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This is going to be a short post, but a important one. I have already documented that sugar and carbs ( breads, grains etc) cause inflammation. Inflammation is nothing but swelling and redness that goes along with it. Along with the swelling goes pain especially if you are older, like me. I might also point out the carbs , there are a few in vegitables, are few and generally not a concern. People I trust say 25 carbs a day will not cause trouble.
So the new news. Carbs along with gut bacteria cause tumours. This is a recipe for disaster. I suggest you change your gut bacteria to 85% probiotic and cut the carbs. Carbs have already be indited in heart disease. And the nation wonders why there is so much heart disease and cancer. Read it yourself. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbs-and-gut-microbes-fuel-colon-cancer See blog below. BB So lets get practical. How to control inflammation and also have some control over ageing, pain and the disease processes. Don't forget depression goes away and mood improves!
1) Optimize your vitamin D. Take it everyday. Taking it on a weekly or monthly basis has significant down sides. Our ancestors where in the sun everyday...so mimicking that is a good thing with the daily dosage. 2)Fermented foods. Make your own sauerkraut. Eat it daily. Two to four ounces a day. Start slowly with a teaspoon of fermented food and work up to the two to four ounces a day. Doing other wise may cause a sudden die off of the "regular unhealthy" gut bacteria in your gut. Not a pleasant experience. Look up healing crisis on Mercola.com for more information. 3)Take krill oil. It is uncontaminated like fish oil and achieves the same goals with one pill. 4)Curcumin is the active component of turmeric as a anti inflammatory. It works like motrin and other non steroidals without the possible fatal effects of long term non steroidal use. Some forms are more bio available than others. Read the labels. I have not been able to find anything that suggest there is a chance of over dosage with this product. It is not sold by the Drug companies. 8/8/14...Thinking about this blog, I thought I might add a comment to clarify why Curcumin is superior to NSAID's for long term use. First NSAID's are probably safe for short term use. The problem is that although Cox 2 is inhibited by NSAID's, which cause inflammation, Cox 1 is inhibited too. Cox 1 is protective of blood vessel walls and prevents damage. With this inhibition of Cox 1 long term usage takes on the risk of heart attack, clots and stroke. Curcumin does not inhibit Cox 1. Enough said. So do your own reading. You will not see a nation wide campaign to sell this product on National TV by the Drug companies. They don't sell it and they will not send studies supporting it's use to Doctors or health providers because.............there is no money in it. You are on your own to research and find a solution to pain that does not involve a drug company or orthopedic procedure. 5) Boswellia Seratta. Same deal as above but the recommended dosage is 1500 mg a day in divided doses. Never heard of it? The other name is Frankincense. Again not sold by drug companies. 6) Carbohydrates and sugar cause inflammation and heart disease. Avoid them and you will lose weight and reduce inflammation. Personally, I avoid all carbs and sugar until my evening meal then I limit the amount of them. Yes I am losing weight.....You just don't get as hungry doing this. IF I get hungry during the day and I have a handful of nuts. 7)Change your cooking standards. Use coconut oil for cooking ( a good oil). Just remember it is a low temperature oil like olive oil and does not become rancid with heat. Add spices to your meals like Turmeric and ginger. Both are anti inflammatory ( turmeric has curcumin up to 4%). These changes will gradually change how you feel and you will feel better in a week or so and even a lot better as time goes on. The reversal of all that inflammation in your body will not occur instantaneously. Vitamin D, with a daily dosage of the same amount every day, has the blood level peak in three months! I keep adding to this post. It is important to read my about page. If you have not read it, you are missing my rational for the way I think and the logic I use. BB I have just returned from a memory making trip. During that trip I met some very interesting people. It was truly a memorable trip for many reasons.
As always when dining with people different topics come up. One of which was this blog. I will get to the point and support some of those topics with the following articles. http://www.prevention.com/health/health-concerns/link-between-inflammation-pain-and-depression http://discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/9-depressions-dance-with-inflammation It maybe necessary to copy and paste these addresses. It is also a good time to repeat that the vitamin D council and Grass Roots Health are also wonderful resources. http://www.grassrootshealth.net/ http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ By all means check out everything I say and come to your own conclusions. I suspect that it will be a unanimous decision in favour of changing your life in a very positive way. I hope I have succeeded in communicating the information necessary to accomplish this goal. I suspect your Doctor will have some interesting comments if you bring up this blog and studies. Perhaps you can educate also. In any case I would appreciate your comments. BB Does the above happen. Yes it certainly does. There is this whole theory on depression and serotonin. Boost serotonin and you fix depression. Some believe it others say it is a lot more complex than that. Supposedly the aniti depressant boost serotonin in the brain. Ok. But did you know that there are a bunch of serotonin receptors in the gut. In fact as much or more in the gut.
