Posts Tagged ‘Obesity’

Type 2 diabetes has natural interventions, which work remarkably well and are easy to implement.  With an estimated 366 million of people worldwide who have this condition you would think there would be a better understanding of this approach. The biggest challenge is for the public to understand that pharmaceutical companies have tried different medications to halt the disease and haven’t succeeded. They are dealing with a condition that they have not had much success with. 

Diabetes Epidemic

The International Diabetes Federation described the number of cases as “staggering,” every seven seconds one person succumbs to this condition. The federation is asking for concrete measures to stop the epidemic, urging officials focusing on chronic disease at the United Nations to target ways to prevent cases and to invest in more research. Yes, what we need is more research, we don’t have enough already. We can spend the next decade looking for the magic bullet.

It is estimated that health systems spend $465 billion annually fighting the disease. That includes both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. If that isn’t enough money to find the cause, which is right in front of their faces then lets go for broke.

Real Problem

The abnormalities that they are looking for is in our food supply, the diagnosis and current treatment are not the answer. Our flagging health is due to the deterioration of our food supply. Food orchestrates a complex balance of hormonal, neurochemical, and electrical signals. What makes us think we can face our deteriorating health with pharmaceuticals? As long as we ignore the warning signs that all point to lifestyle, it will be increasingly difficult to stem the tide.

Type 2 Diabetes Causes

The rise in diabetes is not due to an aging population as the medical experts claim. Diabetes is thought to be a disease of middle age, with obesity playing a part in the development of this condition. Yet, younger people are now in this group. Medical strategies haven’t consistently offered substantial improvement for diabetics.

The global number of diabetics more than doubled in the last three decades according to a study published in the medical journal Lancer. We try to manage the disease with diet, exercise and medication. With all that diabetes still results in kidney disease, blindness, heart disease, more cases of cancer, and amputations.

In the last three decades our lifestyle has been altered. This trend started earlier with the advent of pre-packaged foods, larger portions, lack of sunshine, technology advances that translate to less activity. There are multiple causes and none of them are a drug shortage. Insulin resistance is part of the culture. There are very few people who aren’t affected by this way of life. This is becoming a world wide occurrence because we export our way of eating and farming methods.

To say it is because people are living longer is an insult to our intelligence. Healthy adults who are concerned about what they put into their bodies are much less likely to develop diabetes. We are putting the cheapest “foods” on everyone’s table. Virtually everything in most people’s diet was never eaten 40 to 50 years ago. We can document that insulin resistance is a product of our diet, no amount of research will change that fact.

The Challenge

The challenge that we have is we got to deal with this crisis now. Health care will bankrupt America. Curing today’s health care cost crisis means we need natural solutions. What is essential to realize is for survival purposes we have to prevent and reverse these conditions on our own.

How to Reverse Diabetes

The Journal PLoS ONE reported the discovery by Salk Institute for Biological Studies researchers that fisetin a flavone found in abundance in strawberries, and in other fruit and vegetables, helped type 1 diabetes in mice. They found Kidney enlargement and urinary protein decreased along with anxiety-related symptoms which are a central nervous system complication that occurs in human diabetics. Type 1 diabetes is harder to reverse, this shows that diet is key.

Diabetics are advised to cut fat, reduce saturated fat and include plenty of carbohydrates in the diet. It is essentially a carbohydrate-centered diet. They may say whole grains, however this is how to feed diabetics a diet that will increase fat. When visceral fat accumulates, the inflammatory signals causes the muscle and liver to stop responding to insulin. Now we are developing insulin resistance. Nice going, since the reduction of carbohydrates improves all the diabetic markers and symptoms. Isn’t it time to look to natural intervention to reverse this condition

The cancer lifesaving natural interventions are the ones that you do to change your internal environment. Cancer is a multifaceted process that most people don’t realize that they have control of. The things that contribute to pathological conditions, including cancer are the food one eats, the air one breaths, the water one consumes, the amount of radiation one receives, the amount one exercises, and how one handles stress.  There are natural interventions that are capable of putting the odds in your favor. The control of the environment that the cancer cells thrive in can be changed. The only one who could do that is the person themselves.

The Missing Data

On many levels cancer is an environmental and deficiency state. By environment I mean the terrain that your cells live and take a bath in everyday. This is evident by the steady rise in cases. The rapid rise in cases is attributed to people living longer. In some of the long lived people of the world who reside in their traditional culture age doesn’t seem to be a factor. It is a fact that the numbers are going up for all age groups.

The missing data is what can help reverse the trend.  All anyone has to look at is what has changed in the culture to put the population at risk. It is obvious if you just look around at the lifestyle habits that have become the norm.

The Food Supply

The biggest change is in the American diet. This is a critical component of the rise in this condition. Simple carbohydrates may seem like a simplistic response when talking about the initiation and progression of cancer. Taking a careful look at the biological explanation makes this a very logical conclusion.

