Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Diet
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Courtesy of Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging, Your Online Guide to the Anti-Inflammatory Diet.
It is becoming increasingly clear that chronic inflammation is the root cause of many serious illnesses - including heart disease, many cancers, and Alzheimer's disease. We all know inflammation on the surface of the body as local redness, heat, swelling and pain. It is the cornerstone of the body's healing response, bringing more nourishment and more immune activity to a site of injury or infection. But when inflammation persists or serves no purpose, it damages the body and causes illness. Stress, lack of exercise, genetic predisposition, and exposure to toxins (like secondhand tobacco smoke) can all contribute to such chronic inflammation, but dietary choices play a big role as well. Learning how specific foods influence the inflammatory process is the best strategy for containing it and reducing long-term disease risks. (Find more details on the mechanics of the inflammation process and the Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid.)
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet is not a diet in the popular sense - it is not intended as a weight-loss program (although people can and do lose weight on it), nor is it an eating plan to stay on for a limited period of time. Rather, it is way of selecting and preparing foods based on scientific knowledge of how they can help your body maintain optimum health. Along with influencing inflammation, this diet will provide steady energy and ample vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids dietary fiber, and protective phytonutrients.
You can also adapt your existing recipes according to these anti-inflammatory diet principles:
General Diet Tips:
-Aim for variety.
-Include as much fresh food as possible.
-Minimize your consumption of processed foods and fast food.
-Eat an abundance of fruits and vegetables.
Caloric Intake
Most adults need to consume between 2,000 and 3,000 calories a day. Women and smaller and less active people need fewer calories. Men and bigger and more active people need more calories.
If you are eating the appropriate number of calories for your level of activity, your weight should not fluctuate greatly. The distribution of calories you take in should be as follows: 40 to 50 percent from carbohydrates, 30 percent from fat, and 20 to 30 percent from protein. Try to include carbohydrates, fat, and protein at each meal.
Carbohydrates
On a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, adult women should consume between 160 to 200 grams of carbohydrates a day.
Adult men should consume between 240 to 300 grams of carbohydrates a day. The majority of this should be in the form of less-refined, less-processed foods with a low glycemic load.
Reduce your consumption of foods made with wheat flour and sugar, especially bread and most packaged snack foods (including chips and pretzels). Eat more whole grains such as brown rice and bulgur wheat, in which the grain is intact or in a few large pieces. These are preferable to whole wheat flour products, which have roughly the same glycemic index as white flour products. Eat more beans, winter squashes, and sweet potatoes. Cook pasta al dente and eat it in moderation. Avoid products made with high fructose corn syrup.
Fat
On a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, 600 calories can come from fat - that is, about 67 grams. This should be in a ratio of 1:2:1 of saturated to monounsaturated to polyunsaturated fat. Reduce your intake of saturated fat by eating less butter, cream, high-fat cheese, unskinned chicken and fatty meats, and products made with palm kernel oil. Use extra-virgin olive oil as a main cooking oil. If you want a neutral tasting oil, use expeller-pressed, organic canola oil. Organic, high-oleic, expeller pressed versions of sunflower and safflower oil are also acceptable. Avoid regular safflower and sunflower oils, corn oil, cottonseed oil, and mixed vegetable oils.
Strictly avoid margarine, vegetable shortening, and all products listing them as ingredients. Strictly avoid all products made with partially hydrogenated oils of any kind. Include in your diet avocados and nuts, especially walnuts, cashews, almonds, and nut butters made from these nuts. For omega-3 fatty acids, eat salmon (preferably fresh or frozen wild or canned sockeye), sardines packed in water or olive oil, herring, and black cod (sablefish, butterfish); omega-3 fortified eggs; hemp seeds and flaxseeds (preferably freshly ground); or take a fish oil supplement (look for products that provide both EPA and DHA, in a convenient daily dosage of two to three grams).
Protein
On a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, your daily intake of protein should be between 80 and 120 grams. Eat less protein if you have liver or kidney problems, allergies, or autoimmune disease.
Decrease your consumption of animal protein except for fish and high quality natural cheese and yogurt. Eat more vegetable protein, especially from beans in general and soybeans in particular. Become familiar with the range of whole-soy foods available and find ones you like.
Fiber
Try to eat 40 grams of fiber a day. You can achieve this by increasing your consumption of fruit, especially berries, vegetables (especially beans), and whole grains.
Ready-made cereals can be good fiber sources, but read labels to make sure they give you at least 4 and preferably 5 grams of bran per one-ounce serving.
Phytonutrients
To get maximum natural protection against age-related diseases (including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disease) as well as against environmental toxicity, eat a variety of fruits, vegetables and mushrooms.
Choose fruits and vegetables from all parts of the color spectrum, especially berries, tomatoes, orange and yellow fruits, and dark leafy greens. Choose organic produce whenever possible. Learn which conventionally grown crops are most likely to carry pesticide residues and avoid them.
Eat cruciferous (cabbage-family) vegetables regularly. Include soy foods in your diet. Drink tea instead of coffee, especially good quality white, green or oolong tea. If you drink alcohol, use red wine preferentially. Enjoy plain dark chocolate in moderation (with a minimum cocoa content of 70 percent).
Vitamins and Minerals
The best way to obtain all of your daily vitamins, minerals, and micronutrients is by eating a diet high in fresh foods with an abundance of fruits and vegetables. In addition, supplement your diet with the following antioxidant cocktail:
-Vitamin C, 200 milligrams a day.
-Vitamin E, 400 IU of natural mixed tocopherols (d-alpha-tocopherol with other tocopherols, or, better, a minimum of 80 milligrams of natural mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols).
-Selenium, 200 micrograms of an organic (yeast-bound) form.
-Mixed carotenoids, 10,000-15,000 IU daily.
The antioxidants can be most conveniently taken as part of a daily multivitamin/multimineral supplement that also provides at least 400 micrograms of folic acid and 2,000 IU of vitamin D. It should contain no iron (unless you are a female and having regular menstrual periods) and no preformed vitamin A (retinol). Take these supplements with your largest meal. Women should take supplemental calcium, preferably as calcium citrate, 500-700 milligrams a day, depending on their dietary intake of this mineral. Men should avoid supplemental calcium.
Other Dietary Supplements
If you are not eating oily fish at least twice a week, take supplemental fish oil, in capsule or liquid form (two to three grams a day of a product containing both EPA and DHA). Look for molecularly distilled products certified to be free of heavy metals and other contaminants.
Talk to your doctor about going on low-dose aspirin therapy, one or two baby aspirins a day (81 or 162 milligrams). If you are not regularly eating ginger and turmeric, consider taking these in supplemental form. Add coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) to your daily regimen: 60-100 milligrams of a softgel form taken with your largest meal. If you are prone to metabolic syndrome, take alpha-lipoic acid, 100 to 400 milligrams a day.
Water
Drink pure water, or drinks that are mostly water (tea, very diluted fruit juice, sparkling water with lemon) throughout the day. Use bottled water or get a home water purifier if your tap water tastes of chlorine or other contaminants, or if you live in an area where the water is known or suspected to be contaminated.
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Monday, September 29, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The Five Second Rule
Who says you can’t drop your cake and eat it, too? Quickly picking up food off the ground significantly diminishes the bacteria on your snack, finds a new study from England.
Researchers at Aston University examined the classic 5-Second Rule, which claims it’s safe to grab and eat food you’ve dropped on the floor as long as you do it within 5 seconds of the fall. Indeed, after placing different foods on scummy surfaces for either 3 or 30 seconds, the researchers found up to 10 times more bacteria on food that had been down longer.
When you drop your meal, its particles pick up bacteria, says lead researcher Anthony Hilton, Ph.D. Your grub then slowly spreads to cover a greater area and therefore accumulates more germs.
