Researchers have found a strong link between longevity and antioxidants.
In aging studies, researchers discovered mammals that produce the highest levels of antioxidants have the longest lifespans. And when they genetically engineered fruit flies to have double their normal amount of antioxidants, the fruit flies lived twice as long.
One way to measure the antioxidant power of a liquid is called its ORP value, its Oxidation Reduction Potential. (Another expression of antioxidant capability is called its Redux potential. We will use ORP in this article.)
ORP values are expressed in millivolts, from high to low with the lower readings indicating the more powerful antioxidant. In fact, a substance with a high ORP is an oxidant, a danger to your body which will cause disease and decrease your lifespan. Actually, it is the oxidation damage done to the body by free radicals, damaged atoms, that results in death from atomic radiation exposure.
One of the highest ORP substances you can put in your body is soda. Soda generally has ORP values in the 2-400 Millivolt range.
A good antioxidant like vitamin C, on the other hand has an ORP of around -150 Millivolts.
Antioxidants come from two sources. Your body makes its own antioxidants and you get them from your diet, mainly from fruits and vegetables.
But your body's production of antioxidants drop off as you age, leading to a build-up of free radicals which oxidize your cells and cause aging, just the same way they turn an apple slice brown when exposed to the oxidative forces of air.
And here’s something else: Levels of antioxidants vary by as much as 50% depending on the person. That may be why some people age quickly and why others live to a ripe old age without any problems.
That is because the damage done by free radicals, to the DNA of cells, to the collagen of the skin, to the arteries, to the nerves, etc. etc. is mitigated.
How can you make sure you are protected from free radical damage?
Download this free, Nutrition Handbook, to discover how to use nutrition to protect yourself and your family from the ravages of free radical oxidation!
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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
Conquer Oxidative Stress With Antioxidants!
Oxidative stress describes a body or system overwhelmed by free radicals. Free radicals are dangerous chemicals waste products that attack and overwhelm normal cells, destroying them or damaging them, keeping them from carrying out their regular duties and turning them into free radicals. This sets up a chain reaction of damage to tissues and organs.
Free radicals are a natural result of burning oxygen and sugar to fuel the body. They are also introduced into the body by diet, especially fried foods and processed foods as well as by cigarette smoke and environmental pollutants. Chronic illnesses such as diabetes also result in higher levels of free radicals, And believe it or not, they are also produced in the body by worry and negative thoughts! Depression is a Big source of free radicals!
The body produces natural anti oxidants to protect against free radicals and theoretically they can be obtained from food. However the depleted state of the soil, genetic modification and long storage times mean that only a fraction of the antioxidants theoreticall present in foods is still there.
Free radicals are extremely dangerous, attacking the cell walls, protein structures within the cells and even the DNA of the cell. When the DNA is targeted, the damaged cell replicates itself, damage and all. Many times this results in the cell becoming cancerous.
Free radicals can also activate dormant, bad genes, resulting in triggering autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, lupus etc.
People with chronic diseases typically are overwhelmed with free radicals, giving rise to what is known as Oxidative Stress. This term is too benign. Free radicals are what destroys the body, causing death from radiation exposure.
Free radicals attack and destroy the cardiovascular and nervous systems. They are a principal cause of diabetic complications such as amputations, liver and kidney failure and heart attacks which kill 70-80% of diabetics 10-15 years short of their normal lifespan, even though they control their blood sugar.
Dr Lester Packer, the world's foremost authority on free radicals and antioxidants puts it very simply, low levels of antioxidants in the body leads to death. Most people, especially those with chronic diseases need help in reinforcing their body's antioxidant levels.
You can eat an antioxidant rich diet, mainly vegetables, especially brightly colored ones; however because of he depletion of the nutrition in the soil these days, you will also need to take more aggressive actions.
Vitamins C and E, Co-Q 10 and Alpha Lipoic Acid are nutritional supplements recommended by Dr Packer.
However the most powerful antioxidants you can take come from Ionized, Alkaline water. This water is produced by electrolysis and is 100 times more powerful than the supplements. This is what you want to boost your antioxidants in a hurry and to keep the levels high. Dr Peggy Parker is a world renowned expert on fighting free radicals with Ionized, Alkaline water.
Another advantage of this water is that it helps return your body to a normal Ph as most of us are overacidic, again as a result of diet and lifestyle. Disease producing viruses and other microbes thrive in an acidic environment.
