Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 _______________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement Vol 5 Issue 9 November 18 , 2004 In This Issue: MI, Stroke and Mortality: Is It the Lipids? Is Hyperglycemia a Risk for CVD? Obese Women and Colorectal Cancer/Smoking Cruise Ships New Assisted Living Facilities Is Virtual Colonoscopy More Dangerous? St. John's Wort Reduces Effectiveness of Anticancer Medication Post-polio Women and Menopause What's New on The Hormone Diva Speaks! About Low Carb Diets Intransal Insulin Reduces Body Fat in Men NOT Women IN MEMORIAM: Robert Kohl Featured Links and Products: Please feel free to Suggest this Newsletter to a friend! You're Not Crazy. It's Your Hormones! The Hormone Diva's Workbook will take you step by step through a complete hormonal workup. Every woman should learn the secrets to balancing her hormones. You're Not Crazy, It's Your Hormones! List Price $19.95 Our Price $16.95 a 15% savings! Personally autographed copies available upon request. Trade Paper ISBN: 0967131766 Healthy Life Publications, Inc. June 2003 If you follow the concepts of The Menopause Diet, you should realize you are improving your vitamin balance by eating nutritionally dense foods. However, since you will be eliminating many of the " fortified " grains and starches, the addition of selected nutritional supplements is like buying collision insurance. Since everyone can use a helping hand, I designed Female Formula Stress Tabs to insure you have all the vitamins and minerals necessary to keep your program on tract. 1 bottle - $25.95 6 bottles - you SAVE $2.59 per bottle! - a 10% savings 12 bottles - you SAVE $5.18 per bottle! - a 20% savings Visit our Web sites: Healthy Life Publications Online Store The Hormone Diva Speaks The Menopause Diet The Goddess Diet The Gladiator Diet Post a message to Larrian on our blog, or on the new Menopause/Goddess Diet Boards . Order In Home Lab tests Larrian Reports - Once in a great while one comes across a medical reference book that has " just what the doctor ordered! " This is it... and it's in eBook format! (FOR PC's ONLY) Click here for more information, and to take a look inside. Order your copy today - $5.00 This item is non-returnable. More Low Carb Diet Books and Products Join the discussion on my Low Carb Diet Forum...it's FREE! MI, Stroke and Mortality: Is it the Lipids? If you're an older adult, defined as anyone 65 and above, your lipid levels may have nothing to do with your risk of a cardiovascular event according to this new study. Both men and women were studied for 8 years and found to have no greater risk for a stroke or overall mortality even if they had lousy lipid readings ( total cholesterol and LDL-C.) The only lipid factor which WAS relevant was the HDL-C levels, which clearly protected one from the risk of an MI. Interestingly, high HDL-C levels conveyed some decreased risk of a stroke in men but not women. So what does this mean? Statin drugs may be making NO difference in overall survival as they don't raise HDL levels. But cheer up..a new drug is in development that DOES raise HDL. J Am Geriatr Soc,2004;52(10):1639-1647 Is Hyperglycemia a Risk for CVD? Just carrying around an elevated blood sugar level can increase your risk for a stroke or heart attack even if you do not have diabetes. So if your blood glucose level POST a challenge load ( as is done for a glucose tolerance test) is 150-194 as the midpoint range, you have a 27% risk of doing a face plant, especially if you're a woman. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Oct 25;164(19):2147-55 Want to discuss this topic further? Express yourself on my Menopause/Goddess Diets forum. And if you want to know more about how to diet and keep your hormones intact, read The Menopause Diet or purchase the health report here Obese Women and Colorectal Cancer/Smoking Women who carry around a BMI of 40 are 5.2 times more likely to develop colon polyps with a high grade of nastiness than women who keep their body mass index below 25. In addition, if you smoke, left colon polyps were 2.7 times more common over age 50. 69th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology For the ideal vitamins for women, try Female Formula Stress Tabs and Pyridoxal 5 Phosphate available in our store. Subscribe to the FREE newsletter, Larrian Reports! Enter your email, or send a free subscription to a friend today! HTML Cruise Ships New Assisted Living Facilities Just imagine...cruise ships are actually CHEAPER than Assisted Living Facilities yet offer all the same benefits. " You get three squares a day with escorts, physicians on the site and housekeeping/laundry services, not to mention travel and the stimulation of new experiences, " said Lee Lindquist MD. Cruise ships are now targeting the Baby Boomers who see this as a much more enjoyable living experience than a nursing home. Well, Gopher....is this the Love Boat?? