Guest guest Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 http://www.gethealthyagain.com/healthreport.html Diet and Dietary Supplement Report First, some basic common sense about diets. To clue you in on some foods to avoid, and some foods that work better than most for improving your health. After that, I will introduce you to some of the best types of dietary supplements I have found for improving and maintaining health. Knowing whatÕs a good diet can be most confusing these days. High carb - low fat, low carb - high protein, low calorie or eating as much fat as you want. Every diet has facts and testimonials to back it up. Makes it hard to know whatÕs the best way to eat for optimal health. IÕm not about to jump into one camp or another. In fact, depending on their metabolic type, one person may do better on a high carb diet while another needs to be on a low card diet. However, here are some diet basics that may prevent you from unintentionally, in the interests of good health, changing your diet in a way that can do harm to you. For example, recently soy products have been pushed as being excellent for your health. Heart healthy and the like. How the Japanese eat so much soy. However, Sally Fallon, in her book Nourishing Traditions points out again and again that the only type of soy that is healthy to eat is soy that has been fermented. Like tempeh. Soybeans have to be fermented in order to be digested properly. The Chinese knew about soybeans for a thousand years before they began to eat them. It was only when they learned to ferment soybeans that they ate them. Sally also makes the point that the Asian diet uses soy in small portions, not as the main ingredient in a meal. Research studies found that soy products depress the thyroid gland. I was talking to a friend who had switched over to eating lots of soy products a few months before. She mentioned that her thyroid had become completely wiped out. She was trying to eat healthy, but because she didnÕt know better, she caused herself more problems. Best to stay away from soy products, except for the fermented products like tempeh, miso and properly prepared soy sauce. Another popular diet says eat all the protein and fat you want. With good reasoning behind it. After all, thatÕs how mankind ate for millions of years. However, what this diet fails to take into account is this. Most meat and eggs now have the wrong ratio of Omega 6 fats to Omega 3 fats. The ratio should be close to 1 to 1. A hundred years ago this wasnÕt a problem. Because grass-fed cows and free range chickens have a lot more Omega 3 fats than Omega 6 fats. But todayÕs grain feed cattle and chickens have about 20 times more Omega 6s than Omega 3s. Combine this with the high Omega 6 levels in the grains we eat, and your typical diet has way too many Omega 6 fats. This can lead to a whole slew of health problems. Heart disease, diabetes, cancer. Fish, thought of as a great source for Omega 3 fatty acids, are not when they are farmed fish that are fed grain. Those fish have too many Omega 6 fatty acids. So much for the healthy of high protein diets when they are composed of meat or fish from grain fed sources. Quality is vital for health. Both in the food you eat and the dietary supplements you take. The more you need to improve you health, the more important that quality becomes. Generally, the more raw foods you eat the better. Though if it is not organic, your fruits and vegetables could well be irradiated. Irradiation destroys the nutrient value and the enzymes in foods. And is a very good reason to eat organic. You would do well to take a good digestive enzyme supplement if you eat cooked, processed and irradiated foods. Organic is better than commercially produced foods as the pesticides and herbicides in commercially grown foods cause serious toxicity and contribute to the development of degenerative diseases. In one study scientists combined the 3 different pesticides and found that in combination they caused much more damage than they would have if tested individually. Just think of the synergistic effect when we are daily exposed to scores of different toxins. Genetically modified foods will ultimately prove to be a health disaster. Independent scientific testing is finding serious problems with it. There is no testing proving that it is safe. Unless you are eating organic food, or food labeled non gmo, you are likely to be eating a considerable amount of it, especially in corn and soy products. Another massive experiment foisted on the American public by large corporations more interested in profit than your health. Quite likely, your intake of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids needs to be increased. Taking marine lipids (fish oil) are one way of getting them. Eating wild fish, not farmed, also works for getting more Omega 3 fats, especially cold water fish high in those oils. However, you will likely consume excessive mercury if you eat much fish. And your body is already too toxic. Using organic, refrigerated cold pressed flax seed oil will also increase EFA levels, though not as well. Unfortunately, these oils, especially flax, are subject to rancidity, and donÕt easily digest and assimilate. Enteric coated products help prevent this rancidity. Stay away from canola oil as there are some good food scientists questioning its safety. And polyunsaturated oils, which have been touted as healthy for several decades, may actually depress the immune system and reduce metabolism because they are easily damaged by oxygenation. These oils are also high in Omega 6 fatty acids, the type we get too much of. Olive oil for salads, and butter or palm or coconut oil for cooking, may be best choice in oils. Coconut oil or fat from any coconut product can help optimize Omega 3 essential fatty acids assimilation. In addition, coconut consumption may help fight viral infections, candida, increase energy and even help with weight loss as it can increase the metabolism. Better still, the mid-weight essential fatty acids that comprise about 