Dr Joseph Mercola:
"According to results of a recent study, rats that consumed foods with free radicals -- compounds that are linked to heart disease and other chronic illnesses -- had lower levels of nitric oxide and higher blood pressure.
However, adding vitamins C and E to the rats' diet appeared to partially reverse this degenerative process, resulting in lower blood pressure levels."
Dr Mercola is a conventional medical doctor "Gone Bad!"
He is now a big advocate of alternative medicine, especially nutrition based alternatives.
Why doesn't conventional medicine acknowledge and adopt natural treatments of all chronic diseases, like hypertension?
It has been observed by a growing list of doctors that most chronic degenerative diseases are the result of poor nutrition, the recommendations of the Standard American Diet (SAD), which is low in antioxidant nutrients and very high in acid producing foods.
Consuming this diet results in the build up of acid in the body and oxidative stress caused by the free radicals that defeat the body's stores of antioxidants. This leaves the body incapable of defending itself from attack by various diseases and maladies.
Once the body's defenses are restored by consuming foods that are alkaline and full of natural antioxidants and by drinking Ionized, alkaline water, which is the strongest antioxidant available, the body is then able to defeat the disease producing microbes and "heal" itself.
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Showing posts with label vitamin E. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vitamin E. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Vitamin E Very Effective Protects Diabetics From Heart Attacks!
A study published in the Journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology revealed that our body needs an antioxidant protein called haptoglobin that prevents inflammation of the artery walls and this wards off cardiovascular events like heart attacks.
While most diabetics are deficient in antioxidants, some diabetics have a genetic condition (Hp 2-2) that causes a deficiency of haptoglobin making them even more prone to cardiovascular damage.
A group of Israeli researchers discovered that vitamin E supplements were able to thwart heart attacks in diabetics, even those with the Hp 2-2 gene. They studied the effects of vitamin E on 1,400 type 2 diabetics with the Hp 2-2 gene and over 55 years old. They were divided into 2 groups - with one receiving placebo and the other 400 IU vitamin E daily.
At 18 months, the results showed that the placebo group had twice the number of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular related deaths. Because of such a phenomenal result, the trial was terminated early and all the placebo patients were put on vitamin E supplementation.
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The conclusion is that Vitamin E is a protector of the cardiovascular system. Without an adequate supply of vitamin E and other antioxidants, diabetics will suffer deadly complications of the disease. That is why their glucose lowering drugs have little to no impact on the progression of diabetes because they do not address the underlying disease, which is caused by free radicals (which the antioxidants eliminate) and over acidity of the blood, which also damages blood vessels and is neutralized with an alkaline diet.
For more information on alkaline diets, alkaline water and antioxidant supplementation, GO HERE!
While most diabetics are deficient in antioxidants, some diabetics have a genetic condition (Hp 2-2) that causes a deficiency of haptoglobin making them even more prone to cardiovascular damage.
A group of Israeli researchers discovered that vitamin E supplements were able to thwart heart attacks in diabetics, even those with the Hp 2-2 gene. They studied the effects of vitamin E on 1,400 type 2 diabetics with the Hp 2-2 gene and over 55 years old. They were divided into 2 groups - with one receiving placebo and the other 400 IU vitamin E daily.
At 18 months, the results showed that the placebo group had twice the number of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular related deaths. Because of such a phenomenal result, the trial was terminated early and all the placebo patients were put on vitamin E supplementation.
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The conclusion is that Vitamin E is a protector of the cardiovascular system. Without an adequate supply of vitamin E and other antioxidants, diabetics will suffer deadly complications of the disease. That is why their glucose lowering drugs have little to no impact on the progression of diabetes because they do not address the underlying disease, which is caused by free radicals (which the antioxidants eliminate) and over acidity of the blood, which also damages blood vessels and is neutralized with an alkaline diet.
For more information on alkaline diets, alkaline water and antioxidant supplementation, GO HERE!
Friday, September 4, 2009
The Low Down on Alpha Lipoic Acid
What It Is:
Alpha-lipoic acid (or lipoic acid) is the body's master anti-oxidant, able to neutralize harmful chemicals known as free radicals. Free radicals are at the root of many, many seemingly disparate diseases, such as high blood pressure, psychological and brain disorders and diabetic neuropathy.
