Saturday, March 29, 2008

If you are taking calcium for your bones, or the drug Fosamax, you need to read this...

Calcium is important for your health. If you eat lots of dairy products, you most likely are getting enough calcium from your diet. If you are lactose intolerant or don't eat dairy, then added calcium in supplemental form is critical, especially as you get older. Some investigators are concerned about the increasing amounts of phosphates in the diet which can be attributed to phosphoric acid in soft drinks and phosphate additives in a number of commercially prepared foods. Diets high in phosphorus, if sustained, elevate PTH levels which could have an adverse effect on bone mineral content, but this effect has only been observed in humans on diets that were high in phosphorus and low in calcium. If you are diagnosed with bone loss anywhere in your body, doctors usually recommend adding calcium or now, the drug Fosamax. This is a bad approach, if you understand biochemistry. Taking calcium by itself can be harmful, and the body requires other nutrients like vitamin D, K, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, as well as the trace minerals Boron, Molybdenum, Silicon and Vanadium, in order to metabolize it properly. Calcium by itself can increase your odds of cardiovascular disease and calcium infiltration into the soft tissues, where it does not belong. I have formulated 3 products designed to support bone health. BONE MINERALS would work for most people who do not have severe bone loss, but want to prevent deficiencies from developing. With bone loss issues, a more aggressive approach is needed, depending if it occurs mainly in the large bones, or in periodontal disease, or both. For these more complicated issues, I have formulated 2 other products, BONE HEALTH and PERIODONTAL HEALTH.
Here are some studies that will help you understand calcium better and whether a drug approach makes sense for you.

cw



Heart risk linked to calcium supplements...
WASHINGTON - Older women who take calcium supplements to maintain bone strength may have an increased risk of heart attack, researchers in New Zealand said on Tuesday.
The researchers cautioned that they do not consider their findings the definitive word on the subject, but said the higher heart attack risk they saw merits further study.
“This effect could outweigh any benefits on bone from calcium supplements,” researchers led by Ian Reid of the University of Auckland wrote in the British Medical Journal.
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Coronary Calcium Testing Predicts Future Heart Ailments, Study Shows...
Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting overall cardiac health, according to a study led by the University of California, Irvine and appearing in the March 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers found that participants with moderate deposit amounts had more than a seven times greater risk of cardiac heart disease compared to people with no coronary calcium buildup. Participants with large deposit amounts faced a 10 times greater risk.
Coronary calcium is a marker for a diseased artery. It builds up like atherosclerotic plaque and is caused by the same primary factor -- high blood lipid levels. Detrano said that calcium screening can be recommended for people who are at moderate risk.
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Fosamax Linked to Serious Abnormal Bone Fractures ...
On March 20, 2008, The New England Journal of Medicine published a physician group report of 15 women taking Fosamax who experienced "atypical low-energy fractures," which means their bones broke doing almost nothing – a serious kind of injury typically seen in very elderly individuals in declining health. The fact that the NEJM is reporting this is a major wake up call to anyone who hasn't figured out that Fosamax is dangerous to your health. Fosamax wipes out healthy bone function the longer it is taken, resulting in a "low energy" status within bones – producing bones so feeble that they break from normal impacts. Biopsy and analysis done on the bones showed them to be in a pathetic condition.
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Vitamin K reduces calcification of arteries by 37 percent; blood thinner medications cause calcification...
A study has found vitamin K not only blocks new arterial calcium buildup but can also reduce existing levels of calcification by 37 percent. Researchers at Maastricht University published their findings in the April 1st issue of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology. "Given that arterial calcifications are predictive of cardiovascular events, regression of arterial calcification may help reduce the risk of death in people with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease," wrote lead author Leon Schurgers.
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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Are we destined to fall victim to our genetic weaknesses?