Low Carbohydrate Diet

According to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of The American Association for Cancer Research and reported on June 15, 2011 eating a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present.

This data makes previous generations had a diet that was lower in carbs, and the number of cases were smaller. The information that the public gets is confusing, less red meat, low fat, and breakfast cereals are a healthy diet. If this was true where are all the healthy people. Are they hiding under the layers of fat?

The meat blame game may come from the fact that we are consuming meat in a highly toxic form. From feeding cattle grains, and sometimes cement dust, moldy food sources, giving them hormones and antibiotics and then claiming meat causes all sorts of conditions is really dumb science.

Calorie Restriction

Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition. It has been proven that calorie restriction with optimal nutrition triggers favorable gene expression. A study in the July 20,2011 issue of Carciongenesis points to this conclusion: A diet with reduced calories slowed the growth of mammary tumors and metastases.

Insulin and Leptin

Calorie restriction lowers the levels of insulin, and leptin, while increasing adiponectin in tumors. If you know nothing else about what makes cancer cells survive, this is the information that is a must. Insulin and leptin are involved in the carcinogenesis of breast cancer. Many studies have demonstrated that obesity, frequent snacking increase colon cancer risks. Leptin concentrations are higher in people who are overweight. Insulin releases in response to food, leptin releases in response to insulin.

This process operates well in healthy individuals. The problem is our bodies were never meant to handle the American diet. We have and epidemic of insulin resistance which produces the chronically high levels of leptin.

Colon cancer cells love leptin and thrives on it. Leptin has the ability to encourage colon cancer cells to reproduce. Breast cancer cells express higher levels of leptin and it’ receptor than normal mammary cells. There is significant correlation between leptin levels and lower survival of breast cancer patients.

Adiponectin

Adiponectin is a protein hormone that modulates a number of metabolic processed, including glucose regulation. Adiponectin is exclusively secreted from adipose tissue (fat). The more fat the less adipnectin released. The hormone helps suppress the metabolic conditions that may result, in type 2 diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk factors for metabolic syndrome.

After adjustment for body mass index (BMI) women with higher adiponectin levels had a reduced risk for breast cancer. This was true for post menopausal women, where most of the cases occur.

The next article will tell you how to take the first step in reversing cancer.

Bolstering heart health is how to combat brain aging and stop cognitive decline. The heart is a vital organ when it comes to cognitive function. We know the heart is important for physical performance, but it is also key to mental functions. The heart delivers both oxygen and nutrients to the body by its efficient pumping ability.

Cognitive Ability

Arrhythmia and electric instability of the heart which is a potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm effects physical and mental powers. It is of critical importance to recognize the factors than may cause memory problems.

It has been found that factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol may also be a reason for forgetting things. A study presented at the American Academy of Neurology 63th Annual Meeting shows that people with an elevated heart disease risk in middle age were more likely to have memory and cognitive problems.

Researches have found people who have a 10% higher risk of cardiovascular disease were likely to have lower cognitive function and a faster rate of cognitive decline, than those with the lowest risk of heart disease. 

Patients with heart failure and a low left ejection fraction (LVEF) show declines in memory. Cognitive function in millions of American’s is compromised due to the rising incidence of heart failure in people over the age of 60 according to Dr. Joanne Fiesta  (St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital New York, N.Y.)

Brain Function

Your brain cells needs a constant fresh supply of oxygen. The longer the level of oxygen remains low the greater are the chances of cognitive decline. Some call this forgetfulness and brain fog, and it is a very common occurrence. Oxygen is the most important thing that brain cells need.

As you age the blood flow naturally drops and flows less efficiently. The nutrients that your brain need to nourish it are depended on how well your heart pumps.

A Framing ham Heart Study found that people whose heart pump efficiently are less likely to experience brain shrinkage.

Boost Your Memory

Now is the time to boost your memory. The way to do that is to take care of your health’s health. This will mean a more productive life in every area. This is the way to retain new information, and remember why you went to the grocery store. What everyone wants is to recall names, events, and have mental clarity and good cognitive function. Without these abilities the quality of your life diminishes.

Metabolic Syndrome

Adults with metabolic syndrome are significantly more likely to experience a decline in cognitive function over time. This is the one area where we have some control. This is a condition brought about by lifestyle.

In a study of generally healthy adults 65 years and older, those with metabolic syndrome were significantly more likely to experience a decline in cognitive function in a few years time. What is of particular interest is the the phase ”generally healthy adults with metabolic syndrome.”

This is where we are heading: health evaluations are taking a downturn, the optimal weight scale has changed and now what it means to be health has changed. Vigorous, energetic, healthy weight, good cognitive abilities, high fitness level, and emotional stability aren’t the baseline of passing the doctors idea of what is good health.

You can be a walking zombie, as long as some numbers are in the ball park, which by the way are changing yearly, you pass the physical. I wonder whose brains aren’t getting enough oxygen.

Back to the topic you are capable of slowing down memory loss and delaying the onset of dementia by following a healthy lifestyle.