such deaths have increased five-fold from 1999 to 2010.<br />
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With more women now dying every day from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes, public health agencies are being forced to take notice of this epidemic problem and many are asking the million-dollar question of why so many women (and men) are falling victim to these drugs.<br />
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The CDC suggested several contributing issues, such as the fact that women are more likely to have chronic pain, be prescribed prescription painkillers at higher doses and use them for longer periods than men and women are more likely to become dependent on these drugs faster.<br />
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But the real issue lies with the drugs themselves not only their heavily addictive nature, which turns deadly for many who take them, but also the vast overreliance on them as a first line of defense for pain, when other, safer, options exist.<br />
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<b>More Women Are Dying From Painkiller Overdoses Than Cocaine and Heroin Combined</b><br />
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Men are still more likely to die from prescription painkiller overdose, but women are quickly catching up. Nearly 50,000 such deaths occurred among women between 1999 and 2010, and the statistics revealed by the CDC give a somber view of this growing problem:<br />
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More than 6,600 women, or 18 women every day, died from a prescription painkiller overdose in 2010<br />
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There were four times more deaths among women from prescription painkiller overdose than for cocaine and heroin deaths combined in 2010.<br />
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In 2010, there were more than 200,000 emergency department visits for opioid misuse or abuse among women -- about one every three minutes.<br />
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The problem, once primarily seen in inner cities, is now spanning to rural areas, hitting people of all ethnic backgrounds and income levels. For women, a rise in single-parent households may be partly to blame. As the New York Times recently reported:<br />
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The rise of the single-parent household has thrust immense responsibility on women, who are not only mothers, but also, in many cases, primary breadwinners.<br />
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Some who described feeling overwhelmed by their responsibilities said they craved the numbness that drugs bring. Others said highs made them feel pretty, strong and productive, a welcome respite from the chaos of their lives. <br />
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<b>How Prescription Painkillers Kill</b><br />
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Many people find themselves addicted to painkillers before they even realize what’s happened, often after taking the drugs to recover from surgery or treat chronic back, or other, pain. The drugs work by binding to receptors in your brain to decrease the perception of pain. But they also create a temporary feeling of euphoria, followed by dysphoria, that can easily lead to physical dependence and addiction.<br />
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This may drive some people to take larger doses in order to regain the euphoric effect, or escape the unhappiness caused by withdrawal. Others find they need to continue taking the drugs not only to reduce withdrawal symptoms but to simply feel normal. Large doses of the painkillers can cause sedation and slowed breathing to the point that breathing stops altogether, resulting in death. However, not all deaths are the result of abuse, per se. According to the New York Times:<br />
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While younger women in their 20s and 30s tend to have the highest rates of opioid abuse, the overdose death rate was highest among women ages 45 to 54 The range indicates that at least some portion of the drugs may have been prescribed appropriately for pain, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in an interview. If death rates were driven purely by abuse, then one would expect the death rates to be highest among younger women who are the biggest abusers.<br />
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<b>Among the most commonly abused medications are:</b><br />
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Opioids, such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, codeine and Fentora, which are used for pain relief<br />
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Benzodiazepines, such as Xanax, Valium and Ativan, which are used as sedatives to induce sleep, prevent seizures and relieve anxiety<br />
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Amphetamine-like drugs, such as Ritalin, Concerta and Adderall, which are used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)<br />
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Out of this group, the opioid pain relievers are by far the biggest problem, causing nearly three out of four prescription drug overdoses.<br />
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<b>Drug Makers Now Devising Drugs to Treat Painkiller Dependency</b><br />
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Rather than focusing on the root of the problem, which in many cases is addressing the pain that’s spurring painkiller use in the first place, drug makers are eager to promote their painkillers, which make up a nearly $9.4-billion market in the US alone.<br />
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Their solutions involve even more drugs, such as Orexo AB, which is intended to block opiate receptors and help lessen dependence. Other studies are in the works to design painkillers that enter the brain slowly in order to reduce the euphoria that can lead to addiction. Still other solutions involve pills with harder shells to hinder crushing, or which congeal when crushed so they can’t be injected or snorted. Even adding unpleasant substances, such as soap or the hot-pepper ingredient capsaicin, has been discussed as a way to discourage overdoses.<br />
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been at the forefront, encouraging treatments that are less addictive but again missing the irony that treating a drug problem with more drugs is in no way a long-term solution to this devastating problem. As Bloomberg reported, the FDA stated:<br />
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We are not wedded to any one way or the other to stop the abuse, Douglas Throckmorton, deputy director for regulatory programs at the FDA, said in a telephone interview. What we want is abuse-deterrent formulations that work. We know how important this is.<br />
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<b>Painkillers Often Lead to Experimentation with Illegal Drugs</b><br />
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The war against drugs has long focused on illegal street drugs like cocaine and heroin, but it’s clear that there should now be a new primary target. For a long time, marijuana, cigarettes and alcohol were the first drugs of choice by those who later may move into more hard-core drugs, hence the term "gateway drug." But things have changed a lot in recent years. Prescription drugsespecially prescription painkillers like OxyContin are now leading the pack as the most common "gateway" to illegal drug use, and the consequences are far deadlier.<br />
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<b>According to a 2012 press release:</b><br />
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... Since 2000, the drugs sending people to their graves or to rehab have been shifting away from illicit drugs and toward prescription drugs. A 2011 report on the subject from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made it clear: prescription narcotic pain reliever overdose deaths now exceed the number of deaths from heroin and cocaine combined.<br />
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For decades now, it has been usual that many young people looking for a drug to experiment with for the first time would choose marijuana... The Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation program has recently uncovered a new pattern since prescription opiates have increasingly become the first drug used by many young people. This pattern is backed up by government surveyed results. According to Michael Botticelli, Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse, prescription drugs now equal marijuana as entry-level drugs.<br />
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...Our own clients and people calling in daily for information about our program or help have told us story after story about addictions starting with the use of prescription drugs, stated Derry Hallmark, Director of Admissions at Narconon Arrowhead, a premier drug rehab facility in Southeastern Oklahoma. Sadly, prescription medications have become the newest of the gateway drugs. Sadder still are the losses of life and other severe consequences that go hand in hand with drug abuse, which is especially the case with prescription drug abuse.'<br />
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Hallmark adds that those addicted to prescriptions will often end up needing treatment or will even start taking illicit drugs. One of the most common examples of this is the connection between those addicted to painkillers that then start taking heroin..."<br />
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<b>These 11 Non-Drug Solutions May Help Heal Your Pain</b><br />
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Many of those succumbing to prescription drug overdoses started taking the drugs not to get high, but to control pain often back pain. The solution, then, is to avoid taking the drugs in the first place, an option many physicians neglect to offer to their pain patients. If you are suffering from pain, I suggest you work with a knowledgeable health care practitioner to determine what's really triggering your pain, and then address the underlying cause.<br />
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Remember, along with exposing you to potentially deadly risks, medications only provide symptomatic relief and in no way, shape or form address the underlying cause of your pain. Still, I realize that pain can be debilitating so you don't need to suffer unnecessarily while you get to the bottom of your pain issues. The following options provide excellent pain relief without any of the health hazards that prescription (and even over-the-counter) painkillers carry.<br />
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If you have chronic pain, try these first, before even thinking about prescription painkillers of any kind.<br />
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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), which is a drug-free approach for pain management of all kinds. EFT borrows from the principles of acupuncture, in that it helps you balance out your subtle energy system.<br />
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It helps resolve underlying, often subconscious, negative emotions that may be exacerbating your physical pain. By stimulating (tapping) well-established acupuncture points with your fingertips, you rebalance your energy system, which tends to dissipate pain.<br />
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<b>Astaxanthin</b>: One of the most effective fat-soluble antioxidants known. It has very potent anti-inflammatory properties and in many cases works far more effectively than anti-inflammatory drugs. Higher doses are typically required and one may need 8 mg or more per day to achieve this benefit.<br />
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<b>Ginger:</b> This herb has potent anti-inflammatory activity and offers pain relief and stomach-settling properties. Fresh ginger works well steeped in boiling water as a tea or grated into vegetable juice.<br />
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<b>Curcumin:</b> In a study of osteoarthritis patients, those who added 200 mg of curcumin a day to their treatment plan had reduced pain and increased mobility. A past study also found that a turmeric extract composed of curcuminoids blocked inflammatory pathways, effectively preventing the overproduction of a protein that triggers swelling and pain.<br />
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<b>Boswellia:</b> Also known as boswellin or "Indian frankincense," this herb contains specific active anti-inflammatory ingredients. This is one of my personal favorites as I have seen it work well with many rheumatoid arthritis patients.<br />
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<b>Krill Oil:</b> The omega-3 fats EPA and DHA contained in krill oil have been found by many animal and clinical studies to have anti-inflammatory properties that may be beneficial for pain.<br />
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<b>Bromelain:</b> This enzyme, found in pineapples, is a natural anti-inflammatory. It can be taken in supplement form but eating fresh pineapple, including some of the bromelain-rich stem, may also be helpful.<br />
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<b>Cetyl Myristoleate (CMO):</b> This oil, found in fish and dairy butter acts as a "joint lubricant" and an anti-inflammatory. I have used this for myself to relieve ganglion cysts and a mild annoying carpal tunnel syndrome that pops up when I type too much on non-ergonomic keyboards. I used a topical preparation for this.<br />
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<b>Evening Primrose, Black Currant and Borage Oils:</b> These contain the essential fatty acid gamma linolenic acid (GLA), which is useful for treating arthritic pain.<br />
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<b>Cayenne Cream:</b> Also called cap saicin cream, this spice comes from dried hot peppers. It alleviates pain by depleting the body's supply of substance P, a chemical component of nerve cells that transmits pain signals to your brain.<br />
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Methods such as yoga, acupuncture, meditation, hot and cold packs, and even holding hands can also result in astonishing pain relief without any drugs.<br />
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<b>National Study Indicates that 45% of Cesarean Sections May Be Unnecessary</b><br />
Thomas Finn - May 7, 2014 7:08 AM | Categories: advanced analytic s in healthcare, General News and Commentary, government policy, Healthcare Providers, Supply Chains, women's health<br />
Tags: healthcare supply chain, not medically indicated, prenatal care, unwarranted surgeries, women's health<br />
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Cesarean Sections (C-sections) continue to occur at a high rate in the US despite evidence that they increase poor health outcomes for women and their children. A new nationwide study reveals that 26% of US mothers delivered via C-section in 2001, and 45% of these deliveries were not considered medically indicated.<br />
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Furthermore, this study suggests that many risk factors for C-section delivery could be addressed prior to pregnancy, indicating that these discussions should take place before women become pregnant.<br />
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The study’s lead author, Dr. Whitney P. Witt, director of maternal and child health research at Truven Health Analytics, noted that many C-sections are not medically necessary and since these surgical deliveries can be dangerous for both the mother and the baby, the medical community is increasingly concerned about reducing the rate of non-indicated and elective C-sections when possible.<br />
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The research team studied how the risk of having a medically indicated and non-medically indicated C-section was affected by many factors both over the course of a woman’s life and during pregnancy. The researchers examined data on 9,350 pairs of mothers and children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, a nationally representative sample of children born in 2001 and their mothers. Of the women surveyed, 74% had a vaginal delivery, 14% had a medically indicated C-section, and 12% had a non-indicated C-section.<br />
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Important findings from the study include:<br />
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Women were over 100 times more likely to have a non-indicated C-section if they previously had a C-section. However, women were only 20 times more likely to have a medically indicated C-section if they had a prior C-section.<br />
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Women were more likely to give birth via indicated C-section if they experienced any stressful life event prior to pregnancy.<br />
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Obese women were about two times more likely to deliver via C-section than normal weight women.<br />
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Older women were significantly more likely to deliver via C-section than their younger counterparts.<br />
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Women who had chronic conditions or experienced pregnancy complications were more likely to deliver via indicated C-section.<br />
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Women and their doctors should work together to make decisions regarding childbirth. Based on previous research and what we have heard anecdotally, health insurers and hospitals may also need to re-evaluate their policies to increase rates of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), said Witt. Furthermore, this study suggests that many risk factors for C-section delivery could be addressed prior to pregnancy, indicating that these discussions should take place before women become pregnant.<br />
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The study also examined Market-Scan data from Truven Health Analytics, finding that a C-section delivery costs $4,000 more than a vaginal delivery on average. In fact, reducing the national C-section rate by only 2.8% would save approximately $101 million in C-section-related expenditures per year.<br />
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The research was funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the National Institutes of Health. It has been published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal and is available online here.<br />
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Source: BusinessWire, Truven Health<br />
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<b>New Study Finds Sunlight Boosts Nitric Oxide Production</b><br />
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By now, you are probably aware I am a strong proponent of sun exposure and its many health benefits. Most of those benefits come from the boost in vitamin D, but a new UK study suggests sunlight’s benefits extend far beyond vitamin D.<br />
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In fact, exposure to the sun may be one of the most important steps you can take in preventing heart disease and stroke. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh discovered that when sunlight touches your skin, nitric oxide is released into your bloodstream, and nitric oxide is a powerful blood pressure lowering compound.<br />
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Researchers have concluded sun exposure may even prolong your life by significantly cutting your heart attack/stroke risk. The abstract for the study was published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology on April 15, 2013.<br />
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The Edinburgh researchers mentioned an absolutely stunning statistic. For every one skin cancer death in northern Europe, between 60 and 100 people die from stroke or heart disease, related to hypertension.<br />
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Knowing that your risk of dying from heart disease or stroke is 80 times greater on average than from skin cancer really puts it in perspective. While higher vitamin D levels also correlate with lower rates of cardiovascular disease, oral vitamin D supplements do not appear to benefit blood pressure, and this latest study may be telling us why.<br />
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<b>Researcher Richard Weller stated:</b><br />
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"We suspect that the benefits to heart health of sunlight will outweigh the risk of skin cancer. The work we have done provides a mechanism that might account for this, and also explains why dietary vitamin D supplements alone will not be able to compensate for lack of sunlight."<br />
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You Are My Sunshine<br />
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Research is illuminating a forever-growing list of sunlight’s health benefits. This isn’t really surprising when you consider the fact that we evolved hunting and foraging under the sun.<br />
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This team of researchers found that your body's production of nitric oxide is separate from its production of vitamin D, so it follows that there are two completely separate sets of benefits. Until now, increased vitamin D had been thought to be the sole explanation for the sun's health benefits, but it appears from these latest findings that vitamin D is only one part of the story.<br />
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Besides the benefits derived from increased vitamin D, the sun also provides relief from a wide variety of health problems from mechanisms separate from vitamin D. For a comprehensive overview, refer to our previous article on the sun’s benefits, but here are just a few:<br />
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Improved mood and energy levels through the release of endorphins<br />
Better melatonin regulation and synchronization of your biorhythms<br />
Suppression of the symptoms of fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis<br />
Treating skin diseases (including psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis, and<br />
scleroderma) and antibiotic-resistant infections, such as MRSA<br />
Treating tuberculosis, neonatal jaundice, and possibly T cell lymphoma<br />
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<b>Why Care About Nitric Oxide?</b><br />
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The researchers found that sunlight triggers your skin’s production of nitric oxide. Why is this significant? Because nitric oxide is crucial for maintaining healthy blood pressure, helps prevent atherosclerosis, and plays a role in modulating immune system function.<br />
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Your skin contains large stores of nitrite and nitrate, but only the nitrite is biologically active. Sunlight appears to prompt conversion of nitrate to nitrite and nitric oxide (NO). Please don't confuse nitric oxide (NO) with nitrous oxide (N2O) or "laughing gas, the anesthetic gas used by dentists.<br />
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Nitric oxide is such an important compound that it was dubbed Molecule of the Year by Science magazine in 1992, followed by the 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine for its discovery as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. Your blood vessels require the amino acid L-arginine for the synthesis of nitric oxide, since L-arginine is its precursor in your body.<br />
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By helping to regulate your blood pressure, nitric oxide enhances blood flow. Nitric oxide signals the smooth muscle cells in your blood vessels to relax so that your vessels dilate and your blood flows more freely, which helps your arteries stay free of plaque. When you have inadequate nitric oxide, your risk for coronary artery disease increases.<br />
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If your blood is flowing freely, then nearly every physiological process will function better. If your blood is sluggish, then important cells and nutrients can't reach the areas that need them. It's like getting the tow truck to the scene of the accident no tow truck means no repairs.<br />
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Not only is nitric oxide important in regulating blood pressure, it also functions as a signaling molecule in your brain and immune system. Besides sitting in the sun, you can increase your nitric oxide levels with a few natural supplements and techniques:<br />
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Calcium and magnesium rich foods and supplements, and vitamins C and E<br />
Olive extract<br />
Bitter melon<br />
Electrical acupuncture<br />
Taking a warm bath, or by breathing in and out through one nostril (close off<br />
the other nostril and your mouth)<br />
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<b>Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure, the SILENT Killer</b><br />
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According to the CDC, high blood pressure is the second greatest public health threat in the US. According to the CDC, 36 million people in the US have uncontrolled high blood pressure, and 14 million of them don’t even know it quite alarming considering uncontrolled high blood pressure can be deadly when it results in a heart attack or stroke. But insufficient nitric oxide is just one factor contributing to the high blood pressure epidemic.<br />
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High blood pressure is associated with insulin and leptin resistance and elevated uric acid levels. One of the things driving up uric acid levels is overconsumption of fructose, and to a lesser degree, grains, beer and caffeine. Fructose breaks down into a variety of waste products, one of which is uric acid. Uric acid drives up your blood pressure by inhibiting nitric oxide in your blood vessels. In fact, 17 out of 17 studies demonstrate that elevated uric acid levels lead to hypertension.<br />
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According to the latest research, the safest range for uric acid is between 3 and 5.5 milligrams per deciliter, and there appears to be a steady relationship between uric acid levels and blood pressure and cardiovascular risk, even down to the range of 3 to 4 mg/dl. The ideal uric acid level appears to be around 4 mg/dl for men and 3.5 mg/dl for women.<br />
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<b>Don’t Believe Everything You Hear About Melanoma</b><br />
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Melanoma is the most lethal form of skin cancer. However, your risk of dying from it pales in comparison to your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, as discussed earlier. And the rates of melanoma so often quoted by government officials may be grossly inflated, based on recent data.<br />
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A report in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology claims that 90 percent of melanoma surgeries are actually unnecessary removals of benign lesions and not melanoma at all, raising questions about the accuracy of the melanoma epidemic. The lead author of the report attributed the unnecessary excisions to an increased awareness by patients who see anti-sun promotions, such as "melanoma awareness" campaigns, and worriedly run into clinics demanding treatment. The report highlights the necessity of getting a second, and perhaps even a third opinion from a specialized clinic before going under the scalpel.<br />
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Unfortunately, what this means is that, while the melanoma epidemic appears to be real if you go by surgical statistics, those stats actually paint a misleading picture if 90 percent of "melanoma cases" are not really melanoma! Sensible exposure to UVB light (adequate exposure without allowing your skin to burn) may actually protect you from melanoma, whereas UVA radiation is associated with skin damage. For example, indoor workers actually have a higher risk of melanoma than outdoor workers, suggesting that chronic sun exposure may indeed have a protective effect.<br />
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Melanoma studies are just now beginning to look at variables such as gender and affected body area. For example, one new Journal of Investigative Dermatology study found differences in skin cancer distribution patterns between men and women. We need many more studies such as this before we can draw definitive conclusions about how the sun can increaseor decrease your risk.<br />
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<b>Basic Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Heart</b><br />
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Sunlight will provide enormous health benefits with respect to increasing your nitric oxide production, enhancing your vitamin D levels, and helping regulate your blood pressure, which in turn will reduce your overall cardiovascular risk. But you cannot stop there! You must also address other diet and lifestyle factors, starting with the basics.<br />
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<b>Proper Food Choices</b><br />
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For a comprehensive guide about which foods to eat and which to avoid, see my comprehensive nutrition plan. Generally speaking, you should focus your diet on whole, ideally organic, unprocessed foods that come from healthy, sustainable and preferably local sources. For the highest nutritional benefit, eat a good portion of your food raw.<br />
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Most people (although there are clearly individual differences) should strive for a diet high in healthful fats (as high as 50-70 percent of the calories you eat), moderate amounts of high quality protein, and abundant vegetables. Non-vegetable carbohydrates should be a fairly minimal part of your diet. Sugar, and fructose in particular, can act as a toxin when consumed in excess, driving multiple disease processes in your body including insulin resistance, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and systemic inflammation.<br />
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<b>High-Quality Animal-Based Omega-3 Fats</b><br />
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If you want to increase your overall health and energy level and prevent health conditions like heart disease, cancer, depression, Alzheimer's, and a host of other diseases, one of the most important strategies at your disposal is increasing your intake of omega-3 fats and reducing your intake of processed omega-6 fats. An animal-based omega-3 fat like krill oil is incredibly good for your heart and brain.<br />
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<b>Comprehensive Exercise Program, including High-Intensity Exercise</b><br />
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Even if you're eating the best diet in the world, you still need to exercise and exercise effectively if you wish to optimize your health. You should include core-strengthening exercises, strength training, and the right kind of stretching, as well as high-intensity burst type activities. Consider combining this with intermittent fasting to supercharge your metabolism.<br />
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<b>Optimize Your Vitamin D</b><br />
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The important factor when it comes to vitamin D is your serum level, which should ideally be between 50-70 ng/ml year-round, and the only way to determine this is with a blood test. Sun exposure or a safe tanning bed is the preferred method, but a vitamin D3 supplement can be used when necessary. According to the latest research, most adults need about 8,000 IU's of vitamin D per day to achieve serum levels of about 40 ng/ml.<br />
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If you take supplemental vitamin D, you also need to make sure you're getting enough vitamin K2, as these two nutrients work in tandem to ensure calcium is distributed into the proper areas in your body. Vitamin K2 deficiency is actually what produces the symptoms of vitamin D toxicity, which includes inappropriate calcification that can lead to hardening of your arteries. Fermented vegetables can be a great source of vitamin K2 if you ferment your own using the proper starter culture. Gouda and Edam cheese are also good sources.<br />
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<b>Stress Reduction and Emotional Housekeeping</b><br />
