Asthma is an inflammatory disease.
When you have an alergic reaction to something, that something generates free radicals. Free radicals are dangerous substances that attack various parts of the body. In the case of asthma, it is the smooth muscles inside the airways of the lungs.
Also many of the foods you eat and drink flood the bloodstream with acid, which also damages your body's cells and promotes the formation of additional free radicals.
When the lungs are inflamed the air passages become narrow and you feel shortness of breath and you cough, in an effort to open the blocked airways; especially when in a physically or emotionally stressful situation.
The inhalers and steroid drugs sold to you by Big Pharma only control the immediate inflammation and do not attack the cause of the inflammation, which is why you continue to have attacks.
The answer is to eliminate the excess acid in your blood and to boost you body's supply of antioxidants. This will protect the smooth muscle from being attacked and therefor ameliorate or prevent asthma attacks, depending on your compliance with our recommendations.
Therfore, the number and severity of your asthma attacks will be greatly reduced and they may stop altogether as long as you alkalize your blood and control free radicals.
How can you do this? Simple, alkalize your blood stream and increase the level of antioxidants in your body. You can do this in several ways:
Nutrition. Eat plenty of vegetables, especially brightly colored vegetables. They are alkaline foods and will help neutralize the acid in your blood, plus they contain phytochemicals that act as antioxidants.
Cut out dairy, which produces heavy mucus, cut way back on meat and fish as they are acid producers. Cut out fried foods as the heated oil is loaded with free radicals. Also cut out most baked goods, because of the oil (shortening) used in preparation and because the flour made from grains is also a source of acid.
Eliminate alcohol and sodas, even diet sodas. They are among the most acidic substances you can take. The same goes for energy drinks and most bottled waters (which in 40% of cases is nothing but overpriced tapwater!) are acidic as well.
Nutritional Supplements. Vitamins E and C are great antioxidants, especially E in preventing oxidative stress to the lungs.
Ionized Alkaline Water. For the fastest results in eliminating your asthma, drink copious volumes of Ionized Alkaline Water. This is the most powerful antioxidant available to you. It is also a very powerful eliminator of blood acidity as it has a very alkaline Ph value (index of alkaline/acid ratio in a liquid.
These measures will go a long way to eliminating your asthma without the cost and frankly danger of inhaled steroids and other medicines which you are taking which do not prevent or cure asthma attacks as they do nothing to attack the cause of asthma.
To find out more about how to Alkalize your Life, go here: Alkalize My Life!
Any questions, please do not hesitate to call me!
Bill Young, Nutrition Therapy Coach- 646-961-3818
Showing posts with label ALKALINE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ALKALINE. Show all posts
Friday, October 9, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Stop the Swine Flu By Alkalizing Your Body!
ABC News reported recently that the outbreak of
swine flu virus last spring was only a preview of the
alarming events to come. The full onslaught of swine
flu in the United States will make itself painfully
known during the upcoming flu season, starting fairly
early in September.
It will most likely infect 30-40% of the U.S.
population, or about 100 million people, according to
flu expert Ira Longini, from the University of
Washington's School of Public Health.
Initial supplies of the swine flu vaccine, which will
be available sometime between mid-September to late
October 2009, are expected to be very limited -- barely
enough to inoculate the 160 million people who are at
high risk of becoming infected. An even bigger concern
is whether the fast-tracked vaccine is safe and
effective -- since it's being rushed to market without
the appropriate testing and safety evaluations.
It is a growing suspicion in the general population
and among certain members of the medical community,
including Dr. Joseph Mercola, the publisher of a
popular self-titled natural health newsletter, that
being exposed to this new swine flu vaccine might prove
to be more dangerous than the swine flu itself.
Many scientists and doctors now believe that Microbes,
germs, harmful bacteria and viruses, such as the swine
influenza virus, do not cause disease in and of
themselves.
They do seek their natural habitat -- such as an
oxygen-deficient (overly acidic) body -- rather than being the CAUSE of
the disease. It's no different from the way mosquitoes
seek out stagnant water, but do not cause the water pool to
become stagnant.
This view is consistent with the findings
of Dr. Rudolf Virchow (1821 - 1902), also called the
"Father of Pathology."
It is also supported by Louis Pasteur, the notable
19th century French chemist and microbiologist best
known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes
and prevention of disease, who recanted his germ theory
of disease at his deathbed, stating, "The microbe is
nothing. The terrain is everything."
The terrain of which Pasteur spoke refers to an
oxygenated environment in the human body (alkaline Ph) which makes
for a strong immune system. A weakened or suppressed
state of the immune system only occurs when the human
body lacks oxygen, thereby allowing viruses, such as
the swine influenza virus, to breed.
It therefore stands to reason that the swine flu
virus does not CAUSE disease, but rather seeks out an
environment where it can thrive best -- and that is in
over acidic bodies. (Acidosis)
A sufficiently oxygenated bod is uninhabitable by
disease and viruses can neither
survive nor thrive in it. Therefore, the best defense
against microbes, germs, harmful bacteria and viruses,
such as the swine flu virus, is to keep the body
alkaline by eating an alkaline diet and drinking alkaline water.
You can learn how to do this here: http://AlkalizeMyLife.Com
swine flu virus last spring was only a preview of the
alarming events to come. The full onslaught of swine
flu in the United States will make itself painfully
known during the upcoming flu season, starting fairly
early in September.
It will most likely infect 30-40% of the U.S.
population, or about 100 million people, according to
flu expert Ira Longini, from the University of
Washington's School of Public Health.
