Hyla Cass
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 You may need to add more of some nutrients to match the dosages listed here for replenishing depletions and improving overall cardiovascular health.
For homocysteine lowering and replenishing B vitamin depletions:
?Folic acid: 400 meg daily
?Vitamin B6: 10-25 mg daily
?Vitamin B12: 200 meg daily
For replenishing depletions from cardiovascular drugs, as well as for improving overall cardiovascular health:
?Calcium: 1,000 mg daily
?CoQ10: 100-300 mg daily
?Magnesium: 250-500 mg daily
?Omega-3 fatty acids (from fish oil): 1,000-3,000 mg of combined EPA and DHA daily
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J. Douglas Bremner
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 Alternative Medicines
A variety of herbs and supplements, including an assortment of vitamins and gingko biloba, have been touted as improving memory and cognition or the ability to concentrate.
VITAMINS
Early on, vitamin E and its antioxidant properties were thought to lessen the inflammatory effects of plaque formation in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. However, studies have not found vitamin E to be beneficial for arresting the progression of cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's. |
| One controlled study showed that itopride, a dopamine D2 agonist, was superior to a placebo in improving symptoms of functional dyspepsia.5
Alternative Medicines
Patients suffering from gastrointestinal disorders like IBS, FD, and GERD commonly self-medicate with a number of herbs, supplements, and food products. For example, constipation is often treated with herbal therapies that stimulate secretion of fluids into the bowel and muscular contraction of the intestines, the most common of which include senna, cascara, aloe vera, and rhubarb root. |
| If you have risk factors and don't yet have heart disease, you should address them. improving your diet will help you lower your cholesterol and prevent heart disease. In fact, following the low-fat diet advocated by the
National Cholesterol Education Program lowers LDL cholesterol as well as treatment with a statin and without the side effects.57
The so-called Mediterranean diet (vegetables, legumes, fruit, cereals, and fish) reduces heart-disease risk and prolongs life.58 Patients with heart disease who followed the Mediterranean diet had a 50% to 70% reduction in recurrent heart attacks. |
| In 2005 in the aftermath of the Vioxx debacle and its withdrawal from the market, the Institute of Medicine was asked to provide recommendations for improving drug safety. As part of this process they interviewed Janet Woodcock, deputy commissioner of operations at the FDA. As reported by the New York Times on June 9, 2005 ("Drug Safety System is Broken, Top FDA Official Says"), she told the Institute that the nation's drug-safety system had ". . . pretty much broken down." She went on to say that "... |
| At the end of the study the "blind" is removed, and the doctors look to see if the drug was better than the placebo in improving the symptoms of the disease or preventing some predefined event, like a heart attack. The company must conduct at least two studies showing that the drug is better than the placebo. If they complete eight studies, only two of which show that the drug is better than the placebo, the drug has fulfilled the requirement, notwithstanding the six failures. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 One of the most important steps to improving your sleep is avoiding caffeine and alcohol. If you decide to continue consuming caffeine-containing beverages and foods, do so earlier in the day. Drink coffee no later than 10 a.m.
Alcohol consumption should be discontinued completely. Also, steer clear of NSAIDs and other melatonin-suppressing drugs at night. You might try taking them earlier in the day, but make sure you talk to your physician about altering your dosage schedule for prescription medications.
Next, eat foods that will boost your body's natural melatonin production. |
| Most people with sleep disorders will find relief by taking steps to promote overall health: improving their diet, detoxifying the body, reducing stress, balancing hormones, and correcting structural issues, among others. This chapter will introduce you to the primary underlying causes of sleep problems and provide you with an overview of alternative therapies that can help restore normality to your sleep—and your life.
Types of Sleep Disorders
Sleep disorders fall under two categories: dyssomnias and parasomnias. |
Ron Garner
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 Stated simply, it comes down to adopting healthy lifestyle practices, feeding the body what it needs to be healthy, and improving bowel and liver function. Given the necessary workers in the way of enzymes and bowel bacteria, proper nutrition, exercise, rest, and reduced stress, the body will self-correct.
A study completed in the United States confirms that high blood pressure can be overcome very quickly using entirely natural methods. Dr. Alan Goldhamer and his research team conducted a twelve-year study with 174 patients at the TrueNorth Health Center, in Penngrove, California. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| B) The Continuous Glucose Monitoring System is Useful for Detecting Unrecognized Hypoglycemia in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes but Is Not Any Better Than Frequent Capillary Glucose Measurements for improving Metabolic Control. Compare this to reference #5 above. Who is right?