Even if you catch your food fast, remember that eating off the floor isn’t exactly a healthy habit. After all, it’s still dirty food. “I think it would be wrong of us to kind of perpetuate or even suggest that picking up food is safe to do,” says Hilton.
But if you accidentally drop a delicious treat and want to try and salvage it with the 5-Second Rule, at least minimize your risk with these tips:
Stick With Dry Snacks:
The particles in dry foods like cookies and chips largely don’t settle or stick to surfaces, whereas moist foods—like sticky candy and noodles—can make almost 20 percent more contact on the gross surface as time goes by.
Consume Over Carpet:
If your grip is feeling flimsy, take your sandwich in the living room instead of the kitchen. Hilton’s results showed that bacteria survive for shorter periods of time on carpet than on hard flooring. Carpet also transfers fewer germs to food.
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Researchers at Aston University examined the classic 5-Second Rule, which claims it’s safe to grab and eat food you’ve dropped on the floor as long as you do it within 5 seconds of the fall. Indeed, after placing different foods on scummy surfaces for either 3 or 30 seconds, the researchers found up to 10 times more bacteria on food that had been down longer.
When you drop your meal, its particles pick up bacteria, says lead researcher Anthony Hilton, Ph.D. Your grub then slowly spreads to cover a greater area and therefore accumulates more germs.
Even if you catch your food fast, remember that eating off the floor isn’t exactly a healthy habit. After all, it’s still dirty food. “I think it would be wrong of us to kind of perpetuate or even suggest that picking up food is safe to do,” says Hilton.
But if you accidentally drop a delicious treat and want to try and salvage it with the 5-Second Rule, at least minimize your risk with these tips:
Stick With Dry Snacks:
The particles in dry foods like cookies and chips largely don’t settle or stick to surfaces, whereas moist foods—like sticky candy and noodles—can make almost 20 percent more contact on the gross surface as time goes by.
Consume Over Carpet:
If your grip is feeling flimsy, take your sandwich in the living room instead of the kitchen. Hilton’s results showed that bacteria survive for shorter periods of time on carpet than on hard flooring. Carpet also transfers fewer germs to food.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Stress and Disease
The HPA axis is involved in the neurobiology of mood disorders and functional illnesses, including anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, insomnia, posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, major depressive disorder, burnout, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and alcoholism.[1]
Antidepressants, which are routinely prescribed for many of these illnesses, serve to regulate HPA axis function.[2]
Experimental studies have investigated many different types of stress, and their effects on the HPA axis in many different circumstances.[3]
Stressors can be of many different types—in experimental studies in rats, a distinction is often made between "social stress" and "physical stress", but both types activate the HPA axis, though via different pathways.[4]
Several monoamine neurotransmitters are important in regulating the HPA axis, especially dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (noradrenaline). There is evidence that an increase in oxytocin, resulting for instance from positive social interactions, acts to suppress the HPA axis and thereby counteracts stress, promoting positive health effects such as wound healing.[5]
The HPA axis is a feature of mammals and other vertebrates. For example, biologists studying stress in fish showed that social subordination leads to chronic stress, related to reduced aggressive interactions, to lack of control, and to the constant threat imposed by dominant fish. Serotonin (5HT) appeared to be the active neurotransmitter involved in mediating stress responses, and increases in serotonin are related to increased plasma α-MSH levels, which causes skin darkening (a social signal in salmonoid fish), activation of the HPA axis, and inhibition of aggression. Inclusion of the amino acid L-tryptophan, a precursor of 5HT, in the feed of rainbow trout made the trout less aggressive and less responsive to stress.[6]
However, the study mentions that plasma cortisol was not affected by dietary L-tryptophan. The drug LY354740 (also known as Eglumegad, an agonist of the metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 3) has been shown to interfere in the HPA axis, with chronic oral administration of this drug leading to markedly reduced baseline cortisol levels in bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata); acute infusion of LY354740 resulted in a marked diminution of yohimbine-induced stress response in those animals.[7]
Studies on people show that the HPA axis is activated in different ways during chronic stress depending on the type of stressor, the person's response to the stressor and other factors. Stressors that are uncontrollable, threaten physical integrity, or involve trauma tend to have a high, flat diurnal profile of cortisol release (with lower-than-normal levels of cortisol in the morning and higher-than-normal levels in the evening) resulting in a high overall level of daily cortisol release. On the other hand, controllable stressors tend to produce higher-than-normal morning cortisol. Stress hormone release tends to decline gradually after a stressor occurs. In post-traumatic stress disorder there appears to be lower-than-normal cortisol release, and it is thought that a blunted hormonal response to stress may predispose a person to develop PTSD.[8]
It is also known that hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) hormones are related to certain skin diseases and skin homeostasis. There is evidence shown that the HPA axis hormones can be linked to certain stress related skin diseases and skin tumors. This happens when HPA axis hormones become hyperactive in the brain.[9]
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1. Spencer RL, Hutchison KE (1999). "Alcohol, aging, and the stress response". Alcohol Research & Health 23 (4): 272–83. PMID 10890824.
2. Pariante CM (August 2003). "Depression, stress and the adrenal axis". Journal of Neuroendocrinology 15 (8): 811–2. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01058.x. PMID 12834443.
3. Douglas AJ (March 2005). "Central noradrenergic mechanisms underlying acute stress responses of the Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: adaptations through pregnancy and lactation". Stress 8 (1): 5–18. doi:10.1080/10253890500044380. PMID 16019594.
4. Engelmann M, Landgraf R, Wotjak CT (2004). "The hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system regulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis under stress: an old concept revisited". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 25 (3–4): 132–49. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2004.09.001. PMID 15589266.
5. Detillion CE, Craft TK, Glasper ER, Prendergast BJ, DeVries AC (September 2004). "Social facilitation of wound healing". Psychoneuroendocrinology 29 (8): 1004–11. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.10.003. PMID 15219651.
6. Winberg S, Øverli Ø, Lepage O (November 2001). "Suppression of aggression in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by dietary L-tryptophan". The Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (Pt 22): 3867–76. PMID 11807104.
7. Coplan JD, Mathew SJ, Smith EL, et al. (July 2001). "Effects of LY354740, a novel glutamatergic metabotropic agonist, on nonhuman primate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and noradrenergic function". CNS Spectrums 6 (7): 607–12, 617. PMID 15573025.
8. Miller GE, Chen E, Zhou ES (January 2007). "If it goes up, must it come down? Chronic stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in humans". Psychological Bulletin 133 (1): 25–45. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.25. PMID 17201569.
9. Kim JE, Cho BK, Cho DH, Park HJ (July 2013). "Expression of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in common skin diseases: evidence of its association with stress-related disease activity". Acta Dermato-venereologica 93 (4): 387–93. doi:10.2340/00015555-1557. PMID 23462974.
