Natural Relief of Arthritis Pain Don t Forget to Take the Pills! (2 slides)
Stop arthritis pain now Curcumin plus boswellia shown to stop knee arthritis pain as effectively as celecoxib (prescription drug known as Celebrex) Curcumin/boswellia group had better reductions in pain and greater increases in walking distance than celecoxib group At study end, 92% could walk a distance versus 85% in the drug group No adverse effects in the herb group; adverse effects of celecoxib include: headache, abdominal pain, indigestion, diarrhea, nausea, bloating, gas, dizziness, nervousness, headache, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, rash, and insomnia, and serious stomach and intestinal ulcers
Supplements work great when you take them! 57% of people surveyed admitted they forget to take their medications A few suggestions Organize your supplements in a pill box Make it a routine take your supplements at the same time and place every day Try technology- put an app on your smartphone that will send you a reminder or sound an alarm, two examples are Pill Reminder or Medisafe Medication Reminder
Soybeans versus Coconuts (1 slide)
Say no to Soy (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, that is) Several decades ago, food manufacturers replaced evil saturated fats (like those in butter and cheese) with polyunsaturated soybean oil Today, soybean oil makes up 60% of American food oil consumption up a 1,000% in just a decade New study (animal model) on soybean versus coconut oil finds that soybean oil leads to 25% more weight gain Larger fat deposits Fattier livers Choose coconut oil instead: fewer calories and better for your heart coconut oil increases HDL levels!
New Health Risks of Antibiotics (2 slides)
FDA Panel seeks tougher Antibiotic Labels Advisory panel votes to ask FDA to require new, stronger label warnings on a frequently prescribed class of antibiotics The group reviewed drug labels for how well they described the drug s risks and benefits They voted to ask FDA to revise the labels for antibiotics prescribed for sinus infections, bronchitis, and urinary tract infections These drugs, which include the antibiotics Cipro and Levaquin, may cause heart problems, tendon rupture, peripheral nerve disorders and even memory and learning problems
Plant Oils make antibiotics more effective Researchers are finding that combining plant essential oils (which can stop bacteria on their own) with conventional antibiotics can reduce the required dosage of the antibiotic and therefore also reduce the risk of adverse effects Essential oil from thyme combined with antibiotics including Cipro increased the drugs ability to stop hospital acquired bacterial infections By combining Cipro with oregano oil, the dosage of Cipro could be reduced up to four times with no loss of efficacy Plant oils can also be used on their own against a wide range of bacteria
50% of middle-aged adults will develop Prediabetes (1 slide)
Where are your sugar levels? Fasting blood sugar levels 100 or less: normal 100-125: pre-diabetes 126 or higher: diabetes Researchers spent 15 years gathering data on blood sugar levels for 10,000 people Results: of people with normal blood sugar levels at age 45, about half will go on to develop pre-diabetes, 30% will get full blown diabetes, and 9% of these people will take insulin to manage their blood sugar levels In other words even if normal at age 45, 80% of people will go on to have elevated blood sugar levels For those who already have pre-diabetes at age 45, 74% will progress to Type 2 diabetes
Iodine and DHA During Pregnancy (2 slides) are Critical
Iodine during pregnancy 864 pregnant women (average age, 28) none were using iodine supplements over 90% were using iodized salt Researchers tested urinary iodine levels Adequate iodine level in pregnancy = >150 micrograms/liter RESULTS: First trimester average = 102 mcg/l Second trimester average = 97 mcg/l Third trimester average = 87 mcg/l CONCLUSION: iodized salt is not enough to maintain adequate iodine levels during pregnancy WHO notes that iodine deficiency is the world s most common, yet most easily preventable, cause of brain damage The Council for Responsible Nutrition recently reported that only 50% of prescription and non-prescription prenatal vitamins contain iodine
DHA during Pregnancy 2,399 women less than 20 weeks pregnant Received either DHA from fish OR vegetable oil until giving birth The women given DHA had a 15% reduction in pre-term births The potential health care cost savings are up to $37 million dollars a year Did you know? During the last trimester, the fetal brain grows approximately 260%, and continues to grow 175% during the first year of life and another 18% during the second year. The human brain is 60% fat, and the most abundant fat is DHA