Initial supplies of the swine flu vaccine, which will
be available sometime between mid-September to late
October 2009, are expected to be very limited -- barely
enough to inoculate the 160 million people who are at
high risk of becoming infected. An even bigger concern
is whether the fast-tracked vaccine is safe and
effective -- since it's being rushed to market without
the appropriate testing and safety evaluations.
It is a growing suspicion in the general population
and among certain members of the medical community,
including Dr. Joseph Mercola, the publisher of a
popular self-titled natural health newsletter, that
being exposed to this new swine flu vaccine might prove
to be more dangerous than the swine flu itself.
Many scientists and doctors now believe that Microbes,
germs, harmful bacteria and viruses, such as the swine
influenza virus, do not cause disease in and of
themselves.
They do seek their natural habitat -- such as an
oxygen-deficient (overly acidic) body -- rather than being the CAUSE of
the disease. It's no different from the way mosquitoes
seek out stagnant water, but do not cause the water pool to
become stagnant.
This view is consistent with the findings
of Dr. Rudolf Virchow (1821 - 1902), also called the
"Father of Pathology."
It is also supported by Louis Pasteur, the notable
19th century French chemist and microbiologist best
known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes
and prevention of disease, who recanted his germ theory
of disease at his deathbed, stating, "The microbe is
nothing. The terrain is everything."
The terrain of which Pasteur spoke refers to an
oxygenated environment in the human body (alkaline Ph) which makes
for a strong immune system. A weakened or suppressed
state of the immune system only occurs when the human
body lacks oxygen, thereby allowing viruses, such as
the swine influenza virus, to breed.
It therefore stands to reason that the swine flu
virus does not CAUSE disease, but rather seeks out an
environment where it can thrive best -- and that is in
over acidic bodies. (Acidosis)
A sufficiently oxygenated bod is uninhabitable by
disease and viruses can neither
survive nor thrive in it. Therefore, the best defense
against microbes, germs, harmful bacteria and viruses,
such as the swine flu virus, is to keep the body
alkaline by eating an alkaline diet and drinking alkaline water.
You can learn how to do this here: http://AlkalizeMyLife.Com
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Use of Ionized Water to Treat Hypertension
Use of Ionized water to treat high blood pressure.
Prof. Kuninaka Hironage, Head of Kuninaka Hospital, Japan
"Damage to the blood vessels lead to the deposition of cholesterol in the blood vessels, which in turn constrict the blood flow, cause high blood pressure.
In accordance with the theory of Professor Gato of Kyushu University on Vitamin K (because vitamin K enables the blood calcium to increase ), or the consumption of more antioxidant water, the effectiveness of the increase in the calcium in high blood pressure is most significant. The consumption of alkaline antioxidant water for a period of 2 to 3 months, I have observed the blood pressure slowly drop, due to the water's solvent ability, which dissolves the cholesterol in the blood vessels."
The Japanese have been using Ionized Alkaline Water in doctor's offices and hospitals to treat and cure a variety of chronic diseases the West has no cure for, including hypertension, diabetes and cancer for the last two decades.
Discover the amazing health benefits of Ionized Alkaline Water!
Prof. Kuninaka Hironage, Head of Kuninaka Hospital, Japan
"Damage to the blood vessels lead to the deposition of cholesterol in the blood vessels, which in turn constrict the blood flow, cause high blood pressure.
In accordance with the theory of Professor Gato of Kyushu University on Vitamin K (because vitamin K enables the blood calcium to increase ), or the consumption of more antioxidant water, the effectiveness of the increase in the calcium in high blood pressure is most significant. The consumption of alkaline antioxidant water for a period of 2 to 3 months, I have observed the blood pressure slowly drop, due to the water's solvent ability, which dissolves the cholesterol in the blood vessels."
The Japanese have been using Ionized Alkaline Water in doctor's offices and hospitals to treat and cure a variety of chronic diseases the West has no cure for, including hypertension, diabetes and cancer for the last two decades.
Discover the amazing health benefits of Ionized Alkaline Water!
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Underlying Cause of All Cancers!
The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer
Dr. Otto Warburg ( Winner of the Nobel Prize, 1933 for discovery that cancer cannot live in an alkaline environment)
Lecture delivered to Nobel Laureates on June 30, 1966
at Lindau, Lake Constance, Germany
There are prime and secondary causes of diseases. For example, the prime cause of the plague is the plague bacillus, but secondary causes of the plague are filth, rats, and the fleas that transfer the plague bacillus from rats to man. By the prime cause of a disease, I mean one that is found in every case of the disease.
Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. Almost anything can cause cancer. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. The prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen (oxidation of sugar) in normal body cells by fermentation of sugar.
All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All normal body cells are aerobics, whereas all cancer cells are partialy aerobics. From the standpoint of the physics and chemistry of life this difference between normal and cancer cells is so great that one can scarcely picture a greater difference. Oxygen gas, the donor of energy in plants and animals, is dethroned in the cancer cells and replaced by the energy yielding reaction of the lowest living forms, namely the fermentation of sugar.
In every case, during the cancer development, the oxygen level of the cell always falls, fermentation appears, and the highly differentiated cells are transformed into fermenting anaerobes, which have lost all their body functions and retain only the now useless property of growth and replication. Thus, when respiration disappears, life does not disappear, but the meaning of life disappears, and what remains are growing machines that destroy the body in which they grow.