50% of coconut oil have also been known to be anti-inflammatory. They could very well do the same thing that the very expensive CMO fatty acids do to reduce inflammation and pain. For much less money. Also consider going on a gluten free diet for a couple of weeks if you suffer from food allergies. To see if you have a gluten allergy. Celiac disease stemming from gluten allergies, is much more common than it was once felt to be. Food allergies are often connected with candida overgrowth which causes leaky gut syndrome. And finally, it generally takes years of exposure to toxins, chemicals, pathogens and the other contaminants of this modern lifestyle to wear out and disrupt the immune system. So it will take a long time to get healthy again. Folks born in the Twenties and Thirties had 15 to 25 years of eating almost entirely organically grown food as the chemical revolution didnÕt really take place till after the Second World War. Everyone born after World War II has experienced from birth the ill effects of the chemicals and other toxins put on the crops and soils, and added to the foods to make them taste and look better. And we are now paying the price in cancer and other immune or autoimmune conditions. I heard recently that 95% of Americans will die of heart disease, cancer or diabetes. You have unwittingly participated in a mass experiment. First we put toxins on our food. Then we irradiated food because the nuclear industry needed a way to make some money off nuclear waste. Microwaves are convenient, but they destroy the nutritional quality of food. And now the biotech companies are pushing genetic engineering, even though independent studies show that it is absolutely not healthy to eat genetically engineered food. If you have unwittingly participated in this vast experiment, and need to give your body and immune system as much nutritional support as possible, you must give it the best dietary supplements. Anything less may not be enough. Following are some of the most important types of dietary supplements. As the government has indicated to me that the use of testimonies may be construed as making false advertising claims, even though I have always found testimonials interesting and useful, I will not include them in this report. LetÕs start with dietary supplements that may support the immune system. ---- ---------- Aloe Vera: Long Chain Carbohydrates Special, long chain carbohydrate molecules found in aloe vera provide excellent support for the immune system. They are abundant in aloe vera powder concentrate if it has been processed properly to preserve these molecules. Dr. Danhof is a leading authority on aloe vera. He has a Medical Degree with specialties in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He has written 80 research papers. Dr. Danhof has stated the following regarding the activity of the special carbohydrate molecules in aloe vera: ---- ---------- ÒThe Aloe Vera MPS is a long chain sugar molecule composed of individual sugar molecules connected together in long linear chains. There is wide range in the size of the MPS molecule. The varying sizes determine their healing properties. Ò1. Anti-inflammatory Activity and Blood Sugar Normalization Ð Small size molecules MPS reduces inflammation Ñ which is involved in such diseases as ulcerative colitis, arthritis, and gastric reflux. Also helps with the reduction of blood sugar with both type I and II diabetes. Ò2. Free Radical Scavenger Ð Medium size molecules Whereas vitamins and minerals can only function outside the cells, MPS are effective intracellular antioxidant and free radical scavengers Ñ very important in preventing and treating arteriosclerosis, heart disease and Parkinson's disease. With the ever-increasing chemical pollution all over the planet and loss of nutrients in the soil, the increase in free radicals and loss of cellular oxygen will only become worse with time. Ò3. Anti-Pathogenic Ð Large size molecules Has a direct antibacterial, anti-viral, anti-yeast/fungus and anti- amoeba effect. This is important with all the new infectious diseases cropping up and the older ones becoming more virulent and mutation from long term use of antibiotics. Ò4. Immune System Enhancement Ð Very large size molecules The very large molecules are immune modulating, which has a powerful healing effect on AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, other chronic infections, multiple chemical exposure, cancer, heart disease, auto- immune diseases and many other immune system disorders. MPS is important with the ever-increasing number of infectious diseases that are gradually becoming resistant to antibiotics. The MPS molecule activates the macrophage directly and through the liver to produce a cascade of healing effects: increases phagocytosis by the macrophage to engulf and destroy infected cells and damaged cells (the garbage eater in the body); increases interleukin and interferon levels in the body, which then increases the number and response of T-Cells and Monocytes; wound healing via fibroblast activity as well as dramatically increasing the growth of new cells; and the anti- pathogenic response with viruses, bacteria, yeast fungus and amoebas. MPS also causes the body to produce tumor necrosis factor that destroys tumors by shutting off their blood supply.