Will we get heart disease or cancer because we have inherited bad genes from our parents ? In other words, are we controlled by our genes or does our environment control which genes are turned on or off. The new understanding in molecular biology is that we are the masters of our genetic potential and therefore our health. How we think and what we eat, drink, and breathe determines our health future. Here is an example that I have written about before, on how just changing our diet can turn on or off good and bad genes. Researchers from Finland took two groups of people with metabolic syndrome and gave each group a different diet. The diet differed in what type of carbohydrates they consumed for the 12 week study. The rest of their diet was identical. They contained the same calories and the same amount of fat, protein, carbohydrate, and fiber. The first group had wheat, oats, and potatoes as the source of their carbs. The second group ate rye as their source of carbohydrate. Rye has some very special properties. It is slowly absorbed by the body and has phytonutrients that help you lose weight and improve metabolism. After the 12 weeks, the researchers took a fat sample and analyzed it to find out which genes were turned on or off. So what happened? In the wheat, oat, and potato group, 62 genes were activated that increased inflammation, oxidative stress, and the stress response, worsened blood sugar balance, and generally amplified all of the forces in the body that lead to obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's disease! No good genes were turned on. In the rye group, 71 genes were turned on that prevent diabetes, lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation, and improve blood sugar control. In both cases, the genes that were turned on and off were 100% effective. In other words they were either anti-inflammatory or pro-inflammatory. This also hold true for good fats and bad fats. Vegetable oils are pro-inflammatory and fish oils are anti-inflammatory.

This new science is called Epigentics or in my field Nutrigenomics.

Take about 7 minutes to get a glimpse into this new understanding of biology, it will blow you away.

Dr. Bruce Lipton explains how our new understanding of biology will take you from a world of crisis and ill health to another level of masterful control.


VIDEO HIGHLIGHT:
The New Biology- From Victim to Master of Your Health

Now that you have a paradigm shift on your belief of genetic control, start taking action today to reduce your chances of cancer & heart disease.

cw



Dr Linus Pauling's Unified Theory of Cardiovascular Disease ...
Over ten years ago, the two-time Nobel prize Laureate, Dr Linus Pauling and his associate Dr Matthias Rath, advocated and published a definitive thesis on the root cause, treatment, and actual cure for all forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including congestive heart failure, heart disease, and stroke. Today, cardiovascular related health problems together comprise fully one half of all causes of death in the US. Pauling and Rath's brilliant analysis of CVD is absolutely compelling and amply supported by numerous epidemiological and clinical studies. His unified theory of CVD constitutes one of the greatest breakthroughs in modern science, and yet has been almost completely ignored by the mainstream medical establishment, and received almost no press.
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Dr. Rath’s Scientific Discovery in Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease Is an Early Form of Scurvy...
Dr. Rath’s research reveals that coronary heart disease occurs exactly for the same reason that clinical (early) scurvy does – a deficiency of vitamin C in the cells composing the artery wall. Humans, unlike animals, develop heart disease because their bodies cannot produce vitamin C. The average diet provides enough vitamin C to prevent scurvy, but not enough to guarantee stable artery walls. As a consequence of vitamin C deficiency, millions of tiny cracks and lesions develop in the artery walls. Subsequently, cholesterol, lipoproteins and other blood risk factors enter the damaged artery walls to repair these lesions.
In the case of chronic vitamin deficiency, this repair process becomes continuous. Over the course of many years, atherosclerotic deposits develop. Deposits in the arteries of the heart eventually lead to heart attack; deposits in the arteries of the brain lead to stroke.
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Dr. Rath’s Scientific Discovery in Cancer...
Dr. Rath identified a common pathomechanism of all cancers, which is the degradation of the surrounding connective tissue, as a precondition for cancer metastasis. He suggested that the amino acid lysine and vitamin C could effectively control this process.
Cancer develops when cells in one part of the body begin to grow out of control. Normal body cells grow, divide, and die in a systematic way. During the early years of a person’s life, normal cells divide more rapidly until the person becomes an adult. After that, cells in most parts of the body divide only to replace worn out or dying cells and to repair injuries. In the case of cancer cells, the genetic program that regulates their growth cycle is interrupted, causing the cells to become immortal and constantly divide. Cancer cell growth never stops, and it results in the formation of a tumor mass.To stop cancer metastasis, the activity of MMPs must be inhibited. Dr. Rath and his team of researchers at the Dr. Rath Research Institute have identified a specific combination of nutrients that can inhibit the activity of MMPs and stop the spread of cancer cells.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

ARE YOU EATING YOUR GREENS EVERY DAY?