It is indisputable that all cancer could be prevented if the respiration of body cells were kept intact.
Nobody today can say that one does not know what the prime cause of cancer is. On the contrary, there is no disease whose prime cause is better known, so that today ignorance is no longer an excuse for avoiding measures for prevention.
That the prevention of cancer will come there is no doubt. But how long prevention will be avoided depends on how long the prophets of agnosticism will succeed in inhibiting the application of scientific knowledge in the cancer field. In the meantime, millions of men and women must die of cancer unnecessarily.
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Let's see, he won the Nobel Prize in 1933 (76 years ago) for discovering that cancer cells could only live in an acidic environment? This lecture is from 1966, (43 years ago) and in the mean time, the Medical Maffia could not use this breathtaking knowledge to prevent and cure cancer? GIVE ME A BREAK!
However, Alternative Health Professionals do not have the same Predatory motivations for keeping this information secret.
We now know and have proven that the conditions neccessary for the growth and proliferation of cancer occur when the body become over acidic a condition that is marked by the reduction in oxygen in the cells.
When the cells lack sufficient oxygen to support aerobic respiration, they can; perhaps with damage from free radicals, become cancerous. Consequently, when someone has cancer, their cells lack oxygen as they are acidic.
Eliminating acidosis (over acidity) means the cancer can no longer live. In fact we know that the cancer cells become dormant at Ph 7.4 (alkaline)
If you would like more information, go to Alkalize For Maximum Health!
Dr. Otto Warburg ( Winner of the Nobel Prize, 1933 for discovery that cancer cannot live in an alkaline environment)
Lecture delivered to Nobel Laureates on June 30, 1966
at Lindau, Lake Constance, Germany
There are prime and secondary causes of diseases. For example, the prime cause of the plague is the plague bacillus, but secondary causes of the plague are filth, rats, and the fleas that transfer the plague bacillus from rats to man. By the prime cause of a disease, I mean one that is found in every case of the disease.
Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. Almost anything can cause cancer. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. The prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen (oxidation of sugar) in normal body cells by fermentation of sugar.
All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All normal body cells are aerobics, whereas all cancer cells are partialy aerobics. From the standpoint of the physics and chemistry of life this difference between normal and cancer cells is so great that one can scarcely picture a greater difference. Oxygen gas, the donor of energy in plants and animals, is dethroned in the cancer cells and replaced by the energy yielding reaction of the lowest living forms, namely the fermentation of sugar.
In every case, during the cancer development, the oxygen level of the cell always falls, fermentation appears, and the highly differentiated cells are transformed into fermenting anaerobes, which have lost all their body functions and retain only the now useless property of growth and replication. Thus, when respiration disappears, life does not disappear, but the meaning of life disappears, and what remains are growing machines that destroy the body in which they grow.
It is indisputable that all cancer could be prevented if the respiration of body cells were kept intact.
Nobody today can say that one does not know what the prime cause of cancer is. On the contrary, there is no disease whose prime cause is better known, so that today ignorance is no longer an excuse for avoiding measures for prevention.
That the prevention of cancer will come there is no doubt. But how long prevention will be avoided depends on how long the prophets of agnosticism will succeed in inhibiting the application of scientific knowledge in the cancer field. In the meantime, millions of men and women must die of cancer unnecessarily.
*************************************************************************************
Let's see, he won the Nobel Prize in 1933 (76 years ago) for discovering that cancer cells could only live in an acidic environment? This lecture is from 1966, (43 years ago) and in the mean time, the Medical Maffia could not use this breathtaking knowledge to prevent and cure cancer? GIVE ME A BREAK!
However, Alternative Health Professionals do not have the same Predatory motivations for keeping this information secret.
We now know and have proven that the conditions neccessary for the growth and proliferation of cancer occur when the body become over acidic a condition that is marked by the reduction in oxygen in the cells.
When the cells lack sufficient oxygen to support aerobic respiration, they can; perhaps with damage from free radicals, become cancerous. Consequently, when someone has cancer, their cells lack oxygen as they are acidic.
Eliminating acidosis (over acidity) means the cancer can no longer live. In fact we know that the cancer cells become dormant at Ph 7.4 (alkaline)
If you would like more information, go to Alkalize For Maximum Health!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Mainstream Medicine Slowly Recognizing Curative Powers of Nutrition
Animal nutrition and acid-base balance.
Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Zürich, Switzerland. jriond@vetphys.unizh.ch
In domestic animals, acid-base balance may be influenced by nutrition.
The major research effort in this area has been made on the prevention of hypocalcemic postparturient paresis in dairy cows.
This disorder is caused by the sudden increase of calcium secretion into the colostrum. The manipulation of the dietary cation-anion difference makes it possible to maintain the cows in metabolic acidosis during the critical period that precedes calving, presumably via a mechanism that involves the strong ion difference in the extracellular fluid. As a consequence the mobilization of calcium is enhanced and the incidence of the disorder is decreased.
Conversely, a dietary induced metabolic alkalosis leads to a more severe degree of hypocalcemia and the incidence of the disease is increased.
The underlying mechanisms of the prevention are only partially understood. Nevertheless, this preventive method is already widely applied in practice.
Nutrition effects on acid-base balance also influence growth and food intake in higher vertebrates and fish. As a consequence, the incidence of developmental orthopedic diseases in fast-growing domestic animal species may be affected.
Also, the bone mineral content of athletic horses may be influenced by dietary induced modification of the acid-base status. The mineral loss due to metabolic acidosis may lead to an increase in the incidence of stress fractures. This overview should give insight into relevant aspects of nutrition and acid-base balance in domestic animal species.
