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You Can Eliminate Statin Drug Side Effects

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

I have some great news for the millions of people that take cholesterol- lowering drugs and have statin drug side effects as a result. As most of you know, studies have shown that the class of drugs known as statins effectively lowers cholesterol, and for about one in 33 users, lowers the chances of having a heart attack.

Unfortunately this good news comes with some bad news. There are approximately 80 reported statin drug side effects that may occur, and some of them can be very dangerous. Recently, the British Medical Journal reported that in the analysis of more than two million patients taking statins for cholesterol, it was shown that the risk of liver damage, kidney damage, muscle damage, and/or cataracts was increased.

It is fairly common knowledge that most drugs come with side effects. Typically, those are caused by the drugs either interfering with the production of certain nutrients in the body, or the depletion of the nutrients. Such is the case with statin drugs. Your doctor is supposed to tell you of at least one of the major side effects, which is the depletion of CoQ10. This is required for all cellular functions, so being depleted of this nutrient can be devastating to your body.

And there are other things going on due to the chemicals in prescription drugs, including free radical damage, interference with the cellular energy, and liver stress (since it is the main filtering organ within the body). To properly repair and rebalance your system, you would normally need to find five or six separate products.

Fortunately, there is a company called Pharma Defense LLC that has formulated and produced a product called Statin Relief. It has approximately fifteen separate ingredients that will reduce or eliminate the side effects of statin drugs. I don’t take statins as my cholesterol is normal; however, I have personally tried this product as have several friends who are doctors and scientists. In the case of two of them that often have muscle pain and fatigue, those side effects went away within five days. A few days after stopping the Statin Relief, the side effects of the cholesterol-lowering drugs returned. Then, after going back on the Statin Relief, the side effects again went away. They are convinced Statin Relief has safely solved their side effects issues.

I am not sure what stores are carrying the product yet, but it is certainly worth locating and trying. With the required ingredients to help protect your system, and the energy it will return to your body, it makes perfect sense. There is plenty of research on the Statin Relief website; most of it is supported by government studies on the ingredients as well as the information in most of the Universities. With a blend of nutrients to help spare and heal the liver, replace lost CoQ10, recharge the muscles, fight free radicals, and reduce stress, this is a great find and in a must-have formula. Look for it in your local stores or contact the Statin Relief company (StatinRelief.com).

I believe you will be quite happy that you did.

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Symptoms of Lead Poisoning

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

The inescapable reality is that in today’s world, it is impossible to avoid being exposed to heavy metals. It is more a matter of how much, and how often.

Lead poisoning has been an issue for years, but was brought to the forefront of public awareness when the issue of lead paint in older structures received high publicity. However, lead paint is just the tip of the iceberg. Following is a list of many other lead sources – some familiar, and some surprising:

ash, auto exhaust, battery manufacturing, bone meal, canned fruit and juice, car batteries, cigarette smoke, coal combustion, colored inks, congenital intoxication, cosmetics, eating utensils, electroplating, household dust, glass production, hair dyes, industrial emissions, lead pipes, lead-glazed earthenware pottery, liver, mascara, metal polish, milk, newsprint, organ meats, paint, pencils, pesticides, produce near roads, putty, rain water, pvc containers, refineries, smelters, snow, tin cans with lead solder sealing (such as juices, vegetables), tobacco, toothpaste, toys, water (city/well), wine

When such exposure begins to reach toxic levels in the human body, one or more of the following symptoms of lead poisoning and their effects are often seen:

abdominal pain, adrenal insufficiency, allergies, anemia, anorexia, anxiety, arthritis (rheumatoid and osteo), attention deficit disorder, autism, back pain, behavioral disorders, blindness, cardiovascular disease, cartilage destruction, coordination loss, concentration loss, constipation, convulsions, deafness, depression, dyslexia, emotional instability, encephalitis, epilepsy, fatigue, gout, hallucinations, headaches, hostility, hyperactivity, hypertension, hypothyroid, impotence, immune suppression, decreased IQ, indigestion, infertility, insomnia, irritability, joint pain, kidney disorders, learning disability, liver dysfunction, loss of will, memory loss (long term), menstrual problems, mood swings, muscle aches, muscle weakness, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, mylopathy (spinal cord pathology), nausea, nephritis, nightmares, numbness, Parkinson’s disease, peripheral neuropathies, psychosis, psychomotor dysfunction, pyorrhea, renal dysfunction, restlessness, retardation, schizophrenia, seizures, sterility, stillbirths, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), tingling, tooth decay, vertigo, unintentional weight loss

Many of the above symptoms of lead poisoning are often misdiagnosed and treated with medication that never really addresses the core issue causing the problem Hence, one never gets better.
With such an all-encompassing list of symptoms and effects, it can be tempting to blame just about every feeling of ill health on lead poisoning. However, it is not the intent of this article to give you a “lead poisoning phobia”, but rather to raise your awareness of the possibility that metal toxicity could be the root cause of a health issue you are dealing with.

Today, there are products available without prescription or medical affiliation that the public can purchase to:

1) test for metal toxins either in the body or in water/foods, and
2) help remove heavy metals from the body.

The worlds first “Heavy Metal Screen Test” is distributed in the United States by Enerex USA and sold thru dealers. We have also found it online at a company called HERBAL INTEGRITY. This kit gives results in as little as ten minutes, and tests for the presence of zinc, copper, mercury, lead, cadmium and nickel. The screen test can be used as the first step in your health program and as a jumping off point in discussing troubling symptoms/issues with your doctor.