All well and good, but did you know that eating fermented food improves your mood. Decrease anxiety and actually is a anti depressant. It is true. Apparently the probiotic bacteria communicate with the brain by way of the vagus nerve. We know this because when the vagus nerve is severed the anti depressant effect stops. So lets talk about fermented foods ( home made ones actually work well and commercial ones not so much. They are a anti depressant and anti anxiety food. They reduce inflammation and that reduces pain. They reduce cravings and that means sweets. (You do know that surgar and carbs cause inflammation and heart disease). And frequently there is a weight loss because of this factor. Constipation goes away. Now that the study is out that inflammation is a major cause of AGEING, what do you have to lose by reincorporating this into your diet. Absolutely nothing. BB Actually I don't, but a lot of people do. It is a difficult concept for me to understand. I see people who eat well and have difficulty swallowing a little pill. These are people I care about and they just do not do well with pills of any form. Unfortunately, this means blood pressure pills maybe "forgotten" and that leads to poor health results. I must also say that as we age our ability to absorb nutrients from food( assuming the food has good nutrients which many manufactured foods do not) is also impaired. All this is anti survival.
Now I have some good news for people. You do not have to be in the sun or take a pill to get your vitamin D level up. In a study recently published by the vitamin D council, rubbing vitamin D into the skin was very effective. Most vitamin D capsules come in a jell like transparent capsule form. Just break the capsule and apply directly to the skin. Rub it in. No pills. Just like in nature vitamin d should be administered daily. So do it daily, but no pill taking is necessary as explained above..... BB A good article and one that informs us of why views on health change so much........
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/03/27/open-access-journals.aspx?e_cid=20140327Z1_buy_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20140327Z1_buy&et_cid=DM42874&et_rid=467093832 World Tuberculosis Day Yesterday, March 24th, was World Tuberculosis Day. World Tuberculosis Day is a day to raise awareness about the infection and solutions to support worldwide control efforts of tuberculosis. For World Tuberculosis Day this year, we put together an infographic on vitamin D and tuberculosis. To check out the infographic and read up on World Tuberculosis Day click here. New summary Vitamin D and influenza We have recently reviewed all the research on influenza and vitamin D to date and updated our health summary. Find out if and how vitamin D plays a role in the prevention and treatment of influenza. Read more→ New study: Vitamin D may help reduce arterial stiffness following high-fat intake March 22, 2014 -- Jeff Nicklas New research suggests higher vitamin D levels might help reduce inflammation and arterial stiffness following high-fat intake. Continue reading → (membership required) Vitamin D levels: Associated with dry eyes? March 21, 2014 -- Brant Cebulla New research published in the journal Cornea has raised the possibility that vitamin D plays a role in dry eye syndrome. Continue reading → (membership required) Member spotlight: Sue Lipinski on work, autism and vitamin D March 20, 2014 -- Vitamin D Council This month we’re featuring Sue Lipinski. Sue is a registered dietitian who has a strong interest in the link between vitamin D and autism. Continue reading → (open access) New study finds vitamin D levels related to mean platelet volume March 18, 2014 -- Jeff Nicklas Researchers out of Turkey have found that low vitamin D levels are associated with higher mean platelet volume, especially among women. Continue reading → (membership required) Trial underway to determine vitamin D’s role in dental health in children March 20, 2014 Researchers out of New Zealand are currently conducting a study to determine the effects of vitamin D supplementation on reducing tooth decay in young children. Continue reading → New study finds vitamin D deficiency related to congestive heart failure in dogs March 19, 2014 A recent study in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine has found that low vitamin D levels may be a risk factor for congestive heart failure in dogs. Continue reading → Rate of rickets in the United Kingdom highest in 50 years March 18, 2014 New research published in The Lancet has found that the rate of hospital admissions due to rickets is the highest it has been since the 1960’s. Continue reading → Copyright © 2014 The Vitamin D Council, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: The Vitamin D Council1241 Johnson Ave. #134San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Sudden death in a young athlete is extremely disturbing. To lose life at such a young age gets headlines and makes us wonder about what we can do. Certainly a EKG seems like the reasonable thing to do. But what does a EKG tell?