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Antidepressants, which are routinely prescribed for many of these illnesses, serve to regulate HPA axis function.[2]
Experimental studies have investigated many different types of stress, and their effects on the HPA axis in many different circumstances.[3]
Stressors can be of many different types—in experimental studies in rats, a distinction is often made between "social stress" and "physical stress", but both types activate the HPA axis, though via different pathways.[4]
Several monoamine neurotransmitters are important in regulating the HPA axis, especially dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine (noradrenaline). There is evidence that an increase in oxytocin, resulting for instance from positive social interactions, acts to suppress the HPA axis and thereby counteracts stress, promoting positive health effects such as wound healing.[5]
The HPA axis is a feature of mammals and other vertebrates. For example, biologists studying stress in fish showed that social subordination leads to chronic stress, related to reduced aggressive interactions, to lack of control, and to the constant threat imposed by dominant fish. Serotonin (5HT) appeared to be the active neurotransmitter involved in mediating stress responses, and increases in serotonin are related to increased plasma α-MSH levels, which causes skin darkening (a social signal in salmonoid fish), activation of the HPA axis, and inhibition of aggression. Inclusion of the amino acid L-tryptophan, a precursor of 5HT, in the feed of rainbow trout made the trout less aggressive and less responsive to stress.[6]
However, the study mentions that plasma cortisol was not affected by dietary L-tryptophan. The drug LY354740 (also known as Eglumegad, an agonist of the metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 3) has been shown to interfere in the HPA axis, with chronic oral administration of this drug leading to markedly reduced baseline cortisol levels in bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata); acute infusion of LY354740 resulted in a marked diminution of yohimbine-induced stress response in those animals.[7]
Studies on people show that the HPA axis is activated in different ways during chronic stress depending on the type of stressor, the person's response to the stressor and other factors. Stressors that are uncontrollable, threaten physical integrity, or involve trauma tend to have a high, flat diurnal profile of cortisol release (with lower-than-normal levels of cortisol in the morning and higher-than-normal levels in the evening) resulting in a high overall level of daily cortisol release. On the other hand, controllable stressors tend to produce higher-than-normal morning cortisol. Stress hormone release tends to decline gradually after a stressor occurs. In post-traumatic stress disorder there appears to be lower-than-normal cortisol release, and it is thought that a blunted hormonal response to stress may predispose a person to develop PTSD.[8]
It is also known that hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) hormones are related to certain skin diseases and skin homeostasis. There is evidence shown that the HPA axis hormones can be linked to certain stress related skin diseases and skin tumors. This happens when HPA axis hormones become hyperactive in the brain.[9]
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1. Spencer RL, Hutchison KE (1999). "Alcohol, aging, and the stress response". Alcohol Research & Health 23 (4): 272–83. PMID 10890824.
2. Pariante CM (August 2003). "Depression, stress and the adrenal axis". Journal of Neuroendocrinology 15 (8): 811–2. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01058.x. PMID 12834443.
3. Douglas AJ (March 2005). "Central noradrenergic mechanisms underlying acute stress responses of the Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis: adaptations through pregnancy and lactation". Stress 8 (1): 5–18. doi:10.1080/10253890500044380. PMID 16019594.
4. Engelmann M, Landgraf R, Wotjak CT (2004). "The hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system regulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis under stress: an old concept revisited". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 25 (3–4): 132–49. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2004.09.001. PMID 15589266.
5. Detillion CE, Craft TK, Glasper ER, Prendergast BJ, DeVries AC (September 2004). "Social facilitation of wound healing". Psychoneuroendocrinology 29 (8): 1004–11. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2003.10.003. PMID 15219651.
6. Winberg S, Øverli Ø, Lepage O (November 2001). "Suppression of aggression in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by dietary L-tryptophan". The Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (Pt 22): 3867–76. PMID 11807104.
7. Coplan JD, Mathew SJ, Smith EL, et al. (July 2001). "Effects of LY354740, a novel glutamatergic metabotropic agonist, on nonhuman primate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and noradrenergic function". CNS Spectrums 6 (7): 607–12, 617. PMID 15573025.
8. Miller GE, Chen E, Zhou ES (January 2007). "If it goes up, must it come down? Chronic stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in humans". Psychological Bulletin 133 (1): 25–45. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.25. PMID 17201569.
9. Kim JE, Cho BK, Cho DH, Park HJ (July 2013). "Expression of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in common skin diseases: evidence of its association with stress-related disease activity". Acta Dermato-venereologica 93 (4): 387–93. doi:10.2340/00015555-1557. PMID 23462974.
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
Organs of Elimination
Before I really started questioning, experimenting with and altering my diet, I’d never really thought about how my body got rid of stuff it didn’t want – as long as everything functions OK-ish it’s easy to ignore it. Gradually though, I noticed a few things weren’t functioning as well as they could be, and this led me to think about what I was putting into my body and how the insides of me where actually dealing with it.
I was surprisingly ill-informed. Yet, I consider myself a highly intelligent and curious person. I was certainly never taught this stuff at school. How could I get to my 30s, be living my life through the grace of my body, and yet not even know where my kidneys were or how my body got rid of any chemicals I ate?
I decided I wanted to know about these things, so I read. What I read filled me with wonder. It also filled me with respect. The human body’s process of digestion, absorption and elimination is truly amazing and deserves us to respect it by what and how we eat and what we expose ourselves to.
It is also true that the quality of our internal landscape is largely determined by our lives and our diet. The body’s cells are completely renewed every seven years. That means we could make an entirely new body over a seven year period. One that worked better, was less painful and that served to insure us against future health problems. Wouldn’t that be just incredible?
The elimination system:
There are six parts of our body that work 24/7 to get rid of wastes in the body, these are the five ‘elimination organs’:
The colon
The lungs
The skin
The lymph
The kidneys
And in addition the liver
How they work:
The colon – This is the body’s ‘sewer’: the main place where wastes are removed from you. Anything that you ingest that cannot be converted into useful stuff to fuel the body will be dealt with in main by the colon.
The lungs – Some wastes come out, as gas, through the lungs (for example carbon dioxide).
The skin – This is the largest organ in the body. Toxins come out through our skin when we sweat – the average toxic loss each day is 2 pounds! When the body has more toxins than it can handle it will try to push these out through the skin.
The lymph – This intricate web extends through the whole body. The lymph system takes waste from your cells and puts it into the blood stream so it can be dealt with by the liver or the kidneys.
The kidneys – These filter our blood of waste at an astounding rate of 150 to 180 litres every 24 hours.
The liver – The liver is not one of the five ‘elimination organs’ but it plays a vital role in the removal of toxins in the body by filtering our blood. If it is overworked the toxins build up in the blood stream, making us feel lousy and causing immune system dysfunction and disease.
If one of these organs doesn’t do its job properly it puts all the other ones under more stress than they need to be – and when things are under stress they have a habit of going wrong and breaking down. Do we really want to put our bodies through this now or store up problems for the future?
Sure, you’ve heard a million times that we should eat more fruit, drink more water and exercise more….and this is why. We need these things for our body to get rid of its rubbish and function on par. Otherwise we are swimming in toxins.
What you can do to give your body a break:
For the colon: Eat well. Look at your diet and try to remove the things in it that are the furthest away from food in its natural state. Remember that there are further options to help cleansing (such as colonic hydrotherapy), but the most important tool to cleanse the bowel (and the cheapest!) is your diet.
For the lungs: Exercise, as this increases the rate at which gases are exchanged in the lungs. Also, why not try some deep breathing, maybe when you are lying in bed in the morning, or while the kettle is boiling?
For the skin: Exfoliation is key and dry skin brushing is the best, and by far the cheapest, way of doing this. This simple, quick routine will get rid of dead cells and toxins as well as encourage the renewal of new skin cells. My own experience with dry skin brushing has been great and I wouldn’t give it up now – I have clearer, smoother skin and use much less product when I am in the shower.
For the lymph: Most of the lymph nodes are found in the places of greatest movement in our bodies – where the legs meet our torso and in the neck. The functioning of the lymph depends on movement, so exercise is the best stimulator for the lymph system - just a little every day will invigorate you and your lymph without tiring you out or taking up too much time. Try to go for a walk for 20 minutes before your lunch, or get on ebay, get a rebounder (great for the lymph) and bounce for 10 minutes in the morning. Skin brushing is also is a good stimulator for the lymph, as is light massage.
For the kidneys: Ensure you are getting enough water. It is essential to your body’s functioning. The amount you need varies based on how much water there is the food you are eating, but try starting at 1 litre a day and moving up from there. It helps to have a container of fixed volume with you – then you can be sure of how much you are drinking.