Ó ---- ---------- Additional Source of Long Chain Carbohydrates Beta glucan contains additional long chain carbohydrate molecules that would work in conjunction with the aloe vera MPS molecules. Recent research has demonstrated that beta glucan will cause a three times greater production of messenger chemicals that are used by the immune system cells to communicate with each other in order to carry out the function of identifying and eliminating non-self entities in the body. By combining MPS from Aloe with beta glucan, there is a more effective and complete coverage of the receptor sites on the macrophage. By creating an interface of long chain carbohydrates with the receptor sites on the macrophage, the biochemical cascade of necessary immune system chemicals is much more complete. ---- ---------- Sterols and Sterolins Modulate The Immune System Sterols and sterolins are plant fats similar to cholesterol. Most cooking and food processing destroys sterols and sterolins. They are most often found in the discarded fibrous part of the plant. Ten to 12 servings daily of properly processed vegetables and seeds provide an adequate amount. And we donÕt get near this much in our normal diets. In addition, we usually eat cholesterol containing foods with them. Cholesterol inhibits the absorption of the sterols and sterolins as they compete for the same receptor sites, and cholesterol is much more aggressive about getting to those sites. Sterols and sterolins are heavily researched. It seems doubtful that there is any other natural product with as much research behind it showing that it effectively modulates the immune system. Over 4,000 published studies, of which 120 were double-blind human trials, have been conducted on sterols and sterolins. Among other benefits, these studies show that sterols and sterolins modulate the immune system by turning down the over-responding side of the immune system and strengthening the weakened side. Research has found that supplementing with sterols and sterolins significantly enhances the proliferation of the Th-1 cells and increases the production of gamma-interferon. In addition, they are so successful at turning off an over-responding immune system, autoimmune symptoms sometimes abate with weeks. The story is told that in one major double-blind study, the results were so astounding that halfway through the study everyone could tell who was getting the sterols and sterolins and who was getting the placebo. In another study on rheumatoid arthritis, patients who had not responded before to any medication, took a sterol and sterolin supplement for three months. Three capsules a day on an empty stomach. No other supplements were given. Half had 60% improvement. One quarter had 40% improvement. One quarter no improvement. But what happened when that amount was tripled to 9 capsules a day was even more impressive... After three months 8% were symptom free. 78% were 60% or more improved. 11% were 40% improved. And 3% had no improvement. (That 3% probably didnÕt take the supplements faithfully.) Pretty impressive, especially as they were not taking anything else and had not responded to any previous medication. These numbers are one reason why it makes sense, if you need to support your immune system to get it balanced and healthy, to use a good sterol and sterolin supplement in significant quantities for at least three months. Again, there is no question, in study after study sterols and sterolins consistently supported and balanced the immune system. They are perfectly safe with no harmful side effects, being a natural food product. As one research study concluded, Òby selectively activating or inhibiting certain aspects of the immune response, sterol and sterolin compounds can effectively regulate and control the overactive immune response seen in autoimmune diseases.Ó ---- ---------- How Colostrum Supports The Immune System And Promotes Health Dr. Lance Wright, M.D., a leading researcher on colostrum, talks about its benefits. ÒThe immune factors and co-factors in colostrum activate a babyÕs immune system and they can bring more normal function back to a dysfunctional adult immune system. ...Colostrum is also known to induce more rapid healing of injured tissue... ÒThe benefits with auto-immune diseases and viruses are some of the most profound because we really have no other way to effectively treat these conditions. Studies show that colostrum will reduce the virus levels in the body from 100 to 1000-fold. ÒColostrum also has some very significant effects with allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, compromised digestive tract, decreased mental alertness, depression, osteoporosis and yeast infections. ThatÕs just a few of the many conditions that are helped. Because colostrum is a food and because it is so safe, it probably should be tried on almost all illnesses that we suffer from.Ó Lance Wright explains the major reason why colostrum may be good for you. ÒIn 1983, Polish researchers discovered a small protein chain called Proline-Rich Polypeptide (PRP) in colostrum. This immune factor was found to have the same ability to regulate the immune system as the hormones of the thymus gland do. PRP is able to stimulate T-cell precursors to form T helper-1 cells, thereby promoting the immune system into action against pathogens. ÒMore impressive, however, in relation to auto-immune disease, is PRPÕs ability to Ôturn offÕ the immune response. ÒIt does this by telling the T-cell precursors to produce T-cell suppressor cells. These are the cells that slow down an overactive immune system, thereby stopping the attack on the bodyÕs own tissue. ÒFurther studies showed that PRP was not species specific, meaning that PRP in bovine colostrum could be used very effectively to combat a multitude of human auto-immune diseases. ÒThe growth factors available in non-denatured colostrum can then repair the damage done by the disease. Growth factors also work to stimulate tissue repair in the skin, the myelin sheath and other connective tissue throughout the body reducing pain and swelling, and increasing mobility and freedom.Ó Lance explains that, ÒLeaky gut syndrome, which responds to non- denatured colostrum, is almost always associated with auto-immune disease. Reversing the direction of a disease depends upon healing the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. Any other treatment is just suppression.Ó Dennis Harper, D.O. writes that colostrum Òworks well for those who are chronically ill because it stimulates the immune system and fights infectious organisms. If a patient has an abdominal problem, colostrum is an excellent choice. It tends to help gastrointestinal problems very nicely...