This company also carries a supplement called Humifulvate Rx™, a complex organic mineral carrier/detoxifier that acts as a detoxifier of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury. Essentially, it helps to remove heavy metals from the body and helps to prevent the absorption of toxic substances, such as heavy metals and dangerous chemicals.

In summary, we cannot live in an insulated bubble, shielded from the environment and the toxins that the modern world has put into it. The best defense is awareness of the issue and the effects it could have, and then know how to identify and treat the problem.

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Erectile Dysfunction?…..Stop Smoking!

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Everyday millions of men attempt to deal with erectile dysfunction by taking prescription medication that treats the symptoms, but not the underlying issue which could be the culprit.

Unfortunately, erectile dysfunction is could be a sign that you are moving closer to a heart attack and at the very least, setting yourself up for disease to take hold and propagate your body.
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Why is that? Well if you are a smoker you may know that most surgeons will not perform surgery on you if you are smoking. When it is necessary to do surgery, almost invariably those that heal the slowest or improperly are smokers. Why is this important and what does smoking have to do with erectile dysfunction? Smoking causes the arteries to shrink making it more difficult to have proper blood flow to the cells of the body or the penis in the case of erection issues. The other problem is that smoking depletes essential vitamins and minerals from the body. Many of these nutrients are essential for your cardiovascular health and longevity. If damage occurs to your arterial wall, from a nutrient deficiency, (vitamin C or Silica) then cholesterol is going to form plaque (scar tissue) to protect the arteries. Along with this problem, deficiency in essential nutrients, like silica, can cause a loss of elasticity in your arteries. It is a fact that heart attack patients have 14 times less silica then normal. Scary but true. Silica is essential for the elasticity and health of not only your arteries but your skin, tendons, and bones. Clearly, depleting nutrients has not only a devastating effect on your ability to function sexually but on your overall health in general.

So now, because of smoking, you have reduced blood flow from narrowed arteries, plaque buildup, and lack of arterial elasticity. Now, add one more problem: lack of oxygen! You know that without oxygen for about 4 minutes you die. Well the same thing is slowly occurring to the cells of your body since the alveoli in your lungs are being coated with tar and nicotine and are not exchanging enough oxygen when you breathe. Hence, oxygen along with valuable nutrients are not being transported thru your narrowed and clogged arteries and hence the penis.

Smoking also causes stress on your liver and other filtering organs which will ultimately cause them to operate less efficient. This in turn, suppresses your immune system and creates more health issues and debilitating illnesses.

If you think you can continue down the smoking path and not end up with some type of heath issue you are mistaken! Do not take a prescription pill with damaging side effects when it does not address the underlying condition that could have a deadly outcome. This is one of the issues with the health care system today; treating the symptoms and not the underlying issues. Quick temporary fixes. Find the root of the problem and fix that. Only then will you be in control of your own health and any performance issues.

Stop smoking! Start eating a healthy diet of nuts, legumes, fruits, whole grains, vegetables and fish. Drink clean water without chlorine. Exercise to move fluids thru your system and breathe in fresh air. Do a 30 day cleanse to clean and repair your colon, liver, gall bladder, and blood stream. You can find a good one at Herbal Integrity (Clean & Repair). www.herbalintegrity.com It cleans and repairs all at one time. Take Serrapeptase Rx (physician strength) to clean out the scar tissue in your arteries and body. You can find it at many health care offices or find a list of dealers from the distributor. www.enerexusa.com.

Make sure to remove all the toxins from your cells by using the Fulvic and Humic acids found in Humifulvate Rx. And make sure you get all the 46 essential nutrients into your system every day that the body can’t make. Read the SONA Study to find out what those are and how to get the right quantities into your system.

Just think how much money you will save every year on your insurance payments! Smokers pay a premium. Just think how much you pay in taxes every week for those cigarettes? Do you really want to live with a disease and fall into a state of ill health for the last 40 years of your life?

You have an opportunity to rewrite your health future. Take hold of your health now. If you don’t take time to be healthy now….you will be forced to take time later when you fall into ill health. Remember, erectile dysfunction is only a sign of a greater potential problem. Don’t miss the signs!

You can find all the above products from www.herbalintegrity.com or go to www.enerexusa.com to find a dealer close to you.

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The Best Neutracetical Company

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Is there a “best” neutraceutical company?

To effectively answer that question, you have to determine what is important to the consumer. You also have to determine “best – at what?”…there’s best price, best marketing, best place to work, best quality, best research, best manufacturing, etc.

In doing a phone survey to find out what really matters to consumers, it appears that what is important varies greatly – depending on what the level of product education the particular consumer has, as well as the budget they have set aside for purchasing supplements. Those criteria alone eliminated a lot of companies.

Certainly there are many consumers who just purchase the heavily marketed or lowest priced vitamins. You can look no further then the sales for One-A-Day or Centrum Silver – they each do over $100 million dollars annually. So these companies certainly may have the best marketing, the lowest prices, and may also be a great place to work. But they fall short with the consumers we spoke with that put product effectiveness and value above the marketing hype.

There are powerful, well financed, multi-level companies that make millions of dollars because people tell their friends how great some product is. And with the massive profits that their sales generate, all sort of literature and success stories are printed and posted about that “wonderful” product.

However, I would hope you realize that all multi-level companies must have a product mark-up of eight to ten times their actual cost. This means that a product you pay $30.00 for, actually costs about only $3.00. As an example, let’s look at “Juice Plus.” The manufacturer won’t even break down how much of each ingredient is in the product. Do you really think that you are getting what you have been promised? That is highly unlikely. With so many people making a profit on our purchases, there is little left over to allow for you to get any true benefits from real quality or effectiveness.