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In other words, they have successfully manipulated disease by addressing the Ph of the "extracellular fluid" blood, via nutrition. It is obvious the disease can be prevented and cured by adjusting the Ph level of the blood.
The same is true for most human chronic diseases. A low blood Ph, (acidic) is essential for pathogens to grow and thrive. People afflicted with such diseases generally test for a low blood Ph.
In 1933, Dr Otto Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery that cancer cells can only live in an acidic (low Ph) environment. In fact, they become dormant at a normal blood Ph (7.4)!
In addition, cells struggling to survive in an acidic environment give rise to so-called free radicals. Free radicals are waste products produced by chemical reactions. They are extremely dangerous to the body. They attack and disable or destroy healthy cells throughout the body giving rise to the many disorders and illnesses that afflict mankind.
Therefore, if you maintain the proper Ph level in your blood, it will go a long way to preventing, controlling and curing disease.
To learn what more progressive and enlightened medical professionals have to say about Ph balance, free radicals and their influence on human disease, read these reports.
Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Zürich, Switzerland. jriond@vetphys.unizh.ch
In domestic animals, acid-base balance may be influenced by nutrition.
The major research effort in this area has been made on the prevention of hypocalcemic postparturient paresis in dairy cows.
This disorder is caused by the sudden increase of calcium secretion into the colostrum. The manipulation of the dietary cation-anion difference makes it possible to maintain the cows in metabolic acidosis during the critical period that precedes calving, presumably via a mechanism that involves the strong ion difference in the extracellular fluid. As a consequence the mobilization of calcium is enhanced and the incidence of the disorder is decreased.
Conversely, a dietary induced metabolic alkalosis leads to a more severe degree of hypocalcemia and the incidence of the disease is increased.
The underlying mechanisms of the prevention are only partially understood. Nevertheless, this preventive method is already widely applied in practice.
Nutrition effects on acid-base balance also influence growth and food intake in higher vertebrates and fish. As a consequence, the incidence of developmental orthopedic diseases in fast-growing domestic animal species may be affected.
Also, the bone mineral content of athletic horses may be influenced by dietary induced modification of the acid-base status. The mineral loss due to metabolic acidosis may lead to an increase in the incidence of stress fractures. This overview should give insight into relevant aspects of nutrition and acid-base balance in domestic animal species.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
In other words, they have successfully manipulated disease by addressing the Ph of the "extracellular fluid" blood, via nutrition. It is obvious the disease can be prevented and cured by adjusting the Ph level of the blood.
The same is true for most human chronic diseases. A low blood Ph, (acidic) is essential for pathogens to grow and thrive. People afflicted with such diseases generally test for a low blood Ph.
In 1933, Dr Otto Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery that cancer cells can only live in an acidic (low Ph) environment. In fact, they become dormant at a normal blood Ph (7.4)!
In addition, cells struggling to survive in an acidic environment give rise to so-called free radicals. Free radicals are waste products produced by chemical reactions. They are extremely dangerous to the body. They attack and disable or destroy healthy cells throughout the body giving rise to the many disorders and illnesses that afflict mankind.
Therefore, if you maintain the proper Ph level in your blood, it will go a long way to preventing, controlling and curing disease.
To learn what more progressive and enlightened medical professionals have to say about Ph balance, free radicals and their influence on human disease, read these reports.
Monday, September 7, 2009
The True Cause of Heart Disease and How to Cure It!
For decades you have been told that a fatty diet, resulting in high cholesterol, is the culprit for heart disease.
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Cholesterol is Not the Cause of Heart Disease, This is...
For decades you have been told that a fatty diet, resulting in high cholesterol, is the culprit for heart disease.
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient, collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a free, confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient, collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a free, confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Friday, September 4, 2009
What is Diabetic Neuropathy?
Diabetic neuropathy (DN)is a peripheral nerve disorder which disproportionately afflicts diabetics. It is one of the many serious "Complications" of diabetes and often leads to amputation of limbs.
The symptoms of diabetic neuropathy are often slight at first. In fact,
some mild cases may go unnoticed for a long time.
Numbness, pain or tingling in the feet or legs may, after several years, lead to weakness in the muscles of the feet. Occasionally, diabetic neuropathy can flare
up suddenly and affect specific nerves so that an affected individual
will develop double vision, drooping eyelids and weakness and atrophy
of the thigh muscles.
Nerve damage caused by diabetes generally occurs over a period of years and may lead to problems with the digestive tract and sexual organs, which can cause indigestion, diarrhea or constipation, dizziness, bladder infections and impotence.
The loss of sensation in the feet may increase the possibility for foot injuries to go unnoticed and develop into ulcers or lesions that become infected, which then leads to amputations of feet and legs.
Diabetic neuropathy cannot be avoided strictly by controlling blood sugar, contrary to conventional wisdom. Although blood sugar control helps, it cannot stop the disease.
Free radicals, waste products of the body's metabolism, poor diet, especially fried foods; ingested from the environment, especially cigarette smoke; attack the lipid or fat sheath surrounding nerve fibers. This is analagous to damaging the insulation on an electrical wire, causing short circuits and interfering with the proper functioning of the system, in this case, the body's nervous system.
In the US, treatment is normally limited to orally administered diabetes drugs, which as mentioned before does Not stop the onset or progression of diabetic neuropathy.