Ó These three dietary supplements influence the immune system in different ways, working toward a common goal. They certainly may help, individually or in combination, to promote a healthy, properly functioning immune system. ---- ---------- Why An Oxygen Supplement Is Good For You A good oxygen product is one that may get oxygen into the cells as opposed to the typical oxygen products that only get oxygen into the bloodstream. Those typical oxygen supplements may have some value, but they donÕt get oxygen into cells where it is most needed. Your body uses oxygen to detoxify. (A toxin must first be oxidized to be removed from the body.) Cells use oxygen to produce energy. In this day and age, with the constant exposure to toxins, and with low levels of oxygen, especially in cities, taking a good oxygen supplement may be a real health bonus and energy booster. And as oxygen has been used for years to kill bad bacteria, viruses and other pathogens in water, it may also be useful in the body for doing the same thing. The best oxygen supplements will also produce hydrogen at the same time it produces oxygen. Hydrogen may help combat free radical damage, and is used by the body to build healthy cells. There is a connection between the alkalinity or acidity of a fluid, including fluids in cells, and the amount of oxygen it can hold. Acidic fluids cannot hold much oxygen. Alkaline fluids can. Which is why, if you want to oxygenate your body more completely, you may need to alkalinize you body too. ---- ---------- Using A Digestive Enzyme Supplement Is Fundamental For Good Health Cooked, irradiated and processed foods have no live enzymes. (Most of the food eaten in a typical diet.) Enzyme dead food cannot be predigested in the upper stomach as it is supposed to be. Consequently, the body must work harder and produce extra enzymes to digest the food when it enters the lower stomach. As you age, your pancreas gets worn out from years of producing more enzymes then it was designed to produce. And becomes less and less able to produce enough enzymes as it becomes worn out and depleted. Lack of enzymes leads to poor digestion and a breakdown of metabolic function. (Enzymes are used in every function that happens in your body. When you donÕt have enough of them, ill health results.) Incompletely digested food becomes a toxin that the immune system has to get rid of because the body canÕt use it. One research study found that the immune system responded to eating cooked meat with a huge increase in white blood cells. It was an amount similar to what occurs after ingesting a poison. This is not because meat is toxic, but because cooked meat has no live enzymes to break down the meat in the upper stomach and it doesnÕt digest completely. It then enters the blood only partially digested which causes the toxic reaction. After years of producing the extra enzymes needed to digest cooked foods, the bodyÕs enzyme producing capacity becomes worn out. Consequently, the body doesnÕt make sufficient metabolic enzymes either. A healthy body needs tons of enzymes to operate optimally. Too few enzymes accelerates aging. High quality digestive enzymes taken with every meal help to maintain enzyme levels in the body as you age, to improve digestion and increase overall health. Digestion doesnÕt take place only in the stomach. The intestines play a vital role in digestion, and in that other basis for good health, elimination. ---- ---------- Supplements Good For The Intestines You are going to learn about a couple of the more unusual and healthful types of supplements for the intestines. The first type comprises live lactic acid bacteria that are micro-encapsulated to get them through the stomach environment unharmed. Research studies show that some lactic acid bacteria eat and control candida, and a Japanese pharmaceutical company spent five years developing them into a product highly effective at controlling candida. If you have candida and tried to get rid of it, you probably learned that most products donÕt work well at getting rid of candida, even if they are toxic. And they usually have to be combined with a super strict candida diet to have a chance at success. Unfortunately even the diet fails when you go off it, and many people lose way too much weight on those diets. Fortunately, lactic acid bacteria are so hungry for candida, they donÕt need to diet, and you may not need to be on a diet either. :-) The product was so successful millions have been sold in Asia. The secret behind the effectiveness of these bacteria is the micro- encapsulation process that gets these lactic acid bacteria safely past the acidic environment in the stomach. Once in the intestines, these oxygen-friendly bacteria go to work " dining " on anaerobic problem organisms like candida yeast. And something I know you will like... When you use them to fight candida, there is no need to adhere to impossible dietary restrictions. For general health reasons, use common sense and avoid processed sweets. Eat your sweets " raw " and enjoy a good diet rich in nutritious foods. Taking a good oxygen supplement will increase itÕs effectiveness as lactic acid bacteria are aerobic while yeast are anaerobic. An enzyme formulation may help break down those yeast, and a good calcium supplement may help to further alkalinize the body. Candida doesnÕt do well in an alkaline environment. The hard way to eliminate Candida yeast infections (which often fails)... Conventional wisdom says that to get rid of candida yeast infections you need to drastically change your diet so youÕre not eating ANY sugars or yeast products, and that you should eat only fiber and protein for six to nine months (or longer). In addition experts recommend that you should never use antibiotics, you should remove all sources of stress, donÕt share your food with anyone, donÕt kiss anyone, donÕt sleep with anyone, wash your clothes separately, take (for a year or longer) one of the anti-yeast drugs that have nasty side effects, and then try to rebalance the intestinal flora killed by those drugs through taking massive doses of friendly bacteria. Or you can use this