The water eliminates over acidity or acidosis. Dr Leigh Erin Connealy is an expert in eliminating acidosis from the body.
You can learn more about Ionic Alkaline water here.
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Free radicals are a natural result of burning oxygen and sugar to fuel the body. They are also introduced into the body by diet, especially fried foods and processed foods as well as by cigarette smoke and environmental pollutants. Chronic illnesses such as diabetes also result in higher levels of free radicals, And believe it or not, they are also produced in the body by worry and negative thoughts! Depression is a Big source of free radicals!
The body produces natural anti oxidants to protect against free radicals and theoretically they can be obtained from food. However the depleted state of the soil, genetic modification and long storage times mean that only a fraction of the antioxidants theoreticall present in foods is still there.
Free radicals are extremely dangerous, attacking the cell walls, protein structures within the cells and even the DNA of the cell. When the DNA is targeted, the damaged cell replicates itself, damage and all. Many times this results in the cell becoming cancerous.
Free radicals can also activate dormant, bad genes, resulting in triggering autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, lupus etc.
People with chronic diseases typically are overwhelmed with free radicals, giving rise to what is known as Oxidative Stress. This term is too benign. Free radicals are what destroys the body, causing death from radiation exposure.
Free radicals attack and destroy the cardiovascular and nervous systems. They are a principal cause of diabetic complications such as amputations, liver and kidney failure and heart attacks which kill 70-80% of diabetics 10-15 years short of their normal lifespan, even though they control their blood sugar.
Dr Lester Packer, the world's foremost authority on free radicals and antioxidants puts it very simply, low levels of antioxidants in the body leads to death. Most people, especially those with chronic diseases need help in reinforcing their body's antioxidant levels.
You can eat an antioxidant rich diet, mainly vegetables, especially brightly colored ones; however because of he depletion of the nutrition in the soil these days, you will also need to take more aggressive actions.
Vitamins C and E, Co-Q 10 and Alpha Lipoic Acid are nutritional supplements recommended by Dr Packer.
However the most powerful antioxidants you can take come from Ionized, Alkaline water. This water is produced by electrolysis and is 100 times more powerful than the supplements. This is what you want to boost your antioxidants in a hurry and to keep the levels high. Dr Peggy Parker is a world renowned expert on fighting free radicals with Ionized, Alkaline water.
Another advantage of this water is that it helps return your body to a normal Ph as most of us are overacidic, again as a result of diet and lifestyle. Disease producing viruses and other microbes thrive in an acidic environment.
The water eliminates over acidity or acidosis. Dr Leigh Erin Connealy is an expert in eliminating acidosis from the body.
You can learn more about Ionic Alkaline water here.
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Thursday, August 13, 2009
You Can Stop Complications of Diabetes with Alkaline Treatments!
Diabetes Related Complications: Neither oral diabetic medications nor insulin prevents the progression of diabetes and its deadly complications. In fact, 7 out of 10 diabetics die from heart disease.
There are many potential complications of diabetes. The four most common are heart disease (hardening of the arteries), nephropathy (kidney damage), neuropathy (nerve damage), and retinopathy (eye damage).
Leading an Alkalizing (acid neutralizing) Lifestyle and augmenting your body's anti oxidants has been found to prevent, control or even cure these complications.
HEART DISEASE
The most common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of death in people with diabetes is heart disease or hardening of the arteries.
Hardening of the arteries is caused by damage by free radicals (more later) and by over alkalinity of the blood.
The Standard American Diet, (SAD) is a major contributor to over acidity in the body. The body needs its Ph, (a measure of the amount of hydrogen)to stay pretty close to its natural value of 7.365.
As the diet, worry and environmental pollutants make the body more acidic, disease producing microbes multiply, giving rise to all types of diseases and the acid attacks the lining of blood vessels, giving rise to cardiovascular diseases.
To protect itself against the excess acid, the body is ready to take extreme measures as excess acidity can mean death.
The body first tries to eliminate the acid by excretion, respiration and sweating. (Exercise anyone?)
If that is not enough, it then isolates the acid by storing it in joints (arthritis), tissues and in a special type of fat which it deposits around your middle, giving rise to the apple shaped body of many diabetics.
If the acidosis, (over acidity) persists the body will actually steal calcium from your bones (osteoporiasis) and magnesium from your muscles (fibromyalgia) to buffer the excess acid.