C) Incidence and Predictive Criteria of Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Young Children with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. Blood glucose levels at 11 p.m. were not good indicators of hyperinsulin anemia (too much insulin) at 2 a.m. The same bG at 11 p.m. |
Ron Garner
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| As an adjunct to his focus of improving men's energy, health, and sexuality by returning testosterone levels to their more youthful levels, he discovered a remarkable but not widely recognized relationship between testosterone and heart health and recovery. In his book The Testosterone Syndrome, Shippen cites that an increasing majority of medical studies report a relationship between high testosterone and low cardiovascular disease in men, and that men are healthier and live longer when their testosterone levels are normal. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Combining Orthodox and Alternative Medicine
Although this book is primarily concerned with natural remedies, and improving asthma through alternative treatments, we do not underestimate the value of orthodox medication. Medication such as Ventolin, Becotide or cortisone may be of help, especially when the asthma is acute, because these drugs bring immediate relief. In an emergency your prescribed medication should always be used, as alternative approaches work towards long-term prevention of asthma rather than immediate relief in an attack. |
Ron Garner
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| By avoiding offending foods for a period of time, taking appropriate supplements to correct excess acid conditions, using digestive enzymes with meals, and improving intestinal flora, the digestive system is able to heal and strengthen to the point where these foods can be gradually introduced into the diet again. Many people are experiencing fairly rapid improvement with just adding green smoothies to their diets.
PRODUCING BALANCED HORMONES
Good health results from healthy lifestyle practices. When properly nourished, the body naturally produces hormones in balance. |
| If we have an open heart and a teachable mind, we will be continually learning and improving our character. If we have a closed mind or negative outlook on life, we will tend to lock out opportunities for learning and character improvements, and remain stuck in the past.
THOUGHTS
In the last chapter, we briefly explored various aspects of our mental make-up. Left on its own, the egoic mind recirculates our thoughts and runs our life from a reactive and judgmental point of view. We do not even realize it is happening. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Jake continued using NES, and by the third visit, his bronchial problems were improving. By his fifth visit, in late summer, changes were evident. Jake was becoming more responsive and was even smiling. So much change was evident that even his physical and occupational therapists commented on the improvements.
As this book is being written, Jake's parents plan to continue using NES for him, noting that it and the adjunct therapies, particularly the new nutritional program, are making a difference in his functionality and quality of life. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| No matter what other factors might be causing your poor sleep, you can do these three things immediately and have an excellent chance of improving your sleep," says Dr. Hauri.
Caffeine
Dr. Hauri advises against consuming more than 300 mg of caffeine a day— the amount in three cups of coffee.23 Caffeine is found in many hidden forms in a variety of beverages and processed foods; read labels to avoid ingesting additional caffeine. Some medications also contain caffeine. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Your hardwiring is there to make sure you perpetuate the life of your genes and others like them via offspring; it has nothing to do with sustaining or improving your life. Next time you watch the space shuttle launched into orbit, watch what happens to the two booster rockets when their fuel is used up: they're jettisoned! They did their job, now they're excess baggage, dragging down the shuttle with their weight. Off they go! Think of your teenager as the space shuttle and you and your mate as the two booster rockets.
Speaking of teenagers, why are they growing up so fast? |
Bottom Line Health
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| In a recent German trial, taking 600 mg of valerian root extract daily proved as effective as the prescription tranquilizer oxazepam (Serax) for improving sleep quality, but with fewer side effects. Unlike prescription sleep aids, valerian is not habit-forming, won't leave you feeling groggy the next morning and doesn't diminish alertness, reaction time or concentration.
Potential side effects: None known. It is best to avoid combining valerian with conventional sedatives, such as diazepam (Valium), since the herb may increase the drug's sedating effects. |
| Their risk can be reduced by an emphasis on improving their diet and exercise patterns.
The study's finding indicates that the growth of children should be monitored "in relation to where they were, rather than in relation to all other children," Barker says.
. » For suggestions on how to keep kids heart-— healthy, visit www.nblbi.nih.gov/health/ public/heart/obesity/wecan, the Web site of the national program, Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition (We Can!).
SUVs No Safer for Kids Than Cars
Dennis R. |
| Norman Edelman, a professor of medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a medical consultant to the American Lung Association. improving symptom control means that asthmatics must first recognize that they are not being controlled as well as they could be.
POLL RESULTS
A recent poll taken by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) found that of nearly 600 adult asthmatics reported managing their symptoms well. |
Ron Garner
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| It is starting to be used in the West, and appears to be quite effective for improving many disorders. An advanced version of the scenar is now available as the Tennant Biomodulator.