lactic acid bacteria formulation... They seem to love to eat candida and other yeast. They hunt candida yeast and make a meal of them, rendering them into harmless waste. ---- ---------- How ÒDirtÓ Improves the Intestinal Environment Soil micro-organisms have been used for over 20 years to support the immune system, the intestinal environment, and digestion. Their main work takes place in the gut. Which lies at the basis of good health. Most people have too few good bacteria and too many bad bacteria in the intestines. Bad bacteria and fermenting waste in the colon can be a major source of toxins that poison your body. Soil based organisms eat bad bacteria and yeast. In addition, they help to clean off the intestinal wall by working their way behind impacted matter on the wall, and flaking it off from the wall out. They also break down food to its basic elements so both digestion and absorption improve. In addition they support the immune system in several different ways. The wide range of benefits they provide can help people in remarkable ways. Sometimes with spectacular results. They are the first choice for some health care professionals who specialize in gastrointestinal problems. James Privatera, MD, of Covina, California, a medical doctor for 30 years, says, " I use quite a bit of these soil micro-organisms for tough cases of bowel toxemia and irritable bowel syndrome. My patients like it, and I attest to it being a superior product for enhancing gut metabolism. " Board-certified gastroenterologist Joseph Brasco MD says: " I believe this is applicable as a food supplement for everyone, whether a person is sick or not.... Where people specifically find advantage in using soil micro-organisms is in situations involving chronic disease of gut origin. Since my expertise lies in the area of gastrointestinal disorders, this product is the primary therapy that I utilize on a routine basis. It is one of the main tools I employ for treatment of patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. " Many health care professionals feel that soil micro-organisms are one of the fundamentals of good health. I agree. I use them every day. ---- ---------- Glutamine is Needed To Repair The Intestinal Wall and Improve Digestion Glutamine is an amino acid which is essential for intestinal wall repair, and is especially important for leaky gut syndrome and autoimmune conditions effecting the intestines and digestion. The intestinal lining cannot repair itself without glutamine, and uses an especially large amount of it under normal conditions. In ill health conditions such as when the wall has been damaged by inflammatory attacks or from candida, extra glutamine becomes vitally important because the intestinal wall cannot be repaired without it. Extensive use for several months may do wonders for digestion, especially protein digestion, and a host of intestinal conditions. The most bioavailable glutamine is covalent bonded glutamine. In tests it proved to be 10 times better absorbed then ordinary glutamine. ---- ---------- Amino Acids and Enzyme Production Enzymes are proteins. Amino acids are broken down from proteins, used by the body to make whatever proteins it needs. Including enzymes. So what happens if you bodyÕs enzyme producing capacity has decreased from overwork? You canÕt digest proteins efficiently. So your amino acid production declines, and you make still less enzymes. Which means you can digest less protein and enzyme production capacity declines further. And the way out of this cycle? An amino acid blend designed to make enzymes. To jump start enzyme production. Helping the body to make more enzymes. Which can break down even more protein into amino acids. These can then be used to make even more enzymes. An effective approach to dealing with the lack of enzymes throughout the body. ---- ---------- Sleep Ð A Major Health Issue As anyone who suffers from continual lack of sleep or some type of sleep malfunction knows, inadequate sleep can be quite debilitating. Unless one is suffering from lack of magnesium and maybe calcium, sleep is often not easily helped by nutritional supplementation. Melatonin can sometimes work, though it is generally better to stay away from hormone supplementation if possible. A different approach to sleep may prove most beneficial. Literally thousands of people have used a sleep system consisting of specialized magnets in a high quality mattress, a far infrared enhanced comforter and a pillow containing both. It is a total system designed to promote deep delta sleep as it surrounds the body with the subtle energetic qualities so often missing or maladjusted in modern living. Typically, people start sleeping deeply and completely within days, even if they have experienced years of very poor sleep patterns. This has greater potential to change the quality of life for a person who has a hard time sleeping than anything I have come across. Fast. ---- ---------- Undenatured Whey Protein And Glutathione Dr. Cheney found that giving glutathione as a supplement, even by injection, was not successful in raising glutathione levels in the cells. Where 90% of it is used. He found the best way to raise cellular glutathione levels was to use an undenatured whey product. Glutathione is naturally found in all the cells of mammals. It provides the principal intracellular defense against oxidative stresses. It is the major cellular antioxidant, detoxifier, and the cellÕs most powerful virus and pathogen killer too. The amino acid Cysteine limits the amount of glutathione your body can make. Therefore consuming proteins containing Cysteine may enable glutathione levels to increase. True undenatured whey protein concentrate is the best source for this Cysteine. It contains exceptionally high amounts of undenatured Cysteine and Glutamine, another amino acid used in glutathione production. Plus it has a full range of proteins and protein bound fats that enhance immune function, which are not available in whey protein isolate formulations. The Importance of Cysteine vs. Cystine Biologically active whey protein that contains naturally occurring Cysteine is optimal for the intracellular production of Glutathione. If Cysteine undergoes any heating or processing, as all conventional dairy and dairy by-products do, it is denatured and converted to Cystine. The Journal of the American College of Nutrition Volume 5, 1986, published a paper by Anderson and Meister titled ÒIntracellular Delivery of Cysteine and Glutathione Delivery Systems.