Hence it is seen that acidosis is the genesis of most diseases of the body. The amazing thing is that once the excess acid has been eliminated, the disease conditions caused by the acidosis, recede or disappear, the body heals itself, just as mosquitos can only live in dirty, stagnant water and disappear when the water is cleaned up.
Free Radicals:
Excess insulin in the blood causes glucose to be turned into triglycerides by the liver. These triglycerides may then attack the nervous system and are a prime target of free radicals, which oxidize them and lead to cardiovascular problems.
Free radicals are "rogue" molecules that are a by product of oxidation or energy production by the body and or are introduced from outside by air pollution, food or drink. Believe it or not, they can also be produced in the body by worry, depression or other negative thoughts!
They are extremely dangerous substances. They attack the cell walls and DNA of normal cells, disrupting their functioning and in many cases, turning them cancerous. They also turn these damaged cells into free radicals, causing a chain reaction. Sort of like when you are bitten by a vampire, you become a vampire?
They can also attack the body's enzymes, which play a pivotal role in virtually every chemical reaction in the body. If they cannot function normally, they will produce disease and disruption in all of the body's systems.
Carbonic Hydrase is an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide, CO2 a waste product of oxygen metabolism in the cells into a form that can be transported by the blood to the lungs where it can be turned into a gas (again by Carbonic Hydrase) and expelled.
Carbonic Hydrase transforms about 1 million molecules of CO2 per second. If the functioning of carbonic hydrase were disrupted you would die as it is the presense of CO2 in your lungs that triggers the diaphragm to expand and contract, in other words your breathing.
Your body has a limited defense against free radicals called anti oxidants. The main one is glutathione which is made by the liver. Some Lipoic acid, another anti oxidant, is also synthesized by the body.
However with the relentless attacks of free radicals, the DNA of the average cell in your body is attacked 10,000 times per day by free radicals according to Bruce Ames a prominent anti oxidant researcher; it needs help.
This is normally supplied by fruits and vegetables in the form of Vitamins C and E and the carotenoids, the minerals that give fruits and vegetables their characteristic colors.
However, with the depleted state of our farmland and the genetic engineering of our foods by Corporate Agriculture, food alone does not supply enough anti oxidants.
So the stage is set for additional damage to the body.
NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DAMAGE)
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure leading to dialysis in the United States. The intricate blood vessels and pathways in the kidney are prime targets for free radical damage and enzyme malfunctioning brought on by acidosis.
NEUROPATHY (NERVE DAMAGE)
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy most commonly occurs in the extremities. Diabetes is the leading cause of peripheral amputations in the United States. Since the nerves that travel from your brain to your feet and vice versa are subject to damage from acidosis and free radicals your diabetes medication only exacerbates the problem by becoming acids in your body as they are metabolized. This includes insulin.
RETINOPATHY (EYE DAMAGE)
It is sad to say but diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in America. The nerves in the retina and the small blood vessels that supply it are again, subject to damage from acidosis and attack by free radicals.
What does the AMA, Big Pharma and the ADA have to say about dealing with these preventable complications of diabetes? Quoting from a recent article on diabetic complications: "Screen for the common complications of diabetes, so that any problems can be identified early or, ideally, prevented. Special: Get a free diabetic meter!"
The Real answer to preventing, controlling and maybe even curing Type 2 diabetes and eliminating the progression of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is to alkalize your lifestyle and augment your anti oxidants.
Click here to learn how you can begin to alkalize your lifestyle for free! Begin by watching this amazing video of Japanese doctors preventing the amputation of Mr Abbi, a diabetic, gangrenous feet. His doctor did more than just offer him a "free diabetic meter!"
There are many potential complications of diabetes. The four most common are heart disease (hardening of the arteries), nephropathy (kidney damage), neuropathy (nerve damage), and retinopathy (eye damage).
Leading an Alkalizing (acid neutralizing) Lifestyle and augmenting your body's anti oxidants has been found to prevent, control or even cure these complications.
HEART DISEASE
The most common complication of diabetes and the leading cause of death in people with diabetes is heart disease or hardening of the arteries.
Hardening of the arteries is caused by damage by free radicals (more later) and by over alkalinity of the blood.
The Standard American Diet, (SAD) is a major contributor to over acidity in the body. The body needs its Ph, (a measure of the amount of hydrogen)to stay pretty close to its natural value of 7.365.
