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Margie Garrison

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Over The Counter Pain Medications - What you should know before your next pain

Iburprophen - Brand Names: Advil, Motrin, Medipren, Nuprin, etc.

Ibuprofen belongs to a class of drugs called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Other members of this class include aspirin & naproxen (Aleve). These drugs are used for the management of mild to moderate pain, fever, and inflammation. Pain, fever, and inflammation are promoted by the release in the body of chemicals called prostaglandins. Ibuprofen blocks the enzyme that makes prostaglandins. Therefore, inflammation, pain and fever are reduced. The FDA approved ibuprofen in 1974.

Drug Interactions:

Ibuprofen is associated with several suspected or probable interactions that can affect the action of other drugs. Ibuprofen may increase the blood levels of lithium by reducing the excretion of lithium by the kidneys. Increased levels of lithium may lead to lithium toxicity.

Ibuprofen may reduce the blood pressure-lowering effects of drugs that are given to reduce blood pressure. This may occur because prostaglandins play a role in the regulation of blood pressure. When ibuprofen is used in combination with aminoglycosides [for example, gentamicin (Garamycin)] the blood levels of the aminoglycoside may increase, presumably because the elimination of aminoglycosides from the body is reduced. This may lead to aminoglycoside-related side effects.

Individuals taking oral blood thinners or anticoagulants [for example, warfarin (Coumadin)] should avoid ibuprofen because ibuprofen also thins the blood, and excessive blood thinning may lead to bleeding.

Pregnancy:

There are no adequate studies of ibuprofen in pregnant women. Therefore, ibuprofen is not recommended during pregnancy. Ibuprofen should be avoided in late pregnancy due to the risk of premature closure of the ductus arteriosus in the fetal heart..

Nursing Mothers:

Ibuprofen is not excreted in breast milk. Use of ibuprofen while breastfeeding, poses little risk to the infant.

Side Effects:

The most common side effects from ibuprofen are rash, ringing in the ears, headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, constipation and heartburn.

NSAIDs reduce the ability of blood to clot and therefore increase bleeding after an injury.

Ibuprofen may cause ulceration of the stomach or intestine, and the ulcers may bleed. Sometimes, ulceration can occur without abdominal pain, and black, tarry stools, weakness, and dizziness upon standing due to bleeding may be the only signs of an ulcer.

NSAIDs reduce the flow of blood to the kidneys and impair function of the kidneys. The impairment is most likely to occur in patients who already have impaired function of the kidney or congestive heart failure, and use of NSAIDs in these patients should be cautious.

People who are allergic to aspirin, should not use ibuprofen. Individuals with asthma are more likely to experience allergic reactions to NSAIDs.

Fluid retention, blood clots, heart attacks, hypertension and heart failure have also been associated with the use of NSAIDs.

Asprin - Common side effects: Heartburn; nausea; upset stomach

Severe side effects:

Rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; black or bloody stools; confusion; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; hearing loss; ringing in the ears; severe or persistent stomach pain; unusual bruising; vomiting.

The most common side effects of aspirin involve the gastrointestinal system. Aspirin can cause ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, abdominal pain, nausea, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach), and even serious gastrointestinal bleeding from ulcers.

Occasionally, aspirin may be toxic to the liver.

Another serious but rare side effect of aspirin is intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding into the tissues of the brain), similar to a hemorrhagic stroke.

Serious side effects of aspirin, such as bleeding ulcers or intracranial bleeding, are rare (less than 1% of patients) among patients taking moderate doses of aspirin (e.g., 325 mg/d). Serious side effects of aspirin should be even lower with low doses such as 75-160 mg/d. However, the actual incidence of serious bleeding with long-term use of low dose aspirin has not been clearly determined.

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Seroquel maker wants to seal info from you, "for" you

By Kris Hundley, Times Staff Writer

In Print: Sunday, February 15, 2009

AstraZeneca, maker of the blockbuster antipsychotic Seroquel, is battling to keep information about the drug out of the public's view … for the public's own good.

This month in Orlando, lawyers for the drugmaker will argue that unsealing company documents, including unpublished clinical trial data and letters from the FDA, could harm "a vulnerable patient population."

"This (disclosure) could jeopardize public safety by causing confusion and alarm in patients, who may then discontinue their medication without seeking the guidance of a medical professional,'' lawyers for the drugmaker said in a recent filing in federal court.

Seroquel is approved only for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but its use for everything from depression to insomnia to ADHD in kids is so widespread that the drug has been prescribed for more than 22 million patients. Its $4.5 billion in sales last year put it among the top-selling drugs in the world.

In light of Seroquel's popularity, the argument that hiding information protects patients has public health advocates throwing up their hands.

"They don't want anybody to know about the side effects of their drug, and they're keeping secret the results of studies from patients, their doctors and the FDA,'' said Dr. David Egilman, clinical associate professor at Brown University's Department of Community Health.

"Saying they're protecting the patient is a self-serving, fraudulent argument."

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Though Egilman is merely an observer of the Seroquel proceedings, he knows the power of sealed documents in drug liability cases. He played a key role when similar lawsuits were lodged against another mega-selling antipsychotic, Eli Lilly's drug Zyprexa. As in the Seroquel cases, thousands upon thousands of patients claimed Zyprexa caused weight gain and diabetes.

Hired as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in Zyprexa cases, Egilman was given access to reams of internal Lilly documents that had been sealed by the court. The documents showed that the drugmaker had ignored evidence of diabetes among patients while pushing Zyprexa's off-label use for anxiety and dementia.

Egilman defied the judge's orders and helped leak thousands of damaging Lilly documents to the New York Times. Egilman ended up paying a $100,000 fine to Lilly for releasing the sealed documents.

The leaked documents, meanwhile, helped the U.S. Department of Justice build a criminal case against Lilly. The company pleaded guilty to marketing Zyprexa illegally and last month paid a record $1.4 billion fine. Though a landmark amount, Lilly's fine amounts to about 3.5 percent of the $39 billion in revenues Zyprexa has posted since the FDA approved it 1996.

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Seroquel's parent, AstraZeneca, has a similarly valuable franchise to protect. The antipsychotic accounted for 14 percent of AstraZeneca's sales of $31.6 billion last year. Avoiding negative publicity — one of the reasons the company wants to seal documents in the Orlando cases — is critical as it seeks to maximize sales before Seroquel loses patent protection in about three years.

The skirmish over document disclosure in Orlando is part of a hornet's nest of litigation against AstraZeneca, a British company with U.S. headquarters in Wilmington, Del. More than 15,000 patients have filed over 9,000 personal injury lawsuits. About 40 percent of these claims have been consolidated for pretrial motions in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Plaintiffs say the company knew as early as 2000 that Seroquel caused diabetes, weight gain and other health problems, but failed to adequately warn patients and doctors.

Dr. William C. Wirshing, a California psychiatrist, has lectured doctors on AstraZeneca's behalf and has prescribed Seroquel to as many as 5,000 patients. Though he has been a paid consultant for the drugmaker, in a pretrial deposition he left no question about the links he sees between the drug, weight gain and diabetes.

"You literally just got to watch them get bigger … it was riveting to me," said Wirshing who estimated that several hundred of his patients developed diabetes.

AstraZeneca denies the allegations and has spent more than $500 million defending itself against Seroquel claims. Key to the company's strategy has been its insistence that millions of pages of documents produced in discovery should remain under seal, out of the public eye.

To Egilman, such blanket agreements in drug liability cases are outrageous. "Confidentiality agreements that prohibit disclosure of important information that may impact public health to state and federal authorities should be illegal,'' he said. "The court should at least send all discovery in drug cases to the FDA and DOJ (Department of Justice) for review if they intend to seal them."

The upcoming hearing is expected to focus on specific items that the plaintiffs' lawyers say have no legal right to secrecy. Among them: unpublished results of several drug studies, sales reps' notes on Seroquel's marketing strategies and letters from the FDA.

The drugmaker also hopes to keep under seal information about sexual relationships that Dr. Wayne MacFadden, AstraZeneca's former U.S. medical director for Seroquel, had with an independent researcher as well as with a woman who wrote papers supporting the drug's safety and efficacy. Correspondence shows that MacFadden, who was also director of clinical research for neuroscience drugs, "promised sexual favors in exchange for intelligence on AstraZeneca's competitors."

