Archive for June, 2010

Al-Anon – addictions
Vitamin D
Werneke’s encephalopathy
Allergy to alcohol
Vitamin D
Life expectancy studies on vitamins
Dr. Dean Ornish
Tinnitus
Hirschbrung’s disease
Blood test for cancer
Recommended blood tests
Burning smell & brain tumor
Grain
Toxemia & chelation therapy
Forms of supplements & absorption

Blood pressure medicines
Tinnitus
Neck problems
Effects of statin drugs
General anxiety
Alternative to xanax
Food allergies
Arthritis
Addictions
Curve in back
Xanax and anxiety
Phobias
Silica

Epigenetics
Dizziness
Diabetes/foot swelling
Caloric restriction
Allergies
Candida
Mercury exposure
Osteoporosis
Hospitals
Eczema
Thyroid
CRP

In this show:

1. Relationships
2. Masculine and Feminine Energies
   
3. Hormone balance/imbalance
4. High blood pressure
5. Geriatric concerns
   
6. In-law relations
7. Numbness
8. Acne

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For children whose vaccinations for DPT were all delayed, the risk of developing asthma decreased by 60%.

Comment by Dr. Bill Pawluk
The fact that these immunizations are given at 2, 4, and 6 months of age indicates that if they were delayed by 2 or more months the decrease in the risk of the child developing asthma would decrease significantly. The risk of developing one of these diseases is minimal in the U.S. and the delay would not affect the child’s ability to attend school.

(J Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2008 Mar)

Follow this simple trick and give your sinuses and lungs a break from one of nature’s most allergenic animals. They found that a monthly 10 minute soak in warm distilled water was all it took to decrease the allergy potential of the cat.

To bathe your cat using the proven technique, fill a large pan or sink with 2 inches of warm distilled water. Place a heavy towel on the bottom of the sink or pan to give your cat something to ground herself to so that she does not slip. Put the cat in the tub and while talking to her push down on the center of the back.Soap is not necessary. Rinse well and dry…simple as that.

Comment by Dr. Ray Hinish
Okay, truth be told, I am a dog person but with that said I have many cat-lover friends so I wrote this brief review for them. Cats are considered one of the most allergenic pets and unfortunately sometimes you simple must give the cat away to be able to enjoy a life free of cat allergies. Hopefully, for those people who would rather die of their cat allergies than give their little aloof buddies away, you will gain some benefit from this simple ritual. Other things may help such as:

• Cutting the hair of long haired cats
• Vacuuming often
• Using an air purifier
• Always washing your hands after petting your cat

Raised RBP4 levels were found in people with a condition called insulin resistance, which develops when the body’s tissues lose the ability to respond to the hormone insulin. Because insulin is necessary to enable the body to take up sugar from blood and convert it into energy, this impairment results in a build-up of glucose in the bloodstream. The measurement was tested on both healthy and diabetic populations and seems very reliable. It may become really useful as it will enable people to show their risk of diabetes before the symptoms set in, so they can take preventative measures early, possibly altering their life style to less sedentary and more healthy-diet oriented.

Of course, if RBP4 protein is elevated, there are drugs in place to lower it….but let’s not get there! (Summary by Kasia Kines, MS, CN, CNS, LDN)

Dr. Ray Hinish’s Comments:

This is nice but we already have a number of good markers for insulin resistance and diabetes. Some of these tests include fasting insulin levels, triglycerides, HDL, body fat percentage & blood pressure. Just for the record, I would like to point out that the “person at risk of diabetes” is everyone! We all hold the potential to become diabetic provided that lifestyle conditions are right for the proliferation of this health-state. For simplicity purposes lets just assume that if you eat a lot of refined carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, cake, candy, etc you are a good candidate for insulin resistance and ultimately diabetes. If you do not exercise on a regular basis, you are a candidate. If you are overweight, even a little, you are a candidate. Life is not so complex as to require complicated and expensive tests to determine your health, look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself “Am I healthy?” If the answer is “no” then do something about it. If it is “yes” then reward yourself with a pat on the back and a nice relaxing jog. It the answer is honestly, “I don’t know…” Then look to these tests for clarification.

The double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study found that subjects who took 730 mg of quercetin daily enjoyed blood pressures that were 7 mm/Hg lower for systolic (upper number) and 5 mm/Hg lower for diastolic (lower number) after just 28 days.

Dr. Ray Hinish’s Notes:

Quercetin is a bioflavonoid that is most commonly used in the management of allergies, although it is well known for many other benefits to the body. This appears to be the first study to demonstrate benefit to blood pressure. It is very interesting that blood pressure came down despite the normal blood pressure of the participants of the study. The dose of quercetin used in the study was quite conservative, the dose used in management of allergies is typically 1500 – 2500 mg daily.

(J Nutr. 2007 Nov;137(11):2495-11)

Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, June 22, 2006

The researchers tracked over 3000 non-diabetic study participants through the 70s, 80, and 90s and followed for an additional 8 years for new cases of diabetes. Between the 70s and 80s, the chances of getting diabetes increased by 40% while between 70s and 90s, they doubled. Between the 70s and 90s, women’s incidence of developing diabetes increased 84%, while men’s new cases more than doubled.

The researchers did not assess the effect of exercise or diet in the study, but they did measure BMI (body mass index), which has been increasing steadily in time, with most incidences of diabetes among those with the highest BMI. (Summary by Kasia Kines, MS, CN, CNS, LDN)

Dr. Ray Hinish’s Comments:

So diabetes is increasing in our society, this is certainly not news to us and I assure you that most health care providers do not need a study to alert them to this fact. We could have saved a lot of money and just looked at the sale of diabetes medications. While we are at it we could get an even better idea by looking at the sale of medications for heart disease, hypertension, nerve damage (neuropathy) & antibiotic use. All of these medications will increase with the incidence of diabetes. So now what? Now we need to prescribe a dose of honesty to ourselves and realize that we have more medications to treat diabetes than we ever have and the incidence continues to rise. Medical experts will say, “yeah, but people are getting older…” as if diabetes is perfectly in line with the normal course of aging. We must realize that diabetes is very preventable, it is not a part of normal aging, and we must change our methods of treating it. More importantly we must do more to prevent it in the first place. We can start by removing the blinders! Check our articles section for articles on how to beat diabetes.