For the liver: Doing all of the above, but mostly taking care over what you take in to your body will ease the load on the liver.
Taking up just a couple of the steps suggested above would make it easier for your body to get rid of waste. Instead of working against the machinery you have been given to live your life in, why not co-operate with it?
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I was surprisingly ill-informed. Yet, I consider myself a highly intelligent and curious person. I was certainly never taught this stuff at school. How could I get to my 30s, be living my life through the grace of my body, and yet not even know where my kidneys were or how my body got rid of any chemicals I ate?
I decided I wanted to know about these things, so I read. What I read filled me with wonder. It also filled me with respect. The human body’s process of digestion, absorption and elimination is truly amazing and deserves us to respect it by what and how we eat and what we expose ourselves to.
It is also true that the quality of our internal landscape is largely determined by our lives and our diet. The body’s cells are completely renewed every seven years. That means we could make an entirely new body over a seven year period. One that worked better, was less painful and that served to insure us against future health problems. Wouldn’t that be just incredible?
The elimination system:
There are six parts of our body that work 24/7 to get rid of wastes in the body, these are the five ‘elimination organs’:
The colon
The lungs
The skin
The lymph
The kidneys
And in addition the liver
How they work:
The colon – This is the body’s ‘sewer’: the main place where wastes are removed from you. Anything that you ingest that cannot be converted into useful stuff to fuel the body will be dealt with in main by the colon.
The lungs – Some wastes come out, as gas, through the lungs (for example carbon dioxide).
The skin – This is the largest organ in the body. Toxins come out through our skin when we sweat – the average toxic loss each day is 2 pounds! When the body has more toxins than it can handle it will try to push these out through the skin.
The lymph – This intricate web extends through the whole body. The lymph system takes waste from your cells and puts it into the blood stream so it can be dealt with by the liver or the kidneys.
The kidneys – These filter our blood of waste at an astounding rate of 150 to 180 litres every 24 hours.
The liver – The liver is not one of the five ‘elimination organs’ but it plays a vital role in the removal of toxins in the body by filtering our blood. If it is overworked the toxins build up in the blood stream, making us feel lousy and causing immune system dysfunction and disease.
If one of these organs doesn’t do its job properly it puts all the other ones under more stress than they need to be – and when things are under stress they have a habit of going wrong and breaking down. Do we really want to put our bodies through this now or store up problems for the future?
Sure, you’ve heard a million times that we should eat more fruit, drink more water and exercise more….and this is why. We need these things for our body to get rid of its rubbish and function on par. Otherwise we are swimming in toxins.
What you can do to give your body a break:
For the colon: Eat well. Look at your diet and try to remove the things in it that are the furthest away from food in its natural state. Remember that there are further options to help cleansing (such as colonic hydrotherapy), but the most important tool to cleanse the bowel (and the cheapest!) is your diet.
For the lungs: Exercise, as this increases the rate at which gases are exchanged in the lungs. Also, why not try some deep breathing, maybe when you are lying in bed in the morning, or while the kettle is boiling?
For the skin: Exfoliation is key and dry skin brushing is the best, and by far the cheapest, way of doing this. This simple, quick routine will get rid of dead cells and toxins as well as encourage the renewal of new skin cells. My own experience with dry skin brushing has been great and I wouldn’t give it up now – I have clearer, smoother skin and use much less product when I am in the shower.
For the lymph: Most of the lymph nodes are found in the places of greatest movement in our bodies – where the legs meet our torso and in the neck. The functioning of the lymph depends on movement, so exercise is the best stimulator for the lymph system - just a little every day will invigorate you and your lymph without tiring you out or taking up too much time. Try to go for a walk for 20 minutes before your lunch, or get on ebay, get a rebounder (great for the lymph) and bounce for 10 minutes in the morning. Skin brushing is also is a good stimulator for the lymph, as is light massage.
For the kidneys: Ensure you are getting enough water. It is essential to your body’s functioning. The amount you need varies based on how much water there is the food you are eating, but try starting at 1 litre a day and moving up from there. It helps to have a container of fixed volume with you – then you can be sure of how much you are drinking.
For the liver: Doing all of the above, but mostly taking care over what you take in to your body will ease the load on the liver.
Taking up just a couple of the steps suggested above would make it easier for your body to get rid of waste. Instead of working against the machinery you have been given to live your life in, why not co-operate with it?
- See more at: http://www.pathlesstrodden.com/2010/03/07/organs-of-elimination/#sthash.i17CC18H.dpuf
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Some medical professionals talk about how they see the vitamins we ingest being excreted in our wastes, sometimes intact. Yuk!
Your vitamins do you no good if the nutrients don't actually get into your system. A new patented formulation improves the absorption of nutrients into your body.
Watch this video to learn more about this process:
Oligo®
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Since the production of this video, Oligo® Technology is now protected by US Patent No. 8,273,393. 'Patented' demonstrates this formulation was proven to work! You can't get a US Patent without such proof.
Vitamins with this formulation include the Vitality Multivitamin & Mineral products:
Vitality Women
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Vitality 50+
Vitality Prenatal
Vitality Calcium Complete
Vitality products with this formulation also come in packages:
Vitality Pack, includes Vitality Calcium Complete plus your choice of either Vitality Women, Vitality Men, Vitality 50+ or Vitality Prenatal
Other individual vitamins with this formulation include:
CellWise Broad-Spectrum Antioxidant, Koala Pals Multivitamin for kids and Replenex Joint Health Supplement
While the Oligo® products are the focus here, a wide range of other nutritional products are also available.
Available supplements: Probiotics, AntiOxidants, Mood Enhancement, Prenatal, Sleep Aid and Fiber.
Plus a variety of specialty vitamins for different body systems like: Immune System, Urinary Tract, Menopause Support, Vision Support, Prostate Support, Joint Health, Memory Support, Cardiac Health.
Weight loss and exercise supplements that will assist with Appetite Control, Blood Sugar Control, Energy Management, Hydration, Meal Replacement and Protein Shakes.
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Some medical professionals talk about how they see the vitamins we ingest being excreted in our wastes, sometimes intact. Yuk!
Your vitamins do you no good if the nutrients don't actually get into your system. A new patented formulation improves the absorption of nutrients into your body.
Watch this video to learn more about this process:
Oligo®
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jn_DErVaRM
Since the production of this video, Oligo® Technology is now protected by US Patent No. 8,273,393. 'Patented' demonstrates this formulation was proven to work! You can't get a US Patent without such proof.
Vitamins with this formulation include the Vitality Multivitamin & Mineral products:
Vitality Women
Vitality Men
Vitality 50+
Vitality Prenatal
Vitality Calcium Complete
Vitality products with this formulation also come in packages:
Vitality Pack, includes Vitality Calcium Complete plus your choice of either Vitality Women, Vitality Men, Vitality 50+ or Vitality Prenatal
Other individual vitamins with this formulation include:
CellWise Broad-Spectrum Antioxidant, Koala Pals Multivitamin for kids and Replenex Joint Health Supplement
While the Oligo® products are the focus here, a wide range of other nutritional products are also available.
Available supplements: Probiotics, AntiOxidants, Mood Enhancement, Prenatal, Sleep Aid and Fiber.
Plus a variety of specialty vitamins for different body systems like: Immune System, Urinary Tract, Menopause Support, Vision Support, Prostate Support, Joint Health, Memory Support, Cardiac Health.
Weight loss and exercise supplements that will assist with Appetite Control, Blood Sugar Control, Energy Management, Hydration, Meal Replacement and Protein Shakes.