Ó It concluded that when subjects were fed naturally occurring Cysteine, it gave them significantly more production of Glutathione than when fed Cystine. ---- ---------- Additional Antioxidant Support For Good Health Every bit of chemicals in the foods you eat, the air your breath, the water you drink, whatever goes into your body that is not natural, pure and healthy, causes free radical damage. Health professionals generally agree that excessive free radical damage leads to more rapid aging, and a host of degenerative diseases. So it is a good idea to make sure you get a good antioxidant supplement containing all the major cellular antioxidant vitamins, minerals or herbs. And it also makes sense to find something that also includes herbs and other nutrients designed to support the cardiovascular system, keeping it healthy and the arteries as clean as possible. Grape Seed and Grape Skin Extract Over the last 5 to 10 years a lot of interest has been generated in the value of grape seed extract, and lately grape skin extract, as being some of the best and most powerful antioxidants. Much stronger than vitamin C and E. A lot of research has been done on them, showing benefit with everything from pain relief and inflammation, to the quality of the cardiovascular system, to recovery from surgery. It is one of the premium health promoting antioxidants. All grape seed extracts are not equal. The greater the need for it, the more important it is to have one of the highest quality. Quality has to do with production techniques. Inexpensive processing uses up their antioxidant ability, and so an inexpensively produced grape seed extract will not work as well. High quality grape seed extract is vacuum processed at low temperature using MasquelierÕs third patent. This preserves more antioxidant capability and gives it 40 times more absorbability than your usual grape seed extract you find in the health food store. CoEnzyme Q10 Not only is CoQ10 an excellent antioxidant, but it is also required for making energy in cells. No CoQ10 in a cell and it canÕt produce energy aerobically. No CoQ10 in a heart cell and that cell canÕt work at all. The more heart cells that canÕt work, the worse off you are. CoQ10 levels start to decline by the age or 35 or even sooner in some individuals. 300 or more grams a day and more have been used in some cases to restore good health. It is a major nutrient that has been investigated with favorable results in many research studies. ---- ---------- Detoxification Ð Vital for Good Health One of the best ways to detoxify is externally through the skin. After all, the skin is the largest organ in the body and is designed for elimination of toxins. Specially formulated clay baths have been shown to be able to literally pull toxins out of the body, getting rid of years of toxic accumulation in just one bath. Especially valuable for heavy metals which can be difficult to remove, they also work well for any other toxin you may have been exposed to. Just pick the bath kit designed for what you want to detoxify. Detoxification symptoms are less than from internal detoxification, and results can happen more quickly. A good clay detox bath kit has been shown to be much more effective than chelation therapies, and is quite a bit less expensive too. Tests show that a series of baths from a clay bath kit (about $50) gets out 60 to 90% of the mercury. While IV Chelation (cost $2000) over two years gets out 40% and Oral Chelation (cost $400) over a year gets out 40% also. When toxicity is an issue, these baths are an excellent and cost effective way of detoxifying. They pull out most, but not all toxins, so taking a good detoxification supplement can help finish up the detoxification. Russian scientists and doctors, working with radiation victims from Chernobyl, found that the supplement that provided the most benefit to these victims was a brown algae called Laminaria Japonica. Intrigued by its health benefits, they developed a patented process to remove the indigestible parts of the algae, concentrate the active ingredients and to predigest it to increase nutrient absorption. Some Japanese researchers looked at the Japanese use of Laminaria Japonica and attributed their high intake of this brown seaweed to JapanÕs low levels of breast cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease and more. Interestingly, Okinawa is the only island in Japan where they eat this brown algae raw. And they live longer than anywhere else in the world. This concentrated algae is raw. Cold-processed. It contains a polysaccharide called U-fucoiidan which was shown in laboratory research to cause cancer cells to self-destruct within 72 hours in a process called apoptosis. It also contains a large amount of organic iodine which is known to support the health of the thyroid gland. Where it really shines is in heavy metal detoxification because it contains 40 to 50% alginates. Alginates have the ability to bind with heavy metals being excreted in the bile, preventing them from being reabsorbed from the bile back into the body as would normally happen. This provides a safe natural way to help reduce heavy metal levels in the body especially when used with a clay bath detox kit. In addition the polysaccarides it contains are soothing to the stomach and intestinal lining and may be excellent support for the vascular system. ---- ---------- MSM MSM (an organic sulfur) may be excellent for helping to make lung and skin tissue more flexible. For potentially softening and healing scar tissue over time. Dr. Cheney goes over some of its uses