Dr. Krupka gives a detailed account of how Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is affected by vitamin D levels and viral history.
This is some serious content and worth watching more than once.
If you have an autoimmune disease or know someone who does, grab your pen and paper to take notes and change your life!!
Pass it on to your friends.
Here is the video to watch: http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=E637157E21F61027D230CFCA8E319AAF
Discover the Freedom in Healthy Relationships
by Vyara Bridgeman http://www.bodytalk4life.com
Christmas is about family. Getting together with family can be good news for some and not such a good thing for others. Your own family can sometimes be a pain, and in-laws can be even more painful. You may not like your son's fiancé or your daughter's boyfriend, and now you have to sit through Christmas and endure them. Or you may be thrilled about these very people but they are deserting you on Christmas and spending time with others instead. Or you may be looking forward to your favourite people coming over, yet you fear the inevitable arguments that come after a few days of being in each other's space. Whatever the case, Christmas puts a lot of our relationships on trial, that's for sure.
Don't despair though! There is always a way out, no matter how tragic the circumstances look. Here is a recipe for healing any relationship you want, any time:
www.reclaim-your-life.com/building-healthy-relationships.html
The link above will take you to a short video which will then lead you to three other short videos. When I watched them, I had so many a-ha moments that I immediately felt the urge to share this wisdom with everybody I knew!
If you have any challenging relationship in your life and you are not quite sure what to do about it, these videos will give you an innovative perspective that may be just the solution you are looking for. You will learn about the difference between treating the symptom of a challenged relationship versus eradicating the root cause for it. This approach applies to ANY relationship in your life and you can of course apply it any time, not only around Christmas.
The videos are very engaging and extremely insightful. Be sure to watch the power point presentation that goes with one of the videos - it is short and fun to watch, and if you get nothing else but the conclusions at the end of this presentation, you will still feel like you hit the jackpot!
Enjoy the videos and have fun during the Holidays!
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You may have heard a little about the importance of Vitamin D and yet, don’t know anything about it.
In this article Dr. John Cuomo, executive director of research and development at USANA Health Sciences, answers some of the most oft-asked questions about the often misunderstood vitamin:
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What is the single best thing we can do for our health?
Watch a fun short video within the post below to find out.
In a recent population based study of men and women over 65 years of age, those experiencing chronic moderate to extreme pain were twice as likely to be vitamin D deficient than those not reporting pain. Inadequate vitamin D levels are common in older adults and may result in osteoporosis, osteoma-lacia and a wide range of other non-communicable diseases that have potential effects on health outcomes. Moderate to extreme pain is also more likely to present in older adults. A recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition has shown that older men and women experiencing moderate to extreme chronic pain are more likely than others to have poor vitamin D status. Researchers sought to examine the connection between chronic pain and serum vitamin D levels among a population of men and women aged 65 years or older. The study included 2,070 adults who took part in the 2005 annual Health Survey for England, which assessed health and health-related behaviors in children and adults. The results of this study show that symptoms of chronic pain were associated with poor vitamin D status, independent of other variables. Of the 53% of participants that reported experiencing moderate or extreme pain or discomfort, 80% had chronic illnesses and 60% had been diagnosed with musculoskeletal conditions. The odds of experiencing moderate to severe pain increased with decreasing levels of serum vitamin D. In those reporting pain, the odds of being deficient in vitamin D (less than 25 nmol/l, or 10 ng/ml) were double that of subjects who did not report pain.
These results support previous research showing an association between increased pain and poor vitamin D status. The researchers suggest that the active form of the vitamin may be associated with a reduction in inflammation. The results of this study also support the supposition that it is important to screen older patients reporting pain for vitamin D status so that appropriate interventions can be provided. Source:
Hirani V. British Journal of Nutrition; pp 1-5 Published online: 28 September 2011.
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Physical exercise can change the DNA in certain genes that stimulate obesity and lessen their effects by about 30%.
Epigenetics has a lot to do with how the DNA in our genes manifests itself.
This challenges the widely held belief that what is in our DNA is not changeable...thank goodness that this is not true.