As the diet, worry and environmental pollutants make the body more acidic, disease producing microbes multiply, giving rise to all types of diseases and the acid attacks the lining of blood vessels, giving rise to cardiovascular diseases.
To protect itself against the excess acid, the body is ready to take extreme measures as excess acidity can mean death.
The body first tries to eliminate the acid by excretion, respiration and sweating. (Exercise anyone?)
If that is not enough, it then isolates the acid by storing it in joints (arthritis), tissues and in a special type of fat which it deposits around your middle, giving rise to the apple shaped body of many diabetics.
If the acidosis, (over acidity) persists the body will actually steal calcium from your bones (osteoporiasis) and magnesium from your muscles (fibromyalgia) to buffer the excess acid.
Hence it is seen that acidosis is the genesis of most diseases of the body. The amazing thing is that once the excess acid has been eliminated, the disease conditions caused by the acidosis, recede or disappear, the body heals itself, just as mosquitos can only live in dirty, stagnant water and disappear when the water is cleaned up.
Free Radicals:
Excess insulin in the blood causes glucose to be turned into triglycerides by the liver. These triglycerides may then attack the nervous system and are a prime target of free radicals, which oxidize them and lead to cardiovascular problems.
Free radicals are "rogue" molecules that are a by product of oxidation or energy production by the body and or are introduced from outside by air pollution, food or drink. Believe it or not, they can also be produced in the body by worry, depression or other negative thoughts!
They are extremely dangerous substances. They attack the cell walls and DNA of normal cells, disrupting their functioning and in many cases, turning them cancerous. They also turn these damaged cells into free radicals, causing a chain reaction. Sort of like when you are bitten by a vampire, you become a vampire?
They can also attack the body's enzymes, which play a pivotal role in virtually every chemical reaction in the body. If they cannot function normally, they will produce disease and disruption in all of the body's systems.
Carbonic Hydrase is an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide, CO2 a waste product of oxygen metabolism in the cells into a form that can be transported by the blood to the lungs where it can be turned into a gas (again by Carbonic Hydrase) and expelled.
Carbonic Hydrase transforms about 1 million molecules of CO2 per second. If the functioning of carbonic hydrase were disrupted you would die as it is the presense of CO2 in your lungs that triggers the diaphragm to expand and contract, in other words your breathing.
Your body has a limited defense against free radicals called anti oxidants. The main one is glutathione which is made by the liver. Some Lipoic acid, another anti oxidant, is also synthesized by the body.
However with the relentless attacks of free radicals, the DNA of the average cell in your body is attacked 10,000 times per day by free radicals according to Bruce Ames a prominent anti oxidant researcher; it needs help.
This is normally supplied by fruits and vegetables in the form of Vitamins C and E and the carotenoids, the minerals that give fruits and vegetables their characteristic colors.
However, with the depleted state of our farmland and the genetic engineering of our foods by Corporate Agriculture, food alone does not supply enough anti oxidants.
So the stage is set for additional damage to the body.
NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DAMAGE)
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure leading to dialysis in the United States. The intricate blood vessels and pathways in the kidney are prime targets for free radical damage and enzyme malfunctioning brought on by acidosis.
NEUROPATHY (NERVE DAMAGE)
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy most commonly occurs in the extremities. Diabetes is the leading cause of peripheral amputations in the United States. Since the nerves that travel from your brain to your feet and vice versa are subject to damage from acidosis and free radicals your diabetes medication only exacerbates the problem by becoming acids in your body as they are metabolized. This includes insulin.
RETINOPATHY (EYE DAMAGE)
It is sad to say but diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in America. The nerves in the retina and the small blood vessels that supply it are again, subject to damage from acidosis and attack by free radicals.
What does the AMA, Big Pharma and the ADA have to say about dealing with these preventable complications of diabetes? Quoting from a recent article on diabetic complications: "Screen for the common complications of diabetes, so that any problems can be identified early or, ideally, prevented. Special: Get a free diabetic meter!"
The Real answer to preventing, controlling and maybe even curing Type 2 diabetes and eliminating the progression of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is to alkalize your lifestyle and augment your anti oxidants.
Click here to learn how you can begin to alkalize your lifestyle for free! Begin by watching this amazing video of Japanese doctors preventing the amputation of Mr Abbi, a diabetic, gangrenous feet. His doctor did more than just offer him a "free diabetic meter!"
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