19 Nov 2008
Test yourself!
How emotionally balanced are you during the holidays?
It is challenging to stay healthy through the holidays, but learning about the 3 most imbalanced systems can get you ready to start the New Year “on the right foot”. Take our quiz and see how you can easily remain emotionally balanced.
If you’d like to learn more 7 even ask questions, register to Dr.Anca’s Healthy Holidays FREE Tele-seminar here:
Since young we’ve heard of amazing things about vitamins. Vitamins can be found in small amount or large quantities in foods.
Everybody knows that more than meat and dairy, vegetable & fruits are nutrient-rich foods that are the basis of life.
Despite all facts & knowledge, people still prefer a good well-done steak, sometimes even without a side salad.
Knowing the vitamins’ distribution in different foods might “open your eyes” to our body’s needs.
Vitamin A
is considered ” beauty vitamin”, because it protects the skin, mucous membranes and eyes. It is found in big quantities in carrots, apricots, spinach lettuce, milk, cheese, liver, eggs, fish oil, fat fish.
Vitamin B1
is considered “nervous vitamin” because it protects the peripheral nerves; it is produced by mushrooms, yeast, bran bread, nuts.
Vitamin B2
is another “nerve vitamin”, found in vegetables, liver, yeast, milk & cheese.
Vitamin C
is “resistance vitamin”, because it strengthens the body’s defence against toxins & infections; it is found in fruits, vegetables, citrus, parsley, pepper.
Vitamin D
is called “sunshine vitamin”, it might as well be called the “anti-bone problems vitamin”, since it’s main function is to fix Calcium& Phosphorus in bones and teeth; it can be found in eggs, butter, sour cream, milk, mushrooms, liver oil.
Vitamin E
is “fertility vitamin” and “sex vitamin”; found in vegetable oil, bran cereals, eggs, milk and meat.
Vitamin K
is “anti-haemorrhagic vitamin” and is found in vegetable oils and eggs. Deficiency of vitamin K is found in liver disease, cirrhosis, etc.
Vitamin PP
is the “growth vitamin” found in liver, yeast, meat, milk, bread and vegetables. Read the rest of this entry »
16 Oct 2008
Each year millions of people in North America suffer from colds, sore throats and other, more serious, respiratory illnesses.
Influenza and pneumonia, a major complication of influenza, cause more than 5,000 deaths in Canada each year alone.
Every autumn the elderly and other high risk groups are encouraged to receive influenza vaccine (flu shots). Congress authorized Medicare funding for flu shots in 1993, believing that vaccination costs are less than hospitalization costs related to influenza complications. Was Congress misled when it authorized this $80 million per year Medicare flu shot entitlement? Have recipients been misled?
Although influenza is associated with more disease, hospitalization, and death in “at risk” populations, no adequate controlled studies exist which prove that influenza vaccine reduces the incidence of influenza in these groups (1).
Even if the flu shot was effective, it is not pure prevention- as natural health care Practitioners understand the word.
Influenza virus strains mutate, necessitating a new vaccine each year. Technicians affiliated with the Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) collect influenza viruses from pigs and people in foreign lands, e.g., China. CDC personnel then attempt to predict which viruses will infect people in the U.S the following year—the CDC crystal ball. These CDC- selected viruses are distributed to vaccine manufacturers early in the year for influenza vaccine production for administration that autumn.
How good is the CDC crystal ball?
Predicting which influenza viruses from China, for instance, will infect people in Toronto or Ohio a year later involves a fair amount of guesswork. Flu shot history is replete with examples of poor matches between influenza viruses in the vaccine and those actually infecting people.
For example in the 1994-1995 flu season, the CDC reported that 43% of isolated influenza samples for the predominant virus (type A (H3N2)) were not similar to that in the vaccine. Likewise, for another type A virus (H1N1), 87% of samples were not similar to that in the vaccine. For influenza B, 76% of isolated samples were not similar to that in the vaccine (2).
The CDC crystal ball also erred during the 1992-1993 influenza season when 84% of the isolated influenza samples for the predominant virus (A (H3N2)) were not similar to that in the vaccine (3).