In Germany and other parts of Europe, DN has been treated successfully with a powerful antioxidant, Alpha Lipoic Acid. Alpha Lipoic Acid stops free radicals
from damaging the nerve coverings.
You can prevent DN by eating a diet rich in antioxidants, an alkalizing diet as well as taking antioxidant supplements, including alpha lipoic acid.
For cases of DN that have progressed to the point where amputations are needed, the Japanese have pioneered a truly remarkably effective treatment that can save diabetics limbs, even if they have become gangrenous!
Check out this comprehensive site that will teach you more about using alkalinity and antioxidants to fight and even cure T2 diabetes. Be sure to watch the video that shows how Japanese doctors save a man's diabetic foot from amputation, amazing!
Any questions? Contact me:
Bill Young, Nutrition Therapy Coach
646-961-3818b
The symptoms of diabetic neuropathy are often slight at first. In fact,
some mild cases may go unnoticed for a long time.
Numbness, pain or tingling in the feet or legs may, after several years, lead to weakness in the muscles of the feet. Occasionally, diabetic neuropathy can flare
up suddenly and affect specific nerves so that an affected individual
will develop double vision, drooping eyelids and weakness and atrophy
of the thigh muscles.
Nerve damage caused by diabetes generally occurs over a period of years and may lead to problems with the digestive tract and sexual organs, which can cause indigestion, diarrhea or constipation, dizziness, bladder infections and impotence.
The loss of sensation in the feet may increase the possibility for foot injuries to go unnoticed and develop into ulcers or lesions that become infected, which then leads to amputations of feet and legs.
Diabetic neuropathy cannot be avoided strictly by controlling blood sugar, contrary to conventional wisdom. Although blood sugar control helps, it cannot stop the disease.
Free radicals, waste products of the body's metabolism, poor diet, especially fried foods; ingested from the environment, especially cigarette smoke; attack the lipid or fat sheath surrounding nerve fibers. This is analagous to damaging the insulation on an electrical wire, causing short circuits and interfering with the proper functioning of the system, in this case, the body's nervous system.
In the US, treatment is normally limited to orally administered diabetes drugs, which as mentioned before does Not stop the onset or progression of diabetic neuropathy.
In Germany and other parts of Europe, DN has been treated successfully with a powerful antioxidant, Alpha Lipoic Acid. Alpha Lipoic Acid stops free radicals
from damaging the nerve coverings.
You can prevent DN by eating a diet rich in antioxidants, an alkalizing diet as well as taking antioxidant supplements, including alpha lipoic acid.
For cases of DN that have progressed to the point where amputations are needed, the Japanese have pioneered a truly remarkably effective treatment that can save diabetics limbs, even if they have become gangrenous!
Check out this comprehensive site that will teach you more about using alkalinity and antioxidants to fight and even cure T2 diabetes. Be sure to watch the video that shows how Japanese doctors save a man's diabetic foot from amputation, amazing!
Any questions? Contact me:
Bill Young, Nutrition Therapy Coach
646-961-3818b
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The Safe, Inexpensive, Natural Solution for Diabetic Foot Problems!
Diabetic foot problems can be prevented and cured, naturally. However, just controlling blood sugar levels is not enough.
Diabetics have an abnormal amount of Free Radicals in their system. These are dangerous by-products of normal cell metabolism. They are also introduced into the body by poor diet choices (fried foods mainly) and environmental sources.
They attack the nervous system and destroy nerves in the foot and elsewhere, making it impossible for the diabetic to be aware of wounds to the feet.
However, free radicals can be controlled by Anti Oxidants found in foods as well as in supplements, such as Alpha Lipoic Acid and in Ionized Water.
German and French doctors have been using Alpha Lipoic Acid, a nutritional supplement, for decades to treat and cure diabetic foot problems.
Japanese hospitals have had amazing success treating diabetic foot problems with Ionized Water.
My Dad's doctor, controlled by the profit needs of Big Pharma, let him lose his foot, then his leg rather than tell him about these effective, inexpensive treatments. He eventually died of a heart attack as 70% of diabetics do.
Another problem is that the blood of diabetics has a high Ph, meaning that it is acidic. Acidic blood means lower than normal oxygen supplies get to the cells which fosters the growth of disease causing organisms such as the ones that infect the diabetic's feet; eventually becoming gangrenous, necessitating amputation.
Here is a video of Japanese doctors using Ionized, Anti Oxidant Water in conjunction with Alkaline Water which lowers the Ph eliminating the over acid blood condition; to save a diabetic's foot slated for amputation. http://tw8.us/QX
Please spread the word about these effective, inexpensive methods to prevent totally unnecessary amputations!
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Diabetics have an abnormal amount of Free Radicals in their system. These are dangerous by-products of normal cell metabolism. They are also introduced into the body by poor diet choices (fried foods mainly) and environmental sources.
They attack the nervous system and destroy nerves in the foot and elsewhere, making it impossible for the diabetic to be aware of wounds to the feet.
However, free radicals can be controlled by Anti Oxidants found in foods as well as in supplements, such as Alpha Lipoic Acid and in Ionized Water.
German and French doctors have been using Alpha Lipoic Acid, a nutritional supplement, for decades to treat and cure diabetic foot problems.
Japanese hospitals have had amazing success treating diabetic foot problems with Ionized Water.
My Dad's doctor, controlled by the profit needs of Big Pharma, let him lose his foot, then his leg rather than tell him about these effective, inexpensive treatments. He eventually died of a heart attack as 70% of diabetics do.