Learn more... http://www.naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=EF5F121730F3196D88C26B65CA59C0D6
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They Live Longer by Harry Mouratidis, MSc and Dr George Price, FRCPC
For anyone who is searching for the elixir of life, then this book certainly provides some answers. Reading about people who are in the 90’s and 100’s and are still healthy and enjoying life is an inspiration.
Earlier this year, Harry Mouratidis asked me to review his book, They Live Longer. One of the main stand outs of this book for me is that most of the wonderful youthful nonagenarians who were interviewed have an engaging attitude – and I believe that it is mainly the strength of their beliefs that have kept them youthful for their age.
As Harry states, synergy – the result of more than one factor certainly does have an influence. A combination of a healthy diet, daily exercise, participating in their community and with their families, hard work, expectations, avoiding stress, being a master of your own destiny and positive thinking all does have an effect.
The authors back up the wisdom provided by the interviewees with scientific research – which provides the reader with the knowledge to incorporate into their own life. Included are the 7 steps of THE MASTER LONGEVITY STRATEGY.
This book may be purchased from They Live Longer
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I attended a talk by a specialist doctor in Auckland this week.
One of the many interesting things that I learned from him was that having a too low cholesterol level (i.e. < 4.5/171) increases the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.
The doctor recommends omega-3, vitamin C and vitamin D3 to ‘treat’ high cholesterol levels. CoQ10 is also a very important nutrient to support healthy cholesterol levels.
And then today from NaturalNews:
If the diagnosis of high cholesterol sounds like a death sentence to your ears, you may be the victim of cholesterol propaganda. It's not uncommon to believe that lower is better when it comes to cholesterol, but new research shows otherwise...learn more Women with high cholesterol live longer, have fewer heart attacks and strokes
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Recently there have been headlines in the media about the Iowa Women’s Health Study results that proclaims that dietary supplements have no value or are even dangerous.
The Life Extension Foundation has written a rebuttal (click here to read) as has Natural News (click here to read).
I have taken advanced quality Usana nutritional supplements for almost 11 years and I shall continue to do so.
The reason I take them is because even though I eat a healthy diet, and have a healthy lifestyle, I realise that is not enough to prevent degenerative disease such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, diabetes type 2, and more.
Advanced quality nutritional supplements are my insurance for true health.
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I am suspicious of so-called charities that raise money for breast cancer because it seems to be all about the research for survival rather than teaching women about prevention.
This blog post by Dr Christiane Northrup provides the information we need to have healthy happy breasts! After all, prevention is easier than survival.
Read the blog post here.
One of Dr Northrup’s recommendations is to supplement:
“Supplement! Take a comprehensive multivitamin/mineral supplement that is rich in antioxidants, including vitamin C, E, B-complex, D, beta-carotene is a must. (This means at least four pills per day.) Antioxidants help the cells in your breasts fight cellular inflammation, which can be a precursor to breast cancer.Get plenty of vitamin D. Studies show that women with optimal levels of vitamin D have a lower risk of breast cancer. Your vitamin D level should be at least 40 ng/ml. If it’s not, talk with your doctor and come up with the best strategy for raising your levels of this important nutrient. Be prepared to take up to 50,000 IUs per week until your levels are high enough and then 1,000–5,000 IUs per day after that. “
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Live life to the full and stay young longer
Please find below a special message from our good friends at Barton Publishing, they have an important message to share with you about Arthritis and how one of these 19 cures could be your ticket from pain.
Yours in True Health,
Helen Wenley @ Healthy Aging Resources
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Dear arthritis sufferer,
You don't have to be a slave to your arthritis medications or their creepy side-effects any longer...
Because you now have the option of reversing this debilitating disease naturally - and living a pain-free life again.
You're not alone...
The simplest tasks can cause unbearable pain in your joints...your arthritis has transformed you into a human "barometric pressure" gauge as changing weather affects you deep into your bones...and you probably even have trouble sleeping - unless you take your medications.
And with the medications come some very uncomfortable and downright creepy side-effects.
Here's just a short list of the dangerous side-effects found with common medicines prescribed to treat you:
* Rheumatrex - hair loss, liver problems, low blood count,
chills, fever, and itching. Rare but serious are the threats of dry cough or trouble breathing.