The plaintiffs say the affairs "can create bias which can affect the integrity of the science.''

Lawyers for the drugmaker counter that the affairs are not relevant to the lawsuits. Other disputed documents, they say, contain trade secrets, could taint the jury pool and could "harm public health."

AstraZeneca's lawyers say the information to be discussed at the hearing scheduled Feb. 26 is so sensitive that the court should be closed to the public. "The potential harm of dissemination of documents at this stage in the litigation far outweighs the public's right of access, particularly when trials in these cases are on the near horizon,'' company lawyers said in a filing Feb. 6. "The whole picture will be presented to the public at once."

The judge has not ruled on the request.

There's a good chance that many of these cases will never come to trial, and the underlying documents will never become public. In a victory for AstraZeneca, the judge dismissed the first two cases in late January, saying plaintiffs had not sufficiently established that their health problems were caused by Seroquel. Up to nine trials are slated for 2009.

In the Zyprexa litigation, Lilly paid $1.2 billion to settle injury claims involving 31,000 patients. Damaging company documents were never released by the court, though they were available on the Internet after Egilman leaked them and excerpts appeared in the New York Times.

Egilman is well aware of the big money in liability lawsuits, having made $2.3 million as an expert witness in Vioxx cases. He contends that patients' lawyers are motivated by maximizing their share of any settlement, which can be 30 percent or more. He says attorneys should be required to get their client's approval before agreeing to seal documents.

"The client may be more interested in making sure that health information gets to their doctor than money," he said. "They have a real interest and it's called their health."

Gary Farmer, a Fort Lauderdale lawyer who represents more than 100 Seroquel patients, said Egilman has a point.

"If we can get the documents to win the case and get compensation, you have to ask yourself, 'Is it necessary to make that information public?' " he said.

Whether the mountains of Seroquel material now sealed in Orlando's federal court ever see the light of day may depend on the progress of related cases. Four states — Pennsylvania, Montana, Arkansas and South Carolina — are suing AstraZeneca for off-label marketing of Seroquel.

The company said it is aware that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia is investigating Seroquel's marketing practices, most likely based on whistle blower complaints.

Regulators also seem to be taking note. In December, the FDA sent AstraZeneca a warning letter after learning a sales rep had pitched Seroquel to a doctor as a treatment for depression. Though doctors can prescribe a drug for any use, it is illegal for pharmaceutical companies to promote such uses.

The FDA also reportedly sent AstraZeneca two letters in late December, telling the company to strengthen Seroquel's warnings about diabetes. The drugmaker declined to comment, saying its communications with the FDA are confidential. The letters remain sealed in Orlando's federal court.

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Arthritis and Strong Bones

By Margie Garrison

Do your have arthritis? Or think you might?

Over 90 MILLION people in the United States have arthritis. That is one person in 3 people are suffering every day, 24 hours a day. As I was for 43 years. It has now been 27 years of being without arthritis.

The reason for this is that your cells are crying for vitamins and minerals.

As Linus Pauling, 2 time winner of the Nobel Peace Prize said... "Every ailment, every systems and every disease can be traced to vitamin and mineral deficiency."

Practically everyone knows how important calcium is to bone health, but there's another mineral that is equally critical, albeit in lesser amounts -- potassium. In fact, I've heard about a number of research studies recently focused on the connection between potassium and bone health, so word is getting out. The most recent study, from the University of Basel, Switzerland, showed that a group of postmenopausal women with low bone density had, on average, a 1% increase in density after a year of taking a particular potassium supplement.

BALANCING THE EQUATION

Susan E. Brown, PhD, director of the Osteoporosis Education Project in Syracuse, New York said that "without question potassium is one of the most important bone nutrients." Exactly how potassium relates to bone health turned out to be fairly complicated.

You must also have the proper calcium at the same time in order for them to work in your body.

Potassium is important in helping the body achieve a proper pH balance. In fact, when out of balance, you can die -- really fast -- so our bodies make this process a high priority. How does it work? As part of its normal metabolic processing, the body creates acids, which exit our systems via the lungs and kidneys.

To buffer the harshness of these acids and protect delicate kidney tissue, the body neutralizes them with diet-derived alkali (base) compounds derived from fruits and vegetables. These are stored in our blood, other fluids, in muscle tissue and above all in bones. Our skeleton, in fact, is our largest storehouse of alkali mineral reserves. Just in case we run short, we keep extra alkali stores in our bones.

The severe lack of fruits and vegetables in the modern American diet creates an acidic environment in many. To neutralize excess acid, we need alkali compounds, which the body obtains first from easily available blood reserves, then from muscles, leading to muscle loss, and then by reaching into the bones. When and if that happens, we're left with bone breakdown and mineral loss -- in other words, weakened bones.

NATURAL POTASSIUM CITRATE SOURCES

Now, back to potassium. The particular form of potassium that serves to buffer the acids is potassium citrate, generally found in fruits, vegetables and legumes. People who regularly consume enough potassium citrate through a diet rich in those foods assure their body sufficient alkaline compounds to avoid any need to call on emergency supplies for homeostasis.

As Dr. Brown notes, "If you eat enough potassium-containing foods, which should not be a problem, you have the proper pH balance." However, people today load their diet with meat, poultry, dairy and grains, which are metabolized as acids, creating a greater need for offsetting alkalids. If the body can't find these in foods, it turns to body tissue, including bones.

Though the US "Adequate Intake" (AI) potassium recommendation for adults is 4,700 mg per day, average consumption by adults in this country is around 2,200 mg for women and 3,200 mg for men.

Our lack of dietary potassium consumption looks to be a health crisis in the making, putting our bodies at risk for "consuming themselves," says Dr. Brown. In addition, potassium serves many other essential functions in the body. It contributes to nerve impulse transmission, muscle contraction and heart function, and also helps protect against stroke, kidney stones and high blood pressure.

GETTING IT RIGHT

Getting the right amount is trickier, however, than just swallowing a potassium citrate supplement each day.

Though we know too little potassium is a problem, too much can also be an issue. For example, a heart problem can arise if the kidney is weak and the potassium load is too great for the weakened kidneys to eliminate excesses. In fact, by law potassium supplements do not exceed 99 mg units to discourage people from taking too much. Because excess potassium can accumulate in the blood in the face of kidney weakness, potassium supplements should only be taken with care under proper supervision.

That is why you want your supplements to have the proper balance of potassium and calcium in liquid form.

The 1% increase in bone density achieved by the women in the Swiss study is considered significant, especially because it affected the hips and spine -- two areas especially vulnerable to fracture. Though the study used potassium citrate supplements, it is possible, as Dr. Brown points out, to get what you need from dietary sources.

You can achieve the AI of 4,700 mg per day by including 13 one-half cup servings of fruits, vegetables and legumes in your daily food intake.

Admittedly, 13 sounds like a lot, but a large salad, for example, is four to six servings, a large apple is two. Those, plus a banana (440 mg, about one-and-a-half fruit servings) for an afternoon snack, and a baked potato at dinner along with a green vegetable and other vegetables, bring you easily to the goal of 4,700 mg.

Once again, I want to emphasize that if you decide to take potassium citrate supplements anyway, it is important to do so under the direction of a health-care professional who is well-versed in potassium needs and balance, such as a naturopathic physician or nutritionist. Potassium levels can be monitored by a simple blood test to be sure that you are getting neither too little, nor too much.

Vertigo - A Natural Regimen To Halt A Spinning Room

By Consumer Health Advocate, Frank Mangano

Vertigo is the sensation of unsteadiness, dizziness or a feeling of surroundings moving. The most common form of vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV).

Vertigo is characterized by rapid episodes of intense dizziness associated with a head change position. The condition may occur when the head is moved in a certain direction, when a person lies down from an upright position, turns over in bed or sits up when they awaken.

Although BPPV can be quite irritating, it’s usually not a serious problem.

The signs and symptoms of BPPV may include:

Dizziness
A sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving
Lightheadedness
Unsteadiness
A loss of balance
Blurred vision associated with quick head movements
Nausea
Vomiting

The signs and symptoms of BPPV can be cyclical with episodes commonly not lasting more than a minute’s time.

