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You should. There's no scientific support for the popular belief that it's better for your health to cook a steak until it's well-done. In fact, cooking in this way can accelerate the symptoms of aging, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
What's more, proteins left "denatured" through overcooking don't regenerate.
They remain damaged. This speeds the aging process.
After only two weeks, those eating a high-glycotoxin diet saw a 100 percent increase in glycotoxin blood and urine levels compared with the other group.(1)
Finally, the old theories of aerobic training are crumbling under the weight of new evidence. At the center of the breakthrough is lactic acid. You've probably heard of it, especially if you've ever had a coach or a trainer. Conventional wisdom said you had to avoid lactic acid because its build up in your muscles caused pain, fatigue and the soreness you feel after "over doing it".
We were told to exercise aerobically and not cross the dreaded lactic threshold.
To do so would mean an-aerobic (without oxygen) exercise, which created the damaging lactic acid. That sparked the aerobics craze that reached its peak in the 1980's.
But this theory never jived with my real world experience of the benefits of exceeding your aerobic threshold (which would build lots of the dreaded lactic acid.) It turns out lactic acid is not only not your enemy. To the contrary, it's fuel for your muscles.
Dr. George Brooks from the University of California at Berkeley recently found that lactic acid is taken up and burned for energy by your mitochondria – the energy factories in your muscle cells.1 What's more, it can not create the after workout soreness because it is rapidly removed as you burn it for fuel. In other words, it's long gone before you get sore.
Let's say you pedal as fast as you can on a bike for 15 seconds.
When you stop, you continue to pant.
This is the kind of high-output challenge I'm talking about.
You have reached a supra-aerobic zone.
This is very different from doing an aerobic workout for 45 minutes.
By making small changes in the same direction, your workouts can produce remarkable results. And you only need 12 minutes to achieve the desired effect.
"Older males with relatively low testosterone had an 88% increased risk of death compared to those with normal testosterone levels," researchers reported. ...
For years I've been writing about the devastating affects low testosterone can have on your health and happiness. Here at my clinic, I see it first-hand in thousands of patients. The misery low testosterone levels can inflict on a man's body, mind and spirit. In fact, men are being "feminized" by the combination of declining testosterone and rising estrogen - even young men in their 30s and sometimes in their late 20s.
To get the maximum amount of protein, focus on the "big five:" meat, wild fish, eggs, dairy, and nuts.
A few drinks will put you in the mood, but too many will make you useless. And smoking? Let's put it this way: the Marlboro Man doesn't see much action these days. A solid erection requires blood vessels that are flexible and able to expand. Smoking will tighten your blood vessels making them too narrow to channel the amount of blood you need for an erection.
When I was in India, I discovered an ancient remedy they've been using since antiquity. Ashwagandha is a member of an elite group of herbs called adaptogens. These enigmatic plants have the power to normalize and balance various functions in your body. They can eliminate fatigue and help you to handle stress.
As a capsule, I usually start with 250mg a day.
I use it every day for about 4 to 6 weeks, then stop for a month. Most herbs will lose their effectiveness if you take them continuously without a break. Then, you can continue another cycle.
.. After six months of treatment, a significant number of the men studied showed remarkable transformation across a range of age-related conditions, including:
I was so convinced by the results that I signed up to begin TA-65 treatment myself in the coming months. I also received permission from TA Sciences, the company that holds the patent on the treatment, to use TA-65 as part of my anti-aging medical practice. I am the first doctor in the United States to sign an agreement to license and provide it to my patients—including you.
But they don’t. You can tell the difference between a newly divided “old” cell and a newly divided “young” one just by looking at them under a microscope. Each new cell is not an exact copy of its parent cell. This is how we age. Still, the reason why remained a mystery.
The answer emerged slowly over the last half a century.
The first breakthrough came in 1965, when a geneticist named Leonard Hayflick discovered that most cells only divide about 80 times, then slow down and die.1
Hayflick’s discovery had important implications for the field of anti-aging.
His work suggested that there is a mechanism inside every cell that determines longevity.
... discovered twenty-five years later.
The prestigious journal Nature published a groundbreaking article in 1990 that introduced the world to an explanation of the genetic mechanism that involves something called the “telomere.”2
What the authors published in Nature was the new realization that the telomere is also your biological clock. Each time your cells divide, a small end portion of the telomere is not copied making your telomeres get shorter and shorter over time. Each new generation of cells has a slightly shorter telomere than its parent did. Further research confirmed it. Telomeric length is now known as the marker of a given cell’s age.
And, it turned out that telomeres are more than just “counters” that tick off your cell’s age. They also govern the aging process. As they shorten with each new division, they cause the chromosome to fold differently exposing a different portion of your genome. This is how you can be so different at 72 than you were at 2. You have the same genes. But… you are transcribing or reading a different combination of genes as you age. This process eventually signals to your cells to “grow old,” stop dividing and that cell line dies off.
Later studies revealed .. that telomeric length for certain types of cells stays the same. For example, some cancer cells do not lose any of their telomeres as they divide. They are technically “immortal,” and this is one of the reasons why they wreak such havoc on the body. They can keep dividing without losing any genetic material, until they finally take over.
The question remained is there a safe way that we can maintain telomere length as your cells divide over time? We now know the answer is yes.
The next amazing step in the science occurred when Geron researchers found that the key to anti-aging lies in an enzyme your body makes called “telomerase.” It can take control of the aging process by rebuilding the end of your telomeres to remain the same length with each new cell division.
They were exploring the possibility of inserting a gene for telomerase into aging cells or developing a drug to turn on the gene for telomerase when they hit upon a natural compound that turns on telomerase and rebuilds an aging telomere.
It comes from an ancient Chinese herb that grows in temperate northern climates.
It turns out that the herb Astralagus contains small amounts of a molecule named TA-65 that throws the switch on the gene that makes telomerase.
The problem is, you can’t just take Astralagus and stop aging.
You need a highly concentrated form of TA-65 as an extract.
It has to be pure, free of toxins, and only comes from certain species of the plant.
This is the foundation for this momentous anti-aging opportunity.
We’ve created a 12-month course of therapy for use in a system we call the Patton Protocol
I’ve also secured a contract to use a new technology to measure your telomere length over the course of the treatment. You’ll be able to literally see your cells “grow young.”
There is absolutely nothing else like this treatment in the world today. You can, with me, be the first. It is a revolution that will change the way we think about aging and revolutionize the field of anti-aging for years to come.
That’s why I’ve decided to undergo the treatment myself — and offer it to my patients.
If you’re already one of my readers, you know that I’m building a new Wellness Center that will include a state-of-the art anti-aging research and treatment facility. The Sears Center for Health and Wellness will be a cross between Canyon Ranch, the Pritikin Center & Spa, the Cooper Aerobics Center, and the Life Extension Foundation. It’s the kind of center I’ve always wanted.
In the meantime, there is one other step you can take to slow down the aging process, and even help to keep your telomeres longer and your cells younger:
You can measure your homocysteine levels with a simple blood test.
And you can lower homocysteine naturally, without drugs. Here’s what you should take to keep it in check ... you can find these nutrients at most health food stores.
[Ed. Note: If you're interested in receiving TA-65 or would like more information,
please call my office at 561.784.7852.]
Your heart uses animal fat for fuel.
In fact, your heart is covered with a layer of “animal fat” that it uses as an energy booster during times of stress.1
All native cultures put animal fats at the center of their diet and show no trace of heart attacks or heart disease. The Inuits of Alaska, better known as the Eskimos, eat a diet that is over 90% animal fat. And before they were exposed to the typical Western diet they had no history of heart disease. ...
Every time you eat fat, it slows down your body’s absorption of food and keeps you from feeling hungry. And of course it’s a source of concentrated energy. This is why people who don’t worry so much about fat are often slimmer and more vigorous than those who do.
More good news about saturated fat: it’s the carrier for a variety of key nutrients, including the “fat-soluble” vitamins A, D, E, and K (butter’s packed with these, by the way), and the heart’s most critical fuel, CoQ10. Without fat, your body couldn’t absorb and use them.
It also needs saturated fat to convert some vital compounds into usable form.
For instance, it uses saturated fat to turn carotene into vitamin A. These are nutrients your body must have to maintain optimum health across the board, from eyesight, bone and muscle strength to proper insulin levels, a sense of well-being—and a reduced risk of heart disease.
You’d think that ever since the 1950s, when the government began making “low-fat” dieting official policy — and people started eating less animal fat — heart disease rates would drop off a cliff. But the opposite has happened.
The proportion of traditional animal fat in the average American diet fell from 83 percent to 62 percent between 1910 and 1970. During the same period, the percentage of fat from vegetable sources—including shortening, margarine, and refined oils, shot up by about 400 percent.
Since then, more people have been getting fatter and dying of heart disease than ever before—forty percent of all deaths each year in the U.S. alone. It’s become our nation’s number one killer.
One thing that hasn’t — our fundamental physiology, which evolved over millions of years to rely on saturated fat as a major energy source. There’s a reason you have a taste for this kind of fat. It’s good for you, and your genetic make-up adapted to make use of it.
Consider this: if you look at the wild game our pre-historic ancestors most commonly hunted and ate, including the nutrient-packed organ meat as well as the flesh of the animal, their body fat was heavily saturated. ...
The nuts and seeds they foraged were also rich in fat.
To take one example, pecans—a staple of the Native American diet in the Southeast—are 85 percent fat.
... In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers looked at the diets of 6,000 people from the town of Framingham, Massachusetts. They compared two groups in five-year intervals for four decades: those who ate diets low in cholesterol and saturated fats, and those who consumed relatively high amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol. ...
“In Framingham, Mass., the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower the person’s serum cholesterol . . . We found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active.”
A British study involving several thousand men found the same thing.
Half quit smoking, switched over to a restricted diet with lowered saturated fat and cholesterol, and ramped up their consumption of “healthy” fats like vegetable oils and margarine. The other half ate what they pleased and even kept on smoking. After only one year, the group who stuck to the “good” diet experienced 100 percent more deaths from heart-related illness than those on the “bad” diet.4
Finally, a team of researchers at the Northwest Lipid Research Clinic in Seattle found that a diet rich in saturated fats actually slowed the progression of heart disease in patients already showing signs of poor heart health. ...
Scientists in India discovered that people in the northern part of the country ate 17 times more animal fat than people in the south, but their overall incidence of heart disease was seven times lower.6
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The French eat more saturated fats in the form meat, liver, paté, butter, cream, and cheese than people in almost any other Western nation. Yet the heart-related death rate among middle-aged men there is 145 per 100,000, compared to 315 per 100,000 in the US. And heart-related deaths in France are actually lowest in Gascony, the region in France where people eat the most fat.7
- Most people think the Japanese eat a low-fat diet.
But this is a myth. The truth is that (the Japanese) get plenty of fat from eggs, chicken, beef, pork, organ meats, and shellfish. The amount of animal fat in their diet has gone up steadily since World War II. Yet rates of heart disease there are among the lowest in the world—and their average lifespan has actually increased. ...
Societies that eat a lot of saturated fat with low rates of heart disease generally maintain higher standards of purity than American commercial food makers do. They also raise more of their domestic livestock on grasses, not grains.
The result is that the fat in their meat is in exactly the right proportion for optimum health. Grass-fed cattle, for instance, yield meat that’s packed with omega-3, which we normally think of as coming from fish.
Saturated fat from commercially raised animals today, on the other hand, is bad for you. Cattle, pigs, chickens, and other livestock from modern feedlots are forced to eat grains instead of the grasses they evolved to digest and get pumped full of hormones, antibiotics.
The result is a diseased animal with the fat content in its meat thrown out of healthy balance. Even worse, many pesticides and other toxins get stored in the fat of the animal.
This is where the Atkins diet went wrong.
Dr. Atkins was right about the nutritional importance of fat, but he failed to take into account the consequences of an adulterated food supply.
You also can’t really eat fat to your heart’s content, as many people who followed Atkins believed. But you can get up to 35 percent of your total daily calories from fat without worry.
Look for meat and animal-derived products that come from organic, grass-fed, and free-range animals. Remember, enjoying meat doesn’t have to mean always cooking a NY Strip on the grill. Here are some other options.
- Buy a brisket and drop it in the slow cooker and let it sit for 8 hours.
Throw in some veggies and you can get two or three good meals out of it.
- Cook up some flank steaks and slice them up for a low carb wrap.
- Try using ground sirloin for better burgers. Skip the bun.
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Supplements to Power-up Your Performance and Build Muscle.
... what we know about creatine.
Professional athletes have been using creatine to naturally enhance their performance for years. Top athletes credit this supplement for allowing them to sprint faster, jump further, and lift heavier weights. An athlete that I advise told me that creatine added 5 mph to his fast ball, another said it took a half second off his 100 meter sprint and a power lifter claimed that it added 40 pounds to his bench press. ...
How Creatine Generates Power
Your body makes creatine naturally, primarily in your liver.
You can also obtain creatine from natural dietary sources such as apples, red meat and fish. (There may have been more wisdom to the old adage “An apple a day…” than we knew.) The highest concentration is in red meat. For every 2 lbs of red meat you will get about 4 to 5 grams of creatine.
While the liver produces creatine, 98% of it is stored in skeletal muscle.
Creatine serves as an instant source of energy for muscle contraction and provides hydration. The ability to quickly contract your muscles is critical for success when performing a short-duration exercise like sprinting or weightlifting.
Another important function of creatine is its ability to block or buffer hydrogen ions. Hydrogen ions are a sprinter’s or power lifter’s enemy. Hydrogen ions cause the pH of muscles cells to become more acidic. Acidic pH causes muscles to fatigue.
When you perform several short sessions of intense anaerobic exercise like sprinting or lifting barbells, a rapid depletion of your creatine starts within seconds along with an increase in hydrogen ions. This is why you feel the burn of exhaustion in your muscles when pushing them to complete a set of exercises like bicep curls or pushups. ...
.. Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate (AKG).
It is also known as an NO2 booster.
How does it work?
It creates and sustains levels of nitric oxide in the muscles.
Nitric oxide is a cell-signaling molecule responsible for blood flow, oxygen delivery, glucose uptake, power output and muscle growth. All important functions for human life.
It turns out that the discovery of the functions of nitric oxide and the fact that without it human life would be impossible, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998. This discovery provided evidence that L-arginine is your body’s main source for creating nitric oxide.
By increasing nitric oxide in the body with an AKG supplement you widen your blood vessels increasing blood flow to your muscles and tissues, which provide increased protein, carbohydrates and growth hormones and testosterone. These are all the ingredients for muscle growth.
The Perfect Duo for Super Strength
Creatine increases the size of the cells by pulling water into them (called water retention) providing hydration to the muscles. NO2 fills the spaces between cells with blood giving a continuous pump also helping the creatine to pump harder. This creates fuller and harder muscles.
No Couch Potatoes Here
Remember, you need exercise to realize the benefits of creatine and NO2 boosters. They won’t work their magic sitting on the couch. Follow my P.A.C.E. program and include some of the calisthenics as a part of your regular routine.
There are two potential side effects of creatine you should be aware of but neither is serious and they are both reversible. Some researchers have found a slightly increased rate of muscle cramping with creatine. Others have looked for this association and have failed to find it. If you get muscle cramps, stop the creatine for a week and then begin again at half the dose and massage the muscle that cramped to stimulate circulation before each exercise session.
Other athletes, especially sprinters have reported nausea during exercise after taking creatine. If you should get this, try eating a couple of slices of pineapple or papaya after your creatine.
Overall, it is very well tested, all natural, and has an exception safety record. If you use it intelligently, creatine can enhance your athletic performance, strength and virility, and help to increase your lean body mass.
As for NO2 boosters (or arginine) .. side effects .. over use can lead to nausea. ..
Another concern you should be aware of when supplementing with creatine and NO2 boosters is to go light on the caffeine. Caffeine and these supplements don’t mix well. Some studies suggest that caffeine (a common performance enhancer among athletes) may diminish the effectiveness of creatine and NO2 boosters if taken at the same time.
Take Full Advantage of the Benefits of Creatine
Although you get some creatine if you eat a diet high in red meat, it is not enough to create a creatine loading effect. You would have to eat 9 lbs. of meat a day to get 20 grams of creatine. You will need oral supplementation if you want to maximize the strength benefits of creatine. The following chart will assist you in determining what your personal loading dose and maintenance dose of creatine: (see chart on the website)
- .. Buy creatine as 100% pure powder
, mix it with water and drink immediately. One teaspoon is 5 grams and one tablespoon is 15 grams.
- Don’t fall for the marketing publicity.
Pure creatine is all you need. You don’t need a carbohydrate load like some sellers of creatine drinks claim and the gels are no better than the inexpensive powder. The best time to take it is 30 to 60 minutes before exercise but you will still benefit from other dosing times.
- I recommend taking a loading dose for 10 days.
Then continue with the maintenance dose for 3 months.
After a 3 month cycle you have 2 options.
Option 1; you can stop and use exercise to maintain your gains in performance and lean muscle.
Option 2; you can switch back to the loading dose for 10 days again and repeat the cycle.
Take Full Advantage of the Benefits of an NO2 Booster
I frequently give arginine to athletes to boost performance.
One study measured a significant increase in muscle strength and lean muscle mass in men taking l-arginine after only five weeks over men who took a placebo.---
Foods Containing Arginine
- Red meat
- Chicken
- Fish
- Beans
- Chocolate
- Nuts
- Raisins
- Sesame Seeds
.. arginine as a supplement.
If you take it as a single supplement, you can start with 500mg a day.
You can find it in most nutrition stores. Capsules are fine, but for larger doses, you may prefer the powder. And remember; only take the natural L-form of this amino acid.
.. creatine and arginine work so well together I decided to develop a product that contains both. This is a formula that will contain only the best quality ingredients on the market today. It is not quite ready yet, but when it is you’ll be the first to know. Stay tuned…
2008-07-17 Newsletter,
Dangers of High Cortisol.
He was overweight, with low energy, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, an almost non-existent sex drive, low testosterone, and high triglyceride levels. He was also deficient in a few key vitamins and nutrients.
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One of the main physical responses stress sets off is hormonal: cortisol, the “stress hormone.” When you’re stressed out, your adrenal glands start pumping it into your bloodstream. Too much cortisol can be devastating to your health over time. In fact, we’re still learning just how dangerous it is.
.. findings my Wellness Research team’s uncovered:
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Mental Illness:
Chronic high levels of cortisol put you at greater risk for a host of psychiatric problems, including depression, anxiety—or worse. A recent study found that schizophrenics have abnormally high cortisol levels.1 Another found that women suffering from a number of personality and mood disorders also have too much cortisol in their bloodstreams.2
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Diabetes:
High cortisol levels increase your insulin resistance, a pre-cursor to diabetes. This is true regardless of your level of fitness. Researchers in the UK studied cortisol levels in 29 middle-aged healthy men with a range of body fat percentages, and found that insulin resistance increased in step with amount of cortisol in their bloodstreams, no matter how slim they were.3
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Diet and Obesity:
It turns out that cortisol can strongly influence what you eat. One of the latest studies found that the kind of “daily hassles” Todd B. dealt with will actually stimulate your desire for snack foods—and pack on the pounds.4 I doubt all those “on-the-go” meals were healthy.
2008-07-24 Newsletter,
Nature’s Secret Remedy For Allergies …
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_178
.. bromelain, quercetin, and vitamin C.
Bromelain comes from the roots of the pineapple tree.
Quercetin is plentiful in all kinds of plants, including apples, berries, broccoli, squash, and some nuts and seeds. And of course many fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C.
Quercetin targets the special cells that make histamine.
Studies have shown that it not only prevents allergies before they start; it can stop allergic reactions in progress, even at doses as low as 1.5 micrograms. And it works instantly.1
Bromelain partners up against allergic reactions in two different ways. It counteracts the effects of inflammatory prostaglandins2, and also helps your body to absorb quercetin more efficiently.
Vitamin C adds two more allergy-fighting forces to help you fend off the sniffles.
You probably already know about its immune-boosting benefits. It turns out it’s also a potent anti-histamine. It halts the production of histamine and speeds up the breakdown of histamine already in the blood. A 1992 study showed that taking two grams of vitamin C per day lowered histamine levels by 38 percent in healthy adults—after just one week.
What’s more, vitamin C and quercetin reinforce each other.
Vitamin C makes quercetin last longer, and quercetin prevents vitamin C from breaking down. ...
Al Sears, MD
The Importance of Protein.
If you want to shed pounds and build lean muscle you should eat protein at every meal.
Protein is the only daily essential macronutrient.
Fat is also essential, but you can survive longer without fat than you can without protein. Carbohydrates, the third macronutrient, are completely inessential to your diet. In other words, your body can make whatever carbs it needs on its own.
Quality protein is your single most important nutritional concern.
It's composed of 20 amino acids, eight of which you can't make and must consume.
To be optimally healthy, you must consume all eight of these essential amino acids every day.
Protein is an important component of every cell in your body.
Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. It is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.
But unlike fat and carbohydrates, the body does not store protein, and therefore has no reserve to draw on when it needs a new supply. Over consuming protein actually programs your body to burn fat. It throws on a "metabolic switch" and tells your body that it's okay to burn fat.
Here's why: Your body is not a machine. It's a living, sentient being that makes decisions based on the challenges it faces everyday.
Your body's number one priority is survival.
And protein is your body's most prized power source. Under normal circumstances, your body keeps fat on reserve for one reason: to prevent starvation.
But when your body has more protein than it needs, its survival is not threatened. It then feels "safe" enough to start burning off its fat stores.
Over-consuming protein is one of the easiest, most reliable ways of triggering high-speed fat loss. In addition, you'll guarantee your body has the building blocks it needs for optimum health.
Here's an easy rule-of-thumb for knowing how much protein you need everyday:
Consume one gram of protein for every pound of lean body mass.
Grass-fed beef is one of the best sources of protein you'll find. It's packed with essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. It's also one of the best (and only) sources of CoQ10 and B12.
August 01, 2008 Newsletter
7 Steps to High-Speed Fat Loss.
[My notes are in these brackets.]
Step #1: Power up Your Metabolism with This Vital Nutrient … eating this one food throws a “metabolic switch” that ignites high-speed fat loss – burning your food for calories instead of storing it as body fat.
[Protein]
Step #2: Purge Empty “Energy Robbers” from Your Diet … foods containing these compounds increase your glycemic load, undermining your fat loss goals.
[Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, synthetic sugars, candies, watermelon, french fries, potatoes ]
Step #3: Eat Fats Your Body Can Burn … eliminate from your diet those fats your body stores, and eat more of the fats that your body oxidizes, keeping you lean.
[Olive Oil, Cocount Oil, Sacha Inchi Oil, ..]
Step #4: Ingest Fat-Burning “Catalysts” … these are nature’s fat-loss nutrients – specific minerals that help your body metabolize fat more rapidly.