When it comes to health around the world, eating green leafy vegetables is associated with the lowest levels of cancer and degenerative diseases. However, in Amercia, it seems to be missing from most peoples diet. Below are some examples of research that show the importance of not only greens, which contain chlorophyll, but other important nutrients like green tea, and grape seed extract. If you don't get the 6 to 8 servings of vegetables and fruits everyday, there are supplements like chlorella and spirulina that can do as good a job if not better, in a convenient capsule and at a cost of about a dollar a day. Good insurance, don't you think? In recognition of this problem, I have introduced a product called Orthomolecular Formulations - Daily Greens. Daily Greens is designed as a supplement for those that don't get enough green leafy, colored vegetables and fruits in there diets... This formula contains ingredients which are similar to eating a diet high in vegetables and powerful anti-oxidants and bioflavenoids that can be found in foods with varied colors, called phytonutrients.

Enjoy this weeks articles that explain the many benefits of these nutraceuticals.

cw


Green leafy vegetables may halve lung cancer risk...
11-Mar-2008 - An increased intake of green leafy vegetables, but not fruit, may reduce the risk of lung cancer by 50 per cent, suggests a new study from Spain. The protective effects of the vegetables was possibly due to the antioxidant content of the food, known to be rich source of vitamins A and C, as well as flavonoids. The study analysed dietary intakes of 617 people, comprising 295 people with lung cancer and 322 healthy controls, using a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Dosil-Diaz and co-workers report no benefits from fruit, regardless of the level of intake, after adjusting for sex, age, tobacco use, and occupation.On the other hand, consumption of at least one portion of green leafy vegetables a day was associated with a 50 per cent reduction in the risk of developing lung cancer than consumption of less than five times per week.
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Spirulina shown to prevent and treat cancers while boosting immune system function ...
Nature can provide you with valuable weapons against cancer, but like all things, it's up to you to use them. Although the Japanese have known about and used spirulina for medicinal purposes for years, this form of microalgae is still not "mainstream" in American diets. Spirulina's blue-green color is more than a pretty facade; it is also the source of much of its cancer-prevention abilities. In Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford writes, "Important to note in the area of prevention, spirulina is richly supplied with the blue pigment phycocyanin, a biliprotein which has been shown to inhibit cancer-colony formation."
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Spirulina research shows treatment of breast cancer tumors, HIV virus, and other viruses ...
Spirulina contains some anti-viral and immune stimulating compounds that we're just learning about. There's been some research out of Japan showing that a sulfonated polysaccharide which they've named calcium spirolan inhibits many viruses from invading cells, and this includes herpes and actually the HIV virus. And there's also been some work out of the University of Mississippi where they have extracted a compound, again a polysaccharide from spirulina, which greatly stimulates the immune system.
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Chlorella as a powerful defense against cancer ...
Amazing things truly do come in small packages. One of your most powerful weapons against cancer is chlorella -- a unicellular, green algae. This tiny algae packs a powerful punch. In Prescription for Dietary Wellness, Phyllis A. Balch explains, "Chlorella…contains the highest chlorophyll level per ounce of any plant, as well as protein (nearly 58 percent), carbohydrates, all of the B vitamins, vitamins C and E, amino acids (including all nine essential ones), enzymes and rare trace minerals." Due to its dense and nutrient-rich nature, chlorella offers your body a two-fold attack against cancer. You can access these benefits by taking only one or two teaspoons of chlorella once or twice daily, according to Michael Tierra's Treating Cancer with Herbs.
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Green tea shows benefits against fatty liver...
Extracts from green tea may stop the build-up of fatty deposits in the liver, and offer benefits for this silent killer linked to obesity, suggests a new study with mice.
If the results can be translated to humans, green tea and its extracts could become a useful preventative in the development of fatty liver, a condition that is usually symptomless but said to increase the risk for liver inflammation, and ultimately results in liver failure.
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Grape seed flavonoids demonstrate anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties ...
Natural nutritional elements in grape seeds offer a wide variety of antioxidant, anti-cancer and other benefits, according to the web site PDRHealth.com. A type of mixed flavonoid - proanthocyanidins - extracted from grape seeds are the essential ingredient.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Please watch this very important video on Vitamin D...