In most cases, vertigo is the result of a nerve problem as well as a problem with the structures of the mechanism in the inner ear, which sense movement and changes in the position of a person’s head.

The cause of BPPV can vary from person to person but in most cases, it is always brought on by a change in position of the head. BPPV is usually associated with abnormal rhythmic eye movements (nystagmus) and it’s also possible but unlikely to have BPPV in both ears (bilateral BPPV).

The vestibular labyrinth is the organ of balance within the inner ear. Inside it, are loop-shaped structures (semicircular canals) that monitor the rotation of the head using fluid and hair-like sensors which are connected to the utricle. Inside the utricle are tiny granules or crystals of calcium carbonate which are attached to sensors that help detect gravity and motion.

Sometimes, the particles within the labyrinth loosen and float in the fluid. They can also irritate the nerve endings associated with balance. This causes a person to experience a false sense of movement and causing a brief spinning sensation.

Some causes of BPPV include:

Aging
A blow to the head
A virus affecting the ear (less common)
The combination of ear trauma from surgery and prolonged positioning on your back during the procedure (less common)

The regimen outlined below includes a holistic approach to treating and preventing vertigo:

Avoid rapid or extreme movements or changes in body position.
Sodium intake should be no more than 2,000 mg per day to avoid disrupting the mechanics of the inner ear.
Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and all fried foods should be avoided.
If dizziness occurs, sit down with your feet flat on the floor and stare at a fixed object until it subsides.

The list of supplements below may also be very beneficial:

DMG (take as directed on label) - Increases oxygen supply to the brain.
Vitamin B Complex (100 mg of each major B vitamin 3 times daily with meals) - Aids normal brain and nervous system function.
Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids (3,000 - 10,000 mg daily in divided doses) and Vitamin E (begin with 200 IU daily and increase slowly to 400 - 800 IU daily) - Improves circulation.
Choline and Inositol (take as directed on label) - Necessary for nerve function and improves brain function.
Coenzyme Q10 (100 - 200 mg daily) - Improves circulation to the brain.
Zinc (30 mg daily) _ promotes a healthy immune system & helps maintain vitamin E levels.
Butcher’s Broom and Cayenne (take as directed on label) - Improve circulation.
Dandelion Tea or Extract is good for high blood pressure.
Ginger (take as directed on label) - Relieves dizziness and nausea.
Ginkgo Biloba (take as directed on label) - Improves circulation and increases oxygen supply to the brain.

Reduce Stress and Reduce Your Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Stress and pain are irreversibly linked in fibromyalgia. For many people, some kind of stressful event is what initially triggers fibromyalgia. It often shows up after a serious illness, some kind of emotional or mental shock or with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). There is probably a genetic tendency toward fibromyalgia, and many people believe that stress unmasks the disorder.

Fibromyalgia is thought to be a central nervous system disorder in which either pain-sensing nerves are excessively sensitive, or the brain is extremely sensitive to pain impulses. People with fibromyalgia have poor functioning of the HPA axis-hpyophysis-pituitary-adrenal axis-which is our body's system for responding to stress with neurochemicals like adrenalin and serotonin. We don't know how pain sensation and an abnormal stress response are related, but we do know that people with fibromyalgia experience more pain when they are stressed.

Just having fibromyalgia is stressful. Dealing with constant pain, fatigue and mental cloudiness is stressful. Not being able to accomplish things is stressful, especially if it affects your employment situation. That can lead to financial stress. The fact that few people understand what you are going through and expect you to behave "normally" is stressful. Dealing with a chronic illness and lifestyle changes is stressful. That's the everyday stress load; adding anything to it tends to tip the scale and cause the fibromyalgia symptoms to be worse.

Stress reduction is an important part of managing your fibromyalgia.

Here are a few ways that may help alleviate some of your stress.

Good self care. Eating a nutritious diet, getting the right amount of the right kind of exercise, establishing regular sleep habits and giving yourself grace are all part of taking good care of yourself. They are important. You will feel worse, and be able to do less if you do not take care of yourself.

Practice body awareness. People who deal with chronic pain, as in fibromyalgia, become accustomed to ignoring their bodies; it's one way they cope with the pain. If you learn to recognize your body's cues that you are becoming tense, you can use a relaxation technique or exercise early on, before stress becomes unmanageable. At the same time, you don't want to lose that protective lack of awareness about pain. Take breaks every so often and just sit quietly and pay attention to how you feel. Learn where you feel stress first. Do you get heartburn? Do your shoulders get tight? Once you learn that, you can periodically scan to see if your body is showing tension.

Change the way you think. This takes practice, but it gives you a chance to respond to situations instead of reacting.

Keep a stress journal. This has two purposes. You can journal about stressful incidents and use the journal as a tool to help you identify situations that are stressful to you. This can help you either avoid repeating these situations or be better prepared should they be unavoidable. Journaling about a stressful event also helps you debrief and de-stress after the event.

Learn stress management techniques, such as visualization, meditation and breathing. These techniques decrease the level of neurochemicals circulating in your body, and help decrease both stress and pain.

Physical therapy, stretching and massage can help decrease muscle tension and stress, and help minimize pain.

Talk to a counselor who specializes in stress management and pain treatment. He or she can help you learn new ways to manage stressful events.

If you decrease your stress, you will probably experience less pain and fatigue from your fibromyalgia. Changing your lifestyle so that you are taking care of yourself can help prevent flare-ups and give you a better quality of life.

Underactive Thyroid (Hypothyroidism)

A number of modern factors have resulted in an unprecedented rate of under-functioning thyroid conditions in North America today. Foremost among the reasons are:

Consumption of soybean oil and soy products (soy has proven thyroid suppressing properties). This is why soybeans are used so extensively in feeding livestock, as they cause reduced metabolism and more rapid weight gain. On the contrary, the lauric acid in coconut oil stimulates thyroid function. In the 1940's, farmers tried giving their livestock coconut meal as a cheap food, and found that their animals became lean rather than fatter.

The fluoridation of water supply, toothpastes and dental treatments (fluoride displaces iodine in the body).

The devitalization and depletion of soils due to modern chemical farming practices resulting in greatly reduced trace mineral content of our food. This has a marked negative effect on thyroid function.

Besides causing a sluggish metabolism and weight gain, an underactive thyroid leads to fatigue, dull, dry hair, poor complexion, and depressed immune function.

The thyroid gland, located in the front of the neck just above the collar bone, produces thyroid hormones. These hormones are released into the bloodstream and circulated throughout the body to produce metabolic energy.

There are two thyroid hormones, thyroxine or T4 and triiodothyronine or T3, that are released into the blood stream. T3 speeds up the body's metabolism. Most of the T3 in the blood is converted from T4. The production of T3 and T4 is regulated by another hormone called TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) or thyrotropin. This hormone is produced in the pituitary gland. If TSH is normal, it is a possible indicator that the thyroid is working properly.

Important....

You need to have a blood test to see what your hormone levels are.
You should also be working with your doctor as this can be a very serious health problem.
He may have you go on a hormone replacement therapy.
Your doctor may prescribe Armour Thyroid if you have had problems with a synthetic therapy or, if you or your doctor prefer natural products.

Armour Thyroid is a type of hormone replacement therapy. It differs from other therapies in two important ways:

It is a natural product - not a synthetic compound
It provides both of the key thyroid hormones levothyroxine (T4) and L-triiodothyronine (T3).

Your doctor may prescribe Armour Thyroid if you have had problems with a synthetic therapy or, if you or your doctor prefer natural products.