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Your emotional state plays a role in nearly every physical disease, from heart disease to depression to cancer, and yet it’s the factor most often neglected. Stress has a direct impact on inflammation, which underlies many of the chronic diseases that kill people prematurely every day. Meditation, prayer, energy psychology tools, such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and yoga are all viable options that can help you relieve stress and clear out hidden emotional blocks.<br />
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<b>Avoid as Many Chemicals, Toxins, and Pollutants as Possible</b><br />
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This includes tossing out your toxic household cleaners, soaps, personal hygiene products, air fresheners, bug sprays, pesticides and insecticides, just to name a few, and replacing them with non-toxic alternatives.<br />
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<b>Earthing, or Grounding Yourself to the Earth</b><br />
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When walking barefoot on the earth, free electrons transfer from the ground into your body through the soles of your feet. These free electrons are some of the most potent antioxidants known to man. Experiments have shown that these electrons decrease pain and inflammation, improve heart rate, promote sound sleep, and make your blood less viscous, which has a beneficial impact on cardiovascular health.<br />
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Lack of grounding due to widespread use of rubber or plastic-soled shoes has contributed to the rise of modern diseases by allowing chronic inflammation to proliferate unchecked. So the more you can walk barefoot on the ground, the better. Ideal locations are the beach, close to or in the water, and on dewy grass. If you spend much time indoors, you may want to consider investing in an Earthing mat.<br />
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<b> Drink Plenty of Fresh, Pure Water Every Day</b><br />
<b> Get Plenty of High-Quality, Restorative Sleep</b><br />
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In the grand scheme of all that is wrong with modern agriculture, the unnatural transition that turned cattle (which naturally eat grass) into grain-eating ruminants is at the top of the list.<br />
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In the twisted realm of agribusiness, raising grass-fed cows, especially in the heart of ‘corn country’ (the Midwest) is now regarded as a specialty industry for the crazies, as the New York Times recently reported.<br />
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Where the great cattle herds once roamed, grass finishing an intricate and lengthy ballet involving the balance of protein and energy derived from the stalk, with the flavor rendered by earth, plants and even stress is a nearly lost art.<br />
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...said Fred Kirschenmann, a distinguished fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University The attitude out there is that grass-fed is for the crazies.<br />
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Yet, far from being ‘crazy, grass-fed beef represents a sought-after solution to unsustainable agricultural practices one that could not only drastically reduce pollution but also produce a nutritionally superior meat.<br />
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While far from the norm at this point, a new appreciation for grass-fed meat, and all that it stands for, is steadily growing and these so-called unconventional ranchers are now becoming mainstays in the industry.<br />
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<b>Change to the Cattle Industry Must Come From Educated People From the Outside</b><br />
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), in which the majority of US beef (and pork, chicken and eggs) is raised, contribute directly to global warming by releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in fact, more than the entire global transportation industry.<br />
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They also contribute to climate disruption by their impact on deforestation and draining of wetlands, and because of the nitrous oxide emissions from huge amounts of pesticides used to grow the genetically engineered corn and soy fed to animals raised in CAFOs.<br />
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The cows are fattened for slaughter on giant feed lots as quickly as possible (on average between 14 and 18 months) with the help of grains, as CAFOs represent a corporate-controlled system characterized by large-scale, centralized, low profit-margin production, processing and distribution systems.<br />
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Contrary to popular arguments, factory farming is not a cheap, efficient solution to world hunger. Feeding huge numbers of confined animals actually uses more food, in the form of grains that could feed humans, than it produces. For every 100 food calories of edible crops fed to livestock, we get back just 30 calories in the form of meat and dairy. That’s a 70 percent loss.<br />
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With the Earth’s population predicted to reach 9 billion by mid-century, the planet can no longer afford this reckless, unhealthy and environmentally disastrous farming system. And as Prescott Frost, great-grandson of poet Robert Frost who has entered the grass-fed meat business, told the New York Times:<br />
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If change is going to come to the cattle industry, it’s got to come from educated people from the outside, Mr. Frost said, quoting from Allan Nation, the publisher of The Stockman Grass Farmer, considered the grazier’s bible.<br />
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<b>Grass-Fed Beef Is Better for You, Better for the Planet and Better for the Cows</b><br />
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A joint effort between the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Clemson University researchers determined a total of 10 key areas where grass-fed is better than grain-fed beef for human health. In a side-by-side comparison, they determined that grass-fed beef was:<br />
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Lower in total fat<br />
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Higher in beta-carotene<br />
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Higher in vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)<br />
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Higher in the B-vitamins thiamin and riboflavin <br />
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Higher in the minerals calcium, magnesium and potassium <br />
Higher in total omega-3s<br />
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A healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (1.65 vs 4.84) <br />
Higher in CLA (cis-9 trans-11), a potential cancer fighter <br />
Higher in vaccenic acid (which can be transformed into CLA)<br />
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Another troubling aspect of grain-fed cattle involves the well-being of the animal and, consequently, the health effect this has on you. Common consequences among grain-fed cattle include:<br />
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Acidosis. During the normal digestive process, bacteria in the rumen of cattle produce a variety of acids. Saliva neutralizes the acidity from grass-based diets, but grain-based eating in feedlots prohibits saliva production. The net result is "acid indigestion."<br />
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Animals with this condition are plagued with diarrhea, go off their feed, pant, salivate excessively, kick at their bellies, and eat dirt. Over time, acidosis can lead to a condition called "rumenitis," an inflammatory response to too much acid and too little roughage and results in inefficient nutrient absorption.<br />
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Liver abscesses. From 15 to 30 percent of feedlot cattle have liver abscesses, which result when bacteria may leak out through ulcerated rumen in cattle and are ultimately transported to the liver.<br />
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Bloat. During digestion, cows produce gas and when they are on pasture, they belch up the gas without any difficulty. Grain-based feeding causes these gasses to become trapped, and results in bloat. In more serious cases of bloat, the rumen becomes so distended with gas that the animal is unable to breathe and dies from asphyxiation.<br />
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Feedlot polio. A highly acidic digestive environment may result in the production of an enzyme called "thiaminase," which destroys vitamin B1, starving the brain of energy and creating paralysis.<br />
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Dust pneumonia. In dry weather, the feedlot can become a dust bowl, which springs the cattle's immune system into action and keeps it running on a constant basis, ultimately resulting in respiratory ailments and even death.<br />
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<b>Real Farmers Are Grass Farmers</b><br />
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Virginia farmer Joel Salatin is a living example of how incredibly successful and sustainable natural farming can be. He produces beef, chicken, eggs, turkey, rabbits and vegetables. Yet, Joel calls himself a grass farmer, for it is the grass that transforms the sun into energy that his animals then feed on. By closely observing nature, Joel created a rotational grazing system that not only allows the land to heal but also allows the animals to behave the way the were meant to expressing their "chicken-ness" or "pig-ness," as Joel would say.<br />
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Cows are moved every day, which mimics their natural patterns and promotes revegetation. Sanitation is accomplished by birds. The birds (chickens and turkeys) arrive three days after the cows leave via the Eggmobile and scratch around in the pasture, doing what chickens do best.<br />
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No pesticides. No herbicides. No antibiotics. No seed spreading. Salatin hasn't planted a seed or purchased a chemical fertilizer in 50 years. He just lets herbivores be herbivores and cooperates with nature, instead of fighting it. It's a different and refreshing philosophy. When cows are raised on a salad bar of natural grasses, the meat takes on different flavors that cannot be achieved with grain. Frost told the New York Times:<br />
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When the wine industry started out in California, nobody had a language for what a bouquet was, Mr. Frost, 55, said. Vintners had to come up with a way an audience could have a conversation about hints of raspberries, of chamomile. And that’s what we have to do with beef.<br />
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Farming done in this type of sustainable manner can be incredibly profitable, too. Instead of making $150 per acre per year from a crop that produces food for three months, but lays fallow for the rest of the year, Salatin’s making $3,000 per acre by rotating crops throughout the year, thereby making use of his land all 12 months and maintaining its ecological balance at the same time. This generates complementary income streams for the small farmer and allows them to compete with CAFO operations, while protecting the land from ecological disasters.<br />
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<b>Where Can You Find Grass-Fed Beef?</b><br />
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Currently, meat in supermarkets will be labeled 100% grass-fed if it came from pasture, but if it contains no label it’s probably CAFO-raised. In 2013, a new alliance of organic and natural health consumers, animal welfare advocates, anti-GMO and climate-change activists will tackle the next big food labeling battle: meat, eggs and dairy products from animals raised on factory farms, or CAFOs.<br />
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This campaign, which aims to have CAFO foods labeled, will start with a massive program to educate consumers about the negative impacts of factory farming on the environment, on human health and on animal welfare, and then move forward to organize and mobilize millions of consumers to demand labels on beef, pork, poultry and dairy products derived from these unhealthy and unsustainable so-called farming practices.<br />
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In the meantime, you can boycott food products from CAFOs and choose to support farmers who produce healthful grass-fed meat, eggs and dairy products using humane, environmentally friendly methods. You can do this not only by visiting the farm directly, if you have one nearby, but also by taking part in farmer's markets and community-supported agriculture programs, many of which offer grass-fed beef. The following organizations can also help you locate grass-fed beef and other farm-fresh foods in your local area, raised in a humane, sustainable manner. <br />
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<b>Doctors Perform Thousands of Unnecessary Surgeries: Are You Getting One of Them?</b><br />
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If your physician tells you that you need surgery, unless it is an emergency, I would strongly recommend to get a second opinion first.<br />
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In many cases, you may find that you don’t need surgery after all, saving not only a considerable amount of money but also avoiding the potentially deadly risks that any surgery carries.<br />
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In fact, according to a new USA Today review of government records and medical databases, tens of thousands of patients undergo unnecessary surgery each and every year!1 And according to some experts, that number may actually be in the millions. According to USA Today:<br />
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It's a very serious issue, (and) there really hasn't been a movement to address it, says Lucian Leape, a former surgeon and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. Leape, a renowned patient safety expert...<br />
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He began studying unnecessary surgery after a 1974 congressional report estimated that there were 2.4 million cases a year, killing nearly 12,000 patients. Leape's take today? "Things haven't changed very much.<br />
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<b>Many Doctors ‘Lack the Competence to Know When a Surgery Isn’t Necessary</b><br />
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There are multiple reasons why unnecessary surgeries take place. In some cases they’re the result of criminal acts, in which surgeons intentionally prey on patients, performing surgeries even though they know they are not medically justified.<br />
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USA Today cited the case of Michael Rosin, a dermatologist who was sentenced to 22 years in prison and fines of more than $7 million for intentionally misdiagnosing his patients with skin cancer so he could perform surgeries to remove benign lesions.<br />
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Far more often, however, are the physicians who perform unnecessary surgeries out of incompetence or a lack of training in less-invasive alternatives. Many health care providers may believe that surgery is the only answer, even when the success rates are minimal and better non-surgica treatment options exist.<br />
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Then there are those providers who perform the surgery simply because the profit will increase their income, and they can justify them as medically ‘necessary. USA Today reported:<br />
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I think there are a very small percent of doctors who are crooked, maybe 1 or 2%,' says John Santa, a physician and former health system administrator who became director of the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center in 2008.<br />
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I think there's a higher percentage who are not well trained or not competent to determine when surgery is necessary, Santa says. Then you have a big group who are more businessmen than medical professionals doctors who look at those gray cases and say, Well, I have enough here to justify surgery, so I'm going to do it.<br />
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Personally, I think USA Today is being very kind in their low-ball estimate of 1-2%. Those numbers seem quite low and from my experience I suspect it is significantly higher.<br />
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<b>Six Common Surgeries That Are Often Unnecessary</b><br />
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It’s worth getting a second opinion before you have virtually any non-emergency surgery. However, if you’re scheduled for one of the following procedures, it becomes even more imperative to seek another expert’s opinion, as these surgeries carry a high risk of being done without medical necessity.3<br />
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Yes I realize there is a cost and significant hassle factor, but I strongly encourage to do your due diligence. The extra time and resources you invest in confirming the necessity of the surgery could have a major impact on your ability to enjoy the rest of your life.<br />
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1. Cardiac Angioplasty, Stents<br />
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This invasive procedure involves inflating a thin balloon in a narrowed artery to crush plaque deposits; a stent (a wire mesh tube) is often then left behind to keep the vessel open. When used during a heart attack, an angioplasty can quickly open a blocked artery to lessen the damage to your heart, and when used in this way can be lifesaving.<br />
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However, oftentimes heart disease patients receive angioplasties even though they have not had a heart attack -- a decision that goes against the latest medical guidelines. One 2011 study found that 12 percent of all angioplasty procedures (in cases that did not involve an acute heart attack) were not medically necessary. Separate research also revealed that angioplasty offers no benefit compared to less invasive treatment of heart disease.<br />
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2. Cardiac Pacemakers<br />
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Pacemakers are used to correct heartbeat irregularities, but research shows that more than 22 percent of these implants may be unnecessary.<br />
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3. Spinal Fusion Back Surgery<br />
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If you have low back pain and see different specialists you will get different tests: rheumatologists will order blood tests, neurologists will order nerve impulse tests, and surgeons will order MRIs and CT scans. But no matter what tests you get, you'll probably end up with a spinal fusion because it's one of the "more lucrative procedures in medicine," author Shannon Brownlee says even though the best success rate for spinal fusions is only 25 percent!<br />
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According to one review, more than 17 percent of patients told they needed spinal surgery actually showed no abnormal neurological or radiographic findings that would require surgery.<br />
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4. Hysterectomy<br />
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The surgical removal of the uterus may be recommended inappropriately in 70 percent of cases, often because of a lack of adequate diagnostic evaluation and failure to try alternative treatments before the surgery. Some surgeons also remove healthy ovaries during hysterectomy as a precaution, sometimes without the patient providing their consent or being informed as to the severe adverse effects the ovariectomy may produce on their remaining quality of life.<br />
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5. Knee and Hip Replacement, and Arthroscopic Knee Surgery<br />
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Patients who were informed about joint replacements and alternative treatments had 26 percent fewer hip replacements and 38 percent fewer knee replacements than those who did not. Arthroscopic knee surgery for osteoarthritis is also one of the most unnecessary surgeries performed today, as it works no better than a placebo surgery.<br />
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Proof of this is a double-blind placebo-controlled multi-center (including Harvard’s Mass General Hospital) study published in one of the most well-respected medical journals on the planet, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) over 10 years ago.<br />
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Recent research has also shown arthroscopic knee surgery works no better than placebo surgery, and when comparing treatments for knee pain, physical therapy was found to be just as effective as surgery, but at significantly reduced cost and risk. And yet another study showed exercise is just as effective as surgery for people with chronic pain in the front part of their knee, known as chronic patellofemoral syndrome (PFPS), which is also frequently treated unnecessarily with arthroscopic surgery.<br />
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6. Cesarean Section<br />
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Cesarean delivery is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the US and rates are increasing. But research shows rates vary 10-fold among hospitals, even among low-risk pregnancies, suggesting that practice patterns, not necessity, are driving these high surgery rates.<br />
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According to the World Health Organization, no country is justified in having a cesarean rate greater than 10 percent to 15 percent. The US rate, at nearly 32 percent, is the highest rate ever reported in the US and is higher than in most other developed countries.<br />
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<b>Diagnostic Errors Permanently Injure or Kill Up to 160,000 Americans a Year</b><br />
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Unnecessary surgeries are only one problem facing the conventional medical system. Medical errors are also alarmingly common, and diagnosis errors, in particular, appear to be occurring at very high rates. Researchers recently wrote in BMJ Quality & Safety:<br />
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Among malpractice claims, diagnostic errors appear to be the most common, most costly and most dangerous of medical mistakes. We found roughly equal numbers of lethal and non-lethal errors in our analysis, suggesting that the public health burden of diagnostic errors could be twice that previously estimated.<br />
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The study involved more than 350,000 malpractice claims, of which nearly 29 percent involved a missed, wrong or delayed diagnosis. Such errors may account for the permanent injury or death of up to 160,000 patients each year, the study found, with researchers noting that it is probably a lot higher than that. Case in point, when all medical errors, not just diagnosis errors, are taken into account, the rate of medical harm occurring in the US is estimated to be over 40,000 harmful and/or lethal errors each and EVERY day.<br />
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<b>Hospitals Profit Off of Surgical Errors and Medical Mishaps</b><br />
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Part of the problem is that hospitals and providers have little incentive to change, as the more surgeries performed, the more money they make. And if complications are involved, so much the better from a financial perspective.<br />
<br />
One revealing JAMA study found that major surgical complications actually earn hospitals more money on privately insured or Medicare-covered patients. This isn’t exactly shocking, of course, since the more complications suffered, the longer the hospital stay and the more associated medications, tests and procedures that will be ordered. Hospitals are a business, after all, and the more services used by any one patient, the more money they make.<br />
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Where money is concerned, a hospital therefore has no incentive to reduce surgical errors and other medical mishaps, which may actually be a key moneymaker for them. And, as the Health Business Blog astutely reported,18 unlike most businesses, which suffer financially when mistakes occur, hospitals get to charge you even more money to treat you for avoidable complications or mistakes they make. Decreasing surgical complications may therefore have adverse financial consequences for many hospitals, the researchers concluded, and the same goes for reducing unnecessary surgery rates, as well.<br />
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<b>It’s Your Body: Take Control of Your Health</b><br />
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My primary suggestion is to avoid hospitals and surgeries unless it's an absolute emergency and you need life-saving medical attention. If you're going to have an elective medical procedure, always get a second opinion—and possibly a third and fourth.<br />
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The other KEY is to be proactive and start pursuing a healthy lifestyle today so you don't become a victim of an unnecessary medical procedure. I have compiled my best tips in a customized 100-page nutrition plan to help you take control of your health. It is customized to three different levels and you can start at any level, but be sure and read from the beginning, as reviewing the basics is the best way to reinforce healthy patterns.<br />
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As much as possible, be proactive in using a healthy lifestyle to support and protect your health and, if illness does occur, use natural methods that will allow your body to heal itself without the need for unnecessary surgery, drugs or other invasive medical procedures.<br />
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<b>Turmeric: The Spice That Can Potentially Help Your Health in 150 Different Ways</b><br />
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By Dr. Mercola</h3>
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Most spices have powerful medicinal properties, which is precisely why they've been used to promote healing for thousands of years prior to the advent of modern, synthetic drug-based medicine.<br />
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One such spice is turmeric, the yellow-pigmented "curry spice" often used in Indian cuisine. Turmeric contains curcumin, the polyphenol identified as its primary active component and which exhibits over 150 potentially therapeutic activities, which include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.<br />
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Curcumin is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, which is one reason why it holds promise as a neuroprotective agent in a wide range of neurological disorders. Researchers have investigated curcumin for its potential role in improving Parkinson's disease.<br />
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Preliminary results indicate that it may hold even more promise than the drugs currently used for this disorder, many of which (ironically) have serious neurotoxic side effects, including dyskinesia a movement disorder identical to the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.<br />
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<b>Natural Curcumin Extract Outshines Parkinson's Drugs</b><br />
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Parkinson's is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a steady depletion of dopamine-producing nerve cells, particularly in the area of your brain referred to as the substantia nigra. Most of the current drug treatments for Parkinson's disease, known as dopamine agonists, focus on replenishing dopamine.<br />
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Although such treatments provide symptomatic relief during early Parkinson's disease, they are ineffective in the long term where they may actually increase symptoms such as tremor, postural instability and cognitive deficits that are common with this disease. They are also associated with motor complications and a laundry list of other strange and disturbing side effects, including:<br />
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Euphoria <br />
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Nausea<br />
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Hallucinations <br />
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Insomnia<br />
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Causing or worsening psychosis <br />
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Unusual tiredness or weakness<br />
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Orthostatic hypotension (a dizzy spell caused by a sudden <br />
drop in blood pressure) <br />
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Dizziness, drowsiness, lightheadedness, or fainting<br />
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Increased orgasmic intensity <br />
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Twitching, twisting, or other unusual body movements<br />
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Weight loss <br />
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Pathological addiction (gambling, shopping, internet <br />
pornography, hypersexuality)<br />
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<b>As researchers noted in the journal Current Pharmaceutical Design:</b><br />
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"Most of the current pharmacotherapeutic approaches in PD [Parkinson's disease] are aimed at replenishing the striatal dopamine. Although these drugs provide symptomatic relief during early PD, many patients develop motor complications with long-term treatment. Further, PD medications do not effectively tackle tremor, postural instability and cognitive deficits.<br />
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Most importantly, most of these drugs do not exhibit neuroprotective effects in patients. Consequently, novel therapies involving natural antioxidants and plant products/molecules with neuroprotective properties are being exploited for adjunctive therapy."<br />
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Unlike Parkinson's drugs, curcumin is neuroprotective and several studies strongly support its use for the treatment of Parkinson's. For example:<br />
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Curcumin showed neuroprotective properties in an animal model of Parkinson's disease; the beneficial effect was thought to be related, in part, to its antioxidant capabilities and its ability to penetrate the brain.<br />
Curcumin alleviated the effects of glutathione depletion, which causes oxidative stress, mitochondria dysfunction and cell death and is a feature of early Parkinson's disease.<br />
The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway is involved in dopaminergic neuronal degeneration, which is in turn associated with Parkinson's. Curcumin prevents dopaminergic neuronal death through inhibition of the JNK pathway, and thereby offers a neuroprotective effect that may be beneficial for Parkinson's.<br />
Slow-wriggling alpha-synuclein proteins can cause clumping, which is the first step for diseases such as Parkinson's. Curcumin helps prevent the proteins from clumping.<br />
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<b>Curcumin Is a Powerful Ally for Your Brain Health</b><br />
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For years now turmeric, and its active ingredient curcumin, have shown powerful benefits to your brain health. One of the ways that it works, similar to vitamin D, is modulating large numbers of your genes; in fact, curcumin has been shown to influence more than 700 genes.<br />
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The potential healing power of this spice, which is an important part of Eastern cultural traditions including traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, perhaps first came about when it was noticed that the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease among older adults in India is more than four times lower than the rate in the United States. <br />
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<b>Why such a significant difference?</b><br />
