March 30, 2009 Vitamin D Levels Linked to Muscle Power in Girls. Competency # 17 Vitamin D Reference: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94: 559-563, 2009 Goodness gracious! Now, this sounds like steroids in athletes. Well, actually, it is. Here is a fascinating story that helps you to understand how vitamin… Continue reading Vitamin D Levels Linked to Muscle Power in Girls.
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Iodine 3: So, What’s the Bottom Line. Is it good or bad for me?
March 04, 2009 Iodine 3: So, What’s the Bottom Line. Is it good or bad for me? Competency # 16 Minerals Reference: Altern Med Rev 2008; 12 (2): 116-127 Cutting edges usually have two sides, both of them sharp. Our standard teaching in American medicine today is that 1 mg of Iodine… Continue reading Iodine 3: So, What’s the Bottom Line. Is it good or bad for me?
Relationship Between Thyroid Disease and Breast Cancer
February 24, 2009 Relationship Between Thyroid Disease and Breast Cancer Competency # 16 Minerals Reference: Giani Jr. Clin Endo Metab 81, 990 1996 Why on earth is there a relationship between thyroid disease and breast cancer? What’s that about? This is a controversial topic, but hints at an… Continue reading Relationship Between Thyroid Disease and Breast Cancer
How to Cure Fibrocystic Breast Disease – Iodine
February 16, 2009 Iodine #1: The Next Big Thing? AKA: How to Cure Fibrocystic Breast Disease Competency # 16 Minerals Reference: J of Amer Physicians and Surgeons, Vol 11. #4. 2006 . D. W. Miller Iodine. Remember your mother putting it on your cuts when you were a kid? It’s in your… Continue reading How to Cure Fibrocystic Breast Disease – Iodine
Sleep and the Common Cold
January 27, 2009 Sleep and the Common Cold Competency # 7 Sleep Reference: Archives Internal Medicine Jan 2009 p 62-67 Can you imagine being willing to have your risk for a cold being tested in relationship to how much sleep you get? That’s… Continue reading Sleep and the Common Cold
Sleep # 2 Getting Enough Sleep Keeps you From Getting Coronary Artery Calcium
January 16, 2009 Sleep # 2 Getting Enough Sleep Keeps you From Getting Coronary Artery Calcium Competency # 7 Sleep Reference: King JAMA 2008;300(24):2859-2866 Getting a good night’s sleep is critical to keeping you from getting stressed out with your blood sugar. We learned that last week. Within just a… Continue reading Sleep # 2 Getting Enough Sleep Keeps you From Getting Coronary Artery Calcium
Getting Enough Sleep Keeps You from being Too Sweet
January 09, 2009 Getting Enough Sleep Keeps You from being Too Sweet Competency # 7 Sleep Reference: Science News 2009 Jan 3;Vol 175 # 1 by Laura Sanders and Nature Genetics 2008 Dec; 41, 77-81 I. Prokopenko et al Get just 5 hours of sleep for three… Continue reading Getting Enough Sleep Keeps You from being Too Sweet
Chicken Legs and High Blood Pressure
December 27, 2008 Chicken Legs and High Blood Pressure Competency # 14 SUPERFOOD Reference: Saiga et al, Journal of Agric Food Chem 2008: 56, 9586-9591 Competency #2: Dash Diet Once in a while this column just has to give you something right down close to… Continue reading Chicken Legs and High Blood Pressure
Unwrapping Presence
December 22, 2008 Unwrapping Presence Competency # 22 Social Wellness and Friendships Reference: The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky It’s the Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Eid season and I can’t wait to get together with my family. I look at Sonya Lyubomirsky’s book, The How of Happiness and I think of this time… Continue reading Unwrapping Presence
Supercharging your Mitochondria
December 18, 2008 Mitochondria III: Supercharging your Mitochondria Competency # 4 ACTIVITY Reference: Nutrition Action Health Letter, December 2008 Mitochondria are basically where aging happens. We learned that exercise is a magic potion for making mitochondria multiply. But there is another story to tell. This story… Continue reading Supercharging your Mitochondria