The symptoms of hypothyroidism may not be detected right away as it can develop slowly. You may also experience some symptoms before your thyroid hormone levels drop below normal. Here is a list of symptoms that might be caused by low thyroid:

Dry, thick skin
Hair thinning
Painful muscles and joints
Depression
Memory problems
Constipation
Heavy, irregular or prolonged menstrual periods
Low body temperature (below 97.8°F first thing in the morning)
Low blood pressure
Puffy eyes and face
Slow pulse
Reduced libido
Poor memory
Fatigue
Chronic sinus infections
Headaches
Sweating abnormalities
Migraines
Heat and/or cold intolerance
Irritability
Fluid retention
Anxiety
Panic attacks
Frequent colds and sore throats
Lightheadedness
Ringing in the ears
Decreased concentration
Slow wound healing
Easy bruising
Unhealthy nails
Acid Indigestion
Cold hands or feet
Inappropriate weight gain
Hypoglycemia
Falling asleep during the day
Itching
High cholesterol
Loss of outside portion of eyebrows

It is possible that there is an underlying cause that is the reason for your hypothyroidism. Some possible causes are heavy metal poisoning (especially mercury), adrenal fatigue, food allergies and celliac disease. It might be wise to also check into what may be causing your thyroid problem and deal with it also in order to get well.

There are actually some foods that can cause low thyroid levels. They are called goitrogenic foods and include Brussels sprouts, rutabaga, turnips, cabbage, radishes, broccoli, cauliflower, millet, kale, and soy. Goitrogens are naturally occurring thyroid inhibiting substances found in these foods. The thyroid inhibiting effect of these foods are thought to be largely inactivated by cooking. So if you eat any of these foods, be sure to cook them. You should NOT eat any of these foods in large quantity even when cooked and don't eat them at all raw.

Support your thyroid - naturally and holistically

When the problem is subclinical hypothyroidism holistic support can resolve women's symptoms and prevent future problems. For women who have already progressed to thyroid disease, some find they can reduce their thyroid medication with the approval of their healthcare practitioner.

The key is to support your body's ability to make and balance all of its hormones. Here's what we recommend to our patients with thyroid symptoms:

Dietary changes. In particular, consume foods that are naturally high in B vitamins and iodine such as whole grains, nuts, seeds, seaweed, fish and root vegetables.

Medical-grade nutritional supplements. Choose a daily multivitamin that's bioavailable, natural and manufactured to pharmaceutical standards. We also recommend omega-3 fatty acid supplements.

Exercise. Try for at least 30 minutes a day, four to five days per week. Finding the energy to exercise will become easier as your body starts to heal itself.

Stress management. This is particularly important for women with severe adrenal fatigue. You can get started by learning some deep breathing techniques, or consider trying meditation.

Phytotherapy. Women whose thyroid issues are related to perimenopause or menopause usually benefit from gentle endocrine support such as phytotherapy.

Phytotherapy is the use of plants, either in whole food form or in the form of standardized extracts and supplements, for healing purposes. Its roots trace all the way back to the beginnings of time and still stand strong in much of the world today.

Thyroid symptoms are frustrating and so is a lifetime of medication. Once you start to see your body as a group of interconnected systems you'll understand why a holistic approach can work wonders.

Drug Therapy

Brand Names:

Levothroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid, Unithroid

Uses:

Levothyroxine is used to treat an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). It replaces the hormone that is normally produced by the thyroid gland. Low thyroid levels can occur naturally or when the thyroid gland is injured by radiation/medications or removed by surgery. It is important to have adequate levels of thyroid hormone in your bloodstream to maintain normal mental and physical activity. In children, adequate levels of thyroid hormone are important for normal mental and physical growth and development.

This medication is used to treat other types of thyroid disorders as well (e.g., certain types of goiters, thyroid nodules, thyroiditis, thyroid cancer).

Side Effects:

Symptoms of low thyroid levels include fatigue, muscle aches, constipation, dry skin, weight gain, slow heart rate, sensitivity to cold, or dry brittle hair that tends to fall out easily. These symptoms should disappear as your body adjusts to the medication. If they persist or become bothersome, notify your doctor promptly.

Headache, nervousness, trembling, sweating, increased appetite, diarrhea, weight loss or insomnia may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor promptly.

In rare instances, some hair loss may occur during the first few months of starting this drug. This effect is usually temporary as your body adjusts to this medication. If this effect persists or worsens, notify your doctor promptly.

Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.

Seek immediate medical attention if you have any of these very unlikely but serious side effects: chest pain, rapid or irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, seizures.

An allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of an allergic reaction include: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), dizziness, trouble breathing.

This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

Other Precations:

Before taking levothyroxine, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies.

This medication should not be used if you have certain medical conditions. Before using this medicine, consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have: overactive thyroid conditions (e.g., thyrotoxicosis), a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), adrenal gland problems (e.g., uncorrected adrenal insufficiency).

Do not use thyroid drugs for weight control.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: heart problems (e.g., hypertension, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, coronary artery disease), diabetes, male or female infertility problems (unless caused by underactive thyroid disease), bone loss disease (e.g., osteoporosis), other hormone disorders (e.g., hypothalamic/pituitary hormone deficiencies, autoimmune polyglandular syndrome), certain thyroid problems (e.g., nontoxic diffuse goiter, nodular thyroid disease), blood clotting disorders.

Notify your doctor or dentist that you are taking this medication prior to any surgery.

Caution is advised when using this drug in children because overuse may reduce the child's future adult height. Consult your doctor for details.

Caution is advised when using this drug in the elderly because they may be more sensitive to the effects of the drug.

Current information shows that this drug may be used during pregnancy. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant because your dose will have to be adjusted.

Small amounts of this drug pass into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.

Interactions:

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription drugs you may use, especially of: warfarin, digoxin, estrogen products (including estrogen-containing birth control pills), diabetes medicines (e.g., insulin, glipizide, rosiglitazone), amiodarone, iodide (including radiographic contrast agents containing iodine), lithium, anti-thyroid agents (e.g., methimazole, propylthiouracil), androgens/anabolic steroids, glucocorticoids (e.g., dexamethasone, prednisone), high dose salicylates (e.g., aspirin), phenobarbital, rifamycins (e.g., rifampin), beta blockers (e.g., propranolol), antidepressants (e.g., amitriptyline, maprotiline, sertraline), cytokines (e.g., interferon-alpha, interleukin-2), growth hormones, ketamine, theophylline.

Check the labels on all your medicines (e.g., cough-and-cold products, diet aids) because they may contain ingredients such as decongestants or caffeine that could increase your heart rate or blood pressure. Ask your pharmacist about the safe use of these products.

Certain medicines may decrease absorption of this drug into your bloodstream. Therefore, take levothyroxine 4 hours apart from: calcium supplements, iron supplements, antacids, simethicone, orlistat, cholestyramine, colesevelam, colestipol, sucralfate, sodium polystyrene sulfonate.

Certain foods may decrease absorption of this medication when taken at the same time. Take levothyroxine separately from: soybean flour (soybean infant formula), walnuts, dietary fiber.

This does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.

Diagnosed With a Herniated Disc?

By: Dr. Robert Duvall, DPT, ATC, MGFI - A Doctor of Physical Therapy and Certified Athletic Trainer. He has helped Thousands of people identify and cure their back pain by educating them with articles such as the one below...

You've probably heard people say they have a "slipped" or "ruptured" disc in the back. Sometimes they complain that their back “went out”. What they're most likely describing is a herniated disc. This condition is a common source of back and leg pain.

Discs are soft cushions found between the vertebrae that make up the spinal column (your backbone). In the middle of the spinal column is the spinal canal, a hollow space that contains the spinal cord. The nerves that supply the arms, leg, and torso come from the spinal cord. The nerves from the neck supply the arms and hands, and the nerves from the low back supply the butt and legs. The discs between the vertebrae allow the back to move freely and act like shock absorbers.

The disc is made up of two main sections. The outer part (the annulus) is made up of tough cartilage that is comprised of series of rings. The center of the disc is a jelly-like substance called the nucleus pulposus. A disc herniates or ruptures when part of the jelly center pushes through the outer wall of the disc into the spinal canal, and puts pressure on the nerves. A disc bulge is when the jelly substance pushes the outer wall but doesn't completely go through the wall.

What do you feel?

Low back pain will affect four out of five people during their lifetime. The most common symptom of a herniated disc is “sciatica”. Sciatica is best described as a sharp, often shooting pain that begins in the buttocks and goes down the back of one leg. This is most often caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve that exits the spinal cord. Other symptoms include:

Weakness in one leg or both legs
Numbness and tingling in one leg (pins & needles)
A burning pain centered in the low back
Loss of bladder or bowel control (seek medical attention immediately)
Back pain with gradually increasing leg pain. (If you have weakness in both legs. Seek immediate attention.)