* Ridaura - mouth ulcers, diarrhea, metallic taste in your mouth,
low blood count, and skin rash with itching.
• Neoral - hair growth, loss of appetite, high blood pressure,
kidney trouble, headache, and nausea.
* Plaquenil - nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, blurry vision,
skin rash, itching, and pain.
* Arava - hair loss, headache, heartburn, dizziness, high blood
pressure, neuropathy, low blood count, headache and gastrointestinal problems.
And that's not all - in addition to the "usual suspect"
side-effects, Sandimmune and Imuran warn that they're associated with increased risk to infection and worse - certain cancers like lymphoma.
Really makes you wonder how they make this stuff and why we put it into our bodies.
But you no longer have to live like this...in fact, you could be living pain-free in just a few short hours from right now!
Which of These 19 Arthritis Cures Will Work for You? <=== Click here
Imagine...being able to do all the things you used to before arthritis cramped your style along with your fingers.
Simple things like working in the yard...playing with the kids...and working on home improvement projects...all the stuff you love to do can be yours again - but without dangerous Big Pharma pills and injections.
Today, I'm offering you the chance to discover how to make your arthritis gone-for-good completely naturally and on the cheap.
Sufferers just like you have used my secret remedies to relieve the pain in their joints, loosen up their fingers and toes, and soothe their aching bodies.
Wouldn't you like to join this select group and live pain-free for the rest of your life?
Great news - you can!
See, I've created a short FREE video presentation that gives you the facts about this terrible disease and best of all, how to get my secret, all-natural solution to cure it once and for all.
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Which of These 19 Arthritis Cures Will Work for You? <=== Click here
Too good to be true?
Not at all. We've been publishing natural home remedy reports for
8 years on a variety of common ailments. The safe, 100% natural remedies we reveal have proven to work for thousands of people just like you.
So they can work for you too.
For my arthritis report, my research led me to nations that have the lowest cases of arthritis in the world! I had to find out what they were doing to show off such excellent statistics...
What I found was that the cure is in their diets. Simple, cheap foods, herbs and vitamins that you can easily get at your grocery or health food stores.
I'm so sure of my remedies, I even invite you to work with your doctor so he can monitor your progress and watch your arthritis disappear.
Once it's gone - and if your doctor says it's okay - throw your pills in the garbage! When you continue to fortify your body with the right foods - you may never need them again.
Because you're going to see how the Chinese have been snuffing out arthritis for 2000 years with an herbal treatment, how a single vitamin can play a vital role in controlling your symptoms, and where to find an Indian herb that's been proven to blow out free radicals and increase the anti-inflammatory chemicals in your body.
These chemicals will rush to the site of your greatest pain and begin soothing your aching joints in a matter of hours!
Best of all you'll experience no horrible side-effects - only side benefits.
You'll discover natural anti-inflammatory, pain relieving treatments that your doctor will never tell you about - probably because so few even know!
I even talk about the 9 foods to eliminate from your diet - you'll be shocked to learn which common eats actually play a huge role in your suffering...like margarines, sugar, and white flour
- to name a couple...
All you have to do is, watch the FREE video presentation I put together, and find out how you can get all this life-changing information.
You have so much to live well for...when arthritis strikes and makes it painful or impossible to do the most simple things in life...like gardening, tying your shoes, or even writing something down on a shopping list, don't rely on drugs with dangerous side-effects to cure you. You can safely rely on me and Mother Nature who always have your best interests at heart!
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Yours for excellent health,
Joe Barton
Founder & CEO
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I am going to be quite bold and write a diary about my current project which is to release the excess 10kgs of fat around my middle.
I didn’t have any problems with weight as a child/teenager. I was termed ‘skinny’. I have always had a healthy diet and exercised. I lived in the UK for 16 years and did heaps of cycling and walking while I lived there.
My son was born in 1989 and my weight dropped off easily after giving birth. But the same thing didn’t happen after my daughter was born. I was kept busy looking after two children, a house and a husband so my needs were at the bottom of the pile. I still ate healthy food but I just didn’t have the time to exercise. So the excess weight clung on.
As the children got older I did get out and join Weight Watchers. And yes, I did release weight. And then I put it back on again.
