13 Simple Tips for Cancer Prevention

23 September
Sunday, 23 September 2012 21:34 Written by admin 0 Comments

13 Simple Tips for Cancer Prevention. This is not all inclusive but some of the things I know will go a long way in helping one prevent cancer. I’m just putting this out there for general information and there are many other options. Keep learning. Follow these at your own risk (medical disclaimer).

 

1. Vitamin D – maintain a level of 50-70ng/ml, which typically requires a dose of 5,000-8,000iu/day of Vitamin D3, but it is necessary to check levels.

 

2. Cruciferous Veggies – broccoli, kale, collards, cabbage, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts – as much as you can stand. This is strongly anticancer.

 

3. Curcumin – Life Extension brand 1 capsule 2X/day – http://www.lef.org

 

4. Iodine – Iodoral 12.5mg/day for 2-3 months and then 2-3X/week. More info at www.breastcancerchoices.org

 

5. Exercise – walk at least 30 minutes, 6 days/week. More exercise if possible, including weight lifting. This simple action cuts cancer recurrence in half.

 

6. Say GOODBYE to sugar. Eliminate sugar as much as possible. Restrict intake and be conscious of hidden sugar. Don’t beat yourself up if you have some, but limit as much as possible.

 

7. Medicinal mushrooms -  Coriolus Versicolor and Agaricus Blazei – 2 capsules each 2X/day on an empty stomach – Mushroom Science has the best product.

 

8. Garlic/Onions – as much as you can stand – raw the best – hide the cloves of garlic in salad/vegetables

 

9. Fiber – the more the better – Metamucil daily if not enough via diet

 

10. Green Tea – consume as much as you can and frequently

 

11. Fish oil – Cinnamon tingle Cod Liver oil 5-10 cc’s/day -www.greenpasture.org

 

12. Probiotics or fermented food – make your own sauerkraut, Kim chi or kombucha. www.perfectpickler.com

 

13. Quality Multi/B Vitamin Complex – Best B complex out there for estrogen metabolism - http://www.seekinghealth.com/homocysteine-formula-homocystex-plus.html

 

All of the above will improve your terrain and diminish tumor development or growth. Provide excellent information for your genes to follow and they will protect you.

Tweaked Bulletproof Coffee

25 May
Friday, 25 May 2012 16:15 Written by admin 0 Comments

Frequently, I am asked what I eat in a typical day. One topic that generates a great deal of interest is my daily consumption of Tweaked Bulletproof Coffee, the concept of which I learned from Dave Asprey on his site, http://www.bulletproofexec.com/coffee/. I call my version the Tweaked version because I have taken Dave’s original recipe and added a few tweaks to further increase the nutritive value and benefit of this outstanding beverage.

Research has validated the numerous health benefits of coffee consumption. The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a 13 year observational study with over 400,000 people correlating the health benefits of coffee consumption and its role in longevity and disease prevention. Basically, those who consume coffee on a regular basis are less likely to die from several common health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and infection.

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Keeping Away The Winter Blues

23 December
Friday, 23 December 2011 22:25 Written by admin 0 Comments

Poof, the holiday season is upon us! This is supposed to be the time of year to be merry and full of good cheer, but many of us tend to feel downright dull and depressed instead.

Twenty-five percent of the population suffers from a significant drop in mood and energy during the winter, often known as the “winter blues.” Of those suffering with the winter blues, more than 20 percent develop seasonal depression, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

Common symptoms of SAD include weight gain, lethargy, fatigue, irritability and decreased sociability.

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Stop Eating Your Inflammation

24 November
Thursday, 24 November 2011 22:00 Written by admin 0 Comments

One of the common statements I make to those trying to discover the key to health, wellness and disease prevention is: If you want to live a long, healthy life, you need to learn to master and control your insulin levels and your level of chronic, systemic inflammation.

People are often surprised when they hear me mention inflammation as a factor in disease because they think of the common, everyday, acute inflammation that one typically treats with ice or with the use of anti-inflammatory drugs.

Basically, there are two types of inflammation. Though they’re related, their effects and importance for your health are drastically different.

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Health Update – Two Articles Worth Reviewing

06 November
Sunday, 06 November 2011 18:04 Written by admin 0 Comments

I came across two articles this AM that I thought would be worth your time to read.

The first article is a discussion of vitamin supplementation and the recent media attention to it. This article, by Dr Jeffrey Morrison, is a reiteration of some of the info I provided last week but I thought it was written well enough that it would be worth your time to read.

http://blog.grasslandbeef.com/intelligent-use-of-supplements/Default.aspx?utm_campaign=IntellegentUseofSupplements&utm_source=newsletter

The second article, by Dr. Joseph Mercola, is once again pronouncing the benefits of vitamin D, this time dealing with depression. The article provides a good description of the benefit of an optimized D level and much more.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/13/vitamin-d-for-depression.aspx?e_cid=20111106_SNL_Art_1

I hope you find some of this information useful and you benefit from it by applying it to your life in a positive way.