How do you know you have a herniated disc?

Your medical history is key to a proper diagnosis. A physical examination can usually determine which nerve roots are affected (and how seriously). A simple x-ray may show evidence of disc or degenerative spine changes. An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is usually the best option (most expensive) to determine which disc has herniated.

Why do discs herniate?

Discs are primarily composed of water. As we become older (after the age of 30), the water content decreases, so the discs begin to shrink and lose their shape. When the disc becomes smaller the space between the vertebrae decreases and become narrower. Also, as the disc loses water content the disc itself becomes less flexible.

While aging, excess weight, improper lifting and the decrease in water in the discs all contribute to the breaking down of discs, the primary cause of a herniation or bluge is uneven compression and torsion that's placed on the discs.

This uneven pressure is caused by imbalances in muscles that pull the spine out of its normal position and then your body is forced to function in what I call a physical dysfunction. Every human being develops these dysfunctions over time and eventually they cause enough damage to create pain.

The best treatment options

When it comes to treating a herniated disc, there are traditional treatments such as ice/heat, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, cortisone injections, anti-inflammatory medications and even surgery.

While these may deliver some relief, it will usually be temporary if at all.

But the major problem with these traditional treatments is that they can't fix or heal a herniated disc as they do not address the actual cause of the problem. For example, even if you were to have a surgery and get some pain relief, the fact is the dysfunctions that caused the disc to herniated in the first place are still there and if not addressed, they will continue to place uneven pressure and strain on the discs and sooner or later you will likely have another problem with that disc, or others.

Without identifying and addressing the underlying cause of the problem, which is the physical dysfunctions caused by imbalances in muscles, you will likely continue to suffer with this condition and the continuous flare ups for years.

Unfortunately, most doctors, chiropractors and physical therapists don't spend time or focus on identifying the physical dysfunctions that are responsible for the condition so most people end up jumping from one useless traditional treatment to the next and suffer for months or years unnecessarily.

If you have been diagnosed with a herniated disc, or are wondering if your back pain may be caused by a herniated disc, either way you must identify and address the physical dysfunctions that are causing your pain as part of your recovery.

To see other great articles by Dr. Duvall, please visit https://gethealthy.infusionsoft.com/go/articles/arthriti

There, you will find many more articles and resources to help educate and get rid of your back pain forever.

Alcohol-based Mouthwash Can Lead to Oral Cancer, Researchers Discover

By Consumer Health Advocate, Frank Mangano

When you’re going through your three-pronged dental health routine tonight – flossing, brushing and gargling/rinsing – you might want to reconsider that third step. Because according to an Australian-based study, you could be gargling up an increased risk for cancer.

Unlike most researchers, who go all around their findings before making any advisements to their readers as to what they should or shouldn’t do based on their discoveries, that’s certainly not the case with these Aussie researchers.

Not only do they say there’s “sufficient evidence” that the link between oral cancer and alcohol-based mouthwash is real, but they advise all grocers pull Listerine and Scope products from supermarket shelves entirely, or at the very least mark them up with warnings labels so consumers know what they’re swishing.

What makes mouthwash so harsh and potentially cancer-causing is its alcohol content. According to the researchers, this alcohol – ethanol, specifically – gives cancer-causing substances the ability to form within the mouth, thus contributing to the estimated 41,000 newly diagnosed oral cancer cases each year (about 400,000 worldwide).

Fox News interviewed a cosmetic dentist recently whose views will likely make you question your long-held assumptions about mouthwash.

“[Alcohol-based mouthwash] dries out the mouth terribly and creates a rebound effect of bad breath,” said Dr. Jennifer Jablow, a regular contributor to dental health segments on CBS News whose day job is spent in the offices of Park 56 Dental Group in New York City. “It also creates a very acidic environment that allows cavities to develop easier.”

Despite the good doctor’s stance, this may seem to some like making a mountain out of a mole hill. After all, you’ve likely spent most of your life swishing with alcohol-based mouthwash and been told that it was a good thing. Why stop now? Further, why isn’t drinkable alcohol labeled as cancer-causing?

Well, as it happens, drinking does increase the risk of oral cancer. In fact, according to the study’s lead researcher, Michael McCullough, an associate professor of oral medicine at the University of Melbourne, people who drink and use alcohol-based mouthwash are at five times the risk for oral cancer compared to those who don’t drink or use mouthwash (smokers were at the highest risk at nine times the risk).

McCullough and others aren’t coming out as strongly against drinkable alcohol because the average drinker doesn’t swish wine or beer in the mouth for extended periods of time; it’s swallowed relatively quickly. Another reason is that beer and wine don’t have as high an alcohol content as alcohol-based mouthwashes have (ranging from 20-28 percent alcohol, depending on the brand).

But the most significant difference according to McCullough is that “one is for entertainment and one is being recommended as a health product.” In other words, wine, beer and champagne carry with them some assumed and inherent risks; there really aren’t any assumed risks in a product that’s supposed to be contributing to oral health.

So what’s the alternative? Forgoing mouthwash altogether? You could do that, but mouthwash itself is not the problem. It’s the alcohol. Thus, on your next jaunt to the grocer’s or drug store, look for alcohol-free mouthwash; you should be able to find some carried by familiar brands.

I use "Tea Tree Oil Mouthwash" by Desert Essence. This is a natural mouthwash that contains organic tea tree oil, aloe vera gel and oil of spearment. I avoid the commercially manufactured junk and I strongly recommend you do the same.

In the meantime, talk to your dentist about this latest research and how he or she feels about alcohol-based mouthwash. I’d be interested in what he or she has to say.

Sources:

The Oral Cancer Foundation

The Daily Telegraph

Why Vitamins, Minerals and Nutrients are Vital to Maintain Vigorous Health

Blood Components

Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body and supply individual cells with the life giving element. They live for only 90 days and over a 12-week period the whole blood supply is completely renewed and replaced. White blood cells are the basis for the immune system and require nutrients to perform their significant function of attacking and destroying invading bacteria and viruses which otherwise would cause illness or death of the biological system. Plasma is the liquid phase of blood, which carries red cells and white cells throughout the body and provides nutrients such as vitamins and minerals to those cells as well as those required by all of the cells exposed to the circulatory system.

Chemistry

There are three ways that materials are dissolved in liquids for introduction into our bodies.

The first is called an emulsion. An emulsion can best be explained as a mixture of oil and water. In order to make them mix one must break the oil part into very fine bubbles and stir them into the water. But they won't stay mixed. The tiny bubbles of oil would soon come together and separate themselves from the water. To get them to stay mixed one must add other chemicals called emulsifiers (like soap) to maintain the emulsion.

The second way to dissolve materials in a liquid is to add a chemical compound that will dissolve in the liquid, like the addition of table salt into water. Once added to water, the salt breaks down into the two elements that it is made of and forms ions, which are particles with an electrical charge. Salt is made up of two elements. Sodium is a nutrient required by the body and Chlorine is an element that is poisonous to the body. We must be careful what substances we put into our bodies.

The third way of mixing substances with liquids in order to introduce them into our bodies is new technology and is proprietary but it involves breaking substances into their atomic form (measured in Angstrom Units) and forcing those atoms into solution with pure water. The result is water containing the atomic form of various nutrients without other chemicals or contaminants that are either harmful or unnecessary.

Solid introduction of nutrients is also a chemical problem. If you look at any pill form of nutrients you will note a list of chemical compounds that are required to combine with digestive juices and result in ones body benefiting from that process. This requires much faith and results in a great deal of profit for the manufacturer.

Minerals

For cell reactions to occur properly, all of the necessary vitamins, minerals, etc., must be present together and in the correctly balanced concentration. An excess of one can stop another from being used efficiently. Minerals, which form the basis of our cells, have to work in combination with other nutrients: this is called nutrient synergy.

Minerals are unique. Plants cannot manufacture minerals, but like us they need to absorb a range of minerals for their own cell construction and reactions. When rain falls on mineral-rich soil, the minerals dissolve and the plants absorb them through their roots.