Some years later I joined SureSlim. Again, I released weight. And then I put it back on again. Anyone else familiar with this kind of story?
This time has got be different…
I have consulted with David Holden, Naturopath. And he has put me on a program that has been a success for his clients.
This is how I looked in June 2011 (while I was fishing in Australia).
David Holden has advised for me to stay on my nutriitional program.
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The Disturbing Effects of Watching TV
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Watching TV shortens your lifespan, whereas getting sufficient exercise benefits your optimal health.
Exercise is one of 10 Healthy Aging Strategies that I recommend.
Lack of vitamin D can lead to diabetes, study finds
Lack of vitamin D can lead to diabetes, study finds
(NaturalNews) The big lie pertains mostly to calcium supplementation. Calcium from raw whole foods is beneficial and necessary. But all those processed foods fortified with calcium or supplements high in elemental* calcium are likely to do more harm than good.Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/033420_calcium_hoax.html#ixzz1W4xPiU00
It is better to get calcium from nature and not processed foods. Too much calcium can cause health issues.
I take nutritional supplements that provide the full spectrum of nutrients as they all work in synergy.
My calcium supplement also includes magnesium, Vitamin K and Vitamin D3 so that my body can utilize all the nutrients to support bone health.
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From Helen Wenley @ Healthy Aging Resources
Elderly and critically ill people are more likely to have lower energy intakes and lower intakes of important micronutrients. Ensuring optimal nutrition is very important in promoting the health and well-being of older adults.A latest study published in the July 2011 issue of Nutrition assessed the effects of micronutrient supplementation on adults recovering from critical illness. Primary outcomes included clinical endpoints (mortality, infectious complications, length of intensive care unit and of hospital stay). Secondary outcomes included descriptions of practice issues, micronutrient status, morbidity, course of the acute-phase response, and oxidative stress.Thirty-three randomized-controlled trials were included for the primary and secondary objectives. Fourteen trials (n = 1468) showed a statistically significant decrease in overall mortality. Six RCTs (n = 1194) indicated a statistically significant decrease in 28-d mortality. Micronutrient supplementation was not associated with a decrease in infectious complications, length of intensive care unit, or length of hospital stay. In subgroup analyses, a sensitivity analysis of combined micronutrients indicated a significant decrease in mortality. The secondary outcomes confirmed that timing, duration, and dosing of supplementation appear to be key factors to ensure optimal clinical benefit.The study authors conclude that there is a potential benefit of micronutrient supplementation in critically ill adults by possibly being associated with a decrease in mortality.Source:
Janicke Visser et al; July 2011 Vol 27 (7):745-758
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When I have warned cat owners about the dangers of a dry food diet, they tell me that their cat has been checked out and is healthy.
But is it really healthy?
Has your vet checked your cats blood sugar levels?
My cat’s last annual check up in October 2010 pronounced him healthy. But his blood sugar levels were not checked.
Unless this is done and you feed your cat dry food, you don’t really know if your cat is healthy.
Caesar was eating a mixed diet of Purina One, Whiskas and raw pork.
If I had stopped the dry food he may have died of old age instead of feline diabetes.
If you look around you at your fellow humans, you will be aware that there is a growing problem of obesity that leads to Diabetes in humans – humans are eating diets that contain too much processed carbohydrate, and not getting adequate exercise. This results in a sick society. It happens over a period of years.
Which is the same for cats. They are not meant to eat carbohydrates – Pet food ingredients that contribute to feline diabetes
But don’t take my word for it – do your own research. Start by searching ‘feline diabetes’ in your favourite search engine.
Cat Diabetes – Dry food puts cats at risk of developing feline diabetes
As you can see from my cat Caesar’s Health Record below, I diligently took Caesar for his annual check up.
My suggestion for vets is to ask the cat owner about the cat’s diet when they come in for their annual check.
If the cat is overweight, or is fed dry food or is over 7 years old, then it’s blood sugar levels should be checked.
And I am sure there is a simple way to do this with a glucose meter by obtaining a blood sample with a lancet via an ear prick or paw prick, rather than having to send samples off to a lab (which you would do if the reading comes back high).