Another problem is that the blood of diabetics has a high Ph, meaning that it is acidic. Acidic blood means lower than normal oxygen supplies get to the cells which fosters the growth of disease causing organisms such as the ones that infect the diabetic's feet; eventually becoming gangrenous, necessitating amputation.
Here is a video of Japanese doctors using Ionized, Anti Oxidant Water in conjunction with Alkaline Water which lowers the Ph eliminating the over acid blood condition; to save a diabetic's foot slated for amputation. http://tw8.us/QX
Please spread the word about these effective, inexpensive methods to prevent totally unnecessary amputations!
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Friday, August 21, 2009
Energy Drinks For Diabetics? Discover the Truth!
Reprint courtesy of www.facts-about-diabetes.com
Energy drinks are becoming more and more popular among physically active people that need a good source of energy during their activities. But are they safe for diabetic people?
We will demonstrate in this article the effects of energy drinks on blood sugar level among diabetics, the dangers related to energy drinks and some diabetic friendly alternatives to energy drinks.
First of all, one of the major components of most energy drinks is caffeine. Caffeine is very dangerous to diabetic people. A research conducted on ten diabetics revealed that glucose levels rose by 8 percent when participants took pills filled with the level of caffeine found in four cups of coffee. Another effect caffeine has on the system is that it increases the level of insulin (in)tolerance of blood cells making it harder for the insulin to break down the glucose in the blood thus resulting in a build up and subsequent rise in blood level.
Besides caffeine, energy drinks are full of refined sugars and carbs. Refined sugars are the 1# enemy of every diabetic. They have an almost immediate effect on the blood sugar level and do not provide energy over a long period of time. This is why people who drink heavily sweetened drinks may feel thirsty right after they consume them. Carbs are also very harmful to diabetics and should be avoided at any cost.
So what are the best alternatives for diabetics who still need a good source of energy and hydration? Well a Minority Business Enterprise by the name of Hip Hop Beverage Corporation just released an ADA approved sugar free energy drink called Pit Bull sugar free energy drink, the first of its kind to receive such certification. Pit Bull sugar free energy drink contains no calories, carbs or sugar per portion, making it a perfect choice for any diabetic. More and more companies are becoming aware of the huge demographic diabetic people represent and try to do their best to make their products diabetic friendly, but none of them have been approved by the ADA or any other healthcare association as safe for diabetics.
If I was to give you only one piece of advice, it would be to stay away from energy drinks by all means if you are diabetic, especially if you have type 2 diabetes. Most energy drinks just have to much harmful ingredients in their composition and can be very dangerous to diabetics.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
The real answer for diabetics like everyone else is to drink ionized, alkaline water!
When exercising or working out strenuously, you are burning glycogen to power
your muscles at an accelerated pace. Lactic acid is a by product of this process.
Over a period of time, if the exercise is intense, like weight lifting or prolonged, as in a marathon, the amount of lactic acid overwhelms the body's ability to dispose of it by sweating. It then actually steals magnesium from the muscles and calcium from the bones to try to neutralize the acid; just when your body need these minerals more than ever.
There is still yet another phenomenon that impedes peak performance. As your body burns fuel, another pollutant produced are free radicals. These are dangerous chemicals that ravage normal cells. The harder you work out or compete, the more of these free radicals your body produces. These free radicals can attack the walls of your muscle cells, thickening them and making it harder for nutrients to penetrate them.
They can also attack and damage red blood cells at a crucial time when you need their maximum ability to carry oxygen to your muscles.
The result is the familiar phenomenon of exhaustion, the perverbial "Hitting the Wall!"
"Sports Drinks" are the worst thing you could drink to recharge your muscles!
Let me count the ways:
1- They are acids themselves, contributing to the very over acidity the body needs to rid itself of.
2- They have artificial dyes and other chemicals that produce even more free radicals in your body.
3- They do not supply your body with the anti oxidants necessary to stop the damage to the red blood cells by free radicals.
4- Sports drinks are slow acting. They must first be digested in your intestines before they can enter the blood stream and make it to the muscle cells.
Other than that, they are just fine!
Seriously, the absolute best and quickest way of eliminating the excess lactic acid and free radicals from your body in real time, is to drink ionized alkaline water.
Let me tell you why:
1- Ionized alkaline water has a high PH value, meaning that it will neutralize the lactic acid in your muscles quickly.
2- This water is a powerful anti oxidant, which will quickly neutralize the free radicals and prevent them from harming your red blood cells.
3- Pure Ionized water, produced by electrolysis has no additives and therefore passes directly from the stomach to the bloodstream. Ionization also breaks up the normal large water molecules into smaller molecules which means the cells are hydrated that much faster.
The result is that your muscle strength and stamina are restored in real time, not after the race, but during the race!
This water is certified as a medical substance in Japan where it has been in use to treat various chronic illnesses for decades.
Unfortunately, Ionized Alkaline water is not yet universally available in the US. Furthermore, it is fragile. It cannot be shaken, subjected to light and should not be stored in plastic containers and should be drunk shortly after being produced.
There are a few but growing number of health clubs and gyms in the US that offer Ionized Alkaline water to clients.
You can also buy your own home water Ionizer. Learn more about them at: The Best Water!
Energy drinks are becoming more and more popular among physically active people that need a good source of energy during their activities. But are they safe for diabetic people?
We will demonstrate in this article the effects of energy drinks on blood sugar level among diabetics, the dangers related to energy drinks and some diabetic friendly alternatives to energy drinks.