In the 1960's, Professor Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel prizes, proved that there are over 60 deficiency diseases, some as debilitating as arthritis, others as well known as osteoporosis, which can be traced to mineral deficiencies alone. After further research, he summarized his revolutionary findings as:

"YOU CAN TRACE EVERY SICKNESS, EVERY DISEASE AND EVERY AILMENT, TO A MINERAL DEFICIENCY"

DNA Molecule

Protein-based cells including the unique life-giving DNA, are all replaced in 6 months. Sometimes during DNA synthesis, a programming problem can arise and faulty cells are generated. If these combine, they could form a tumor, which may result in cancer. Provided your immune system is in top condition, these faulty cells are destroyed as they are formed. Minerals and vitamins are essential for DNA health and regeneration.

Bones

In 5 years, every bone cell in the spine will be renewed, and in 8 to 15 years, the bone cells in your thighbones are completely replaced.

"Perfect Cells. . . Perfect Health"

You can vastly improve your health by continually producing perfect cells. To do so, you must provide your body with all of the nutrients in the right balance, every day.

Nutrients are used to continually rebuild old and damaged cells, including those of your immune system. The immune system controls your ability to fight off infections and diseases ranging from colds and flu to heart disease and cancer.

" . . . ABSORBING AS LITTLE AS 10% . . ."

As we age, our bodies have increasing difficulty in absorbing many of the nutrients that we consume. Enzymes release the vitamins and minerals from our food, so the nutrients can be absorbed through the intestine walls into the blood stream and used for cell activity.

By the 40's, we can only absorb 50% of the nutrients we could when we were in our 20's. By our 60's, we may be absorbing as little as 10%

Why Do We Suffer From Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies?

" . . . SOIL DRAINED OF ESSENTIAL MINERALS . . ."

Centuries of cultivating the same surface soil have slowly drained it of minerals. Most crops are grown on the same farmland and in the same soil, which has been tilled, year in and year out for centuries. Pesticides and herbicides kill beneficial soil microorganisms which keep the soil fertile. See Senate document 264. (Even Congress knows)

Chemical fertilizers are added to replace only the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium because these chemicals will force crops to achieve maximum yield. Essential minerals, trace minerals and rare minerals are not replaced and food crops have become severely deficient in them. The crops will not contain many of the 90+ nutrients that we need. Even organic farming is not able to replace the depleted minerals.

Government Reports!

Alarming scientific findings about soil infertility for the last 60 years confirm that the situation is worsening. Typical statements include:

"No man can eat enough fruits and vegetables to supply his system with the minerals he requires for perfect health, because his stomach isn't big enough to hold them." Senate Document No 264 (1936)

". . . a varied diet will NOT provide all the ESSENTIAL trace elements. . ." US Department of Agriculture Report (1977)

". . . continuing MAJOR declines in the mineral values in farm and range soils, throughout the world" 1st Rio Earth Summit (1992)

Nobody Cares

Supermarkets, commercial growers and even consumers are not concerned with the vitamin and mineral content of fruit and vegetables. There is absolutely no guarantee, usually, not even any information, regarding the actual nutritional content of the fresh fruit and vegetables we buy.

The US Congress as summarized it:

"Never have so many people been so well-fed and fat yet so badly nourished"

Unfortunately, most mass market supplements are still based on old technology, they have not been reformulated to benefit from the new discoveries of this new technology.

Many people, who take such supplements, still suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiency ailments because the range of nutrients is very limited and only provides up to 10% absorbsion.

According to the physician's desk reference pills and powders are only about 10% absorbable by our bodies and that is only if you have no digestive problems.

Vibrant Living Through Minerals, Vitamins, and Nutrients

"Every ailment, every sickness and every disease can be traced to a mineral deficiency..." - Dr. Linus Pauling - Two time Nobel Prize winner.

Imagine a place where you are full of life, energetic, excited about the future, and achieving your dreams.

I call this place "Vibrant Living."

And isn't that what most of us are seeking? We are looking for ways to live fully, to experience the health and vitality that is our birthright. Little do many people realize the secret of true vibrant living is proper nutrition.

The human body was designed to be healthy. It was designed to be energetic, lean, agile, and resilient at healing. It was designed to succeed at living. The human body has tremendous potential for ultimate vitality, but the challenge is providing it with the right materials to harness this potential.

America leads the world in nutrient-depleted soil. This fact has been quietly known for decades. Even the US government in US Senate Document 264 from the 74th Congress in 1936 stated: "99% of the American people are deficient in minerals...The alarming fact is that foods, fruits, vegetables, and grains now being raised on millions of acres of land no longer contain enough certain needed minerals and are starving us, no matter how much of them we eat."

At the Earth Summit Statistics meeting in 1992, experts revealed information conclusively showing that farmlands in North America were 85% micronutrient depleted.

In 2002, leading medical researchers and clinicians recommended that every American use a daily multi-nutrient supplement to address the health dilemma of nutritionally poor diets (Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2002).

Liquid is the Answer

Over the years, nutritional supplements in pill, tablet, and chelate form have been the tractional choice for millions of people. But scientific study has led many people to rethink their supplement choices.

Vitamins and minerals in TABLET or PILL FORM are poorly absorbed and used by the body.

Graphic evidence of this is seen in wastewater treatment plants and outdoor portable toilets across America.

Thousands of pounds of undigested pills and tablets, many with name brands still readable, regularly pose a challenge for facility operators. These forms of supplements are ineffectively used by the body - containing nutrient designs made of crushed up rocks, fillers, and binders.

Why LIQUID?

Looking to nature, we see the perfect design for the ideal nutrient delivery system. Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients are consumed from the soil by plants, then transformed into a water-soluble design that is usable by the human body. No matter what we put into our bodies, the goal is always the same... To make it water-soluble.

Unique Water

Vibe's formula begins with USP23 pharmaceutical grade water. The water molecules are the enhanced using Eniva's unique structured process, called Negative Field Activation. A powerful magnetic field design, many times the strength of the earth's own magnetic field is used. Water normally has polar bonds, which in the presence of a magnetic field, are modified. It is a process that "structures" and further purifies the water, resulting in:

Modified bond angles
Enhanced electrical and physical properties
3-Deminsional structuring

Building On Success

The development of VIBE has been years in the making.

The pioneer of water-soluble nutrient delivery technology the Eniva Corporation - offers VIBE as the benchmark by which other liquid nutritional supplements are measured.

The success of the company's line of potent, water-soluble nutrients has helped millions of people and has laid the foundation for the development of VIBE.

Experience the vigor, feel the positive energy, claim the essence that is yours.

Solutomic and Aqueous Technologies

The result is superior absorption and assimilation of nutrition into the body's most fundamental cellular structures.

This breakthrough technology is based on nature's intricate design of putting nutrients into a form our bodies can effectively use. The technologies have several properties:

Water and fat-soluble nutrients in a balanced aqueous solution
Mineral particles with an electrical charge, referred to a ionic
Nutrients that are cell-ready or in the proper size to be absorbed into the cells of the body, not just the bloodstream
Bioactivated - enhanced processing based on the physiology of the human digestive system

The Potency of VIBE

Just ONE POTENT OUNCE of VIBE is EQUIVALENT to nutrients found in:

13 tomatoes - Vitamin A
10 cups raw green beans - Folate
20 peaches - Vitamin C
35 cherries - ORAC Score
10% Aloe Vera - Aloe Vera Gel
15 raw mangoes - Vitamin E
25 fresh walleye fillets - Calcium
5 6oz. beef steaks - Magnesium
13 cracked wheat slices - Zinc
2.5 cups of Green Tea (EGCG Content)

Plus 100's of healthy nutrients from whole-food sources

Vibrational Frequency Technology

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1. Facts with Intergrity

Interpreting the labels of some multinutrient products is like trying to read a foreign language… you're just not sure what they're saying. Some companies do not even know the amount of ingredients in their products - they say "it varies from one batch to another" or "there is really no way to know the true amounts." At Eniva, not only do we verify raw material sourcing and have a government inspected manufacturing facility, we provide a detailed listing of the consistent ingredients and their amounts in each VIBE bottle.