First I am going to say I am not a expert, but I will say I have watched EKG for decades during anesthetics. I would not do a anesthetic without one running and it was illegal to not have one running. Some had EKGs before the operation. Some looked abnormal, some looked normal and we where glad to have them. A expert looked at them and made comments. The comments where made on the machines interpretation of what was going on. Yes a machine can read a EKG, but has to have a human interpretation also. This or that interpretation of what was of significance by the Doctor reading it. All tended to be non committal or suggesting further follow up with symptoms. Some suggest there was a risk. It did not say anything about what I was to do differently, except to perhaps maintain a close watch of BP ( I did that any how) and to provide sufficient oxygen! Well the machine delivered oxygen no matter what and we knew what the oxygen content of the blood was by watching oximetry. That is nice. If felt good! I hate to say this but there was a certain percentage of people who would all of a sudden just go into a strange rhythm that was alarming or their hearts would start to slow down...70 pulse, sixty, fifty, forty, thirty....yes even stop. All in less than a minute. Some of these where extremely healthy people with no history of anything. Young. I recall one who was a runner and all of sudden it was time to go into overdrive with the resuscitation. A full court press. Yes it turned out fine but we did work up a bit of a sweat in the process. I am not saying it was fun at all. A routine anesthetic is routine. Everyone says it is very safe. It is and it is especially if you watch closely for problems. That is what I got paid for. The problems such as above where rare. Very rare, but after forty years of giving anesthesia, I knew it could change quickly even on a "routine" anesthetic. Reminds me of a story. When in anesthesia training my peers and I where shown a EKG. We looked at it. Professor said...." not exactly normal but nothing to get alarmed about"! He said, " this EKG is of a dead guy. He had been pronounced dead ten minutes before this record was made". How can that be? Well he had electrical activity in his heart, it just was not making the heart contract. The heart was not beating! So I have this article I am going to show you a link to. It is on sudden death in the young. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sudden-death?utm_source=Society+for+Science+Newsletters&utm_campaign=f6bbb4aa10-Editors_picks_week_of_March_17_20143_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a4c415a67f-f6bbb4aa10-90420405 Why am I writing this. What is the one element that we all need, is one of the major components of the body and just about everyone is deficient in? I said element. Magnesium. Just about everyone is deficient. What does it do. Well it does a lot of things, but very importantly it calms the heart. It makes a normal pulse more likely to be normal and it tends to normalize BP. ( As a aside...are you having trouble controlling your BP. Think Magnesium and not magnesium oxide. I have covered all this before here). Muscle cramps. Think magnesium. Who can not tolerate it. People with poor kidney function and those who have atrial fib should not take it without a Doc's supervision. Why don't we test for magnesium. We do. The test is almost worthless. A low level means it is low. A normal level means it maybe low, normal or even high. It is a bad test. You can check this out on line. Anyone who takes vitamin D decreases their blood level of magnesium. Anyone on a normal American diet does not get enough magnesium. So......bottom line... gets some. Take it. It is good for what ails you... BB You do get a vitamin D test every year don't you? When all your compartments become full of vitamin D the blood level can go quite high.... to a level more than recommended. This process can take a year or more. I recommend that your level stay below 100 ng/ml.
Reminder: Vitamin D Workshop and ICE/ENDO meeting in Chicago, Illinois The Vitamin D Workshop is set to take place in Chicago on June 17th-20th. The annual Endocrine Society meeting will follow immediately after in Chicago on June 21st-24th. The 17th annual Vitamin D Workshop will cover the latest in basic, clinical and translational research in vitamin D. The ICE/ENDO will have several lectures and workshops on vitamin D. For more information about the Vitamin D Workshop and to register, click here! You can find more information about the ICE/ENDO meeting and how to register, here. Correcting vitamin D levels decreases musculoskeletal pain, says new study March 17, 2014 -- Brant Cebulla A new study published in the European Journal of General Practice suggests that correcting vitamin D levels may help reduce diffuse musculoskeletal pain. Continue reading → (membership required) New RCT: Vitamin D and calcium supplementation may lead to better cholesterol levels March 12, 2014 -- Jeff Nicklas A new trial from the Women’s Health Initiative has found that vitamin D and calcium supplementation helps improve cholesterol levels in older women. Continue reading → (membership required) Low vitamin D levels associated with statin induced muscle pain March 11, 2014 -- Brant Cebulla Research published in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased risk of developing statin induced myalgia. Continue reading → (membership required) Vitamin D levels of prison inmates: A problem? March 14, 2014 A recent study published in PLOS ONE has found that low vitamin D levels are common among prison inmates. Continue reading → Low vitamin D levels linked to poor grip strength in centenarians March 13, 2014 According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, low vitamin D levels are associated with poor grip strength in centenarians. Continue reading → New study looks at vitamin D levels of NCAA athletes March 12, 2014 New research has found that about a third of NCAA athletes in southern California have vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency. Continue reading → Brazilian organization sets new guidelines for use of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis March 11, 2014 The Brazilian Academy of Neurology have released new guidelines and recommendations for neurologists caring for multiple sclerosis patients. Continue reading → Copyright © 2014 The Vitamin D Council, All rights reserved. |
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