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Some researchers believe the answer for this drastic disparity in Alzheimer's disease prevalence is a direct result of curcumin. Research has shown that curcumin may help inhibit the accumulation of destructive beta amyloids in the brain of Alzheimer's patients, as well as break up existing plaques. People with Alzheimer's tend to have higher levels of inflammation in their brains, and curcumin is perhaps most known for its potent anti-inflammatory properties. The compound can inhibit both the activity and the inflammatory metabolic byproducts of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) and 5-lipooxygenase (5-LOX) enzymes, as well as other enzymes and hormones that modulate inflammation.<br />
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And that's not all. The growing interest in curcumin over the past 50 years is understandable when you consider the many health benefits researchers have found when studying this spice. According to an ever-expanding clinical body of studies, curcumin may help:<br />
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Support healthy cholesterol levels <br />
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Prevent low-density lipoprotein oxidation <br />
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Inhibit platelet aggregation<br />
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Suppress thrombosis and myocardial infarction <br />
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Suppress symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes <br />
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Suppress symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis<br />
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Suppress symptoms of multiple sclerosis <br />
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Suppress symptoms of Alzheimer's disease <br />
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Inhibit HIV replication<br />
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Suppress tumor formation <br />
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Enhance wound healing <br />
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Protect against liver damage<br />
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Increase bile secretion <br />
<br />
Protect against cataracts<br />
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Protect against pulmonary toxicity and fibrosis <br />
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<b>Two More Important Tools for Parkinson's: Vitamin D and Omega-3</b><br />
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There is a correlation between insufficient levels of vitamin D and the development of early Parkinson's disease, and research has suggested that long-term deficiency may play a role in the pathogenesis of the disease. There are three major points you want to remember about vitamin D:<br />
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Your best source for this vitamin is exposure to the sun, without sunblock on your skin, until your skin turns the lightest shade of pink. While this isn't always possible due to the change of the seasons and your geographic location (and your skin color), this is the ideal to aim for. A safe tanning bed is the next best option, followed by oral vitamin D3 supplementation.<br />
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If you do supplement with vitamin D, you'll only want to supplement with natural vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Do NOT use the synthetic and highly inferior vitamin D2, which is the one most doctors will give you in a prescription most of the time unless you ask specifically for D3.<br />
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Get your vitamin D blood levels checked! The only way to determine the correct dose is to have your blood tested since there are so many variables that influence your vitamin D status. I recommend using Lab Corp in the U.S. Getting the correct test is the first step in this process, as there are TWO vitamin D tests currently being offered: 1,25(OH)D and 25(OH)D.<br />
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From my perspective, the preferred test your doctor needs to order is 25(OH)D, also called 25-hydroxyvitamin D, which is the better marker of overall D status. This is the marker that is most strongly associated with overall health. You'll want to optimize your levels according to the chart below. If you currently have Parkinson's disease you will want to keep your vitamin D level in the higher 70-100 ng/ml range to help fight the disease.<br />
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Animal-based omega-3 fats are also a powerful defense against Parkinson's, as they contain two fatty acids crucial to human health, DHA and EPA. Most of the neurological benefits of omega-3 oils are derived from the DHA component rather than the EPA component.<br />
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In fact, DHA is one of the major building blocks of your brain. About half of your brain and eyes are made up of fat, much of which is DHA -- making it an essential nutrient for optimal brain and eye function. Your brain activity actually depends greatly upon the functions provided by its outer, fatty waxy membrane to act as an electrical nerve-conduction cable. In your brain alone, DHA may help to ward off Parkinson's by:<br />
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<b>Reducing brain inflammation</b><br />
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Stimulating neuron growth, and development and repair of synapses. (Your brain is a vast complex system of nerve cells sending and receiving electrical impulses across junctions called synapses. The small space between the two cells is where the action occurs. One neuron may synapse with as many as 1,000 other neurons.)<br />
DHA protects your brain's function by supporting optimal glutamate function. Glutamate and GABA are considered your brain's 'workhorse' neurotransmitters. They work together to control your brain's overall level of excitability, which controls many body processes.<br />
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I believe krill oil is your best option for getting animal-based omega-3 fats because of the fact that the omega-3 is attached to phospholipids that dramatically increase its absorption, especially into brain tissue.<br />
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Lifestyle Changes to Help Prevent Parkinson's<br />
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<b>Parkinson's disease is related to lifestyle factors, including the following: </b><br />
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Environmental toxins and pesticides <br />
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Aspartame consumption<br />
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Petroleum-based hydrocarbon solvents, like paint and glue<br />
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Deficiencies in vitamin D and vitamin B folate<br />
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Excess iron in your body <br />
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Pasteurized milk <br />
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In addition to avoiding these toxic exposures, lifestyle adjustments including:<br />
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Exercise regularly, including high-intensity exercise like Peak Fitness. It's one of the best ways to protect against the onset of symptoms of Parkinson's disease<br />
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Get plenty of sunshine to optimize your vitamin D levels<br />
Avoid pesticide and insecticide exposure (as well as exposure to other environmental toxins like solvents)<br />
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Eat more organic vegetables, which are high in folate, the natural form of folic acid (folate after all comes from foliage)<br />
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Make sure your body has healthy levels of iron and manganese (neither too much nor too little of either)<br />
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Consider supplementing coenzyme Q10, which may help to fight the disease. But remember, the oxidized form of coenzyme Q10 called ubiquinone or plain CoQ10 is actually found in elevated levels in neurodegenerative conditions involving enhanced oxidative stress, as it is a residual marker of lipid peroxidation (brain rancidity). This is why ubiquinol, the reduced form that is capable of donating electrons to quench brain-damaging free radicals, while at the same time providing a boost to brain mitochondrial function, is the only logical choice in Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions.<br />
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As for getting the full benefits that curcumin has to offer, look for a turmeric extract that contains 100 percent certified organic ingredients, with at least 95 percent curcuminoids. The formula should be free of fillers, additives and excipients (a substance added to the supplement as a processing or stability aid), and the manufacturer should use safe production practices at all stages: planting, cultivation, selective harvesting, and then producing and packaging the final product.<br />
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Unfortunately, at the present time there really are no formulations available for the use against cancer. This is because relatively high doses are required and curcumin is not absorbed that well. There is much work being done to provide a bioavailable formulation in the near future.<br />
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In the event you need higher doses (such as in the case of treating cancer), use the curcumin powder and make a microemulsion of it by combining a tablespoon of the powder and mixing it into 1-2 egg yolks and a teaspoon or two of melted coconut oil. Then use a high-speed hand blender to emulsify the powder (be careful when doing so as curcumin is a very potent yellow pigment and can permanently discolor surfaces if you aren't careful).<br />
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Another strategy that can help increase absorption is to put one tablespoon of the curcumin powder into a quart of boiling water. It must be boiling when you add the powder; it will not work as well if you put it in room temperature water and heat the water and curcumin. After boiling it for 10 minutes you will have created a 12 percent solution that you can drink once it has cooled down. It will have a woody taste. The curcumin will gradually fall out of the solution, however. In about six hours it will be a 6 percent solution, so it's best to drink the water within four hours.<br />
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God Bless Everyone & God Bless The United States of America.<br />
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<b>Larry Nelson</b><br />
<b>42 S. Sherwood Dr.</b><br />
<b>Belton, Tx. 76513</b><br />
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<b>Helpful Tips for Sleeping Better This Summer</b><br />
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If you’re like most Americans, you’re likely not getting<br />
enough sleep. Nearly 41 million US adults are sleeping just six<br />
hours or less each night, which recent research has linked to an<br />
increased risk of chronic inflammation and heart disease in women.<br />
<br />
Over the course of the five-year long study, women who slept<br />
poorly quantified as sleeping less than six hours per night had<br />
2.5 times higher increases in inflammation levels compared to men<br />
who slept poorly. As reported by the featured article:<br />
<br />
<br />
Researchers speculated that the gender difference may be due<br />
to lower estrogen levels in the study's post-menopausal female<br />
subjects, whereas men were protected by higher levels of<br />
testosterone.<br />
<br />
But regardless of gender-based hormonal differences,<br />
summertime can be a time of year when sleep becomes harder to come<br />
by, courtesy of rising temperatures. This is just one of a whole<br />
host of factors that can have an adverse effect on your sleep. <br />
<br />
<b>Restless legs syndrome is another ailment that can prevent you</b><br />
<b>from getting sufficient amounts of shut-eye.</b><br />
<br />
Interestingly, a recent observational study found that men<br />
with restless legs syndrome have a whopping 40 percent higher risk<br />
of total mortality. This finding was independent of other known<br />
risk factors, including a variety of chronic diseases. <br />
<br />
The relationship between restless legs syndrome and all-cause<br />
mortality was stronger for men who had symptoms 15 or more times<br />
per month compared with those who had symptoms five to 14 times<br />
per month.<br />
<br />
According to the researchers, one (of several) potential<br />
mechanisms that might account for this increased mortality risk is<br />
disturbed sleep. Previous research has also found that people with<br />
chronic insomnia have a three times greater risk of dying from any<br />
cause.<br />
<br />
<b>Sleep Deprivation Takes a Serious Toll on Your Health...</b><br />
<br />
You can have the healthiest diet on the planet, doing<br />
vegetable juicing and using fermented veggies, be as fit as an<br />
Olympic athlete, be emotionally balanced, but if you aren’t<br />
sleeping well it is just a matter of time before it will<br />
adversely, potentially seriously affect your health.<br />
<br />
Sleep deprivation is such a chronic condition these days that<br />
you might not even realize you suffer from it. Science has now<br />
established that a sleep deficit can have serious, far reaching<br />
effects on your health. For example, interrupted or impaired sleep<br />
can:<br />
<br />
<b>Dramatically weaken your immune system</b><br />
<br />
Accelerate tumor growth—tumors grow two to three times faster<br />
in laboratory animals with severe sleep dysfunctions, primarily<br />
due to disrupted melatonin production. Melatonin inhibits the<br />
proliferation of a wide range of cancer cell types, as well as<br />
triggering cancer cell apoptosis (self destruction). The hormone<br />
also interferes with the new blood supply tumors require for their<br />
rapid growth (angiogenesis)<br />
<br />
Cause a pre-diabetic state, making you feel hungry even if<br />
you've already eaten, which can wreak havoc on your weight<br />
<br />
Seriously impair your memory; even a single night of poor<br />
sleep—meaning sleeping only 4 to 6 hours can impact your ability<br />
to think clearly the next day. It’s also known to decrease your<br />
problem solving ability<br />
<br />
<b>What You Need to Know About Sleeping Pills</b><br />
<br />
While it may be tempting to look for a pill to quickly help<br />
you sleep, these will not address any of the underlying causes of<br />
insomnia. In fact, researchers have repeatedly shown that sleeping<br />
pills don’t work, but your brain is being tricked into thinking<br />
they do...<br />
<br />
In one meta-analytic study, they found that, on average,<br />
sleeping pills help people fall asleep approximately 10 minutes<br />
sooner. From a biomedical perspective, this is an insignificant<br />
improvement. On average, sleeping pills increase total sleep time<br />
by about 15-20 minutes. But here is the catch: This study also<br />
discovered that while most sleeping pills created poor, fragmented<br />
sleep, they also created amnesia, so upon waking, the participants<br />
could not recall how poorly they’d actually slept!<br />
<br />
Worse yet, sleeping pills have also been linked to a wide<br />
variety of health hazards, including a nearly four-fold increase<br />
in the risk of death, along with a 35 percent increased risk of <br />
<br />
cancer.<br />
<br />
Additionally, most people do not realize that over-the-counter<br />
(OTC) sleeping pills -- those containing Benadryl -- can have a<br />
half life of about 18 hours. So, if you take them every night,<br />
you're basically sedated much of the time. Not surprisingly,<br />
they're associated with cognitive deficits in the morning. Trust<br />
me, there are far better, safer and more effective ways to get a<br />
good night's sleep...<br />
<br />
<b>Tips for High-Quality Shut-Eye from a Sleep Wellness Consultant</b><br />
<br />
As previously discussed by Dr. Rubin Naiman, a leader in<br />
integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams, sleep is the<br />
outcome of an interaction between two variables, namely sleepiness<br />
and what he refers to as "noise. This is any kind of stimulation<br />
that inhibits or disrupts sleep. In order to get a good night's<br />
sleep, you want your sleepiness level to be high, and the noise<br />
level to be low. Under normal conditions, your sleepiness should<br />
gradually increase throughout the day and evening, peaking just<br />
before you go to bed at night. However, if noise is conceptually<br />
greater than your level of sleepiness, you will not be able to<br />
fall asleep. <br />
<br />
Sleep wellness consultant Nancy Rothstein offered up six tips to<br />
improve your sleep, wisely starting off by addressing environmental<br />
noise in your bedroom (for the rest of her suggestions, please see the<br />
original article):<br />
<br />
Create a sleep sanctuary. This means removing items<br />
associated with entertainment, recreation, work and hobbies, and<br />
turning your bedroom into a single-purpose space one for sleeping.<br />
Of utmost importance: Make sure your bedroom is cool, dark and<br />
quiet. These three factors can have a major impact on your sleep.<br />
<br />
In regards to temperature, studies show that the optimal<br />
room temperature for sleep is quite cool, between 60 to 68 degrees<br />
Fahrenheit, so keep the temperature in your bedroom no higher than<br />
70 degrees.<br />
<br />
As for light, even the tiniest bit of light in the room<br />
can disrupt your internal clock and your pineal gland's production<br />
of melatonin and serotonin, hormones involved in your body’s<br />
circadian rhythm of sleep and wakefulness. So close your bedroom<br />
door, get rid of night-lights, and most importantly, cover your<br />
windows. I recommend using blackout shades or heavy, opaque<br />
drapes. Also cover up your clock if it has a lit display. <br />
<br />
<b>Alternatively, you could wear an eye mask to block out any stray</b><br />
<b>light.</b><br />
<br />
Turn off your gadgets well before bedtime. Again, the<br />
artificial glow from your TV, iPad, computer or smartphone can<br />
serve as a stimulus for keeping you awake well past your bedtime<br />
by disrupting melatonin production. I recommend turning off all<br />
electronic gadgets at least one hour before bed. As Rothstein<br />
suggests, that time is far better spent reading a good old<br />
fashioned book, practicing relaxation techniques or meditating.<br />
<br />
Some people find the sound of white noise or nature<br />
sounds, such as the ocean or forest, to be soothing and sleep-<br />
promoting. An excellent relaxation/meditation option to listen to<br />
before bed is the Insight audio CD. Another favorite is the Sleep<br />
Harmony CD, which uses a combination of advanced vibrational<br />
technology and guided meditation to help you effortlessly fall<br />
into deep delta sleep within minutes. The CD works on the<br />
principle of "sleep wave entrainment" to assist your brain in<br />
gearing down for sleep.<br />
<br />
Exercise to sleep better, but do it early! Exercising for<br />
at least 30 minutes per day can improve your sleep, but if you<br />
exercise too close to bedtime (generally within the three hours<br />
before), it may keep you awake instead.<br />
<br />
Party-goers beware: alcohol tends to prevent good sleep...<br />
Summertime tends to spark party invitations, but as Rothstein<br />
warns, it would be wise to consider how a few drinks will affect<br />
your sleep pattern. Although alcohol will make you drowsy, the<br />
effect is short lived and you will often wake up several hours<br />
later, unable to fall back asleep. Alcohol can also keep you from<br />
entering the deeper stages of sleep, where your body does most of<br />
its healing.<br />
<br />
The same applies to eating. Ideally, you’ll want to avoid<br />
eating or snacking at least three hours before bed. Especially<br />
troublesome are grains and sugars, as these will raise your blood<br />
sugar and delay sleep. Later, when your blood sugar drops, you may<br />
wake up and be unable to fall back asleep.<br />
<br />
<b>Two More Aces Up Your Sleeve When Sleep Becomes Elusive...</b><br />
<br />
My personal favorite fix for insomnia is the Emotional Freedom<br />
Techniques (EFT). Most people can learn the basics of this gentle<br />
tapping technique in a few minutes. EFT can help balance your<br />
body's bioenergy system and resolve some of the emotional stresses<br />
that are contributing to your insomnia at a very deep level. The<br />
results are typically long lasting and improvement is remarkably<br />
rapid.<br />
<br />
<b>Another strategy that can help is to increase your melatonin.</b><br />
<br />
Ideally it is best to increase your levels naturally, by exposing<br />
yourself to bright sunlight during daytime hours (along with full<br />
spectrum fluorescent bulbs in the winter) followed by absolute<br />
complete darkness at night. If that isn't possible, you may want<br />
to consider a melatonin supplement. In scientific studies,<br />
melatonin has been shown to increase sleepiness, help you fall<br />
asleep more quickly and stay asleep, decrease restlessness, and<br />
reverse daytime fatigue. Melatonin is a completely natural<br />
substance, made by your body, and has many health benefits in<br />
addition to sleep.<br />
<br />
If you decide to give melatonin supplements a try, start with<br />
a very small dose, about an hour before bed as little as 0.25 mg<br />
can be sufficient for some. Many end up taking too much right off<br />
the bat, which could end up having the reverse effect you’re<br />
looking for. Taking too much could also result in side effects<br />
such as drowsiness, confusion, headache, nightmares, and more. So,<br />
start with a tiny dose, and if after three nights you notice no<br />
improvement, take a little more. The tips discussed so far are<br />
among the most important for a restful night's sleep, but they are<br />
only the beginning. For more, please read my comprehensive sleep<br />
guide: 33 Secret's to a Good Night's Sleep.<br />
<br />
<b>Improving Your Sleep Hygiene Pays Off in Health Dividends</b><br />
<br />
There's convincing evidence showing that if you do not sleep<br />
enough, you're really jeopardizing your health. Everybody loses<br />
sleep here and there, and your body can adjust for temporary<br />
shortcomings. But if you develop a chronic pattern of sleeping<br />
less than five or six hours a night, then you're increasing your<br />
risk of a number of health conditions, including heart disease.<br />
<br />
To make your bedroom into a suitable sleep sanctuary, begin by<br />
making sure it’s pitch-black, cool, and quiet. Remember, even the<br />
tiniest bit of light can disrupt your pineal gland's production of<br />
melatonin and serotonin. For this reason, I highly recommend<br />
adding room-darkening blinds or drapes to your bedroom, or if this<br />
is not possible wearing an eye mask to block out any stray light.<br />
<br />
For even more helpful guidance on how to improve your sleep,<br />
please review my 33 Secrets to a Good Night's Sleep. If you're<br />
even slightly sleep deprived, I encourage you to implement some of<br />
these tips tonight, as high-quality sleep is one of the most<br />
important factors in your health and quality of life.<br />
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The documentary film Hungry For Change is another revolutionary look at food and nutrition from the creators of the best-selling film Food Matters.<br />
<br />
Exposing food industry secrets and strategies designed to keep you coming back for more, it reveals why so many are suffering with weight issues and poor health despite their best intentions.<br />
<br />
<b>The importance of this topic cannot be overstated, especially in light of recent developments.</b><br />
<br />
In mid-June, the American Medical Association (AMA) declared obesity a disease, officially opening the door for a range of medical interventions to treat this modern scourge. Yet the root causes of obesity remain wholly ignored...<br />
<br />
<b>As reported by USA Today:</b><br />
<br />
"Experts in obesity have struggled for years to have obesity recognized as a disease that deserves medical attention and insurance coverage as do other diseases. Previously, the AMA and others have referred to obesity as a major public health problem.<br />
<br />
The American Medical Association's recognition that obesity is a disease carries a lot of clout, says Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.<br />
<br />
'The most important aspect of the AMA decision is that the AMA is a respected representative of American medicine. Their opinion can influence policy makers who are in a position to do more to support interventions and research to prevent and treat obesity.'"<br />
<br />
We don’t need to throw billions of dollars into drug-based obesity treatment and prevention research. Well-educated nutritional experts already KNOW what’s causing obesity and how <br />
to fix the problem!<br />
<br />
The truth is that the processed food industry needs to change, agricultural subsidies need to be updated to promote healthier fare, and the public needs to be told the truth about nutrition. <br />
<br />
We also need to stop the dangerous marketing of junk food to children with their favorite cartoon characters or celebrities. Junk food companies know exactly what they are doing, and many children are pointing towards these unforgettable characters in the grocery aisles before they can speak.<br />
<br />
Yet none of these factors are being addressed. Instead, money is being spent on obesity drugs and obesity vaccines, of all things! This truly is madness, if you ask me. Obesity is no more a disease than smoking is.<br />
<br />
<b>Who Benefits from Obesity Being Declared a Disease?</b><br />
<br />
<b>As Rob Kall, executive editor and publisher of OpEdNews.com recently stated:</b><br />
<br />
What is clear to me is that the medical profession, in an unholy alliance with corporations, is moving the healing profession further and further down the slippery slope of pathologization, just as psychiatry is doing. Cui bono is a question I like to ask Who benefits?<br />
<br />
I believe it’s fair to assume that the biggest beneficiaries will be pharmaceutical companies, along with medical institutions at large. Meanwhile, it’s highly doubtful that their inventions will make a real dent. I would not be surprised if the medical treatment of obesity turns into another war on cancer fiasco.<br />
<br />
Instead of focusing on low-cost lifestyle changes that address the root cause, the pathologization of obesity, to use Kall’s word, is only going to lead to more problems, not to mention drive health care costs skyward as expensive drug treatments are introduced and paid for by insurance companies.<br />
<br />
<b>Can You Really Cure Obesity with a Vaccine?</b><br />
<br />
Last summer, media outlets circulated the news that not just one, but two obesity vaccines were in the works, which makes the AMA’s decision to recognize obesity as a disease all the more convenient. Additionally, two brand new obesity drugs are now being unveiled, just in time for the AMA’s decision. Amazing how such coincidences just happen, isn’t it?<br />
<br />
As explained by GlobalResearch.org, one of the obesity vaccines would target the peptide hormone somatostatin. This hormone has an inhibitory effect on the action of human growth hormone (HGH) and insulin-growth factor (IGF), both of which increase metabolism. By engineering a vaccine to remove the chemical inhibition of somatostatin on HGH and IGF, and create antibodies against somatostatin, the researchers believe weight loss could be achieved.<br />
<br />
...The drug corporations see the obesity market as an untapped monetary resource as one executive explained: Can you imagine the potential for vaccines? Globalresearch.org writes.<br />
<br />
A study published in the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology claims that vaccines are the answer to the chemical and psychological issues that surround obesity. The co-author of the study was also the president and chief scientific officer of a company called Braasch Biotech LLC... which specializes in the development of human and animal vaccines. Essentially, by inhibiting natural hormones, researchers hope to stop people from eating...<br />
<br />
Because somatostatin is secreted in the digestive system, the hormone would eventually be carried to the brain where it would have a great likelihood of interacting with the chemical makeup of the brain and thereby have an encompassing psychological reaction.<br />
<br />
Another route being investigated is a vaccine that targets the hunger hormone ghrelin. In my view, the whole idea of an obesity vaccine is nothing short of insanity.<br />
<br />
Remember the old nursery rhyme about the old lady who swallowed the fly and in turn swallowed a spider to catch it? Modern medicine appears to use the same mistaken strategy for addressing many of our health care concerns. Take this drug for that symptom, take another drug to take care of the side effects from the first drug, and it goes on and on - until, well you know how it ends.<br />
<br />
They truly do not know what they’re meddling with... Case in point: In September of last year, The Atlantic published findings that put a serious damper on the anti-ghrelin vaccine theory, as researchers discovered that knocking out ghrelin leads to an exaggerated anxiety response to stress. As reported by The Atlantic:<br />
<br />
This is the first study8 to show that ghrelin prevents a hyperactive, over-anxious response to acute stress. So the reduced appetite caused by ghrelin suppression might come at the cost of increased anxiety...<br />
<br />
The authors point out that an evolutionary response to stress is to eat more, hypothesizing that under conditions of acute stress, ghrelin limits excessive anxious behavior by promoting the feeling of reward to ensure appropriate food-seeking behavior and maintain energy homeostasis. With enough stress, compensatory eating could end up counteracting the vaccine's effects, leaving us right back where we started.<br />
<br />
<b>Two New Prescription Diet Drugs Now Available</b><br />
<br />
As of June, a new diet drug sold under the name Belviq is available by prescription to patients with a body mass index (BMI) above 30, or a BMI of 27 with at least one weight-related condition, such as hypertension or type 2 diabetes. The drug works by activating serotonin receptors in your brain, which is thought to reduce feelings of hunger although it sounds awfully similar to the action of certain antidepressants, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which boost serotonin levels and are fraught with dangerous side effects, including suicide.<br />
<br />
The release of Belviq comes on the heels of another prescription weight-loss drug called Qsymia, which was released last September. As reported by CNN Health:<br />
<br />
Weight loss with both drugs is modest. Patients in clinical trials went from an average 227 pounds to 204 pounds on Qsymia; on Belviq, the average weight dropped from 220 to 207... At the time of approval, the FDA said Belviq's manufacturer, Arena Pharmaceuticals, would be required to conduct six post-marketing studies, including a long-term cardiovascular trial to assess the risk of heart attack and stroke.<br />
<br />
The most common side effects of Belviq in nondiabetic patients included headache, dizziness and fatigue, according to the FDA. In diabetic patients, side effects included pain and low blood sugar. In addition, some people taking medicines such as Belviq have reported heart valve problems, according to Eisai Inc., which markets the drug. It is not known if Belviq changes your risk of heart problems or of stroke, or death due to heart problems or stroke, according to the drug's website.<br />
<br />
Why on earth would you take a weight loss drug that might lead to increased heart attack or stroke risk when the appropriate dietary and lifestyle changes would REDUCE those risks right along with the weight you drop? Not to mention you’d be paying a lot more for the drug than you would pay for healthier foods.<br />
<br />
<b>How to Safely and Effectively Combat Excess Weight</b><br />
<br />