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Citrus, Soybeans, Apples, Berries, Garlic, ]
Step #5: Teach Your Body Not to Store Fat … a unique exercise program that stops your body from storing fat, helps you lose weight quickly. It doesn’t require endless hours in the gym. And anyone can do it!
[Fast Walking, Jogging in place, Sex, Swimming, Weight Training, bodyweight exercises ]
Step #6: Adjust Your Metabolism to Get Lean and Mean … control your metabolism so you attain – and maintain – your ideal weight and body fat levels.
[Eat breakfast, don't wait to feel starved, don't eat 3 hrs before sleep, .. ]
Step #7: Eat Like a King or Queen and Still Lose Weight … delicious fat-loss foods that let you lose weight while walking away from every meal satisfied and satiated.
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Water, Eggs, EFA's, Oatmeal, Berries, Greens, Whey, Fish, Sweet Potato ]
DELUXE Edition Package:
Our deluxe high-speed fat loss program for only $67.95 – a 39% discount off the regular rate of $112.70.
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2008-10-14
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July 31, 2008 Newsletter
Chocolate and Flavanoid Health Benefits.
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_180
Research has shown how the active ingredients of chocolate can reduce the risk for a host of serious illnesses, including:
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- High blood pressure
- Clogged arteries
- Prostate and lung cancer
- Dementia
- Infectious diseases
- Blood clotting
- Asthma
- Allergies
- Inflammation
- Cirrhosis of the liver
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that cocoa significantly improves blood flow in people suffering from type 2 diabetes. Blood flow problems are some of the most serious health hazards that diabetics face. Left unchecked, their circulation can get so bad that their extremities have to be amputated—and even cause heart attack. ..
Nitric Oxide.
Cocoa’s power to improve blood flow lies in its ability to kick production of nitric oxide (NO) into high gear. Pharmaceutical and other drugs work the same way for male performance. NO causes the linings of your blood vessels to relax and open up, improving circulation, lowering blood pressure, and helping your body to deliver oxygen and other nutrients in the blood more efficiently.
Flavanoids.
Another reason cocoa’s so good for you has to do with a class of chemicals called “flavonoids.” They’re abundant in fruits and vegetables as well as coffee, tea, beer, and red wine. But cocoa has them in the highest concentration.2
Flavonoids are actually poisonous anti-microbials.
Plants make them to guard against attack from microbes and insects.
They also give fruits and vegetables their color, making lemons yellow and some apples red.
For years we thought they were potent antioxidants.
But the latest research shows that’s not true.3 They’re actually poorly absorbed because your body treats them like toxins and tries to get rid of them. This response activates the genes that make something called “Phase II enzymes.” Your body also ramps up production of uric acid.
Together these compounds modify your body’s response to allergens, disable cancer cells and cancer-causing agents, and eliminate other dangerous substances in addition to flushing the flavonoids out of your system.
As far back as the 1600s, .. enjoyed its flavor—they used it to treat angina and heart pain. ..
More good news: you don’t need a lot of flavonoids to get the benefit. Five to nine servings of fruits and vegetable a day will do the trick.
As for COCOA, don’t reach for regular commercial brands.
They’re usually packed with bad fat and artificial sugar that cancel out the health benefit. Dark chocolate bars, with 70-80 percent cocoa, are the best sources of flavonoids (go for organic brands if you can; you can find them in most health food stores). They can be a little bitter but have a rich chocolate taste and contain healthy fat.
I recommend enjoying about 2 to 3 ounces about 3 times a week.
Chemically exposed males lose attraction to females.
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_181
Commercial produce laced with pesticides may make it harder for men to attract women.
A team of reproductive biologists at the University of Austin ran a study on sexual behavior using rats exposed to a fungicide commonly used by grape growers.1 One group continued to receive a normal diet without toxins. They injected the other group with the pesticide, separated the females from the males with a wire mesh barrier, and then observed them to see if they continued to mate normally.
What they found was surprising and very interesting to me:
the female rats wound up being less sexually interested in males who’d been exposed—and their descendants. But their response to the healthy males remained unchanged.
The strange thing is that poisoned males and their offspring showed no difference in sexual appetite. And there wasn’t any visible damage to the reproductive systems of either group. The female rats could tell something was wrong with the exposed males, even though they couldn’t see it.
This led the researchers to the conclusion that there was something more lasting and dangerous going on. They speculated that the pesticide may have turned off or damaged the gene that helps males win females over. They speculated that the same problem may be showing up in humans.
This is just the latest in a series of studies that show just how damaging toxins in the environment can be to your sex life. We already know that there are hundreds — possibly thousands — of these “sex offender” chemicals in everything from household products to electronics, clothing, furniture, plastic bags, and even the water supply.
Your body absorbs them through the skin, so there isn’t much you can do to stop them once you’ve been exposed. They can disrupt your hormonal balance, trigger the early onset of puberty in young people, make men more feminine, increase the risk of reproductive cancers in both men and women, and even make men sterile.
What makes this study unique is we’re now learning that the extent of the damage goes further than we thought. It isn’t just a question of reproductive health. It suggests that these “enviro-toxins” can permanently alter your physiology at the genetic level. That makes the problem even harder to treat — and puts your descendants in jeopardy, since they’ll inherit your damaged genetic material.
It also means there’s a lot more at stake than sexual activity and pleasure.
If people become less interested in sex, the future of entire nations may be in jeopardy, since a lot of men and women won’t find attractive partners or have children.
This may be one of the reasons why birth rates in industrialized nations have fallen dramatically over the past several decades. Women in countries where these toxins are prevalent may simply be losing interest in a large segment of the population of available men.
To take just one example, birth rates across Europe are falling fast.
In Italy, demographers worry that the population could drop by a third by 2050. In Poland, the population’s decreased by half a million people over the past six years. Many of these countries are actually passing legislation to pay women to have children.2 Dwindling populations mean fewer working-age people to fuel the economy and take care of the elderly from prior generations.
Here are a few surefire ways to reduce or eliminate your exposure to these “gender-bending” chemicals:
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Try to limit your diet to minimally processed foods
— especially meats, which tend to accumulate a lot of pesticides and other dangerous toxins. Free-range organic chickens and grass-fed beef are free of most toxins. Wild-caught fish are safe, although some larger fish contain pesticides and heavy metals like mercury. Avoid all “farm-raised” fish, as these are heavily exposed to pesticides. Deep-sea fish like cod, halibut, mackerel, and sardines are your best bet.
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If you don’t have access to organic meats, trim the fat off anything you bring home from your local grocery store. Many of the worst chemicals are stored in the fat of the animal.
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Same goes for fruits and vegetables.
If there aren’t any organic options near you, wash all produce thoroughly and consider removing the peels from certain fruits, like apples, since a lot of the toxins are stored here.
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Buy household products made from natural ingredients and free from synthetic industrial compounds. These are widely available in stores and on line.
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Get a high-quality water filter.
Pesticides find their way into many municipal water systems.
Incidentally, if you’re still skeptical, reconsider this: one group of government experts estimated that the average American is carrying around 700 chemicals in their bodies.3 And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screened 2,500 Americans for 148 different chemicals known to cause cancer, disrupt hormonal balance, and inflict lasting nerve damage. They found amounts of all of them in the bloodstreams of everyone tested.
2008-08-10 Newsletter:
Low Thyroid Problems.
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Thyroid problems are so common they’re epidemic.
And it’s probably the number one misdiagnosed health concern today.
At least 20% of women have trouble with it… and at least 10% of men.
Your thyroid gland produces hormones that control your metabolism and hundreds of other critical functions. When it doesn’t do its job, energy crashes and a sluggish metabolism are just a few of the problems you’ll experience. ...
What's the real deal on milk? Here's my take.
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_170
Milk is (was) one of Nature's most nutritious foods.
It's packed with vitamins A, D, B6, B12, E, as well as calcium, beta-carotene, protein, life-giving enzymes, beneficial bacteria, and the right balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids you need, including conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA-an essential fat that's great for your heart, brain, nervous system, and overall health.
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It wasn't unusual even up until the late nineteenth century for folks in this country to keep their own cow for milk. Then "pasteurization" and "homogenization" came along as the population grew and demand for milk increased. It enabled dairy farms to sell milk in quantity across great distances without having it spoil.
This is where the problems started.
When you force raw milk through metal pipes at high temperature-pasteurize it-or through tiny holes at extremely high pressure-homogenize it-what you get is a lot less healthy product.
Pasteurizing and homogenizing dissolve healthy enzymes, eliminate a lot of the vitamin content, denature fragile milk proteins, destroy vitamin B12 and vitamin B6, kill beneficial bacteria, and make it easier for bad kinds of bacteria to flourish.
These process also make the healthy fat and cholesterol in milk more susceptible to rancidity and oxidation, and some research indicates that homogenized fats may contribute to heart disease.1
Commercial milk comes from grain-fed cows.
Cows were never meant to eat grains.
The result is an imbalance in fats and nutrients in their meat-and milk.
And of course they're pumped full of hormones and antibiotics.
They eat grains laced with pesticides. They're diseased animals. All of that stuff gets concentrated in their milk. In fact, back in 2004 the USDA performed tested a random number of commercial milk brands and found residues of seriously toxic pesticides in every single one.2
The obvious solution to the problem would be to get raw milk.
But it's illegal in twenty-two states. Luckily, there's another option.
Here's what I do: I go with organic milk from grass-fed cows.
It's not as nutritious as raw milk, but it's far more nutritious than its commercial counterpart.
A new study out of Britain found that even when it's pasteurized and homogenized, organic, grass-fed milk beats commercial milk by a country mile.
It contains:
- 67 percent more overall antioxidant and vitamin content
- 60 percent more CLA9, one of the most beneficial forms of CLA, ..
- 39 percent omega-3s
- 32 percent less omega-6s
..You also want to choose "whole" milk.
You will not be doing yourself any favors by choosing low-fat or fat-free milk. It turns out that when the fat is taken out of the milk all that's left are the milk sugars which actually make it high glycemic.
In fact, here's a tidbit for you:
pig farmers give their pigs low-fat milk because they know it makes them fat.
So, stick to whole, organic milk.
It's becoming much easier to find these days. You can find it in health food stores and the organic departments of many grocery stores. You can find raw dairy organic, grass-fed cheeses and butter.
Is Brain Chemistry Making You Sick?
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_184
If you and your doctor are overlooking this key nutrient,
it could be preventing you from getting well. It helps to:
- Maintain growth, health, and repair from injury at the cellular level
- Insure proper liver function and prevent liver disease, including cirrhosis
- Fight toxins in the body
- Relieve pain
- Regulate mood, sleep, memory, and overall brainpower
This last function is the one that’s so important to keeping a healthy outlook while trying to get well. I’m talking about S-adenosyl methionine, or SAMe (pronounced “sam-eee”). SAMe is a “co-enzyme,” which means that it enables other chemical compounds to perform a number of essential functions. SAMe is one of the main building blocks your brain needs to produce neurotransmitters, chemical compounds brain cells need to send and receive signals.
SAMe raises levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Dopamine enhances learning, memory, motivation, and even helps with attention and sleep.
It’s also the key to experiencing pleasure and maintaining an overall sense of well being and a good mood.
This is something most folks don’t know about when they get sick.
No matter what the physical cause of your illness may be, staying motivated, positive, and focused on getting better is one of the keys to restoring your health and wellness.
And there’s scientific evidence going back decades that proves SAMe’s ability to help boost mood — even fight serious depression. In one study of 15 patients hospitalized for major depression, SAMe acted as a safe, effective anti-depressant that produced results quickly, with few side effects.
Another “meta-analysis” of eleven major studies looking at SAMe as a treatment for depression found that it gave sufferers real relief.
SAMe’s also a potent painkiller.
For instance, some of the latest research indicates that you can skip dangerous drugs for arthritis and go for SAMe instead. A recent study looked at 56 people with arthritis of the knee over 16 weeks. One group took the COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex (which poses a serious risk of heart attack and stroke) while the other took SAMe. Researchers found that SAMe was as effective as Celebrex at eliminating pain.
During your youth, you have healthy levels of SAMe throughout your body.
The problem is that as you age, your body makes less of it. This may explain why younger folks bounce back from difficult experiences more easily—they’ve got higher levels of dopamine and a higher pain threshold than adults.
In my own practice, I’ve found that many of my adult patients have left a health problem untreated for too long because they feel depressed or run down from the pain they’re in. SAMe’s an effective, safe, natural way to eliminate the problem and get them motivated to get well.
You can find it in most health food stores or drug stores.
I recommend taking 200 mg per day for at least two weeks. From there I’ll sometimes increase the dose gradually to 400 mg if I’m not seeing results. The only side effects to watch out for are an upset stomach or a skin rash, but these are rare.
Why Cholesterol Will Make You Live Better, Longer.
Your body needs a good supply of cholesterol. Even LDL, which you’ve been told “bad cholesterol” is needed by your body. I can prove that LDL is critical for fighting infection in your body. And there’s proof that people with low LDL are more vulnerable to infection. This sometimes can be fatal.
The truth is if you follow modern medicine’s advice on cholesterol, you may as well be playing Russian roulette with a loaded gun. Drive your cholesterol levels down and you put yourself at greater risk for cancer, major depression, chronic illness, fatigue, low sex drive, broken bones and weakened muscles, and brain disorders.
.. health benefits, including:
- protect you from heart attack
- ward off infectious disease and help destroy life-threatening microbial invaders
- boost mood and brainpower
- maintain optimal functioning of your nervous system
- strengthen muscles
- prevent cancer
- help your body to absorb vital nutrients
- regulate proper hormone production, including the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen, and optimize reproductive health and fertility
- shorten your body’s recovery time from injury
- optimize metabolism
... the evidence is overwhelming that people with high cholesterol levels not only suffer fewer heart attacks—they’re also less likely to die from all causes than people with low cholesterol.
The first hint emerged almost two decades ago, when a researcher at the Yale Department of Cardiovascular Medicine was surprised to find that people over 70 with very low cholesterol levels were twice as likely to die from heart failure.1
... Absolutely no correlation exists between cholesterol and heart attack risk.2 People with high cholesterol had a lower overall mortality rate those with low cholesterol, period. In fact the study showed that cholesterol protects against hardening of the arteries—and wards off infectious disease.
... it’s a powerful immune booster.
It helps your body guard against cold, flu, and even more serious illnesses like staph infection.
For instance, LDL cholesterol — the so-called “bad kind” — binds to dangerous bacterial toxins and helps your body eliminate them. If your cholesterol levels are too low — from taking a statin drug like Lipitor, for instance — you’re putting your health in jeopardy. ...
The science proves it. In 19 studies of more than 68,000 deaths, people with the lowest cholesterol numbers had the highest mortality rate from gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases.
A similar look at the health profiles of 100,000 people over 15 years found that those most frequently admitted to the hospital with an infectious disease … had the lowest cholesterol levels from the beginning of the study onwards.3
Even individuals who already suffer from serious health problems benefit from cholesterol. One study of patients on dialysis showed that those with higher cholesterol levels had a significantly higher survival rate than the low cholesterol group. ...
Cholesterol’s a critical component of every cell membrane in your body.
It serves as your cells’ “skin,” preventing bad stuff from getting in and maintaining their internal strength. Your body also uses cholesterol to repair itself. In fact, you’ll find high concentrations of cholesterol...in scar tissue.
Your brain’s rich in cholesterol; it’s one of the main compounds that keep it functioning properly. It’s critical to boosting memory and brainpower. Your entire nervous system needs it to function normally.
(Cholesterol) helps your brain absorb serotonin, the “feel-good” neurotransmitter, which is why abnormally low cholesterol levels can often lead to memory loss, depression, “brain fog,” and lowered sex drive (again, commonly reported side effects of statin drugs like Lipitor and Mevacor).
Cholesterol’s also one of the basic building blocks for a number of critical hormones. Your adrenal glands need loads of it to produce the hormones that enable your body to metabolize and regulate blood sugar and mineral absorption. You also wouldn’t be able to make testosterone or estrogen without it.
This means that cholesterol lies at the core of healthy metabolism, muscle strength and power, optimum organ function, sex drive, and virility.
Cholesterol plays a critical role in enabling your body to absorb fat-soluble vitamins, including A, D, E, and K. Taken together, these nutrients are responsible for the optimal health and functioning of nearly every system in your body.
Vitamin D is one of Nature’s most potent cancer fighters and the key strong bones, balanced insulin levels, good mood—and a healthy heart. Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant, and vitamin E is crucial to preserving your eyesight as you age.
And you already know about its immune-strengthening benefits...
What You Should Really Watch Out For
.. Chronic inflammation is your heart’s worst enemy. ..
We’ve known for years that inflammation of the tissue that lines your arteries (the “endothelium”) is the main cause of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Endothelial damage leads to the build-up of arterial plaque—a substance made up of bad stuff that gets trapped in damaged tissue, including triglycerides, waste from cellular metabolism, and calcium.
As plaque builds up over time, it blocks the flow of vital nutrients and oxygen to the rest of your body, including your heart. Starve your heart of oxygen and pretty soon you’ll have a heart attack.
Plaque build-up around damaged arterial tissue can also cause small ruptures that lead to blood clots. These clots can eventually starve the heart of oxygen by blocking blood flow. And if they break free, they can do damage elsewhere, interfering with your heart’s pumping action—or going to your brain and causing a stroke.
So the main thing you want to keep an eye on is not your cholesterol levels. You want to have your doctor check for signs of an inflammatory response in your body.
Inflammation of the arterial linings happens for two main reasons. ..
(One is) … infectious disease.
You know that your body responds to foreign invaders by unleashing an army of white blood cells to surround and destroy them. As they attack harmful bacteria and other microorganisms, white blood cells also release a class of hormones called “cytokines.”
Cytokines kick your immune system into high alert, signaling for “reinforcements” of white blood cells to help combat diseases. Unfortunately, they also cause an inflammatory response across your entire body — including the delicate linings of your arteries.
This is why people who don’t floss regularly are at greater risk for atherosclerosis and heart attack. The bacteria that colonize the area below your gum line unleash a continuous, low-level flow of toxins into your bloodstream. If they’re not cleared out, your immune system responds, causing the inflammation that can eventually lead to arterial damage.
It turns out that the presence of cytokines is directly linked to the risk of fatal heart attack. German researchers looked at over 150 patients suffering from chronic heart failure. They found that high concentrations of cytokines in the bloodstream were the strongest predictor of death.6
A (2nd) major cause of chronic inflammation is free radical damage.
You already know about the power of antioxidants—they neutralize these breakaway molecules that would otherwise attach themselves to healthy cells and do “radical” harm by disrupting proper function, even damaging DNA.
When this happens, it’s called “oxidative stress.”
With enough free radicals running rampant through your body, your arterial walls suffer damage.
Not only that — free radicals are what turn otherwise harmless substances into plaque. This is one of the most important facts about cholesterol and fat that most doctors still don’t get. These natural compounds by themselves are not only harmless. They’re essential to good health.
But when free radicals get a hold of them, it’s a different story.
Cholesterol doesn’t build up in your blood vessels. It’s oxidized cholesterol that binds to damaged arterial tissue and becomes part of the plaque that leads to heart attack.
Homocysteine.
A final marker of heart disease risk is an amino acid called homocysteine.
This is a natural byproduct of cellular metabolism that most doctors don’t usually mention. Every cell in your body makes it as they turn fuel into energy. It gets dumped into your bloodstream afterwards. Think of it as “cellular waste.”
It just so happens that homocysteine irritates the lining of blood your vessels. Excess homocysteine leads to a chronic inflammatory response that will keep your blood vessels from opening up, or “dilating,” properly. Over time, it can cause atherosclerosis.
Four Factors for True Heart Health
1. Keep your cholesterol test results in perspective.
The bottom line is your total cholesterol levels aren’t much use in predicting your risk of heart disease. What does matter is that your HDL level—the “good” kind of cholesterol—is high enough. If it’s around 85, then it doesn’t matter if your total cholesterol is 150 or 350. Boosting HDL is a cinch. A combination of regular exercise and dietary changes are all you need. Eating more lean meats (either red or white) is a great way to raise your HDL naturally.
2. Stop inflammation.
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a good indicator of inflammation and an excellent predictor of heart disease. A simple blood test can measure your levels. The good news is that if you have elevated levels there are simple things you can do to lower them.
The best thing you can do to keep levels low is exercise.
Studies show that just moderate exercise lowers CRP levels. In people who just exercised a small amount five times a week CRP levels were cut by 30%.7
3. Supplements.
I also recommend some heart-saving supplements to my patients such as L-arginine, folic acid, and antioxidants such vitamin E and vitamin C.
500 milligrams of L-arginine daily will help improve blood flow and dilate blood vessels in the ling of the heart, and support heart and muscle growth. You can also get L-arginine in food sources such red meat, fish, chicken, beans, nuts and chocolate. ...
Here are six powerhouses ...
- Vitamin C – 3,000 mg (in divided doses)
- Carotenoids – 2,500 IUs
- Vitamin E – 400 mg of mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols
- CoQ10 – 200 mg, or 50 mg of reduced CoQ10 (Accel)
- Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) – 100 mg
- Lutein – 20 mg
- Lycopene – 20 mg
Unfortunately, when your antioxidant system fails homocysteine levels build in your blood. And, homocysteine is the biggest risk factor for heart attack and stroke. So it is critical that you …
4. Keep your homocysteine levels in check.
A simple blood test will give you an accurate reading, although your doctor probably won’t run it unless you ask. A level above 10.4 mM/L is abnormally high. I generally shoot for a goal of below 7 with my patients.
Lowering your homocysteine is also a simple matter of getting the right supplements. Here’s what I give my patients (amounts are daily):
- Vitamin B12 – 500 mcg
- Folic Acid – 800 mcg
- Vitamin B6 – 25 mg
- Riboflavin (B2) – 25 mg
- TMG (trimethylglyceine) – 500 mg
Puberty Should Wait until It’s Time.
In our mixed-up modern world chock full of additives and pollutants, pre-teens are going through puberty too early.
Adults are struggling with infertility.
Elders are having menopause and andropause complicated by exposure to pollutants. Toxic chemicals poison our food and our everyday environment, so much so that their effects are almost inescapable. ...
If you're a parent, no doubt you've noticed puberty is coming earlier than it did when you went through it. The culprits are industrially produced hormones and chemical compounds. Through exposure to these "enviro-toxins," the natural hormone levels in children's bodies are being disrupted, causing premature development in boys and girls.
Children who go through puberty too soon are more likely to have sex earlier, suffer from behavioral problems, and run a greater risk of pregnancy. They are also are more likely to drink and smoke, and to commit suicide. Other risks come later in life, including infertility and an increased danger of getting breast and ovarian cancer.
Here are my ten steps to reducing a child's exposure to toxins. ..
- Make your family's diet as organic as possible.
For the most part, grass-fed beef and free-range organic chickens are toxin-free. While some larger fish contain heavy metals like mercury, small wild-caught fish are safe. Treat yourself to wild salmon, cod, halibut, mackerel, and sardines.