It is naturally produced in the body and found in small amounts in foods such as liver and spinach. assisting in the conversion of glucose to energy.
It can fight free radicals that operate in both water and fat, as opposed to the anti-oxidants vitamin E (which works only in fat) and vitamin C (which works only in water). It also "stands in" for these antioxidants when they are unavailable. It also regenerates these other anti-oxidants after they have neutralized free radicals.
What It Does:
Diabetes:
As an oral supplement alpha-lipoic acid has been used to reduce symptoms of diabetic neuropathy in diabetes patients in Europe for 2 decades.
It treats and alleviates symptoms such as burning, pain, numbness, and prickling of the feet and legs. The numbness is especially serious as it can allow sores and wounds to fester without the knowledge of the patient, necessitating amputation when gangrene sets in.
There is evidence that alpha-lipoic acid supplements may also help diabetic patients in many areas including helping convert sugar to glycogen. It also lessens damage to the heart, kidneys and small blood vessel which also affects the onset of diabetic retinopathy which has made diabetes the leading cause of blindness.
Alpha-lipoic acid may also improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, but it doesn't seem to lower glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1c) levels.
Other Conditions:
Alpha-lipoic acid may be helpful in treating burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a condition characterized by unexplained scalding sensations in the mouth. Preliminary studies suggest that it might also help prevent or treat a myriad of conditions including age-related hearing loss, glaucoma, cancer, and cataracts. Its antioxidant effects might provide protection in cerebral ischemia, other causes of damage to brain or neural tissue, mitochondrial dysfunction, liver disease, aminoglycoside-induced cochlear damage, heavy metal and chemical poisoning and radiation exposure. Alpha-lipoic acid inhibits replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro and, in AIDS patients, might improve blood antioxidant status and increase T-helper lymphocytes and T-helper to T-helper suppressor cell ratio.
To find out more about the underlying causes of most chronic diseases and how antioxidants and alkalizers can help prevent, control or cure them, click here:
For more info call me:
Bill Young, Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Alpha-lipoic acid (or lipoic acid) is the body's master anti-oxidant, able to neutralize harmful chemicals known as free radicals. Free radicals are at the root of many, many seemingly disparate diseases, such as high blood pressure, psychological and brain disorders and diabetic neuropathy.
It is naturally produced in the body and found in small amounts in foods such as liver and spinach. assisting in the conversion of glucose to energy.
It can fight free radicals that operate in both water and fat, as opposed to the anti-oxidants vitamin E (which works only in fat) and vitamin C (which works only in water). It also "stands in" for these antioxidants when they are unavailable. It also regenerates these other anti-oxidants after they have neutralized free radicals.
What It Does:
Diabetes:
As an oral supplement alpha-lipoic acid has been used to reduce symptoms of diabetic neuropathy in diabetes patients in Europe for 2 decades.
It treats and alleviates symptoms such as burning, pain, numbness, and prickling of the feet and legs. The numbness is especially serious as it can allow sores and wounds to fester without the knowledge of the patient, necessitating amputation when gangrene sets in.
There is evidence that alpha-lipoic acid supplements may also help diabetic patients in many areas including helping convert sugar to glycogen. It also lessens damage to the heart, kidneys and small blood vessel which also affects the onset of diabetic retinopathy which has made diabetes the leading cause of blindness.
Alpha-lipoic acid may also improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, but it doesn't seem to lower glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1c) levels.
Other Conditions:
Alpha-lipoic acid may be helpful in treating burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a condition characterized by unexplained scalding sensations in the mouth. Preliminary studies suggest that it might also help prevent or treat a myriad of conditions including age-related hearing loss, glaucoma, cancer, and cataracts. Its antioxidant effects might provide protection in cerebral ischemia, other causes of damage to brain or neural tissue, mitochondrial dysfunction, liver disease, aminoglycoside-induced cochlear damage, heavy metal and chemical poisoning and radiation exposure. Alpha-lipoic acid inhibits replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro and, in AIDS patients, might improve blood antioxidant status and increase T-helper lymphocytes and T-helper to T-helper suppressor cell ratio.
To find out more about the underlying causes of most chronic diseases and how antioxidants and alkalizers can help prevent, control or cure them, click here:
For more info call me:
Bill Young, Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
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