Rather than wait for the symptoms of feline diabetes (The first obvious symptoms are a sudden weight loss (occasionally gain), accompanied by excessive drinking and urination; for example, cats can appear to develop an obsession with water and lurk around faucets or water bowls. Appetite is suddenly either ravenous (up to three-times normal) or absent. In cats the back legs may become weak and the gait may become stilted or wobbly (peripheral neuropathy)) to become apparent.
Once the symptoms of feline diabetes appears, then it may be too late to save your cat’s life (which happened to my cat).
Cat Diabetes – Dry food puts cats at risk of developing feline diabetes
These two websites, Natural Pet Diabetes Control and Catkin’s Diet provide sound advice for cats who have been diagnosed with feline diabetes.
Do take the time to explore these sites – they may help you save your cat’s life.
Caesar passed away at 12.30pm 19th August 2011.
His health had deteriorated significantly.
Caesar is now at rest.
Caesar did appear to be doing quite well until last night.
Last night his legs seemed very weak and all he did was lie very close to our fire.
This morning he has had only a nibble of food.
He is not grooming himself and today he is just sitting in front of the heater.
This morning he accidentally urinated in our bed and just sat there in it.
I am aware that he is very likely on his way out.
This has been a trying week.
Over the weekend he was looking very sickly and went off his food, vomited.
But today he is eating again, went outside to toilet himself, and looks better.
The weather is very cold, windy and wet so he will be staying inside mostly for a few days until this winter storm moves on.
From Helen Wenley at Cat Diabetes – How to prevent, reverse and care for your Diabetic Cat
According to the National Headache Foundation, there are more than 150 types of headache, with the tension headache being most common.
Causes of headaches vary widely, but every headache has one thing in common – it is painful.
Most people reach for analgesics, but with the valid concerns that acetaminophen is harmful to the liver, and NSAIDS are hard on the digestive system, many of us are looking for healthier relief.
Coquinone supports a healthy heart and energy levels. It is a nutrient that as we age, our body requires.
And I suggest that you also consider adding advanced quality nutritional supplements to the above to ensure that you are getting all the nutrients that your body needs.
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This has been a great week for Caesar.
His drinking and urinating have returned to normal.
His coat is looking healthy.
He is not crying like he was in June.
He is enjoying his new food.
He is being his normal pesky self.
The only issue is that he is still eating more than the 150g a day that should be sufficient.
However, I expect this will take time to normalise.
On Monday we visited Dr Lyn Thomson at ‘Raw Essentials’.
It was very refreshing chatting with her – at last, a vet who understands nutrition.
Afterwards I spoke to our own vet and he is happy with what I am doing to help Caesar.
I bought Caesar raw meat from Raw Essentials – rabbit fillets, Turkey & heart mix and Heart mince.
That’s just for the first two weeks.
Then he will be enticed by chicken, meat bones, organ pieces and green tripe (stomach contents).
Before my cat Caesar had been diagnosed with diabetes, I had trusted pet food manufacturers and had never read a label.
Even if I had read the labels, they would not have read ‘danger’ to me because I trusted the pet food manufacturers.
How misplaced my trust was.
Now I am carefully reading all labels!
Below is a label scan of a dry food that Caesar would eat occasionally.
You will notice that ‘wholegrain cereals’ is the very first ingredient listed. Can you imagine what percentage of the total ingredients that this might be?
And yet, in the ‘Typical Analysis’ box, carbohydrates are not even listed!
From Helen Wenley at Cat Diabetes – How to prevent, reverse and care for your Diabetic Cat
What choice of treatment do cat owners have when their pet is diagnosed with feline diabetes?
My choice is to change to a 100% raw meat diet – no kibble and no cans with cereals listed as an ingredient.
Since my cat began his new diet this week, I have noticed that his thirst has returned to normal and he is starting to eat normally.
His fur is looking in better condition.
Perhaps eating a 100% raw meat diet is more expensive than processed foods, but it is healthier for our pets.
When I was growing up in Australia, we fed our cat “Timothy Titus” on kangaroo meat.
He wasn’t allowed inside so he would have supplemented his diet on prey.
He had a long and healthy life.
The other choice of treatment is with insulin. This can also be expensive.