- If you have trouble finding organic meats, trim the fat off.
Many of the worst chemicals are stored in the fat of the animal.
- Eat organic fruits and vegetables whenever possible.
Be sure to wash those that aren't organic thoroughly, or peel off the skin.
- Try to avoid foods packaged in plastic,
or remove the packaging as soon as you get home.
- Buy a high-quality water filter.
Pesticides find their way into many municipal water systems.
- Choose clothing with natural fibers.
Your skin can absorb toxins from manmade fibers.
- Avoid non-stick or plastic cookware.
Stainless steel, cast iron, and glassware are all safe.
- Buy household products made from natural and organic ingredients.
These are widely available in stores and online.
- Purify the air in your home with plants.
Common household plants can filter dangerous chemicals from new carpets or curtains.
How to Protect and Enhance Your Power to Conceive
Our modern lifestyle puts both men and women in danger of losing the chance to have children. One study showed that sperm counts in American men dropped by 50% from what they were in the late 1930s.1 Another study reported that the cases of infertility increased considerably between 1982 and 1995 in all reproductive-age groups, with the biggest increase in women under 25.2
What’s robbing men and women of the chance to share in life's most precious gift? For starters, estrogen found in hormone-fed beef and in plastic bottles can lead to infertility by reducing sperm counts in men and by causing endometriosis, ovarian cysts, fibroid tumors, and cancer in women. Pesticide run-off in our tap water also shrinks sperm counts.3 And foods rich in trans fat and partially hydrongenated vegetable oil.
Other environmental factors have been shown to be harmful to women's fertility, such as cigarette smoke, lead, radiation, by-products from water chlorination, and paints and solvents containing ethylene glycol ethers.4 Reduce your exposure to products containing these toxins, and be sure to purify your water.
Conceive More Easily with Super Nutrients
Reducing excess estrogen can be done naturally.
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and radishes are rich in I3C (indole-3-carbinol). In your stomach, this compound is broken down into DIM (diindolylmethane), which helps to flush your system of estrogen and other cancer causing steroids. Plan your meals ahead of time in order to include at least one serving of cruciferous vegetables a day.
Here are my recommendations for women.
- Folic acid is a core nutrient in enhancing fertility. Taken along with other B vitamins, it helps to maintain a healthy cervix and regulate hormones.
- Iron is vital in supplying blood to the developing fetus. Make sure you have your ferritin and complete blood count levels measured before taking iron as a supplement.
- Vitamin C is a tonic for a healthy menstrual cycle.
- A prenatal vitamin formula is important during pregnancy as well before conception.
- The herb Tribulus terrestris helps to create fruitful ovulatory cycles.
- Chasteberry increases the chance of pregnancy in women who lack adequate progesterone, the hormone that supports gestation.
- Natural progesterone applied in cream form to the vagina can aid in conception and can improve the out come of pregnancies.5
For men, here are some fertility enhancing nutrients I recommend.
- Zinc helps the body create healthy sperm.
- Antioxidants: (Selenium, Vitamins A, C and E)
aid in sperm movement, otherwise known as motility, raising the possibility of conception.
- Glutathione and Arginine aids in sperm motility.
- CoQ10-H2™
CoQ10 increases sperm motility in infertile men, betters fertilization rates, and raises sperm counts.
- Carnitine helps to create healthy and active sperm.
- Panax Ginseng reduces levels of prolactin, a hormone which inhibits fertility and increases sperm count and motility.
- Pygeum africanum helps sperm survival and motility once it has left the man's body.6
I caution you to limit your intake of Tribulus terrestris, chasteberry, Panax ginseng and Pygeum africanum to periods of four to six weeks at a time. Then take a break. I don't recommend taking herbal supplements over long periods.
Also for many men in my practice, in addition to taking the nutrients, I suggest adding a DIM supplement to a diet rich in cruciferous vegetables. That way, they flush out excess estrogen even if they miss out on a serving of broccoli or Brussels sprouts. I use 100 to 400 mg of DIM daily. ...
RES3 .. if you could “switch on your antiaging gene”, 2008-08-22
We first discovered evidence of this “longevity gene” twenty years ago. It’s activated by caloric restriction. Researchers found that giving mice reduced calories increased their lifespan dramatically.
Later studies revealed this effect wasn’t limited to mice:
Calorie-restricted diets produced similar results across the board, from single celled organisms to mammals.2
Sirtuins:
Recently we found an explanation in a family of life-protecting genes called sirtuins (“silent information regulator proteins”). Sirtuins kick in under conditions of severe stress, bringing about a miraculous transformation.
They transmit signals to every cell in your body that literally cancel out the effects of aging. The process that leads to cell death slow to a crawl, buying your body more time to repair the DNA damage that brings life to an end.
This sounds great, but keep in mind that caloric restriction brings your daily calorie intake down to near starvation levels. Not exactly the kind of diet you can stick to.
The problem stumped scientists for years:
How to “wake up” sleeping sirtuin genes (without caloric restriction)… Now we know these genes can be awakened and called upon to change your body in the course of a single lifetime – safely and naturally.
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Resveratrol:
You can activate it with a the nutrient resveratrol.
Switch on the Good … Turn off the Bad …
Some of the good anti-aging genes that get “switched on” with resveratrol are genes that:
- Suppress aberrant cellular proliferation (prevents cancerous cells from multiplying…)
- Induce DNA repair (fixes damaged chromosomes…)
- Enable insulin to assist glucose uptake into cells (normalizes blood sugar…)
- Facilitate production of beneficial high-density lipoprotein or HDL.
(Ramps up good cholesterol…)
Some of the bad genes that get “switched off” with resveratrol are genes that:
- Boost production of potentially harmful low-density lipoproteins or LDL
(creates more of the bad cholesterol…)
- Override normal patterns regulating cell division
(cuts off your body’s ability to regulate healthy cell production…)
- Promote excess production of insulin and inflammation
(causing fat gain, swelling and joint pain…)
- Interfere with apoptosis (programmed cell death) of cancer cells
(allows the bad or cancerous cells to grow without limits…)
Resveratrol shifts your cells into high gear, stimulating them to perform a variety of activities that promote health and longevity. It also has the remarkable capacity to halt cell “malfunctions” that can be lethal, like tumor growth.
Resveratrol also acts as a potent antioxidant, binding with “free radicals,” the molecules that cause cell damage and lead to death over time. And its power to enhance and prolong your life goes way beyond anti-aging. You could even say it’s nature’s wonder drug.
Other benefits include:
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Increased insulin sensitivity, helping your body burn and release fat and protecting against high blood pressure, obesity and heart problems.
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Lower blood sugar, your best way to normalize blood glucose.
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Enhanced mitochondrial energy production
(the mitochondria are the tiny power plants inside each of your cells…)
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Improved motor function, including balance and coordination.
Resveratrol actually improves your quality of life, by boosting your physical abilities. You would expect these daily skills to decline as you get older, right? Wrong. During the test of balance and coordination, those taking resveratrol made steady improvement as they aged.
... when you combine resveratrol with two of its most powerful siblings, you get a formula capable of real transformation. ...
Not content to simply offer you the mighty power of resveratrol on its own, I added EGCG (green tea extract) and SOD ((superoxide dismutase)the most potent antioxidant your body makes on its own).
Green tea extract:
- Zaps harmful free radicals.
- Reduces inflammation (easing joint pain and stiffness).
- Repairs damaged DNA, leaving cells stable and healthy.
- Boosts your exercise capacity by up to 30%.
- Is 25 to 100 times more potent than vitamins C and E.
- Wards off the problems that come with aging like cataracts and autoimmune disorders.
Green tea helps prevent your body’s cells from becoming damaged and prematurely aged. And like resveratrol, EGCG activates the genetic pathways that allow for a younger, healthier body. ...
Here’s another genetic miracle:
All the chemicals and toxins in your environment – like dioxins, some PCBs, and some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – cause their damaging effects through the molecular pathway that green tea shuts down!
SOD (superoxide dismutase).
– the third element in my super-antioxidant formula – is the most powerful antioxidant your body has. Antioxidants that come from vitamins and food sources pale in comparison. SOD is the “master guardian” of your body’s immune system and is your number one primary antioxidant. ...
It’s so vital, production of SOD starts when you’re in the womb.
In one study, genetically engineered mice whose bodies couldn’t make their own SOD died in just days from massive free radical damage.
... antioxidants come from two places, your body and your diet.
The ones your body can make – like SOD (superoxide dismutase) – are the primary antioxidants and the most powerful. Secondary antioxidants are the ones you get from your diet or supplements like CoQ10, Vitamin E, etc. ...
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Click the link below to get RES-3 now. I’ll send your FREE report How to Activate Your Longevity Gene right away. ...
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2008-08-26 E-mail NOTE:
Accel sold out again. ...
I remember when I had to tell some patients to take 400-mg of the old CoQ10 every 8 hours to keep their blood levels high enough. It worked but it was a very expensive option. They could easily go through a couple of bottles a week.
With Accel, most people can get all the anti-aging power with just one caplet a day. That makes the miracle of CoQ10 available to you at a fraction of the cost. ...
The Importance of Protein.
If you want to shed pounds and build lean muscle you should eat protein at every meal.
Protein is the only daily essential macronutrient.
Fat is also essential, but you can survive longer without fat than you can without protein. Carbohydrates, the third macronutrient, are completely inessential to your diet. In other words, your body can make whatever carbs it needs on its own.
Quality protein is your single most important nutritional concern.
It's composed of 20 amino acids, eight of which you can't make and must consume. To be optimally healthy, you must consume all eight of these essential amino acids every day.
Protein is an important component of every cell in your body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. It is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.
But unlike fat and carbohydrates, the body does not store protein, and therefore has no reserve to draw on when it needs a new supply. Over consuming protein actually programs your body to burn fat. It throws on a "metabolic switch" and tells your body that it's okay to burn fat.
Here's why: Your body is not a machine.
It's a living, sentient being that makes decisions based on the challenges it faces everyday.
Your body's number one priority is survival.
And protein is your body's most prized power source. Under normal circumstances, your body keeps fat on reserve for one reason: to prevent starvation.
But when your body has more protein than it needs, its survival is not threatened. It then feels "safe" enough to start burning off its fat stores.
Over-consuming protein is one of the easiest, most reliable ways of triggering high-speed fat loss. In addition, you'll guarantee your body has the building blocks it needs for optimum health.
Here's an easy rule-of-thumb for knowing how much protein you need everyday:
Consume one gram of protein for every pound of lean body mass.
Grass-fed beef is one of the best sources of protein you'll find. It's packed with essential amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. It's also one of the best (and only) sources of CoQ10 and B12.
The Best Cure for Pain...
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_187b
.. aspirin can interfere with your body’s ability to absorb vitamin C? It may alleviate some of your pain, but it’s also robbing you of a powerful immune booster and antioxidant, especially if you take it regularly.
Aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol®), ibuprofen (Motrin®) and naproxen (Aleve®), all lead to serious health problems in studies – most of which, you never hear about. To take a recent example, a study out of the Harvard School of Medicine tracked the use of OTC painkillers among 16,031 male health professionals over a four-year period. Those who took Tylenol® six or seven days a week had a 34 percent greater risk of high blood pressure compared to non-users.
Those who took aspirin had a 26 percent greater risk and those who took NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) had a 38 percent higher risk. The more pills they took, the higher the risk. Those who took between 6 and 14 pills a week, raised their risk of high blood pressure by 53 percent (acetaminophen) and 32 percent (aspirin). Did your doctor tell you this?
Chronic high blood pressure can lead to kidney damage, stroke, and heart attack. This is a sobering fact, especially when you consider that many doctors suggest people over 65 should take aspirin regularly as a way to prevent heart disease.
What modern medicine’s misguided approach fails to take into account is that the underlying cause of chronic pain—inflammation—can result from a variety of conditions related to diet, environmental factors, even household products. And as they do harm to your body, these pain drugs don’t do anything to address those conditions.
In my own medical practice, I opt for natural traditional treatments that work with your body to relieve pain, like white willow bark, ginger, and natural sulfurs.
I also recently came across an expert in pain management whose treatments provide real and lasting pain relief—without endangering your health. His name is Jesse Cannone, (CFT, CPRS, MFT), and I’ve found that his take on dealing with pain jibes with my own work. ...
- Eat a healthy organic diet.
To heal chronic pain disorders, you must receive adequate and balanced levels of (1) macronutrients—complex carbohydrates, proteins, fats; (2) fiber; (3) micronutrients—vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. Without the right amounts of all three your detoxification system breaks down, leaving you vulnerable to toxins, heavy metals and dangerous chemicals in your personal environment (all of which contribute to chronic pain).
- Filter your water and air:
Water pollution has been shown to have significant health implications ranging from ailments to neurological damage. Air filtering is also important as we spend 80 to 90% of our time indoors. A recent study pointed out that chemical pollutants in indoor dust and air have been associated with cancer, allergy, asthma and damage to the nervous system
My advice is to skip the drugs and treat the real culprit behind pain.
For more information on Jesse’s natural therapy for pain, click HERE.
http://www.losethebackpain.com/fibromyalgiafix.html
[... Jim tried everything—NSAIDs, physical therapy, exercises, cortisone injections—nothing worked. Sound familiar?
In an exam with Dr. Greg Fors, Jim discovered that a hidden metabolic problem was at the root of his pain. Through a simple therapy the doctor taught Jim to do for himself, and a couple of life-style changes to re-balance the metabolic issue, Jim's pain healed completely. ...
"The vast majority of drugs—more than 90%—only work in 30 to 50% of the people who take them."
I don't know about you, but I don't want to put my liver or kidneys through the ringer experimenting with drugs when even the manufacturer says 9 out 10 drugs DO NOT work up to 70% of the time. ..
Now, inflammation in and of itself isn't a bad thing. It's really a healing response to some type of injury or infection. Certain mechanisms (called prostaglandins) turn the inflammation on when there's an assault on your tissues then turn it off when the injury or infection heals.
Sometimes, however, this healing response doesn't get turned off all the way, so you wind up with systemic inflammation that hangs on long after the original problem has healed. Eventually the inflammation can turn chronic and then you're on a slippery slope to a chronic pain syndrome. ..
"Use less Cosmetics, Suffer less Fibromyalgia" published in Women's Health, March 2004, tells us that by the time the average woman steps out of her house in the morning she has exposed herself to more than 126 different toxic chemicals through her personal care and beauty products.
A long term controlled trial with 48 women who suffer with fibromyalgia found that their symptoms significantly decreased when they reduced the use of cosmetics. ...
.. the use of chemical-laden household cleaners and personal care products. These emit volatile organic compounds that are recognized carcinogens, suspected hormone disruptors, and toxic to respiratory and reproductive/development systems. ..
- Reality: Clarifies why conventional medicine is not the best way ..
- The Problem .. chronic pain and chronic disease, and .. inflammation .
- The Fallacy .. most chronic pain and disease .. from the foods you eat ..
- Fascia: what it is and why it can become chronically painful
- Chronic Inflammation: .. free radicals, oxidative stress .. metabolic balance
- Sweetness: .. sugar addiction drives pain disorders
- effects .. environmental toxins have on our bodies
- Neurologically: .. how metabolic imbalance blows into painful trigger points ..
- Myofascial Pain Syndromes: .. strategies to eliminate trigger points ..
- .. a healing diet for chronic pain disorders
- Spice .. how to heal your pain with everyday herbs
- Maldigestion, Food Alergies and Dysbiosis: .. how to reverse poor digestion
- Enhance Detoxification and Energy Production: Gives you specific steps ..
- Chronic Regional Pain to Fibromyalgia: .. in your brain and spinal cord
- The Body/Mind Connection to Pain and Suffering: Confirms the sources ..
- Wisdom's Path to Healing: .. spiritual strategies for long-term health
- Forgiveness and Gratitude: .. open yourself to true happiness and (peace)
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... bilberry help your night vision, it increases healthy circulation in your eye’s tiny capillaries and gives you optimum support for your retina and surrounding eye tissues.
To get the best night vision and recovery time from glare, you need to use an extract that has a high percentage of something called anthocyanosides. This is where bilberry’s power comes from. I use a 25% extraction, the highest you can get. ..
Another trick is giving you tiny amounts of the two critical nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin. You may have heard of these powerful carotenoids. Carotenoids are the nutrients that give vegetables their bright colors. ...
Of all the carotenoids in your diet, your macula collects only these two. Their concentration in your retina is so high; your eyes can’t function without them. These pigments act like sunglasses that block and protect your central sight from harmful light rays and the break down of free radicals.
Lutein.
The research shows you need to supplement with at least 12 mg of lutein to see properly. But the more you get, the better you see. My experience with my patients shows that 20 mg of lutein is the optimum dosage.
Zeaxanthin is just as important.
While lutein is found around the outer edges of your macula, zeaxanthin is found at the center. Together, they give you complete protection. ..
My formula gives you a full 1 mg of zeaxanthin.
That may not sound like much, but zeaxanthin is very concentrated. Most other formulas only give you a few hundred micrograms! Remember … a microgram is just 1/1000th of a milligram! ..
- Zinc and copper to help you focus and read fine print…
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- Vitamin C to fight free radicals and prevent oxidative damage in your eyes…
- Lycopene, another powerful antioxidant and free radical fighter…
- L-taurine to strengthen the cells of your retina and protect your lenses from drying out…
- Ginko biloba and vinpocetine to boost healthy blood circulation to your eyes and lower inflammation …
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Bad News for SOY lovers .. infertility.
It’s in thousands of different products … everything from cookies to mayonnaise. You probably ate some today without even realizing it.
The USDA says it’s healthier than protein from meat.
Food makers love it because it’s cheap and easy to process — so much so that the soy industry now provides 71% of the edible fats and oils in our nation’s food supply.1 The FDA says it’s perfectly safe for you to eat.
.. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health discovered that men who regularly ate even small amounts of soy-based foods had 41 million fewer sperm per milliliter than men who didn’t.2
Ironically, the 99 men who took part in the study were already patients at a male fertility clinic who couldn’t get their partners pregnant. Scientists tracked their eating habits for six years, keeping on the lookout for 15 soy-based foods.
It turns out eating as little as four ounces of tofu or drinking a single cup of soy milk every other day caused men’s sperm counts to plummet.
.. Soy is packed with phytoestrogens, plant-based compounds that your body treats just like the female hormone. These belong to a class of “estrogen mimics” that can make men grow “breasts”— fatty deposits that build on top of your pecs — kill your sex drive, even put you at greater risk for prostate cancer. ..
This was the largest study ever to look at human soy consumption and semen quality. Until now, most of the data we had came from animal studies. So it lays to rest the question of whether or not the phytoestrogens in soy can affect male reproductive health in humans.
.. Tofu, natto, and tempeh, all part of the traditional Asian diet, will have the same negative effect as processed soy-derived products like soybean oil.
.. even a little soy goes a long way when it comes to lowering your sperm count. As little as 115 grams, or about four ounces of tofu, amounts to a single serving, depending on your body weight. That’s twice the amount that made men virtually sterile in the study.
Check the label. Soy-based ingredients are hidden in plain sight in a wide variety of foods, from baked goods to salad dressings. Here are the names of the food industry’s favorite soy–based products you should avoid:
- Soy Flour
- Soy Isolate
- Soy Isoflavones
- Soy Protein
- Soybean Oil
- Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
- Vegetable Fat
- Vegetable Oil
- Xanthan Gum
- Zein
But the truth is you don’t need to avoid meat to stay healthy — or manly. In fact, meat from organic, grass-fed sources will help you to shed fat, build lean muscle, and boost overall testosterone and growth hormone levels.
One final point for my skeptical readers: you may be wondering how people in Asian societies where soy’s a dietary staple ever manage to have children if it’s so harmful to male fertility. The answer’s simple. They don’t eat nearly as much soy as you’d think.
Even the soy industry’s own research shows that in places like China, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, people eat only 9.3 to 36 grams per day.3 That’s way below the 115 grams of tofu the men in the study were eating. ..
Cooking with Motor Oil...
There is a food in your home right now whose name translates to Canadian Oil and millions of people use it every day to prepare their family’s meal. Are you?
What’s worse is that the food product is promoted as a healthy alternative to other cooking oils.
Here are a few of the risks my research turned up on one of the commercial food industry’s favorite ingredients:
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Heart lesions
- High blood pressure
- Vitamin deficiencies
- Hemorrhaging
- Free radical damage
- Retarded growth
I’m talking about canola oil.
This is something that’s been marketed for years as a “good” alternative to butter, lard, and other edible fats...but a group of chemists practically made it up from scratch. It isn’t found anywhere in Nature. Chances are you’ve eaten a lot of it without knowing it. You’ll find it in restaurants and kitchens all over the country...and it’s a potential killer.
Meet the Canola Plant.
Think about it: olive oil comes from olives. Peanut oil comes from peanuts. So where does “canola oil” come from?
Here’s a hint: the kind of “plant” it comes from doesn’t need sunlight, soil, or rain to thrive.
The word “canola” is an industry invention.
And once you know where it really comes from, you’ll understand why the industry had to come up with a new name for it.
Canola is an artificial, processed oil made from rapeseed, a flowering plant of the brassica family, which includes cabbage, rutabagas, broccoli and turnips. “Rapeseed” comes from the Latin word for turnip, “rapum.” Not an especially appealing name.
It also turns out that for most of human history people didn’t think of it as an especially appealing food, either.
Asians used rapeseed oil to light their lamps for centuries.
Then during the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, machinists found that it worked well as an engine lubricant. It even played a crucial role in combat operations for the US Naval fleet during World War II.
Today it’s used in all kinds of industries.
It happens to be a great insect repellent.
You’ll also find it in synthetic rubbers, ink, even soap...
Your Salad Dressing Could Be Toxic.
You may be wondering how rapeseed oil turned into “canola” oil—and how it came to be considered a food in the first place.
It all started with the mainstream medical establishment and food industry’s obsession with so-called “bad” fats. Back in the late 70s, they were looking for something to replace corn and soybean oil.
They’d promoted these oils for years as more healthy than traditional fats like butter, lard, or palm oil. But new science was emerging indicating that the oils they were peddling to the public were actually unhealthy.
There were other healthy options available, like olive oil.
But olive oil was too expensive to use because it wasn’t a major crop.
And it doesn’t blend well into most mass-produced, processed foods.
So the industry went looking for something inexpensive, “healthy,” plentiful that would be easy to store, transport, and include in commercial food production.
That’s how rapeseed oil made it onto the industry’s radar screen. It had been widely used in Asian countries. It was cheap, easy to grow, and there was a readily available source nearby, in Canada, where it was farmed in abundance.
Scientists found that it was rich in what they considered healthy vegetable fats, including omega-3. But there was a big problem: two thirds of the fat in rapeseed oil is “erucic acid.” This is a dangerous toxin that can cause deadly heart lesions.
Then in 1978 a few Canadian agricultural specialists figured out how to breed a strain of rapeseed that was low in erucic acid.1 Suddenly, the industry had its new “healthy” alternative. And that’s how it eventually got its name: “canola” stands for “Canadian oil, low acid.”