Thank you for your interest and let us know what your nutritional needs are.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Soy Lecithin: How It Negatively Affects Your Health And Why You Need To Avoid It
Soy Lecithin has been lingering around our food supply for over a century. It is an ingredient in literally hundreds of processed foods, and also sold as an over the counter health food supplement. Scientists claim it benefits our cardiovascular health, metabolism, memory, cognitive function, liver function, and even physical and athletic performance. However, most people don't realize what soy lecithin actually is, and why the dangers of ingesting this additive far exceed its benefits.
Lecithin is an emulsifying substance that is found in the cells of all living organisms. The French scientist Maurice Gobley discovered lecithin in 1805 and named it "lekithos" after the Greek word for "egg yolk." Until it was recovered from the waste products of soybean processing in the 1930s, eggs were the primary source of commercial lecithin. Today lecithin is the generic name given to a whole class of fat-and-water soluble compounds called phospholipids. Levels of phospholipids in soybean oils range from 1.48 to 3.08 percent, which is considerably higher than the 0.5 percent typically found in vegetable oils, but far less than the 30 percent found in egg yolks.
Out of the Dumps
Soybean lecithin comes from sludge left after crude soy oil goes through a "degumming" process. It is a waste product containing solvents and pesticides and has a consistency ranging from a gummy fluid to a plastic solid. Before being bleached to a more appealing light yellow, the color of lecithin ranges from a dirty tan to reddish brown. The hexane extraction process commonly used in soybean oil manufacture today yields less lecithin than the older ethanol-benzol process, but produces a more marketable lecithin with better color, reduced odor and less bitter flavor.
Historian William Shurtleff reports that the expansion of the soybean crushing and soy oil refining industries in Europe after 1908 led to a problem disposing the increasing amounts of fermenting, foul-smelling sludge. German companies then decided to vacuum dry the sludge, patent the process and sell it as "soybean lecithin." Scientists hired to find some use for the substance cooked up more than a thousand new uses by 1939.
Today lecithin is ubiquitous in the processed food supply. It is most commonly used as an emulsifier to keep water and fats from separating in foods such as margarine, peanut butter, chocolate candies, ice cream, coffee creamers and infant formulas. Lecithin also helps prevent product spoilage, extending shelf life in the marketplace. In industry kitchens, it is used to improve mixing, speed crystallization, prevent "weeping," and stop spattering, lumping and sticking. Used in cosmetics, lecithin softens the skin and helps other ingredients penetrate the skin barrier. A more water-loving version known as "deoiled lecithin" reduces the time required to shut down and clean the extruders used in the manufacture of textured vegetable protein and other soy products.
In theory, lecithin manufacture eliminates all soy proteins, making it hypoallergenic. In reality, minute amounts of soy protein always remain in lecithin as well as in soy oil. Three components of soy protein have been identified in soy lecithin, including the Kunitz trypsin inhibitor, which has a track record of triggering severe allergic reactions even in the most minuscule quantities. The presence of lecithin in so many food and cosmetic products poses a special danger for people with soy allergies.
The Making of a Wonder Food
Lecithin has been touted for years as a wonder food capable of combating atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, liver cirrhosis, gall stones, psoriasis, eczema, scleroderma, anxiety, tremors and brain aging. Because it is well known that the human body uses phospholipids to build strong, flexible cell membranes and to facilitate nerve transmission, health claims have been made for soy lecithin since the 1920s. Dr. A. A. Horvath, a leading purveyor of soybean health claims at the time, thought it could be used in "nerve tonics" or to help alcoholics reduce the effects of intoxication and withdrawal. In 1934, an article entitled "A Comfortable and Spontaneous Cure for the Opium Habit by Means of Lecithin" was written by Chinese researchers and published in an English language medical journal.
Lecithin, though, did not capture the popular imagination until the 1960s and 1970s when the bestselling health authors Adelle Davis, Linda Clark and Mary Ann Crenshaw hyped lecithin in their many books, including Lets Get Well, Secrets of Health and Beauty and The Natural Way to Super Beauty: Featuring the Amazing Lecithin, Apple Cider Vinegar, B-6 and Kelp Diet.
Lecithin did not become a star of the health food circuit by accident. Research took off during the early 1930s, right when lecithin production became commercially viable. In 1939, the American Lecithin Company began sponsoring research studies, and published the most promising in a 23-page booklet entitled Soybean Lecithin in 1944. The company, not coincidentally introduced a health food cookie with a lecithin filling known as the "Lexo Wafer" and a lecithin/wheat germ supplement called Granulestin. In the mid 1970s, Natterman, a lecithin marketing company based in Germany, hired scientists at various health clinics to experiment with lecithin and to write scientific articles about it. These "check book" scientists coined the term "essential phospholipids" an inaccurate term since a healthy body can produce its own phospholipids from phosphorous and lipids.
In September 2001, lecithin got a boost when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized products containing enough of it to bear labels such as "A good source of choline." Producers of soy lecithin hope to find ways to help the new health claim lift demand for lecithin and increase prices in what has been a soft market. Eggs, milk and soy products are the leading dietary sources of choline, according to recent research conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Duke University.
Genetically Modified
One of the biggest problems associated with soy lecithin comes from the origin of the soy itself. The majority of soy sources in the world are now genetically modified (GM). Researchers have clearly identified GM foods as a threat to the environment, pollution of soils and a long-term threat to human health with links to of the world with unnatural genetic material that may have unknown long-term consequences with links to decreased fertility, immunological alterations in the gut and the exacerbation and creation of allergies.
Genetically engineered soy contains high concentrations of plant toxicants. The presence of high levels of toxicants in the GM soy represent thousands of plant biochemicals many of which have been shown to have toxic effects on animals.
Unfermented Soy Sources
The manufacture of soy lecithin is also typically confined to unfermented sources because it is quicker and cheaper to make. Unfermented soy products are rich in enzyme inhibitors. Enzymes such as amylase lipase and protease are secreted into the digestive tract to help break down food and free nutrients for assimilation into the body. The high content of enzyme inhibitors in unfermented soybeans interferes with this process and makes carbohydrates and proteins from soybeans impossible to completely digest.
Unfermented soy has been linked to digestive distress, immune system breakdown, PMS, endometriosis, reproductive problems for men and women, allergies, ADD and ADHD, higher risk of heart disease and cancer, malnutrition, and loss of libido.
It is now widely recognized that the only soy fit for human consumption is fermented soy.
Phosphatidyl Choline (PC)
Because many lecithin products sold in health food stores contain less than 30 percent choline, many clinicians prefer to use the more potent Phosphatidylcholine (PC) or its even more powerful derivative drug Glyceryl-phosphorylcholine (GPC). Both are being used to prevent and reverse dementia, improve cognitive function, increase human growth hormone (hGH) release, and to treat brain disorders such as damage from stroke. PC and GPC may help build nerve cell membranes, facilitate electrical transmission in the brain, hold membrane proteins in place, and produce the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. However, studies on soy lecithin, PC, and brain aging have been inconsistent and contradictory ever since the 1920s. Generally, lecithin is regarded as safe except for people who are highly allergic to soy. However, the late Robert Atkins, MD, advised patients not to take large doses of supplemental lecithin without extra vitamin C to protect them from the nitrosamines formed from choline metabolism. Trimethylamine and dimethylamine, which are metabolized by bacteria in the intestines from choline, are important precurors to N-nitrosodimethylamine, a potent carcinogen in a wide variety of animal species.