First of all, one of the major components of most energy drinks is caffeine. Caffeine is very dangerous to diabetic people. A research conducted on ten diabetics revealed that glucose levels rose by 8 percent when participants took pills filled with the level of caffeine found in four cups of coffee. Another effect caffeine has on the system is that it increases the level of insulin (in)tolerance of blood cells making it harder for the insulin to break down the glucose in the blood thus resulting in a build up and subsequent rise in blood level.
Besides caffeine, energy drinks are full of refined sugars and carbs. Refined sugars are the 1# enemy of every diabetic. They have an almost immediate effect on the blood sugar level and do not provide energy over a long period of time. This is why people who drink heavily sweetened drinks may feel thirsty right after they consume them. Carbs are also very harmful to diabetics and should be avoided at any cost.
So what are the best alternatives for diabetics who still need a good source of energy and hydration? Well a Minority Business Enterprise by the name of Hip Hop Beverage Corporation just released an ADA approved sugar free energy drink called Pit Bull sugar free energy drink, the first of its kind to receive such certification. Pit Bull sugar free energy drink contains no calories, carbs or sugar per portion, making it a perfect choice for any diabetic. More and more companies are becoming aware of the huge demographic diabetic people represent and try to do their best to make their products diabetic friendly, but none of them have been approved by the ADA or any other healthcare association as safe for diabetics.
If I was to give you only one piece of advice, it would be to stay away from energy drinks by all means if you are diabetic, especially if you have type 2 diabetes. Most energy drinks just have to much harmful ingredients in their composition and can be very dangerous to diabetics.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
The real answer for diabetics like everyone else is to drink ionized, alkaline water!
When exercising or working out strenuously, you are burning glycogen to power
your muscles at an accelerated pace. Lactic acid is a by product of this process.
Over a period of time, if the exercise is intense, like weight lifting or prolonged, as in a marathon, the amount of lactic acid overwhelms the body's ability to dispose of it by sweating. It then actually steals magnesium from the muscles and calcium from the bones to try to neutralize the acid; just when your body need these minerals more than ever.
There is still yet another phenomenon that impedes peak performance. As your body burns fuel, another pollutant produced are free radicals. These are dangerous chemicals that ravage normal cells. The harder you work out or compete, the more of these free radicals your body produces. These free radicals can attack the walls of your muscle cells, thickening them and making it harder for nutrients to penetrate them.
They can also attack and damage red blood cells at a crucial time when you need their maximum ability to carry oxygen to your muscles.
The result is the familiar phenomenon of exhaustion, the perverbial "Hitting the Wall!"
"Sports Drinks" are the worst thing you could drink to recharge your muscles!
Let me count the ways:
1- They are acids themselves, contributing to the very over acidity the body needs to rid itself of.
2- They have artificial dyes and other chemicals that produce even more free radicals in your body.
3- They do not supply your body with the anti oxidants necessary to stop the damage to the red blood cells by free radicals.
4- Sports drinks are slow acting. They must first be digested in your intestines before they can enter the blood stream and make it to the muscle cells.
Other than that, they are just fine!
Seriously, the absolute best and quickest way of eliminating the excess lactic acid and free radicals from your body in real time, is to drink ionized alkaline water.
Let me tell you why:
1- Ionized alkaline water has a high PH value, meaning that it will neutralize the lactic acid in your muscles quickly.
2- This water is a powerful anti oxidant, which will quickly neutralize the free radicals and prevent them from harming your red blood cells.
3- Pure Ionized water, produced by electrolysis has no additives and therefore passes directly from the stomach to the bloodstream. Ionization also breaks up the normal large water molecules into smaller molecules which means the cells are hydrated that much faster.
The result is that your muscle strength and stamina are restored in real time, not after the race, but during the race!
This water is certified as a medical substance in Japan where it has been in use to treat various chronic illnesses for decades.
Unfortunately, Ionized Alkaline water is not yet universally available in the US. Furthermore, it is fragile. It cannot be shaken, subjected to light and should not be stored in plastic containers and should be drunk shortly after being produced.
There are a few but growing number of health clubs and gyms in the US that offer Ionized Alkaline water to clients.
You can also buy your own home water Ionizer. Learn more about them at: The Best Water!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Metformin May Cause Low B12, Nerve damage
Metformin Linked To Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Nerve Injury
© James Cooper
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/james_cooper
Aug 10, 2009
Metformin May Cause B12 Deficiency
This prevalent but easily treatable cause of neuropathy (nerve damage) may be overlooked because diabetes itself can cause nerve damage.
Metformin is probably the most common by-mouth medication prescribed for people with diabetes. Sold as Glucophage, Glumetza, Riomet, Glumetza, Obimet, Dianben, Diabex, Diaformin and as a generic, it’s also prescribed sometimes even for people at increased risk to develop diabetes. Metformin worldwide sales exceed 1.7 billion USD each year.
The adverse event (side effect) most feared with metformin is lactic acidosis, but vitamin B12 deficiency seems to be much more common.
B12 Deficiency From Decreased Absorption
The mechanism that causes B12 deficiency is thought to be decreased absorption of the vitamin by the small intestines. Normally, B12 is released from ingested food and joins with intrinsic factor secreted by the stomach. B12-intrinsic factor complex is absorbed further down the gastrointestinal tract, in the ileum. Its absorption is calcium-dependent, and that’s where metformin may have some effect, slowing down or reducing (but not stopping) absorption.