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Nov;52(11):1951-4. To learn more about how bio-identical hormones affect our health and nutrition, get your copy of "You're Not Crazy It's Your Hormones!" Is Virtual Colonoscopy More Dangerous? I just love it when new technology threatens a specific medical specialty's " bread and butter " procedures. In this instance, the ACG has suggested that virtual colonoscopy ( performed by radiologists with a CT scanner ) have a higher rate of complications than sticking a scope up your bum. Huh? Their reasoning: it exposes you to radiation, and any FOUND lesions need to undergo colonoscopy for removal, which carries the higher risk. PLUUEESE!!! They should be promoting virtual colonoscopy rather than trying to condem it as more people may undergo the procedure who would never have a standard colonoscopy, thus increasing the number of NECESSARY colonoscopies...but there is the rub. A negative colonoscopy carries a higher risk than a negative CT scan. American College of Gastroenterology 69th Annual Meeting. If you want to know more about how to diet and keep your hormones intact, read The Menopause Diet or purchase the health report here. St. John's Wort Reduces Effectiveness of Anticancer Medication More pharmaceutical drugs are being affected by St. John's Wort, an herbal antidepressant product which increases liver metabolism of drugs using the CP450 system. Now a blockbuster chemotherapy drug, Gleevec, used for treating Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, rapidly looses its effectiveness if patients use the Wort for depression therapy. Even AIDS drugs are showing the same lack of effectiveness with this combo. " Herbal products can be very dangerous and we need to do a better job of educating both physicians and the public, " said Dr. Patrick Smith in an upcoming article to be published in Pharmacotherapy this month. So if you use ANY herbal products, be sure and let your doctor know. It could save your life. Purchase your copy of "The Menopause Diet Mini Meal Cookbook " here. Post-Polio Women and Menopause Who would have thought that women post-polio would experience menopause differently than other women? Well, good thing these researchers did, because women post-polio have greater and more severe menopause symptoms, such as dry eyes, constipation, numbness and tingling along with sweating, sleeplessness and hot flashes.. Complete report here. IN MEMORIAM: Robert Kohl Robert Kohl, husband for 38 years of Becky Kohl, lost his fight with melanoma, after being cancer free for 28 years. Bob would patiently wait for his dinner, understanding that Becky needed to read her newest issue of Larrian Reports first. He even lost 38 pounds on The Menopause Diet, to which his doctor responded:" What, did she stop cooking?" Becky is going through difficult times and needs our support, so condolences and words of comfort and encouragement can be sent to her email address merely by clicking on this link. What's on The Hormone Diva Speaks! Looking for tips to keep the pounds off? How about a primer on fibroids, the options for therapy that don't include removing your uterus? The latest Fit and Fabulous tips? Or how about just pulling up a chair and chatting with the Diva herself about your concerns? It's all possible on The Hormone Diva Speaks! And don't forget to take the survey and get a discount on your membership.You'll also find ALL the back issues of Larrian Reports on the private discussion board, so you never have to worry about missing an issue again. Intranasal Insulin Reduces Body Fat in Men NOT Women Even our noses metabolize drugs differently, according to this interesting study of intranasal insulin. Men lose weight but women GAIN with this technique, as leptin levels dropped by almost 27% in men. I guess we just have to take solace in the fact that estradiol works so nicely instead by this technique. Diabetes. 2004 Nov;53(11):3024-9. About Low Carb Diets I'm happy to announce I'm the new Low Carb Diets Guide on About.com! You'll find me discussing ALL low carb diet concepts, putting up recipes, having a lively discussion on the forums and advising you on how to live the low carb lifestyle. So, come on over, join the fun and let's start living the low carb lifestyle that's right for you! Low Carb Diets Low Carb Hangman Why not relax and play my new Low Carb Hangman game online? It's full of low carb terminology..... read more Low Carb Thanksgiving Meal/Menu Plan You won't miss a thing at Thanksgiving with these easy recipes..... read more 7 Top Turkey Dangers Don't keep the family together in the ER..... read more 10 Tips for Surviving Holiday Stress Learning to control chaos in our lives can go a long way towards avoiding stress eating.... read more 30 Day Low Carb Menu Meal Plan Try my simple 30 Day Meal Plan and see how easy and inexpensive it can be to live the low carb lifestyle. Larrian Reports and the websites The Menopause Diet, The Goddess Diet, The Gladiator Diet, The Hormone Diva are © copyright Healthy Life Publications Inc.,1999-2003. All rights reserved. Larrian Gillespie Editor. Healthy Life Publications Inc, 264 S La Cienega Blvd #1233, Beverly Hills, Ca. 90211 All information is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should seek prompt medical care for any specific health issues and consult your physician or health practitioner before starting a new fitness regimen. The Hormone Diva Speaks Update Profile | Un | Confirm | Forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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