And it requires a dedicated owner who can give food and injections at specific times of day.
From Helen Wenley at Cat Diabetes – How to prevent, reverse and care for your Diabetic Cat
It is 2 weeks now since Caesar stopped being given Purina One and Whiskas to eat.
He is drinking less water because he now gets his fluids from the food he is eating.
He is still urinating in his dirt tray a bit more than usual as he mostly stays indoors due to the winter weather, but I no longer have to empty his dirt tray every day.
I had a reply to my letter from Purina One during the week. You may read it here.
I find it amusing that the letter says ‘In the wild cats would naturally ingest plant material contained in the stomachs of their prey’.
So in the wild, do prey eat processed foods such as soybean meal, whole grain corn, corn gluten meal, brewers rice?
Tomorrow I have an appointment with Lyn Thomson of Raw Essentials. You can read about her philosphy here.
I am looking forward to discussing with Lyn how raw food may help to reverse cat diabetes.
From Helen Wenley at Cat Diabetes – How to prevent, reverse and care for your Diabetic Cat
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Overprescription is going out of control in America as doctors rely on prescription drugs to treat symptoms rather than look for the root causes of...read more at Experts Say Overprescription is Rampant
Be sure to read the above article if you wish to be pro-active with your health.
[Dr Mercola says] One of the surest ways to avoid falling into the drug trap is to simply embrace the fundamentals of good health, such as:
· Eliminating fructose and most grains
· Eating unprocessed, high-quality foods, organic if possible, right for your nutritional type. If you haven't reviewed my comprehensive free program please do so when you have a moment.
· Getting sufficient amounts of sun exposure to optimize your vitamin D levels
· Consuming enough high quality animal based omega-3 fats
And I suggest that you also consider adding advanced quality nutritional supplements to the above list to ensure that you are getting all the nutrients that your body needs.
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From Helen Wenley @ Healthy Aging Resources
This article from Raw Essentials explains why cats should eat only raw meat.
Cats prefer their natural diet -
A two-year research project conducted at the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition in Leicestershire, England indicates that healthy pet cats regulate their nutrient intake to mimic what they would eat in the wild.
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/214/6/1039
Research Proves It: Cats and Carbohydrates Don’t Mix!
Cats are obligate carnivores, meaning they have nutritional requirements that can only be met with a diet based on animal tissue. The macronutrient profile for cats is high in protein and fat, consistent with a meat and bone based diet.
According to study authors:
The carbohydrate ceiling explains many of the intake patterns seen in both dry and wet diet experiments and suggests that cats may only be able to process ingested carbohydrate up to a certain level.
The feline body is specifically designed for a very low carbohydrate diet.
They have no taste receptors for sweet flavours.
Low rates of glucose uptake in the intestine.
No salivary amylase to break down starches
And a reduced capacity of pancreatic amylase and intestinal disaccharidases
In other words, cats don’t produce the enzymes required to digest carbohydrates. The only carbohydrates felines eat in the wild are pre-digested and are found in the stomachs of prey animals.
Read more here... Cats prefer their natural diet
New research suggests that obese individuals who use a multivitamin/mineral supplement may experience both a decrease in body weight and improved serum lipid profiles.Obese individuals are more likely to have lower blood concentrations of most vitamins and minerals. In a new research published in the International Journal of Obesity, scientists evaluated the effects of multivitamin/mineral supplementation on body fat, energy expenditure, and lipid profiles in obese Chinese women.Ninety-six obese Chinese women between the ages of 18 and 55 participated in a 26-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention study. Subjects were divided into three groups, receiving either a multivitamin/mineral supplement (MMS), 162mg of calcium, or placebo daily. Body weight, BMI, waist circumference, fat mass, lean tissue, resting energy expenditure, blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose and serum insulin, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides were measured at the beginning and end of the study period.After 26 weeks, the multivitamin/mineral group had significantly lower body weight, BMI, fat mass, total and LDL cholesterol, significantly higher resting energy expenditure and HDL cholesterol than individuals in the placebo group. They were also more likely to have a reduced waist circumference. The calcium group also had significantly higher HDL cholesterol and lower LDL cholesterol levels compared with the placebo group.The results suggest that multivitamin/mineral supplementation could reduce body weight and fatness and improve serum lipid profiles in obese women, possibly through increased energy expenditure and fat oxidation.Source:
Li Y et al. Effects of multivitamin and mineral supplementation on adiposity, energy expenditure and lipid profiles in obese Chinese women. 2010. Int J Obes (Lond) 34(6):1070-7.
