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Men's health
| Greetings!
This month I'd like to focus on Men's health. Specifically, easy and inexpensive things that we can do to optimize our Prostate health! We all have one. They can cause a lot of grief when they go awry. Keeping yours healthy is fairly easy!
We are also pleased to announce our Father's Day Special! There are two special coupons below. The first one is for Dr. Don's existing patients, Free adjustment for Dads on June 29. The other is N/C new patient visit for all new patient Dads from June 21 through July 16, 2010. If you can't use these coupons yourself, please forward them to someone who might. |
| Brazil nuts - throw 'em in your vice! | |
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Or just whack 'em with a hammer!
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| Pumpkins Seeds are for "Real Men" | |
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Pumpkin seeds are just loaded with minerals! They taste great and make a great snack, or addition to other foods like burgers, salads (yes! real men eat salad!) and sandwiches (glue 'em in with the mustard).
ZINC! Is one of the chief minerals the prostate needs. Just 1/4 cup of Pumpkin seeds has 15% of your RDA for ZINC (also 15 % of your daily protein needs). Yes, all in 1/4 cup! They are also full of Manganese (52 %) (for joints), Magnesium (45%) (for muscle relaxation), Iron (for the blood), and copper (Copper continues to play a vital role as we age - keeping our hair and skin in good condition while repairing and maintaining connective tissue in our hearts and arteries). Tips for Preparing Pumpkin Seeds: In a few months pumpkins will be everywhere you look, and plenty for roasting at home. While most stores sell pumpkin seeds, it is fun and easy to make your own. To do so, first remove the seeds from the pumpkin's inner cavity and wipe them off with a paper towel if needed to remove excess pulp that may have stuck to them. Spread them out evenly on a paper bag and let them dry out overnight. Place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and light roast them in a 160-170ºF (about 75ºC) oven for 15-20 minutes. By roasting them for a short time at a low temperature you can help to preserve their healthy oils. |
Poison in your pie!
Poison in your pie! It is in a ridiculous variety of processed foods, some which you would never guess. How about; protein bars, bacon, pasta sauces, beer etc. etc.! It's High Fructose Corn Syrup, and it a lot worse for you than you may know. In my opinion, it is directly responsible for the epidemics of obesity and diabetes in this country. There are also strong links between diabetes and cancer.
The first article is from the Westin A. Price foundation. Which by the way is an excellent resource for unbiased health information of many types! http://www.westonaprice.org
-"In 1980 the average person ate 39 pounds of fructose and 84 pounds of sucrose. In 1994 the average person ate 66 pounds of sucrose and 83 pounds of fructose, providing 19 percent of total caloric energy.3"
-"The livers of test animals fed large amounts of fructose develop fatty deposits and cirrhosis, similar to problems that develop in the livers of alcoholics."
-Among other consequences, HFCS has been implicated in elevated blood cholesterol levels and the creation of blood clots. It has been found to inhibit the action of white blood cells so that they are unable to defend the body against harmful foreign invaders.8
-"Because it is metabolized by the liver, fructose does not cause the pancreas to release insulin the way it normally does. Fructose converts to fat more than any other sugar."
-"High fructose corn syrup is the primary sweetener used in soft drinks, now readily available to children in school vending machines. The soft drink industry increased US production from 22 to 41 gallons of soft drinks per person a year between 1970 and 1997."
http://www.westonaprice.org/The-Double-Danger-of-High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup.html
NO conversation about High Fructose Corn Syrup would be complete without at least mentioning Diabetes.
Below are the links two two sites with concrete facts on the annual cost of Diabetes in the USA, both financial and in relation to your overall health.
-"The national cost of diabetes in the U.S. in 2007 exceeds $174 billion. This estimate includes $116 billion in excess medical expenditures attributed to diabetes, as well as $58 billion in reduced national productivity." $ BILLION!!!
-"People with diagnosed diabetes, on average, have medical expenditures that are approximately 2.3 times higher than the expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes. Approximately $1 in $10 health care dollars is attributed to diabetes. Indirect costs include increased factors such as absenteeism, reduced productivity, and lost productive capacity due to early mortality."
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/3/596.full.pdf+html
-"Hu and colleagues concluded in a 1999 paper, based on data from the Nurses’ Health Study, that diabetes conferred an increased risk of colorectal cancer in women. Patients with diabetes were 1.43 times more likely to get colorectal cancer, and 2.39 times as likely to die of colorectal cancer.
-"The strongest hypothesis to explain why diabetes might increase the risk for certain cancers revolves around hyperinsulinemia, the high blood levels of insulin characteristic of diabetes. "From animal studies we know that high insulin levels can directly promote tumor growth," said Frank Hu, M.D., assistant professor of nutrition at the Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston."
Happy Holidays!
This month we will be continuing discussion of how you can reduce inflammation, both in the spine and systemically simply by making informed dietary choices. Systemic inflammation is now widely recognized as a precursor to more serious diseases. Let's have a happy and healthy holiday and New Year!
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Part 2: Foods That Affect the Inflammation Response
- It appears that simply eating too much, too often may be the most powerful factor in the promotion of an exaggerated inflammatory response.
- This installment includes lists of foods that tend to up-regulate and down- regulate the degree of inflammatory response." (Please follow link below. List is in the box on lower right).
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Part 3
- The lion's share of calories should come from vegetation.
- In general, excess body fat is considered to be a reservoir of inflammatory mediators.
- Lean protein and fiber tend to make us feel satiated, so we eat less.
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Part 1: Dietary Causes of Inflammation
- You can lower your systemic and joint inflammation by simply choosing anti inflammatory foods.
- Limit your intake of processed foods both at home and when dining out (Become a label reader. If there are more than a few ingredients, chances are it is over processed!).
- Sugar and refined carbohydrates directly fuel inflammation, and cause unhealthy spikes in insulin.
H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Scientists involved in creating previous vaccines are telling friends and family not to take the H1N1 vaccine.
- 1/3 of nurses in Britain refuse to receive the H1N1 vaccines for fear of side effects.
- Modern flu vaccines still contain "Thimerosal" AKA Methyl Mercury.
- The previous Swine Flu "Pandemic" in 1976 led to mass vaccination. The "Pandemic" consisted of 13 Soldiers at Ft. Dix who came down with the flu, and one died. There were no reported cases other than those at Ft. Dix. The vaccine program was suspended after 40,000,000 doses were given. The suspension was due to three deaths very soon after receiving the vaccine, as well as over 50 cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome a severe neurological disorder.
- Very interesting as well; October 1976 " ...the vaccine manufacturers delivered an ultimatum\emdash that the federal government indemnify them against claims of adverse reactions as a requirement for release of the vaccines. The government quickly capitulated to industry's demand for indemnification."
- The above information (and much more) is all available at the Center For Disease Control's own web site (see link).
- Report suggests people who get vaccinated are more likely to catch H1N1.
- On Sunday Quebec joined Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia in suspending seasonal flu shots for anyone under 65 years of age.
- Dr. Rubinstein, who has read the study, said it appears sound.
- There are a large number of authors, all of them excellent and credible researchers,\rdblquote he said. \ldblquote And the sample size is very large \endash 12 or 13 million people taken from the central reporting systems in three provinces. The research is solid.\rdblquote
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