The Health of Your Gut Determines Your Overall Health
Noted UK Professor Jeremy Nicholson has come to the conclusion ” … almost every sort of disease has a gut bug.”
Dr. Nicholson’s focus has been on deciphering the roles of different pro-biotic strains, of which there are many, and their relationship to how they signal areas outside the gut. It’s been discovered that our friendly intestinal bacteria go beyond even their important role of digestion.
If spread out on a flat surface the inner linings of our GI tract would cover a tennis court. The friendly bacteria that colonize this vast inner surface produce the acids necessary to breakdown and assimilate nutrient into our blood. These acids transport our food’s nutrients through the gut linings so that our cells can recognize and utilize them correctly.
I recommend taking a high quality probiotic formula.
Foods nor supplements get absorbed sufficiently without substantial healthy intestinal flora. Healthy gut flora actually creates Vitamins K2 and the B vitamins daily to maintain proper levels of those nutrients. Healthy gut flora also signal appropriate reactions to pollutants and pathogens that trigger immune system activity. This activity includes T-cell actions. Many knowledgeable scientists have ascertained that approximately eighty percent of our immune system depends on the GI tract’s friendly bacteria.
Fish Oil For ADHD
You’ve probably heard all the buzz about fish oil these days and the reason is that virtually nothing in the nutrition world has been researched more. When it comes to ADHD, the reasons for using fish oil just keep piling up. In fact Omega 3 deficiencies have been identified in the scientific literature as a causal factor in ADHD.
Children with ADHD have been reported to have significantly lower plasma DHA (from fish oil) than non-ADHD children.
In studies conducted at Purdue University, the lipid profiles of 53 boys with ADHD were compared to a control group of 43 boys without ADHD. Boys six to 12 years old who had below-normal plasma DHA concentrations had a documented greater prevalence of temper tantrums, learning problems, and other behavior and sleep problems, as well as significantly higher levels of anxiety, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
The researchers found that the ADHD boys had a much higher ratio of bad fats to good fats in their blood.
Another recent study performed over 15 weeks in a group of children aged seven to 12 years who exhibited ADHD related problems produced quite favorable results. Researchers found significant positive treatment effects in the group given fish oil supplements. A key reference book popular with many nutritionally oriented physicians is Melvin Werbach, M.D.’s Nutritional Influences on Mental Illness: A Sourcebook of Clinical Research. Dr. Warbeck is on the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine. In his exhaustive textbook, he reviews the relationship between nutrition and brain function, writing:
“it is clear that nutrition can powerfully influence cognition, emotion, and behavior. It is also clear that the effects of classical nutritional deficiency diseases upon mental function constitute only a small part of a rapidly expanding list of interfaces between nutrition and the mind.“
Fish oil supplements are recommended for anyone who wants to improve their mental clarity and brain function.
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
Frederick Keonig
Use of antidepressant medication in those over the age 65 is risky, new research suggests.
A population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom August 2 in the British Medical Journal showed significant associations between the use of antidepressants and adverse outcomes, including falls, stroke, seizures, and all-cause mortality in elderly people with depression.
Patients prescribed selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which were the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, fared worse than those receiving the older tricyclic antidepressants, according to the researchers.
“Our findings are new and unexpected, and need to be confirmed in other studies,” lead author Carol Coupland, PhD, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News.
No one suffers with a drug deficiency; they may have a nutrient deficiency that creates a hormonal imbalance – drugs don’t correct this problem.
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Eating Blueberries Helps Prevent High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure — or hypertension — is one of the major cardiovascular diseases worldwide. It leads to stroke and heart disease and costs more than $300 billion each year. Around a quarter of the adult population is affected globally, including one in three US adults.
Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the new findings show that bioactive compounds in blueberries called anthocyanins offer protection against hypertension. Compared with those who do not eat blueberries, those eating at least one serving a week reduce their risk of developing the condition by 10 per cent.
Anthocyanins belong to the bioactive family of compounds called flavonoids and are found in high amounts in blackcurrants, raspberries, aubergines, blood orange juice and blueberries. Other flavonoids are found in many fruits, vegetables, grains and herbs. The flavonoids present in tea, fruit juice, red wine and dark chocolate are already known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
This is the first large study to investigate the effect of different flavonoids on hypertension.
The team of UEA and Harvard scientists studied 134,000 women and 47,000 men from the Harvard established cohorts, the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study over a period of 14 years. None of the participants had hypertension at the start of the study. Subjects were asked to complete health questionnaires every two years and their dietary intake was assessed every four years. Incidence of newly diagnosed hypertension during the 14-year period was then related to consumption of various different flavonoids.
The team of UEA and Harvard scientists studied 134,000 women and 47,000 men from the Harvard established cohorts, the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study over a period of 14 years. None of the participants had hypertension at the start of the study. Subjects were asked to complete health questionnaires every two years and their dietary intake was assessed every four years. Incidence of newly diagnosed hypertension during the 14-year period was then related to consumption of various different flavonoids.
During the study, 35,000 participants developed hypertension. Dietary information identified tea as the main contributor of flavonoids, with apples, orange juice, blueberries, red wine, and strawberries also providing important amounts. When the researchers looked at the relation between individual subclasses of flavonoids and hypertension, they found that participants consuming the highest amounts of anthocyanins (found mainly in blueberries and strawberries in this US-based population) were eight per cent less likely to be diagnosed with hypertension than those consuming the lowest amounts. The effect was even stronger in participants under 60.
The effect was stronger for blueberry rather than strawberry consumption. Compared to people who ate no blueberries, those eating at least one serving of blueberries per week were 10 per cent less likely to become hypertensive.
If a Dog Were Your Teacher, these are some of the lessons you might learn …
When loved ones come home, always run to greet them Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When it’s in your best interest practice obedience Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory Take naps and stretch before rising Run romp and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you Avoid biting, when a simple growl will do On warm days stop to lie on your back on the grass On hot days drink lots of water and lay under a shady tree When you’re happy dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you’re scolded don’t buy into the guilt thing and pout run right back and make friends.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk Eat with gusto and enthusiasm Stop when you have had enough Be loyal Never pretend to be something you’re not.
If what you want lies buried dig until you find it when someone is having a bad day be silent … sit close by … and nuzzle them gently.