The problem is that canola doesn’t really resemble the rapeseed oil found in Asia. In places like India and China, they traditionally pre-cooked the seeds before they extracted the oil, and they used stone presses to make it. They sold it soon after they made it, so it was fresh and pure. The process was entirely natural.
Compare that with the industrial processes used to make canola here: high temperature pressing in metal vats; blasting with chemical solvents to remove the oil; bleaching; soaking in acid; and “deodorizing,” since some of the omega-3 in the oil goes rancid and creates a foul odor.
Traces of these chemicals remain in the oil, particularly hexane.
Hexane’s a component of gasoline.
It’s used to make shoes, leather products—even roofing!
Its toxic effects on the body are well known.
It causes nerve damage,2 and the gas emissions from industrial hexane can cause cancer. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency issued regulations on commercial hexane use in 2001 because of the serious cancer risks.3
They Can’t Back Up Their Claims.
One of the problems with all the industry’s health claims about canola is that there are virtually no studies of canola’s effects on humans. But the research done in animal studies paints a grim picture.
Canola has been shown to retard growth and cause heart lesions in rats.4 Newborn piglets fed a formula with canola oil developed a vitamin E deficiency in one study. Vitamin E’s a key ally in overall heart health, protects eyesight, and acts as a powerful antioxidant. They also suffered from sustained bleeding, because a diet high in canola lowered their platelet count (platelets are what help your blood to clot and stop hemorrhaging).5
Another recent study found that canola worsens high blood pressure, and stroke in rats genetically prone to these health conditions.6
Yet we’re still hearing about how good canola is for you.
Millions of Americans are pouring this stuff on their salads or eating foods fried in it, thinking it’s great for their health. They may as well be eating their shoes.
Try This Truly Healthy Oil From Nature, Not Industry
For some reason, the word still hasn’t gotten out on this, but there’s a natural plant-based alternative to canola that’s plentiful, and safe for all kinds of cooking. It’s easily digested, free of toxins... and actually comes with a host of major health benefits.
It’s coconut oil.
I still scratch my head over why this isn’t the best-selling edible oil in the world. The fact is that conclusive clinical evidence of its health-promoting power has been around for over 30 years.
Coconut oil has the power to
- Power overall heart health
- Boost your metabolism
- Raise your antioxidant levels
- Promote weight loss
- Strengthen your immune system
- Stimulate healthy thyroid function
- Maintain healthy cholesterol balance
You can even use it as a skin care product.
It helps to moisturize and keeps your skin elastic, radiant, and youthful.
Unlike canola, coconut oil actually protects the heart by keeping fat and cholesterol in your bloodstream in proper balance. One study looked at native island tribes in the South Pacific whose diets were heavy in coconut oil.7
They had perfect serum lipid and cholesterol profiles at the start of the study. But once they migrated to New Zealand and stopped using coconut oil, their total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol increased, and their HDL cholesterol (the good kind) decreased.
It’s also been shown to ramp up your body’s ability to convert fat into energy, increasing your metabolism and actually helping you to lose weight.
The most recent research also suggests that the natural health-promoting compounds in coconut oil can actually prevent free radical damage.8
Finally, coconut oil contains lauric acid, one of the key building blocks of your immune system and a powerful anti-viral/anti-microbial.
In other words, you should make coconut oil one of the staples in your kitchen. Unlike olive oil, coconut oil’s stable at very high temperatures, so you can put it on salad or fry with it. It won’t start to smoke and burn your food like olive oil
I recommend finding an organic, extra virgin brand at your local health food store or on line. These give you all the health benefits and are free of any industrial contaminants.
Tamarind, Chromium polynicotinate, Hoodia Gordonii,
appetite suppressants. --- 2008-09-24
.. for centuries people in Indonesia, Asia, and Africa have used the Malabar tamarind (Garginia Cambogia) to make food more filling. It works with your body to reduce appetite and shed fat, safely and naturally.
The latest research confirms its hunger suppressing power:
Geneticists discovered that its active ingredient, hydroxycitric acid (HCA), actually switches on the genes that accelerate the breakdown of fat. It also switches off the genes that make you fatter.1
Other researchers took fat tissue from obese women and exposed it to HCA for two weeks. What they found was fascinating: HCA activated genes within fat cells that secrete several key compounds, one that breaks down fat and another that “starves” your fat cells of oxygen.2
It also activated a substance called “leptin” which tells your brain that you’ve eaten enough. This means that you’re shedding the pounds and feeling full without harming your body or altering its nutritional balance.
.. a micronutrient called chromium polynicotinate. Your body needs it in trace amounts to process glucose, the most abundant form of natural sugar.
Chromium polynicotinate, like HCA, operates against weight gain by throwing a number of genetic “switches.”3 In a recent animal study, scientists found that it had the power to activate four muscle-specific genes that tell “pre-adipocytes,” pre-cursors of fat cells, to turn into muscle instead of fat.
It also turned off two genes that make brown fat, the hardest kind of fat to shed. Even more interesting, chromium polynicotinate powers down the gene that provides antioxidant support to your fat cells. This means it literally accelerates fat cell death while letting other types of cells thrive.
Together these two natural compounds zero in on fat, starve it of nutrients and break it down, and reduce your appetite by signaling to your brain that you’ve had enough to eat.
The problem is most doctors and nutritional experts don’t know about them—or where to get them. There are a few supplements on the market that offer HCA and chromium polynicotinate in varying amounts. But it’s hard to know for certain whether you’re getting them in their purest form.
I’ve just completed my own appetite suppressant formula that contains both of these genetic boosts, plus extracts of green tea and Hoodia Gordonii, both also known for keeping your hunger in check without side effects.
It’s not available for general sale to the public, but I wanted to offer it to you first. Get yours risk-free HERE.
Native Slim, $49.95, Size: 1.0 Fl. Oz.
Just 2 pumps from a convenient spray kicks your hunger to the curb – anytime you want.
Eat Good QUALITY Protein, not processed.
2008-10-05 US Wellness newsletter
You need to eat good quality protein.
But this seemingly simple task keeps getting trickier. More meats are now "packaged" and you may be eating more of them than you think. For example: do you eat breakfast sausage or bacon with your eggs; luncheon meat in a sandwich or a frozen "dinner entree?" Even scarier -- most parents I know are now giving their kids prepackaged meals on a regular basis.
.. the origin of our modern problem: meat has a very short shelf life.
To keep selling meat for longer, food manufacturers add nitrates and nitrites. They prevent spoilage, growth of bacteria, and make meat appear red, fresh and vibrant. Then they add artificial flavors so you can't tell that you are eating old, stale meat.
We've known about the dangers of nitrites and nitrates for decades.
In fact, the USDA attempted banning their use back in the 1970's. The meat packing industry lobbied hard and won. Research has shown and reconfirmed that nitrites and nitrates promote life-threatening cancers including: breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and leukemia.
One study conducted at the University of Hawaii found people who ate even moderate amounts of processed meat on a regular basis increased their risk of pancreatic cancer by a whopping 67%!
The World Cancer Research Fund issued a report stating that,
"It's best that any processed meats be avoided," and that "they were not able to find a level at which processed meat could be reliably considered completely safe."
Check the label of the meat you're about to buy.
Unless the label says "nitrate/nitrite free" it's a good bet it contains nitrates/nitrites.
Your best meat is also hormone-free and antibiotic-free.
Even better, you can do as I do and only eat grass-fed meat. I get mine from U.S. Wellness Meats. It is grass-fed for a healthy ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fats, hormone-fee antibiotic-free, and has no preservatives. It is shipped to your door packed in gel ice.
Vitamin K for Joint Pain...
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_194
Inflammation wreaks havoc throughout your body.
It’s a direct cause of heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, even Alzheimer’s. Vitamin K can help prevent—and sometimes even reverse—many of these conditions.
A study from the Journal of Nutrition linked dietary intake of vitamin K to reduced risk of coronary heart disease.2 The study also found vitamin K reduces the calcification of your arteries. That’s the damage that occurs when calcium deposits harden and build up.
.. vitamin K lowers inflammation by reducing levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6). When you age, your IL-6 levels increase naturally. This increased level creates significant amounts of inflammation in your body.
IL-6 is one of the main culprits behind Alzheimer’s and arthritis.
One study found those with high levels of IL-6 had a 200% greater risk of developing a disability such as arthritis.3
Vitamin K also prevents brittle bones and teeth.
It helps a Gla protein known as osteocalcin regulate calcium.
Without vitamin K, osteocalcins become “undercarboxylated,” meaning they can’t hold on to the calcium. As a result, the calcium in your body leaves your bones and teeth, making them weak and porous.4 It’s so effective; doctors in Japan use vitamin K to treat osteoporosis.5
... vitamin K is an amazing anti-oxidant.
It destroys free radicals floating in your body at a level on par with CoQ10 and Vitamin E.6 ...
Like vitamin C, your body can’t make its own vitamin K, so you need to get your supply from your diet, or from a supplement. Green vegetables are you best bet.
Here are some great sources of vitamin K:
- Broccoli
- Romaine lettuce
- Spinach
- Kale
2008-10-02
Homocysteine reducing formula.
My regular readers know about a dangerous and toxic compound that builds up in your blood-homocysteine. It’s a modified amino acid every cell in your body makes as a byproduct of the natural process of converting fuel into energy.
It also happens to be a highly reactive chemical. This means that at high levels, it has the same negative effects as free radicals. It binds to the proteins in healthy cells and causes serious damage.
Not only that—it has the destructive capacity to prevent your body from making compounds vital to proper functioning across a range of biological systems. These include:
Collagen and elastin
–Required for healthy skin and bones; also the main components of the delicate tissue lining your arteries.
Albumin
–Regulates blood volume by maintaining proper internal pressure of each red blood cell’s “compartment.” It also serves as a carrier for low water-soluble molecules, including certain hormones, bile salts, bilirubin (a building block of your red blood cells), healthy fatty acids, calcium, and iron.
Hemoglobin
–Another basic building block of your red blood cells, it’s critical for delivering oxygen throughout your body.
Every doctor learns about homocysteine over the course their medical training. So it’s a mystery why most don’t give it a second thought, since its dangers have been documented repeatedly in clinical studies. In fact, the most up-to-date research confirms what I’ve been saying for decades: it’s the most powerful risk factor for heart disease.
A “meta-analysis” published in the prestigious journal BMJ looked at 72 separate studies involving thousands of people with heart disease.1 It demonstrated conclusively that elevated homocysteine levels can lead to heart attack, clogged arteries, “pulmonary embolism”—blockage of the arteries in your lungs by a blood clot or air bubble—and “deep vein” blood clotting.
Another key study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine found a direct link between homocysteine, age-related dementia, and Alzheimer’s.2 Researchers looked at the mental health status of 1,092 patients with a mean age of 76. None of them exhibited signs of dementia at the start of the study.
After eight years, 111 had developed age-related dementia, and 83 were diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s. The authors found that those with elevated homocysteine levels were nearly twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s.
Fortunately, lowering homocysteine levels is relatively easy.
You can do it with a combination of readily available, safe, and inexpensive supplements.
Here’s what I recommend (amounts are daily):
- B6 – 50 mg
- B12 – 500 mcg
- B9 (as folic acid) – 800 mcg
- Riboflavin (B2) – 25 mg
- Trimethylglycine (TMG) – 1,000 mg
... One study looked at 625 people over 65 and discovered that those with low levels of these critical nutrients suffered a dramatic increase in Alzheimer’s disease and age-related dementia.4
So be sure to get your doctor to
measure your homocysteine levels.
An ideal result is less than 8 mmol/l. ..
Acetylcholine for a starving brain.
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_197
This vital brain booster is choline.
Your brain uses it to make acetylcholine, one of your key neurotransmitters – the chemicals your brain needs to transmit signals and messages.
Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter of memory and muscle stimulation.
It’s responsible for muscle control, sleep, arousal, attention, memory, intelligence and mood. Your brain needs a constant, rich supply of choline to keep all of these functions going strong.
Without acetylcholine you can’t string thoughts together or have full access to your memory. So you can imagine not having enough can lead to real problems. I’m not just talking about forgetting your keys, although that can be an early symptom of choline deficiency.
Research shows people with a variety of mental illnesses are severely lacking in choline. The brain scans of people suffering from both mild cognitive impairment and full-blown Alzheimer’s showed these diseases are directly related to low choline levels.
But the news is not all bad … Several recent studies found you can slow and even reverse the onset of dementia and improve your memory and attention by getting more choline. ...
We’ve known for years that if your brain is starved of choline, it starts to “steal” choline from other sources, like your cell membranes. This process is called “auto-cannibalism.”
When this happens your brain starts “eating itself alive” to maintain daily functions. But over time, the problems just get worse. It’s one of the reasons why you see a rapid decline in brainpower among older folks—and this process is behind the onset of depression, poor sleep, Alzheimer’s, and worse. ..
.. make sure you get enough choline-rich foods in your diet.
COMMON FOOD CHOLINE - CONTENT (MG/100 G OF FOOD)
272.6 --- Eggs (whole, cooked)
682.4 --- Egg yolk (raw, fresh)
290.1 --- Chicken liver (all kinds, simmered)
220.2 --- Turkey liver (cooked, simmered)
130.8 --- Pork (cured, bacon, cooked, pan-fried)
122.6 --- Spices (mustard seed, yellow)
- 52.0 --- Almonds
- 39.1 --- Cauliflower (cooked, boiled, drained)
- 34.4 --- Artichokes (cooked, boiled, drained)
- 27.6 --- Green peas (frozen, cooked)
- 27.5 --- Spinach (whole leaf, frozen, microwaved)
- 21.5 --- Red cabbage (cooked, boiled, drained)
Source: USDA Database for the Choline Content of Common Foods, March 2004
As you can see, eggs and organ meats are the best sources of choline.
Men need more choline than women per day, about 550 mg compared to 425 mg for women.
But as you as age, you need more.
I usually put my older patients on as much as 1,500 mg per day to get the maximum brain-boosting benefit.
Good News on Animal Fats.
US Wellness and News, 2008-10-19
Your heart uses animal fat for fuel.
In fact, your heart is covered with a layer of "animal fat" that it uses as an energy booster during times of stress.
All native cultures put animal fats at the center of their diet and show no trace of heart attacks or heart disease. The Inuits of Alaska, better known as the Eskimos, eat a diet that is over 90% animal fat. And before they were exposed to the typical Western diet they had no history of heart disease.
Animal fat (which you probably know as saturated fat) is good for you and your body needs it to stay vibrant and healthy-especially your heart.
Of course, this goes against everything you've heard your whole life.
For the past fifty years we've been warned about the lethal dangers of saturated fats. Along with cholesterol, they're supposedly the culprits behind a host of chronic diseases, from high blood pressure to obesity and heart disease.
Problem is there's never been any scientific proof to back up these claims.
Quite the opposite: there's a mountain of evidence showing that animal-based saturated fat can actually lower "bad" cholesterol levels, raise "good" cholesterol levels, and reduce your risk of heart attack and other diseases, including osteoporosis.,
.. their life-giving functions and clinically proven benefits:
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Saturated fats serve as carriers for a variety of key vitamins and nutrients, including the "fat-soluble" vitamins A, D, E, and K, and the heart's most critical fuel, CoQ10. Your body couldn't absorb them otherwise.
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Your heart's favorite energy source is . . . saturated fat.
You won't hear this from most cardiologists, but the fat surrounding your heart is highly saturated. Your heart draws on this reserve of fat during times of stress.
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Saturated fats make up at least 50 percent of your cell membranes.
They preserve their structural integrity and firmness.
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Saturated fats are immune boosters and protect the liver from alcohol and other toxins, such as Tylenol.
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They help to keep your bones healthy and strong.
In fact, my research suggests that at least 50 percent of your dietary fat intake should be saturated to insure optimal calcium absorption.
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You need saturated fats to make use of omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-3 remains longer in your bodily tissues with a diet rich in saturated fats.
- Saturated fats possess important antimicrobial properties. They protect you against harmful microorganisms in the digestive tract.
So go ahead and eat steak, eggs, bacon, milk and butter without fear.
There's a hitch, though: they must come from organic, naturally raised animals. Meat and other foods derived from animals raised on the diet Nature intended for them automatically contain the right nutrients in the proper balance. The same can't be said for commercial foods. ...
6 nutrients you can use to help control your blood sugar.
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Gymnema Sylvestre:
For more than 2000 years, people in India have used the herb Gymnema Sylvestre to help control blood sugar. In fact, the leaves of this climbing plant are prized by practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine, the holistic system of healing.
The herb is also called "gurmar," which literally means "destroyer of sugar" in Hindi. This name describes the way that chewing the leaves interferes with your ability to taste sweetness. Because this amazing herb decreases the sensation of sweetness in many foods, it may reduce your cravings for sugary snacks.
Dr. K. Baskaran published a study involving patients who took 400 mg of Gymnema sylvestre extract daily for 18 to 20 months along with their oral medications.1 This group showed a significant reduction in their fasting blood sugar levels.
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Chromium:
Another weapon in nature's arsenal of sugar fighters is the mineral chromium. Chromium aids in digestion and helps move blood glucose from the bloodstream into the cells for energy. It also helps turn fats, carbohydrates, and proteins into energy.
What's more, chromium is critical for healthy insulin function.
Without enough chromium in your body, insulin just doesn't work properly.
Chromium exists in many foods including brewer's yeast, meats, potatoes (especially in the skin), cheeses, molasses, whole-grain breads and cereals, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
Despite the wide availability of chromium from food sources, research shows that 90% of American adults have a chromium deficient diet!2 This could be a key reason why an increasing number of Americans suffer blood sugar problems.
Cinnamon:
Recent scientific discoveries prove that this commonly used spice helps regulate blood sugar in ways previously unknown.
Scientists at the Maryland-based Human Nutrition Research Center were studying the effects of common foods on blood sugar.3 Dr. Richard Anderson, lead scientist and chemist, noticed that when patients ate apple pie... their blood sugar levels actually improved.
Further investigation revealed it was the cinnamon in the apple pie that helped their blood sugar levels. Researchers discovered that cinnamon actually increases your glucose metabolism.4-7 It contains a compound called methylhydroxy chalcone polymer, or MHCP for short, that works with insulin to help process glucose.
In fact, a laboratory test conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed MHCP increased glucose metabolism by roughly 20 times.
Banaba Leaf Extract:
Traditionally, people living in the Philippines, South Asia, and India have brewed a banaba leaf tea to help regulate blood sugar.
Medical scientists believe that banaba leaf's beneficial effects on blood sugar are due to its high concentration of corosolic acid, a natural compound extracted from its leaves. Corosolic acid mimics insulin by moving sugar out of your bloodstream and into your cells. And numerous scientific studies have proven banaba leaf's effectiveness.
In one study, patients with blood sugar concerns took a supplement containing banaba leaf or a placebo three times a day for four weeks.8 The placebo group had no change, but the banaba leaf group achieved very good results for blood sugar balancing.
Fenugreek:
Fenugreek is an herb native to the Mediterranean, Ukraine, India, and China.
Practitioners of Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine have used the herb for more than 2000 years. Modern scientists now know fenugreek helps balance your cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood glucose.
Fenugreek seed stimulates insulin release.
This helps food sugars reach your cells properly. In one study, patients with blood sugar concerns were divided into two groups.9 Group One received one gram of fenugreek seed extract and Group Two received a combination of dietary control, exercise, and a placebo capsule for two months.
The results were patients in group one saw more positive results for blood sugar, insulin resistance, cholesterol, and triglycerides, compared to group two.
Three more studies confirm that fenugreek seed extract helps stabilize blood sugar in patients with blood sugar and insulin problems.10-12
Bitter Melon:
Although it may be unknown to most people in the West, bitter melon has long been used in South America, the Caribbean, East Africa, and the Orient as both food and a natural medicine. And scientific studies prove its value for treating blood sugar problems.
For example, two studies show bitter melon could play a key role in helping to balance insulin in your body which of course means healthy blood sugar control.13-14 And another study showed bitter melon had positive effects on the serum glucose levels of those taking it, following both fasting and eating.15
Benefits of Honey.
originally seen in the US Wellness Grassland Beef newsletter.
... honey is a powerful anti-septic and antibiotic.
There's a mountain of clinical research proving its miraculous healing properties. In one recent study, scientists found that raw honey killed off the microbes behind a host of common (and sometimes deadly) ailments including:
- Common cold
- Flu
- Athlete's foot
- Strep throat
- Staph infections in cuts, wounds, and skin ulcers
- Dysentery
- Upper respiratory infection
- Urinary tract infection
- Pneumonia
Another clinical study showed that honey eliminates many of the microorganisms that cause food to spoil. The authors concluded that honey could be used as a preservative in minimally processed food.
The reason for this special characteristic of raw honey is unclear. It contains compounds that break down protein, draw away fluid, and even generate hydrogen peroxide, a household disinfectant. ...
It has a lower glycemic index than sugar-which means it enters your bloodstream more slowly, produces a lower blood sugar spike, and produces a milder insulin response.
That means it won't turn into fat as readily or contribute to the onset of diabetes. ..
Noori et al.
"Investigating the Antimicrobial Activity of Natural Honey and Its Effects on the Pathogenic Bacterial Infections of Surgical Wounds and Conjunctiva."
Journal of Medicinal Food. 2004, 7(2): 210-222.
Mundo et al.
"Growth inhibition of food borne pathogens and food spoilage organisms by select raw honeys."
International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2004. 97(1):1-8.
High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Agribusiness deception against your health.
They’re at it again… attacking your health. But they are very clever at it.
The story starts with two mothers at a backyard picnic … The first mom pours an artificial drink into plastic cups for their kids playing outside. The second mom expresses concern about giving their children anything sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
“I guess you don’t care what your kids eat,” the concerned mother says. “That contains high fructose corn syrup. You know what they say about it…”
The other mother replies with a condescending smirk, “What? That it’s made from corn, contains no artificial ingredients, and like sugar it’s fine in moderation?”
The worried mom looks embarrassed and changes the subject.
This is one of the new commercials from the manufacturers of HFCS.
Their new campaign tries to wipe out any concern you may have about their dangerous product. The basic message is: “Hey… you heard wrong. HFCS is natural and wholesome. Don’t listen to the naysayers… this stuff is good for you.”
These folks are worried. Their artificial sweetener makes BIG money. It’s already in thousands of different products. But people are catching on… HFCS is bad news. And it’s anything but natural.
HFCS is a food processors’ dream sweetener.
It’s cheap to produce, easy to transport and store, and blends readily into nearly every kind of food or beverage, from ketchup to beer. It’s everywhere. Check the ingredient labels in your kitchen and I’ll bet you’ll find it in a majority of foods.
What’s more, it’s a cash cow for the taxpayer-subsidized US corn growers’ market.
But the “worried” mom’s fears were more than justified.