The following is a list of things that were the most important to the educated consumers we interviewed over the past two months. They have done their homework on what they are willing to spend their money on, and these are the standards they judge products by:

1. Value: Consumers did not mind paying for a product that was fairly priced, based on what was in it and how it was made. That eliminates all the extremely cheap products with synthetic ingredients.
2. Effectiveness: It has to work. Consumers want to know that the product will work, based on real science not 30 pages of hype about a new “miracle” cure-all. Studies and facts…this eliminates about 80% of companies, and all the big flyers you see coming at you.
3. Guarantee: Not a 30-day promise, but a real, unlimited guarantee. You can count on one hand how many companies have an unlimited guarantee – most are for 30 or 60 days.
4. Organic Whole Foods: Customers who have done their homework know that synthetic vitamins are not absorbed and are missing the micronutrients needed to be effective. That eliminates all the bargain basement priced products.
5. No chemicals or heat used in the manufacturing process: Smart consumers know that chemical extraction methods destroy the living entities, making them highly ineffective. Companies using these methods can still list all the ingredients on their products’ labels, and they are cheaper to make. But… they don’t work effectively. This alone will eliminate about 98% of the companies.
6. Quality Control. Only 2% of companies are actually GMP certified. Many companies say they manufacture that way, but they are not actually certified.
7. Corporate Goals: The goal of public companies is to make money. That is the overriding objective. Just look at the pharmaceutical industry. Do any of their products actually cure anything? NO! They may alleviate symptoms, but at what cost to your overall health? I eliminated all public companies because they have a conflict of interest in doing what is right for the consumer versus making profit for their shareholders.
8. Ingredient Disclosure. With so many disreputable companies around, consumers want to see an exact breakdown of what is in each product. Many companies list ingredients as “proprietary” as a way to hide just how much of each ingredient is (or in most cases, is not) actually in a given product.

To the above list, I have also added an interesting criteria of my own. I want a company that does little product marketing, or only has a very minimal (5%) marketing budget, because they put all the money into their products. A company with products so good that friends recommend them to each other, making the need for heavy marketing unnecessary. A company where doing the right thing for consumers, and helping people live healthier lives, are the principal corporate goals. A product line that doctors have enough confidence in to recommend, and use themselves. Products that professional and Olympic athletes use because they work.

Based on the above, I believe our team has found the “Supplement Company of the Year” but they are not here in the U.S. They are in Canada, where each label has to have a Certificate of Analysis proving the ingredients are there, in the right ratios, and are approved by the government.

The name of that company is ENEREX.  Doctors and professionals around the world are hearing about the product line and call to become dealers. In the United States, ENEREX has one on-line retailer that anyone can purchase from. Until there are an appropriate number of dealers in this country, you can find the ENEREX products through that on-line retailer, www.herbalintegrity.com

The US distributor for the brand is a compnay called Enerex USA and can be contacted at www.enerexusa.com if you have interest in becoming a dealer which I highly recommend.

I truly believe ENEREX is superior to 99.9% of the supplement companies around today. For the most part, it is not even a close competition to what is out there. I highly encourage you to try the ENEREX products, either from a local dealer, or on line through Herbal Integrity at herbalintegrity.com

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Preventing Bone Loss…The Billion Dollar Lie

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Preventing bone loss to preclude osteoporosis as you age has become a BILLION dollar business.  It is no wonder that calcium supplements are the number one selling mineral.  The dairy industry is the number one provider of calcium in the US diet.  All the beverage companies are adding it for marketing benefit.  These companies just grab onto your fears of the osteoporosis epidemic (up 7 fold in ten years), put a little calcium in a tablet or beverage, and make billions while giving you piece of mind.  It sounds like everyone wins…the population gets protection while the companies giving protection make money.  Guess what?  IT’S NOT WORKING and the 7 fold increase in a decade according to the Center for Disease Control proves it.  The big questions are not only why is it not working, but what can you do about it.

 

Let’s start with why our current model for preventing bone loss, as well as why the alternative treatment for osteoporosis, is not working.

 

Currently, we are being advised by the government and the dairy industry to make sure we getting our calcium from dairy, and for those that are lactose intolerant to take calcium supplements.  Many beverage companies have included calcium in fruit drinks and just about anything else they can think of to help market products. Calcium supplements have exceeded a billion dollars in sales.  The U.S. population consumes more dairy then virtually all the countries in the world, and yet has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis disease.  How is that possible?

 

There are three basic reasons why the current government guidelines for preventing bone loss are not working, as well as the alternative treatment for osteoporosis suggestions by companies selling calcium supplements:

 

  1. Inadequate calcium consumption.
  2. Inadequate absorption of the calcium.
  3. Excreting or utilizing too much calcium in the body.

 

There are several interesting explanations behind these reasons.

 

Inadequate consumption of calcium is said to occur in over 65% of people in North America.  Many in the health industry dispute those claims, especially in light of all the consumption of dairy and calcium supplements.  It certainly is possible that people are not getting enough calcium, and for those that are not, it is critical that your consumption of the right type of calcium be increased.  Adults are recommended to have 1200 mg. total daily.

 

There is false hope provided by the dairy industry.  The Harvard Nurses Study showed that of the 78,000 nurses tested, the ones that consumed three glasses of milk per day over 12 years had the highest rate of fractures, as compared to those that had virtually no dairy consumption.  An Iowa study showed that those on whey (milk) protein had significant bone loss and that it could lead to increase risk of Osteoporosis.

