Friday, July 18, 2008 

Obesity may offer some protection after stenting (Reuters)

Reuters - Paradoxically, obesity may offer some protection against heart-related "events," like heart attack, in people who have a stent placed to prop open a clogged coronary artery, research shows.

Your parents always told you to brush your teeth everyday, wash your hands before dinner and after using the bathroom, take a bath or shower, basically they where telling you to keep your outside clean. What they forgot to teach you is that keeping clean inside is just as important. In fact a growing number of health practitioners are encouraging their clients to look at herbal supplements, diets high in fiber rich foods, and colon cleansing for a healthy body.

Cleansing is a simple concept. For nutrients we consume to be absorbed and used properly the colon needs to be thoroughly cleansed and toxins regularly removed. A colon cleanse can help to remove the toxic material and allow the intestines and colon to perform at its peak.

Anything stopping the body from absorbing the nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, amino acids, ect) will impact your bodies systems and can lead to:

Occasional Constipation
Bloating and Gas
PMS
Fatigue and Moodiness
Weight Gain
And more

Bowl movements are not part of the conversations around the water cooler or even among family members. So those who experience less frequent eliminations many times are too afraid to talk about the problem with their health care provider. In fact up to $725 million is spent on OTC laxatives yearly to correct the troubles.

Most of us eat three meals a day. Then you eat it causes the large intestine to begin contractions to move your previous meals through the colon for elimination. Your food should only be in your system 12 - 24 hrs. So after breakfast your body should naturally begin to move yesterdays breakfast out of your body. Being 'Regular' is having bowel movements each day, not just the once a day or even every other day like many people suffer with.

One key to good colon health is a diet consisting of raw whole foods. Food like fruits and vegetables, nut and whole xylitol dosages reviews side effects are naturally high in fiber and enzymes to help the digestion process. The fiber adds bulk to our diet which helps food and waste move through our digestive system. The average person only consumes 13 or fewer grams of fiber daily while the Recommended Daily Intake is up to 38 grams per day. It is easy to see why we spend so much money on OTC products to help us out.

A second key to good colon health is good clean water. Water is absorbed by the fiber and keeps our bowels hydrated. This is important because dehydration can lead to occasional constipation or to even more serious problems. Adequate water intake helps to keep the flow of materials through the colon, helps to dilute and remove toxins, and helps you to feel fuller.

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Kidney stones a risk after stomach bypass surgery (Reuters)

Reuters - Morbidly obese adults who undergo a particular type of stomach bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) appear to be at increased risk of developing kidney stones earlier than previously thought. The increase in stone risk was evident just three months after the surgery.

With the release of the new dietary guidelines, in the form of the new food pyramid, I still find that many people don't actually understand what nutrition actually means. Because of this, dietary choices can seem overwhelming. Even greater confusion can be generated by prime time news specials which only strive to educate through clever sound-bites and diet fads which lead some to believe that all of their answers are found in one single "magic food." So what is nutrition and how can you understand it in a way that helps you apply it to your life and to the benefit of those you know and love? Here's an analogy I have found helpful in teaching those who attend my free Sunday Night Wellness Call.

Your body functions in a manner similar to a car assembly plant. At that plant, a steady stream of new parts, the correct parts and parts in the right ratios to each other are absolutely necessary in order to keep that plant open for business and running smoothly.

What would happen if someone in purchasing forgot to provide that plant with steering wheels? The cars would be almost functional. But because of a single part deficiency, that car would not be able to carry out its intended function.

If this only happened to a few cars, it probably wouldn't be a big deal. You wouldn't see any symptoms of a parts deficiency. But what if that plant had no steering wheels for an entire month? How about year? First the plant would probably close, the community would fail. Good people would move away and the "bad elements" would most likely take over the town. The lack of balanced parts would eventually lead to dire conditions.

What happens when the cells of your body are missing parts?

You eat to provide your cells with nourishment. It's not just about calories. That nourishment is the collection of parts every cell in your body needs to function properly. You provide your cells with parts and those parts are assembled according to instructions in your DNA to create a variety of finished products. That could include new cells, of which there are many kinds, anti bodies to fight disease, neurotransmitters to carry signals between nerves, and hormones to regulate your body.

So again, there are beneficial raw materials in foods, which our bodies use, and need, to carry out vital cellular functions.

These functions keep us alive.

These functions combat disease.

These functions allow us to heal.

These functions allow our cells to build new cells and all of the other finished materials that are necessary for normal life and optimal health.

And these raw materials are called nutrients.

We eat to give our body access to nutrients.

Sadly, our food does not contain the nutrients it once had in abundance, so it is necessary to supplement a good diet with quality nutritional wholesale taurine online to ensure that our cells do not suffer from a parts deficiency. We should still strive to have a good diet, from as many whole foods as possible, with supplementation being a means to supplement, not substitute, the benefits of a good diet.

Dave Saunders is a certified nutritional educator, wellness coach, member of the American International Association of Nutritional Education (AIANE) and author. He is also the host of a weekly, nation-wide telephone lecture on health and nutrition.

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