Phosphatidyl Serine (PS)
Phosphatidyl serine (PS) -- another popular phospholipid that improves brain function and mental acuity nearly always comes from soy oil. Most of the scientific studies proving its efficacy, however, come from bovine sources, which also contain DHA as part of the structure. Plant oils never contain readymade DHA. Indeed, the entire fatty acid structure is different; bovine derived PS is rich in stearic and oleic acids, while soy PS is rich in linoleic and palmitic acids. Complicating matters further, the PS naturally formed in the human body consists of 37.5 percent stearic acid and 24.2 percent arachidonic acid. Yet soy-derived PS seems to help many people.
Russell Blaylock, MD, author of Excitotoxins, the Taste that Kills, explains that the probable reason PS works is because its chemical structure is similar to that of L-glutamate, the trouble-making neurotransmitter, amino acid and excitotoxin that exists in high concentration in MSG (monosodium glutamate), HVP ( hydrolyzed vegetable protein ) and " natural flavorings " and foods containing these soy derivatives. (See Chapter 11.) Because PS competes with glutamate, it may protect us from glutamate toxicity. Ironically, the expensive soy-derived supplement PS is being used to undo damage that may be caused in part by the cheap soy in processed foods
Lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine (LPE)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine (LPE), another phosphatidyl substance commercially extracted from soybeans, for use as a fruit ripener and shelf-life extender. LPE once called cephalin -- is now being used to treat grapes, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, apples, tomatoes, and cut flowers.
When applied to fruits that are nearly ripe going into puberty, so to speak -- LPE promotes ripening. When applied to picked fruit or cut flowers that are already ripe or blooming, however, it will "reduce senescence by inhibiting some of the enzymes involved in membrane breakdown." This can dramatically extend shelf life. Whether the substance could also keep human bodies fresh for funeral home viewings has not yet been investigated.
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Lecithin is an emulsifying substance that is found in the cells of all living organisms. The French scientist Maurice Gobley discovered lecithin in 1805 and named it "lekithos" after the Greek word for "egg yolk." Until it was recovered from the waste products of soybean processing in the 1930s, eggs were the primary source of commercial lecithin. Today lecithin is the generic name given to a whole class of fat-and-water soluble compounds called phospholipids. Levels of phospholipids in soybean oils range from 1.48 to 3.08 percent, which is considerably higher than the 0.5 percent typically found in vegetable oils, but far less than the 30 percent found in egg yolks.
Out of the Dumps
Soybean lecithin comes from sludge left after crude soy oil goes through a "degumming" process. It is a waste product containing solvents and pesticides and has a consistency ranging from a gummy fluid to a plastic solid. Before being bleached to a more appealing light yellow, the color of lecithin ranges from a dirty tan to reddish brown. The hexane extraction process commonly used in soybean oil manufacture today yields less lecithin than the older ethanol-benzol process, but produces a more marketable lecithin with better color, reduced odor and less bitter flavor.
Historian William Shurtleff reports that the expansion of the soybean crushing and soy oil refining industries in Europe after 1908 led to a problem disposing the increasing amounts of fermenting, foul-smelling sludge. German companies then decided to vacuum dry the sludge, patent the process and sell it as "soybean lecithin." Scientists hired to find some use for the substance cooked up more than a thousand new uses by 1939.
Today lecithin is ubiquitous in the processed food supply. It is most commonly used as an emulsifier to keep water and fats from separating in foods such as margarine, peanut butter, chocolate candies, ice cream, coffee creamers and infant formulas. Lecithin also helps prevent product spoilage, extending shelf life in the marketplace. In industry kitchens, it is used to improve mixing, speed crystallization, prevent "weeping," and stop spattering, lumping and sticking. Used in cosmetics, lecithin softens the skin and helps other ingredients penetrate the skin barrier. A more water-loving version known as "deoiled lecithin" reduces the time required to shut down and clean the extruders used in the manufacture of textured vegetable protein and other soy products.
In theory, lecithin manufacture eliminates all soy proteins, making it hypoallergenic. In reality, minute amounts of soy protein always remain in lecithin as well as in soy oil. Three components of soy protein have been identified in soy lecithin, including the Kunitz trypsin inhibitor, which has a track record of triggering severe allergic reactions even in the most minuscule quantities. The presence of lecithin in so many food and cosmetic products poses a special danger for people with soy allergies.
The Making of a Wonder Food
Lecithin has been touted for years as a wonder food capable of combating atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, liver cirrhosis, gall stones, psoriasis, eczema, scleroderma, anxiety, tremors and brain aging. Because it is well known that the human body uses phospholipids to build strong, flexible cell membranes and to facilitate nerve transmission, health claims have been made for soy lecithin since the 1920s. Dr. A. A. Horvath, a leading purveyor of soybean health claims at the time, thought it could be used in "nerve tonics" or to help alcoholics reduce the effects of intoxication and withdrawal. In 1934, an article entitled "A Comfortable and Spontaneous Cure for the Opium Habit by Means of Lecithin" was written by Chinese researchers and published in an English language medical journal.
Lecithin, though, did not capture the popular imagination until the 1960s and 1970s when the bestselling health authors Adelle Davis, Linda Clark and Mary Ann Crenshaw hyped lecithin in their many books, including Lets Get Well, Secrets of Health and Beauty and The Natural Way to Super Beauty: Featuring the Amazing Lecithin, Apple Cider Vinegar, B-6 and Kelp Diet.
Lecithin did not become a star of the health food circuit by accident. Research took off during the early 1930s, right when lecithin production became commercially viable. In 1939, the American Lecithin Company began sponsoring research studies, and published the most promising in a 23-page booklet entitled Soybean Lecithin in 1944. The company, not coincidentally introduced a health food cookie with a lecithin filling known as the "Lexo Wafer" and a lecithin/wheat germ supplement called Granulestin. In the mid 1970s, Natterman, a lecithin marketing company based in Germany, hired scientists at various health clinics to experiment with lecithin and to write scientific articles about it. These "check book" scientists coined the term "essential phospholipids" an inaccurate term since a healthy body can produce its own phospholipids from phosphorous and lipids.
In September 2001, lecithin got a boost when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized products containing enough of it to bear labels such as "A good source of choline." Producers of soy lecithin hope to find ways to help the new health claim lift demand for lecithin and increase prices in what has been a soft market. Eggs, milk and soy products are the leading dietary sources of choline, according to recent research conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Duke University.
Genetically Modified
One of the biggest problems associated with soy lecithin comes from the origin of the soy itself. The majority of soy sources in the world are now genetically modified (GM). Researchers have clearly identified GM foods as a threat to the environment, pollution of soils and a long-term threat to human health with links to of the world with unnatural genetic material that may have unknown long-term consequences with links to decreased fertility, immunological alterations in the gut and the exacerbation and creation of allergies.
Genetically engineered soy contains high concentrations of plant toxicants. The presence of high levels of toxicants in the GM soy represent thousands of plant biochemicals many of which have been shown to have toxic effects on animals.
Unfermented Soy Sources
The manufacture of soy lecithin is also typically confined to unfermented sources because it is quicker and cheaper to make. Unfermented soy products are rich in enzyme inhibitors. Enzymes such as amylase lipase and protease are secreted into the digestive tract to help break down food and free nutrients for assimilation into the body. The high content of enzyme inhibitors in unfermented soybeans interferes with this process and makes carbohydrates and proteins from soybeans impossible to completely digest.
Unfermented soy has been linked to digestive distress, immune system breakdown, PMS, endometriosis, reproductive problems for men and women, allergies, ADD and ADHD, higher risk of heart disease and cancer, malnutrition, and loss of libido.
It is now widely recognized that the only soy fit for human consumption is fermented soy.