There are clinical studies proving HFCS’s toxic effects.
One animal study found that a diet high in HFCS resulted in elevated levels of triglycerides and LDL cholesterol (which can cause hardening of the arteries and heart attack), lower levels of superoxide dismutase—your body’s number one antioxidant powerhouse—and deficiencies of iron, calcium, magnesium and zinc.1
That means HFCS can wreak havoc on your immune system, diminish bone and muscle strength, make you impotent, and increase your risk of certain kinds of cancer, including prostate and colon cancer.
Nature’s source for fructose is fruit (that’s why it’s called fructose).
It’s not as easy for your body to process as glucose, the sugar that comes from starches. Only the liver can metabolize it.
But because it’s contained in the fiber of the fruit, fructose normally absorbs into your bloodstream relatively slowly, giving your liver time to digest it. In fact, fructose breakdown is 40 percent slower than glucose breakdown, in part because every cell in your body can convert glucose into energy on its own, without help from the liver.
HFCS literally floods your bloodstream, overwhelming your liver’s processing capacity. This can lead to liver damage not unlike the kind that afflicts alcoholics. Animals given a diet high in HFCS suffer severe cirrhosis of the liver—scarring, dead tissue, and poor liver function.2 Their livers look a lot like those of hardcore alcoholics.
As if that weren’t bad enough,
HFCS also robs your body of critical nutrients, enzymes, and antioxidants.
We’ve known about this for years. Because it keeps your liver from functioning properly, HFCS causes a number of serious mineral deficiencies that can have a cascading effect on your health.
This commercial’s just another example of agribusiness trying to make big profits at the expense of your health. The word’s getting out about the true dangers of this product, so they’re getting nervous—and trying to fool the public.
Anything sweetened with cane sugar is better than HFCS (check the label).
You might also consider adding stevia to your favorite sweet foods and drinks, since it’s a natural sweetener that’s completely safe and easily metabolized.
But if you’re looking for a better thirst quencher, drink water.
It’s not as exciting as a pre-packaged, sickly sweet fruit juice – but your body needs it! A lot of people are dehydrated and don’t even know it.
By the way, HFCS is not a “natural” product.
Several of the enzymes needed to make HFCS are genetically modified.
You would never find this kind of sugar in a natural setting.
Salt, The many benefits of
A recent eight-year study of people with high blood pressure found that people on low-salt diets had more than four times as many heart attacks as those on normal salt diets.1
Salt maintains the electrolyte balance inside and outside your cells and natural salt contains vital minerals your body needs.
Here are just a few more of the many benefits of salt…
- Stimulates salivation and helps to balance and replenishes all of the body’s electrolytes
- Provides renewed energy
- Gives you a high resistance to infections and bacterial diseases
- Supplies all 82 vital trace minerals to promote optimum biological function and cellular maintenance
- Balances alkaline/acid levels in the blood
- Restores good digestion
- The natural iodine in salt protects against radiation and many other pollutants
- Aids in relieving allergies and skin diseases
- Eliminates toxins in the body to help prevent infection
When I was in med school we were taught that salt causes high blood pressure and you read about the evils of salt everywhere you turned. The reason doesn’t appear to be science but that there’s just not much money in naturally occurring salt compared to proprietary foods and drugs.
There’s a lot of money in altering your food.
But here’s the catch – first they have to convince you that the natural food we’ve been eating for eons will kill you – now you have to buy their new-fangled package of modern substitute food.
Even so, when I looked at the results used to justify the “salt is bad” campaign I was shocked. The studies I discovered showed exactly the opposite of what you’d heard.
Here’s a summary:
- A health outcomes study in Finland, reported to the American Heart Association, revealed that no health benefits could be identified and concluded “our results do not support the recommendations for entire populations to reduce dietary sodium intake to prevent coronary heart disease.”2
- A ten-year follow-up study to a massive Scottish Heart Health Study found no improved health outcomes for those on low-salt diets.3
- An October 2007 analysis of a large Dutch database published in the European Journal of Epidemiology documented no benefit of low-salt diets in reducing stroke or heart attack incidence nor lowering death rates.4
Get the Real “Salt of the Earth”
Standard table salt is not only highly refined — it’s chemically cleansed and unfriendly to the human body. Unrefined sea salt, on the other hand, is a naturally occurring complex of sodium chloride and a complement of essential trace minerals.
This is the form of salt your body is designed to digest — the kind of salt that’s been around since humans first walked the earth. Refined table salt, on the other hand, is a modern invention, artificially designed to look white and pour easily. Your body was never meant to absorb it.
Natural salt is a source of 21 essential and 30 accessory minerals that are essential to our health. That’s why I use sea salt. It’s unrefined and packed with all the trace elements the ancients prized for maintaining health and vigor.
- Chloride
Chloride, along with sodium, regulates the acid/alkali balance in the body.
It is also necessary for the production of gastric acid which is a component of hydrochloric acid (HCl).
- Iron
Necessary for cell function and blood utilization.
It's used to make hemoglobin, which carried oxygen in the blood. Blood loss is the most common cause of iron deficiency.
- Sulfur
Found in all cells, especially in skin, connective tissues, and hair.
Inadequate dietary sulfur has been associated with skin and nail diseases.
Increased intake of dietary sulfur sometimes helps psoriasis and rheumatic conditions.
- Calcium
Necessary for the formation and maintenance of bones, blood coagulation, and heart, nerve and muscle function. Calcium depletion can result in a number of symptoms, most notably osteoporosis which results in decreased bone mass and increased chances of bone breakage.
- Copper
Copper facilitates in the absorption of iron and supports vitamin C absorption.
Copper is also involved in protein synthesis and an important factor in the production of RNA.
- Potassium
Stimulates nerve impulses and muscle contractions. It regulates the body’s acid-alkali balance, stimulates kidney and adrenal functioning, and assists in converting glucose to glycogen. It's also important for biosynthesis of protein.
- Zinc
Required for growth, immune system function, sexual development and the synthesis of insulin.
Proper zinc metabolism is needed for wound healing, and carbohydrate and protein metabolism. It is considered an antibacterial factor in the prostatic fluid, and may contribute to the prevention of chronic bacterial prostatitis and urinary tract infections.
- Silicon
Silicon is necessary for normal growth and bone formation. With calcium, silicon is a contributing factor in good skeletal integrity. Silicon is a main component of osteoblasts, the bone forming cells. Silicon may help to maintain youthful skin, hair and nails.
- Sodium
Sodium regulates the pH of intracellular fluids and with potassium, regulates the acid/ alkali balance in the body. Sodium and chloride are necessary for maintaining osmosis and electrolyte balance.
- Magnesium
An important mineral because it aids in the activation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the main energy source for cell functioning. It also activates several enzyme systems and is important for the synthesis of RNA and DNA. Magnesium is necessary for normal muscle contraction and important for the synthesis of several amino acids.
- Cobalt
Cobalt is essential to the formation of vitamin B12
More important then the amount of sodium in your diet is the ratio of sodium to potassium.
Recent research suggests this ratio is critical. While many studies have focused on high sodium content in the diet, it appears that problems with hypertension may be related more to an inappropriate ratio of sodium to potassium.
Sodium has a special relationship to potassium.
Sodium is the major electrolyte outside the cells, and potassium is the major electrolyte inside the cells. These two elements work together to maintain fluid balance, transmit nerve messages and control muscle contractions.
The body monitors the amount of salt and potassium in the bloodstream, as the body has no mechanism for storing electrolytes. When a shortage of either exists, the body secretes hormones that drastically reduce excretion of electrolytes and fluids.
If you’re worried about your sodium levels you can bring them into balance by making sure you get enough potassium in your diet. Potassium helps neutralize the effect of sodium on your blood pressure, lowers your risk for stroke and heart attack, even prevents the bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis. (Notice that sea salt is rich in potassium.)
You can eat many potassium-rich foods but it will do you little good unless you are consuming adequate sodium as well. Your body cannot properly digest raw vegetables without salt. People used to eat a salty soup before a meal to enhance digestion.
Salt re-enriches your saliva so your body can manufacture the proper digestive juices to break down the complex carbohydrates, celluloids and chlorophyll from the vegetables which contain potassium. Without salt no digestion is possible.
Unfortunately, you probably aren’t getting enough potassium through your diet alone. On an average day, the typical man gets about 3,000 mg – women closer to 2,300 mg. For optimum health, I recommend getting around 5,000 mg of potassium per day.
It’s easier than you think. Most people think bananas are the best source, but you might be surprised. Cantaloupes, raisins and avocados are all rich in potassium. ..
Bisphenol A (BPA) and food contamination.
2008-10-31
There’s a good chance you have this chemical in your blood right now…
The chemical is called bisphenol A (BPA).
It’s used to make plastics. It’s at the center of a huge controversy.
Scientists say it’s dangerous. Big business – and the FDA – says, “don’t worry … there’s no risk … don’t ask questions …”
This chemical ... looks like the hormone estrogen.
And when it gets into your blood stream, you’re in trouble.
Extra estrogen will make you fat, slow and tired. It can even wipe out your sex life. If it stays in your blood long term it can trigger cancer or other diseases.
The test results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association 1,2 (JAMA). I don’t always agree with their conclusions, but there was a convincing editorial in the issue that published the BPA study.
Most doctors and scientists are in agreement. The threat of bisphenol A is real.
The researchers found a powerful link between bisphenol A blood levels and a host of serious health problems, including:
- Heart disease
- Obesity
- Type 2 diabetes
- Liver damage
- Brain damage
- Inflammation
- Reproductive cancers and abnormalities
- Metabolic disruptions
- Decreased antioxidant activity
- Low-birth weight babies and other fetal abnormalities
Exposing you to this chemical is another experiment with your health.
An experiment you never consented to… And there’s more: When the National Institutes of Health did random blood tests, nearly every American had BPA in their blood.
Worldwide production of BPA has reached 7 billion pounds per year.3
The author of the study concluded: “Higher BPA exposure, reflected in higher urinary concentrations of BPA, may be associated with avoidable morbidity in the community-dwelling adult population.”
Translated into plain English, this means that BPA is responsible for deaths that could have been avoided.
Don’t wait for the government to protect you. They won't.
You can help yourself and your family by taking a few simple steps:
- When possible, choose glass instead of plastic.
- Eliminate pesticides from your water:
I recommend drinking only purified water.
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Wash your vegetables and fruits before you eat them.
- Cut off any visible fat from meat before cooking,
since chemicals and hormones from the feed collect in the fat.
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Avoid processed meats, because they have fat ground in.
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Avoid processed carbohydrates like bread, cereals, and pasta.
They make your body release excess insulin, which builds fat and stimulates feminizing estrogen.
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Eat vegetables high in fiber to keep yourself regular.
When stool remains in your bowel for a longer time, more estrogen is absorbed.
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Eat more cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels’s sprouts, and cabbage. They help you excrete excess estrogen.
- Eat hormone-free food and free range animals whenever possible.
- Incorporate more estrogen-inhibiting foods into your diet.
Some of the best and tastiest sources are squash, onions, green beans, cabbage, berries, citrus, pineapples, pears, grapes, figs, melons, sesame seeds, and pumpkin seeds.
Triglyceride levels/tests and heart health.
http://www.alsearsmd.com/content/index.php?id=dr_house_call_219
When it comes to your heart’s health, your doctor may be focused on your cholesterol and not enough on other risk factors.
One risk factor and predictors of heart trouble that you need to consider when measuring your heart health is your triglycerides. I’ve been warning my patients about the link between triglyceride levels and heart health for years.
Triglycerides are often overlooked, particularly when cholesterol levels appear normal. High levels can substantially affect your heart’s health.
Triglycerides are a type of fat found in your blood.
They provide a major source of energy for you between meals.
When you eat, your body uses the calories it needs for quick energy.
Any extra calories it doesn’t use it turns into triglycerides that are stored in fat cells to be used later on. But, if you consistently eat more calories than you burn off, your triglycerides can become too high.
A simple blood test can show if your triglycerides are in a normal, healthy range.
Following is a table of the ranges considered when reading your levels.
Normal Less than 150 mg/dL
High 150 to 499 mg/dL
Very High 500 mg/dL or above
So what can you do to maintain healthy serum levels of triglycerides?
The first thing I’ll tell you is that you can do it safely and naturally.
One of the best things you can do for yourself is to get enough omega-3 fatty acids.
And one of the best sources is fish oil. I recommend it to all my patients.
It’s the healthiest fat you can have.
You don’t always get the omega-3 fatty acid that your body needs from your diet, so supplementing daily with fish oil will make up for it.
In fact, there are numerous studies that show the benefits of fish oil for heart health. And one recent study showed that treatment with fish oils significantly helped blood lipid levels.1 *
So for the heart health benefits of omega-3’s try taking one tablespoon of fish oil a day. If you don’t like the taste of the fish oil or for some reason can’t tolerate it, try fish oil capsules. They are a good alternative. They are also a bit more convenient and portable. However, since fish oil capsules are not as potent you usually would have to take several a day.
That is why I decided to develop a fish oil capsule that provides all the important EPA and DHA you need in just one capsule a day. This new capsule packs a powerful punch of 700 mg of Omega-3’s (both EPA and DHA), which gives you what you need to maintain healthy serum levels of triglycerides and keep your heart healthy.* ...
1. Vega GL, Chandalia M, Szczepaniak LS, et al.
Effects of N-3 fatty acids on hepatic triglyceride content in humans.
J Investig Med. 2008 Jun; 56(5):780-5.
Bad Science giving Selenium a bad name!
Newsletter, 2009-01-12
..Selenium’s an essential, naturally occurring mineral and a powerful antioxidant.
Your body needs it to:
- Maintain healthy thyroid function
- Ward off arthritis 2
- Slow the aging process
- Fight cancer
.. Geographic studies have found that in parts of the world where soil and diet are low in selenium, rates of colon, liver, lung and prostate cancer are all significantly higher.3 In fact, one of the risks of selenium deficiency is called “Keshan’s disease.” It’s named after a province in China where people weren’t getting enough selenium. ..
[vitamin E and selenium]
Two separate studies published in the prestigious journal Cancer Research reported that the combination of vitamin E and selenium proved more powerful at slowing prostate cancer cell growth than either on their own.6
.. every day — 200 mcg of selenium and at least 200 IU of vitamin E
(look for “mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols” on the label). ..
Of course you can also get more of both into your diet.
Organ meats, garlic, fish and nuts are all rich in selenium.
(A single Brazil nut contains 100 micrograms of selenium.)
Olive oil, almonds, peanuts, spinach and avocado are great sources of vitamin E.
Breast Cancer Prevention Diet.
US Wellness newsletter, 2009-07-
When I was growing up in Kentucky, my grandparents had a grove of walnut trees. So... I ate a lot of walnuts. My grandmother cooked with them, baked with them, and we ate them by the handful for snacks. She always said they were good for you. How right she was.
A new study shows that eating walnuts could reduce your risk of breast cancer. With just a handful of nuts (2 ounces) a day, mice delayed the onset of cancerous tumors. You see, walnuts contain a trio of cancer fighters - phytosterols, omega-3s, and flavonoids.
Phytosterols.
Studies show that these nutrient compounds can inhibit tumors from forming in the breast and shrink them if they are already there.
You can find phytosterols in, In addition to walnuts:
- Legumes
- Flax seed oil
- Peanut butter
- Pistachios
- Sunflower seeds
- Almonds
- Brussels sprouts
Omega-3s have a unique ability.
They are able to get absorbed into cell membranes where they help cancer cells self-destruct. They reduce a inflammatory enzyme called COX 2, which promotes breast cancer.
Plus, they keep your body's breast cancer genes healthy. When these genes function normally, they help repair DNA and prevent cancer from developing.
You can get omega-3s in these foods:
- Wild-caught salmon, anchovies, sardines
- Flax seeds
- Grass-fed beef
- Almonds and Pecans
- Avocado
- Sacha inchi oil
- Olives/olive oil
Flavonoids.
Walnuts also contain a flavonoid called ellagic acid.
This powerful flavonoid inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Ellagic acid not only protects your healthy cells from free radical damage, but it also helps to detox would-be cancer-causing cells and helps prevent cancer cells from reproducing.
Other ellagic acid-rich foods are:
- Berries (blueberries, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries
- Pecans
- Pomegranates
Working all of these foods into your diet will help you protect your body from the dreaded "C" word. Still walnuts are the only super food that offers all these cancer-fighting compounds in one.
To get the freshest, most nutritious walnuts, follow these tips:
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If you're buying walnuts in the shell,
make sure the shells don't have any defects - look for little wormholes.
Give the shells a little shake. If they rattle when you shake them, they are probably old and over dried.
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Store shelled walnuts in an airtight package.
You can store them up to about 6 months if you keep them in the refrigerator.
Up to a year in the freezer.
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If you prefer unshelled walnuts,
look for a freshness date on the package. The high oil content makes them highly perishable. Heat and humidity will speed up the process. As with the shelled walnuts, keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator and they will last for several months too. Longer in the freezer.
Aside from popping a handful of walnuts in your mouth, there are many ways to enjoy them. Sprinkle a handful on your salad or yogurt, or experiment with your favorite recipes. I like to add them to chicken salad or sautéed vegetables.
CoQ10 and creatine blocks the loss of dopamine in the brain.
A new animal study published in the Journal of Neurochemistry shows that taking CoQ10 and creatine blocks the loss of dopamine in the brain (a hallmark of Parkinson's disease), protects cell membranes (they leak with age), and reduces oxidative damage.
In mice with Huntington's, it improved motor skills and even extended their life.
CoQ10 protects every organ in your body, especially your brain. Brain levels of CoQ10 start to decline in your 20s and are lowest in stroke victims and those with brain and nerve cell diseases, such as Parkinson's and Huntington's. So it makes sense that getting more CoQ10 could help combat these diseases.
The best food source is red meat--but make sure that it is grass-fed. Grass-fed beef contains more CoQ10 than any other meat on the planet. But it is still hard to get enough CoQ10 from your diet alone.
I recommend taking 50 mg of ubiquinol CoQ10 daily.
The ubiquinol form is 8 times more powerful and stays in your bloodstream longer than conventional CoQ10.
Creatine improves short-term mental performance.
You may think of it only as the stuff that bulks up pro athletes and bodybuilders. But creatine is an important ingredient for memory and the brain's other functions. A 2003 study found that it improved mental performance, especially in the short-term.
Your body--primarily the liver--makes creatine naturally. You can also get it from foods like grass-fed beef, fish and apples. For every 2 lbs. of beef you eat, you will gain 5 grams of creatine.
The amount you should take is related to body weight and gender. See the table below for dosage guidelines.
Creatine Loading and Maintenance
Lean Body Loading dose Mntnce dose Loading dose Mntnce
Mass gms-men gms-men gms-women gms-w
80 9 3 6 2
100 11 3.5 8 2.5
120 14 4.5 10 3
140 16 5 11.5 3.5
160 18 6 13 4
180 20 6.5 14.5 4.5
200 22.5 7 16 5
220 25 8 17.5 6
Source: The Colgan Institute, San Diego.
Take the loading dose daily for 10 days.
Then continue with the maintenance dose.
Be sure to avoid taking your creatine with your morning caffeine as they do not interact well.
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Right now I am the only licensee in the world to offer TA-65 therapy. This cutting-edge technology lets you reset your genetic clock by lengthening your telomeres.
Telomeres are part of your DNA and in every cell in your body. Each time your cells divide, your telomeres get shorter. You can think of them as a kind of countdown clock. And when your telomeres run down, cell division stops and your life ends. ...
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2008-07-18 Newsletter,
Accel, CoQ10 high strength supplement.
... You’ll find CoQ10 in high concentrations in your heart, brain and all your major organs. As you know, it helps to generate much needed energy. But levels start dropping at the age of 20 and are lowest in stroke and heart attack victims. ...
In addition to supplying energy, CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant. The “slow burn” we use for fuel damages tissues like fire burns everything it contacts. The action of CoQ10’s antioxidant power puts out this fire and protects your organs and tissues from damage.
Aside from giving your heart and brain the extra fuel it needs to keep working, it preserves them and keeps them in working order for much longer. ...
CoQ10 benefits. These include:
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Blood Sugar:
.. patients with type II diabetes who took CoQ10 showed improved blood sugar control.
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Vision and Eye Health:
.. adults with early macular degeneration who supplemented with a combination of CoQ10, acetyl-L-carnitine, and omega-3 fatty acids for one year improved their visual function.
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Allergies:
Researchers in Texas found low CoQ10 levels in people suffering from rhinitis and other allergies..
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Gum Health:
CoQ10 improves the gum health of people suffering from periodontal disease, and speeds tissue healing following periodontal surgery.
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Migraines:
.. More than 60 percent of the patients experienced a 50 percent or greater reduction in the number of days they suffered headaches. After three months, the frequency of their migraines fell by an average of 55 percent.
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2008-08-14 Added INFO:
It may be the most critical CoQ10 discovery since Karl Folkers first identified the nature’s most powerful antioxidant back in 1958.
Several months ago I had a private meeting with Dr. Tatsumasa Mae, the best-known and most highly regarded CoQ10 researcher in the world. He was visiting from Japan. He met me in my Florida office to talk about his latest breakthrough:
World Renowned Inventor Dr. Mae from Japan and Dr. Sears.
Dr. Mae has discovered and perfected a new form of CoQ10 that is an incredible 8 times more powerful than conventional CoQ10! ...
Conventional CoQ10 works wonders but the problem I’ve had is keeping my patients’ blood levels high enough. They often require high doses, and that sometimes means taking 4 to 6 capsules a day of at least 200 mg. That’s troublesome and expensive…
But this new form, which I call Accel, lets me give a single 50 mg capsule to those same patients who were taking 6 to 8 capsules and still not getting good blood levels. That’s great but it’s just the beginning… The fact that Accel stays in the blood stream so much longer means its affect is much more powerful in other ways –like its energy enhancement for cellular metabolism, for instance. ...
You’ll find CoQ10 in high concentrations in your heart, brain and all your major organs. As you know, it helps to generate much needed energy. But levels start dropping at the age of 20 and are lowest in stroke and heart attack victims. ...
By the time you’re 80, most of your CoQ10 has disappeared. And that’s bad news…
In addition to supplying energy, CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant. The “slow burn” we use for fuel damages tissues like fire burns everything it contacts. The action of CoQ10’s antioxidant power puts out this fire and protects your organs and tissues from damage.
Aside from giving your heart and brain the extra fuel it needs to keep working, it preserves them and keeps them in working order for much longer. ...
Eva, my customer service director has created a special volume discount when you buy Accel. ..
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2008-07-25 Newsletter,
Sacha Inchi Oil, omega-3 fats
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Since Dr. Sears’ returned from Peru and released Sacha Inchi to the public, people are catching on. Everyone today seems to seeing the benefits of the powerful omega-3 Sacha Inchi Oil gives.
Dr. Sears has shared with you over the last year how Sacha Inchi oil is made up of 50% omega-3s by volume. There is no other vegetarian source like it.