in general. ---- ---------- Dr. Cheney stated " I really like it. It's wonderful stuff. " He recommended the book The Miracle of MSM: The Natural Solution for Pain by Stanley Jacob, William Regelson & Martin Zucker. He said, " Great book. Everything you'd ever want to know about MSM, written by a physician who's used it for 30 years in his patient population. " Dr. Cheney described four benefits of MSM. (1) " MSM itself has the toxicity of water - it's non-toxic. But it's a very potent detoxifier. If you take too much MSM, you can mobilize too many toxins too quickly. It can even mobilize heavy metals, so you have to be cautious about the dose. Start low and go slow - work up gradually to the therapeutic dose, which is 6 to 9 grams a day.... " (2) " MSM is a very potent anti-yeast medication. It causes yeast to blow up. Well, basically they melt. Their cell walls are destroyed. Again, you see Herxheimer reactions if the dose is too high. " (3) " Pain relief from MSM can be significant, particularly at 6 to 9 gms a day. This applies to most any pain, because most pain is toxicity related. Some of the pain relief accounts are pretty impressive. It's typical to hear at 6 gms, nothing, 8 gms, no relief, then suddenly at 10 gms the pain is gone. There seems to be a threshold you have to reach and then boom. The threshold will vary from person to person.... " (4) " MSM also helps allergies. The mucous barrier is a sulfur barrier, and the sulfur binds to allergens and keeps them away from your nasal and sinus mucosa so you don't get allergies. " ---- ---------- Dr. Stanley Jacob, the author of the book Dr. Cheney recommends, developed MSM. He has used it with his autoimmune patients for 30 years. His recommended dosage is 20 grams a day. So Dr. Cheney is a bit conservative in his recommendation of 6 to 9 grams a day. My supplier recommends the same thing. 20 grams a day for maximum benefit. But you do have to work up slowly or experience significant detoxification symptoms. ---- ---------- Complex Meridian Units Energize Cells and Organs With the wide acceptance and acknowledgment of the benefits from acupuncture, even western medical doctors acknowledge that the body is a complex energetic system. And as accupuncture has shown, tapping into and getting that energetic system to work better can make a big difference in health. Now there is a way to not only easily unblock energetic blockages, but to actually magnify the bodyÕs own energy so that everything just works better. Using Complex Meridian Units (CMUs). These are the result of 5 years of extensive research, testing and development. Classified by the patent office as an energetic device fundamentally different from a magnetic device, they created a new category for the CMU as energetic units. CMUs act to stimulate the flow of energy in the body and the movement of oxygen, blood and other nutrients into the body's cells. At the same time, they help accelerate the removal of wastes and toxins from these cells. In addition, the CMU may work to re-enforce the power and reconstruction process in the body's cells, and rebalance and/or restore their natural bio-electric fields. Clinical studies have shown that the body heals faster and pain is reduced when a bodily injury or malfunction is exposed to the CMU. In a years long study on tens of thousands of people suffering from pain, these units provided relief 85% of the time. They work by magnifying the body's own magnetic energy, not adding an outside energy like ordinary magnets do. This makes them completely natural and safe, and because the polarization absolutely matches the vibration of the cells, they are especially helpful in facilitating cellular repair. There is nothing like these revolutionary CMU products. ---- ---------- Calcium and Magnesium, Alkalinity and Detoxification You quite likely need to take a good calcium dietary supplement. Calcium and magnesium are the major alkalinizers in the body. Toxins are acidic. Unless you counteract that acidity with alkalinity, you may not be able to detoxify efficiently because the body limits the acidity of the blood. So it prevents toxins from entering the blood, and stores those toxins away in cells if the blood borders on being too acidic. Calcium is alkaline, and is used by the body to counteract acidity. Thereby allowing toxins to be processed out of the body. In addition, the more alkaline a cell is, the more oxygen it can hold. Acidic cells are poorly oxygenated cells. So taking a calcium - magnesium dietary supplement may be vital for good health. The drawback with most calcium supplements is that they are difficult to absorb. Absorption rates of most of your calcium supplements are quite poor. Look for a calcium supplement that has magnesium too. With vitamin D and acids to improve absorption, and trace minerals, vital for proper enzyme utilization. If you have been using a calcium supplement which doesnÕt contain enough magnesium, or if you have consumed plenty of dairy products which supply 8 times more calcium than magnesium, you may actually have too much calcium and be quite depleted in magnesium. This can cause big problems. Excess calcium depletes magnesium, and the excess calcium can cause heart malfunction, painful joints, calcification of organs, senility and weakened bones. 95% of Americans are deficient in magnesium even if they take some magnesium in supplements. They do not get enough, and it is not in the right form. Magnesium deficiency can result in inability to sleep, fatigue, body tension, headaches, difficulties with the heart, PMS, muscle tension, backaches, and more. Magnesium is an important mineral that helps improve stamina, endurance, vitality, and energy levels. Magnesium is involved in several hundred enzymatic reactions, being required for cardiovascular function and the conversion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats to energy. It also functions in muscle relaxation and contraction, nerve transmissions, and the removal of excess toxic substances from the body. Research has shown that 85% of patients with mitral valve prolapse have chronic magnesium deficiency. A magnesium deficiency can produce electrical changes in the heart muscle and thus lead to arrhythmia. Magnesium insufficiency-induced coronary artery spasm is recognized as an important cause of myocardial infarction. Magnesium acts as an anticoagulant, prolongs clotting time, and is synergistic with heparin. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, it was demonstrated that oral magnesium resulted in a significant dose-dependent reduction of blood pressure. When magnesium levels are low, more calcium flows into the vascular muscle cells, which contracts them - leading to tighter vessels and higher blood pressure. Adequate magnesium levels prevent this. Fatigue is sometimes reduced with magnesium (and potassium) supplementation. The many enzyme systems that require magnesium help restore normal energy levels. Magnesium is considered the " antistress " mineral. It is a natural tranquilizer as it functions to relax skeletal muscles as well as the smooth muscles of blood vessels and the gastrointestinal tract. Whereas calcium stimulates muscle contraction, magnesium relaxes them. Several researchers have provided substantial links between low magnesium levels and both migraine and tension headaches. In a study, magnesium supplements were given to 19 post menopausal women on estrogen replacement therapy with low bone density. After 1 year of magnesium supplementation 12 of the women no longer had low bone density. If you do have magnesium deficiency but probably enough calcium, you can most rapidly reverse that by taking a high quality magnesium supplement only. If you are not sure, you can always supplement the calcium with extra magnesium. This will not work as fast. The best form of magnesium is a water soluble magnesium citrate. It has the highest absorbability and usability. ---- ---------- Noni Juice and Nitric Oxide Users in the West noticed a wide variety of benefits from using Noni Juice, everything from pain relief to healing of wounds to support for the heart and immune system. Polynesian healers have used Noni for 2000 years to improve their health, loose weight and beautify their skin. Until recently nobody really knew why it worked. In 1998 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to researchers for the discovery of Nitric Oxide. They found that it was involved in Òcontrolling the circulation of the blood, regulating activities of the brain, lungs, liver, kidneys and stomach and other organs.Ó And thus was able to effect a wide range of functions in the body. Regulating blood pressure and circulation, regulating the heart, improving the immune system. They found that nitric oxide transmits messages between nerve cells and is associated with the processes of learning, memory and sleeping. It can stimulate the brain. It stimulates, restores and magnifies the natural responses of male and female genitals. They found it was a mediator in inflammation and rheumatism. That it helps relieve pain. Morphine produces it. It is the non-addictive but beneficial portion of the drug. It was also found to reduce tumor growth. Researchers familiar with Noni juice noticed that the benefits the nitric oxide researchers were describing were similar to what they were seeing with Noni juice. And decided to test Noni juice to see it if by some chance it provided nutrients the body needs to produce nitric oxide. They found that indeed, most forms of Noni produce a nitric oxide effect in vitro, using the standardized method for testing nitric oxide. No human studies have been done on Noni to see if the nitric oxide effect of Noni results in specific health benefits. ---- ---------- Natural Herpes (and Viral) Relief Natural herbs and vitamins have been shown demonstrated in laboratory in vitro studies to inhibit replication of the herpes simplex viruses and similar viruses. As these viruses can cause significant damage and upsetting of the immune system, formulations containing these herbs may provide significant benefit. They include lysine, olive leaf extract, clove flower, bitter melon, rosemarinic acid, acerola extract, zinc and vitamin C. The more ways to inhibit viral reproduction, the better. Human Growth Hormone Production Human growth hormone is probably the most talked about hormone these days. Dr. Rudman published results of HGH testing on 21 healthy males between age 60 and 80 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The effects six months of HGH supplementation had were equivalent in magnitude to reversing changes incurred during a 10 to 20 year period of aging. Aging is the bodyÕs inability to repair its 100 trillion cells. When cells do not repair, we age. The pituitary gland located in the brain is the producer of our HGH, which is a protein molecule make up of 191 amino acids. It triggers the release of of IGF-1 molecule which is delivered throughout the body to effect cell repair. By the time we turn forty, HGH levels may drop by over 30 percent. And at sixty, these levels may have gone down yet another 35 percent. With age (or illness) there is less IGF-1, so we simply cannot repair all the cells that need repairing. There are several amino acids known to trigger HGH release. Only when combined in the correct amounts are they be effective. They may be the safest way of increasing IGF-1 levels because they contain no hormones, so donÕt confuse the bodyÕs hormone production system. ---- ---------- My Choices in Dietary Supplements and Health Products These are some of the most life enhancing, health creating types of dietary supplements and health products I have found. Being for the most part whole food dietary supplements, they tend to be much more potent than the typical isolated vitamins and herbs. And of course, as with everything in life, some are better than others. If you are really serious about improving your health, the top quality ones make the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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