Despite its poor track record in predicting which influenza viruses will infect communities, the CDC claims that influenza vaccine is “approximately 70% effective in preventing influenza in “healthy persons less than 65 years of age” if “there is a good match between vaccine and circulating viruses” (4).
Depending on the study cited, vaccine efficacy actually ranges from a low of 0% to a high of 96%
(5) And, as illustrated above, the CDC often finds it difficult to match vaccines with circulating viruses.
To justify its recommendation that all elderly persons receive flu shots, the CDC asserts that even though the vaccine does not prevent influenza very well, “the vaccine can be 50-60% effective in preventing hospitalization and pneumonia and 80% effective in preventing death’”(4)
This optimistic scenario is clouded by results of the congressionally mandated $69 million 1988-1992 Medicare Influenza Vaccine Demonstration project. This study, intended to promote Medicare-funded flu shots, yielded a disappointing 31-45% effectiveness ‘in preventing hospitalization for any pneumonia” during three influenza seasons (6). Results for the 1989-1990 season were described as “mixed at best,” with “Medicare payments… significantly higher for those who had been vaccinated” (7).
Government agencies “calculated” an economic benefit of flu shots to Medicare by manipulating numbers in a computerized simulation until desirable results were obtained. The CDC reported that its theoretical assumptions did not include all vaccine-related costs. (6). Other recently publicized medical studies with similar economic claims for flu shots have been funded by a vaccine manufacturer (8,9).
Considering that more than 90% of pneumonia and influenza deaths occur in persons 65 years of age or older, but that about 65% of all deaths (from any cause) occur in this age group anyway, it is nearly impossible to prove if flu shots significantly increase life expectancy in the elderly. Indeed one study of elderly Medicare patients in Ohio and Pennsylvania showed “no demonstrated effect of influenza vaccine in preventing death or limiting the length of hospital stay”.(10)
International controversy
Health authorities in other countries do not share the U.S public health community’s enthusiasm for influenza vaccine. At on CDC- sponsored influenza symposium a British researcher stated, “The (influenza vaccine) recommendations are strong in certain countries, but weak in others, since not all authorities are convinced of the benefit of immunization” (emphasis added. He deplored the “unsatisfactory situation” of poor influenza vaccine efficacy, which “compares unfavourably with other virus vaccines” (14). Even CDC officials confessed that “influenza vaccines are still among the least effective immunizing agents available, and this seems to be particularly true for elderly recipients”.(5)
Congress and the American taxpayer have been defrauded about the alleged advantages of flu shots. Instead of being an effective prevention, evidence indicates that flu shots may be useless. Although endorsed and funded by federal and state governments the shots seem only to benefit the companies who make them, public health bureaucrats who promote them, and medical personnel who administer them.
Here’s what you can do to prevent the outbreak of colds and flu as well alleviate the above symptoms:
Prevent colds and flu from developing by taking Muco Coccinum at the first sign of symptoms-shiver, fatigue, fever, sore throats.
Muco Coccinum can also be taken preventively every 15 days from the beginning of the flu season.
Angiflex offers immediate relief from sore throats due to clods or inflammation of the respiratory tract.
Febriflex offers immediate relief from fever, fatigue and symptoms that accompany influenza, colds and other respiratory ailments.
These are general suggestions for you to use on your own. Best approach is seeeking individualized advice from a qualified health proffessional; best thing is to check out my Cold and flu Treatment Protocol.
As ALWAYS, I welcome your comments/suggestons/ideas below:
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Trans fat is the common name for a type of unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acid(s). Trans fats may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated.
Most trans fats consumed today are created industrially in partial hydrogenation of plant oils — a process developed in the early 1900s and first commercialized as Crisco in 1911. The goal of partial hydrogenation is to add hydrogen atoms to cis-unsaturated fats, making them more saturated. These saturated fats have a higher melting point, which makes them attractive for baking and extends their shelf-life. However, the catalyst also catalyses a side reaction that isomerizes some of the cis-unsaturated fats into trans-unsaturated fats instead of hydrogenating them completely. Another particular class of trans fats, vaccenic acid, occurs naturally in trace amounts in meat and dairy products from ruminants.