 

The promotion of stand-alone calcium supplements, such as calcium carbonate and other inorganic forms of calcium including Tums and other over the counter antacids, as well as oyster shell, dolomite, coral calcium, has no scientific basis in  preventing bone loss.  If there was, with all the money spent we would have seen a decrease in the incidence – but we have a 7 fold increase. Clearly you have been misled into a false sense of security by these powerful financial promotions.

 

Inadequate absorption of calcium is a huge problem.  The reason we have such an increase in bone loss is that we cannot absorb the forms of calcium we are taking in, and the calcium must be combined with other minerals such as magnesium, boron, and silica as well as vitamins D3 and K, to have maximum effectiveness.  Properly chelating the minerals with an amino acid to create an inorganic form will improve absorption into the bone by 75%.  (Most companies not only fail to do this, but some of them go so far as to stick some chelate in the formula so you think the products are chelated.  This is false marketing; the companies are more concerned with their profit then your health).  

 

Adding green foods to the formula in the form of organic juice powders will further increase the absorption. Magnesium, for example, under the above guidelines is absorbed by 87% into the bones vs. 16% in typical supplements.

 

A poorly functioning digestive system and faulty flora may also contribute to the absorption issue; however, it is mostly the poor product quality and mass marketing playing on your fears that are giving you the problems.

 

Excreting or utilizing to much calcium compared to your absorbed available stockpile can greatly contribute to your bone loss. You probably know that over 99% of all the calcium in the body is stored in your bones and teeth. The rest is utilized by the body on an ongoing basis for muscle contractions, blood vessel contraction and expansion, secretion of hormones and enzymes, and use by the nervous system.  It is also utilized by the blood stream for maintaining the proper PH level, and pulls from the bone reservoir if more calcium is needed.

 

When you eat meat protein, take in processed acidic foods, soda, sugar, and especially dairy, the balancing of the acidic nature of those foods uses up more calcium then was absorbed from them.  When this occurs, the body has to pull calcium from the bones and teeth to balance the body.  It will always do this as the blood stream must be maintained in a very narrow PH range to survive.  With the current American diet, it is almost impossible to absorb enough calcium through the current guidelines to offset depletion.  This is the biggest problem facing the U.S. and other countries adopting the western diet.

 

Finally, when you add in drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, and other depleting habits, it is easy to understand that we have a major issue, and the increases in the disease proves it.   There are a lot of steps you can take to solve this issue, but it is too lengthy a discussion for this article.  In the next article, I will lay out the specific steps you need to take in the new treatments for osteoporosis.  Until I finish the research and interviews for that article, I suggest you at least realize you have been mislead and take a properly formed product, such as Osteo Rx or some other equal product, that has all the right ingredients.  If you are unable to find a local doctor that carries that product, you can get a list from www.enerexusa.com  or find an online retailer of their products such as www.herbalintegrity.com.

 

 

 

 

Preventing bone loss to preclude osteoporosis as you age has become a BILLION dollar business.  It is no wonder that calcium supplements are the number one selling mineral.  The dairy industry is the number one provider of calcium in the US diet.  All the beverage companies are adding it for marketing benefit.  These companies just grab onto your fears of the osteoporosis epidemic (up 7 fold in ten years), put a little calcium in a tablet or beverage, and make billions while giving you piece of mind.  It sounds like everyone wins…the population gets protection while the companies giving protection make money.  Guess what?  IT’S NOT WORKING and the 7 fold increase in a decade according to the Center for Disease Control proves it.  The big questions are not only why is it not working, but what can you do about it.

 

Let’s start with why our current model for preventing bone loss, as well as why the alternative treatment for osteoporosis, is not working.

 

Currently, we are being advised by the government and the dairy industry to make sure we getting our calcium from dairy, and for those that are lactose intolerant to take calcium supplements.  Many beverage companies have included calcium in fruit drinks and just about anything else they can think of to help market products. Calcium supplements have exceeded a billion dollars in sales.  The U.S. population consumes more dairy then virtually all the countries in the world, and yet has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis disease.  How is that possible?

 

There are three basic reasons why the current government guidelines for preventing bone loss are not working, as well as the alternative treatment for osteoporosis suggestions by companies selling calcium supplements:

 

  1. Inadequate calcium consumption.
  2. Inadequate absorption of the calcium.
  3. Excreting or utilizing too much calcium in the body.

 

There are several interesting explanations behind these reasons.

 

Inadequate consumption of calcium is said to occur in over 65% of people in North America.  Many in the health industry dispute those claims, especially in light of all the consumption of dairy and calcium supplements.  It certainly is possible that people are not getting enough calcium, and for those that are not, it is critical that your consumption of the right type of calcium be increased.  Adults are recommended to have 1200 mg. total daily.

 

There is false hope provided by the dairy industry.  The Harvard Nurses Study showed that of the 78,000 nurses tested, the ones that consumed three glasses of milk per day over 12 years had the highest rate of fractures, as compared to those that had virtually no dairy consumption.  An Iowa study showed that those on whey (milk) protein had significant bone loss and that it could lead to increase risk of Osteoporosis.

 

The promotion of stand-alone calcium supplements, such as calcium carbonate and other inorganic forms of calcium including Tums and other over the counter antacids, as well as oyster shell, dolomite, coral calcium, has no scientific basis in  preventing bone loss.  If there was, with all the money spent we would have seen a decrease in the incidence – but we have a 7 fold increase. Clearly you have been misled into a false sense of security by these powerful financial promotions.

