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Connivence Food Is Leading To Obesity And Syndrome X ... Plus Fears For Fosamax Users!
By Walt "dr health" Edwards

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The Primary Role Of Insulin Is To Regulate Blood-Sugar Levels! After you eat foods high in carbohydrates such as breads, starches and sweets, your blood sugar levels rise causing your body to respond by raising levels of insulin. This is why carbohydrates have a significant impact on insulin and fat does not. The more high glycemic carbohydrates you eat, the more your body pumps out insulin to deal with all the extra blood sugar. Eventually, your body becomes overwhelmed by the amount of insulin, sluggish in response to it--and youÕve developed Òinsulin resistance,Ó also know as Syndrome X.

Insulin also regulates fat metabolism. We cannot store body fat without it. Think of insulin as a switch. When it's on, in the few hours after eating, you burn carbohydrates for energy and store excess calories as fat. When it's off, after the insulin has been depleted, you burn fat as fuel. So when insulin levels are low, you will burn your own fat, but not when they're high. The fatter you are, particularly around your middle, the more insulin your pancreas will pump out per meal, and the more likely you'll develop Syndrome X. In addition, even if you reduce your intake of food to 800 calories and if they are mostly high glycemic carbohydrates will prevent weight loss and in some cases result in actual weight gain!

In effect, your cells become insensitive to the action of insulin, and so you need ever greater amounts to keep your blood sugar in check. As you gain weight, insulin makes it easier to store fat and harder to lose it. But now the insulin resistance might prompt your pancreas to produce even more insulin, potentially starting a vicious cycle.

What can be done to stop this process? The first thing is reduce or stop eating so many high glycemic carbohydrates such as breads, starches and sweets. Introduce small amount of protein at least five times a day which will help support your blood sugar levels reducing the need of insulin. An aid to help lower blood sugar and reduce cravings for sweets and other high carb foods is a product called Drhealth Glucose Support which contains Chromium, Gymnema sylvestre, Bitter melon, Vanadyl sulfate, Milk thistle, Alpha lipoic acid, Ginkgo biloba, Jerusalem Artichoke, etc. Three to six daily should affect sweet cravings and reduce your blood sugar levels. As you gain control of your cravings you can reduce the daily usage.

Scary New Side Effect For Fosamax!!! If you've been diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis, then in all likelihood your physician has already recommended Fosamax or one of its relatives from the bisphosphonate family of drugs. First it doesnÕt always work and secondly, there are significant downsides to using bisphosphonates, including some well-known adverse gastrointestinal side effects and chemical burning of the esophagus. Also, negative reports of eye pain and inflammation, potentially life-threatening blood calcium deficiencies, and kidney toxicity in certain patients taking bisphosphonates long term. Why would anyone agree to take anything with such terrible side effects?

The latest surprise about the "benefits" of bisphosphonates is osteonecrosis. That is, infection and death of bone tissue in the jaw. The nickname for this condition is phossy jaw. First reported in 2003, the symptoms include jaw pain, loosening teeth, abscesses, and rotting, draining, exposed jaw bones.

Bisphosphonates don't actually restore bone. Instead, they slow the rate of loss of old bone which is a natural process to dismantle old, stressed, or damaged bone tissue so it can be replaced by new tissue. The draw backs is phossy jaw and periodontal disease, cavities, and tooth abscesses.

What Is Causing The Bone Loss??? The body uses calcium to neutralize acid conditions. It is very likely that if you eat high acid foods and very few alkaline foods, plus your urine or saliva indicates high acid conditions then you are a prime candidate for osteoporosis. Has your doctor asked you about your acid/alkaline condition before reaching for the prescription pad?

According to Dr. Susan Lark, MD, the pH (or alkalinity) of your blood is crucial to bone health. All acidic foods must be buffered when eaten to neutralize their low pH. Alcohol, refined sugar, and most artificial sweeteners are highly acidifying and are best avoided. Protein is another source of acid ash. If in doubt check your pH with pH Stix or Body Rescue pH Testing Tape. You can check your own pH several times a day. The cost $8.95 to $12.95.

Why Question Medical Research? Medical research used to be university-based and publicly funded. Today, most of it is done by for-profit organizations funded by drug companies, and this is a big problem. Opinions and clinical practices are bought and sold with consulting fees, travel junkets, and gifts, the net result is a medical system that is sicker than the patients.

Three quarters of the clinical studies in the top medical journals such as the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, and JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) are commercially funded. Studies with negative results, showing the drug in question to be ineffective, are less likely to get published than studies showing benefits. Results are manipulated, dangerous side effects are covered up, and scientific standards are irrelevant--just to sell more drugs.

Cardura, an alpha blocker, significantly increased risk of congestive heart failure, but Cardura is still on the market.

Premarin is a classic example of drug company misinformation out of control. Drug companies made millions of dollars with this best-selling drug. Premarin was the cornerstone of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for decades, despite the fact that none of its claims to fame, such as protecting against heart disease, had ever been proven.