Are My Supplements Killing Me?

30 October
Sunday, 30 October 2011 17:08 Written by admin 0 Comments

The results of a recently published study in the Archives of Internal Medicine raised this very question from a number of my patients. The media blitz to warn us, the vulnerable consumer, of the dangers of multivitamin supplementation may have arrived just in time to save many of us from the multiple dangers of daring to consider taking a vitamin (Not!).

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/womenshealth/story/2011-10-10/Study-Vitamins-may-boost-death-risk-in-older-women/50722104/1?csp=obinsite

Due to our slowly deteriorating national attention span, many of us count on internet sound bites and 30-second news clips to help guide us toward optimal health and living. If a topic such as the above requires a little further investigation, many of us (doctors included) don’t have the time nor inclination to dig deeper. When our primary source of information comes from Yahoo, USA Today or The Wall Street Journal, we are further misled into a vast wasteland of misinformation that unfortunately can only be uncovered with more research. When the truth finally bubbles

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A Passion for Poop

10 October
Monday, 10 October 2011 22:14 Written by admin 0 Comments

I was fortunate to meet and attend a lecture this past week by Wesley Jones, M.D. Dr. Jones is a gastroenterologist and a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Jones has more than 30 years of clinical experience and is author of the book Cure Constipation Now, I thought I would share with you some of the useful highlights and insights I have learned that may help you too.

America is a constipated nation. Studies demonstrate that the average GI transit time in America (from when we eat to when we eliminate) is 4 days. In countries where they eat a less processed, more whole foods based diet (less developed countries), transit time is generally 1 day. We are not talking constipation, as in, I only go once every four days. This is constipation, as in, I’m not eliminating the food I ingest quickly enough and because of that, it ferments and rots in my gut. 

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Sunshine on My Shoulders, in a Healthy, Responsible Way

06 October
Thursday, 06 October 2011 22:02 Written by admin 0 Comments

John Denver had it right many years ago when he sang: “Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.” Denver was way ahead of his time, as much of the research data demonstrating the depression-alleviating effects of sunshine (vitamin D) had not yet been published. The many benefits of vitamin D are coming to light, and it seems that daily, there is more research validating the importance of having an optimal vitamin D level.

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is produced naturally in human skin that has been exposed to Ultraviolet B light from the sun. Though labeled a vitamin, D is actually very similar to a hormone in the way it is synthesized and utilized. Vitamin D is made in/by the body from cholesterol and cholesterol lowering drugs are frequently associated with low vitamin D levels.

Vitamin D has many health benefits. Here’s a Letterman-style top 10 list. These benefits are not necessarily in order of importance:

1. Vitamin D supplementation can be free. Just 15-20 minutes per day of sun exposure on untanned skin, longer if you have darker skin. It is important to avoid sunburn in the process, and individual exposure time will vary based on skin tone.

2. Vitamin D is anti-cancer. There are numerous studies showing that optimal vitamin D levels decrease the risk of up to 20 major cancers. You might stay out of the sun, thinking you are preventing skin cancer (and you may be of some types), but you’re also putting yourself at risk for many other common cancers by not optimizing your level. Do you want to lower your risk of breast cancer? Get out and get some sun exposure!

3. Vitamin D is good for the heart. Studies show that low levels of D increase the risk of heart attack 2.4 times compared to optimal levels. Men have 6 times the risk and women 3 times the risk of high blood pressure with suboptimal D levels.

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Iodine – Protector of Everything

19 September
Monday, 19 September 2011 13:16 Written by admin 0 Comments

Iodine is a frequently overlooked mineral with a significant number of protective benefits and features. Iodine is most commonly found near the sea and is abundant in sea vegetables, seaweed and to some degree fish. The most common source of iodine in the American diet is iodized salt and recent studies of our salt supply demonstrate inadequate fortification. Since many of us shun salt or use sea salt, we often find ourselves deficient in this key nutrient. As a matter of fact, fully 96% of the American population (or at least the number of people who have taken a 24 hour urine iodine test) come up as deficient when it comes to iodine sufficiency.

Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of mental retardation in the world. Soil that is deficient in iodine (such as in the goiter belt of the Great Lakes) is a cause of many diseases. Hypothyroidism, fibrocystic breast disease, polycystic ovaries (just about any cystic disease for that matter) and breast cancer are all some of diseases that are frequently associated with iodine deficiency. Breast cancer is seen more frequently when one is in an iodine deficient state. This is why there is an association between

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Food of the Gods

30 August
Tuesday, 30 August 2011 14:26 Written by admin 0 Comments

That’s right, you won’t have to work too hard to figure this one out. Today we’re going to discuss Theobroma Cacao (translation: cacao, food of the gods), known to us as chocolate.

Chocolate frequently appears in the media as being beneficial to our health (new study out just yesterday). The issue infrequently discussed in these reports is the form of chocolate and how we should be consuming it. Before discussing that, I would like to highlight why cacao is such a positive addition to our diet.

Cacao is essentially the seed of the cacao fruit, grown in a narrow tropical belt 20 degrees north and south of the equator. The cacao bean is the source used to make chocolate liquor which is then processed to make the chocolate that we consume as a chocolate bar. Cacao has been discovered to contain over 1200 chemically identifiable compounds.

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You’ve Been Eating WHAT?

22 August
Monday, 22 August 2011 20:46 Written by admin 0 Comments

Straight from the desk of where in the heck did you hear that and I can’t believe you eat something that is also used to kill bugs, comes a new supplement discovery I made this past week. The discovery comes from the bottom of the ocean of supplement and nutraceutical knowledge, literally and figuratively. I am speaking of Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.).

What is that you ask? Diatomaceous earth, also known as fossil shell flour, is a fossilized deposit of microscopic shells created by one-celled plants called diatoms. Diatoms are unicellular organisms that serve as food for other marine organisms. When they die, their silica shells collect on the floor of their habitat and become fossilized, thus forming diatomaceous earth. The fossilized shells are an excellent source of minerals, including silica, magnesium, calcium, iron, sodium and other trace minerals.

Diatomaceous earth had long been utilized as a natural method to control common household pests rather than using insecticides or pesticides. It does this by acting as an abrasive to the pests tough outer shell, thus causing the pest to dehydrate and die. Due to it’s rice chex like structure, it is also commonly used as a filter media.

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Where are my Keys?

16 August
Tuesday, 16 August 2011 13:55 Written by admin 0 Comments

The second most feared disease in America (after cancer). One without a cure or an effective treatment. One that is touching more and more lives and is expected to continue to increase it’s cruel imprisonment as time passes. I am speaking of Alzheimer’s disease.

The increasing growth of this disorder and the limited treatment options available are enough to legitimately scare all of us. As with many of the chronic, degenerative disease of aging, the cure lies in prevention. There is not a simple test to determine who is going to get Alzheimer’s in the future and it is not easy to predict who will receive this horrible sentence.

I will not pretend to be an expert on this topic, so I have pulled together some useful, interesting articles that describe some of the current in and outs, opinions and thinking regarding Alzheimer’s disease.

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The Next Vitamin D?

19 July
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 13:54 Written by admin 0 Comments

We have come to learn the numerous health benefits of vitamin D beyond calcium metabolism. Over the past few years it seems that each week there is a new health benefit or claim (anti-cancer, anti-frailty, etc.) that is made concerning vitamin D. These noted benefits are very important and I am a huge proponent of optimal vitamin D levels (60-80 being optimal, 80-100 if you have cancer).

I’d like to introduce you to potentially the “next” vitamin D. Vitamin K2 is what I am talking about. K2 is a fat soluble vitamin just like D and has a large and increasing number of health benefits. Basically, vitamin K2 directs proper calcium metabolism and distribution. K2 directs calcium from the arteries and plants it in the bones where it belongs. K2 (specifically mk7) should be a part of any worthwhile osteoporosis supplement. Most people are deficient in K2 (just like D) as the best food source is fermented foods, particularly natto (common in Japan, rare in America and not very palatable to those not familiar with it). Vitamin K2 may be manufactured by your gut probiotics provided they are in optimum working order but most of that K2 is not well absorbed systemically.

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Is it Time for an Oil Change?

05 July
Tuesday, 05 July 2011 13:48 Written by admin 0 Comments

Are you familiar with Coconut Oil and its’ many health benefits? Coconut oil has been pushed to the side and was a victim of false propaganda years ago as the commercialization of other, better funded oils became available. One can’t hold down the truth forever though and coconut oil has been quietly emerging as a beneficial, nutritional fat.

There, I said it, fat. The word we have all been taught to fear because of the misguided, falsely propagated lipid hypothesis (that will be another letter). Fat is a beneficial nutrient and not to be feared as a part of our diet. There are essential fatty acids that we must ingest because our bodies can’t make them. 60% of the dry weight of the brain is fat (mostly cholesterol) – so yes, we truly are fat heads.

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