 

Inadequate absorption of calcium is a huge problem.  The reason we have such an increase in bone loss is that we cannot absorb the forms of calcium we are taking in, and the calcium must be combined with other minerals such as magnesium, boron, and silica as well as vitamins D3 and K, to have maximum effectiveness.  Properly chelating the minerals with an amino acid to create an inorganic form will improve absorption into the bone by 75%.  (Most companies not only fail to do this, but some of them go so far as to stick some chelate in the formula so you think the products are chelated.  This is false marketing; the companies are more concerned with their profit then your health).  

 

Adding green foods to the formula in the form of organic juice powders will further increase the absorption. Magnesium, for example, under the above guidelines is absorbed by 87% into the bones vs. 16% in typical supplements.

 

A poorly functioning digestive system and faulty flora may also contribute to the absorption issue; however, it is mostly the poor product quality and mass marketing playing on your fears that are giving you the problems.

 

Excreting or utilizing to much calcium compared to your absorbed available stockpile can greatly contribute to your bone loss. You probably know that over 99% of all the calcium in the body is stored in your bones and teeth. The rest is utilized by the body on an ongoing basis for muscle contractions, blood vessel contraction and expansion, secretion of hormones and enzymes, and use by the nervous system.  It is also utilized by the blood stream for maintaining the proper PH level, and pulls from the bone reservoir if more calcium is needed.

 

When you eat meat protein, take in processed acidic foods, soda, sugar, and especially dairy, the balancing of the acidic nature of those foods uses up more calcium then was absorbed from them.  When this occurs, the body has to pull calcium from the bones and teeth to balance the body.  It will always do this as the blood stream must be maintained in a very narrow PH range to survive.  With the current American diet, it is almost impossible to absorb enough calcium through the current guidelines to offset depletion.  This is the biggest problem facing the U.S. and other countries adopting the western diet.

 

Finally, when you add in drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, coffee, and other depleting habits, it is easy to understand that we have a major issue, and the increases in the disease proves it.   There are a lot of steps you can take to solve this issue, but it is too lengthy a discussion for this article.  In the next article, I will lay out the specific steps you need to take in the new treatments for osteoporosis.  Until I finish the research and interviews for that article, I suggest you at least realize you have been mislead and take a properly formed product, such as Osteo Rx or some other equal product, that has all the right ingredients.  If you are unable to find a local doctor that carries that product, you can get a list from ENEREX USA .COM or find an online retailer through them.

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Top 10 Ingredients For A Green Food Supplement

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

There are ten major green food supplement ingredients that should be included in your green food powder if you want to optimize the benefit of using them as a health food.  To include the following ten, in the right quantities and manufactured correctly, is costly; however, if you find a company that includes them, you at least have a good starting point for a powerful, potentially life-changing green food supplement.

 

The ten key ingredients to make the best green food supplement are:  soy lecithin powder, organic alfalfa juice powder, organic barley juice powder, organic red beet powder, organic soy sprouts, organic green kamut juice powder, organic Hawaiian spirulina, high pectin apple fiber, brown rice germ and bran, and sprouted barley malt.

 

Before briefly describing each ingredient, I must point out that the best products use dried grass juice powders, manufactured without using heat or solvents.  The dried juice grass is far more nutrient dense than just drying the leaves and using the entire plant, which is what most manufacturers do.  Products made with the entire plant are mostly fiber, not nutrients.  It is much more expensive to produce the juice powders.  However, doing so provides a more nutrient dense product – often ten times as dense – so it is important that you understand the difference.

 

Soy Lecithin Powder from non-genetically modified soybeans contains choline, a powerful fat emulsifying compound found in every cell in the human body.  Choline solubilizes fats and cholesterol in the blood stream, helps maintain cell membranes, and plays a pivotal role in brain neurotransmission.  It also helps to regulate hormones, protein, bone, fatty acid, amino acid, glycogen, and nerve and energy metabolism.

 

Organic Alfalfa Juice Powder is the “father” of all foods.  The root system of the alfalfa plant reaches down over 100 feet, absorbing a high level of nutrients and minerals, especially calcium.  It is rich in chlorophyll, beta carotene, vitamins A, D, E, B6 and K, as well as numerous enzymes known to improve digestion and absorption.  It has been used as a stand-alone product for treating vitamin K deficiencies.

 

Organic Barley Juice Powder is rich is vitamins including beta carotene, the B complex vitamins, and vitamin C, as well as numerous minerals.  It contains mucopolysaccharides which play a major role in maintaining the structural integrity of body tissue.  It contains up to 1000 of the 3000 known enzymes, including some of the most powerful antioxidants for protecting your cells, such as S.O.D., peroxidase, cytochrome oxidase, and dehydrogenase.

 

Organic Red Beet Juice Powder facilitates digestion, stimulates the kidneys, lymphatic system, liver, gall bladder and spleen, and improves bowel movement.  Highly alkaline, it is a tremendous aid in reducing stomach acid.  It is also proven to help build red blood cells, increase the cellular uptake of oxygen, and boost the immune system.

 

Organic Soy Sprouts possess naturally occurring isoflavones, including the much studied genistein found almost exclusively in soy.  A potent antioxidant, they appear to interfere with the enzymes that convert normal cells into cancer cells.  Soy sprouts also contain a vast array of vitamins and minerals, as well as the most important antioxidants to protect the body from destructive free radicals.  They also contain a rich source of sterols and sterolins, proven to reduce cholesterol and boost your immune system.

 

Organic Green Kamut Juice Powder is an ancient grain from the rich Nile region of Egypt.  Compared to normal wheat grass, Kamut has 29% more protein, 27% more lipids, and is higher in eight of the nine minerals found in wheat.  It is also higher in 16 of the 18 amino acids essential for the human body.  Kamut has a 40% higher antioxidant capacity then wheat and has endurance, energy, and health enhancing properties.  It is a true superfood and key component of a green food supplement.