In fact, every cell in your body relies on a healthy dose of omega-3s that Sacha Inchi oil gives you to function properly. Omega-3s are great for your heart and soothe inflamed joints. But I have more good news for you. They are also great for your brain!
You will receive a special gift when you order Sacha Inchi Oil.
Today only, I am giving you Dr. Sears’ exclusive report, Boost Your Brainpower, your easy step-by step guide to boosting your memory and protecting your brain from aging.
Eva Janzen
Services Director ...
I trekked through the Amazon jungles of Peru in search of healing herbs. Instead, I found something far more valuable: Sacha Inchi – the “super food” of the ancient Incas. This oil – which comes from nuts, not fish – is so effective and nutrient dense, it’s the first real health breakthrough I’ve seen in the last decade.
Dr. Sears at the Amazon base camp near Satipo.
... On the first day, I met up with Dr. Octavio Zolezzi from Lima University. ..
... the village of Satipo.
Situated on the banks of the Rio Perene – which opens into the Amazon – Satipo was our jumping off point as we made our way by boat to Porta Copa, the last jungle outpost and home of the native Ashanikas.
“Here it is…” I followed his gaze to a bushy plant I had never seen before. It looked unremarkable, distinguished only by a green star-shaped fruit. But I knew by his reaction I had stumbled upon something exceptional.
The Sacha Inchi Fruit
He cracked open a flower and placed the seeds in my hand. ...
Sacha Inchi has a mild nutty flavor; almost like almonds.
It’s so light and delicious; you could literally drink it right out of the bottle.
... the natural levels of omega-3s in your food keep getting lower and lower.
That means you often end up with high levels of omega-6s and a lack of omega-3s. And that causes inflammation, which is at the root of so many health concerns today. Arthritis and heart disease just to name a few.
Before the days of modern industry, your meat and fish had abundant supplies of omega-3s. But these days, most of the store-bought salmon has little to none of this essential oil. And that’s a problem, because your body can’t make omega-3s on its own. And without it, your risk of disease skyrockets.
When your levels (of omega-3s) are low, you can expect a higher risk of:
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Arthritis
- Depression
- Skin disorders
- Macular degeneration
Over the last 75 years, omega-6s in your diet have soared.
Now the ratio is about 20:1. The average American eats 10 times more omega-6 than they should. The main sources of these inflammatory omega-6s being vegetable oils, processed foods and grain-fed beef and fish.
That's where the health “gurus” of the 1980s made another big mistake.
They mistook the heart disease culprit to be red meat because grain-fed, commercial cattle have the very high, 20:1 ratio of omega-6s to omega-3s. But they never bothered to explain why native cultures – who ate meat from grass-fed cattle – never had a single case of heart disease.
If you measure omega-6s and omega-3s in wild or grass-fed animals, you get a very different picture. Their ratio is a dramatically reversed – and heart healthy – 0.16 to 1. In other words, the culprit is not the fat in meat. It’s the environment in which cattle are raised that changes the ratio of fats in their body.
Grain-fed cattle are sick cattle. They’re not supposed to eat grains. It’s not natural for them and it changes their physiology. When cattle lose omega-3s, so do we. By eating their meat, we take on the same problems.
Farm-raised fish are the same…
The Salmon at Your Grocery Store May Cause Inflammation –
Raising Your Risk of Chronic Disease…
For years, the medical establishment touted salmon as the ultimate “heart healthy” food, citing its abundance of omega-3s. There’s just one problem: The salmon you buy at your local supermarket is “farm raised.” That means the fish are fed a diet of fish flakes made from corn, cereal grains and other additives…
This unnatural diet causes the salmon’s omega-3 levels to plummet. And that’s just one of the many biological transformations they go through. The salmon raised “in captivity” are so changed by the experience; the fish farmers have to inject them with an orange-colored dye to make their flesh look like real salmon.
You may be surprised to find this out, but eating store-bought salmon only gives you a fraction of the omega-3s you would expect to find.
And then there’s the threat of mercury and other toxins … which is far worse than you may imagine. In 2004, the Los Angeles Times reported new warnings: Farm-raised salmon, “contains such high levels of PCBs, dioxins and other toxic chemicals that people should not eat it more than once a month…”1
I still recommend eating salmon if you can find a wild, unpolluted source. But don’t be surprised when you have to pay over $20 a pound for wild-caught Alaskan salmon.
High Levels of the Wrong Fat Leads to Heart Disease and Cancer…
Farm-raised salmon – and grain-fed beef – have very high levels of something called arachidonic acid. This is a fat from the omega-6 family and is highly inflammatory. And inflammation is one of the leading causes of illness and chronic disease.
These high levels of omega-6s make the few remaining omega-3s almost unusable by your body. The dominant omega-6s take all the conversion enzymes and produce inflammatory compounds.
The healthy omega-3s get ignored and are never converted into the anti-inflammatory compounds you really need.
Mainstream medicine often overlooks the disease-causing power of inflammation.
And you probably won’t hear much about it from your doctor… But many are calling it the new “plague” of our times.
Do You Suffer from One of the 22 Conditions
Directly Linked to Inflammation?
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Age-Related Frailty
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Arthritis
- Atherosclerosis
- Cancer
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Heart Attack
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Lupus
- Macular Degeneration
- Osteoporosis
- Periodontal Disease
- Obesity
- Skin Disorders
- Stroke
Inflammation is your body’s response to injury, irritation or invasion by germs.
Without it, you couldn’t survive. But our ancient ancestors seldom had a problem with it. With regular access to potent omega-3s, inflammation was tightly controlled.
But your modern environment hits you with stresses that trigger your inflammation response too often. And when your body is constantly irritated, inflammation takes on a life of its own and becomes a permanent condition.
When this happens, you’re in trouble… This type of chronic inflammation – known as “silent inflammation” – has no outward symptoms. You may never know it’s a problem until a disease or heart attack hits without warning.
White blood cells – which are released during an inflammation response – become so many in number, they start to attack the organs and tissues in your body. This leads to the chronic conditions mentioned above.
Here’s one example: Foods high in omega-6 fatty acids or arachidonic acid – like farm-raised salmon or commercially raised beef – irritate the lining of your blood vessels. This triggers an inflammation response and your body sends white blood cells and other immune fighters to the scene.
But when this happens day after day, white blood cells start to burrow into the walls of your blood vessels, causing further damage and irritation. Your body responds by plugging up all those tears and injuries with LDL cholesterol. (That’s the bad kind…)
... Sacha Inchi (is) one of the most powerful inflammation fighters ever discovered. It’s highly concentrated omega-3s turn off excess inflammation like a switch.
The latest research into omega-3s uncovered two powerful inflammation fighters: resolvins and protectins. Groundbreaking work published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Immunology show these safe and natural nutrients go to work almost immediately – relieving the fire of inflammation and restoring a healthy balance from head to toe.
They’ve also been shown to drastically reduce the levels of pro-inflammatory factors like cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 beta.6
.. A few years ago, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported that omega-3s relieve the swollen, painful joints associated with rheumatoid arthritis.10 Other studies, like the one mentioned in Nutrition and Metabolism show omega-3s improve your morning stiffness, pain index and grip strength. ...
New research shows omega-3s prevent the progression of breast and prostate cancer cells – both in animal and human trials.13 In one study, those who added omega-3s to their diet had a dramatic 40% increase of a natural cancer-suppressing biochemical compared to those who didn’t.14
omega-3s:
- Alter genetic programming in your cells, preventing them from becoming cancerous.15
- Reprogram damaged genes so they don’t contribute to the initiation of cancer.16
- Reduce the production of inflammation molecules considered vital in the initiation and progression of cancer.17
- “Switch off” production of certain molecules needed for cancer cell growth.18
- “Switch on” genes that cause cells to die before they can start to form full-blown tumors.
- Relieve Depression and Boost Your Brainpower:
New findings show a powerful connection between mental health and a severe lack of omega-3s. These include depression, anxiety, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia. ...
.. omega-3s directly reduce inflammation in your brain.
.. lower your risk of depression by stopping the cascade of inflammation in your brain. ...
The Omega Project.
Set up to promote the research and cultivation of Sacha Inchi, The Omega Project ensures that Sacha Inchi benefits the environment and improves the lives of farmers and local communities.
Their commitment to “green” business practices means Sacha Inchi is 100% organically grown in a way that’s sustainable and environmentally friendly. It also guarantees the highest quality oils with maximum preservation of proteins and nutrients.
Since this is a new product and unavailable anywhere else in the country, she's making sure you don’t have to risk a single penny to get the very best omega-3s on the planet.
If for any reason Sacha Inchi isn't for you, you’ll be able to return it for a full refund – no matter how long you keep it! Even if you put it in your cupboard for 5 years and forget about it … you can still get all you money back!
She’ll even refund the money you spent on shipping and handling! ...
Al Sears, MD
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Eva Janzen
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A meeting I had with a producer of a rare pollen extract is paying off.
Their new extraction process unleashed a new form of a prostate “super food” that’s twice as strong as anything the world has ever seen.
Being twice as powerful doesn’t just mean that it’s twice as good.
The truth is more remarkable. This new form of pollen extract will give you the opportunity to protect your prostate and boost your flow power on a scale that defies comparison.
We’ve known for years that flower pollen shrinks your prostate and knocks out DHT – the “bad” form of testosterone that tells your prostate to keep growing. But the technology required to get it out of the flower and into a supplement has been unreliable at best.
Years ago, I designed supplement formulas for another company.
I knew the power of pollen extract and was experimenting with the first version. But the owner of the company fought me every step of the way. I remember him shouting down the phone at me: “I only want traditional ingredients in this formula!”
When I showed him the clinical trails and medical journal reviews he changed his tune. But even then he couldn’t get the formula right. He refused to invest the money required to get the right dose. ..
Pollen, the “seed” of flowering plants allows them to reproduce.
What you may not know is that it’s also chock full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, unsaturated fats, enzymes and more. Pollen extract is a “superfood” for bees – and for your prostate.
Pollen extract promotes prostate health through a hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This derivative of testosterone is the main culprit signaling your prostate to grow. DHT collects in prostate tissue by binding to your prostate’s cells and building up
... it’s DHT, not testosterone, that’s your prostate’s real enemy. For instance, DHT is 9 times more powerful than testosterone at making your prostate grow.
The powerful antioxidants and botanicals in this pollen extract reduce prostate swelling, improve urine flow and slow the production of excess DHT.1
When men took pollen extract for 4 months, over 78% reported improvement. Including: Better urinary flow, decreased residual urine and reduction of prostate volume. ...
Minerals can also help.
Boron.
The most powerful mineral you can give your prostate is boron.
It’s your best bet for healthy prostate that will last a lifetime. And few know about it.
Until now, the power of boron has been either overlooked or ignored. Yet there’s plenty of clinical evidence showing boron’s remarkable ability to shrink prostate tumors and decrease your PSA score.
In a study published in the Proceedings of the American Association of Cancer Research scientists watched tumors shrink by 25% to 38% with boron and PSA drop between 86.4% and 88.6%.4
Certain herbs can help as well.
Europeans need a prescription for these herbs meaning they’re now researched and well tested. They are the best at shrinking a swollen prostate. I use these 3 in my practice pretty much every day. Here’s why:
Saw Palmetto:
In a review of numerous saw palmetto studies, 90% of men experienced relief from BPH symptoms. They stopped getting up to go to the bathroom during the night and reported better quality sleep. And it gets better… The same men experienced an increase in urinary flow and felt that their bladders were actually empty after urinating. To top it off, the size of their prostate decreased.5
Pygeum Africanum:
Extracts of this African herb show impressive results.In one study, men who had prostate trouble, along with the sexual side effects, received an extract of pygueum. After 60 days, urinary flow improved, late night bathroom trips decreased and sexual problems resolved.6
Pumpkin Seed Extract:
A German study of over 2,000 men put this well-known prostate protector to the test. The overall results, measured by the International Prostate Symptom Score, improved by almost 50%. Quality of life scores improved by 46%. ...
Phytosterols.
I found one other category of plant derivatives called Phytosterols.
They are a plant fat that can boost the power of your urine flow and lower the urine left in your bladder. ...
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Your everyday environment is full of chemicals that look like estrogen. .. When your levels get too high you'll feel fat, slow and tired.
Too much estrogen is the number one cause of beer bellies, double chins and loss of ambition. Your bedroom performance suffers too. And that's not all. Brain fog, anxiety, lack of confidence and a higher risk for chronic disease are all side effects you can expect when estrogen (is too high).
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The 9 Intense Experiences. (audio program)
by Brian Vaszily.
MindValley LLC.
contact@mindvalleymedia.com.
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..A safe, natural solution to the kind of lack of motivation that comes with having the blues, whether it’s to get well or just get off the couch. It’s an audio program called The 9 Intense Experiences
He’s spent years exploring ways to overcome the kinds of emotional blocks I see in some of my patients.
...
To understand The 9 Intense Experiences, it helps to know WHY pursuing greater happiness should be the #1 mission in your life.
In the past decade or so, there has been an extensive amount of research in the area of “positive psychology,” or happiness studies.
Psychologists Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King, and Ed Diener recently performed a very extensive review of this research on happiness and wellbeing and confirmed that, “happy individuals are successful across multiple life domains, including marriage, friendship, income, work performance and health.”
Their research and other studies have shown that pursuing happiness and being happier is CENTRAL to:
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Achieve success in your finances, career, relationships and more.
--- Lyobomirsky’s research confirm that happiness breeds success.
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Feel healthier, prevent disease and live longer.
Pursuing happiness greatly reduces stress, for example, which is a key cause of serious diseases. (Evidence shows that being in a good mood by pursuing happiness experiences even lessens pain.)
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Avoid premature aging.
From reducing your stress and worries to improving your daily energy and concentration, happiness helps you look younger (including avoiding wrinkles) and feel younger.
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Be more creative.
Pursuing positive experiences leads to improved moods, which studies show enables thinking with greater originality and flexibility.
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Perform complex tasks better.
This one is still somewhat controversial, but some evidence supports it though it likely also depends on the nature of the task.
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Communicate more effectively AND resolve conflicts more effectively.
Research shows that happiness greatly improves social skills, confidence, and the ability to work with others.
Happiness also improves your sleep, your self-confidence, and even your ability to help others effectively.
... As science has extensively PROVEN (see below), it IS instead doing the right things to crack through the “rust and crust” that has built up IN you over the years that will allow the far greater energy, focus, peace and joy that are already inside you to flow. ...
You’ll be pleased to know that multiple studies confirm that
new intense experiences are the essential ingredient to:
- Greatly increase your overall happiness
- Achieve long-term success in relationships, finances, career… and in whatever you desire most
- Eliminate stress, angst and worry (and do so QUICKLY)
- Increase your daily energy (in a BIG way)
- Wipe out feeling overwhelmed, empty, restless, and frustrated with life
- POWERFULLY increase your creativity, mental focus and your memory
- Avoid premature aging—both mentally and physically by eliminating anxiety that leads to disease (and wrinkles etc.) ...
new experiences keep your mind vibrant and young.
They improve your clarity, your ability to focus, and your memory, which alone can help you achieve greater success and satisfaction.
Meanwhile, the studies show that LACK of such experiences leads to getting old at too young of an age... to cloudy thinking, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s, and more… and to related feelings of stress and depression.
With this in mind, The 9 Intense Experiences provides you over 90 remarkably effective actions — between 8 and 12 “actions” per experience — that are simple, interesting and enjoyable to do, and that will provide you remarkably important insights about yourself and the benefits listed above!
.. a few of the engaging and fun things you’ll encounter include:
1. Journey back to Neverland.
The “Defeat the Angry Fruit” action that will rapidly clear sadness, upset and frustration and restore your sense of wonder and motivation. How Schoolhouse Rock, the Rugrats, LiteBrite and a ball will erase feeling overwhelmed and unfulfilled AND light a fire under your creativity, energy and sense of direction in life… whether you are 22 or 62, whether you are a parent or not. ... will have you delving into movies, music, classic toys and games and more related to this wonder-ful experience. Rekindle those feelings of wonder, joy and boundlessness that you experienced as a child.
2. Dive Deeper into Your Blood.
How to free yourself from chains you didn’t even know were holding you down in the amazing “Family Script” action. Permanently experience a much deeper sense of “connection,” belonging and purpose in your life with the “Time Capsule” action. The “Get It All Out” meal through which the weight of any guilt, resentment or anger you’ve been carrying will be lifted and eliminated. By “diving deeper into your blood,” which means your family, friends and especially your SELF through these 11 captivating actions .. Eliminate feelings of loneliness, isolation, and emptiness and (re)discover Who You Really Are.
3. Wander into the Forest, but don't bump into the Trees.
How getting on your hands and knees right outside your front door will enable you to see things—and eliminate feeling empty or “jaded” — in an amazing way! How you’ll discover a certain tree that will help you center yourself, focus (and refocus) on what really matters, and achieve your biggest goals (REALLY!) ... IMMEDIATELY center yourself whenever you need to in various ways including the ingenious “talking to trees” action created by ancient Native Americans. ..
4. Surround Yourself with Wise Owls and Let Them Teach You.
How… in a remarkable action in which you confront yourself years down the line… you will find your purpose (if you haven’t already) and be far better equipped to achieve your big goals. Why — by answering these 5 biggest questions—you’ll feel MUCH more fulfilled and always be able to stay “true to your core”. Cultures throughout the world and throughout history have found deep inner-peace, profound success, and long-term happiness—not to mention an EXTENDED LIFE—with what you’ll discover ...
5. Go on a Spiritual Quest.
The “Doubting Thomas” action in which you’ll quickly discover how to connect more deeply with your spirit… and eliminate misunderstanding and anger. The interesting “Shutting Up” action through which you’ll quickly discover far greater inner peace — and some truly amazing revelations. The mundane tasks that everyone does… but that YOU will be able to turn into little epiphanies that provide you greater clarity and greater energy! .. Most adults feel angst, anxiety, sadness and/or restlessness in their lives that simply should not be there. Here is perhaps THE key reason why they feel it: they compartmentalize spirituality as if it is something to address at a specific time when they can get to it. But spirituality is not something you “get to,” it is the essence of who you already ARE. By taking these interesting to profound actions to reveal and nurture it, it will rapidly lead you to the greatness that really IS inside you ..
6. Reveal Yourself to a Dozen Strangers.
Why discovering these 7 types of people you don’t know will increase your happiness… and the opportunities for real success in your life. Why delving into these “strange things” will break through the “rust and crust” inside you and SUPERCHARGE your energy and motivation.
... anyone and everyone you know and love now who has positively impacted your life in some way was once a what? A stranger, of course.
7. Swaddle Yourself in Beautiful Genius.
How to STOP being your own worst enemy for good through the “Greatest Accomplishments” action. How to use Dane Cook, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Johnny Carson and more to give you powerful clarity and focus. How Johnny Cash, Salvador Dali, Carol King, Edgar Allen Poe and Beethoven will help you banish any feeling of mediocrity in your life for good. The 20 TOP musical pieces to increase your brainpower and feel more “boundless” and alive while you’re at it. How wearing your clothes a certain way will increase your mental clarity and creativity by leaps and bounds. The fun way to reveal and tap deeply into YOUR real genius... and why in some way or another everyone is a genius. ..
8. Give till it Tickles.
The “psychic bonfire” action that will free you from fears, worries and a past you might not even know is dragging you way down! Why doing these three things that NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW ABOUT may be the #1 most important step you ever take to feeling deeply self-fulfilled. ... “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else,” said Booker T. Washington. ..
9. Embrace Death and Dance the Night Away.
The “Last Meal” action that will (in addition to the short-term benefit of pleasing your taste buds like never before) get you and KEEP you on the path to achieving whatever truly matters most to you. 5 “scary” but profoundly interesting actions that will place you firmly on the path to achieving whatever you desire most! ... Place a “Phone Call to a Dead Relative”... and perhaps have it change your life as it did with Brian, or at least have it help heal emotional wounds and experience greater inner-peace. ..
.. as Brian Vaszily, creator of The 9 Intense Experiences, says:
Whatever you desire most is already yours.
Whatever you feel would truly make you happier you already have.
That is, if you can think it, if you can imagine it, it really is already yours, and it is a matter of CLEARING THROUGH barriers inside you to get to that success and happiness that really is already inside you! “Self-Growth through Self-Realization” is probably the best way to put it.) ...
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- The majority are those age 25 to 62, with the highest concentration at age 32 to 56.
- 64% are women, 38% are men. ..
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.. The same acid that gave Ed two strokes gave Dave a heart attack at the age of 54. When he came to me for help, I found high levels, which I expected. But I also discovered low levels of a critical heart nutrient that most doctors completely overlook.
After 6 months of taking this nutrient twice a day he had no trace of heart disease and his blood pressure dropped to a normal 120 over 80. ..
Dodge the Heart Attack Causing Hormone. [Estrogen/Cortisol?]
There’s another very effective predictor of heart disease.
When inflammation, injury or infection appears, your liver releases a marker.
By measuring it, I can tell how likely you are to develop heart disease.
The New England Journal of Medicine found that men with high levels of this marker were twice as likely to suffer a stroke and 3 times as likely to have a heart attack.1 They also discovered this marker shows up in the blood 6 to 8 years before the event happens. That means it gives you an advance warning. You can take action to prevent them long before they strike.
Your body produces a particular hormone to help you regulate blood sugar.
When levels get too high, you start to gain weight and your body makes dangerous changes that appear in your blood. Triglycerides (blood fat) start to rise and your HDL (good cholesterol) starts to fall. Both your blood pressure and your risk of heart disease go through the roof.
Patients at my clinic are always surprised to discover the extra fat around their belly has put them in the danger zone. And most have no idea that a hormone is the real cause. But a few simple changes in diet fix the problem. There’s no sacrifice involved either. In fact many of my recommendations for heart health include steak, eggs and a glass of wine. ...
Traditional cholesterol tests pick up only 45% of cholesterol problems.
The new one identifies about 90% of them. What’s more, the new test can determine whether your cholesterol is actually dangerous or if it is present in your bloodstream but harmless in terms of triggering a heart attack.
Get the Exercise Your Heart Really Needs
... traditional exercise ramps up your risk of heart attack.
Aerobics, jogging and marathons have led you in the wrong direction.
This type of long-duration activity puts stress on your heart that actually makes it shrink. When faced with long bouts of exertion, your body will “downsize” your heart and lungs to economize its use of energy. This keeps your heart going at high output for long periods.
But your body wasn’t designed for long-duration activity. Your ancient ancestors never ran for hours on end. Their activity was more like short bursts of intense exertion followed by rest – the kind used during hunting or escaping from dangerous animals.
When you stress your heart for long periods and force it to shrink, you lose vital reserve capacity. This is the extra pumping power your heart reserves for when it really needs it. If someone is chasing you and you need to get away fast, your heart will draw on that reserve capacity to pump more blood quickly and get more oxygen to your muscles. This gives you the power to get out of trouble.