To benefit your health, you may wish to consider taking advanced quality multi-vitamins, multi-minerals, omega-3 and Vitamin D3 as a base.
Other options are to add in CoQ10 and grape-seed extract.
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From Helen Wenley @ Healthy Aging Resources
High prevalence rates of suboptimal vitamin D levels have been observed in women who are not considered ‘at risk’. A recent Australian study suggested that all pregnant women in Australia should take a daily vitamin D supplement.Vitamin D deficiency is common in pregnant women and in breastfed infants, despite the widespread use of prenatal vitamins. Adverse health outcomes such as preeclampsia, low birthweight, neonatal hypocalcemia, poor postnatal growth, bone fragility, and increased incidence of autoimmune diseases have been linked to low vitamin D levels during pregnancy and infancy.A cross-sectional study of pregnant women was performed to determine prevalence and predictive factors of suboptimal vitamin D levels in 2 antenatal clinics in Australia – Campbelltown, NSW and Canberra, ACT.The researchers found behavioural factors, such as sun exposure, were not as predictive of suboptimal vitamin D levels as ethnicity, season and BMI among pregnant woman. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency was 35% in Canberra and 26% in Campbelltown. Among the vitamin D-deficient women, 38% were Caucasian and all had a BMI of more than 30kg/m2. Vitamin D supplementation at 500 IU/day was inadequate to prevent insufficiency.The study suggested routine supplementation for all pregnant women with a higher dose of vitamin D (1000 IU/day) regardless of their ethnicity or exposure to the sun. Targeted screening of the women at highest risk of vitamin D deficiency should also be continued and supplemented if necessary.Source:
Sumathy Perampalam et al. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published online 18 May 2011
This is a message we need to give to the young women in our families! They can help grow healthy adults.
I take 4000iu of Vitamin D daily. I note that young people that I know do not spend enough time outside in the sun to benefit from getting Vitamin naturally. Taking supplements is an important option to consider.
To benefit your health, you may wish to consider taking advanced quality multi-vitamins, multi-minerals, omega-3 and Vitamin D3 as a base. Other options are to add in CoQ10 and grape-seed extract.
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From Helen Wenley @ Healthy Aging Resources
Although 70% Alaskan Eskimos are overweight or obese, they did not show the same risk factors for heart disease as the US population. They also had a lower prevalence of diabetes. The latest study suggested that an Omega-3 rich diet may offer protection against some of the harmful effects of obesity.It has been known that Omega-3 fatty acids are associated with favorable, and obesity with unfavorable, concentrations of chronic disease risk biomarkers.
In a cross-sectional study, the researchers analyzed data from 330 people living in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta region of south-west Alaska, who typically consume around 20 times as much omega-3 fats from fish as the average American. They have similar overweight and obesity levels to those in the US overall but their prevalence of type 2 diabetes is significantly lower, at 3.3% versus 7.7%. The researchers examined whether high eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acid intakes, measured as percentages of total red blood cell (RBC) fatty acids, modify associations of obesity with chronic disease risk biomarkers.
The study found that those with the highest levels of the omega-3 fish oils docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid had the lowest triglyceride and C-reactive protein levels. High RBC EPA and DHA were associated with attenuated dyslipidemia and low-grade systemic inflammation among overweight and obese persons. This may help inform recommendations for Omega-3 fatty acid intakes in the reduction of obesity-related disease risk.Source:
Z Makhoul et al; European Journal of Clinical Nutrition; advance online publication 23 March 2011; doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.39
To further benefit your heart health, you may wish to consider taking advanced quality multi-vitamins, multi-minerals, omega-3 and Vitamin D3 as a base. Other options are to add in CoQ10 and grape-seed extract.
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From Helen Wenley @ Healthy Aging Resources