For the majority of people, severely restricting carbohydrates such as sugars, fructose, and grains in your diet will be the key to sustained weight loss. Refined carbohydrates like breakfast cereals, bagels, waffles, pretzels, and most other processed foods quickly break down to sugar, increase your insulin levels, and cause insulin resistance, which is the number one underlying factor of nearly every chronic disease and condition known to man, including weight gain.<br />
<br />
As you cut these dietary villains from your meals, you need to replace them with healthy substitutes like vegetables and healthy fats (including natural saturated fats!). I've detailed a step-by-step guide to this type of healthy eating program in my comprehensive nutrition plan, and I urge you to consult this guide if you are trying to lose weight.<br />
<br />
<b>Additionally, a growing body of evidence shows that intermittent fasting is particularly effective for losing weight.</b><br />
<br />
One of the mechanisms that makes intermittent fasting so effective for weight loss is the fact that it provokes the natural secretion of human growth hormone (HGH), which is a fat-burning hormone essentially the same effect sought by the obesity vaccine discussed above, but without the potential health risks. Fasting also increases catecholamines, which increases resting energy expenditure, while decreasing insulin levels, which allows stored fat to be burned for fuel.<br />
<br />
Together, these and other factors will turn you into an effective fat-burning machine. Hence, if like many tens of millions of people, your goal is to shed excess fat, fasting can be both effective and beneficial for improving many disease markers.<br />
<br />
Keep in mind that food cravings are a sign that you're not providing your body with proper nutrients in the appropriate ratios, so following your hunger can in many cases be staggeringly counterproductive. Instead, view your cravings for what they are: a sign from your body that you’re not feeding it properly, and make the necessary adjustments. More often than not, people are not consuming enough healthy fats, which provide a more sustained form of energy compared to carbs. I believe most people may need between 50-70 percent of their daily calories in the form of healthful fats, such as avocados, organic pastured eggs, coconut oil, raw organic butter, and raw nuts like macadamia.<br />
<br />
The foods you choose to eat, and how much you eat, will be the driving force behind successfully achieving your weight loss goals -- even more so than exercise.<br />
<br />
But exercise is still important for weight loss and optimal health. The key to boosting weight loss and getting the most out of your exercise routine is to make sure to incorporate high-intensity, short-burst-type exercises, such as my Peak Fitness Program, two to three times per week. Several studies have confirmed that exercising in shorter bursts with rest periods in between burns more fat than exercising continuously for an entire session.<br />
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<b> Beyond Calcium and Vitamin D...How to Really Build Strong Bones</b><br />
<br />
One of the important strategies for healthy bones is to eat the right kind of foods. A diet full of processed foods will produce biochemical and metabolic conditions in your body that will decrease your bone density, so avoiding processed foods is definitely the first step in the right direction.<br />
<br />
Eating high-quality, organic, biodynamic, locally-grown food will naturally increase your bone density and decrease your risk of developing osteoporosis. Along with your foods, your omega-3 fat content also has a major role in building healthy bone. I recommend krill oil, as I believe it’s a superior source of omega-3s.<br />
<br />
Other nutrients, including calcium, vitamin D and K2, and magnesium, are also critical for strong bones—as is exercise, especially weight-bearing exercises.<br />
<br />
Recent research presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco suggests that the timing of calcium and vitamin D supplementation may actually influence how your bones adapt to exercise, and help decrease exercise-induced calcium loss.<br />
<br />
<b>As reported by Medical News Today:</b><br />
<br />
"The timing of calcium supplementation, and not just the amount of supplementation, may be an important factor in how your skeleton adapts to exercise training... Previous research has shown that a year of intense training is associated with substantial decreases in bone mineral density...<br />
<br />
Experts believe that this kind of exercise-induced bone loss could be related to the loss of calcium during exercise. As blood calcium levels drop, the parathyroid gland produces excess parathyroid hormone, which can mobilize calcium from your skeleton."<br />
<br />
<b>How Bone Adapts to Exercise May Be Affected by Timing of Supplementation</b><br />
<br />
The featured research study indicated that taking calcium prior to hitting the gym may help keep your blood levels of calcium more stable, compared to taking calcium after your workout. However, the study did not assess the long-term effects this might have on your bone density, and this, of course, is of utmost importance for anyone interested in building healthy bones.<br />
<br />
<b> According to the featured article:</b><br />
<br />
[E]xercise-induced decrease in blood calcium occurred whether calcium supplements were taken before or after exercising. Pre-exercise supplementation, however, resulted in less of a decrease.<br />
<br />
Although not statistically significant, parathyroid hormone levels increased slightly less among cyclists who took calcium before exercising... The timing of calcium supplementation did not cause a difference in blood levels of a compound that is a biological indicator of bone loss. Both the before- and after-exercise groups exhibited 50 percent increases in the level of this compound, called CTX...<br />
<br />
<b>The Critical Role of Vitamin K2 for Bone Health</b><br />
<br />
There’s plenty of controversy on the issue of using calcium supplementation to ensure strong healthy bones. It’s important to realize that calcium works synergistically with vitamins D and K2, so taking calcium supplements alone may actually end up doing more harm than good. Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue has authored a comprehensive book on this topic titled: Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life.<br />
<br />
Dr. Robert Thompson M.D. also addressed this important issue in his book, The Calcium Lie. One of the tenets of his book is that bone is composed of at least a dozen minerals, and if you focus exclusively on calcium supplementation you are likely going to worsen your bone density.<br />
<br />
Additionally you will actually increase your risk of osteoporosis. Interestingly, he proposes that one of the best practical alternatives is the use of natural, unprocessed salts, such as Himalayan salt, as they are one of the best sources of a wide variety of trace minerals.<br />
<br />
So, while the featured research is interesting, I believe it falls far short in terms of making a health recommendation that will result in improved bone health. And while the researchers argue that timing, and not just dosage may play a significant role in bone adaptation to exercise, I would add that nutrient ratios and combinations may be even more important...<br />
<br />
The researchers did combine calcium with vitamin D, which is important, but they did not address vitamin K2, which is critical. I say critical because the biological role of vitamin K2 is to help move calcium into the proper areas in your body, such as your bones and teeth. It also helps remove calcium from areas where it shouldn’t be, such as in your arteries and soft tissues.<br />
<br />
Furthermore, if you take supplemental vitamin D, you also need to increase your intake of vitamin K2, because when you take vitamin D, your body creates more vitamin K2-dependent proteins—the proteins that help move the calcium around in your body. But you need vitamin K2 to activate those proteins. If they're not activated, the calcium in your body will not be properly distributed and can lead to weaker bones and hardened arteries. In fact, vitamin K2 deficiency is actually what produces the symptoms of vitamin D toxicity, which includes inappropriate calcification that can lead to hardening of your arteries.<br />
<br />
In a nutshell, it’s important to maintain the proper balance between all three of these nutrients: calcium, vitamin D and K2, as well as magnesium. Lack of balance between these four nutrients is why calcium supplements have become associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke...<br />
<br />
The optimal amounts of vitamin K2 are still under investigation, but it seems likely that 180 to 200 micrograms of vitamin K2 daily should be enough to activate your body's K2-dependent proteins to shuttle the calcium to and from the appropriate areas. Most Americans get nowhere near this amount though. In fact, an estimated 80 percent of Americans do not get enough vitamin K2 in their diet to activate their K2 proteins, which is similar to the deficiency rate of vitamin D.<br />
<br />
<b>How Can You Tell if You're Lacking in Vitamin K2?</b><br />
<br />
There is no test for vitamin K2 deficiency, but you can get an idea of whether or not you may be lacking in this critical nutrient simply by assessing your diet and lifestyle. If you have osteoporosis, heart disease or diabetes, then you're likely deficient in vitamin K2 as these conditions are all associated with K2 deficiency. If you do not have any of those health conditions, but do NOT regularly eat high amounts of the following foods, then your likelihood of being vitamin K2 deficient is still very high:<br />
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Grass-fed organic animal products (i.e. eggs, butter, dairy)<br />
Certain fermented foods such as natto, or vegetables fermented using a starter culture of vitamin K2-producing bacteria. Please note that most fermented vegetables are not really high in vitamin K2 and come in at about 50 mcg per serving. However, if specific starter cultures are used they can have ten times as much, or 500 mcg per serving.<br />
Goose liver pâté<br />
Certain cheeses such as Brie and Gouda (these two are particularly high in K2, containing about 75 mcg per ounce). While cheese from grass-fed milk would be an added boon, it’s not necessary for the cheese to be grass-fed because the K2 is not derived from the milk itself; it’s derived from the bacteria in the cheese. So what’s important is how the cheese was made.<br />
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Fermented vegetables, which supply beneficial bacteria to your gut, can also be a great source of vitamin K if you ferment your own using the proper starter culture. We recently had samples of high-quality fermented organic vegetables made with our specific starter culture tested, and were shocked to discover that not only does a typical serving of about two to three ounces contain about 10 trillion beneficial bacteria, but it also contained 500 mcg of vitamin K2.<br />
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Note that not every strain of bacteria makes K2. For example, most yoghurt has almost no vitamin K2. Certain types of cheeses are very high in K2, and others are not. It really depends on the specific bacteria. You can't assume that any fermented food will be high in K2, but some fermented foods are very high in K2, such as natto. Others, such as miso and tempeh, are not.<br />
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<b>Mind Your Sodium-Potassium Levels as Well</b><br />
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Two additional nutrients that play an important role are sodium and potassium—you want the optimal ratio between these two in order to maintain your bone mass. If you eat a diet loaded with processed foods, there's a good chance your potassium to sodium ratio is far from optimal, which is typically done by consuming a diet of processed foods, which are notoriously low in potassium while high in sodium.<br />
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An imbalanced sodium to potassium ratio can contribute to a number of diseases, including osteoporosis. To ensure you get these two important nutrients in more appropriate ratios, simply ditch processed foods, which are very high in processed salt and low in potassium and other essential nutrients. Instead, eat a diet of whole, unprocessed foods, ideally organically grown to ensure optimal nutrient content. This type of diet will naturally provide much larger amounts of potassium in relation to sodium, which is optimal for your bone health, and your overall health. If you find it difficult to eat the recommended amount of vegetables, give vegetable juicing a try.<br />
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<b>Exercise Also Builds Strong Bones</b><br />
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The other component you can’t ignore if you want strong, healthy bones is weight bearing exercises like strength training. Bone-building is a dynamic process, so you want to make sure you exert enough force on your bones to stimulate the osteoblasts to build new bone. Further, bone is living tissue that requires regular physical activity in order to renew and rebuild itself, so you should make exercise a lifelong commitment.<br />
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Peak bone mass is achieved in adulthood and then begins a slow decline, but exercise can help you to maintain healthy bone mass as you get older, without having to resort to dangerous bisphosphonate drugs.<br />
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Weight-bearing exercise is actually one of the most effective remedies against osteoporosis, because as you put more tension on your muscles it puts more pressure on your bones, which then respond by continuously creating fresh, new bone. In addition, as you build more muscle, and make the muscle that you already have stronger, you also put more constant pressure on your bones. A good weight-bearing exercise to incorporate into your routine (depending on your current level of fitness, of course) is a walking lunge, as it helps build bone density in your hips, even without any additional weights.<br />
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Ideally, though, your fitness program should be comprehensive, providing the necessary weight-bearing activities for bone health while also improving your cardiovascular fitness and fat-burning capabilities with high-intensity exercises. For a more complete, in-depth explanation of my Peak Fitness regimen, please review my previous article, The Major Exercise Mistake I Made for Over 30 Years. Implementing Peak Fitness -- with its array of weight-bearing exercises for bone health and Peak Exercises for disease prevention, fat loss and more -- may be one of the best lifestyle changes you could ever make.<br />
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<b>The Power Plate A Valuable Exercise Tool for Prevention and Treatment of Brittle Bones</b><br />
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Acceleration Training, a.k.a. Whole Body Vibrational Training (WBVT) using a Power Plate has also been shown to be a safe, natural way to ward off osteoporosis, and it’s gentle enough even for the disabled and elderly. For example, in one six-month long study, WBVT was found to produce a significant increase in hip area bone density in postmenopausal women, while conventional training was only able to slow the rate of deterioration. A total of 90 women, aged 58 to 70 years old, were divided into three groups:<br />
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The first group did up to 30 minutes of WBVT three times a week. Static and dynamic exercises for the upper leg and hip area included squats and lunges.<br />
The second group did 60 minutes of conventional weight training three times per week.<br />
The control group did not exercise at all.<br />
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The researchers concluded that Acceleration Training might be a solution for reversing bone loss and eliminating osteoporosis, stating that:<br />
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"The whole body vibration group got positive results: strength increased as much as 16 percent in upper leg muscles, while bone density at the hip increased by 1.5 percent. In addition, the whole body vibration group showed an improvement in postural control and balance, increased muscle strength and lean mass while losing body fat and fat mass. The conventionally trained subjects were able to slow the rate of bone loss, which is consistent with previous published studies on weight training and bone loss. The control group subjects continued to lose bone mineral density at the average rate."<br />
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NASA has also tested vibration platforms to help prevent the bone loss that occurs during space travel. According to a 2001 article in NASA Science:<br />
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"...NASA-funded scientists suggest that astronauts might prevent bone loss by standing on a lightly vibrating plate for 10 to 20 minutes each day... The same therapy, they say, might eventually be used to treat some of the millions of people who suffer from bone loss, called osteoporosis here on Earth.<br />
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...Although the vibrations are subtle they have had a profound effect on bone loss in laboratory animals such as turkeys, sheep, and rats. In one study (published in the October 2001 issue of The FASEB Journal), only 10 minutes per day of vibration therapy promoted near-normal rates of bone formation in rats that were prevented from bearing weight on their hind limbs during the rest of the day."<br />
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<b>Build Strong, Healthy Bones the Natural Way</b><br />
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To recap, your bones are actually composed of several different minerals, and if you focus on calcium alone, you will likely weaken your bones and increase your risk of osteoporosis as Dr. Robert Thompson explains in his book, The Calcium Lie. Remember, calcium, vitamins D and K2, and magnesium work synergistically together to promote strong, healthy bones, and your sodium to potassium ratio also play an important role in maintaining your bone mass. Ideally, you’d get all or most of these nutrients from your diet (with the exception of vitamin D). This includes:<br />
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Plant-derived calcium: raw milk from pasture-raised cows (who eat the plants), leafy green vegetables, the pith of citrus fruits, carob, and sesame seeds<br />
Magnesium: raw organic cacao and supplemental magnesium threonate if need be<br />
Vitamin K2: Grass-fed organic animal products (i.e. eggs, butter, dairy), certain fermented foods such as natto, or vegetables fermented using a starter culture of vitamin K2-producing bacteria. Goose liver pâté, and certain cheeses such as Brie and Gouda<br />
Trace minerals: Himalayan Crystal Salt, which contains all 84 elements found in your body, or other natural, unprocessed salt (NOT regular table salt!)<br />
Vitamin D: Ideally from appropriate sun exposure (or a safe tanning bed), as it’s virtually impossible to get sufficient amounts from food. As a last resort, you could use a supplement, but if you do, you may also need to supplement with vitamin K2 to maintain ideal ratios<br />
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<b>The bottom line?</b><br />
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One of the best ways to achieve healthy bones is a diet rich in fresh, raw whole foods that maximizes natural minerals so that your body has the raw materials it needs to do what it was designed to do. In addition, you need healthy sun exposure along with regular, weight-bearing exercise.<br />
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<b>Testosterone Decline</b><br />
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Testosterone is an androgenic sex hormone produced by the testicles (and in smaller amounts in women’s ovaries), and is often associated with manhood. Primarily, this hormone plays a great role in men’s sexual and reproductive function. It also contributes to their muscle mass, hair growth, maintaining bone density, red blood cell production, and emotional health.<br />
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Although testosterone is considered a male sex hormone, women, while having it at relatively low levels, are more sensitive to its effects.<br />
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<b>Prostate Glands</b><br />
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While conventional medical thought stresses that testosterone is a catalyst for prostate cancer, even employing castration (orchiectomy) as a form of treatment, recent findings have shown otherwise.<br />
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The prostate gland requires testosterone for it to remain at optimal condition<br />
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Testosterone levels in men naturally decline with age beginning at age 30 and continue to do so as men advance in years.<br />
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Aging-induced testosterone decline is associated with the overactivity of an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This process simultaneously decreases the amount of testosterone in men, putting them at risk for prostate enlargement, androgenic alopecia (hair loss) and cancer.<br />
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Unfortunately, widespread chemical exposure is also causing this decline to occur in men as early as childhood, and is completely impacting their biology. Recently, for instance, both statin drugs and the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide were found to interfere with the testicle’s ability to produce testosterone.<br />
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<b>How Do Environmental Toxins Affect Your Testosterone Production?</b></h4>
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<b>Chemical Cleansers</b><br />
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The escalating amount of chemicals being released into the environment can no longer be ignored, as these toxins are disrupting animal and human endocrine systems.<br />
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What’s even more alarming is that many of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have gender-bending qualities.<br />
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EDCs are everywhere. They lurk inside your house, leaching from human products such as personal hygiene products, chemical cleansers, or contraceptive drugs. They also end up in your food and drinking water, causing you to unknowingly ingest them.<br />
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EDCs pose a threat to men’s health as they interfere with testosterone production, causing men to take on more feminine characteristics.<br />
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Here’s one proof: in a number of British rivers, 50 percent of male fish were found to produce eggs in their testes. According to EurekAlert, EDCs have been entering rivers and other waterways through sewage systems for years, altering the biology of male fish. It was also found that fish species affected by EDCs had 76 percent reduction in their reproductive function.<br />
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<b>EDCs Can Affect Men's Health as Early as Infancy</b><br />
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Sexual development in both girls and boys are occurring earlier than expected. In a study published in the journal Pediatrics, boys are experiencing sexual development six months to two years earlier than the medically-accepted norm, due to exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals.<br />
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Some boys even develop enlarged testicles and penis, armpit or pubic hair, as well as facial hair as early as age nine! Early puberty is not something to be taken lightly because it can significantly influence physical and psychological health, including an increased risk of hormone-related cancers. Precocious sexual development may also lead to emotional and behavioral issues, such as:<br />
Depression Low Self-Esteem<br />
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Low self-esteem<br />
Depression<br />
Eating disorders<br />
Excessive alcohol consumption<br />
Earlier loss of virginity and multiple sexual partners<br />
Increased risk of sexually-transmitted diseases<br />
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Pregnant or nursing women who are exposed to EDCs can transfer these chemicals to their child. Exposure to EDCs during pregnancy affects the development of male fetuses. Fewer boys have been born in the United States and Japan in the last three decades. The more women are exposed to these hormone-disrupting substances, the greater the chance that their sons will have smaller genitals and incomplete testicular descent, leading to poor reproductive health in the long term. EDCs are also a threat to male fertility, as they contribute to testicular cancer and lower sperm count. All of these birth defects and abnormalities, collectively referred to as Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome (TDS), are linked to the impaired production of testosterone.<br />
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Phthalates and Other EDCs: A Pernicious Mix<br />
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<b>Pregnant Woman</b><br />
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Phthalates are another class of gender-bending chemicals that can feminize men. A chemical often added to plastics, these endocrine-disrupting chemicals have a disastrous effect on male hormones and reproductive health. They are linked to birth defects in male infants and appear to alter the genital tracts of boys to be more femalelike.<br />
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Phthalates are found to cause poor testosterone synthesis by disrupting an enzyme required to create the male hormone. Women with high levels of DEHP and DBP (two types of phthalates) in their system during pregnancy were found to have sons that had feminine characteristics Phthalates are found in vinyl flooring, detergents, automotive plastics, soaps and shampoos, deodorants, perfumes, hair sprays, plastic bags and food packaging, among a long list of common products. Aside from phthalates, other chemicals that possess gender-bending traits are:<br />
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Bisphenol-A (BPA) Common in plastic products such as reusable water bottles, food cans, and dental sealants. BPA can alter fetal development and heighten breast cancer risk in women.<br />
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) A potential carcinogen commonly used in water- and grease-resistant food coatings.<br />
Methoxychlor (insecticide) and Vinclozin (fungicide) Shown in studies to induce changes in four subsequent generations of male mice after initial exposure.<br />
Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) Potent endocrine-disruptors that can interfere with your gene expression and glandular system. They are also referred to as estrogen-mimicking chemicals that have been implicated in unnatural sex changes in male marine species.<br />
Bovine growth hormones Estrogen-mimicking and growth-promoting chemicals that are added to commercial dairy products.<br />
Unfermented soy products Contain antinutrients and hormone-like substances, and are NOT health foods (contrary to popular belief). Visit this page to learn more about the dangers of soy.<br />
MSG A food additive that can impact reproductive health and fertility.<br />
Fluoride A potent neurotoxin found in certain US water supplies and is linked to endocrine disruption, decreased fertility rates, and lower sperm counts.<br />
Pharmaceuticals that provide synthetic hormones Pharmaceuticals like contraceptives and provide you with synthetic hormones that your body isn’t designed to respond to and detoxify properly. Chronic illnesses may result from long-term use of these drugs.<br />
Metalloestrogens A class of cancer-causing estrogen-mimicking compounds that can be found in thousands of consumer products. Included in the list of potent metalloestrogens are aluminum, antimony, copper, lead, mercury, cadmium, and tin.<br />
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How to Limit Your Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemicals</h4>
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<b>Teflon Cookware</b><br />
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It may be unlikely to completely eliminate products with EDCs, but there are a number of practical strategies that you can try to limit your exposure to these gender-bending substances. The first step would be to stop using Teflon cookware, as EDCs can leach out from contaminated cookware. Replace them with ceramic ones. Stop eating out of cans, as the sealant used for the can liner is almost always made from powerful endocrine-disrupting petrochemicals known as bisphenols, e.g. Bisphenol A,<br />
Bisphenol S.<br />
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You should also get rid of cleaning products loaded with chemicals, artificial air fresheners, dryer sheets, fabric softeners, vinyl shower curtains, chemical-laden shampoos, and personal hygiene products. Replace them all with natural, toxin-free alternatives. Adjusting your diet can also help, since many processed foods contain gender-bending toxins. Switch to organic foods, which are cultivated without chemical interventions.<br />
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How to Address Aging-Related Testosterone Decline</h4>
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As mentioned above, your testosterone stores also decline naturally as you age. However, there are methods that can help boost your levels. Below are some options you can consider:<br />
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<b>The Hormone Replacement Method</b><br />
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If you suspect that you have insufficient testosterone stores, you should have your levels tested. Issues linked to testosterone decline include:<br />
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Decreased sex drive<br />
Erectile dysfunction<br />
Depressed mood<br />
Memory problems<br />
Impaired concentration<br />
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A blood test may not be enough to determine your levels, because testosterone levels can fluctuate during the day. Once you determine that you do have low levels, there are a number of options to take. There are synthetic and bioidentical testosterone products out on the market, but I advise using bioidentical hormones like DHEA. DHEA is a hormone secreted by your adrenal glands. This substance is the most abundant precursor hormone in the human body. It is crucial for the creation of vital hormones, including testosterone and other sex hormones.<br />
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The natural production of DHEA is also age-dependent. Prior to puberty, the body produces very little DHEA. Production of this prohormone peaks during your late 20’s or early 30’s. With age, DHEA production begins to decline. The adrenal glands also manufacture the stress hormone cortisol, which is in direct competition with DHEA for production because they use the same hormonal substrate known as pregnenolone. Chronic stress basically causes excessive cortisol levels and impairs DHEA production, which is why stress is another factor for low testosterone levels.<br />
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It is important not to use any DHEA product without the supervision of a professional. Find a qualified health care provider who will monitor your hormone levels and determine if you require supplementation. Rather than using an oral hormone supplementation, I recommend trans-mucosal (vagina or rectum) application. Skin application may not be wise, as it makes it difficult to measure the dosage you receive. This may cause you to end up receiving more than what your body requires.<br />
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I recommend using a trans-mucosal DHEA cream. Applying it to the rectum or if you are a a woman, your vagina, will allow the mucous epithelial membranes that line your mucosa to perform effective absorption. These membranes regulate absorption and inhibit the production of unwanted metabolites of DHEA. I personally apply 50 milligrams of trans-rectal DHEA cream twice a day this has improved my own testosterone levels significantly. However, please note that I do NOT recommend prolonged supplementation of hormones. Doing so can trick your body into halting its own DHEA production and may cause your adrenals to become seriously impaired down.<br />