Unlike other dietary fats, trans fats are neither essential nor salubrious and, in fact, the consumption of trans fats increases one’s risk of coronary heart disease[2] by raising levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol and lowering levels of “good” HDL cholesterol.[3] Health authorities worldwide recommend that consumption of trans fat be reduced to trace amounts. Trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils are more deleterious than naturally occurring oils.
Chemically, trans fats are made of the same building blocks as non-trans fats, but have a different arrangement. In trans fatty acid molecules, the hydrogen atoms are bonded to pairs of doubly bonded carbon atoms (characteristic of all unsaturated fats) in the trans rather than the cis arrangement. This results in a straight, rather than kinked, shape for the carbon chain, more like the straight chain of a fully saturated fat.
TABLE #1=Trans Fat Test Results on Processed Foods( Globe and Mail) for Tim Horton’s, Pepperidge Farm, Kellogg’s Blueberry Eggo Waffles, McCain Pizza, Orville Redenbacher, Arrowroot, etc.
TABLE#2=Trans Fat Test results on Fast Foods (Globe and Mail) for Pizza Pizza, Ho-Lee-Chow, Casey’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
They may have become common, but they are not normal. Wastes are deposited in cells and tissues, where they undermine the body’s ability to function effectively, leading to:
* Fatigue
* Headaches
* Gas and bloating
* Aches and pains
* Dry, itchy skin
* Blemishes
* Body odour
* Skin irritation/rashes
* Sleeplessness
* Indigestion
* Nausea
* Mood swings
* Constipation or bowel irregularity (less than once a day is cause for concern)
More common toxicity symptoms include headache, fatigue, mucus problems, aches and pains, digestive problems, “allergy” symptoms, and sensitivity to environmental agents such as chemicals, perfumes, and synthetics. People who experience these and others on the list may benefit from diet changes or avoidance of the drug or agent that may be influencing the symptom.
If you want to learn more, I invite you to register for my FREE Detoxification Tele-seminar coming up this Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
17 Sep 2008
Fall is a time for finishing projects left over from the summer and for the beginning new more inward-originated ones. It has also a transition season, as people prepare for the arrival of the cold season. The days of seasonal change around the equinox are a perfect time to revitalize the body and lighten oneself for fall’s work.
The traditional Chinese Medicine has a very interesting way of looking at the fall season. It associates fall with the metal element, which plays an important role not only in creating structure, but also in communication (e.g. metal wires enhance connections, electricity results in more communication). On an anatomical level, the metal element is also linked to the lungs, large intestines and skin. If one develops a cold in the winter, it is a direct result of the weakening of these organs during the fall season. On the other hand, if these organs are strengthened during the fall, the likelihood of developing problems later on decreases. The Chinese also associate worry, grief and sorrow with the metal element. People who carry around these emotions will eventually develop chronic lung problems. Therefore, the fall is an excellent time to work on strengthening the body and preventing later problems.
One easy way to start taking care of the respiratory system is by paying attention to breathing and trying to make it as deep as possible. Deep breathing is achieved by ensuring that, with every breath taken, the abdomen moves in and out. Furthermore, the quality of air inhaled is also a determining factor in the wellness of the respiratory system. The fresher the air, the better the results. Finally, it is also important to realize that lungs do not particularly like cold or damp weather. Since fall can be somewhat unpredictable, it is important to avoid feeling cold or damp during this time.
In addition in strengthening the lungs, it is important to try to enhance the other major “fall organ”- the large intestine. Regular bowel movements should normally come after each meal, as a result of the gastro colic reflux.
However, the large intestine is usually overstressed because of our eating habits. Congestion of this organs leads to a variety of symptoms, such as loss of tone (which causes general abdominal discomfort), low and mild backaches, pressure in the head and sinuses, headache, sore throat, crankiness, lack of energy and lack of enthusiasm for life. Two associated organs that are important in the smooth function of the large intestine are the liver and gall bladder.
Colon cleansing starts with a number of lifestyle changes: eliminating highly unnatural, preserved, processed foods, and high mucus-forming foods such as meats, dairy and sweets. All of these foods increase putrefaction and fermentation, thus raising the toxicity level of the colon.