This video is a must watch for everyone who values their health.
You will be shocked when you see the truth.


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Sunday, March 09, 2008

THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY TO LOWER YOUR RISK OF GETTING CANCER...

I thought today I would focus on things you can do to prevent cancer. Watching a loved one dying of terminal lung cancer, as I am right now, is a sobering and depressing ordeal. I don't wish it on any of you. Everything we do or don't do in life can and will have consequences on our health. It is human nature to be less preventative and more reactive, when it comes to our health. The purpose of my blogs is to educate you every week on real things you can do to make a positive step toward optimal health. While I have a few articles here on different things you can do to prevent cancer, I want to highlight one miracle nutrient. This nutrient can lower your risk of cancer by as much as 66%, if recent studies are confirmed. One study found that those with low levels of this nutrient had a 62-per-cent increased risk of heart failure. The National Cancer Institute, found that those with relatively high levels of it in their blood had a 72-per-cent lower risk of dying from colorectal cancer, and a Finnish study found that children that were given 2,000 IU's daily of it cut their risk of getting juvenile diabetes by 80 per cent. Are you taking this nutrient? Are you taking a cheap multi that only contains 200 to 400 IU's per day of this miracle nutrient? I personally take 2,000 to 4,000 IU's a day, depending on the season, and have been for over 6 years. I also make sure all my formulations have therapeutic amounts of it so they make a real difference in your health.
Please read on to see how you can make a difference in your own health, by taking action now.

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The vitamin D miracle: Is it for real?...
In the summer of 1974, brothers Frank and Cedric Garland had a heretical brainwave.
The young epidemiologists were watching a presentation on death rates from cancer county by county across the United States. As they sat in a lecture hall at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore looking at the colour-coded cancer maps, they noticed a striking pattern, with the map for colon cancer the most pronounced.
Counties with high death rates were red; those with low rates were blue. Oddly, the nation was almost neatly divided in half, red in the north and blue in the south. Why, they wondered, was the risk of dying from cancer greater in bucolic Maine than in highly polluted Southern California?
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Enzyme Therapy for Cancer Prevention and Treatment ...
(NaturalNews) Enzymes are molecules that act as catalysts for all chemical reactions within the body and are necessary to sustain life. There are two basic categories: digestive enzymes which work in the stomach breaking down food particles before their nutrients can be absorbed, and metabolic (or systemic) enzymes whose primary work begins in the bloodstream digesting foreign debris before traveling to bodily tissues to continue this and other functions. A chronic deficiency of enzymes weakens the immune system, contributes to illness, and ultimately promotes diseases such as cancer. Both enzyme types are produced in the body but are also present in raw foods and through oral supplementation. To achieve and maintain optimum health, an adequate supply of both forms is fundamental.
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Food Compounds That Kill Test-Tube Cancer Cells Analyzed...
ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2008) — Strawberries, grapes, blueberries and some familiar seasonings like rosemary contain compounds that can—in test tubes—kill cells of a childhood cancer. Nutrition-focused research by molecular biologist Susan J. Zunino of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC), Davis, Calif., may reveal exactly how the powerful plant chemicals fight the disease known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Pomegranate Extracts Found to Inhibit Prostate Cancer Tumor Growth...
(NaturalNews) A type of antioxidant found in pomegranates may account for the fruit's benefit to prostate health, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles and published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.Researchers found that antioxidants known as ellagitannins and their metabolites accumulated in the prostates of mice in the laboratory. Then the researchers grafted prostate cancer cells onto mice whose immune systems had been deliberately hampered. They then treated one group of these mice with ellagitannins and their metabolites. The treated mice demonstrated significantly less tumor growth than mice in the control group.
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