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<b>Saw Palmetto and the Testosterone-Prostate Cancer Myth</b><br />
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Prostate hyperplasia (BPH), or simply an enlarged prostate, is a serious problem among men, especially those over age 60. As I’ve pointed out, high testosterone levels are not a precursor to an enlarged prostate or cancer; rather, excessive DHT and estrogen levels formed as metabolites of testosterone are. Conventional medicine uses two classes of drugs to treat BPH, each having a number of serious side effects. These are:<br />
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Alpha-blockers, such as Flomax, Hytrin, Cardura, and Rapaflo These relax smooth muscles, including your bladder and prostate. They work to improve urine flow, but do NOT do anything to reduce the size of an enlarged prostate.<br />
5-alpha reductase inhibitors, like Avodart and Proscar The enzyme 5-alpha reductase converts testosterone to DHT, which stimulates the prostate. Although this class of drugs does limit the production of DHT and shrinks an enlarged prostate, it comes with a number of significant risks, including a higher chance of developing prostate cancer.<br />
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According to Dr. Rudi Moerck, an expert in chemistry and drug industry insider, men who have low levels of testosterone may experience the following problems:<br />
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Weight gain<br />
Breast enlargement<br />
Problems with urinating<br />
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<b>Saw Palmetto</b><br />
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Instead of turning to some drug that can only ameliorate symptoms and cause additional complications, I recommend using a natural saw palmetto supplement. Dr. Moerck says that there are about 100 clinical studies on the benefits of saw palmetto, one of them being a contributed to decreased prostate cancer risk. When choosing a saw palmetto supplement, you should be wary of the brand, as there are those that use an inactive form of the plant.<br />
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Saw palmetto is a very potent supplement, but only if a high-quality source is used. Dr. Moerck recommends using an organic supercritical CO2 extract of saw palmetto oil, which is dark green in color. Since saw palmetto is a fat-soluble supplement, taking it with eggs will enhance the absorption of its nutrients.<br />
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There is also solid research indicating that if you take astaxanthin in combination with saw palmetto, you may experience significant synergistic benefits. A 2009 study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition found that an optimal dose of saw palmetto and astaxanthin decreased both DHT and estrogen while simultaneously increasing testosterone. Also, in order to block the synthesis of excess estrogen (estradiol) from testosterone there are excellent foods and plant extracts that may help to block the enzyme known as aromatase which is responsible producing estrogen. Some of these include white button mushrooms, grape seed extract and nettles.<br />
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<b>Nutrients That Can Help Boost Testosterone Levels</b><br />
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In addition to using bioidentical hormones or saw palmetto, there are two nutrients that have been found to be beneficial to testicular health and testosterone production.<br />
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Zinc<br />
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Zinc is an important mineral in testosterone production. Yet, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that about 45 percent of adults over 60 have low zinc levels due to insufficient intake. Regardless of supplementation, 20 to 25 percent of older adults still had inadequate levels.<br />
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It was found that supplementing with zinc for as little as six weeks has been shown to improve testosterone in men with low levels. On the other hand, restricting zinc dietary sources yielded to a drop in the production of the male hormone. Excellent sources of zinc include:<br />
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Oysters<br />
Protein-rich foods like meats and fish<br />
Raw milk and raw cheese<br />
Beans<br />
Fermented foods, like yogurt and kefir<br />
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You may also take a zinc supplement to raise your levels. Just stick to a dosage of less than 40 milligrams a day. Overdosing on zinc may cause nausea or inhibit the absorption of essential minerals in your body, like copper.<br />
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Vitamin D<br />
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Sun Exposure Vitamin D<br />
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Vitamin D deficiency is a growing epidemic in the US, and is profoundly affecting men’s health. The cholesterol-derived steroid hormone vitamin D is crucial for men’s health. It plays a role in the development of the sperm cell nucleus, and helps maintain semen quality and sperm count. Vitamin D can also increase your testosterone level, helping improve your libido. Have your vitamin D levels tested using a 25(OH)D or a 25-hydroxyvitamin D test. The optimal level of vitamin D is around 50 to 70 ng/ml for adults. There are three effective sources of vitamin D:<br />
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Healthy sun exposure<br />
Safe-tanning beds<br />
Vitamin D3 supplementation<br />
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Learn more about how to optimize your vitamin D levels by watching my 1-hour lecture on vitamin D.<br />
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<b>The Connection Between Weight and Low Testosterone Levels</b><br />
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Belly Fat Overweight<br />
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Research presented at the Endocrine Society’s 2012 conference discussed the link between weight and testosterone levels. Overweight men were more prone to having low testosterone levels, and shedding excess pounds may alleviate this problem. Managing your weight means you have to manage your diet. Below are some ways to jumpstart a healthy diet:<br />
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Limit processed sugar in your diet, as excessive sugar consumption (mainly fructose) is the driving force of obesity. But this isn’t a license to use artificial sweeteners, because these also have their share of negative effects.<br />
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It is ideal to keep your total fructose consumption, including fructose from fruits, below 25 grams a day. If you have a chronic condition like diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, it is wise to keep it below 15 grams per day.<br />
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Eliminate refined carbohydrates from processed foods, like cereals and soda, because they contribute to insulin resistance.<br />
Consume vegetable carbohydrates and healthy fats. Your body requires the carbohydrates from fresh vegetables rather than grains and sugars. In addition to mono- or polyunsaturated fats found in avocados and raw nuts, saturated fats are also essential to building your testosterone production. According to research, there was a decrease in testosterone stores in people who consumed a diet low in animal-based fat. Aside from avocados and raw nuts, ideal sources of healthy fat that can boost your testosterone levels include:<br />
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Olives and olive oil <br />
Coconuts and coconut oil <br />
Butter made from raw grass-fed organic milk<br />
Raw nuts, such as almonds or pecans <br />
Organic pastured egg yolks <br />
Avocados<br />
Grass-fed meats <br />
Palm oil <br />
Unheated organic nut oils<br />
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Consume organic dairy products, like high-quality cheeses and whey protein, to boost your branch chain amino acids (BCAA). According to research, BCAAs were found to raise testosterone levels, particularly when taken with strength training. While there are supplements that provide BCAAs, I believe that leucine, found in dairy products, carries the highest concentrations of this beneficial amino acid.<br />
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For a more comprehensive look at what you should or shouldn’t eat, refer to my nutrition plan.<br />
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<b>Exercise as a Testosterone Booster</b><br />
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Unlike aerobics or prolonged moderate exercise, short, intense exercise was found to be beneficial in increasing testosterone levels. The results are enhanced with the help of intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting helps boost testosterone by improving the expression of satiety hormones, like insulin, leptin, adiponectin, glucacgon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), cholecystokinin (CKK), and melanocortins, which are linked to healthy testosterone function, increased libido, and the prevention of age-induced testosterone decline. When it comes to an exercise plan that will complement testosterone function and production (along with overall health), I recommend including not just aerobics in your routine, but also:<br />
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High-intensity interval training Work out all your muscle fibers in under 20 to 30 minutes. Learn more about my Peak Fitness regimen.<br />
Strength training When you use strength training to raise your testosterone, you’ll want to increase the weight and lower your number of reps. Focus on doing exercises that work a wider number of muscles, such as squats or dead lifts. Take your workout to the next level by learning the principles of Super-Slow Weight Training.<br />
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<b>Address Your Chronic Stress, Too</b><br />
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The production of the stress hormone cortisol blocks the production and effects of testosterone. From a biological perspective, cortisol increases your fight or flight response, thereby lowering testosterone-associated functions such as mating, competing, and aggression. Chronic stress can take a toll on testosterone production, as well as your overall health. Therefore, stress management is equally important to a healthy diet and regular exercise. Tools you can use to stay stress-free include prayer, meditation, laughter, and yoga. Relaxation skills, such as deep breathing and visualization, can also promote your emotional health.<br />
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Among my favorite stress management tools is the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a method similar to acupuncture but without the use of needles. EFT is known to eliminate negative behavior and instill a positive mentality. Always bear in mind that your emotional health is strongly linked to your physical health, and you have to pay attention to your negative feelings as much as you do to the foods you eat.<br />
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<b>Kindness: Just the Opposite of Killing Us...Makes Us Stronger</b><br />
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Science tells us that kindness directly influences your propensity for happiness. But kindness does more than that; it not only improves your health but increases your longevity. It’s a proven biological fact.<br />
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But what happens with the opposite scenario? Research also shows that people who can’t extend kindness to others or receive it for themselves are just as unhappy as they are unkind, and the sad fact is chronically unhappy people don’t live very long.<br />
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Kind of makes you want to get happier, doesn’t it? But if the central key is kindness, it usually involves other people, whether it’s relatives, coworkers or the cashier at the corner grocery.<br />
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<b>Healthy Relationships Longer Life</b><br />
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It should come as no surprise that that the way an individual interacts with others is directly linked to his or her mental and emotional health, and vice versa.<br />
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A 2010 meta-analysis1 on the kindness-related-to-long-life premise combined the results of 148 studies. The conclusion is that the types of social relationships someone enjoys or doesn’t can actually put them at risk for premature death. In fact, researchers found:<br />
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A 50% increased likelihood of survival for participants with stronger social relationships. This finding remained consistent across age, sex, initial health status, cause of death and follow-up period.<br />
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Significant differences were found across the type of social measurement evaluated The association was strongest for complex measures of social integration and lowest for binary indicators of residential status (living alone versus with others).<br />
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<b>The study continued:</b><br />
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Some experts think that social isolation is bad for human health. They point to a 1988 review of five prospective studies that showed that people with fewer social relationships die earlier on average than those with more social relationships.<br />
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The study also noted that people, especially in the U.S, may be becoming more socially isolated. Isolation, by the way, means fewer opportunities to experience kindness, either through extending or receiving it.<br />
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The social interaction studies were so precise that scientists could compare negative results of social isolation with mortality statistics produced by smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and lack of physical activity. At the same time, affirming social relationships were found to positively affect longevity the same way that lowering blood pressure and maintaining a healthy weight do4.<br />
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<b>‘Loving-kindness’ Meditation Opening Your Heart, Not Just Your Mind</b><br />
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Another, clinical study at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, explored the question as to which aspects of social relationships are most significant in predicting whether participants are more likely to enjoy a long, satisfying life?<br />
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Sixty-five faculty and staff members participated in the study, which looked at whether positive thoughts and focused, mental good-will exercises aimed at themselves and others might measurably combat stress.<br />
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Each participant was randomly assigned to one of two groups: the first group joined a class generating positive emotions through loving-kindness meditation for one hour for a period of six weeks; the second to a non-treatment waiting list used as a control group for comparison.<br />
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In the class, the participants were instructed to sit and think compassionately about others by starting to contemplate their own worries and concerns and then moving out to include those of more of their social contacts.<br />
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People were taught to silently repeat phrases like ‘May you feel safe, may you feel happy, may you feel healthy, may you live with ease,’ and keep returning to these thoughts when their minds wandered. They were also advised to focus on these thoughts, and on other people, in stressful situations like when they were stuck in traffic.<br />
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The results suggested that positive emotions, positive social connections and physical health influence one another in a self-sustaining upward-spiral dynamic. As psychology professor Barbara Fredrickson explained it, It’s kind of softening your own heart to be more open to others.<br />
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<b>Vagal Tone: It’s All in Your Perception</b><br />
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The vagus nerve is, the longest cranial nerve in your brain, and interestingly may connect positive emotions that flow from positive interaction with others. Increased positive emotions produces increased vagal tone, or response, described as a proxy index of physical health. The vagus nerve also mediates your parasympathetic nervous system and may also have a positive influence here.<br />
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Before and after the meditation classes, participants were encouraged to log the time they spent meditating or praying and journal both the positive and negative aspects associated with their meditative forays. Afterward, scientists recorded each participant’s heart rate variability, which directly affected baseline vagal tone. According to Time Health & Family:<br />
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The vagus regulates how efficiently heart rate changes with breathing and, in general, the greater its tone, the higher the heart-rate variability and the lower the risk for cardiovascular disease and other major killers. It may also play a role in regulating glucose levels and immune responses8.<br />
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<b>The vagus nerve itself is connected to other nerves that:</b><br />
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Tune our ears to human speech, coordinate eye contact and regulate emotional expressions. It influences the release of oxytocin, a hormone that is important in social bonding. Studies have found that higher vagal tone is associated with greater closeness to others and more altruistic behavior.<br />
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An interesting point is that the response has everything to do with the perception of the participant; the positive effect has a direct correlation to perceived social connectedness on the part of individual subjects. Participants in the meditative segment of the study exhibited increased joy, interest, amusement, serenity and hope after the six-week program. Researchers found it significant that they also discovered an important residual benefit from the emotional and psychological changes: a greater sense of connectedness to others.<br />
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<b>When It Comes to Altruism, How Much Grey Matter You Have Matters</b><br />
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Altruism can be described as an action a person performs to benefit another at the expense of himself. A firefighter is a good example of an altruistic person. An article in Science Daily related the results of another study, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Zurich, based on the connection between a person’s brain anatomy and their altruism. Director of the Department of Economics, Ernst Fehr, explained:<br />
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A certain region of the brain the place where the parietal and temporal lobes meet is linked to the ability to put oneself in someone else's shoes in order to understand their thoughts and feelings.<br />
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Postdoctoral researcher Yosuke Morishima was even more precise: "People who behaved more altruistically also had a higher proportion of gray matter at the junction between the parietal and temporal lobes." However, Fehr added that social processes could also be taken into consideration as a reason why one person has more altruism than another. If taking the feelings of others into consideration is one of the definitions of kindness, other worthy attributes such as sympathy, empathy, compassion, thoughtfulness, gentleness and caring also fall under its umbrella. So is being humane, as kindness should also be extended to animals.<br />
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<b>The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Being Kind to Yourself</b><br />
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In my recent article, I expanded on 22 Things Happy People Do Differently, and the number two spot is Treat everyone with kindness.<br />
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Kindness is not only contagious; it’s also proven to make you happier. When you’re kind to others, your brain produces feel-good hormones and neurotransmitters like serotonin and you’re able to build strong relationships with others, fostering positive feelings all around.<br />
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Looking for ways to lengthen your life and spread good vibrations to others in the world? Random acts of kindness can be performed anywhere at any time. There’s even a Random Acts of Kindness Foundation at www.ActsOfKindness.org to help you focus your kindness in ways you haven’t thought of yet. If certain issues in your life block your ability to extend or receive kindness, there are remedies that can help you change your life.<br />
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Similar to meditation, focused on kindness toward others as well as yourself, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a form of psychological acupressure based on the same energy meridians used in 5,000-year-old acupuncture. It’s an effective way to quickly restore your inner balance and healing and helps rid your mind of negative thoughts and emotions. Best of all, once you learn the technique, you can use it all by yourself, without the need of acupuncture needles or a therapist. Just remember it is best to find a professional to work with if you are seeking to resolve serious issues.<br />
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<b>13 Mind-Body Techniques That Can Help Ease Pain and Depression</b><br />
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Many aches and pains are rooted in brain processes that can be affected by your mental attitude and emotions. While the mechanics of these mind-body links are still being unraveled, what is known is that your brain, and consequently your thoughts and emotions, do play a role in your experience of physical pain.<br />
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For instance, meditation appears to work for pain relief because it reduces brain activity in your primary somatosensory cortex, an area that helps create the feeling of where and how intense a painful stimulus is.<br />
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Laughter is also known to relieve pain because it releases endorphins that activate brain receptors that produce pain-killing and euphoria-producing effects.<br />
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This line of communication between mind and body runs both ways though, and physical pain, especially if it’s chronic, is a well-known trigger for depression. According to psychologist Rex Schmidt at the Nebraska Medical Center Pain Management:1<br />
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Depression and pain happen to share a part of the brain that’s involved in both conditions, which means that mind-body techniques that affect those areas can be efficacious for both.<br />
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Meditation and laughter are just two examples of a burgeoning new field looking at mind-body therapies to address chronic pain. The featured article2 reviews 11 such strategies. I’ve added two more for a baker’s dozen.<br />
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<b>#1: Add EFT to Your Self-Help Toolkit</b><br />
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The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a form of psychological acupressure based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat physical and emotional ailments for over 5,000 years, but without the invasiveness of needles.<br />
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Instead, simple tapping with the fingertips is used to transfer kinetic energy onto specific meridians on your head and chest while you think about your specific problem -- whether it is a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, anxiety, etc. -- and voice positive affirmations.<br />
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This combination of tapping the energy meridians and voicing positive affirmation works to clear the "short-circuit"the emotional block from your body's bioenergy system, thus restoring your mind and body's balance, which is essential for optimal health and the healing of physical disease.<br />
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Some people are initially wary of these principles that EFT is based on -- the electromagnetic energy that flows through the body and regulates our health is only recently becoming recognized in the West. Others are initially taken aback by (and sometimes amused by) the EFT tapping and affirmation methodology.<br />
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But believe me when I say that, more than any traditional or alternative method I have used or researched, EFT has the most potential to literally work magic. Clinical trials have shown that EFT is able to rapidly reduce the emotional impact of memories and incidents that trigger emotional distress. Once the distress is reduced or removed, the body can often rebalance itself, and accelerate healing.<br />
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<b>#2: Massage the Pain Away</b><br />
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Massage offers real health benefits, so much so that some conventional hospitals are making it a standard therapy for surgery patients and others. Along with promoting relaxation and improving your sense of well-being, getting a massage has been shown to:<br />
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Relieve pain (from migraines, labor, fibromyalgia and even cancer)<br />
Reduce stress, anxiety and depression, and ease insomnia<br />
Decrease symptoms of PMS<br />
Relax and soften injured and overused muscles, reducing spasms and cramping.<br />
Provide arthritis relief by increasing joint flexibility.<br />
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Massage affects your nervous system through nerve endings in your skin, stimulating the release of endorphins, which are natural "feel good" chemicals. Endorphins help induce relaxation and a sense of well-being, relieve pain and reduce levels of stress chemicals such as cortisol and noradrenaline -- reversing the damaging effects of stress by slowing heart rate, respiration and metabolism and lowering raised blood pressure.<br />
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Stronger massage stimulates blood circulation to improve the supply of oxygen and nutrients to body tissues and helps the lymphatic system to flush away waste products. It eases tense and knotted muscles and stiff joints, improving mobility and flexibility. Massage is said to increase activity of the vagus nerve, one of 10 cranial nerves, that affects the secretion of food absorption hormones, heart rate and respiration. It has proven to be an effective therapy for a variety of health conditions -- particularly stress-related tension, which experts believe accounts for as much as 80 percent to 90 percent of disease.<br />
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<b>According to the featured article:</b><br />
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[A] new study from Thailand suggests that traditional Thai massage can decrease pain intensity, muscle tension and anxiety among people with shoulder pain. Meanwhile, research from the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami in Florida found that when adults with hand pain had four weeks of massage therapy, they reported a lot less pain, anxiety and depression.<br />
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Another study at the Touch Research Institute found that when pregnant women who were depressed received massages from their partners twice a week, they had much less leg and back pain and fewer symptoms of depression during the second half of their pregnancies.<br />
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<b>#3: Remain in the Now...</b><br />
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Practicing mindfulness means that you’re actively paying attention to the moment you’re in right now. Rather than letting your mind wander, when you’re mindful you’re living in the moment and letting distracting thoughts pass through your mind without getting caught up in their emotional implications. Though it sounds simple, it often takes a concerted effort to remain in a mindful state, especially if it’s new to you. But doing so can offer some very significant benefits to both your mental and physical health.<br />
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For example, mindfulness training has been found to reduce levels of stress-induced inflammation, which could benefit people suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma.<br />
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This makes sense, since chronic stress heightens the inflammatory response, and mindfulness is likely to help you relieve feelings of stress and anxiety. In one eight-week study,3 people who received mindfulness training had smaller inflammatory responses than those who received a control intervention, which focused on healthy activities to reduce psychological stress but without particular instruction on mindfulness. Similarly, according to the featured article:<br />
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Mindfulness meditation -- focusing on your breath and each present moment -- can lessen cancer pain, low back pain and migraine headaches. Researchers at Brown University in Providence, R.I., found that when women with chronic pelvic pain participated in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program, their pain decreased and their mood improved.<br />
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In many ways, mindfulness is similar to transcendental meditation, the idea of which is to reach a place of restful or concentrated alertness, which enables you to let negative thoughts and distractions pass by you without upsetting your calm and balance. This type of meditation is easy to try at home: simply sit quietly, perhaps with some soothing music, breathe rhythmically and focus on something such as your breathing, a flower, an image, a candle, a mantra or even just being there, fully aware, in the moment.<br />
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Researchers report that practicing mindfulness meditation for just four days affects pain responses in your brain. Brain activity decreases in areas devoted to monitoring a painful body part, and also in areas responsible for relaying sensory information.<br />
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<b>#4: Take Control with Biofeedback</b><br />
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In biofeedback, electrical sensors attached to your skin allow you to monitor your biological changes, such as heart rate, and this feedback can help you achieve a deeper state of relaxation. It can also teach you to control your heart rate, blood pressure and muscle tension through your mind. According to psychologist Rex Schmidt:<br />
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Through focus and mental strategies, biofeedback induces the relaxation response and gives you a greater sense of control.<br />
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Biofeedback is often used for stress-related conditions, such as:<br />
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Migraines and tension-type headaches<br />
Fibromyalgia<br />
Back pain<br />
Depression and anxiety<br />
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<b>#5: Free Yourself from Tension with Progressive Muscle Relaxation</b><br />
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Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is achieved by tensing and relaxing all the major muscle groups, one at a time, from head to toe. By learning to feel the difference between tension and relaxation, you can more actively disengage your body’s fight-or-flight response, which underlies most pain, depression and stress.<br />
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<b>#6: Harness Relaxation with Tai Chi</b><br />
