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1 Featured Topic: Big Pharma s Billion Dollar Bet From the Financial Times

2 Fatty liver is strongly tied to obesity Fatty liver simply means fat deposits in the liver In the early stages, fatty liver is not harmful and can be reversed As the disease progresses it leads to inflammation and scarring of the liver, and decreased liver function this is the serious stage of the disease 30 years ago, advanced fatty liver disease (non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis) was so rare there wasn t even a medical name for it! Overall, the rising incidence of fatty liver mirrors the rising rates of obesity Today, the overall rate of fatty liver disease is about 20% of the population Up to 90% of obese people will have fatty liver disease

3 Big Pharma s Big NEW Opportunity There is no FDA approved drug treatment for fatty liver at this time. Standard intervention: lose weight But Big Pharma companies have spent billions of dollars to find a drug to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease because they see an opportunity for major profit Four new drugs are in the final phase of clinical trials Big Pharma thinks fatty liver related to obesity could be worth $35 billion a year for their drugs

4 Stop Fatty Liver No Drugs Necessary One study found that adults who drank more than one sugarsweetened drink per day were 55% more likely to have fatty liver than those who didn t consume sugar drinks The liver converts fructose to fat When too much fructose is present, it gets stored as tiny fat droplets in the liver = FATTY LIVER In a clinical study, researchers gave overweight people a high carbohydrate, high calorie diet for three weeks. Result: 27% increase in liver fat. In just 3 weeks! Stop Sugar specifically High Fructose Corn Syrup and you Stop Fatty Liver. No drug necessary!

5 No More Fatty Liver Stop carbohydrate/sugar intake Liver protective nutrients Curcumin: stops the damage and cellular changes that lead to fatty liver Milk thistle: helps increase glutathione levels in the liver, blocks toxins from liver cells, and speeds regeneration of damaged liver tissue Sesamin: protects liver from toxins; also protects against other viral causes of liver disease

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7 Ask Terry Dear Terry: I have a bone spur that is getting progressively worse. Though my doctor says it is just little, it doesn't feel that way. It is constantly hurting and has limited my movement and altered the way I walk causing other discomforts in my leg and back. I read your recommendation for bone spurs but it sounds really acidic. I am currently on a regimen for acid reflux as I have significant erosion in my esophagus. I don't want to get rid of one problem if it is going to hinder the healing of another problem. Please advise. A.B. from Clearville, PA

8 Is B6 most important vitamin for preserving mental function? (1 slide)

9 Low vitamin B6 linked to mental decline Researchers contacted 155 people who had participated in a previous study on B vitamin intake (and had normal brain function during the original study) New study: participants completed an evaluation of their mental status, blood tests, and a food diary Results: participants with the lowest vitamin B levels were 3.5 times more likely to have a greater rate of mental decline over the four year study The researchers did not find a connection with low levels of other B vitamins, despite earlier research that has linked low folate and low B12 levels to mental decline

10 Are you getting enough omega-3? (1 slide)

11 Are you getting enough omega-3? Researchers in German analyzed data from 446 middle aged women The women were given a score based on their omega-3 levels 8% or higher is the optimal omega-3 score for heart disease prevention Results: over 60% of the women had low omega-3 levels (4-6%), and an additional 10% of women had very low omega-3 levels less than 4% In other recent heart news, the number of people in the US living with heart failure is expected to increase 46% by 2030

12 A Look At: Fructoborate (4 slides)

13 Arthritis Arthritis is the number one cause of disability in the United States Nearly 50% of adults with arthritis report ZERO physical activity Not only is that bad for arthritis, it is also a risk factor for heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and a host of other problems The knee is the largest, strongest joint in the body and is one of the joints most commonly affected by arthritis

14 Fructoborate stops arthritis pain Fructoborate (or calcium fructoborate) is a plant-based form of boron Clinical study: 120 patients with osteoarthritis of the knees (diagnosed by CT scan) Group one: placebo Group two: fructoborate twice daily Group three: fructoborate plus glucosamine and twice daily Group four: glucosamine and chondroitin twice daily Result: reduction in severity of arthritis symptoms after just 2 weeks 29% in the fructoborate only group 24% in the fructoborate plus glucosamine and chondroitin group 3% in the glucosamine and chondroitin group ZERO adverse effects for fructoborate

15 Fructoborate also reduces inflammation and increases vitamin D levels Blood level of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) [a marker of inflammation] in 7 out of 10 subjects receiving fructoborate was reduced up to 37% compared to baseline levels High CRP levels are also linked to pain a study in men with arthritis found that those with the most pain has CRP levels 35% higher than patients reporting less pain Blood level of active vitamin D was increased more than 19% compared to baseline A recent study found that men with low vitamin D levels were twice as likely to have arthritis then men with sufficient vitamin D levels

16 Treat your aching knees 1,540 mg of boron (as calcium fructoborate) combined with boswellia, curcumin and vitamin D3 (3,000 IU) daily For topical pain relief, comfrey cream Shown in clinical studies to relieve arthritis pain Weight loss helps taking off 11 lbs can cut your risk of developing arthritis in the knees by 50%

Featured Topic: Fibromyalgia (5 slides)

Featured Topic: Fibromyalgia (5 slides) Seen on Facebook: FIBROMYALGIA The achy, crampy, itchy, twitchy, hurt all over, hurt all the time, so you can't rest, syndrome that no one understands." Fibromyalgia