Phosphatidyl Choline (PC)
Because many lecithin products sold in health food stores contain less than 30 percent choline, many clinicians prefer to use the more potent Phosphatidylcholine (PC) or its even more powerful derivative drug Glyceryl-phosphorylcholine (GPC). Both are being used to prevent and reverse dementia, improve cognitive function, increase human growth hormone (hGH) release, and to treat brain disorders such as damage from stroke. PC and GPC may help build nerve cell membranes, facilitate electrical transmission in the brain, hold membrane proteins in place, and produce the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. However, studies on soy lecithin, PC, and brain aging have been inconsistent and contradictory ever since the 1920s. Generally, lecithin is regarded as safe except for people who are highly allergic to soy. However, the late Robert Atkins, MD, advised patients not to take large doses of supplemental lecithin without extra vitamin C to protect them from the nitrosamines formed from choline metabolism. Trimethylamine and dimethylamine, which are metabolized by bacteria in the intestines from choline, are important precurors to N-nitrosodimethylamine, a potent carcinogen in a wide variety of animal species.
Phosphatidyl Serine (PS)
Phosphatidyl serine (PS) -- another popular phospholipid that improves brain function and mental acuity nearly always comes from soy oil. Most of the scientific studies proving its efficacy, however, come from bovine sources, which also contain DHA as part of the structure. Plant oils never contain readymade DHA. Indeed, the entire fatty acid structure is different; bovine derived PS is rich in stearic and oleic acids, while soy PS is rich in linoleic and palmitic acids. Complicating matters further, the PS naturally formed in the human body consists of 37.5 percent stearic acid and 24.2 percent arachidonic acid. Yet soy-derived PS seems to help many people.
Russell Blaylock, MD, author of Excitotoxins, the Taste that Kills, explains that the probable reason PS works is because its chemical structure is similar to that of L-glutamate, the trouble-making neurotransmitter, amino acid and excitotoxin that exists in high concentration in MSG (monosodium glutamate), HVP ( hydrolyzed vegetable protein ) and " natural flavorings " and foods containing these soy derivatives. (See Chapter 11.) Because PS competes with glutamate, it may protect us from glutamate toxicity. Ironically, the expensive soy-derived supplement PS is being used to undo damage that may be caused in part by the cheap soy in processed foods
Lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine (LPE)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine (LPE), another phosphatidyl substance commercially extracted from soybeans, for use as a fruit ripener and shelf-life extender. LPE once called cephalin -- is now being used to treat grapes, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, apples, tomatoes, and cut flowers.
When applied to fruits that are nearly ripe going into puberty, so to speak -- LPE promotes ripening. When applied to picked fruit or cut flowers that are already ripe or blooming, however, it will "reduce senescence by inhibiting some of the enzymes involved in membrane breakdown." This can dramatically extend shelf life. Whether the substance could also keep human bodies fresh for funeral home viewings has not yet been investigated.
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
The Most Effective Vasodilator Herbs
Crataegus Oxyacantha (Hawthorn):
This herb assists the body’s natural ability to adequately dilate blood vessels, thereby maintaining a healthy supply of oxygen and energy to the heart and facilitating normal pumping ability. It also supports the routine action of the body to block the action of a blood constricting enzyme called ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme). Numerous recent studies have confirmed the benefits of Hawthorn on the cardiovascular system and in particular, this herbs ability to assist the body in regulating the pressure of blood on the circulatory system.
Passiflora Incarnata (Also known as Passion Flower):
The active ingredients in this herb include flavonoids (compounds found in fruits and vegetables that have diverse beneficial biochemical and antioxidant effects), glycosides (that play numerous important roles in living organisms), alkaloids (that have pharmacological effects on humans) and saparin. Passiflora has stood up well to clinical studies on animals that support its traditional usage to assist in cardiac health.
Viburnum Opulus ( Also known as Guelder Rose bark):
This herb is known for its natural ability to relax muscle while supporting cardiac muscle health.
Ginkgo Biloba:
One of the most important active ingredients, ginkgolide, has been clinically shown to be just as effective as standard pharmaceutical drugs in treating irregular heart beats. Studies also indicate that Ginkgo biloba can assist the body’s ability to reduce blood 'stickiness', thus lowering the risk of blood clots. Recent studies have demonstrated this herbs ability to support cardiac health.
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This herb assists the body’s natural ability to adequately dilate blood vessels, thereby maintaining a healthy supply of oxygen and energy to the heart and facilitating normal pumping ability. It also supports the routine action of the body to block the action of a blood constricting enzyme called ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme). Numerous recent studies have confirmed the benefits of Hawthorn on the cardiovascular system and in particular, this herbs ability to assist the body in regulating the pressure of blood on the circulatory system.
Passiflora Incarnata (Also known as Passion Flower):
The active ingredients in this herb include flavonoids (compounds found in fruits and vegetables that have diverse beneficial biochemical and antioxidant effects), glycosides (that play numerous important roles in living organisms), alkaloids (that have pharmacological effects on humans) and saparin. Passiflora has stood up well to clinical studies on animals that support its traditional usage to assist in cardiac health.
Viburnum Opulus ( Also known as Guelder Rose bark):
This herb is known for its natural ability to relax muscle while supporting cardiac muscle health.
Ginkgo Biloba:
One of the most important active ingredients, ginkgolide, has been clinically shown to be just as effective as standard pharmaceutical drugs in treating irregular heart beats. Studies also indicate that Ginkgo biloba can assist the body’s ability to reduce blood 'stickiness', thus lowering the risk of blood clots. Recent studies have demonstrated this herbs ability to support cardiac health.
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Friday, April 4, 2014
Fatal Heart Attacks…Caused by Your Medication?
By Dr. Al Sears on 11/17/2009
My old college roommate, R.G. looked a mess when he came to me. A month after his heart attack he was in my clinic desperate for help.
“If this is what it feels like to survive a heart attack I’d rather be dead!”
His doctor had him on a laundry list of drugs, including statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs), beta-blockers to “protect” his heart and nitrates to keep his blood vessels open.
Doctors often prescribe nitrates at the first sign of chest pain. But this common medication for chest pain actually increases your risk of having a fatal heart attack.
Luckily, there are natural and safe alternatives to nitrates. I’ll tell you about these alternatives, and I’ll tell you what you can take to protect your heart from these drugs.
Millions of Americans take nitrates, such as nitroglycerin. You can take them as tablets you swallow, sublinguals you place under your tongue or as patches you apply to your skin. Here is a list of the most common nitrates:
· Dilatrate
· Imdur
· Ismo
· Isordil
· Isosorbide
· Nito-Bid
· Nitro-Dur
· Nitroglycerin
· Nitrolingual
· Nitrostat
· Minitran
· Monoket
People take nitrates to relieve heart symptoms. Angina is chest pain caused by a temporary lack of blood flow to the heart. Nitrates will temporarily open blood vessels to allow blood to flow back into the heart.
However, as they do this they damage the sensitive lining of your heart’s blood vessels called the endothelium. This eventually makes the endothelium stop its normal functioning (endothelial dysfunction). People with endothelial dysfunction suffer from more heart attacks.
A now landmark study from Japan revealed just how damaging nitrates are. People who took nitrates on a regular basis were 2.4 times more likely to have a major cardiac event than those who didn’t take nitrate drugs. And the nitrate accelerated any damage already present in the heart. [1]
Nitrates temporarily dilate blood vessels by helping to produce nitric-oxide molecules. Nitric oxide (NO2) naturally opens blood vessels.
Fortunately, nitrates aren’t the only substances that cause the release of NO2. Several naturally occurring nutrients can also release NO2. These supplements have the same effect, without harming the heart.
L-arginine: The most important of these supplements is l-arginine. L-arginine is a precursor for NO2. This means that it has a hand in the production of NO2. L-arginine gently causes blood vessels to dilate and improves endothelial dysfunction.