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The 2,000-year-old Chinese practice of tai chi is a branch of Qigong -- exercises that harness the qi (life energy). It’s been linked to numerous health benefits, including improvements in the quality of life of breast cancer patients and Parkinson's sufferers, and has shown promise in treating sleep problems and high blood pressure.<br />
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Often described as "meditation in motion" or "moving meditation," the activity takes your body through a specific set of graceful movements. Your body is constantly in motion and each movement flows right into the next. While practicing tai chi, your mind is meant to stay focused on your movements, relaxation and deep breathing, while distracting thoughts are ignored.<br />
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Part of the allure is that it's so gentle, it's an ideal form of activity for people with pain or other conditions that prevent more vigorous exercise. You can even do tai chi if you're confined to a wheelchair. Even respected conventional health institutions such as the Mayo Clinic4 and Harvard Medical School5 recommend tai chi for its health benefits, especially as a stress-reduction tool. However, there are more studies available than you might think; suggesting tai chi has an impressive range of health benefits. To browse through them, please see the WorldTaiChiDay.org6 web site. According to the featured article:<br />
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In a recent study at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, researchers found that when people with fibromyalgia participated in 60-minute tai chi sessions twice a week for 12 weeks, they had much less physical and mental discomfort. The researchers also reviewed the medical literature on tai chi’s effect on psychological well-being and concluded that it reduces depression, anxiety and stress.<br />
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<b>#7: Breathe Easy...</b><br />
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Deep breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system, which induces the relaxation response. There are many different breathing practices that you can try, but here I’m going to share two that are both powerful and very easy to perform. The first one I learned when I attended a presentation by Dr. Andrew Weil at the 2009 Expo West in California. The key to this exercise is to remember the numbers 4, 7 and 8. It’s not important to focus on how much time you spend in each phase of the breathing activity, but rather that you get the ratio correct. Here’s how it’s done:<br />
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Sit up straight<br />
Place the tip of your tongue up against the back of your front teeth. Keep it there through the entire breathing process<br />
Breathe in silently through your nose to the count of four<br />
Hold your breath to the count of seven<br />
Exhale through your mouth to the count of eight, making an audible woosh sound<br />
That completes one full breath. Repeat the cycle another three times, for a total of four breaths<br />
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You can do this 4-7-8 exercise as frequently as you want throughout the day, but it’s recommended you don’t do more than four full breaths during the first month or so of practice. Later, you may work your way up to eight full breath cycles at a time. The benefits of this simple practice are enormous and work as a natural tranquilizer for your nervous system. <br />
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The second is known as the Buteyko Breathing Method, which is a powerful approach for reversing health problems associated with improper breathing, the most common of which are overbreathing and mouthbreathing. When you stop mouth breathing and learn to bring your breathing volume toward normal, you have better oxygenation of your tissues and organs, including your brain.<br />
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Factors of modern life, including stress and lack of exercise, all increase your everyday breathing. Typical characteristics of overbreathing include mouth breathing, upper chest breathing, sighing, noticeable breathing during rest, and taking large breaths prior to talking.<br />
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Controlling anxiety and quelling panic attacks is one of the areas where the Buteyko Method can be quite useful. If you’re experiencing anxiety or panic attacks, or if you feel very stressed and your mind can’t stop racing, try the following breathing technique. This sequence helps retain and gently accumulate carbon dioxide, leading to calmer breathing and reduces anxiety. In other words, the urge to breathe will decline as you go into a more relaxed state:<br />
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Take a small breath into your nose, followed by a small breath out<br />
Then hold your nose for five seconds in order to hold your breath, and then release your nose to resume breathing<br />
Breathe normally for 10 seconds<br />
Repeat the sequence<br />
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<b>#8: Hypnosis for Pain Management</b><br />
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Hypnosis, which is a trance-like state in which you experience heightened focus and concentration, can help decrease pain by altering your emotional responses to your body’s pain signals and your thoughts about the pain. Contrary to popular belief, you do not relinquish control over your behavior while under hypnosis, but it does render you more open to suggestions from the hypnotherapist. According to the featured article:<br />
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Studies show that hypnosis can help manage the pain from childbirth and metastatic breast cancer as well as chronic low back pain. What’s more, cognitive hypnotherapy can lead to less depression, anxiety and hopelessness among depressed people than cognitive behavioral therapy does, according to research from the University of Calgary in Canada.<br />
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<b>#9: Soothe Your Mind and Body Through the Power of Music</b><br />
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If you’re a music lover, you already know that turning on the tunes can help calm your nerves, make stress disappear, pump up your energy level during a workout, bring back old memories, as well as prompt countless other emotions. When you listen to music, much more is happening in your body than simple auditory processing.<br />
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Music triggers activity in the nucleus accumbens, a part of your brain that releases the feel-good chemical dopamine and is involved in forming expectations. At the same time, the amygdala, which is involved in processing emotion, and the prefrontal cortex, which makes possible abstract decision-making, are also activated, according to recent research published in the journal Science.7 Other research8 revealed listening to music resulted in less anxiety and lower cortisol levels among patients about to undergo surgery than taking anti-anxiety drugs. As reported by the featured article:<br />
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...[R]esearchers in Cleveland found that when [burn] patients listened to music and used visual imagery as a distraction when their wound dressings were being changed, they experienced significantly less pain, anxiety and muscle tension. In a study in Norway, depressed people who had music therapy plus psychotherapy were less depressed and anxious and more functional than those who just did regular therapy.<br />
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Musical preference varies widely between individuals, so only you can decide what will effectively put you in a particular mood. Overall, classical music tends to be among the most calming, so may be worth a try. To incorporate music into a busy schedule, try playing CDs while driving, or put on some tunes while you’re getting ready for work in the morning. You can also take portable music with you when walking the dog, or turn on the stereo instead of watching TV in the evening.<br />
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<b>#10: Take Up Yoga</b><br />
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Yoga has been proven to be particularly beneficial if you suffer with back pain, but recent research also suggests it can also be of tremendous benefit for your mental health. Duke University researchers recently published a review9 of more than 100 studies looking at the effect of yoga on mental health, and according to lead author Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Duke University Medical Center:10<br />
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Most individuals already know that yoga produces some kind of a calming effect. Individually, people feel better after doing the physical exercise. Mentally, people feel calmer, sharper, maybe more content. We thought it’s time to see if we could pull all [the literature] together to see if there’s enough evidence that the benefits individual people notice can be used to help people with mental illness.<br />
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According to their findings, yoga appears to have a positive effect on:<br />
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Mild depression<br />
Sleep problems<br />
Schizophrenia (among patients using medication)<br />
ADHD (among patients using medication)<br />
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Some of the studies suggest yoga can have a similar effect to antidepressants and psychotherapy, by influencing neurotransmitters and boosting serotonin. Yoga was also found to reduce levels of inflammation, oxidative stress, blood lipids and growth factors.<br />
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<b>#11: Visualization and Guided Imagery</b><br />
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According to the featured article, visualization techniques or guided imagery can serve as an important tool to combat both physical pain and depression by imagining being in a better place.<br />
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Research shows it can help with pain from cancer, osteoarthritis and childbirth by providing distraction and promoting a state of relaxation. In addition, a study from Portugal found that when people hospitalized for depressive disorders listened to a guided imagery CD once a day for 10 days, they were less depressed, anxious and stressed over time, compared to peers who didn’t use visualization, the article states.<br />
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Ideally, you’ll want to immerse yourself as fully as you possibly into your visualization, using all your senses: seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, and feeling. According to Dr. Schmidt:<br />
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Using all your senses changes levels of brain chemicals such as serotonin, epinephrine and endorphins, and with regular practice you’ll gain more of a sense of control, which is often lacking when you’re in pain or depressed.<br />
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<b>#12: Repeat a Calming Mantra</b><br />
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The repeated incantation of a mantra a soothing or uplifting word or phrase of your choice in a rhythmic fashion can help you relax in a similar way as mindfulness training. The focused repetition, also called autogenic training, helps keep your mind from wandering and worrying, and engages your body’s relaxation response.<br />
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A study at the University of Manchester in the U.K. found that autogenic training helped female migraine sufferers decrease the frequency and intensity of their headaches. And research from the University of Melbourne in Australia suggests that autogenic training may provide 'helpful longer-term effects' on symptoms of depression, according to the featured article.<br />
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<b>#13: Remove Pain and Dysfunctional Psychological Conditions with the Neurostructural Integration Technique</b><br />
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The Neurostructural Integration Technique (NST) is an amazing innovative technique developed in Australia. Using a series of gentle moves on specific muscles or at precise points on your body creates an energy flow and vibrations between these points. This allows your body to communicate better with itself and balance the other tissues, muscles and organs. The method of action is likely through your autonomic nervous system (ANS), allowing your body to better carry out its many functions the way it was designed to.<br />
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The main objective is to remove pain and dysfunctional physiological conditions by restoring the structural integrity of the body. In essence, NST provides the body with an opportunity to reintegrate on many levels, and thus return to and maintain normal homeostatic limits on a daily basis. <br />
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Green tea, prized for many generations in China, Japan and<br />
even Britain, has made a name for itself in the US, where many now<br />
drink it daily due to its many associated health benefits.<br />
<br />
However, while green tea is recognized as an abundant source<br />
of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a catechin polyphenol, and<br />
other antioxidants, not all green teas are created equal.<br />
<br />
If you’re drinking green tea hoping to increase your<br />
antioxidant levels, you should know that some green tea brands<br />
contain very little antioxidants, while others may contain<br />
significant amounts of lead.<br />
<br />
<h3>
One Variety of Tea Tested Contained Almost No EGCG</h3>
<br />
EGCG is easily the most talked-about green tea compound. As<br />
one of the most powerful antioxidants known, the health benefits<br />
of EGCG include a lower risk of heart attack and stroke, glaucoma,<br />
high cholesterol and more. Several studies have also found that<br />
EGCG can improve exercise performance, increase fat oxidation, and<br />
may help prevent obesity, as it’s known to have a regulatory<br />
effect on fat metabolism.<br />
<br />
If you drink green tea, you probably assume you’re getting a<br />
healthful dose of EGCG with each cup, but new research shows<br />
that’s not necessarily the case. An analysis of the strength and<br />
purity of more than 20 green tea products by ConsumerLab.com<br />
found that EGCG levels in bottled green tea can range from just 4<br />
milligrams (mg) per cup to 47 mg, while brewable green tea (from<br />
tea bags, loose tea or a K-cup) contained levels ranging from 25<br />
mg to 86 mg per serving.<br />
<br />
One variety, bottled Diet Snapple Green Tea, reportedly<br />
contained almost no EGCG, while Honest Tea Green Tea with Honey<br />
contained only about 60 percent of the 190 mg of catechins claimed<br />
on the label. Added sugars or artificial sweeteners were also<br />
common in the bottled tea brands.<br />
<br />
<b>This Type of Green Tea Contained the Most Antioxidants</b><br />
<br />
Green tea brewed from loose tea leaves appeared to offer the<br />
most potent source of antioxidants like EGCG. One variety, Teavana<br />
contained 250 mg of catechins per serving; green tea sold in bags<br />
from brands like Lipton and Bigelow contained lower levels,<br />
although represented a more cost-effective alternative.<br />
<br />
The different tea brands also varied significantly in the<br />
amount of caffeine the products contained. While some contained<br />
virtually none, others contained 86 mg per serving, which is<br />
similar to the amount of caffeine in a regular cup of coffee.<br />
<br />
One green tea supplement even contained 130 mg of caffeine in<br />
a single capsule, which is more than is found in a cup of coffee!<br />
But higher antioxidant levels is only one reason why you may want<br />
to choose loose tea over bags<br />
<br />
<b>Some Tea Bags May Leach Hazardous Compounds Into Your Tea</b><br />
<br />
Some tea bags are made with synthetic polymers, such as nylon,<br />
thermoplastic, PVC or polypropylene. While these compounds have<br />
high melting points, the temperature at which the molecules in<br />
polymers begin to break down is always lower than the melting<br />
point, which could allow the bags to leach compounds of unknown<br />
health hazards into your tea when steeped in boiling water.<br />
<br />
Paper tea bags are also potentially problematic, as they are<br />
frequently treated with epichlorohydrin, which hydrolyzes to 3-<br />
MCPD when contact with water occurs. 3-MCPD is a carcinogen<br />
associated with food processing that has also been implicated in<br />
infertility and suppressed immune function. I recommend purchasing<br />
tea from manufacturers who can certify that their tea bags do not<br />
contain epichlorohydrin, and avoid plastic tea bags. <br />
<br />
Alternatively, you can opt for loose tea instead.<br />
<br />
<b>Why Your Green Tea Should Come From Japan, Not China</b><br />
<br />
Green tea plants are known to be especially effective at<br />
absorbing lead from the soil, which is then taken up into the<br />
plant’s leaves. Areas with excessive industrial pollution, such as<br />
China (where nearly 90% of the world’s green tea is produced), may<br />
therefore contain substantial amounts of lead.<br />
<br />
According to the ConsumerLab.com analysis, tea from brands<br />
like Lipton and Bigelow contained up to 2.5 micrograms of lead per<br />
serving compared to no measurable amounts in Teavana brand, which<br />
gets its tea leaves from Japan.<br />
<br />
While the lead in the tea leaves is not thought to leach very<br />
effectively into the tea you end up drinking, if you’re consuming<br />
Matcha green tea, one of my favorites, it’s especially important<br />
that it comes from Japan instead of China. Matcha tea contains the<br />
entire ground tea leaf, and can contain over 100 times the EGCG<br />
provided from regular brewed green tea.<br />
<br />
That said, because you’re consuming the entire leaf, you want<br />
to be sure it comes from a non-polluted, high-quality source. The<br />
best Matcha green tea comes from Japan and is steamed, rather than<br />
roasted or pan-fried. As a result, Matcha green tea retains all<br />
the nutrient-rich value possible from the tea leaf, without<br />
additives or contaminants.<br />
<br />
<b>A Word of Warning About Fluoride in Tea</b><br />
<br />
Both black and green teas are naturally high in fluoride, even<br />
if organically grown without pesticides. This is because the plant<br />
readily absorbs fluoride thorough its root system, including<br />
naturally-occurring fluoride in the soil. According to fluoride<br />
expert Jeff Green, there are reports of people who have developed<br />
crippling skeletal fluorosis from drinking high amounts of iced<br />
tea alone.<br />
<br />
If you live in an area with fluoridated drinking water, as the<br />
majority of Americans do, then you could be getting a double dose<br />
of fluoride when you drink tea. When selecting tea of any kind, it<br />
should preferably be organic (to avoid pesticides) and grown in a<br />
pristine environment because, as mentioned, tea is known to<br />
accumulate fluoride, heavy metals and other toxins from soil and<br />
water, so a clean growing environment is essential to producing a<br />
pure, high-quality tea.<br />
<br />
<b>What Does the Research Say About Drinking Tea?</b><br />
<br />
Although I still believe pure water should make up the<br />
majority of your daily fluid intake, high-quality tea has numerous<br />
health benefits to offer, which vary by type. In addition to<br />
Matcha tea, I personally enjoy Tulsi tea (aka Holy Basil tea),<br />
which is a powerful adaptogenic herb that provides important<br />
therapeutic benefits. There is also growing evidence that the<br />
polyphenols in tea, including EGCG and many others, may be<br />
protective against cancer. Beyond this, the beneficial properties<br />
in tea have been known to:<br />
<br />
<b>Neutralize the effects to your body</b> of harmful fats and <br />
<br />
oils<br />
Inhibit bacteria and viruses<br />
Improve digestion<br />
Protect against oxidation in your brain and liver<br />
Help promote healthy gums<br />
<br />
<b>Drinking tea has also been linked to:</b><br />
<br />
Improved mental alertness and slowing of brain-cell degeneration <br />
Reduced blood pressure <br />
Protection against type 2 diabetes<br />
Lower blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels <br />
Lower risk of breast, colon, lung, ovarian and prostate cancers<br />
Reduced risk of heart attack and stroke<br />
<br />
<b>How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Loose-Leaf Tea</b><br />
<br />
Choosing high-quality tea is extremely important. As the<br />
ConsumerLab.com analysis showed, the type of tea you purchase<br />
can make all the difference in the amount of beneficial antioxidants<br />
it contains, with loose-leaf teas appearing to provide the most.<br />
There is an art to brewing tea using loose tea leaves, but once<br />
you find your sweet spot you may never go back to bagged tea<br />
again. Here are a few simple guidelines for making the perfect cup<br />
of tea:<br />
<br />
Bring water to a boil in a tea kettle (avoid using a non-<br />
stick pot, as this can release harmful chemicals when heated)<br />
<br />
Preheat your teapot or cup to prevent the water from<br />
cooling too quickly when transferred. Simply add a small amount<br />
of boiling water to the pot or tea up that you’re going to steep the<br />
tea in. Ceramic and porcelain retain heat well. Then cover the pot<br />
or cup with a lid. Add a tea cozy if you have one, or drape with a<br />
towel. Let stand until warm, then pour out the water<br />
<br />
Put the tea into an infuser, strainer, or add loose into<br />
the tea pot. Steeping without an infuser or strainer will produce<br />
a more flavorful tea. Start with one heaped teaspoon per cup of<br />
tea, or follow the instructions on the tea package. The robustness<br />
of the flavor can be tweaked by using more or less tea<br />
<br />
Add boiling water. Use the correct amount for the amount<br />
of tea you added (i.e. for four teaspoons of tea, add four cups of<br />
water). The ideal water temperature varies based on the type of<br />
tea being steeped:<br />
<br />
White or green teas (full leaf): Well below boiling<br />
(170-185°F or 76-85°C). Once the water has been brought to a boil,<br />
remove from heat and let the water cool for about 30 seconds for<br />
white tea and 60 seconds for green tea before pouring it over the<br />
leaves<br />
Oolongs (full leaf): 185-210°F or 85-98°C<br />
<br />
Black teas (full leaf) and Pu-erhs: Full rolling boil<br />
(212°F or 100°C)<br />
<br />
Cover the pot with a cozy or towel and let steep. Follow<br />
steeping instructions on the package. If there are none, here are<br />
some general steeping guidelines. Taste frequently as you want it<br />
to be flavorful but not bitter:<br />
<br />
Oolong teas: 4-7 minutes<br />
Black teas: 3-5 minutes<br />
Green teas: 2-3 minutes<br />
<br />
Once the desired flavor has been achieved you need to<br />
remove the strainer or infuser. If you're using loose leaves, pour<br />
the tea through a strainer into your cup and any leftover into<br />
another vessel (cover with a cozy to retain the heat)<br />
<br />
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<b>42 S. Sherwood Dr.</b><br />
<b>Belton, Tx. 76513</b><br />
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<b>Research on Antibiotics Reveals Silver Acts as a Booster, While</b><br />
<b>Mixing Certain Antibiotics with Statins Can Be Devastating</b><br />
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By Dr. Mercola</h3>
<br />
The frivolous use of antibiotics, not just in medicine but<br />
also in food production, is the root cause of skyrocketing<br />
antibiotic resistance.<br />
<br />
Data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and<br />
Control1 (ECDC) shows a significant rise of resistance to multiple<br />
antibiotics in Klebsiella pneumoniae and E. coli in just the last<br />
four years alone, affecting more than one-third of the EU, and the<br />
primary cause for this man-made epidemic is the widespread misuse<br />
of antibiotics.<br />
<br />
Between the years of 1993 and 2005, the number of Americans<br />
hospitalized due to the antibiotic-resistant "superbug" MRSA<br />
(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) skyrocketed from<br />
about 2,000 to 370,000.<br />
<br />
Currently, MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant infections kill<br />
about 60,000 Americans annually, and account for billions of<br />
dollars in health care costs. Antibiotic-resistant disease is not<br />
the only danger associated with the misuse of these drugs.<br />
Excessive exposure to antibiotics also takes a heavy toll on your<br />
gastrointestinal health, which can predispose you to virtually any<br />
disease.<br />
<br />
Abnormal gut flora may actually be a major contributing factor<br />
to the rise in a wide variety of childhood diseases and ailments,<br />
from bowel disorders and allergies to autism.<br />
<br />
Agricultural uses of antibiotics account for about 80 percent<br />
of all antibiotic use in the US, so it's a MAJOR source of human<br />
antibiotic consumption. Animals are often fed antibiotics at low<br />
doses for disease prevention and growth promotion, and those<br />
antibiotics are transferred to you via meat, and even via the<br />
manure used as crop fertilizer.<br />
<br />
Protecting your gut health and reducing the spread of<br />
antibiotic-resistant bacteria are significant reasons for making<br />
sure you're only eating grass-fed, organically-raised meats and<br />
animal products.<br />
<br />
<b>Gut Viruses Confer Antibiotic-Resistance to Bacteria, New Research</b><br />
<b>Shows</b><br />
<br />
When used properly, in the correct contexts and with<br />
responsibility, antibiotics can and do save lives that are<br />
threatened by bacterial infections. But there is one important<br />
variable that wasn't considered when the widespread use of these<br />
"miracle medicines" began, and that is that bacteria are highly<br />
adaptable.<br />
<br />
They are clearly capable of outsmarting antibiotics, and they<br />
are doing so with a vengeance. According to the CDC's National<br />
Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System:<br />
<br />
"Antibiotics kill or inhibit the growth of susceptible<br />
bacteria. Sometimes one of the bacteria survives because it has<br />
the ability to neutralize or evade the effect of the antibiotic;<br />
that one bacteria can then multiply and replace all the bacteria<br />
that were killed off.<br />
<br />
Exposure to antibiotics therefore provides selective<br />
pressure, which makes the surviving bacteria more likely to be<br />
resistant. In addition, bacteria that were at one time susceptible<br />
to an antibiotic can acquire resistance through mutation of their<br />
genetic material or by acquiring pieces of DNA that code for the<br />
resistance properties from other bacteria.<br />
<br />
The DNA that codes for resistance can be grouped in a<br />
single easily transferable package. This means that bacteria can<br />
become resistant to many antimicrobial agents because of the<br />
transfer of one piece of DNA."<br />
<br />
Interestingly, these bacteria have previously unknown allies<br />
that supply them with the antibiotic-resistant genes necessary for<br />
their survival. Researchers at the Wyss Institute have discovered<br />
that gut viruses known as bacteriophages, a.k.a. "phages" are<br />
actually instrumental in conferring antibacterial resistance to<br />
bacteria. Most importantly:<br />
<br />
"[Phage] deliver genes that help the bacteria to survive<br />
not just the antibiotic they've been exposed to, but other types<br />
of antibiotics as well...<br />
<br />
That suggests that phages in the gut may be partly<br />
responsible for the emergence of dangerous superbugs that<br />
withstand multiple antibiotics, and that drug targeting of phages<br />
could offer a potential new path to mitigate development of<br />
antibiotic resistance," the Institute's press release states.<br />
Phages Are Actually an Important Part of Your Body's Defense<br />
System<br />
<br />
More than 90 percent of the DNA in your body is not yours, but<br />
actually belongs to a wide variety of microbes, and these findings<br />
just go to show how intricately tied your health is to the<br />
microorganisms that live inside you. And, while the word "virus"<br />
brings to mind all things "bad" for you, this is not necessarily<br />
true.<br />
<br />
Another recent study published in the Proceedings of the<br />
National Academy of Sciences found that many of these viruses<br />
(phages) actually serve as immune helpers not enemies and form an<br />
important part of your body's defense system.<br />
<br />
Wherever bacteria reside, you will also find phages, because<br />
phages depend on bacteria for their survival. Phages specialize in<br />
breaking open and killing certain kinds of bacteria, hijacking<br />
them in order to replicate.<br />
<br />
Most phages have hollow heads, which store their DNA and RNA,<br />
and tunnel tails designed for binding to the surface of their<br />
bacterial targets. According to phages.org, once a phage has<br />
attached itself to a bacterium:<br />
<br />
"The viral DNA is then injected through the tail into the<br />
host cell, where it directs the production of progeny phages,<br />
often over a hundred in half an hour. These 'young' phages burst<br />
from the host cell (killing it) and infect more bacteria."<br />
<br />
The researchers found evidence that these phages partner with<br />
animals and humans to stave off bacterial infections and control<br />
the composition of friendly microbes in your body. The researchers<br />
speculate that some phages might protect bacteria that benefit<br />
their hosts (i.e. you), while destroying those that cause harm.<br />
<br />
Which brings us back to the featured research, which suggests<br />
that these phages may also play a significant role in the rapid<br />
rise of antibiotic resistance... In essence, it would appear our<br />
zealous overuse of antibiotic drugs is causing these helpful<br />
viruses to boost the survivability of bacteria during the<br />
onslaught of a deadly foe the antibiotic only in this case, the<br />
end result is disastrous rather than helpful for the host... On<br />
the upside, these findings may confer new hope for effective<br />
treatments. According to Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Founding <br />
<br />
Director of the Wyss Institute:<br />
<br />
"Antibiotic resistance is as pressing a global health<br />
problem as they come, and to fight it, it's critical to understand<br />
it. [These] novel findings offer a previously unknown way to<br />
approach this problem -- by targeting the phage that live in our<br />
intestine, rather than the pathogens themselves."<br />
<br />
<b>Colloidal Silver Dramatically Boosts Effectiveness of Antibiotics</b><br />
<br />
The use of silver in the battle against pathogenic bacteria<br />
goes way back into antiquity. Hippocrates was one of the first to<br />
describe its antimicrobial properties in 400 B.C. Over the past<br />
few years, several studies have demonstrated the fact that silver<br />
is indeed one of the most effective agents in the battle against<br />
antibiotic-resistant super pathogens. Yet conventional medicine<br />
has largely dismissed such claims, relegating colloidal silver to<br />
the "woo-woo" section of medical myth.<br />
<br />
They may be inclined to change their tune however, in light of<br />
the latest research, which shows that low doses of silver can make<br />
antibiotics up to 1,000 times more effective, and may even allow<br />
an antibiotic to successfully combat otherwise antibiotic-<br />
resistant bacteria. As reported by Medical News Today:<br />
<br />
Not only did silver boost the ability of a broad range of<br />
commonly used antibiotics so as to stop mice dying of otherwise<br />
lethal infections, but it made at least one resistant bacterium<br />
succumb to antibiotics again. The addition of silver also<br />
broadened the effect of vancomycin, an antibiotic that is usually<br />
only effective at killing Gram-positive bacteria like Staph and<br />
Strep; aided by silver it killed Gram-negative bacteria such as<br />
those that cause food poisoning and dangerous hospital-acquired<br />
infections."<br />
<br />
For example, by adding a small amount of silver to the<br />
antibiotic, a powerful synergism occurred, and a urinary tract<br />
infection caused by tetracycline-resistant E. coli was<br />
successfully eradicated. Silver also helped save the lives of 90<br />