VIBRATIONAL ENERGY MEDICINE
Homeopathy is energy medicine. It is based on the principle of "like curing like." When a very dilute concentration of an illness-causing substance is administered (usually under the tongue) repeatedly over time, the body's own defense system is mobilized to overcome the offending problem, and the result is normalized energy pathways and healthy functioning. |
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 Losing weight, improving hygiene, and wearing looser clothing is a straightforward way to prevent or reduce the occurrence of boils. You should also eliminate any possible mechanical or chemical skin irritants.
Topical ointments: Use mupirocin or benzoyl peroxide in conjunction with an oral antibiotic. Usually, cephalexin (Keflex®) is a first choice for common boils. A herpectic boil (caused by the Herpes simplex virus) is treated with acyclovir. If the source of the infection comes from a fungus rather than bacteria, the boil is treated with a topical antifungal such as econazole. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 The case for improving vitamin D status. J. Steroid. Biochem. Mol. Biol 103, 635-641.
23. Hewison, M., Burke, F., Evans, K. N., Lammas, D. A., Sansom,
D. M., Liu, P., Modlin, R. L., and Adams, J. S. (2007). Extrarenal 25-hydroxyvitmain D3-1 a-hydroxylase in human health and disease. J. Steroid. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 103, 316-321.
24. Hewison, M., Zehnder, D., Chakraverty, R., and Adams, J. S. (2004). Vitamin D and barrier function: A novel role for extrarenal 1 alpha-hydroxylase. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 215, 31-38.
25. Liu, P. T., Stenger, S., Huiying, L., Wenzel, L., Tan, B. H., Krutzik, S. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 CANCER TREATMENTS
Cancer is no longer an automatic death sentence; in fact, most people diagnosed with cancer do not die, and the probability of a complete cure or extended survival is continually improving as scientists and physicians have a growing knowledge and understanding of cancer. For example, 89 percent of people survive skin cancer, 95 percent survive thyroid cancer, and 16 percent survive lung cancer. Between the new tests that diagnose cancer at its earliest stages and the many successful therapies for cancer, things have never looked brighter for cancer patients. |
| Pancreas
* 1996 estimates from the American Cancer Society three-fourths in the last fifty years simply by improving means of preserving meat and reduced use of nitrates.
ANTI-CANCER DIETARY ADVICE
Although a person's diet is a source of carcinogens, the good news is that the diet also contains many substances that prevent the development or progression of cancer. The National Cancer Institute has developed a set of dietary guidelines for minimizing the risk of developing cancer. |
| Most of the patients (forty-two out of forty-five) had already tried improving their blood status with one conventional therapy or another, to no avail.
After taking green tea extract supplements for thirty days, 60 percent of the patients had white blood cell counts increased by more than 50 percent, and another 31 percent had white blood cell counts increased by 30 to 50 percent. Some cases reported a complete reversal of abnormal blood counts in as short a time as seven days. Even after the supplements were suspended, blood counts remained normal for at least another two months. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 And when you really think about it, what's the point of tomorrow if you're not contributing to the world by improving yourself and your community?
Up next, we're going to give you a Fourteen-day YOU Extended Warranty Plan of tips, quizzes, shopping lists, and action steps that will get your mind and body best prepared to make changes. You'll work on these changes for two weeks—the time it takes for behaviors to become habits. In that time, you'll become accustomed to the foods, activities, and thought processes that will keep you living young for good. |
| Oolong contains polyphenols, which have been shown to help control body fat by improving the metabolism of nutritional fat. One study showed that those who drank two cups of it a day had two and a half times the calorie-burning rate of those who drank traditional green tea. A surefire weight-loss method? It's still in early research stages, but the results are indeed promising.
Other common GI problems associated with age include:
Swallowing disorders: Because peristalsis slows down with age, you're more likely to get reflux—making swallowing more difficult. |
| Taking it as a supplement seems to protect against heart failure and other inflammatory processes by improving the efficiency of the mitochondria. The usual dose is 200 milligrams a day (100 in the morning and 100 in the
Coenzyme Q10 (cont.)
Yes afternoon). It's especially helpful for people who take statin drugs, because statins decrease levels of CQ10, which may be why statins can be associated with muscle cramps and pain— your arteries are literally being starved of energy and are crying for help. |
| Aceytl-L-carnitine/ Not yet There are lots of strong theoretical reasons why this should alpha-lipoic acid enhance brain health—specifically, by improving mitochondrial activity and reducing mitochondrial DNA decay, resulting in higher neurotransmitter function-but there's not enough evidence in humans.
Rosemary, roses, Yes and mint
Not to ingest, but to smell. Research suggests that inhaling these three aromas at the time of learning a new task can enhance recall when you're exposed to the scent at a later time. |
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