Our Toxic World:
In this Newsletter:
1.Naturopathic
Philosophy Highlight Fun Facts:
a.Prostate Cancer & Fish Oil
b. B
vitamins and Brain Health
c.Video on What you Need to Know about the Flu
2.Upcoming
Events!
a.This Thursday, November 3rd, for
Practitioners: What Every Doctor Should Know About Drug-Induced Nutrient
Deficiencies. Contact Applied Nutritional Services: (518) 226-0197 or
email ansny@nycap.rr.com
b.Upcoming Essential Oils Workshops with Terry
Quigley and Lori Mershon at the Healing Garden. Contact Terry at 518-831-9469
Core Balance for Women’s Health
November 1, 2011 Healthy Body, Healthy
Sex Life
Join Marcelle as she welcomes Dr. Anna Cabeca for a powerful discussion of
women’s health issues. They share tips for sensual living as well as discuss
different causes of sexual dysfunction. Tune in to learn about restoring health
and balancing hormones for a healthier self and sex life.
4.Book of the week:A
Survivor’s Guide to Kicking Cancer’s Ass with Dena Mendes
5.Don’t miss
out:
a.My latest Blog on Toxicity and EMFs
b.What was your favorite story from my Blog on the Top
Health Stories of October 2011? Post on my webpage!
c.Check out my latest answer and more on Dr. Oz’s Sharecare:
Toxicity and Excretion
d.View the Updated Link Resources on my homepage
Naturopathic Highlight Fun Facts!
Omega Fish
Oil & Prostate Cancer
This study on the positive effects of fish oil and prostate cancer
made me smile. Especially due to all the negative press lately about vitamins:
Last week, the United States
Preventive Services Task Force concluded that healthy men should no longer take
a PSA blood test to screen for prostate cancer. The panel found that the test
does not save lives over all and often leads to biopsies and treatments that
needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many.
Its recommendation is based on the
results of five well-controlled clinical trials and applies to the 44 million
American men aged 50 and older … many of whom have already had a PSA test
during routine physical exams. Today’s news takes on extra significance in
light of this new official advice.
Researchers at UCLA’s Cancer Center
recruited 48 men undergoing radical prostatectomy … an operation to remove the
prostate gland and some of the tissue around it (Aronson WJ et al. 2011).
Findings favor
low-fat/fish oil diet low in omega-6 fats
The low-fat fish oil group
showed critical advantages over the Western-diet group:
·Lower
omega-6:omega-3 ratios
·Less
prostate tissue (benign and malignant)
·Reduced
cancer cell proliferation (Ki-67 index)
·Reduced
cancer cell proliferation in patients’ prostate cancer cells tested in the lab.
Source: Wetherby, C. Omega Based Diet Slows Prostate Cancer.
October 27, 2011. Vitalchoice Newsletter. http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article002252879.cfm?x=bkbqvdv,b1h0JlRD
B Vitamins Improve Cognition
Brain atrophy can be an early warning
sign of dementia and the rate of atrophy can be determined by measuring the
concentration of the amino acid homocysteine. “People with homcysteine
levels above 14 micromoles per litre of serum had twice the risk of dementia”.
“The Vitacog study involved 266 people
over the age of 70 with diagnosed mild cognitive impairment”. Half of the
participant received the B-vitamin mixture supplement containing folic acid,
vitamin B6 and B12, and the other half received a placebo, both groups received
the treatment for a span of two years. The results were just amazing! The group
receiving the B-vitamin supplement showed homocysteine levels decreasing by an
average of 30% when compared to the placebo group. Executive mental
function was stabilized, along with significant improvements in episodic memory
(memories of times, places and associated emotions) and semantic memory (memory
of meanings, understanding and concept-based knowledge). The difference between
the rate of decline between the placebo group and the B-vitamin were
significant. This study shows how important it is to measure and manage your
vitamin levels, especially vitamin B!
Source: Amen, D. Can Certain Vitamins Slow Cognitive Decline. Amen
Newsletter. November 1, 2011. http://70.32.73.82/blog/5380/can-certain-vitamins-slow-cognitive-decline/
What to
Know about the Flu
During the month of November, the National Vaccine Information
Center (NVIC) will have a 3-minute video on flu prevention included as part of
in-flight programming called “Lifestyle365” aboard Delta Air Lines.
The video features NVIC co-founder and president Barbara Loe Fisher urging
viewers to become informed about influenza and how to stay well during the flu
season.
To view the video, which will be seen by travelers on Delta, please go to You
Tube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B96DnVs83mg.Radio
for your Body-Mind-Soul
A
Survivor’s Guide to Kicking Cancer’s Ass
Book of
the week:
A
Survivor’s Guide to Kicking Cancer’s Ass with Dena Mendes
Read a review of Dena’s book here.
Radio for the
Body-Mind-Soul
Diane
Ray
October 31, 2011 A
Survivor’s Guide to Kicking Cancer’s Ass with Dena Mendes
Dena Mendes has been in the trenches of the health care system and
has emerged on the other side wiser and healthier. Listen in as Dena talks with
Diane Ray about her experience fighting cancer and tells you what she learned
along the way. Dena’s new book A Survivor’s Guide to Kicking Cancer’s Ass details her struggles and reveals her alternative therapies to win the fight
with cancer.
Core Balance for Women’s Health
Marcelle
Pick
November 1, 2011 Healthy Body, Healthy
Sex Life
Join Marcelle as she welcomes Dr. Anna Cabeca for a powerful discussion of
women’s health issues. They share tips for sensual living as well as discuss
different causes of sexual dysfunction. Tune in to learn about restoring health
and balancing hormones for a healthier self and sex life.
