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Vitamin D is Strongly Associated with Reduction in Heart Disease Risk

March 26, 2010 Vitamin D is Strongly Associated with Reduction in Heart Disease Risk   March 26, 2009 Reference:  American Heart Association Meetings  March 15, 2010 The Newsletter is back.  I have had some issues at work as to whether I owned my own intellectual property.  I do.  And I may continue to email my friends.  Here… Continue reading Vitamin D is Strongly Associated with Reduction in Heart Disease Risk

PON, PON POLL-AWAY – Cleaning out your arteries naturally

March 11, 2010 PON, PON POLL-AWAY – Cleaning out your arteries naturally  Competency:  DASH Diet Reference:  Life Extension Review Article: March 2010 Paroxonase and Aging  Remember the game you used to play in third grade?   A child would yell, “Pom, pom, poll-away” and all the other kids would have to run from one safe zone to… Continue reading PON, PON POLL-AWAY – Cleaning out your arteries naturally

ABCDEs of Trauma Care for the Soul

December 28, 2009 Learn the ABCDEs of Trauma Care for the Soul   Competency # 22  Social Wellness and Friendship   Reference:  Sonya Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness;  James Pennebaker, Psychological Science: 8: 162-66 Have you had a stressful year?  Are you looking forward to the year ahead with a bit of dread?  Do you wish you could just get… Continue reading ABCDEs of Trauma Care for the Soul

Vitamin B12 and Your Brain

December 19, 2009 Topic: Vitamin B12 and Your Brain   Competency:  #15 Vital Vitamins Reference: Neurology Sept 2008, Sept 9, (11) p 826.   If you take 107 healthy adults with no dementia, ages 61 to 87 and measure their ability to think, reason, remember (AKA: cognitive ability) and compare that to their B12, folate and homocysteine levels over… Continue reading Vitamin B12 and Your Brain

“Drop Kick My Genes Through the Goal Posts of Life” – Telomeres

December 09, 2009 Running with Telomeres: or “Drop Kick My Genes Through the Goal Posts of Life”   Reference: Circulation De 2009 Werner P 2438 Competency: Exercise   Telomeres are the ends of your DNA. We have always thought that they were made up by a bunch of nonsense DNA, as far as we know, on the end of… Continue reading “Drop Kick My Genes Through the Goal Posts of Life” – Telomeres

Pterostilbenes Suppress Tumor Growth

November 22, 2009 Pterostilbenes Suppress Tumor Growth   Competency:  Superfoods Reference:  Carcinogenesis, Min-Hsiung Pan et al, 2009 30(7) 1234-1242   Resveratrol is now all the rage.  It keeps your telomeres healthy and long and reverses or slows many of the effects of aging.  The topic of telomeres has everyone buzzing, most notably the Nobel Prize Committee.  So it shouldn’t… Continue reading Pterostilbenes Suppress Tumor Growth

Vitamin D Dramatically Improves Response to Hepatitis C Infection

November 09, 2009 Vitamin D Dramatically Improves Response to Hepatitis C Infection    Reference: Abstract from the Annual Liver Society Meetings, Abu Mouch from Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hidera, Israel.  Treating Hepatitis C is a problem. It is a chronic disease that eats away at your liver. The medications are slightly effective, but not always. A 48%… Continue reading Vitamin D Dramatically Improves Response to Hepatitis C Infection

Vitamin D Helps Middle Aged Men with Insulin Resistance

November 05, 2009 Vitamin D Helps Middle-Aged Men with Insulin Resistance   Reference:  Nagpal et al, Diabetic Medicine, 26, 19-27, (2009)   A randomized, Placebo-controlled trial is the gold standard of good research.  Dr. Nagpal found 100 slightly pudgy middle-aged men who agreed to participate in this randomized placebo-controlled trial research project.  After randomizing the groups, the… Continue reading Vitamin D Helps Middle Aged Men with Insulin Resistance

Toxic Chemicals in Health Care Workers

November 05, 2009 Toxic Chemicals in Health Care Workers   Reference: Physicians for Social Responsibility Report  Oct 2009   Twenty volunteer physicians (12) and nurses(8) for 10 different states (Alaska, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and Washington) agreed to have themselves tested for their personal exposure to persistent toxins in their environment.  They were tested… Continue reading Toxic Chemicals in Health Care Workers