2. Scientific Balance

Eniva devotes a tremendous amount of research and development effort to its products. Ironically, the science of correct nutrient ratios and interactions is often overlooked by most nutritional manufacturers. At Eniva, the laws of chemistry and body balance have been respected. No ingredient is sourced, or technical process explored unless it is grounded in qualified, scientific principles. Volumes of research documents, clinical studies, and test results are reviewed by Eniva's R & D Team as new technologies are explored. VIBE truly incorporates the best of both science and nature.

3. Unique Ingredients

VIBE contains high-dose Green Tea and Aloe Vera Gel in each serving. These unique ingredients possess a multitude of health benefits well known to the scientific community.*

4. High ORAC Score

Short for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, ORAC is an analysis that measures the total antioxidant power of foods and other substances. It indicates the amount of dangerous free radicals an antioxidant can "absorb" or neutralize. Scientific findings from the USDA suggest that eating plenty of high-ORAC fruits and vegetables may help slow the aging process in the body and brain (1). Eniva's VIBE has one of the highest ORAC scores on the market derived from natural fruits, vegetables, and botanical sources.

5. Class 10,000 Production

VIBE is formulated and produced within a Class 10,000 Clean Room Manufacturing Facility. This is the same type of environment where heart pacemakers and super-computer chips are manufactured. Eniva has complete control over environmental factors such as air quality, temperature, pressure, and other variables. VIBE goes through strict process controls and inspections to ensure both safety and efficacy.

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(1) USDA Agricultural Research Service, Human Nutrition Research Center. High-ORAC Foods May Slow Aging, 1999.

The Growing War Between Modern Medicine and the Public

How can the U.S. significantly reduce health-care costs, and yet plan on increased employment in the health-care industry? According to the article linked below, this is the moral crux for American medicine. If Americans become healthier, there will be fewer jobs. Maybe this is why modern medicine drags its feet when it comes to preventive medicine.

The government is complicit in spawning the diabetes/obesity epidemic by subsidizing the production of non-nutrient-dense foods and high-fructose corn syrup. Statin anti-cholesterol drugs are approved by the FDA even though they don’t reduce mortality rates. Modern medicine is an industry that wants more, not less, disease to treat. Doctors aren’t interested in disease prevention -- conventional medicine is quick to dismiss any truly preventive therapies as unproven and requiring more study.

Still, an estimated 38 percent of U.S. adults, along with 12 percent of children, use some type of complementary and alternative medicine, according to a new U.S. government survey.

Complementary and alternative medicine refers to a wide-ranging collection of medical and health care systems, practices and products that aren't generally considered conventional medicine. They include herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic treatment and acupuncture.

For the survey, more than 23,300 adults were interviewed about their use of complementary and alternative medicine. More than 9,400 were also asked about their children's use of complementary and alternative medicine.

The survey found that the use of techniques such as deep breathing, meditation, massage therapy, and yoga increased significantly. The most common supplements used by adults are omega 3 fats, glucosamine, echinacea, flaxseed, and ginseng.

Other findings from the survey showed that more women than men use complementary and alternative medicine (42.8 percent versus 33.5 percent). Older, more educated and wealthier adults also used complementary and alternative medicine in greater numbers.

It’s no wonder that 38 percent of American adults have opted for alternative medicine. Where else can the public turn? Many patients are belittled when they tell their doctors they are taking dietary supplements instead of prescription drugs.

Americans are increasingly distrustful of prescription medicines. According to a 2005 poll, 35 percent of Americans who were prescribed drugs didn’t take them because they wanted to save money, and another 28 percent didn’t take them because of "frightening side effects.

It is becoming increasingly clear that conventional medicine is working against the public welfare.

Sources:

U.S. News December 10, 2008

National Health Federation

LewRockwell.com December 13, 2008

Nutrition Secrets “They” Don't Want You To Know About

By Rich Stacel, Natural Health Practitioner

Today we know more about vitamins, minerals and nutrition in general then ever before, but at the same time there are various elements of the media and medical community that want to keep everyone in the dark about the true role and power that vitamins play in our health and life. As many who study natural health, nutrition and those who subscribe to various newsletters such as this, the pharmaceutical companies are a major front in the war against nutrition. That’s because it’s been known since the turn of the last century that the cause of nearly all degenerative diseases as well as the weakening of the immune system that makes one susceptible to communicable diseases are deficiencies of various key nutrients or total lack of them altogether.

Of course this knowledge has been carefully and cleverly hidden from the public for over one hundred years now since they can’t have people learning that they can be healthy merely by taking the right nutrients and the right amounts of each. That’s why as is the case with vitamin C and many other vitamins, the RDA for most nutrients is pathetically low and barely enough to keep you alive, let alone for you to be healthy and strong.

Since the mid 1800’s, the naturopathic doctor has ceaselessly and constantly come under attack by the MD’s and organized medical community. As the mechanized view of the body and the germ theory of disease began to become more accepted along with the belief that chemicals and drugs were the way of the future, the attacks became more frequent, bold and progressed to outright lies at times. That’s because the MD, with his surgical procedures, chemical drugs, fancy concoctions and useless medical terminology had much more potential for financial gain then did the naturopath or “country doctor”. They saw the country doctor as a threat to their growing influence and livelihood as well. In fact the medical terminology that doctors use was created precisely to make the average person feel ignorant and stupid and to keep people from ever trying to diagnose or cure themselves.

The AMA was formed in 1847 specifically to protect the profits and practices of doctors. The AMA protects the profits of the MD, not the “country doctor” who they came to view as backwards and outdated not to mention a threat to their patients health, or ill health and of course their profits as well. They know that the methods and cures of the country doctor were far better, cheaper and safer than the drugs and surgery approach of the “medical doctor”, also known as the “Slash and Burn” method, but it was all about the profits, so if the AMA was going to represent any group, they knew that the MD's offered them the greatest chance at profits, growth and power. The AMA is a union created specifically for doctor, NOT patients, not to find cures, not to prevent disease, but to protect the profits of doctors. Just like any union, its job is to protect the jobs and income of its members. The AMA is not the wonderful, benign or righteous agency that it tries to convince the world it is.

The western allopathic medical establishments knows that nutrition prevents disease and cures most non-communicable and even many communicable diseases as well. That’s why they work so hard to suppress this knowledge and keep trying to get nutrients like vitamin C labeled as a “drug”. They haven’t yet, but they’re not giving up either.

In the book “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” Dr. Price details his discoveries in the 1920’s of primitive tribes and cultures around the world that were models of health and free of dental caries and degenerative diseases. Since he was a dentist searching for the cause of cavities (caries) that was the main focus of his book. However, he also discovered in his research and travels that a solid and irrefutable link between those who had cavities, crowded teeth and “malformed” faces and lack of nutrition existed. When the native peoples began to eat the modern processed foods devoid of real nutrients and loaded with chemicals and artificial ingredients, they too suffered the same dental and health problems as those raised on such diets. When the native peoples went back to their traditional whole foods diet, cavities that were progressing ceased and the next generation of children was born with perfect teeth and greatly improved immunity as had the previously untouched generations.

Knowledge such as this is powerful, and it’s this kind of knowledge that the “powers that be” don’t want too many people knowing about. The less real knowledge and truth that you have about how to prevent disease and eliminate disease and degenerative conditions with the power of nutrition, herbs, exercise, deep breathing, meditation, relaxation and many other natural and alternative methods, the more people will suffer needlessly while the people who control these organizations, including pharmaceutical companies, doctors and hospitals all get richer while we get poorer paying and trying to pay for their useless, dangerous and deadly so called “medicines” and procedures.

The in-expense and effectiveness of natural cures and cultures that practice them such as the Chinese are a direct threat to the stranglehold that the western medical communities have on this country and most of the world. That is one of the main reasons that many aspects of Chinese medicine were so strongly suppressed, laughed at, made fun of, ridiculed and ignored in the past thirty or so years.