The International Journal of Cardiology published a study, which analyzed 35 people with endothelial dysfunction. Researchers split people into two groups. One group took l-arginine, while the other took a placebo. Those who took the l-arginine saw an improvement in the health of their endothelium. The placebo group had no significant change. [2]
Taurine: Taurine is an amino acid that protects against endothelial dysfunction and endothelial cell death. Taurine also causes vessel dilation. Scientists have seen the benefits of taurine in the lab. As a powerful antioxidant taurine protects the heart lining. Taurine can actually prevent endothelial cells from dying. [3]
Folic Acid: Folic acid lowers levels of toxic substances that irritate the heart’s lining. Less irritation means a reduction in cardiac events.
In one well-done study, researchers found “folic acid supplementation significantly improved endothelial dysfunction…” [4]
Vitamins C and E: Both Vitamin C and E have antioxidant effects on the lining of you blood vessels. The vitamins protect the lining from damage. They do this by blocking the oxidative stress caused by irritants like nitrates. Take a mixture of tocopherols and tocotrienols (the two kinds of vitamin E) for the best protection.
If you are on nitrates, you may be able to switch to a more gentle natural nutritional approach to relief symptoms without damaging the delicate living system lining the blood vessels of your heart.
You should also check your C-reactive protein and homocysteine levels. As their levels rise, your chance of having a heart attack does too. Controlling these inflammatory factors can have the opposite effect of the nitrate drugs and keep you heart blood vessels supple and responsive.
Sources:
1. Circulation Supplement II Circulation 2002 Nov; 106(19): Preliminary Abstract 1494
2. Lekakis J. et al., Oral l-arginine improves endothelial dysfunction in patients with essential hypertension. Int J Cardiol 2002 Dec; 86(2-3): 317-323
3. Wang J. et al., The beneficial effect of taurine on the prevention of human endothelial cell death. Shock 1996 Nov; 6(5): 331-338
4. Title L. et al., Effect of folic acid and antioxidant vitamins on endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. Am Coll Cardiology 2000 Sep; 36(3): 758-65
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
How Drinking Wine Can Lead To Optimum Health
Researchers report that a natural substance found in red wine, known as resveratrol, may offset the bad effects of a high-calorie diet.
Their report implies that very large daily doses of resveratrol could offset the unhealthy, high-calorie diet thought to underlie the rising toll of obesity in the United States and elsewhere.
Resveratrol is found in the skin of grapes and in red wine and is conjectured to be a partial explanation for the French paradox, the puzzling fact that people in France enjoy a high-fat diet yet suffer less heart disease than Americans.
Scientists have long known that a moderate intake of alcohol, and red wine in particular, is associated with a lowered risk of heart disease and other benefits. More recently, scientists began to suspect resveratrol had particularly powerful effects and began investigating its role in lifespan.
Information about resveratrol’s effects on human metabolism should be available a year or so. Therefore, having another glass of pinot noir is has far as it should be taken right now.
Researchers also said that people should wait for the results of safety testing. Substances that are safe and beneficial in small doses, like vitamins, sometimes prove to be harmful when taken in high doses.
Many companies sell the substance, along with claims that their rivals’ preparations are inactive. One such company sells an extract of red wine and knotweed that contains an unspecified amount of resveratrol. But each capsule is equivalent to “5 to 15 5-ounce glasses of the best red wine,” the company’s web site asserts.
Other companies have developed several chemicals intended to mimic the role of resveratrol but at much lower doses. One has begun clinical trials of one of these compounds, an improved version of resveratrol, with the aim of seeing if it helps control glucose levels in people with diabetes.
Behind the resveratrol test is a considerable degree of scientific theory, some of it well established and some yet to be proved.
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Their report implies that very large daily doses of resveratrol could offset the unhealthy, high-calorie diet thought to underlie the rising toll of obesity in the United States and elsewhere.
Resveratrol is found in the skin of grapes and in red wine and is conjectured to be a partial explanation for the French paradox, the puzzling fact that people in France enjoy a high-fat diet yet suffer less heart disease than Americans.
Scientists have long known that a moderate intake of alcohol, and red wine in particular, is associated with a lowered risk of heart disease and other benefits. More recently, scientists began to suspect resveratrol had particularly powerful effects and began investigating its role in lifespan.
Information about resveratrol’s effects on human metabolism should be available a year or so. Therefore, having another glass of pinot noir is has far as it should be taken right now.
Researchers also said that people should wait for the results of safety testing. Substances that are safe and beneficial in small doses, like vitamins, sometimes prove to be harmful when taken in high doses.
Many companies sell the substance, along with claims that their rivals’ preparations are inactive. One such company sells an extract of red wine and knotweed that contains an unspecified amount of resveratrol. But each capsule is equivalent to “5 to 15 5-ounce glasses of the best red wine,” the company’s web site asserts.
Other companies have developed several chemicals intended to mimic the role of resveratrol but at much lower doses. One has begun clinical trials of one of these compounds, an improved version of resveratrol, with the aim of seeing if it helps control glucose levels in people with diabetes.
Behind the resveratrol test is a considerable degree of scientific theory, some of it well established and some yet to be proved.
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
The Most Effective Vasodilator Herbs
Crataegus Oxyacantha (Hawthorn)
This herb assists the body’s natural ability to adequately dilate blood vessels, thereby maintaining a healthy supply of oxygen and energy to the heart and facilitating normal pumping ability. It also supports the routine action of the body to block the action of a blood constricting enzyme called ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme). Numerous recent studies have confirmed the benefits of Hawthorn on the cardiovascular system and in particular, this herbs ability to assist the body in regulating the pressure of blood on the circulatory system.
Passiflora Incarnata (Also known as Passion Flower)
The active ingredients in this herb include flavonoids (compounds found in fruits and vegetables that have diverse beneficial biochemical and antioxidant effects), glycosides (that play numerous important roles in living organisms), alkaloids (that have pharmacological effects on humans) and saparin. Passiflora has stood up well to clinical studies on animals that support its traditional usage to assist in cardiac health.
Viburnum Opulus ( Also known as Guelder Rose bark)
This herb is known for its natural ability to relax muscle while supporting cardiac muscle health.
Ginkgo Biloba
One of the most important active ingredients, ginkgolide, has been clinically shown to be just as effective as standard pharmaceutical drugs in treating irregular heart beats. Studies also indicate that Ginkgo biloba can assist the body’s ability to reduce blood 'stickiness', thus lowering the risk of blood clots. Recent studies have demonstrated this herbs ability to support cardiac health.
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This herb assists the body’s natural ability to adequately dilate blood vessels, thereby maintaining a healthy supply of oxygen and energy to the heart and facilitating normal pumping ability. It also supports the routine action of the body to block the action of a blood constricting enzyme called ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme). Numerous recent studies have confirmed the benefits of Hawthorn on the cardiovascular system and in particular, this herbs ability to assist the body in regulating the pressure of blood on the circulatory system.
Passiflora Incarnata (Also known as Passion Flower)
The active ingredients in this herb include flavonoids (compounds found in fruits and vegetables that have diverse beneficial biochemical and antioxidant effects), glycosides (that play numerous important roles in living organisms), alkaloids (that have pharmacological effects on humans) and saparin. Passiflora has stood up well to clinical studies on animals that support its traditional usage to assist in cardiac health.
Viburnum Opulus ( Also known as Guelder Rose bark)
This herb is known for its natural ability to relax muscle while supporting cardiac muscle health.
Ginkgo Biloba
One of the most important active ingredients, ginkgolide, has been clinically shown to be just as effective as standard pharmaceutical drugs in treating irregular heart beats. Studies also indicate that Ginkgo biloba can assist the body’s ability to reduce blood 'stickiness', thus lowering the risk of blood clots. Recent studies have demonstrated this herbs ability to support cardiac health.
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