Some studies have shown that low B12 occurs in up to a third of people taking metformin long term.
B12 is necessary for protection and repair of nerves. Low B12 can lead to poor repair of nerves, interfering with their function. This can cause symptoms such as numbness, funny feelings (paresthesias), decreased sensation to touch and vibration, and weakness in the area served by the damaged nerve.
B12 also participates in making new red blood cells, which are necessary to replace worn out cells—red cells get old and are removed after around 120 days, usually by the spleen. B12 deficiency causes new cells to be imperfect, fewer, and larger. When B12 deficiency is caused by lack of intrinsic factor, the condition is pernicious anemia.
_____________________________END OF ARTICLE____________________________________
My comments:
As we noted in an earlier posting diabetes drugs are expensive, do not cure the disease or even stop its progression and they are dangerous!
What more proof do you need? Or are you so dazzeled by the claims of Big Pharma, the ADA and the AMA that you cannot read or think for yourself?
Or maybe you are part of a "Support Group" like TuDiabetes or the Diabetes Forum. Did you ever think that without you remaining ignorant of the real causes and treatments of diabetes they would have no one to Support them?
The underlying pathologies behind Type 2 diabetes are acidosis, too much acid in the blood and damage from free radicals. Together, they derail glucose metabolism. These conditions can be eradicated, allowing your body to heal itself! Note the video showing how Japanese hospitals routinely save diabetic's gangrenous limbs from amputation!
Why don't American Diabetes Docs, the ADA, the diabetic "Support" Groups publicize this information? It is available on the Internet! Can you guess the answer?
Open your mind, open your eyes, the Truth is out there, you just have to discover it!
© James Cooper
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/james_cooper
Aug 10, 2009
Metformin May Cause B12 Deficiency
This prevalent but easily treatable cause of neuropathy (nerve damage) may be overlooked because diabetes itself can cause nerve damage.
Metformin is probably the most common by-mouth medication prescribed for people with diabetes. Sold as Glucophage, Glumetza, Riomet, Glumetza, Obimet, Dianben, Diabex, Diaformin and as a generic, it’s also prescribed sometimes even for people at increased risk to develop diabetes. Metformin worldwide sales exceed 1.7 billion USD each year.
The adverse event (side effect) most feared with metformin is lactic acidosis, but vitamin B12 deficiency seems to be much more common.
B12 Deficiency From Decreased Absorption
The mechanism that causes B12 deficiency is thought to be decreased absorption of the vitamin by the small intestines. Normally, B12 is released from ingested food and joins with intrinsic factor secreted by the stomach. B12-intrinsic factor complex is absorbed further down the gastrointestinal tract, in the ileum. Its absorption is calcium-dependent, and that’s where metformin may have some effect, slowing down or reducing (but not stopping) absorption.
Some studies have shown that low B12 occurs in up to a third of people taking metformin long term.
B12 is necessary for protection and repair of nerves. Low B12 can lead to poor repair of nerves, interfering with their function. This can cause symptoms such as numbness, funny feelings (paresthesias), decreased sensation to touch and vibration, and weakness in the area served by the damaged nerve.
B12 also participates in making new red blood cells, which are necessary to replace worn out cells—red cells get old and are removed after around 120 days, usually by the spleen. B12 deficiency causes new cells to be imperfect, fewer, and larger. When B12 deficiency is caused by lack of intrinsic factor, the condition is pernicious anemia.
_____________________________END OF ARTICLE____________________________________
My comments:
As we noted in an earlier posting diabetes drugs are expensive, do not cure the disease or even stop its progression and they are dangerous!
What more proof do you need? Or are you so dazzeled by the claims of Big Pharma, the ADA and the AMA that you cannot read or think for yourself?
Or maybe you are part of a "Support Group" like TuDiabetes or the Diabetes Forum. Did you ever think that without you remaining ignorant of the real causes and treatments of diabetes they would have no one to Support them?
The underlying pathologies behind Type 2 diabetes are acidosis, too much acid in the blood and damage from free radicals. Together, they derail glucose metabolism. These conditions can be eradicated, allowing your body to heal itself! Note the video showing how Japanese hospitals routinely save diabetic's gangrenous limbs from amputation!
Why don't American Diabetes Docs, the ADA, the diabetic "Support" Groups publicize this information? It is available on the Internet! Can you guess the answer?
Open your mind, open your eyes, the Truth is out there, you just have to discover it!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Alkaline, Anti-Cancer BBQ Marinade!
Dr. James Felton of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, California has an Alkaline marinade he concocted to reduce the formation of cancer causing elements arising from grilled meats. This recipe is very effective with chicken but could also work with other meats.
The recipe for one chicken is as follows:
6 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons cider vinegar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
Stevia to taste (My substitution for sugar!)
3 tablespoons grainy mustard
3 medium garlic cloves, crushed
1 ½ tablespoons salt
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Place the meat and enough marinade to cover it in a resealable plastic bag. Soak for 4 hours, making sure the meat remains covered the entire duration.
Click here to get a Free Chart of Alkaline/Acid foods!
The recipe for one chicken is as follows:
6 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons cider vinegar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
Stevia to taste (My substitution for sugar!)
3 tablespoons grainy mustard
3 medium garlic cloves, crushed
1 ½ tablespoons salt
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Place the meat and enough marinade to cover it in a resealable plastic bag. Soak for 4 hours, making sure the meat remains covered the entire duration.
Click here to get a Free Chart of Alkaline/Acid foods!
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