The same applies for traumatic experiences that are emotional.
If you find out that a loved one has suddenly died, the shock of hearing the bad news creates a demand for more oxygen, just like when you’re trying to escape danger.
Losing your reserve capacity means having a heart attack when a stressful situation arises. Every year, well-conditioned long-distance runners suffer sudden cardiac death. And distance runners have much higher rates of sudden cardiac death than all other athletes.
But you can prevent heart attacks and build up your heart’s reserve capacity by training your body in a whole new way. I developed a program over 15 years ago that bulletproofs your heart in less than 10 minutes.
I use it with my patients and get results in a matter of weeks.
It strengthens their heart, normalizes their blood pressure and melts pounds of unwanted fat. In several cases I’ve had patients lose over 70 pounds of body fat in 12 weeks. It’s easy to learn and requires no special equipment or gym memberships. ...
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Attention Women: Emergency Room Doctors May Not Recognize Your Heart Attack Symptoms Until It’s Too Late…
You may think heart disease is just a man’s problem.
But every year, more women die from heart disease than men. It’s the biggest killer of women in American history. And it’s deadlier in women too. Over 40% of women die within a year of their first heart attack versus only 24% for men.
Even most doctors underestimate this risk women face.
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- Why emergency rooms fail to diagnose a heart attack in women.
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Most multi-vitamins fall short of ...
Primal Force Daily Power Multi-Vitamins.
As a board-certified nutritionist and anti-aging M.D., I examined a number of the multi-vitamins on the market today.
And what I found absolutely shocked me:
- I recommend my patients take 20,000 iu of vitamin A. ..
- Your body also needs 200 mcg per day of copper.
- I also tell my patients to take 90 mcg daily of vitamin K.
.. Just 3 tablets a day gives you the exact daily dosage of the 39 important vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds I recommend for optimal health.
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Vitamin E for a healthy heart … vitamin E can help lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of cardiac illness and cancer. My formula gives you my recommended 200 iu of vitamin E daily. Two of the leading anti-aging multi-vitamins don’t contain vitamin E at all! And to get all the vitamin E you need from your diet, you’d have to eat 2 pounds of sunflower seeds a day.
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Vitamin C to fight cancer and infection … by protecting telomeres, vitamin C actually slows aging. My new daily multi-vitamin gives you 500 mg of C daily – more than 5X the amount of C in a leading supermarket brand of multi-vitamin. You’d have to eat seven oranges to get the same amount of vitamin C contained in my formula.
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Beta-Carotene to see more clearly … in addition to preventing age-related vision loss, beta-carotene strengthens your immune system while reducing your risk of lung and breast cancer. My new multi-vitamin formula gives you 9,000 mcg of beta-carotene daily – while several of the top-selling multi-vitamins give you none.
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Alpha Lipoic Acid to combat free radicals … with a unique ability to fight free radicals in both the fatty and water areas of cells, alpha lipoic acid can help lower your risk of atherosclerosis, lung disease, and neurological orders. My new multi-vitamin gives you the 50 mg daily I recommend for my patients.
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Selenium for cancer protection … numerous studies conclude that high selenium intake protects against cancer and other degenerative diseases. Processing and cooking both deplete the selenium in food, so I tell my patients they need to supplement with 200 mcg of selenium per day – which my formula gives you.
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Vitamin B1 for improved circulation … also known as thiamine, B1 aids in both blood formation and brain function. My new anti-aging multi-vitamin gives you 40 mg of vitamin B1 daily – nearly 27X more than you get by taking a leading supermarket brand.
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Boron to ease joint pain … an important trace mineral, boron can reduce joint pain and inflammation by inhibiting the production of inflammatory enzymes. But because farming and ranching practices have depleted boron from the soil, you don’t get enough of it in your diet. My formula gives you 2mg of boron daily. ...
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You ideally require 40 mg daily of vitamin B6 for optimal brain function and immune system support. That’s 20 times the amount you get taking a leading supermarket multi-vitamin.
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Low chromium levels can put you at greater risk for diabetes and hypoglycemia. And studies show that supplementing with chromium can lower your cholesterol nearly 20%. My new multi-vitamin gives you the 200 mcg of chromium you need each day.
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Iodine deficiency is the leading cause of goiter worldwide. I tell my patients to supplement with 150 mcg of iodine daily – the precise amount you’ll find in my new multi-vitamin formula.
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The 60 mg of grape seed extract in my formula can strengthen blood vessels and may even reverse high blood pressure. But several best-selling multi-vitamins are missing this important nutrient.
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Lutein not only shields your eyes from harmful sunlight, but also lowers your risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. With my new multi-vitamin, you get 1,045 mcg of lutein daily – over 174X more than one of the leading mail order multi-vitamins gives you. ...
And you get it by taking just 3 tablets a day.
With a leading competing brand – which, by the way, doesn’t follow my recommended dosages at all – you have to swallow 14 capsules every day. That’s a lot of pills to choke down.
Right now, you can get a bottle of my new multi-vitamin formula – a 40 day supply – sent direct to your door for just $49.95.
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Just return the unused portion – or even the empty bottle – within 60 days for a full refund on your entire purchase (less shipping and handling) … even if you’ve taken every tablet we sent you.
That way, the burden of proof is on my shoulders, as it should be. You risk absolutely nothing.
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Every nutrient has an optimal daily dosage, and sometimes it’s almost as bad to take TOO MUCH of that bioactive compound as it is to ingest too little!
In most cases, having too high a dosage of a vitamin or mineral in a multi-vitamin is merely wasteful: you’re paying for vitamins and minerals you don’t need. It’s like pouring money down the drain.
In rare instances, taking too much of a vitamin or mineral can actually be detrimental to your health. For example, the Food and Nutrition Board has stated that overt toxicity may occur in individuals ingesting daily 80 to 100 times the amount of selenium in Primal Force Daily Power.
And unless you have iron deficiency, don’t take any multi-vitamin with iron. Iron can interfere with absorption of minerals, give you constipation, and leave a foul taste in your mouth.
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Ultra Greens: You Need 10 Servings of Vegetables ...
These days, the produce you buy at your local grocery store just doesn’t have the nutritional power that fruits and vegetables had just a few decades ago. Over farming, soil depletion, commercial fertilizer, hybrid crops and genetic modifications are slashing the nutrients found in your fruits and vegetables.
You’d have to eat 10 servings of spinach to get the same level of minerals from just one serving about 50 years ago. ...
To help protect you from this tragedy, I created a formula of powerful “green foods” that gives you the nutrient power of over 9 pounds of assorted vegetables – all from drinking a naturally fortified glass of juice or water … Just mix in 2 teaspoons and you’re done! ...
We first began to know that there was a problem back in 1936.
A group of doctors introduced Document No. 264 to the floor of the United States Senate. It was a dire warning that the mineral content of the soil was eroding. Vegetables were losing their power and people were at risk. Unfortunately congress did nothing. ...
Take a look at the loss of Vitamins and Minerals Since 1975:
- Apples, Vitamin A is down 41%
- Sweet Peppers, Vitamin C is down 31%
- Watercress, Iron is down 88%
- Broccoli, Calcium and Vitamin A are down 50%
- Cauliflower, Vitamin C is down 45%; Vitamin B1 is down 48%; and Vitmain B2 is down 47%
- Collards Greens, Vitamin A is down 45%; Potassium is down 60%; and Magnesium is down 85%
Notice minerals like iron and magnesium have dropped by more than 80 percent. That’s from commercial farming technology and powerful fertilizers that practically sterilize the soil – leaving it with little to no mineral content. ...
Magnesium regulates over 300 body functions – every day!
Magnesium is so critical, low levels in your blood can lead to diabetes, heart disease, heart attack and high blood pressure. ...
What’s worse, fruit and vegetable growers create “hybrids” for the sake of making their produce “look better.” They actually create new versions of all your favorites so they have more water, more sugar, more pith (The indigestible support tissue like the white fibrous netting around an orange section) and less of everything else.
Growers call this the “dilution effect.”
For them, more water and more pith helps their produce ship well, look good and weigh a lot. But it virtually wipes out their vitamin and mineral content. ...
A popular broccoli hybrid called “Marathon” is an alarming example:
By the USDA’s own admission, levels of calcium and magnesium in the Marathon hybrid are 35 percent lower than other hybrids. The hybrids themselves are 50 percent lower in calcium and magnesium than “normal” broccoli. And the “normal” broccoli has less than half the calcium and magnesium than broccoli did in 1975! ...
“Within a few weeks of taking Ultra Greens, my headaches disappeared.
I feel a lot stronger and I’ve added pounds of new muscle. At the same time, I’ve lost a lot of fat around my middle … A lot of my friends are saying that I look “different” – that I look younger and have that “certain glow.” That’s good, because I feel younger too! I’m sticking with Ultra Greens!”
-- Paul R., West Palm Beach, FL
.. Spirulina is the oldest food on earth, arriving on this planet over 3.5 billion years ago. It’s actually a kind of blue-green algae. After 30 years of clinical study, researchers agree it’s the world’s richest source of vitamins, minerals, iron, protein and a host of other energizing and detoxifying nutrients. .. one pound of spirulina has the nutritional power of 1,000 pounds of assorted vegetables!
Barley grass is so well balanced, it has the EXACT blend of amino acids, proteins, enzymes, vitamins and minerals that you need for optimum health. Its healing powers are so historic you find it mentioned in the Bible.
..Here’s just a partial list of what you’ll find in every jar of Ultra Greens:
- A Total of 12 Green Super Foods
- 3 Essential Fibers
- 12 Healing Herbs
- 8 Additional Super Foods
- 6 Energy Dense Sea Vegetables
- Probiotic Growth Factor, (Critical for Digestion and Nutrient Absorption)
I’ve been using Ultra Greens with my patients too.
Its wide range of healing power consistently amazes me. I’ve watched it lower LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglycerides (blood fat)… repair and detoxify the liver and lymph nodes… turn the tables on chronic fatigue… boost the immune system and wipe out troubling symptoms that were difficult to diagnose.
“I love Ultra Greens! I take 2 teaspoons each morning and love the flavor. As soon as I drank the first glass, I had an immediate burst of energy. And I especially noticed a difference with my digestion. I’ve had constant “digestive issues” and upset stomach and from day one – Ultra Greens immediately helped.
The bloating of my gut has gone down, I feel cleaner and detoxified and my stomach has not gotten upset which is typical after each meal for me. I have already given this product to my roommate and she loves it as well. I’ve made this a part of my daily morning routine.”
-- Christine J., Delray Beach, FL
You Have Over 280 Deadly Chemicals and Toxins Flowing through Your Blood – And they’ve Been there Since the Day You Were Born …
In 2005, the nonprofit Environmental Working Group published the results of a sobering study. After analyzing the blood of newborn babies from around the country, they discovered 287 chemicals and other toxins.5 One of the pesticides that turned up the most was a by-product of DDT – a pesticide banned in 1972.
They also found:
- 76 chemicals that cause cancer in humans and animals.
- 94 that are toxic to the brain and nervous system.
- 79 that cause birth defects or abnormal development. ...
Chlorophyll connects to cancer-causing toxins in the gut and prevents them from being absorbed. Barley grass contains unique amino acids that create a type of cage (chelate) around deadly toxins and carry them out of your body.
The word chelate comes from the Greek word meaning “claw.”
During the process of chelation, the amino acids in barley grass grab – like a claw – onto toxins like the chemicals and heavy metals flowing through your blood stream. ...
Spirulina also has this chelating – or “claw like” ability.
Here’s what some of the world’s leading researchers are saying about the detoxifying power of spirulina:
- “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…”8
- “Not only has spirulina been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, help prevent blood clots and lower blood pressure, but Japanese scientists have discovered that it can also help detoxify the blood and maintain energy levels …”9
My original Ultra Greens formula was a hit from the moment it was released. It delivers all the nutrients you’re missing from your diet and drags deadly toxins right out of your body… My improved formula is even better, thanks to the added patented soluble fiber
Nutriose®
This unique type of fiber improves the absorption of Ultra Greens powerful “super foods.” By ramping up energy to your cells, this fiber multiplies Ultra Green’s healing and detoxifying power.
It’s clinically proven to enhance mineral absorption and promote the growth of “friendly bacteria.” These are the “good guys” that improve your digestion and help keep your GI tract clean and healthy. It helps you maintain healthy cholesterol levels too.
.. Nutriose® is a natural fat buster.
By lengthening the time it takes your stomach to empty after a meal, this powerful fiber slows down the release and absorption of sugar in your blood. That means a smaller release of insulin.
As you know from reading my articles, insulin in the hormone that governs fat production and storage. The less you release, the slimmer you become. ...
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Obesity: When you have toxins in your body, they’re stored in your fat cells.
Ultra Greens removes those toxins, literally “emptying out your fat cells” for dramatic fat loss results.
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Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure:
Ultra Greens helps your body remove LDL (bad cholesterol) and maintain low triglycerides (blood fat). It also has the remarkable ability to stabilize and maintain your blood pressure.
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Joint Pain:
Ultra Greens clears away the chemicals and toxins that cause inflammation.
As you know, inflammation leads to stiff joints, chronic pain and disability. ..
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Chronic Fatigue and Difficulty Sleeping:
Many of my patients report increased energy and athletic performance.
Others tell me they’re sleeping better than they have in years. By purifying your blood and increasing the efficiency and output of your brain and other organs, Ultra Greens gives you “power on demand,” and a restful night’s sleep.
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Wrinkles and Sagging Skin:
I’ve seen noticeable improvements in skin tone and elasticity in the faces of my own patients. Ultra Greens, being a rich source of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA, provides your skin with age-defying nutrients. The result is smoother, firmer, more radiant skin – with fewer wrinkles and age spots!
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Muscle Loss:
Bodybuilders love Ultra Greens.
Its high quality protein boosts muscle mass and gives them extra strength to push their limits. Even if you’re not interested in weight lifting, Ultra Greens prevents muscle loss and gives you that added kick when you need it.
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Weakness and Digestion Trouble:
The super foods in Ultra Greens mop up sluggish digestion and help get rid of yeast infections like candida. This is critical, especially if you’ve been eating bread all your life. The difference in your energy levels – and your moods – once this is cleared up is worth taking Ultra Greens all on its own. ...
I’ve arranged a special price for you: Just 80 cents a day.
Think of the hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars you pay every month for health insurance… and it doesn’t do a thing to protect you from the epidemics that plague our country. ..
And it’s FULLY guaranteed. If at any time you feel like Ultra Greens isn’t working for you, just return the unused portion – even an empty jar – and I’ll promptly return your money. I’ll even reimburse you for shipping and handling. ...
P.S. – Don’t worry; Ultra Greens doesn’t have a bad aftertaste or unpleasant flavor…
It dissolves easily in a glass of your favorite juice.
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Resveratrol Lets You Choose
which Genes to Express and which to Leave Silent.
Some of the good anti-aging genes that get “switched on” with resveratrol are genes that:
Not content to simply offer you the mighty power of resveratrol on its own,
I added EGCG (green tea extract) and SOD (the most potent antioxidant your body makes on its own).
Together, they form the power-trio behind my newest formula RES-3.
Green tea extract:
- Zaps harmful free radicals.
- Reduces inflammation (easing joint pain and stiffness).
- Repairs damaged DNA, leaving cells stable and healthy.
- Boosts your exercise capacity by up to 30%.
- Is 25 to 100 times more potent than vitamins C and E.
- Wards off the problems that come with aging like cataracts and autoimmune disorders.
... All the chemicals and toxins in your environment – like dioxins, some PCBs, and some polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – cause their damaging effects through the molecular pathway that green tea shuts down!
SOD – the third element in my super-antioxidant formula – is the most powerful antioxidant your body has. Antioxidants that come from vitamins and food sources pale in comparison. SOD is the “master guardian” of your body’s immune system and is your number one primary antioxidant.
It’s so vital, production of SOD starts when you’re in the womb. In one study, genetically engineered mice whose bodies couldn’t make their own SOD died in just days from massive free radical damage. ...
SOD: Your Body’s Most Powerful Antioxidant
With RES-3, all you need is a glass of water and two small caplets. That’s it. It takes less than two minutes a day and you’re done. Your body does all the work for you. It’s that easy.
.. By taking RES-3 everyday, you give your body the ammunition it needs to pull the right switches and shut down the problem areas.
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A few weeks ago a friend brought me something new called Photo Reading.
It’s a program designed to help you read faster with greater comprehension. But it’s not speed-reading. It gets you to use more of your brain…more of the capacity that’s waiting to be tapped.
Think of it as a “whole brain” activity.
You use both the left (logical) and right (creative) sides of your brain. When fired simultaneously you get amazing results.
People who finish the course can read up to 25,000 words a minute. ...
One of the core techniques is “photographing” what you see on the page – all at once. You actually train your brain to take a picture of the words on a page. This enables you to go through a book as fast as you can turn the pages. ...
Part of the program includes a memory booster. It’s a simple and effective way of remembering what you read. This easy-to-learn technique is similar to something I used back in medical school. They call it “mind mapping.”
You can try it right now. Get a sheet of blank paper and some colored markers.
Let’s say you wanted to memorize my PACE program… In the middle of the page you draw a circle and write the word “PACE.” Around that word – and with a different color marker – you draw another circle and write the core concepts of the book. In this case, you might write, “short bursts of intensity,” “12 minutes” and “oxygen debt.”
Then coming out of that circle you draw a curved line, like you’re drawing the pedal of a flower. (Use a different color.) On that line you write one of the chapter names. Let’s take chapter 3 as an example…Write “Jumpstart Your PACE Now!” on the line coming out of the circle.
Coming off the main line, you draw smaller lines, like the veins in the leaf of a plant. On those lines you write the key points of chapter 3 like “adaptive response,” “recovery,” and “greater fitness in less time.”
When you use both parts of your brain at the same time, you’re able to remember the contents of an entire book – just by creating a picture of it.
This mind mapping techniques has dozens of applications.
It’s not just for books. You can use it to remember recipes, names, schedules, you name it. ...
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- Tells your brain you’ve already had enough to eat.
- Accelerates your metabolism and speeds up fat burning.
- Promotes long-term fat loss.
... there are a handful of herbs, nutrients and minerals that effectively reduce your appetite. They’re tested and proven. And when you put them together you get a safe and reliable result. ...
Use it right and you’ll transform the way you look.
And that’s what I tell my patients. If you control your appetite and follow something called the glycemic load you’ll be lean, tight and trim. ...
One of the most effective natural ingredients for burning fat and reducing your appetite comes from the rind of an Asian fruit. Gambooge (Garcinia cambogia) is well known in places like India and Indonesia. They’ve used it for centuries to make small meals more filling.
It binds to an enzyme called citrate lyase, which turns excess carbs into fat. By blocking the action of this enzyme it helps your body use carbs more efficiently.
Garcinia helps your appetite disappear by promoting the synthesis of glycogen. Glycogen is the stored form of glucose, one of your body’s primary sources of energy. Increased glycogen production and storage is your body’s normal way of signaling your brain that you’ve eaten enough.
Garcinia also improves your body’s response to leptin, the hormone that communicates this “I’ve had enough to eat…” message to your brain.
An 8-week study of 60 people at Georgetown University
found a significant decrease of:
- Total body weight
- Total food intake
And a significant increase of:
- Serotonin (the “feel good” brain chemical)
- Fat oxidation (fat burning)
- Cardiovascular benefits
… the hoodia you’ll find in my Native Slim is 100% genuine.
Native Slim is certified by CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) as being completely authentic. Its identity has been verified using the two accepted methods for testing: TLC and HPLC.
TLC (Thin Layer Chromotography) and HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromotography)
are widely-used laboratory techniques for separating compounds in order to identify them. ...
Hoodia comes from the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa.
For at least 20,000 years, the native Bushmen have used hoodia to kill their appetite on long hunting trips.
Recently, researchers discovered that the plant has a molecule previously unknown to science. They named it P57. This molecule sends a message to your brain telling you that you’re full. ...
Chromium controls your appetite, especially cravings for sweets. It also has the ability to carry protein where your body needs it most. This helps you lose fat while building lean muscle mass.4
This trace mineral plays an essential role in the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats and has been shown to promote cardiovascular health. ...
Chromium helps to maintain blood sugar levels that are already within the normal range. ...
And it’s easy to regulate your dose.
Just 2 sprays are all you need. But if you want a stronger or longer-lasting effect, just pump a few more times. My formula is safe. You can take several doses without risk. ...
These so-called “fat burners,” like the caffeine in your coffee, are neuro-stimulants, meaning they stimulate your nervous system. The problem with this approach is that your body will “down regulate” your metabolic processes to counter the effect of the stimulant.
In other words, your body detects over-stimulation and reacts by depressing nervous stimulation to get you back to its internal “set point”.
You should think of most diet pills as stimulants – not fat burners. They may help wake you up and give you a temporary jolt of energy, but so does a good cup of coffee. ...
.. the glycemic index (GI) for years with great results.
But it does have limitations. The GI is essential because it tells you how fast foods spike your blood sugar.
And as you know, high glycemic foods will make you fat by driving up insulin in your blood. But the GI won’t tell you how much carbohydrate per serving you’re getting – just how fast it will spike your blood sugar.
... it works even better when you eat the right foods.
Think watermelon is a good “diet” food?
Well … it is. But if you only look at the glycemic index you might think otherwise. The GI of watermelon is 71 – very high. That means it will break down into sugar very quickly.
But … the glycemic load of watermelon is only 8.
That makes it a very safe food. In fact, you could eat watermelon until you burst and it won’t make you fat. It may be a fast blood sugar trigger but the size of carbs per serving is very small.
Here’s how it breaks down:
One cup of watermelon (154 grams) has only 11 grams of carbohydrate, giving it a low rating of 8.
Knowing how many carbs you’re really getting makes dropping fat so much easier…
It’s not all bad news … Ice cream, which also has a GI in the mid 60’s has a very low glycemic load – a harmless 4! That means that the amount of carbs you’re getting from ice cream – in spite of the sugar – is really very small. ...
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- An extensive listing of the GI and GL for hundreds of your favorite foods. ..
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Choline Punch, Paullina cupana 3 bottles -- $83.88, or, $34.95 ea
Sacred to the nearby Guarani tribe, it was literally a gift from the gods. According to tribal folklore, the Indians of the Amazon River Basin have been using it to prevent fatigue and increase physical endurance since before recorded history.
I took it in the early morning before we hit the trail. After 18 hours through the jungles of Peru my mind was crystal clear and I had no feeling of fatigue. Looking back, I had covered 15 miles of rugged terrain without feeling tired or worn out.
I realized that combining this ancient herb with cutting edge brain nutrients would create a powerful new formula. Not only would it give you more energy without crashing, it would help your memory too.* ...
The Amazon herb that kept me alert yet relaxed comes from a seed called Paullina cupana. The active compound is guaranine, a member of the caffeine family. But unlike regular caffeine, it’s full of healthy fatty acids.