In addition, Naturopathy offers a number of ways to prevent problems during the winter season: homeopathy, botanical medicines, acupuncture and Chinese herbs, massage and other body work and various physical modalities. You may want to consider and investigate some of these modalities in your quest for better health.
And now I’d like to help you take the first step towards revitalizing your body this fall: take my toxicity Self-Test .
You’re also invited to register for my upcoming FREE Naturopathic Detoxification teleseminar.
07 Sep 2008
Today, we are exposed to more stress, chemicals, drugs and food additives than ever before in our history. If you don’t know about this or don’t believe it, just take 10min.to watch Dr.Natrajan’s-U.S. Gastro-enterologist- video on my Home pg.
The removal of these toxins from our body is essential for optimal health. Poor diet, inadequate water intake, lack of exercise and stress can all cause fecal matter to become impacted on the colon walls. This fecal matter can contain putrefied food, indigestible chemicals, bacteria, viruses, yeast and parasites.
The toxins in the fecal matter are absorbed by the colon wall and re-circulate through the blood stream; this process is called ‘autointoxication’. As these toxins circulate the body, the lymphatic, circulatory systems, liver, lungs and the kidneys become overburdened and, when these systems are unable to cope with this toxic overload, your body becomes at risk for serious health problems.
Symptoms of autointoxication include:
* difficult weight loss
* foul body/breath odour
* Headaches
* Allergies
* arthritis
* chronic fatigue
* frequent colds
* asthma
* acne
* bloating
* indigestion
* irritability/nervousness
* depression
And now I’d like to invite you to participate in/listen to my upcoming FREE Tele-Seminar on this topic. To register, go here.
24 Aug 2008
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07 Aug 2008
It is often difficult to Asell@ people on health,…. but just ask a cancer/stroke survivor, or visit a hospital, and then you=ll realize how we all take it for granted until lost…Life ONLY happens when healthy!
In today=s world, staying healthy takes commitment and discipline. If you take a minute and think about it, the rewards of maintaining a positive mental attitude, eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly are living life to its fullest: filled with very high levels of energy, joy, vitality and a tremendous passion for living. I’m the kind of doctor that doesn’t preach anything that I don’t do! I’m also v. dedicated and passionate about what I do, Naturopathy, which I’ve been practicing for over 15 yrs. In Richmond Hill, Canada
If you are ready for this kind of life, I’d like to help you for free by inviting you to my FREE TELESEMINAR SERIES COMING UP SOON:
All you need to do for now is register on this pg. and I’ll send you the details closer to the date….
All I’d like to to do for now is give me your feed-back regarding my upcoming Teleseminar series: any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
If you don’t find my topics helpful to you, please inform me of topics that would interest you by sending me a quick note at dmartalog@sympatico.ca, Subject: T.S. IDEAS, or Comment below.
30 Jul 2008
Wasting fresh produce is hard on our grocery budget and our environment
The estimate today is that families toss out over 500 pounds of food per year at an annual cost of $800. Every day, they discard more than half a pound of fruits and veggies.
In total, Americans discard a quarter of all the produce they buy, mostly because it’s gone bad, The estimate today is that Americans discard over $50 billion worth of food every year. Wasting fresh produce is hard on our grocery budget and our environment
“The main way to lengthen shelf life is by using cold temperatures to slow food’s respiration, or ‘breathing’ process,”
In general, the warmer the temperature, the faster the rate of respiration, which is why refrigeration is critical for most produce. However, stopping respiration is even more harmful. “The worst thing to do is seal produce in an airtight bag,” says Barry Swanson, a food scientist at Washington State University. “You’ll suffocate it and speed up decay.”
Never refrigerate potatoes, onions, winter squash or garlic. Keep them in a cool, dark, dry cabinet, and they can last up to a month or more. But separate them so their flavors and smells don’t mingle.
REFRIGERATE THESE GAS RELEASERS
GAS RELEASERS
GAS RELEASERS
Bananas (ripe), Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Lettuce and other leafy greens, Parsley, Peas, Peppers, Squash, Sweet potatoes, Watermelon
Avoid the melon that has soft or black spots; spoilage may already be taking place.
