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According to consumerlabs.com, out of 21 multi-vitamins for adults and children that were tested, only ten met their claims and other quality standards.  One was contaminated with 15.3 micrograms of lead per serving!  How does your multi-vitamin do when compared to basic standards?  Lesser expensive multi-vitamins does not mean quality.  Click here for information about a multi-vitamin with the highest purity and quality.

Research being conducted by Arthur Kramer at the University of Illinois have concluded that regular aerobic exrecise improves mental function and prevents cognitive decline.  He and his colleagues divided people who were 60 to 80 years old into two groups.  The first group did aerobic exercise - mostly brisk walking - for 45 minutes a day, three days a week.  The second group just did stretching and toning exercisees.  After 6 months they found a significant increase in the volume of brain cells in the prefrontal, temporal and parietal regions of the brain and hippocampus in the aerobic exercise group compared to the other group.  That’s just one more reason to include exercise in your holistic wellness program, along with diet and supplementation.  For a reliable source of supplementation products click here.

“Too much sodium is notoroius for increasing blood pressure, but a bigger problem for your heart may actually be having too little potassium in your body in relation to the amount of salty stuff.  A recent study found that a key to heart attack and stroke risk was the ratio between sodium and potassium levels in the urine, not the concentration of either element alone.  As the ratio of sodium to potassium increased so did the risk for a cardiovascular event.”  (Diabetes Forecast, May 2009) The artricle listed food high in potassium.   Take the very helpful and free welness profile listed in the upper right of this page.

World renowned immunologist, Dr. Yasuhico Kojima first discovered interferon in 1954, while he was conducting research at Tokyo University.  After 40 years of painstaking research, testing hundreds of natural compounds, he developed a unique blend of four powerful plant extracts that boosts the body’s natural production of interferon.  Scientists and medical communities have identified interferon as critical to healthy immune function.  Dr. Kojima’s blend of plant extracts is available.  For more information click here and search for Nutriferon.

Add up the cost of three balanced meals per day and then add the carbs and calories.  It isn’t easy to eat as we know we should as disbetics.  Therefore, I can never completely understand the negative concerns about supplementing the diet with vitamins, minerals and herbs.  Yes, I understand that there have been and continue to be unscrupulous people who are promoting very questionable products with unsubstantiated claims.  That does not mean that there are no quality food supplements to be found.  What it takes is a little research.  I have found a source that sets an unusually high standard, even higher that pharmaceutical grade, for food supplements.  Diabetics can benefit from the addition of quality food supplements, in my opinion.  I use them every day.  For information on the food supplements that I take click here.

“A hefty daily dose of thiamine (vitamin B1) may reduce the risk of kidney disease in people with diabetes, according to a study quoted in the April issue of Diabetes Forcast.  In the study, people with type 2 diabetes and too much of the protein albumin in the urine-a sign of kidney problems-took 100-milligram thiamine capsules three times a day for three months. (the recommended dietary allowance is only 1.2 mg for men and 1.1 mg for women).  By the end of the study the vitamin takers had 15% less urinary albumin over 24 hours than a group that took a placebo.  The researchers said the thiamine supplements produced no change in blood glucose, lipids, or pressure.”  Click here for info on a premium source of B vitamins.

A recent study published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry contained a striking finding. The study found that people who had low blood levels of folic acid at the beginning and at the end of the study were almost 3.5 times more likely to develop dementia. This was a relatively small study and it would be easy to ignore except that there are at least 4 or 5 other studies over the past few years that have come to the same conclusion.

Why doesn’t the press pick up on the studies that paint a more positive picture for dietary supplements?  Three studies published in the Feb. 23, 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine presents some positive results.  First, National Institutes of Health researchers following nearly half a million older adults found that increasing calcium consumption in women was associated with a lower risk of developing cancer.

Also, NIH researchers examined blood vitamin D levels in the US population to see if there was any relationship to frequency of colds.  Sure enough, the higher the blood level of viatimin D, the lower the frequency of reported upper respiratory tract infections.

The third study is an important clinical trial on the use of B vitamins for the prevention of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).  In this study, 5442 women, 40 years of age and older, who had some eveident of heart disease, were randomly assigned to tak a dietary supplement of folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12, or a placebo.  After an average of 7.3 years of taking the diatary supplements, those taking the supplemental B vitamins had a 34% lower risk of developing AMD than those taking the placedbo.

Researchers have found certain changes that take place in the body when a nutrient becomes deficient. By studying the “body language’” or things that are SYMPTOMATIC - one can determine deficiencies of specific vitamins, miner-als, protein, etc. Such analysis is often referred to as “nutritional symptomatology”. It is a way of interpreting bodily signs to find underlying causes. It is especially helpful at detecting sub clinical conditions which do not show up on conventional laboratory tests.
Each of us is biochemically unique. Fingerprints, voices, outward appearances — all differ from person to person. Our nutritional needs differ also. No two bodies react to the same nutritional intake in exactly the same way. We all have different metabolism and so have different nutrient requirements. Some of the foods and supplements we take may be absorbed too quickly or too slowly. Some nutritional factors may be almost completely lacking in our sys-tems. Some of them are already produced by our bodies in quantities large enough that we don’t need more.

Nutritional symptomatology is a  way of determining the nutritional status of the individual. It pinpoints nutritional inadequacies which can be corrected by changes in diet or food supplementation.
Another advantage of symptomatology is that the you are encouraged to participate your own health care. In an-swering the questions, you focuses on many bodily symptoms that could have been taken for granted for a long time, without realizing that nutrition may be involved. It is a learning experience which can help you to monitor your own progress in the future.

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According to the Feb ‘09 issue of Dibetices Forecast magazine:  “Some fats aren’t only good — they are essential.  In fact, those known as omega-3 fatty acids interact with nearly every part of your body’s function to prevent cardiovascular disease, inprove your memory, aid fetal development during pregnancy, prottect against Parkinson’s disease, prevent repiratory diseases like asthma, and reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.  As if that weren’t enough, omera-3s are particularly important for people with diabetes.  ‘They improve whatever insulin the person has or gets,’ says Artemis P. Simopoulos, MD, founder and president of the Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, a non-profit educational organization in Washington, D.C., and author of The Omega Diet.  ‘The omega-3s cut down on inflamation, which both [people with type 1 and type 2] have.”  For additional information on omega-3s click here.