 

Organic Hawaiian Spirulina is the most famous of the blue green algae.  It is one of the most nutritious foods known, containing up to 65% highly digestible protein.  It is one of the world’s highest sources of B12, contains ten times more beta carotene than carrots, and has amounts of the cleanser chlorophyll.  In addition, it is one of the only foods to contain the essential Omega-6 fats, as well as high levels of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes.

 

High Pectin Apple Fiber is a rich source of pectin with strong antibacterial and fungicidal properties which have been proven to lower cholesterol.  It slows the rate at which sugar and fat enters the blood stream, and by forming a gel, helps to increase fecal bulk.  Fiber also feeds the healthy flora in the intestinal system, helping to improve the immune system.

 

Brown Rice Germ and Bran has been found to lower triglycerides and blood cholesterol in humans.  An excellent source fiber, it decreases insulin response after a high carbohydrate meal, helping to prevent constipation and improving transit time thru the colon.

 

Sprouted Barley Malt aids in the production of aerobic (oxygen using) bacteria, thus normalizing bacterial colonization of the colon. This reduces the risk of infection from toxic bacteria and fungi.

 

 

Those are the top ten ingredients you will find in only the very best green food supplement.  I have tested and tried dozens, and followed up with several of the manufacturers.  If you find one made with the above ingredients you will want to take about ten grams a day.

 

One of the manufacturers I interviewed was Barrie Carlson, the founder and President of Enerex.  Their product, Greens Rx, is the best one I have found yet.  (You can find dealers through EnerexUSA, their U.S. distributor.) www.enerexusa.com  Greens Rx is guaranteed to have the highest nutrient content per gram of any green food powder.  Since it is competitive price-wise with other brands that do not have the same quality, it is the one I use for my athletes.  Enerex also includes a few other ingredients that truly make this the best green food supplement currently on the market. You can also get great deals from an online retailer www.herbalintegrity.com

 

I highly recommend it, and suggest you check it out!

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Lutein For Eyes

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among people 55 and older. As AMD progresses, tiny, fragile blood vessels begin to develop in the retina. These vessels often leak blood and fluids that can cause further damage. Some of the initial signs of macular degeneration may be blurred vision, straight lines appearing crooked, and dark or empty spaces in the central vision.
The macula is in the center of the retina and helps produce sharp vision for reading and seeing clearly. The density of the macular pigment is what protects the retina. Density checks are used to measure the health of the eyes.

Lutein is the predominant antioxidant found in the macula, and science believes it is more important than beta carotene for eye health. So Lutein for eyes makes a lot of sense. There are other vitamins for macular degeneration that are also very important.

There is no known cure for macular degeneration so the best course of action in addition to what is outlined below is in preventing macular degeneration. There are also some specific nutrients that science has shown may help slow and reverse the disease.

First it is important to understand a few things about AMD. Smoking and alcohol consumption reduce the density of pigment in the macula. Excess sun exposure and potentially to much computer time may decrease pigment density. Since the macula receives the most light and is susceptible to blue light damage it is important to maintain the Lutein levels. Lutein has been proven to filter out blue light. Dietary intake of Lutein from a quality source will increase the density of the pigment helping to protect the macula.

There are other vitamins for macular degeneration prevention and healing. Most people know by now that you have to have a superior quality vitamin, mineral, enzyme product such as Sona Rx by Enerex, as well as their famous Omega 3-6-9 made with primrose oil, before you can add specific additional supplementation such as Lutein for eyes. So make sure you are doing what you need for general health in diet, supplementation, water, and exercise before adding the following 4 nutrients.

The 4 critical nutrients to add to your diet for general eye health and preventing macular degeneration are Lutein, bilberry, grape seed extract, and additional vitamin c.

Lutein works as an antioxidant for the eyes. Be sure to use only products that have an ester free extract from the marigold plant as this will have 4 times the strength of regular Lutein, more costly, but worth the money. You need 6mg of this strength, 1 to 3 times a day.

Bilberry contains flavanoids and anthocyanin, which serve to prevent capillary fragility, thin the blood and protect collagen structures in the blood vessels of the eyes. This helps insure healthy capillaries to carry vital nutrients to the eye muscles and nerves. Take 50mg of bilberry extract 1 to 3 times a day making sure that the formula has 25% anthocyanidins.

Grape seed extract with 95% proanthocyanidins and catechins inhibit enzymes that damage capillary elasticity. Keeping the capillaries flexible and allowing blood to flow properly is critical for eye health. Grape seed extract has been used extensively for improving blood flow to the brain, heart, and eyes. Take 50mg 1 to 3 times a day.

Vitamin C is involved in virtually every reaction in the body and is required for the synthesis of the connective tissue such as collagen. It is a powerful antioxidant and helps protect the optic nerves from free radical damage. Take 1 to 3 a day of 350mg capsules.

Best place to buy this quality product is online at www.herbalintegrity.com. look up Vision Rx 

 

 

 

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Natural Pain Relievers

Monday, June 8th, 2009

People are turning to natural pain relievers as more information continues to pour forth over the dangers associated with over the counter pain killers and prescription drugs. Most consumers know by now that over 100,000 people a year are admitted to the hospital as a result of consuming these dangerous NSAIDs.

The reason natural pain medication and natural pain remedies are becoming mainstream is obvious. A safer way to deal with both chronic pain and inflammation as well as the short term pain relief that everyone needs from time to time.