The good fat gives guaranine a slow release.
Its effect will gradually increase over a period of hours. It doesn’t pick you up and throw you down like quick release caffeine. There’s no crash with this stuff… and you don’t get any of the nervous, jittery energy you do with caffeine.
Caffeine gets a bad rap sometimes but it’s the most widely used drug in the world. And it’s a proven mental performance booster. The studies number in the hundreds. One published in Neurology found that three cups of coffee a day cuts your risk of mental decline by over 50%.1
But there’s a catch. Coffee gives you a short burst of energy, but overheats and excites your body. Guaranine has a cooling action that revitalizes and relaxes.The end result is more beneficial to your body. You get all the energy and alertness but remain calm, cool and collected.*
Give Your Brain the Power of Total Recall and Extreme Alertness
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The Rain Forest herb works its magic by releasing acetylcholine in your brain. Acetyl-choline is a neurotransmitter. It’s the brain chemical that lets your nerve cells fire through the synapse or gap that exists between the trillions of neurons in your brain.
If you have lots of acetylcholine, your mind is sharp and your memory is clear.
When you drink coffee in the morning, the release of acetylcholine gives you the buzz that gets you going.*
But there’s a problem … coffee will burn you out because it depletes your reserve of acetylcholine. Guaranine is slow acting with none of the caffeine side effects but it works in the same way. Eventually you lose your reserve of acetylcholine.
But if you trigger a release of acetylcholine and then rebuild your reserves you can sustain the amazing rush of clarity over the long term.* ...
I knew I could get the best of both worlds if I combined guaranine with powerful brain nutrients. One of them is choline, the building block required for the synthesis of acetylcholine. Introduce choline into the mix and you give your body the ability to manufacture this incredibly powerful neurotransmitter.
When you combine choline and guaranine you get a bigger release of acetylcholine – even more than taking guaranine on its own. That’s what gives you the feeling of energy and mental power. But instead of depleting your reserves and burning out, you build them up.*
Your brain has a huge appetite for choline.
It’s the primary building block for acetylcholine.
You burn it up 24/7 as your brain uses it to maintain clear communication between trillions of neurons.
You need it for all the basics like thought, memory and sleep.
It even controls how you move. Your muscles receive commands from your brain via acetylcholine. That means your sense of balance and stability is controlled by this key transmitter.
Like many nutrients, your supply of choline drops as you get older.
As this happens, you can expect some or all of these symptoms:
- Poor recall and memory loss
- Fatigue or lack of energy
- Brain fog and/or a sense of confusion
- Problems falling asleep, tossing and turning
- Unable to catch on, or learn new things
- Feeling distracted or irritable
- Walking with a wobbly or shaky gait, unable to stay balanced
When Your Brain Doesn’t Get Enough Choline
It Starts to Destroy Itself …
To survive, your body will scavenge materials from other sources when it can’t get enough from its main supplier. When choline levels drop off, your brain goes on a scavenger hunt and extracts choline from nerve cell membranes. This last resort is called “auto-cannibalism” and it’s very dangerous.
In the short term, your brain will use this technique to keep your memory and other functions up and running. But in the long run, your nerve cells end up badly damaged.
... the nutrients DMAE and choline turn into the key neurotransmitter acetylcholine. DMAE is another powerful brain nutrient I will tell you about a little later. It’s also in my formula. First, I want you to see the direct connection choline has to its end product acetylcholine.
As you can see, choline is one small step away from acetylcholine.
Put more choline into your body and your brain gets more of the neurotransmitter that keeps your mind alert and your memory fresh.*
... When you read something, you “get it.”
When someone is explaining something, you understand what they’re getting at before they even get to the point. You move into a feeling of extreme alertness. You’re aware of everything and it’s all so clear.
.. One of the experiences I appreciate most is the “alert but calm” feeling.
Your mind can relax and let go. Your focus becomes almost laser like. And it lasts throughout the day. It’s not a short-lived spike like coffee or other caffeine drinks.
I could have stopped there … choline and guaranine are enough to repair and rejuvenate your aging brain. But there’s another key brain booster essential to my formula.*
.. DMAE.
It’s a natural, brain-stimulating nutrient found in anchovies, sardines and other fish. Studies show it increases levels of acetylcholine. As you know, acetylcholine is critical for learning and memory.5 ..
DMAE provides a safe and non-addictive solution to a variety of cognitive and behavioral problems.
DMAE can also support learning and promote a healthy mood.*
In one study, 50 kids showed improvement in just 10 weeks.6 In another study, children did better in concentration and skill tests with this nutrient.7 And there were no side effects like jumpiness, or an increase in heart rate.8*
Clinical studies show DMAE can:9*
- Boost IQ
- Accelerate mental speed and your ability to process thoughts and ideas
- Improve your concentration and eliminate early morning “fogginess”
- Promote a healthy mood
- Decrease irritability and over activity
- Increase attention without causing drowsiness
Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Health
It supports your heart and brain health.*
Boosting the level of choline in your blood has a powerful effect on homocysteine and C-reactive protein (CRP). ... They are both better indicators for heart and brain health than anything else – including cholesterol.
.. homocysteine causes oxidative stress to the vascular endothelium and that maintaining healthy levels of homocysteine is important for heart health.*
Your body produces C-reactive protein as part of its overall defense.
When part of your body is injured, it sends signals to the rest of your body for help. Your immune system then sends out white blood cells and inflammatory molecules including CRP to the injured area.
***
Once there, the defense cells try to fix damaged areas and fight off the intruder. But this defensive response causes inflammation. The inflammatory response needs energy in the form of oxidative “fire” which can damage surrounding tissues.
Spikes in CRP levels are an early sign of inflammation in your body.
That’s why CRP is such a good indicator. We can evaluate heart health using CRP levels better than with cholesterol levels. ...
The choline in my formula brings down your levels of both homocysteine and CRP.* ...
Not only does choline ramp up your mental energy and protect your memory, it helps wipe out the two predictors of coming disaster.*
Here’s Another Mental Boost: Confidence
.. After taking my choline formula, many of my patients tell me they feel more confident about the future. Instead of sitting around the house worrying about what might happen, they feel like they’re back in the driver’s seat. That’s what happens when you have real options.
Knowledge is power.
But I wouldn’t be surprised if sometimes you feel like you’re being kept in the dark. Many doctors make their patients feel like children or fools. Or both. They hand out prescriptions and give you an attitude if you ask questions. I’ve always believed real medicine is about empowerment. Not secrecy.
With this blend of super nutrients, you have the power to keep your mind clear and strong as you age. It keeps your brain young and well fed. And when it’s working in peak condition your risk of problems drop dramatically.* ...
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Cat’s Claw Root, Uncaria Rubiaceae and bladder function.
$28.95 per bottle.
This is a vine native to the jungles of Central and South America.
It’s named for its dangerous-looking thorns. Turns out it’s not dangerous at all.
While most herbal specialists in this country don’t know much about it, tribes in the Amazon have been using the root of this plant for centuries.
In fact the Asháninka tribe of Peru swear by its medicinal powers as a general health tonic, contraceptive, and anti-inflammatory agent for the gastrointestinal tract.1*
Over the past twenty years, researchers have identified fifty-three separate compounds in Cat’s Claw Root that provide a broad range of health benefits, including:2*
anti-inflammatory
immune booster
antioxidant
central nervous system health support
vascular support
What does all this mean for your bladder function?
One of Cat’s Claw’s most important clinically proven benefits for optimum bladder function lies in its unique natural ability to relax the smooth muscles.3* These govern how well the muscles in your bladder are able to void (and retain) urine. If they’re too tight, they constrict, making simple urination difficult. If they’re weak, it makes peeing difficult to control.
Its anti-inflammatory properties are also highly beneficial for the urinary tract.
I’ve found it works well in commercial preparations ranging from 250 to 1000 milligrams daily. You can make a medicinal tea by boiling the root bark of Cat’s Claw in water for five to 10 minutes and then straining the water. A recommended dose is one cup of tea three times daily. You can also try dry, encapsulated standardized extract with 20 to 60 mg daily.
One other point to bear in mind: some people are allergic to Cat’s Claw.
Be sure to take it under the supervision of a licensed health practitioner. The symptoms include rash, itching, and in some cases, irritated inflammation of the kidneys. If you experience any of these, discontinue use immediately.
Also make sure the species of Cat’s Claw you’re taking is the right one.
There are many plants in Mexico and other parts of Central and South America that go by the name of “Cat’s Claw.”
The one you want should have the botanical name Uncaria Rubiaceae.
Other types of Cat’s Claw won’t work and are a waste of money and time.
I developed a supplement that supports normal bladder function.
It contains Uncaria Rubiaceae.
Radiance, skin care, $107.85/3 months
2008-11-04
My research and development is finally complete …
Now you can protect your skin from the sun’s rays without covering yourself in a greasy layer of toxic sunscreen. And there’s much more to the story.
SOD [superoxide dismutase]
This high-powered ingredient prevents long-term damage to your skin.
That means you won’t be left with dry, weathered skin as you age. ...
When dermatologists at the Center Hospital University in France finished their study of this remarkable ingredient, they were stunned… They used UV light to give sunburns on the forearms of 50 people once a week for four weeks. The volunteers took this new capsule or a placebo (dummy pill) each day. ...
The researchers used something called chromometry to measure skin color and videocapillaroscopy to measure inflammatory changes in the skin. The people taking the “sunscreen capsule” had a dramatic increase in the minimum amount of exposure necessary to produce sunburn. Even fair-skinned people required eight times more UV exposure to produce sunburn than did the placebo group.
That means they needed 8 times more sunlight to produce the same sunburn the other group received with no protection! Just a single capsule ramps up your sun protection by 800%.
...
Once burning occurred, the redness went away much faster in the “sunscreen capsule” group. They also had less skin inflammation – the painful redness and puffiness you get from sunburn.
.. SOD [superoxide dismutase], was extremely fast acting, with just two to three days of supplementation before they received the first sunburn from the researchers. ...
Imagine working in your garden without having a painful, red neck at the end of the day… Or going in and out of your pool on a hot summer day without the worry of a nasty burn … Best of all, you can throw your Coppertone in the garbage and avoid all those cancer-causing chemicals for good.
This new discovery is by far the easiest and most convenient way to protect yourself from long-term sun damage. And maybe the only reliable way to keep youthful skin as you age.
…
The remarkable ingredient that amazed French researchers isn’t new … we’ve known about it for decades. But until now, there was no way for you to take it as a supplement. I’m talking about SOD (superoxide dismutase).
Structure of the active site of human superoxide dismutase (SOD)
SOD [superoxide dismutase] is the most powerful antioxidant your body has.
Antioxidants that come from vitamins and food sources pale in comparison.
SOD is the “master guardian” of your body’s immune system and is your number one primary antioxidant.
It’s so vital, production of SOD starts when you’re in the womb.
In one study, genetically engineered mice whose bodies couldn’t make their own SOD died in just days from massive free radical damage. 2
..
antioxidants come from two places, your body and your diet.
The ones your body can make – like SOD – are the primary antioxidants and the most powerful. Secondary antioxidants are the ones you get from your diet or supplements like CoQ10, Vitamin E, etc. ...
In the past, I’ve told you about secondary antioxidants like CoQ10…
.. for the first time in medical history, we have a way to get your body to make more of its own SOD.
... this new kind of SOD is the only way to boost your body’s level of SOD.
.. SOD is such a fragile molecule, it was impossible for it to get through your digestive system without being destroyed. Ongoing research has shown:3
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Free SOD is destroyed in the stomach.
- Oral supplementation of free SOD does not increase tissue SOD activity.
- A small percentage of native SOD can be presented in the intestinal tract but cannot translocate the Gastrointestinal (GI) barrier.
This patented technology (US Patent 6 04 5809) wraps SOD in a protective coating, sending it through your digestive tract without being damaged. When it’s safe, SOD is efficiently absorbed by your small intestine – with all its power intact.
I worked out a deal with the makers of this new SOD to make it a part of my “sunscreen capsule” formula I call Radiance.
...
Radiance keeps you safe from the sun’s rays.
It’s also your best chance at keeping a fresh, taught face that projects a clean, warm glow…
And unlike chemical sunscreens, Radiance won’t stop the sun from helping your body make vital vitamin D while you’re out walking or enjoying a barbeque or spending time with your family outdoors. That way, you get all the sun’s benefits and none of the risks.
SOD doesn’t just seek and destroy free radicals.
That’s what secondary antioxidants do. SOD actually raises the response of your entire immune system. This makes every cell in your body more resilient and better able to fight off attacks from the outside. No other antioxidant even comes close to this kind of power.
.. SOD is the first antioxidant to attack harmful superoxide radicals by transforming them into less reactive ions. This is what happens during sun exposure… SOD zaps the destructive free radicals that form when sunlight hits your skin – and it powers up your immune system at the same time.
To make Radiance even more effective, I added 5 powerful skin-saving ingredients. Each one on its own would be enough to reverse years of sun damage. Together, they form an unbeatable barrier against harmful UV rays.
Meet the Radiance all stars:
Nutrient: Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA)
Source: Vegetable oils
Benefit: Anti-inflammatory, cancer-fighter, immune booster, cellular building block
Nutrient: Sea Buckthorn oil
Source: Berries of a plant native to Europe and Asia
Benefit: Rich in antioxidants, anti-aging power, speeds skin cell regeneration and healing from burns and injuries
Nutrient: Mixed tocopherols (Vit. E)
Source: Leafy greens, seeds and nuts
Benefit: Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, DNA repair, immune booster, protects cell membranes
Nutrient: High omega flax seed oil
Source: Flowering plant native to Canada
Benefit: Antioxidant, cancer fighter, accelerates healing
Nutrient: Hyaluronic acid
Source: Root vegetables
Benefit: Basic building block of tissue throughout the body, anti-aging, cell repair and healing, reduces wrinkles, keeps skin firm and elastic
Nutrient: Raspberry seed oil
Source: Raspberries
Benefit: Antioxidant, healing agent
GliSODin®
Patented “antioxidant catalyst” from France
Ramps up your body’s production of a super powerful antioxidant enzyme; cancer-fighter, anti-inflammatory, immune booster, detoxifies cell tissue
Of course, if you plan to stay out in the sun all day, or if you get a lot of regular exposure you might want to use additional protection – like staying covered up or using a non-toxic zinc oxide sunscreen. ...
To really protect the vitality and elasticity of your skin you need to help your body make more of the primary defense that does all the real work. And your top primary defense is SOD.
You may be surprised to hear you can get reliable sun protection – and youthful skin – from a little capsule and a glass of water. At first, I was too … But after going over the test results and talking to other doctors, I know it to be true.
That’s why I’m writing to you today.
I want you to have this amazing breakthrough right away. Living in south Florida, I started taking it as soon as I could … Even in winter, Radiance slows your skin’s aging clock and zaps those deep lines and wrinkles.
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Radiance is risk and regret free.
You can always get your money back if it’s not for you. Even your shipping and handling. Eva – my services director – always takes care of you. She makes sure you get all the sun protecting, age reversing benefits of Radiance without any hassle or “buyer’s remorse.”
My Special Gift to You.
Eva has a special bonus for you … If she hears from you today, she’ll send you a FREE copy of my latest release Your Best Health Under the Sun. In it, you’ll find the real benefits of sunshine and how to protect yourself from all 3 forms of skin cancer. I also expose the myths, half-truths and falsehoods about sun exposure that flood the media.
You may not have heard:
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Why skin cancer was virtually unheard of before 1930
– and the chilling clinical studies mainstream medicine has hidden from publication.
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The 5 simple nutrients that actually protect your skin from cancer
– (you probably have these in your fridge right now…)
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Why exposing yourself to the sun actually lowers your risk of deadly skin cancer.
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The truth about the “sun safety alliance” and
why their backroom deals lead to the death of over 300,000 Americans every year.
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The little-known secret about sunlight that relieves depression,
strengthens bones and prevents cancer.
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What the ancient Greeks knew about the healing power of the sun – that we don’t!
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The 7 dangerous chemicals in sunscreen that increase your risk of skin cancer.
Or Eva may send you an excerpt from Your Best Health Under the Sun called Foods to Keep Your Skin Youthful. This report reveals the foods that keep your skin soft and supple. You’ll also find the easiest ways to get more vitamin D into your diet and daily routine. Check out her packages and choose the one you like.
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NutriVision, $127.26 for 6-month supply
..Before engaging in deadly dog fights, fighter pilots ate handfuls of a certain type of berry to sharpen their vision.
Back then it was known as a “folk remedy.” But today we know there’s real science behind it. Powerful micronutrients called carotenoids nourish and protect the parts of your eye that create your experience of color, sharpness and contrast.
In a study by the American Journal of Public Health, 97% of patients experienced significant improvements in their eyesight – just from taking an extract of this simple berry.1 ..
Get the right dose of this simple nutrient and you’ll see brighter colors, sharper lines and drive with confidence – even at night… But there’s more. New research shows there are at least 12 other minerals and nutrients that additionally enhance the boost to your eyesight.
.. bilberry.
Not only does bilberry help your night vision, it increases healthy circulation in your eye’s tiny capillaries and gives you optimum support for your retina and surrounding eye tissues.* ...
Consider the bilberry I use.
To get the best night vision and recovery time from glare, you need to use an extract that has a high percentage of something called anthocyanosides. This is where bilberry’s power comes from. I use a 25% extraction, the highest you can get. ...
lutein and zeaxanthin
Of all the carotenoids in your diet, your macula collects only these two.
Their concentration in your retina is so high; your eyes can’t function without them. These pigments act like sunglasses that block and protect your central sight from harmful light rays and the break down of free radicals.
The research shows you need to supplement with at least 12 mg of lutein to see properly. But the more you get, the better you see. My experience with my patients shows that 20 mg of lutein is the optimum dosage.
Zeaxanthin is just as important.
While lutein is found around the outer edges of your macula, zeaxanthin is found at the center. Together, they give you complete protection. ...
My formula gives you a full 1 mg of zeaxanthin.
That may not sound like much, but zeaxanthin is very concentrated.
Most other formulas only give you a few hundred micrograms! ...
- Zinc & copper to help you focus & read fine print …*
- Eyebright to build healthy blood vessels in your eyes & eyelids …*
- Vit C to fight free radicals & prevent oxidative damage in your eyes …*
- Lycopene, a .. powerful antioxidant and free radical fighter …*
- L-taurine to strengthen the cells of your retina & protect your lenses from drying out …*
- Ginko biloba & vinpocetine to boost healthy blood circulation to your eyes & lower inflammation …*
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When I hear back from you, I’ll immediately send you a report I put together on eye health: Dr. Sears' Vision Loss Report. ...
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Natural Sulphurs.
[Added information for clarification.]
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MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane) is a "naturally-occurring nutrient found in normal human diets" (1). It gets into the diet through the sulfur cycle. Ocean plankton release sulfur compounds which rise into the ozone where ultra-violet light makes MSM and DMSO. DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide, is a precursor to MSM. MSM and DMSO return to the surface of the earth in rain (1). Plants concentrate MSM and return it to the earth and the sea. Evaporation into the air results in their return to the earth (1).
MSM .. decreases the pressure inside the cell.
In removing fluids and toxins, sulfur affects the cell membrane.
MSM is an organic form of sulfur, whereas sulfites in foodstuffs are inorganic. Sue Williams states "sulfur is present in all cells" and is in the form of "organic compounds throughout the body’ (2). However, sulfur can be found in the body in sulfate forms. It forms sulfate compounds with sodium, potassium, magnesium, and selenium. MSM has a significance, because sulfur compounds are found everywhere throughout the body and in nature.
Sulfur has an indirect importance, because sulfur compounds play a role in many body organs and systems. Sulfur is in the hair, skin, and nails. Many amino acids, the building blocks of protein, have sulfur as a component. Taurine is a sulfur-containing amino acid formed from methionine (2). Taurine stabilizes cell membranes (2). Methionine contains sulfur, detoxifies cells, and is involved in pain relief (2). Carnitine comes from methionine and transports long chain fatty acids preventing accumulations of lipoproteins (2). Many B-complex vitamins interact with or contain sulfur. Sulfur is needed for insulin production. ...
Avoiding nightshade plants has helped arthritis patients (tomatoes / potatoes / green pepper/eggplant). Biotin and vitamin C help the body assimilate MSM. Biotin and vitamin C are found in fresh fruits. ... The MSM source for MSM supplements is often lignin from pine trees. ... MSM is a pure, stable, white crystalline powder without the unpleasant smell or taste of DMSO. (1-3) Also, MSM does not give you a strong body odor like DMSO. ...
MSM is an anti-oxidant that helps to clean the blood stream and flush toxins trapped in our cells. It is also a foreign protein and free radical scavenger. ... The body uses what it needs, and after 12 hours will flush out any excess amounts. ...
MSM has also shown amazing anti-parasitic action against Giardia, Trichomonas, roundworms, nematodes, Enterobius and other intestinal worms. When parasites attach themselves to the intestinal lining, they can live, reproduce and rob the body of nutrients indefinitely. MSM blocks parasites by competing for receptor sites on the mucous membrane. When parasites can not attach themselves, they are simply flushed out of the system.
.. food allergens.
MSM coats mucosal surfaces and occupies the binding sites that could otherwise be used by challenging food allergens. It can also bind with offending agents to produce harmless substances which are then excreted from the body. This facilitates normal digestion and assimilation and allows the body to get maximum nutritional value from foods that would otherwise cause a reaction. Individuals who experience an allergic response to certain foods have reported improved or complete tolerance to those foods when they take MSM supplements. Healthy flexible colon tissues along with improved digestion, can also relieve constipation.
Diabetes
Sulfur is also a component of insulin, the hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism and insufficient sulfur may result in decreased insulin production. It is also possible that a lack of bio-available sulfur would make the cells so rigid and impermeable that they become unable to absorb sugar from the blood efficiently, leaving blood sugar levels elevated. Studies indicate that regular MSM supplements which cause the cell to become permeable, could help balance blood sugar and allow the overworked pancreas to return to normal.
Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products are the main sources of dietary sulfur, but we have been advised to restrict or remove many of those foods from our diets. Vegetarians, especially those who do not eat eggs, are at particular risk for sulfur deficiency. Plants cells contain sulfur but not in abundant quantities and much of the MSM present in unprocessed foods is lost in washing, cooking or steaming. And, of course, MSM levels decline noticeably with age - doesn't everything? So, the older you get, the more important it becomes to maintain adequate sulfur levels in the body.
.. 2,000 to 6,000 mg. of supplemental MSM daily is recommended.
{Other sulfur food possibilities:
Garlic, Yarrow, Onions, Alpha Lipolic Acid (ALA) -- also known as thioctic acid, ..
Mercury combines with sulfates to produce very toxic gaseous compounds.
Gold also combines with sulfates. Lead sulfates are commonly used in industry and were the white lead component of white paints and base paints, as well as of gasolines, and, solders.}