percent of mice suffering with a life-threatening abdominal<br />
inflammation by adding it to the antibiotic vanomycin. In the<br />
group receiving vanomycin only, a mere 10 percent survived. The<br />
researchers discovered two mechanisms that help explain how silver<br />
can boost the effectiveness of an antibiotic:<br />
<br />
Silver interferes with the bacteria's metabolism,<br />
increasing production of reactive oxygen species (ROS); products<br />
of normal oxygen consuming metabolic processes in your body that,<br />
in excess, can damage cell membranes and DNA. Many antibiotics are<br />
believed to kill bacteria by producing ROS compounds, and here,<br />
the researchers found that adding a small amount of silver boosted<br />
the antibiotic's ability to kill anywhere from 10 and 1,000 times<br />
more bacteria<br />
<br />
Silver makes the bacteria's cell membrane more permeable.<br />
This may explain the beneficial effect of silver on gram-negative<br />
bacteria, the cells of which are often impenetrable to antibiotics<br />
due to the molecular size of the drugs<br />
<br />
<b>What About Potential Toxicity of Colloidal Silver?</b><br />
<br />
As for toxicity, the researchers found that the doses of<br />
silver required were far smaller than the dose needed to harm<br />
either mice or cultured human cells, suggesting that oral and<br />
injectable silver should be quite safe. That said, quality is<br />
extremely important, as misrepresentation of colloidal silver by<br />
less scrupulous manufacturers has in the past led to some of its<br />
more negative connotations. According to a Commercial Product<br />
Report by silver-colloids.com, a site that provides detailed<br />
laboratory analyses of colloidal silver products, there are three<br />
distinctly different types of silver products on the market that<br />
are all labeled and sold as "colloidal" silver:<br />
<br />
<b> True colloidal silver</b><br />
<b> Ionic silver</b><br />
<br />
<b> </b>Silver protein: Due to the high concentration of large<br />
silver particles, silver protein products are known to cause<br />
argyria, which turns your skin blue-gray color.<br />
<br />
When purchasing colloidal silver, it's very important to avoid<br />
silver protein formulas. True colloidal silver seems to be the<br />
most recommended, but ionic silver could probably also be used. In<br />
the featured study, they used ionic silver (Ag) in a silver<br />
nitrate salt (AgNO3), which, again, was found to be quite non-<br />
toxic in animals and human cell cultures. Substantial<br />
antimicrobial activity was found at 30 microns (µM) against E.<br />
coli. If you take ionic silver products according to the<br />
manufacturer's recommended dosage, ionic silver will not cause<br />
argyria. That said, since there are potential health risks<br />
involved if you select the wrong formula, I recommend you use<br />
colloidal silver only under the guidance and supervision of a<br />
qualified alternative health practitioner who can help you select<br />
a high-quality product.<br />
<br />
<b>Statin Users Beware... Your Cholesterol Medication May Not Mix</b><br />
<b>Well with Antibiotics!</b><br />
<br />
In related news, Canadian researchers warn that patients<br />
especially the elderly taking cholesterol-lowering drugs such as<br />
Lipitor, should avoid the antibiotics clarithromycin and<br />
erythromycin, as these antibiotics inhibit the metabolism of<br />
statins. Increased drug concentrations in your body may cause<br />
muscle or kidney damage, and even death.<br />
<br />
As reported by WebMD:<br />
<br />
"'These drugs do interact and cause difficulties for<br />
patients,' said lead researcher Dr. Amit Garg, a professor in the<br />
department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of<br />
Western Ontario in London, Ontario. These adverse reactions are<br />
rare, Garg added. 'Most people will be fine,' he said. 'But at a<br />
population level, hundreds of preventable hospitalizations are<br />
occurring.' For someone taking a statin, the study suggests that<br />
substituting a different antibiotic -- azithromycin -- is safer<br />
because it doesn't interfere with the metabolism of statins. <br />
<br />
Another strategy is to stop the statin until the antibiotic course<br />
is finished, Garg said."<br />
<br />
<b>What You Can Do to Help Stop the Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant</b><br />
<b>Disease</b><br />
<br />
You can help yourself and your community by using antibiotics<br />
only when absolutely necessary and by purchasing organic,<br />
antibiotic-free meats and other foods. Even though the problem of<br />
antibiotic resistance needs to be stemmed through public policy on<br />
a nationwide level, the more people who get involved on a personal<br />
level to stop unnecessary antibiotic use the better.<br />
<br />
Remember, not every bacterial infection needs to be treated<br />
with a drug. First, as an all-around preventive measure, you'll<br />
want to make sure your vitamin D level is optimized year-round,<br />
especially during pregnancy, along with vitamin K2. But there are<br />
also a number of natural compounds that can help boost your immune<br />
system function to help rid you of an infection, including:<br />
<br />
<b> Oregano (oil of oregano)</b><br />
<b> Garlic</b><br />
<b> Echinacea</b><br />
<b> Manuka honey (for topical application)</b><br />
<br />
Last but not least, the use of silver compounds appears to<br />
bring new hope against antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Still,<br />
creating more potent antibiotics, regardless of how that's<br />
achieved, will not help us in the long run unless we also address<br />
the root causes of antibiotic resistance, which is rampant overuse<br />
in medicine, but perhaps even more importantly, in agriculture. <br />
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<b>Cut Your Risk of Back Pain Right from the Start!</b><br />
<br />
As with any health condition or disease, preventing back pain is better than trying to cure it after it has set in, and may be too late. So even if you’re not experiencing back pain symptoms, I would recommend you follow these simple tips:<br />
<br />
Always stretch before any strenuous physical activity. In fact, I strongly advise you to engage in a regular stretching program. My favorite is active isolated stretching (AIS), developed by Aaron Mattes. It's completely different from the traditional type of stretching, and is a great way to get flexibility back into your system.<br />
Do not slouch when standing or sitting.<br />
If you spend most of your time sitting, pay careful attention to consciously sucking in your belly and rotating your pelvis slightly up. At the same time, you should keep your head back, with your ears over your shoulders and your shoulder blades pinched. This posture will keep your spine in proper alignment. Do this every hour you’re sitting, holding the muscles tight for several minutes.<br />
Sit in chairs or car seats with good lumbar support.<br />
Switch your sitting positions often. I would also recommend periodically walking around or gently stretching your muscles to relieve tension.<br />
Avoid bending over without supporting your back.<br />
Wear comfortable, low-heeled shoes. Women should also refrain from wearing heels all the time.<br />
Sleep on your side to reduce any curve in your spine. You should also sleep on a firm surface.<br />
When weight-lifting using your legs, always keep your back straight.<br />
Maintain an optimal weight.<br />
Quit smoking. Smoking reduces blood flow to your lower spine, causing the spinal discs to degenerate.<br />
Get enough vitamin D from sun exposure daily, as vitamin D helps keep your bones, including your spine, strong.<br />
Drink plenty of water to enhance the height of your intervertebral disks. Since your body is composed mostly of water, staying hydrated will keep you fluid and reduce stiffness.<br />
<br />
<b>How to Relieve Back Pain Naturally</b><br />
<br />
If you are already suffering from chronic back pain or pain of any kind, you should understand that there are many safe and effective alternatives to prescription and over-the-counter painkillers, though they may require some patience. Here are some strategies I highly recommend:<br />
<br />
<b>Chiropractic Care</b><br />
<br />
Chiropractic Care for Back Pain<br />
<br />
One of the best tactics to help treat back pain is to see a qualified chiropractor. I am an avid supporter of the chiropractic philosophy, which puts great emphasis on your body's innate healing wisdom and does not rely on Band-Aids like drugs and surgery.<br />
<br />
The problem is that a lot of people ignore chiropractic care, thinking that it’s just pushing bones into place. However, there’s a whole lot more to chiropractic care. In fact, one of the basic foundations of this health system is vitalism recognizing that the human body has an innate healing intelligence or ‘life force’ that guides and directs your body's healing process.<br />
<br />
Qualified chiropractic, osteopathic, and naturopathic physicians are reliable, as they have received extensive training in the management of musculoskeletal disorders during their course of graduate healthcare training, which lasts between four to six years. These health experts have comprehensive training in musculoskeletal management.<br />
<br />
Many studies have confirmed that chiropractic management is much safer and less expensive than allopathic medical treatments, especially when used for low-back pain treatment.<br />
<br />
What’s more, researchers have also found that chiropractic adjustments may affect the chemistry of biological processes on a cellular level. Chiropractic care can affect the basic physiological processes that profoundly influence oxidative stress, immune function and DNA repair. This means that aside from addressing any immediate spinal misalignment that might cause back pain, chiropractic care can also help address, prevent and treat deeper dysfunctions in your body.<br />
<br />
<b>Exercises for Back Pain</b><br />
<br />
Adapting an exercise program can help compensate for long hours of being sedentary, a risk factor of back pain. Exercise and being physically active help strengthen the muscles of your spine. One of the best back pain exercises I recommend is Foundation Training, created by chiropractor Dr. Eric Goodman. He developed it to address his own chronic back pain.<br />
<br />
Foundation Training exercises are simple but powerful structural movements that help strengthen and realign your body posture and address the root cause of lower back pain, which is related to weakness and imbalance among your posterior chain of muscles that are caused by a sedentary lifestyle and too much sitting. <br />
<br />
Foundation Training focuses on your core the part of your body connected to your pelvis, whether above or below it. These include your hamstrings, glutes, and adductor muscles. Foundation Training teaches all these muscles to work together through integrated chains of movement, which is how you’re structurally designed to move, as opposed to compartmentalized movements like crunches.<br />
<br />
Every exercise included in Foundation Training lengthens the front of your body, which is over-tightened, and strengthens the back of your body, helping you stand tall and move with grace and flexibility.<br />
<br />
Anyone who wants to do Foundation Training must learn The Founder, the key basic exercise. The Founder disperses your weight through the posterior chains, helping to reinforce proper movement while strengthening the entire back of your body. This excellent exercise can help reverse the effects of frequent and prolonged sitting that may lead to back pain.<br />
<br />
To help address back pain caused by excessive sitting, I also recommend Egoscue Exercises, a series of stretches and special exercises that help restore your muscular balance and skeletal alignment. I often spend at least one hour or more doing an Egoscue exercise called The Tower. It’s simple you only need to lie on the floor and allow your pelvis and thoracic spine to relax. I found this exercise tremendously helpful for treating my chronic low back pain, which is now gone.<br />
<br />
You should also include high-intensity sessions in your exercise routine, although you only need to do these once or twice a week at the most. You should also include exercises that not only challenge your body intensely, but also promote muscle strength, balance, and flexibility. Remember to build up your abdominals to avoid back pain. And, as mentioned above, always do some stretching and warm-ups before engaging in strenuous physical activity.<br />
<br />
Remember, though, that just because you exercise regularly doesn’t mean that you can justify your long hours spent sitting. In fact, even if you're fairly physically active, you may still succumb to back pain and other health problems if you spend most of your day behind a desk or on the couch. This phenomenon is called the "active couch potato effect." In order to avoid this, you must make it a habit to break the pattern of sitting as frequently as possible. Dr. Goodman says:<br />
<br />
"Stand up throughout the day to stretch your body appropriately, the way it is meant to be stretched. The simple act of standing as tall as possible for a minute or two will help break the pattern of sitting, as long as you repeat it frequently. Be sure that while standing you take full deep breaths to expand your torso as well. We often have very shallow breath while we sit, counter that with big deep breaths as often as you can throughout the day.<br />
<br />
My opinion is that people should not go longer than 30 minutes in a chair without standing, deep breathing, walking and stretching. If you think I am crazy for asking that much of you, then I suggest you not go longer than 20 minutes."<br />
<br />
<b>Yoga</b><br />
<br />
Yoga for Back Pain<br />
<br />
Yoga may be an effective strategy for alleviating back pain by making people more aware of how they move their bodies. The benefits of yoga were proven in a study of more than 100 adults with lower back pain. After taking weekly yoga classes for 12 weeks, the participants, who were between ages 20 to 64, experienced improvement in their body function and a reduced need for pain medication. At the end of the study, only 21 percent of the patients who take the yoga class were taking pain medication, down from almost 60 percent at the start.<br />
<br />
<b>Massage</b><br />
<br />
Back Massage<br />
<br />
Getting a massage is another simple strategy I recommend to help ease not only your back pain (and other types of pain), but anxiety as well. Massage offers real health benefits that are being recognized even by conventional hospitals, making it a standard therapy for surgery patients. Massage releases endorphins that help induce relaxation, relieve pain, and reduce levels of stress chemicals, such as cortisol and noradrenaline. It also reverses the damaging effects of stress by slowing your heart rate, respiration, and metabolism and lowering raised blood pressure. Massage can:<br />
<br />
Ease your tense and knotted muscles and stiff joints, improving mobility and flexibility <br />
Relieve pain caused by migraines, labor, fibromyalgia, and even cancer<br />
Relax and soften your injured and overused muscles, reducing spasms and cramping <br />
Stimulate your lymph system, which is your body's natural defense against toxic invaders<br />
Reduce recovery time for strenuous workouts and eliminate subsequent pains of the athlete at any level <br />
Provide arthritis pain relief by increasing joint flexibility<br />
Reduce and realign scar tissue after healing has occurred Reduce post-surgery adhesions and edema<br />
Boost your level of alertness and attention <br />
Contribute to shorter labor and reduce tearing for expectant mothers<br />
Decrease symptoms of PMS <br />
Reduce stress, anxiety and depression, and ease insomnia<br />
<br />
<b>Neuro-Structural Integration Technique (NST)</b><br />
<br />
If you've never heard of neuro-structural integration technique (NST), then you may be missing out on a simple but effective treatment for your back pain. NST is a gentle and non-invasive technique that stimulates your body's reflexes. Simple movements are done across your muscles, nerves, and connective tissue. These help your neuromuscular system to reset all related tension levels and promote natural healing. It is different from massage and other manipulations that try to force a change it simply resets your body to heal itself. It gives profound and lasting results that you may feel as soon as the second or third session.<br />
<br />
NST is safe for everyone. Highly trained athletes, newborns, pregnant women, elderly, and sick individuals who suffer from back pain can find relief using this technology. Get a more in-depth explanation of NST through this article by Michael Nixon Levy, who developed this amazing technique.<br />
<br />
<b>Other Strategies to Eliminate Chronic Back Pain (and Other Types of Pain)</b><br />
<br />
In addition to the tips above, I also recommend these simple and natural ways to prevent and relieve back pain:<br />
<br />
Get sufficient high-quality, animal-based omega-3 fats. Omega-3 fats are precursors to mediators of inflammation called prostaglandins. One of the best sources of omega-3s is krill oil supplement. The omega-3 fats EPA and DHA contained in krill oil have been found in many animal and clinical studies to have anti-inflammatory properties. Unlike fish oil, krill oil does not pose any toxicity and rancidity to your body, which may only damage your health. It is also far lower on the food chain, making it far less likely to accumulate environmental chemicals and toxins.<br />
Eliminate or radically reduce your intake of grains and sugars, especially fructose. Excessive intake of grains and sugars will elevate your insulin and leptin levels primarily through causing your body to be resistant to them, resulting in the increase of inflammatory prostaglandin production.<br />
Optimize your vitamin D (through regular and appropriate sun exposure) and vitamin K2 levels. These nutrients will help prevent the softening of your bones that can often lead to lower back pain.<br />
<br />
As for back pain management, I suggest trying these natural solutions that provide excellent pain relief without any of the health hazards that pain medications often carry:<br />
<br />
Astaxanthin This is one of the most effective oil-soluble antioxidants known to man today. Astaxanthin has very potent anti-inflammatory properties. In some cases, it may even be more effective than NSAIDs. You may need to take high doses of this antioxidant (as much as eight milligrams a day), though, to achieve this benefit.<br />
Ginger - This anti-inflammatory herb has pain relief and stomach-settling properties. Steep fresh ginger in boiling water to make a delicious and fragrant tea. Grating and adding it to your vegetable juice is a good idea as well.<br />
Curcumin - This is the primary therapeutic compound found in the spice turmeric. A study of osteoarthritis patients revealed curcumin’s pain relief effects: individuals who added 200 milligrams of curcumin a day to their treatment plan were found to have reduced pain and increased mobility. In fact, over 50 clinical studies have proven curcumin’s potent anti-inflammatory activity. There are also four studies that demonstrated its ability to reduce Tylenol-associated adverse health effects.<br />
<br />
Cayenne cream - Also known as capsaicin cream, this is a spice made from dried hot peppers. It alleviates pain by depleting the body's supply of substance P, a chemical component of nerve cells that transmits pain signals to your brain.<br />
<br />
Boswellia - Also called boswellin or "Indian frankincense," this herb has been prized for thousands of years for its powerful anti-inflammatory properties. This is one of my personal favorites, as I have seen it work well with many of my rheumatoid arthritis patients.<br />
Bromelain - Found in pineapples, this protein-digesting enzyme is a natural anti-inflammatory. Bromelain can be used in supplement form, but eating fresh pineapple may also be helpful. Most of the bromelain is found within the pineapple’s core, so make sure you leave a little of the pulpy core intact when you eat the fruit.<br />
Cetyl myristoleate (CMO) - An oil found typically in fish and dairy butter, CMO acts as a "joint lubricant" and an anti-inflammatory. I use a topical preparation for myself to relieve ganglion cysts and alleviate mild annoying carpal tunnel syndrome that flares up when I type too much on non-ergonomic keyboards.<br />
Evening Primrose, Black Currant, and Borage Oils The fatty acid gamma linoleic acid (GLA) found in these oils is useful for treating arthritic pain.<br />
<br />
I strongly advise you to try these simple but successful back pain relief alternatives. Not only will they treat the underlying causes of back pain, but they can also spare you from additional harm, unlike pharmaceutical or surgical Band-Aids.<br />
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<br />
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<b>42 S. Sherwood Dr.</b><br />
<b>Belton, Tx. 76513</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>
<b>How to Treat Back Pain Without Dangerous Drugs</b><br />
<br />
<br />
Back pain is a common health issue today that affects at least eight out of 10 people. It is a prevalent problem among Americans. In fact, statistics from the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) reveal that at least 31 million Americans experience lower back pain at any given time.<br />
<br />
<b>The ACA report also says that</b>:<br />
<br />
One-half of all working Americans admit to having back pain symptoms each year.<br />
Back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work. In fact, it is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office (next to upper-respiratory infections).<br />
As many as 75 to 85 percent of the population will experience a back problem at some time in their lives. In most cases, this pain is mechanical in nature it is NOT caused by a serious medical condition, such as inflammatory arthritis or fracture.<br />
<br />
Chronic back pain has become such a debilitating problem and it’s costly, too. According to the ACA, Americans spend at least 50 billion dollars each year on back pain—and that’s just for the more easily identified costs!<br />
<br />
I cannot stress enough that preventing or treating disease is possible without the intervention of medications. The same is true for back pain. You only need to address the root cause of the problem by changing your lifestyle and the way you eat and move.<br />
<br />
Below is a discussion of the potential causes of back pain, my recommendations for back pain treatment, and how you can alleviate this problem without putting any additional burden on your health.<br />
<br />
<b>What Are the Common Causes of Back Pain?</b><br />
<br />
Accidents and sports injuries are the most common causes of chronic back pain. But sometimes, even simple activities or movements like bending over to pick up an object from the floor can trigger pain.<br />
<br />
There are also a number of other factors that can increase your risk of back pain, such as:<br />
<br />
Poor posture <br />
Poor physical conditioning facilitated by inactivity <br />
Internal disease, such as kidney stones, infections, blood clots<br />
Obesity - According to a study posted in the Journal of American Epidemiology, overweight and obese people had a higher prevalence of low back pain than non-overweight individuals. Psychological/emotional stress <br />
Osteoporosis or bone loss (as measured by the Z-score and not the young adult-based T-score)<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Sedentary Lifestyle Puts You at Risk of Back Pain and Much More</b><br />
<br />
There is one common denominator among most patients who suffer from severe cases of chronic pain: sedentary lifestyle. A majority of back, neck, and other muscle pains are related to imbalanced distribution of force throughout your body, which is created by working or staying in unnatural positions for extended periods. Prolonged sitting and poor posture are major risk factors of not only back pain, but also of weight gain, obesity, joint problems, nerve problems like carpal tunnel syndrome, and other debilitating diseases. In fact, prolonged sitting along with smoking and obesity is now an important risk factor for chronic disease!<br />
<br />
An analysis of 18 studies showed the value of reduced sitting. It was found that people who sat for the longest periods of time were twice as likely to develop heart disease or diabetes, compared to those who sat the least. This proves that being physically active is great not only for your back, but also for your overall health. In fact, reducing your sitting time may even prolong your life. One study published in the British Medical Journal found that reducing the average time you spend sitting to less than three hours per day may increase your life expectancy by two years (the average American today spends 4.5 to five hours per day on a chair or sofa). So if you have chronic back pain, it is critical that you evaluate your lifestyle and whether or not you’re getting enough exercise. Failing to exercise, and moving your body enough in general, may be the main reason why you’re suffering from this condition.<br />
<br />
<b>The Price You Pay for Poor Emotional Health</b><br />
<br />
There’s increasing evidence that back pain and other types of pain may be exacerbated by psychological or emotional issues. It is my experience that emotional health and your ability to effectively address your stress is an essential component for optimal health, and can have a major influence on whether or not you're effectively eliminating your pain.<br />
<br />
If you have any underlying emotional issues and unresolved trauma, it can profoundly influence your health, particularly in terms of physical pain. A 2004 study on back pain supports this theory. Its researchers followed 100 patients over the course of four years. All of the patients, who were back pain-free at the start of the study underwent psychological tests. Afterwards, the researchers compared which of the participants remained pain-free and which ones developed back pain.<br />
<br />
According to the results, the people who scored poorly on the psychological tests were three times more likely to report having experienced back pain by the end of the study.<br />
<br />
Many health experts from various fields of medicine agree that emotional and psychological trauma has severe effects on a person’s risk of acquiring chronic pain. One example is Dr. John Sarno, a psychiatrist who uses mind-body techniques to treat patients with severe low back pain. He specializes in helping individuals who already had surgery for low back pain but did not get any relief.<br />
<br />
This is one tough group of patients yet Dr. Sarno has a greater than 80 percent success rate! He uses techniques like the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), an acupuncture-like technique that stimulates meridian points throughout your body. Read more about EFT. Sadly, many people dismiss these types of treatment strategies simply because they seem "too simple to be effective." Unfortunately, they believe that in order to get back pain relief, they need to undergo radical treatment or take medications.<br />
<br />
<b>The Dangers of Drugs for Back Pain Treatment</b><br />
<br />
Back Pain Medications<br />
<br />
Conventional health care practitioners are quick to prescribe medications like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, and even opioids for chronic pain. But even if these medications can provide immediate back pain relief, their effect is only temporary the pain will come back sooner or later and in some cases will cause hyperalgesia, or increased sensitivity to pain!<br />
<br />
What’s more, medications touted to provide back pain relief are saddled with severe side effects. For example, NSAIDs, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs on the market, not only put you at a two- to four-fold higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular problems, but may also cause:<br />
<br />
Severe gastrointestinal problems, like digestive tract bleeding<br />
Increased blood pressure<br />
Kidney problems<br />
<br />
Be mindful that these life-threatening side effects of painkillers are not restricted to prescription NSAIDs like Celebrex, but may also come from over-the-counter drugs like aspirin, Advil, and Motrin.<br />
<br />
Opioid painkillers like OxyContin, which are also commonly prescribed for back pain relief, also have a highly addictive nature. In fact, opioids are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs today, and are a leading contributor to the increasing rates of fatal prescription drug overdoses. This is why back pain is now one of the primary reasons why so many American adults get addicted to painkillers.<br />
<br />
The bottom line is that painkillers always come with risks. Unfortunately, if you consult your conventional physician about your chronic back pain, he will often prescribe a long-term treatment plan that may include anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants and possibly other types of pain medication or even anti-seizure drugs a poisonous chemical cocktail that will put your health at severe risk!<br />
<br />
<b>Is Your Physician Prescribing This Expensive But Dangerous Drug for Back Pain?</b><br />
<br />
Big Pharma recently began promoting Humira, an expensive drug with a price tag of nearly 20,000 dollars a year. Humira is touted to help treat ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton, which includes the spine. It is outrageous how drug companies promote this dangerous drug for an exceedingly rare cause of low back pain one that is only responsible for less than a tenth of a tenth of one percent of low back pain! What’s more, Humira may cause severe side effects, such as:<br />
<br />
Tuberculosis<br />
Back Pain X-Ray<br />
Serious infections<br />
Increased risk of lymphoma and other cancers<br />
Hepatitis B infection<br />
Allergic reactions<br />
Liver, nervous system, and blood problems<br />
Heart failure<br />
Immune reactions, such as lupus-like syndrome<br />
Psoriasis<br />
<br />
This is just the short list; Humira may have even more damaging effects on your health only to emerge later through post-marketing surveillance in exposed populations who are being forced to act as living guinea pigs. <br />
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Thank You Dr. Mercola</h3>
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God Bless Everyone & God Bless The United States of America.</h3>
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<b>Larry Nelson</b><br />
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<b>Belton, Tx. 76513</b><br />
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<b>A Historical Timeline of Aspartame</b><br />
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Aspartame is the number one source of side-effect complaints to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with over 10,000 complaints filed and over 91 symptoms documented that are related to its consumption. With that many reports of adverse effects, it's hard to believe aspartame is still allowed on the market let alone being weaseled in as an unlabeled ingredient in dairy products of all kinds.<br />
<br />
Unfortunately, aspartame's approval was and still is largely a political affair. Many readers have long forgotten what 60 Minutes' correspondent Mike Wallace stated in his 1996 report on aspartame that the approval of aspartame was "the most contested in FDA history." And for good reason. At the time, independent studies had found it caused brain cancer in lab animals, and the studies submitted by G.D. Searle to the FDA for the approval were quickly suspected of being sloppy at best. To get an idea of of how aspartame made it through the FDA approval process despite warning signs of potential health hazards and alleged scientific fraud, take a look at the historical timeline of aspartame:<br />
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<b>Blood Cancer, Brain Damage and Weight Gain</b><br />
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Sweet Misery was released in 2004, and the serious risks of aspartame were already well established. But since then, the research has continued to reveal even more striking risks. Last year, the longest ever human aspartame study, spanning 22 years, found a clear association between aspartame consumption and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and leukemia in men. Other research revealed that long-term consumption of aspartame leads to oxidative stress, vascular congestion and an imbalance in the antioxidant/pro-oxidant status in the brain. Of course, as detailed in Sweet Misery, aspartame has also been previously linked to brain tumors.<br />