There are over 20 botanicals that have shown some ability to reduce pain or inflammation and become the next great natural pain medication.  Some companies have blended several of the following herbs in an effort to promote a natural pain medicine  with varying results: Boswellia, Cayenne, Clematis, Condurango, Dong Quai, Echinacea, Ephedra, Ginger, Guarana, Jamaican Dogwood, Kava, Meadowsweet, Pau d”arco, St. John’s-Wart, Turmeric (curcumin), and Willow Bark.

All of these products  on their own or combined have some history of working but  everyone is still looking for the best pain relief product that has ingredients that are natural pain relievers.

I was speaking with a scientist a few months ago and we were discussing the damage that pain relievers were causing and how current  marketing techniques have enticed customers to buy  without realizing the potential harm. He told me of the power of the hops flowers (humulus lupulus) when standardized. I had heard of some hops powders that were not very effective but learned that they only had 1%- 3% alpha acids along with some undesirable phytoestrogens. This new product ( ISORELIEF)he was explaining as only a scientist can has 35% alpha acids.

According to Dr. Eric there are 7 major pain-causing biochemicals including Prostaglandin E-2, that is the primary compound producing pain and inflammation in the body. The product which is called ISORELIEF works on all seven biochemicals that cause pain the body: Cyclooxygenase (Cox 2), Lipooxygenase (5-Lox), Iso-P (Isoprostane), NFKappa, TNF-alpha, iNOS (inducible nitric oxide synthase, and RNS (Reactive Nitrogen Species).

This product is the most extensively tested of the natural pain relievers and when tested against the top botanicals was over 20 times as potent. That bears repeating. 20 TIMES AS POTENT. It is powerful enough to rival the OTC drugs but with a much better safety profile. It will one day become the top pain relief product surpassing the OTC as more people realize the danger of aspirin and ibuprofen and turn to natural pain remedies.

I am not sure how many retailers have this product yet but it has  14 patents pending and has had extensive clinical trials. I was fortunate to try this product as well as speak with over a dozen people that have all tried it personally. It works within 20 minutes and should be considered to replace the harmful products you may currently use. It should also be considered in place of the other less effective botanicals. Of course for long term issues of inflammation then nothing surpasses my all time favorite Serrapeptase Rx by Enerex up in Canada. But for day to day issues that pop up with pain and inflammation nothing appears to come close to the power of Isorelief.

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THE SONA STUDY

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

If you have not read The SONA Study, I can certainly understand why.  It is 49,000 pages long and took 15 years to complete the study.  The next logical question would be – “ What is it, and why should  I care?”   The Sona Study is the longest running study to determine the  level of nutrients that the body needs daily in order to obtain optimal health, and in the case of the 15 year study, remain disease free.  Without recreating the 49,000 pages,  I will share some of the highlights.

Through the years, the medical industry and the US government have acknowledged that there are essential nutrients that the body must have and can not make on its own.  It is why the RDA  (Recommended Daily dietary Allowance) has been revised upwards ten times since it was created by the National Academy of Sciences in 1941.  It was originally created to prevent scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), beriberi (deficiency of thiamine), and pellagra (deficiency of niacin).  However, as we have learned thrrough  ongoing studies, the RDA is still inadequate.  It was developed from six month to nine month studies which are much too short a window into the human life cycle to be accurate.

The RDA does not address all the toxins, stress, alcohol consumption,  use of tobacco or prescription drugs – and the depletion of nutrients these all cause.  Just as a quick example: any smoker is going to show an additional need for vitamin C, beta-carotene, zinc, vitamin B6, and vitamin E.  Studies have shown these deficiencies can lead to many of the complications that smokers are prone to have.  At some point, the RDA again will be revised upward since none of these depletions are accounted for.

There needed to be a long-running study, involving thousands of people, that was so extensive and detailed that the level of nutrients required to be healthy over one’s lifetime and enjoy life could be determined.  Funded by the U.S. Senate, the University of Alabama School of Medicine took on the 15-year multimillion dollar project.  Drs Cheraskin and Ringdorf were the senior investigators that covered 6 various regions of the United States.  Many of the findings and articles on various minerals, amino acids, essential oils and vitamins published over the past 20 years have come as a result of this ground breaking study. The study was going to finally determine what are the essential nutrients and how many essential nutrients are there.

The study’s basic goal was to find the ideal daily consumption of each nutrient to determine the optimum amount a person should have to maintain health.  Let’s just take a look at one vitamin as an example.  We will take a look at the well known vitamin C.  The average mean daily intake of the healthiest, disease-free participants was 410mg per day.  Compare that to the 90 mg a day for the RDA and you see the huge discrepancy.

In addition, to validate the effects of this one vitamin, 33 clinical studies published in the American Journal of Clinical nutrition  found the higher the intake  of vitamin C above the RDA, the more significant the protection against cancer.  Smoking depletes vitamin C, along with other nutrients that leave the body defenseless.  One can therefore understand  why smokers make up some 95% of lung cancer patients.   Taking a vitamin based on the SONA  study makes a lot of sense. It is far supperior than the RDA and the multitude of vitamins that include all kinds of non essential nutrients just to help market products.

In 2002,  after decades of anti-vitamin policies,  the American Medical Association finally chose to recommend daily multivitamins.  This may open the door so that over time doctors will have more training on nutrition.  For years, the one brief class the receive has been woefully insufficient.  After nearly 100 years of knowing how important  the essential nutrients are, perhaps we are close to  recognizing that you simply cannot be healthy without proper nutrition, and the essential vitamins, minerals, essential oils and amino acids in the right ratios.  It just is not possible.