When a study was finally undertaken, it revealed that Premarin, combined with progestin (synthetic progesterone) actually raised risk of heart disease by 50 percent during the first year. This HRT combo increased risk of stroke, blood clots, Alzheimer's disease, and breast cancer, causing an extra 19 cancers per 1,000 women over 10 years.

QUESTION: What raises diabetes risk, robs calcium from your bones, wrecks your teeth, causes unusual behavior patterns, cravings for sweets and baked goods, and it's making you fat???

ANSWER: SODA!!! Very expensive water! A 2-liter bottle of soda has the equivalent of 56 cubes of sugar that amounts to adding about 225 calories to your diet. This one bottle can add up to 7000 calories per month, which can easily translate to a 2-pound gain monthly.

Thought For The Day: Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Why and How Plaque Develops in Coronary Arteries!

Aside from smoking, the biggest culprit in today's heart attack pandemic is high blood sugar. It leads to a condition known as insulin resistance (also known as Syndrome X) and in time to Type-II diabetes. Suicide in slow motion, insulin resistance causes blood sugar to float in the blood longer than it should. Muscles no longer vacuum it from the bloodstream. Over time, blood sugar reacts with amino acids floating nearby. The result of this reaction is referred to as Advance Glycated End (AGE) product.

AGE products cut and stab deep into structural layers of coronary arteries. Medically, this is termed glycation. The slicing and dicing explains why diabetics have four times the risk of heart attack relative to non-diabetics. Overcome with high blood sugar, they face the butchering process of AGE products.

Coronary arteries are most susceptible to AGE products due to the mechanical stress in the region (heart beat). As the heart beats, the structural layer, being made up of collagen and elastin, becomes sensitive to them. Arteries not subject to mechanical stress do not expose the structural layer as readily. Therefore, they are not as sensitive to the butchering.

Damage caused by AGE products leads to "cross linking." Once cross linking occurs, supple, healthy, coronary arteries become rigid - the same thing can happen to skin. This is where the name atherosclerosis was derived. The term combines two Greek words, athere (porridge) and sclerosis (hardening).

Cross linking causes the body's natural repair mechanism to take over. The inflammation cascade begins. This is an age-old immunological defense mechanism. Among the smooth muscle of coronary arteries, inflammation acts as nature's band aid. Plaque is usually the end result.

Inflammation and plaque causes the cavity that allows blood flow through the arteries to become narrow - occlusion occurs. The whole process of glycation, cross linking and inflammation can begin as early as five years of age and can be detected with a blood test for C-Reactive Protein.

Fortunately, narrowing of coronary arteries is not a death sentence. Arteries do not become swollen so much that it shrinks the bloodstream to a pinpoint. And healthy arteries have the ability to accommodate for the inflammation by "relaxing" or dilating. This ensures that blood flow continues without interruption - and that heart disease goes unnoticed.

This protection of dilation is primarily dependent on the short-lived molecule known as nitric oxide. Without this essential molecule, excessive narrowing of arteries can manifest into hypertension, poor circulation, erectile dysfunction and decreased tolerance to exercise. Nutritional approaches such as L-arginine and grape seed extract that maximize nitric oxide have proven to be a bonanza for heart disease patients who want to curb their annoying symptoms of heart disease naturally. CoQ-10 is also a supplement used for the good health of every cell in the body.

Most heart attacks and strokes creep up on victims when inflammation goes haywire. This is typical among Americans because inflammation-causing sugar has become a dominant ingredient in their food. Consequently, what should be temporary for healing becomes long-term and deadly. The overly aggressive inflammation cascade causes plaque (nature's band aid) to rupture. This rupturing triggers the emergence of a blood clot (thrombus).

In summary, heart disease is not a disease of clogged pipes due to cholesterol and fat. They just contribute to the process. It is a disease of glycation, cross linking, and more inflammation. This inflammation occurs within - not on - arterial walls. Today, it is typically the result of high blood sugar to the excess consumption of high glycemic foods and lack of exercise. This inflammation condition is also known as C-Reactive Protein.

Nutritional supplementation known to be helpful in reducing high blood sugar is contained in drhealth Glucose Support which are Chromium, Gymnema Sylvestre, Bitter melon, Vanadyl sulfate, Milk Thistle, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Ginkgo Biloba, Jerusalem Artichoke, etc. Research shows that a magnesium deficiency inhibits insulin from escorting glucose out of the bloodstream into muscles. Magnesium and Potassium Asporotates with Bromalain can be helpful to satisfy this deficiency and is also used in Europe to relieve hypertension. According to recent inflammation research reports reveal helpful supplements to reduce C-Reative Protein are Wobenzym N and Quercetin-Bromalain combination are two of the more popular choices.

Thought For The Day: Every day you wake up to an infinite sea of opportunities that are available for you to choose. No matter what your decision, you are responsible for the results. GETWEL.COM

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