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The fact that aspartame is NOT a dieter's best friend has also been known by scientists for some time, and this was again confirmed last year in a study that found compared with sucrose (regular table sugar), aspartame and another artificial sweetener, saccharin, caused greater weight gain in adult rats, and this weight gain was unrelated to caloric intake. The underlying mechanism was not determined.<br />
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However, a number of studies have already shown that consuming artificial sweeteners disassociates the sensation of sweetness with caloric content, thereby changing your body's ability to regulate caloric intake naturally. So if you’re consuming artificial sweeteners because you think they’re going to help you lose weight, think again. In all, about 90 different adverse effects have been linked to aspartame, including:<br />
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Headaches/migraines <br />
Muscle spasms <br />
Tachycardia/heart palpitations <br />
Anxiety attacks<br />
Dizziness/vertigo <br />
Weight gain <br />
Insomnia <br />
Slurred speech<br />
Seizures <br />
Rashes <br />
Vision problems <br />
Loss of taste<br />
Nausea <br />
Irritability and depression <br />
Tinnitus and hearing loss <br />
Memory loss<br />
Numbness <br />
Fatigue <br />
Breathing difficulties Joint pain<br />
<br />
According to researchers and physicians studying the adverse effects of aspartame, the following chronic illnesses can also be triggered or worsened by ingesting aspartame: <br />
<br />
<b>The Most Dangerous Food Additive on the Market: Are You Being Affected?</b><br />
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After watching Sweet Misery, many people belatedly realize they may have been suffering reactions to aspartame without realizing it. If you suspect an artificial sweetener might be to blame for a symptom you're having, a good way to help you weed out the culprit is to do an elimination challenge. It's easy to do, but you must read the ingredient labels for everything you put in your mouth to make sure you're avoiding ALL artificial sweeteners.<br />
<br />
Unfortunately, aspartame toxicity is not well known by physicians, despite its frequency. Diagnosis is also hampered by the fact that it mimics several other common health conditions. It’s quite possible that you could be having a reaction to artificial sweeteners and not even know it, or be blaming it on another cause. To determine if you're having a reaction to artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, take the following steps:<br />
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Eliminate all artificial sweeteners from your diet for two weeks.<br />
After two weeks of being artificial sweetener-free, reintroduce your artificial sweetener of choice in a significant quantity (about three servings daily). Avoid other artificial sweeteners during this period.<br />
Do this for one to three days and notice how you feel, especially as compared to when you were consuming no artificial sweeteners.<br />
If you don't notice a difference in how you feel after re-introducing your primary artificial sweetener for a few days, it's a safe bet you're able to tolerate it acutely, meaning your body doesn't have an immediate, adverse response. However, this doesn't mean your health won't be damaged in the long run.<br />
If you've been consuming more than one type of artificial sweetener, you can repeat steps 2 through 4 with the next one on your list.<br />
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Let me make it abundantly clear that even though you may not show immediate signs of any noticeable reaction after consuming aspartame, please don't make the mistake of telling yourself "it must be fine for me." I strongly urge you to avoid aspartame, and other artificial sweeteners, at all costs.<br />
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Also, if you do experience side effects from aspartame, please report them to the FDA (if you live in the US) without delay. It's easy to make a report just go to the FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator page, find the phone number for your state, and make a call reporting your reaction. There's no telling just how many reports they might need to receive before taking another look at aspartame's safety and reconsidering their stance. But, the more reports they get, the more likely that is to happen. So if you suspect you have experienced an adverse reaction to aspartame (or any other drug or food additive), please take a moment to make this important call.<br />
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Finally, if you or someone you love is currently consuming aspartame, please take the 90 minutes to watch Sweet Misery... then decide if it’s really worth the risk.<br />
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Aspartame -- best known by the names of Nutrasweet and Equal<br />
-- is believed to be carcinogenic and accounts for more reports of<br />
adverse reactions than all other foods and food additives<br />
combined.<br />
<br />
Yet, this artificial sweetener continues to be used in more<br />
than 6,000 products (often sugar-free or "diet" versions), and<br />
millions of people consume this toxic chemical daily, believing it<br />
to be a healthy alternative to sugar.<br />
<br />
If you’re one of them, or know someone who is, watching the<br />
90-minute documentary Sweet Misery, above, could literally save<br />
your life. You might find you have something in common with<br />
filmmaker and narrator Cori Brackett’s own personal story, which<br />
starts out the film.<br />
<br />
Like many others, Cori noticed a connection between the diet<br />
sodas she was drinking and negative effects on her health,<br />
including double vision, slurred speech and weak limbs. She was<br />
even diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and forced to use a<br />
wheelchair.<br />
<br />
When she learned of aspartame’s link to the health issues<br />
described, she stopped using them and, as if by magic, her<br />
symptoms disappeared. But this is only the start of the incredibly<br />
eye-opening story behind aspartame, revealed in full detail in<br />
Sweet Misery.<br />
<br />
<b>A Detective Story of Corporate Fraud and Manipulation</b><br />
<br />
Sweet Misery includes many heartfelt conversations with<br />
aspartame victims, including one woman serving a prison sentence<br />
for poisoning her late husband, even though his health signs<br />
suggest aspartame may have been to blame.<br />
<br />
You’ll also hear from medical experts, including Dr. Russell<br />
Blaylock, a renowned neurosurgeon, who explain why aspartame acts<br />
as a poison to your brain and body.<br />
<br />
But perhaps the most riveting aspect of the film is the<br />
evidence showing the extensive corporate fraud and manipulation<br />
that lead to aspartame's approval. The film has archival footage<br />
from G.D. Searle, the producer of aspartame, and federal officials<br />
describing the extensive propaganda used to push aspartame on the<br />
market.<br />
<br />
Additionally, dialogue from a former US Food and Drug<br />
Administration (FDA) investigator also detailing the manipulation<br />
that took place to get this chemical approved will leave you with<br />
the "big picture" of conspiracy and even criminal negligence<br />
surrounding this popular artificial sweetener. There’s even an<br />
exchange described with Donald Rumsfeld, who was the CEO of Searle<br />
and, at the same time, part of Reagan's transition team when the<br />
FDA's board of inquiry was overruled to allow the marketing of<br />
aspartame as a food additive. Prior to this time, aspartame was<br />
unanimously rejected by the FDA because the scientific data just<br />
did not support it as a safe product.<br />
<br />
<b>Aspartame 101: Why It Can Wreck Your Health</b><br />
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Aspartame is primarily made up of aspartic acid and<br />
phenylalanine. The phenylalanine has been synthetically modified<br />
to carry a methyl group, which provides the majority of the<br />
sweetness. That phenylalanine methyl bond, called a methyl ester,<br />
is very weak, which allows the methyl group on the phenylalanine<br />
to easily break off and form methanol.<br />
<br />
You may have heard the claim that aspartame is harmless<br />
because methanol is also found in fruits and vegetables. However,<br />
in fruits and vegetables, the methanol is firmly bonded to pectin,<br />
allowing it to be safely passed through your digestive tract. Not<br />
so with the methanol created by aspartame; it’s not bonded to<br />
anything that can help eliminate it from your body.<br />
<br />
Methanol is a serious neurotoxin because it acts as a Trojan<br />
horse and it's carried into susceptible tissues in your body, like<br />
your brain and bone marrow, where the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)<br />
enzyme converts it into formaldehyde, which wreaks havoc with<br />
sensitive proteins and DNA.<br />
<br />
All animals except humans have a protective mechanism that<br />
allows methanol to be broken down into harmless formic acid. While<br />
humans do have the same number of peroxisomes (small structures in<br />
cells designed to detoxify chemicals) in comparable cells as<br />
animals, human peroxisomes cannot convert the toxic formaldehyde<br />
into harmless formic acid, so the formaldehyde is free to cause<br />
enormous damage in your tissues.<br />
<br />
<b>There IS an Obvious Biological Explanation for Aspartame </b><br />
<b>Reactions...</b><br />
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The industry is fond of claiming that there’s no biological<br />
explanation for the health problems reported by so many after<br />
consuming aspartame. Of course, this is meant to make you think<br />
such reports aren’t true, or are unrelated to aspartame. Alas,<br />
there is in fact an obvious biological explanation according to<br />
Dr. Monte:<br />
<br />
"Here is the story: there is a major biochemical problem<br />
here," he says. "Methyl alcohol is known now, and has been known<br />
since 1940, to be metabolized differently by humans from every<br />
other animal."<br />
<br />
Here’s how it works: Both animals and humans have small<br />
structures called peroxisomes in each cell. There are a couple of<br />
hundred in every cell of your body, which are designed to detoxify <br />
<br />
a variety of chemicals. Peroxisome contains catalase, which help<br />
detoxify methanol. Other chemicals in the peroxisome convert the<br />
formaldehyde to formic acid, which is harmless, but this last step<br />
occurs only in animals. When methanol enters the peroxisome of<br />
every animal except humans, it gets into that mechanism. Humans do<br />
have the same number of peroxisomes in comparable cells as<br />
animals, but human peroxisomes cannot convert the toxic<br />
formaldehyde into harmless formic acid.<br />
<br />
So to recap: In humans, the methyl alcohol travels through<br />
your blood vessels into sensitive areas, such as your brain, that<br />
are loaded with ADH, which converts methanol to formaldehyde. And<br />
since there's no catalase present, the formaldehyde is free to<br />
cause enormous damage in your tissues.<br />
<br />
<b>Symptoms from methanol poisoning are many, and include:</b><br />
<br />
Headaches<br />
Ear buzzing<br />
Dizziness<br />
Nausea<br />
Gastrointestinal disturbances<br />
Weakness<br />
Vertigo<br />
Chills<br />
Memory lapses<br />
Numbness and shooting pains in the extremities<br />
Behavioral disturbances<br />
Neuritis<br />
<br />
The most well-known problems from methanol poisoning are<br />
vision problems including misty vision, progressive contraction of<br />
visual fields, blurring of vision, obscuration of vision, retinal<br />
damage, and blindness. Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen that<br />
causes retinal damage, interferes with DNA replication and may<br />
cause birth defects. <br />
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<b>Sensible Sun Exposure Can Help Prevent Melanoma, Breast Cancer, and Hundreds of Other Health Problems </b><br />
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A growing body of research clearly shows the absolute necessity of vitamin D for good health and disease prevention. However, despite vitamin D’s role in keeping your body ticking along like a well-oiled clock, you are likely deficient in the sunshine vitamin because the majority of people are.<br />
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Our vitamin D levels have dropped as a result of being scared sunless by those spreading misinformation that the sun causes melanoma, a myth that survives by mass promotion but really lacks any factual basis. It has been repeated so many times that most people believe it.<br />
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Vitamin D affects your biological function by influencing nearly 3,000 of your genes through vitamin D receptors. In fact, vitamin D receptors are found throughout your body, which should come as no surprise, given we humans evolved in the sun.<br />
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Recent research has also revealed yet another benefit of sun exposure beyond the protective benefits of producing vitamin D, namely the production of nitric oxide a compound that lowers your blood pressure.<br />
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According to the researchers, the heart-health benefits from this may outweigh the risk of developing skin cancer. Your vitamin D level varies not only with time of day, season, and geographic location, but also with your genetics.<br />
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For example, if you have dark skin, you may need up to 10 times more sun exposure to maintain an optimal vitamin D level as a person with pale skin. Redheads have to be particularly careful, as they appear to be genetically predisposed to developing melanoma, regardless of whether or not they spend time in the sun.<br />
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<b>Tens of Thousands of Health Studies Attest to Vitamin D’s Importance</b><br />
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Sunshine’s gifts extend well beyond vitamin D production. As discussed in the featured article by Sayer Ji, five of the many noteworthy properties of sunlight include:<br />
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Pain-killing (analgesic) properties<br />
Increased subcutaneous fat metabolism<br />
Regulation of human lifespan (solar cycles appear to be able to directly affect the human genome, thereby influencing lifespan)<br />
Daytime sun exposure improves evening alertness<br />
Conversion to metabolic energy (i.e. we may ingest energy directly from the sun, like plants do)<br />
When it comes to vitamin D production, the benefits are simply immeasurable. In fact, correcting a vitamin D deficiency may cut your risk of dying in half, according to an analysis of more than 10,000 individuals.<br />
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According to a January 2013 press release by Orthomolecular Medicine, 3,600 medical papers with vitamin D in the title or abstract were published in 2012 alone, bringing the grand total to 33,800. Research to date shows vitamin D has far reaching benefits to your physical and mental health.<br />
<br />
<b>Another Way Sun Exposure Protects Your Heart Health</b><br />
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UVB exposure also improves your mood and energy level, helps regulate melatonin, and, as mentioned earlier, increases nitric oxide production, which benefits your cardiovascular system. With regards to the latter:<br />
<br />
Richard Weller, Senior Lecturer in Dermatology, and colleagues, say the effect is such that overall, sun exposure could improve health and even prolong life, because the benefits of reducing blood pressure, cutting heart attacks and strokes, far outweigh the risk of getting skin cancer, Medical News Today reports.<br />
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Weller and colleagues found that the body's production of nitric oxide is separate from production of vitamin D... Human skin contains large stores of nitrite (NO2) and nitrate (NO3). The researchers note that while nitrate is "biologically inert", the action of sunlight can reduce it to active nitrite and nitric oxide (NO).They found that circulatory nitrate fell and nitrite rose during UV and heat exposure, but not during exposure to heat only. There was no difference in vitamin D levels.<br />
<br />
Weller says in a statement that: 'We suspect that the benefits to heart health of sunlight will outweigh the risk of skin cancer. The work we have done provides a mechanism that might account for this, and also explains why dietary vitamin D supplements alone will not be able to compensate for lack of sunlight... If this confirms that sunlight reduces the death rate from all causes, we will need to reconsider our advice on sun exposure.'"<br />
<br />
<b>Skin Cancer, in Brief</b><br />
<br />
Before we discuss melanoma, you need a basic understanding of the three most common types of skin cancer, each named for the type of cells affected:<br />
<br />
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC): Begins in the basal cell layer of the skin, typically on the face; the most common form of skin cancer and the most common type of cancer in humans; least likely skin cancer to spread.<br />
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC): Begins in the squamous cells, typically on the face, neck, ears, lips, and backs of hands; tends to grow and spread a bit more than BCC.<br />
Melanoma: Begins in the melanocytes (the cells that produce the pigment melanin, responsible for your tan); melanin protects the deeper layers of your skin from excess radiation. Melanoma is more likely than other types of skin cancer to spread to other parts of your body and causes more deaths than any other type of skin cancer.<br />
<br />
<b>Don’t Fall for the Melanoma Myth</b><br />
<br />
If you believe the lure of the sun is equivalent to the siren’s call for melanoma, you’ll be relieved to learn melanoma is not actually caused by sun exposure, unlike the other two types of skin cancer, BCC and SCC. Although the reported number of new cases of melanoma in the US has been reportedly increasing for more than 30 years, a landmark study in the British Journal of Dermatology0 suggests this apparent increase is a result of non-cancerous lesions being misclassified as stage 1 melanoma. In other words, people are being diagnosed with melanoma even when they have only a minimal, non-cancerous lesion, and these diagnoses are significantly skewing cancer statistics.1 The sun is nothing more than a scapegoat in this phenomenon of increased melanoma.<br />
<br />
But this misdiagnosis is doing more than just skewing statistics it’s causing a mountain of unnecessary melanoma surgeries. A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that 90 percent of melanoma excisions end up NOT being melanoma at all. But if the sun doesn’t cause melanoma, then what does?<br />
<br />
<b>The REAL Role of the Sun in Melanoma</b><br />
<br />
As with all serious diseases, there are multiple interacting factors that cause your immune system to go awry, such as nutrition, environmental toxins, stress, inadequate sleep, etc. But for melanoma, the sun does appear to have a significant role melanoma may signify too little of it!<br />
<br />
Studies show melanoma mortality actually decreases after UV exposure. Additionally, melanoma lesions do not predominate sun-exposed skin, which is why sunscreens have proven ineffective in preventing it. Exposure to sunlight, particularly UVB, is protective against melanoma or rather, the vitamin D your body produces in response to UVB radiation is protective. The following passage comes from The Lancet:<br />
<br />
"Paradoxically, outdoor workers have a decreased risk of melanoma compared with indoor workers, suggesting that chronic sunlight exposure can have a protective effect."<br />
<br />
<b>And this from the British Medical Journal:</b><br />
<br />
There is solid descriptive, quantitative, and mechanistic proof that ultraviolet rays cause the main skin cancers (basal and squamous). They develop in pale, sun exposed skin, are related to degree of exposure and latitude, are fewer with avoidance and protection, are readily produced experimentally, and are the overwhelmingly predominant tumor in xeroderma pigmentosum, where DNA repair of ultraviolet light damage is impaired. None of these is found with melanoma.<br />
<br />
The bottom line is, by avoiding the sun, your risk for vitamin D deficiency skyrockets, which increases your odds of developing melanoma and a multitude of other diseases. The risks associated with insufficient vitamin D are far greater than those posed by basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas, which are fairly benign by comparison, as you’ll see by reading on.<br />
<br />
<b>Vitamin D Could Prevent 90 Percent of Breast Cancers</b><br />
<br />
Theories linking vitamin D deficiency to cancer have been tested and confirmed in more than 200 epidemiological studies, and understanding of its physiological basis stems from more than 2,500 laboratory studies. In the above interview, GrassrootsHealth founder Carole Baggerly believes 90 percent of ordinary breast cancer is related to vitamin D deficiency. In fact, breast cancer has been described as a vitamin D deficiency syndrome. The way vitamin D interferes with breast cancer’s ability to spread is by affecting the structure of those cells without adequate vitamin D, they fall apart and are forced to overmultiply in order to survive.<br />
<br />
Previous research has shown that optimizing your vitamin D levels can reduce your risk for as many as 16 different types of cancer, including pancreatic, lung, ovarian, breast, prostate, and skin cancers. A study of menopausal women showed that maintaining vitamin D serum levels of 40ng/ml lowers overall cancer risk by 77 percent.<br />
<br />
Two recent papers in the journal Science Express shed light on how cancer might begin. A cancer cell can be created when unusual mutations occur in a small area of its DNA that controls and regulates its genes, as contrasted with mutations in the genes themselves. The mutations spur the cell to make telomerase. One of the functions of telomerase is to prevent telomere shortening, which leads to cell death. According to Harvard researchers, abundant telomerase is so important to cancers that it appears in nine out of ten.<br />
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In addition to being a strong cancer preventative, vitamin D is crucial for pregnant women and their babies, lowering the risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and C-section. And sadly, 80 percent of pregnant women have inadequate vitamin D levels.<br />
<br />
<b>Low Vitamin D in Pregnancy May Increase Your Baby’s Risk for Multiple Sclerosis Later in Life</b><br />
<br />
Sunshine is so important to your overall health that science is now finding a connection between the strength of your immune system and your birthday, called the birth month effect. If you were born in the spring, you are statistically more vulnerable to developing an autoimmune disease such as multiple sclerosis (MS), than if you were born in the fall.<br />
<br />
<b>Why would this be?</b><br />
<br />
Some researchers suggest it’s related to a pregnant woman’s vitamin D levels during her baby’s gestation. April and May babies have been gestating during the colder, darker months, as opposed to November and December babies, who’ve been developing over the spring and summer. Now a study in JAMA Neurology shows this hunch may be correct, suggesting a mechanism related to thymic development. Another study suggests sun exposure and vitamin D may play roles in the CNS demyelination associated with MS.<br />
<br />
And the sun can lift your mood! New research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that Google searches for mental health related issues drop by 15 to 42 percent during the summer months, which could very well be related to the boost in vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is a known factor in cognitive impairment and dementia.<br />
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<br />
<b>Practicing Safe Sunning</b><br />
<br />
Safely exposing your bare skin to the sun is the best way to optimize your vitamin D levels, and is therefore the best protection against melanoma. Sunburn should be avoided at all cost. I recommend reading our article about safe sunning guidelines and listening to the video above for detailed instructions about how to do this safely and effectively.<br />
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Vitamin D3 is an oil-soluble steroid hormone (the term vitamin is a misnomer) that forms when your skin is exposed to UVB radiation from the sun or a safe tanning bed. When UVB strikes the surface of your skin, your skin converts a cholesterol derivative into vitamin D3. It takes up to 48 hours for this D3 to be absorbed into your bloodstream to raise your vitamin D levels. Therefore, it’s important to avoid washing your skin with soap for 48 hours after sun exposure. In case you do develop a sunburn, immediately apply raw aloe vera, as it’s one of the best skin remedies.<br />
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As a general guideline, research by GrassrootsHealth suggests that adults need about 8,000 IU’s per day to achieve a serum level of 40 ng/ml. If you opt for a vitamin D supplement, you also need to boost your intake of vitamin K2 through food and/or a supplement. How do you know if your vitamin D level is in the right range? The most important factor is having your vitamin D serum level tested every six months, as people vary widely in their response to ultraviolet exposure or oral D3 supplementation. Your goal is to reach a clinically relevant serum level of 50-70 ng/ml.<br />
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<b>Overuse of Sunscreen May Turn You into a Melanoma Magnet</b><br />
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Following the advise of health officials’ to slather on sunscreen may increase your melanoma risk instead of decreasing it, which is certainly not what you want. Indeed, you never want to let yourself burn. However, if you practice safe sunning, you will avail yourself of all of the sun’s health benefits with none of the risk.<br />
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If you do use a sunscreen, please be careful about which product you choose as many sunscreen products contain chemicals you don’t want absorbed into your body. According to the Environmental Working Group’s 2012 Sunscreen Guide,21 about 75 percent of sunscreens contain potentially harmful ingredients, such as oxybenzone and retinyl palmitate. Avoid products with SPFs higher than 50, and make sure yours offers protection against both UVA and UVB rays.<br />
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Keep in mind SPF only protects against UVBs but it’s the UVAs that increase your risk for skin cancer and are responsible for photoaging your skin. Recall that it’s the UVBs that stimulate your vitamin D production, so you don’t want to block out too many of them.<br />
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Using an internal sunscreen is an alternative to topical sunblock agents. Astaxanthin a potent antioxidant has been found to offer effective protection against sun damage when taken as a daily supplement. It can also be used topically and a number of topical sunscreen products contain it. Some sunscreens are also starting to use astaxanthin as an ingredient to protect your skin from damage. As an alternative, you can cover up with lightweight clothing to protect yourself. Sometimes we forget about the simple things, like simply wearing a hat.<br />
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<b>By Dr. David Williams</b><br />
<b>Filed Under: Mood & Memory</b><br />
<b>Last Reviewed 02/06/2014</b><br />
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<b>Envision a Happier, Less Stressful You</b><br />
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Visualization can be a very positive tool in restoring a healthier, happier perception of yourself and the world. There are probably endless methods and sequences for visualization and, if you want, you can easily modify these to suit your needs. Here is an outline of five simple steps you can follow.<br />
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1. Consider your actions<br />
As you lie in bed, relive the events of the day. If there were instances where you expressed any anger, bitterness, ill will, hatred or other negative feelings (either verbally or even if you just had these thoughts), visualize the situation in your mind and picture yourself handling the situation in a positive manner.<br />
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2. Let yourself forgive<br />
As you begin to re-examine and understand how you react to others, you'll most likely need to work on forgiveness for both yourself and others. Unresolved hurt can destroy you both physically and mentally. It implants itself deeper and grows into bitterness and, if left untended, it will eventually transform into feelings of hatred.<br />
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3. Accentuate the positive<br />
Next, it is time to give thanks for all of the wonderful things in your life. If you can't find anything, it's only because it's easier to feel sorry for yourself than look for the positive aspects. If nothing else, you should feel extremely positive that you're going through this process to make things better from this moment forward.<br />
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4. Relax body and mind<br />
After a few minutes of working through the above suggestions, it's time to relax and get rid of the physical stresses that have accumulated throughout the day. Again, there are numerous relaxation procedures; however, this one is particularly effective and easy to learn.<br />
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Start by lying flat on your back with a pillow to support your neck and head and with your hands at your sides. Beginning with your toes, first tense the muscles, then allow them to relax completely. From there, move to your feet, lower legs, thighs and so on until you finish with the neck and head area. Don't leave any area until it is totally relaxed.<br />
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Relaxing may be difficult on the first try, especially when you reach certain areas (like the neck or shoulder areas). With practice, it will become easier and you may be able to use a quicker technique. (In the same position, imagine you are lying in a warm stream of water that runs from your feet, up your legs, thighs, and so on, and as it moves up the length of your body it relaxes every muscle). Don't be surprised if you fall asleep the first several times.<br />
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5. Visualize happiness<br />
Once you have mastered these relaxation exercises and can stay awake, it's time to visualize happiness.<br />
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First, imagine your entire body encompassed by a bright white light. Next, picture yourself as you would like to be. For example, you might see yourself as extremely happy and healthy enjoying a walk on a beautiful spring morning. Picture situations with loved ones or friends in the surroundings you would like to experience. (It is fine to picture others with you, just make sure you don't visualize yourself controlling them or their actions.)<br />
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These exercises can turn out to be some of the most powerful tools you can ever develop for helping your body heal itself, both physically and mentally.<br />
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They can be one of your most powerful goal-achieving tools when used properly. The key is to use your imagination not only to "see" circumstances you would like to occur, but also to develop the ability to imagine how to touch, feel, smell and even taste those situations. In other words, when you picture yourself in a positive situation, imagine the input you'd be receiving from your other senses. The more detailed you can become, the more powerful a tool visualization will be.<br />
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Read more:<br />
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Thank You Dr. David Williams</h3>
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<b>God Bless Everyone & God Bless The United States of America.</b></h3>
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<b>Larry Nelson</b><br />
<b>42 S. Sherwood Dr.</b><br />
<b>Belton, Tx. 76513</b><br />
<a href="mailto:cancercurehere@gmail.com"><b>cancercurehere@gmail.com</b></a><br />
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