The SONA Study has given us the tools we need to make  wise decisions.  Let’s take a quick look at the basic requirements.

Consider that the RDA represents the “minimum wage” (which you really can’t survive on) for your health.  The SONA Study represents the only nutritional guideline backed by science to provide real HEALTH over your lifetime.  There are less then 50 essential nutrients that you must have and  the body cannot make. They consist of 23 minerals, 13 vitamins, 8 essential amino acids ( 10 for children: 11 for premature infants), and 2 essential oils.  The SONA, SONA Rx (for athletes and ages over 50), and  SONA Prenatal are the only vitamin/mineral/enzyme formula based on the SONA study.  They are combined in the right ratios with micro-nutrients in a chelated tablet for maximum absorption.  They are taken throughout the day so you have a steady stream of nutrients as your body needs.

Taking the SONA Vitamin along with an Omega 3-6-9 formula made with Primrose Oil, combined with a healthy diet of natural foods, pure water, and exercise is the right way to live a long and healthy life or transcend out of a life of ill-health.  The best pricing I have found on these two items for a quality product is at an online retailer although you may find them from a quality dealer (accept no substitute).   Try www.herbalintegrity.com I found a code – omega369 - you can plug in to get the essential oils for free when you buy either the SONA Rx or the SONA Prenatal.  This is an unbeatable offer on the best products for you life long health.

Take charge of your life and get healthy!

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Pain and Inflammation from Injury

Friday, May 8th, 2009

While coaching and training for over 30 years, as well as participating in the martial arts, I have seen my share of injuries both personally and with my athletes. I have researched and discussed different ideas with the athletes and doctors with the following goals:

REDUCE THE PAIN AND INFLAMMATION

SHORTEN THE RECOVERY TIME FROM INJURY

IMPROVE CIRCULATION

REDUCE ANY SCAR TISSUE FORMATION

IMPROVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

DO NO HARM

My research into this area and hands on trial and error led me to try everything from old Indian remedies, ancient Chinese medicine,  all the way to current anti-inflammatory drugs. What I finally found many years ago is that nothing works as well as proteolytic enzymes and they work as well on old injuries as they do new ones. This is great news for those of us well on the plus side of 50. Let’s discover why these enzymes accomplish all of my goals for athletes. Specifically  we will use the enzyme Serratia-peptidase which has been studied for over 35 years and has proven to be the most effective of all the enzymes in this use.

1. DO NO HARM. Seems simple enough, but when you consider what most people end up doing to their bodies by taking over the counter pain relievers and harmful NSAIDs, it makes you wonder. Maybe they think that the drugs are OK but 76,000 people a year are going to the hospital  from intestinal disorders caused by NSAIDs according to the American Medical Association.

2. Reduce the Pain and Inflammation from Injury.  Common practice will tell you to elevate the injury and cool the area to minimize the swelling. Double blind studies have shown that taking the right enzymes while training and after an injury is the most effective way to minimize the swelling from  injury. Olympic athletes use this product as an effective way to stay on the field or in training  because it is so effective at reducing the pain and inflammation. One study comparing it to 14 pharmaceutical drugs showed it to be at least as effective as the dangerous products. Research papers can be viewed at enerexusa.com under Serrapeptase Rx.

3.  IMPROVE CIRCULATION. The better the circulation in the body , the more efficient the body is at removing dead or damaged tissue, sending in nutrients, and maintaining oxyen levels to tissue required for healing. You have to remember the body requires about 50 essential nutrients every day that the body can not make. Making sure that these get to the areas of the body where damage has occured to build new cells is important. These enzymes have the ability to digest non living tissue in all forms and by doing so improve blood flow to all parts of the body.

4. SHORTEN THE RECOVERY TIME. Pain and Inflammation is the body’s way of letting us know we have caused some damage,  however the body can not repair itself  until the swelling subsides. This enzyme will reduce the edema, block the amines causing the pain and allow for a much quicker recovery. One study of 60 people with knee surgery showed a 50% reduction in post operative swelling and pain free in only 10 days.

5. IMPROVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. Often with injuries depending on the severity, antibiotics may be required to help the body fight bacteria. This enzyme has the ability to digest  the protective coating of bacteria making the bodies immune system more effective while enhancing the benefits of the antibiotics.  This is all required to occur before the body can heal itself from the injury. I have spoken recently with a prominent cancer institute that understands how powerful this enzyme is at digesting the fibrous coatings and there may be some benefit for it to help digest the protective coating that cancer seems to build around itself.  If this occurs to the degree evidenced it will allow the body to attack the cancer cells. Based on this I can see why there is so much interest.

6. REDUCE ANY SCAR TISSUE FORMATION. Depending on the injury you have it is often scar tissue that can cause some ongoing limitations of movement or  pain and discomfort. These specific proteolytic enzymes have the ability to digest the scar tissue, improving the condition of the athlete or former athlete. Tom Matte, the former Baltimore Colts star running back, that played with Johnny Unites for 12 years has had tremendous luck with this product over the past 7 or 8 months. I have spoken with him and other players often.

If you are a current or former athlete then taking advantage of a natural product that has been around for over 30 years with no known side effects and a multitude of benefits makes a lot of sense. The best company I have ever found is in Canada. The owner is a former athlete himself. The US distributor is www.enerexusa.com and the name of the best product of this type is Serrapeptase Rx. You can find your local dealer on that site or they have online retailers as well. It is the most effective  brand I have ever found. I would not waste my money on some cheap imitation or inadequate dosage.

The best internet price can be found at www.herbalintegrity.com They also have some special package prices on products that are unbelievable.

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