It was through the actions of the patients themselves, who kept going to Chinese doctors and other natural doctors and talking over and over again at how effective these methods were that finally got the western medical community to start to take notice of Chinese medicine and other natural treatments. They realized that since they couldn’t suppress this any longer, we might as well admit how well it works so that we can control it, regulate it, license it and at least make some money off of it. This is especially the case with acupuncture. Even though they reject the Chinese explanations of Chi flow and balance and prefer to believe that it’s just effecting the nerves of the body or it’s an out of control placebo effect, they still allowed it to be practiced and covered by insurance as a valid and effective cure for certain illnesses.

Getting proper nutrition is vitally important, which is why I juice several times a week to make sure that I’m getting plenty of vital nutrients into my body and I can feel this as I drink the life in the juice down. What’s also interesting is that this also is a great way to help lose weight, since juicing delivers tons of nutrients into the body; hunger often disappears for several hours or more afterward and it seems to also raise metabolism since the body is getting tons of nutrients and enzymes to function with greater efficiency and at a higher level.

I lost over twenty pounds when I started juicing about five times a week. As my appetite decreased and my taste for carrots, celery, broccoli, spinach and such increased, I no longer wanted to put pastries, pizza and doughnuts or other junk food into my body and certainly not fast food. After juicing at lunch time each day at one of my jobs, I often ate my last meal at 3pm in the afternoon, had no dinner and was not even hungry till about 8am the next morning. Even then I was not ravenous at all and could have easily gone till lunch without eating anything at all. That’s because when you’re hungry, your body is not so much craving the solid matter…it’s craving the nutrients in foods, real nutrients from natural, whole foods. Since juicing delivers large amounts of these nutrients to the body in liquid form, your body has plenty of nutrients in reserve to produce what it needs, so hunger simply goes into a stand-by mode until the cells tell the liver and brain once again that more nutrients are needed, at which point you start to feel hungry again.

Your also getting these nutrients in a more readily bioavailable form since the nutrients are also being delivered with tons of natural plant enzymes, which again take a great load off the pancreas since the body does not have to produce large quantities of enzymes to digest solid matter. Of course juicing is never a long term substitute for real, solid whole foods, but doing short term juice fasts and juicing daily or at least several times a week is a vital and fantastic way to ensure that your getting large amounts of necessary nutrients in an unadulterated form each time you juice.

I mentioned above a little about the liver and brain receiving signals from the cells. The cells communicate with the rest of the body using energies very similar to light. A physicist by the name of Popp has demonstrated this in his many experiments into cellular communication. He started this work because the modern idea that the cells are all communicating via chemical message simply did not hold up. Cells were receiving various signals far too quickly to be explained by chemical reactions. His research showed that in fact the whole body is communicating via energy in the light spectrum and that this communication goes on at nearly the speed of light. We are indeed all “luminous beings”. This is also why getting out into the sun for 10-15 minutes a day is absolutely vital, not only for the production of vitamin D, but so that your cells can properly communicate with each other and especially the brain. The Chinese and particularly the Taoists practice visual exercises called “Administering Sunbeams” early in the morning and late in the afternoon to ensure that the brain and body get adequate amount of UV rays from the sun. I’ll talk more about that in a later article. The body does talk and has its own language of communication. It’s absolutely amazing!

In regards to the liver, in Chinese medicine it’s been known for centuries that the liver and spleen are very important for digestion. They are given a special relationship in the five element theory of Chinese medicine, which teaches that each organ has solid ties with the others and that there is a definite cause and effect relationship at work. For example, the Chinese have known that the stomach and spleen are linked pairs. This is one of the strongest inter-organ relationships in the body. When the body needs nutrients and even more then just nutrients, but Chi, the liver, which is the vitamin storehouse of the body, sends a signal to the spleen (and stomach by extension) that it requires energy. The spleen, which gives it’s energy to the mind and is responsible for concentration and faith in Chinese medicine, then signals the stomach and brain that nutrients are needed and the brain interprets this and starts to send out a signal back to the stomach. We feel this as the beginnings of hunger. So naturally, we grab something to eat. When we were all eating real foods from nature, we got lots of nutrients, fiber, bulk matter, sunlight and earth energy in those natural foods and the various physical and energy systems of the human body are satisfied. This kept intense foods craving and bingeing to a minimum because those cravings simply never manifested themselves to the degree that we see today. It is precisely because so many people are consuming nutrient, energy and enzyme dead foods, that the body is in a constant state of nutritional and energy deficiency. Because of this, the liver is not being given the nutrients, enzymes or bio-energy (chi) that it needs, so the feeling of hunger or never feeling satisfied is nearly always on to some degree in most people today.

When you follow a whole foods diet, which includes juicing with lots of fresh vegetables that are nutrient and enzyme dense, your giving your body not only the physical nutrients and enzymes that it needs, but because such foods are alive, there is also the vital and indisputable non physical element of Chi present in the foods that the body also requires to convert all those nutrients into other chemical compounds, hormones and enzymes to carry out all it’s functions. When we eat processed foods such as sugar, which leeches calcium from the bones and teeth and nutrients from the liver, we’re stripping away the nutrients needed and not giving the body what’s truly needed for us to be healthy, feel great and live long and happy lives.

See, the body is very smart. It knows what is natural and good for it and what is not. It knows that foods, real foods have nutrients, vitamins, minerals and energy present in them. Most other man made garbage is treated as a toxin and poisons by the body. The liver takes care of the nutrient part and the spleen extracts the Chi or energy from foods. But when we consume man made junk foods and useless stomach filler such as doughnuts, cakes, candies, cookies, refined white breads, pastries and more, the body senses the various non organic and foreign chemicals in foods and the almost total lack of nutrients. The body must have nutrients in digest those foods, so it must now “borrow” the nutrients that it needs to digest this “food” from the liver, because the body can’t digest them without these nutrients present. Chemicals that the body cannot digest are considered foreign and toxic by the body and are moved to the eliminatory organs for excretion and elimination from the body. If it can’t eliminate it, it does the next best thing, which is to “isolate” it away from the vital internal organs. It mostly does this by storing such foreign matter in the fatty tissues, the fascia between the muscles and the joints. In the case of the latter, this is one of the main causes of arthritis, which is the body’s attempt to store dangerous crystalline structures formed from the consumption of dangerous and unnatural chemical compounds away from the organs. Interesting that your computer anti-virus software also does the same thing when it can’t eliminate a virus from the system, it “quarantines” it away so it does not damage the operating system or other critical files.

Getting proper amounts of vitamins, minerals and nutrients is absolutely vital for health, regeneration, strength, happiness and longevity. Just as a lack of vitamin C causes rickets and scurvy, just as a sufficient lack of the “B” vitamins can cause severe illness and eventually death, so to the lack of nutrients in our bodies causes slow degeneration of the body and eventual premature death. Very famous fitness gurus of the 1950’s once said “If man makes it, don’t eat it” and “It's not what you do some of the time that counts, it's what you do all of the time that counts.”

We have to be aware of our nutrient intake every day, not just some days and not others. In this modern fast paced world it’s hard to make sure were getting all that we need. That’s why taking a good multi-vitamin on a daily basis is very important. A good multi is not your “once a day” vitamins popularly advertised. I recommend the “Alive-Whole Food Energizer” as my number one multivitamin. That’s because this product, made by Natures Way is a whole food vitamin, meaning its not synthesized by man, but merely whole natural foods compressed into a tablet form. Some of the ingredients are even organic. It has tons of great stuff such as all the main vitamins and minerals in very good amounts for most, plus the following: “Green food/Spirulina blend, Digestive enzyme blend, Amino Acid complex, Garden Veggie blend, Orchard fruit blend, Myco defense mushroom blend with about a dozen mushrooms known to increase immunity including Reishi and Shitake, Omega fatty acid blend and a vitamin C complex all from natural sources. Health advocate Frank Mangano also uses and recommends this whole food vitamin as well. Always remember that its’ never a substitute for consuming real healthy, preferably organic natural raw foods from nature, untouched by man.

For some further reading on the topic of nutrition and its relationship to health and degeneration, read “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” by Weston A. Price and “Pottenger’s Cats: A study in nutrition” by Francis Marion Pottenger.

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Rich Stacel is a natural health practitioner, Chinese martial artist and Qigong practitioner for over twenty three years. He has read dozens of books on nutrition, martial arts, fitness supplements, meditation, healing and what he learned from his instructors and Masters.

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